U-Mail: New beginnings, old sonnets, same college town
Min Seo Riu reflects on the rain, sonnets, and starting again.
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U-Mail: Something really precious
Min Seo Riu would like to think that the things we write to each other are all unique and special to us.
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U-Mail: A map of Isla Vista
Min Seo Riu maps out her Isla Vista, even if it might be a little inaccurate.
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U-Mail: Halloween 1978, Halloween 2022
Min Seo Riu considers the legacy of Playboy bunnies and Halloween in Isla Vista.
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Failure to communicate: Disconnect in the 21st century
Min Seo Riu takes a digital pen to paper to consider how technology has influenced modern communication and relationships.
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The Death of Physical Media
Min Seo Riu unpacks the rise of streaming services and resulting decline of physical media.
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Professors: Just a Teacher or Potential Bestie?
Christine Tu and Min Seo Riu debate if relatability or reliability is more important when it comes to your professors.
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Men, I Strongly Urge You To Get a Bowl Cut for Your Hot Girl Summer
Mindy Riu breaks down the secret sexiness of Spock's bowl cut.
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Featured Comic
Resisting Game of the Year
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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