April 2012
“Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to...”
– Golda Meir (via bornreadygeneration)
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b/c i love coffee, #25
The Environment: Rainforest Alliance
A non-government organization (NGO), non-profit, founded in 1987 by Daniel Katz, dedicated to improving sustainable agriculture and business practices. They help connect coffee-growing communities to buyers, trying to increase demand for their products and helping the communities participate in the market. Like FairTrade USA, they also educate communities in...
March 2012
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iforgetwhat8wasfor replied to your photo: it’s just so original, isn’t it? at the train…
I love the reflection of the guy checking his phone! :)
hahaha, whoa i didn’t even notice that. this, my friends, is what my former photography professor would’ve called a “happy accident.” that’s perfect.
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my life in japan →
I’m studying abroad in Tokyo until August, so my baking blog has temporarily turned into a travel blog, with an impending emphasis on japanese pastries (duh), so read about my time here!
holy shit i’m actually here
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ecowalnut asked: Does Lightroom cost money?
what privilege is →
i have:
- white privilege
- male privilege
- cis-gender privilege (this is a category, too, right?)
- class privilege (upper-middle class)
i do not have:
- heterosexual privilege.
though, the other 4 far outweigh what i’m lacking in heterosexual privilege, b/c i can cover up my sexuality and easily pass for straight, and as a result, put myself at the top of the ladder.
29 hours
until i land in TOKYO.
so excited i could poop.
also, 27 days till my 21st birthday.
…one week after classes start. and on a friday night.
so much overwhelm i could poop.
ecowalnut replied to your post: i’m leaving the States tomorrow afternoon for…
HAVE FUNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes’m
i’m leaving the States tomorrow afternoon for study abroad (finally), and i land around 3 am NC time in tokyo. i won’t be online as often for the next few months, and i’ll probably not be on tumblr very often (except to post photos, i hope).
“Ghosts are those memories that are too strong to be forgotten for good, echoing...”
– Caitlin R. Kiernan - The Drowning Girl (via squeasel)
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b/c i love coffee, #24
Ancient History: Mocha Mecca
There is a city in Yemen called Al Makkha (al-Mukha), and it is here that the first cup of coffee was brewed, and it from this city’s name that we derived the word “mocha,” eventually bastardized to mean “chocolate latte.”
As legend has it, the first coffee bean drink was invented here in the early 13th century CE, by a Muslim hermit...
