21 08, 2017

Museum Monday: Museum Aficionados of Reddit

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I love museums. Part of it stemmed from the fact that I didn't go to museums a lot as a child (or at least not as much as I would have liked!) And part of it was because for a period of time, I really really wanted to become a museum curator. But alas, one of those childhood dreams didn't come true. Instead, I like to visit as many museums as I can.  However, there aren't a lot of variety of museums in Colorado, so I often look at virtual collections. The easiest way to "curate" your own collection is

30 03, 2015

Travel Missteps: I Swear its Not Porn

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I became a Japanese Anime and Manga fan in 1998 when Sailor Moon (and later Gundam Wing) were aired on Toonami. I loved the artistic style and would brave dial-up internet to research other anime, how to draw the big eye style, and start teaching myself Japanese. It was hard being a fan back then as it was so new to America that most people didn’t know what it was. The Original Anime Sailor Moon I remember that most bookstores didn’t carry manga. I once asked for the “Graphic Novel” section, and a confused shop keeper took me