interesting articles i got in the inbox!

‘Grace Is Gone’ starring John Cusack sounds like an interesting movie.
reading article regarding the Sundance Film Festival.

Lucky Grab Bags in Japan are like free gifts? xDDD
you’ll be lucky if you get items worth more than what you paid for the grab bag.
sounds fun, but … risky, grins.

The custom of selling fukubukuro is said to have begun in the Edo (1603-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) periods. A lucky bag usually consists of several products packed in an opaque bag, and the contents are revealed only when a customer has bought and opened it. It may contain goods that are worth more than what one has paid, but one also risks buying a bag full of unwanted items.

… and we should a similar free photocopying service around here, damn it.
can’t imagine just how much i invested in Literature notes alone for the past couple of years.
it’s really a very intelligent idea.

Free photocopying facilities funded by corporate advertising printed on the back of the paper are proving a big hit at universities in the Tokyo area. Known as tadakopi (”free copying”), the scheme was set up by Oceanize, a student start-up venture. Tadakopi facilities have now been installed on 18 campuses of 11 universities in Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture. Oceanize intends to expand into the Kansai area in western Japan, and there are plans to vary the advertising according to the particular university. Women’s universities, for example, could be one special target group.