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How is the quality of this brand? I've noticed a few coats they have which look pretty nice. Anyone own any of these, or can vouch for quality?

(Sorry if this should've been in another thread. I haven't posted here in a while and it looks like small questions is gone.)

Prada

WESC (ooold)

Grim Tim

All Star

(Not picture: Levi's raw slim denim jacket)

Is your daughter wearing dunks? Cute.

Just found my camera cord. A handful of mediocre and samey fits from the past two months:

Prada

H&M

Nametag (resident advisor training)

Eddie Bauer

Cheap

Prada

Thrift

GAP

Cheap

Darkthrone

GAP

Dumb face

Express (yeah, I know)

Levi's

Chucks

Prada

AA

Levi's

Levi's

Chucks

Glad it's getting to winter; the only good looking clothing I own is made for cold.

5'11" 155-ish and I rock AA hoodies in small, but I should probably wear mediums. I wear the non-zips in small and they fit perfect; not tight or short at all. The California Fleece I have is a small, and it's juuust long enough and a little too tight. I usually just wear it under a jacket or coat, or wear it unzipped.

Found myself on the Topman page earlier today by chance and noticed that they have some pretty slick coats that aren't too terribly expensive. These two in particular caught my eye:

Anyone own a Topman coat or have opinions about their quality and warmth? Opinions as to which I should go for? The exchange rate is shit right now, but I might ask for one as a Christmas gift.

Ordo: Awesome jeans. Where to cop?

Please Inform the Captain This is a Hijack (RIP) [http://www.myspace.com/pictih]

Cheap Tragedies [http://www.myspace.com/cheaptragedieshc]

this is the dumbest thing i've read in the past month, shouldn't you be huffing freon or buying more patches for your jacket or something?

Since I'm straight edge and posting on SuFu, I don't think either of those assumptions apply to me. Nice try, though. The Ramones should've stuck to writing shitty corporate jingles for steel reserve. They have nothing to do with punk rock.

Agreed with most things in this thread, adding Ramones. Most overrated band in the history of music. Only punk band that ever mattered was Crass.

Yeah, this is about philosophy. I don't see how talking about law and law schools detracts from that. I would not have mentioned law school had I not been asked what I was planning to do after my BA. Either way, the sort of philosophy I'm (mostly) interested in deal with issues of morality, which is what law (supposedly) deals with. I can learn about philosophy all I want outside of university, which is where I've learned the most about it, but you can't learn law outside of a law school...at least not in a useful way.

degree/grades come a distant second for the things you want to do because who and what they hire/acccept is you and your actual work. and i'm not sure about law school, but i have a sinking feeling that like much anything else in academia it's less about where you've gone and more with the people you study under.

so i hope Yale and U of C have great programs for what you want to do and yer not just going there for the insitution's name--that goes only so far (e.g. shock value for non-professionals).

The two most important things law school admissions boards look at are LSAT scores and undergraduate GPA. That's what your acceptance is based on. Once you get to top five colleges, since nearly all of the applicants have top 5% GPAs and LSAT scores, they begin to look at extracurricular involvement, personal statements/LSAT essays and letters of recommendation. However, those things can never, in any way overrule GPA and LSAT. For a number of law positions, going to a top ten school goes a very, very long way to getting hired.

As far as specific schools go, my interest in Georgetown is mainly because it is an extremely well-rounded school: it is ranked within the top ten of six different areas of law, and in the top twenty of all remaining. UM and UC are both known for having programmes which stress intensive theory and general philosophy of law. The Ivy Leage schools stand out mostly because they teach the material in ways very different from others (more hands on experience, less by-the-book learning). So, it's really not an issue of going to the most prestigious institution, or picking a school because of its name recognition. They are the top law schools in the country for a reason.

Whoa, please take this in the best possible way, but kinda chill out on that academia achievement thing.

2 years after graduation im sure your school grades or even your degree will fade into insignificance. Try your best, and put your heart into it, but grades are not the be all and end all- life is not a text book and they are the worst books at that.

I don't think grades are insignificant whatsoever, especially since I'm planning on getting a job within the government or a politically-involved non-profit organisation (ACLU, Amnesty International are the main hopes). It definitely matters where you attended law school if you're planning to get a significant position.

Then you're probably an okay guy.

I think The Waking Life fits into the "hey, existentialism is really cool, man" group of people who claim to be interested in philosophy.

I'm at a mediocre little school, Eastern Michigan University. Probably most famous for covering up a rape/murder that happened in one of the dorms last year, and churning out literally millions of elementary and secondary school teachers. We've also won a ridiculous amount of forensics and drama competitions, and a good number of swimming and diving national championships. Just the usual state school business.

Anyway, I'm planning to attend law school upon graduation. I'm really, really hoping for a top five school (Yale being first choice, University of Chicago second), but I could settle for University of Michigan, Northwestern, Georgetown, etc. High ambitions, especially considering where I am now, but if I keep my GPA within .15 of where it is now and get a good score on the LSAT, I think I could pull it off. I've read that a lot of the top twenty or so law schools tend to look more at extracurricular activities (I have a number of them, including resident advisor) and LSAT essays (writing being what I consider my biggest strength), and less at where you did undegraduate studies. There have been a couple students from EMU who have gone on to UMichigan and UChicago, so I know it's possible.

Anyone here currently studying philosophy or already have a philosophy degree? Or anyone with a general interest beyond "hey, existentialism is really cool, man"?

I'm in my second year of coursework toward a philosophy degree with a focus on political/law theory and applied ethics. Main interests include Kantian ethical theory, universal prescriptivism, environmental ethics, bioethics, altruism, moral realism and absolutism, etc. I don't know much about the other areas of philosophy (epistemology and metaphysics, specifically), but I'm sure over the next two years I'll get a relative overview of them.

Also, I'm going to see Peter Singer speak on bioethics and human dignity pretty soon. Should be awesome, even though I'll be surrounded by a bunch of total weiners.

I've always found The One AM Radio - The Hum of the Electric Air! and earlier works to be a great soundtrack to Muramaki's work. His new record, This Too Will Pass, works quite well, too.

And, of course, the Wind-Up Bird (the band) works as well.

I've read all of his books aside from the two very early ones (Pinball 1973 and Hear the Wind Sing) and Underground. I'm working my way through the new one right now. My list goes like this:

Wild Sheep Chase

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Dance Dance Dance

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles

After the Quake

Norweigan Wood

Kafka On the Shore

(everything else is pretty samey and mediocre)

Definitely my favourite author still writing books. Did anyone get a chance to see the movie they made of his short story? Ken something-or-other.

Mine were pretty much the opposite of yours: straight edge, veganism, conservative libertarian political thought, and essays on Earth Crisis being the best band ever.

Not really, though.

No order...

Please Inform the Captain This is a Hijack - Defeat or Humiliate the United States of America LP (or the self-titled LP, as both are amazing)

The One AM Radio - The Hum of the Electric Air! LP

Sinaloa - Fathers and Sons LP

The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving LP

Wilco - A Ghost is Born 2xLP

The Gibbons - Hope, Inc LP

Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction LP

The Pine - Lead Blocks for Feet LP

Drudkh - Krov u Nashykh Krynystyakh (Blood in Our Wells) LP

The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band - Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward 2x10"

All that Crimethinc shit is awwwwful. Catharsis is pretty decent musically, but all the stuff Crimethinc stands for is just ridiculous. This coming from someone who takes Earth Crisis hook, line and sinker.

Also, Ekkaia is dope. One of the few bands playing modern crust I really like. Other fantastic bands worth mentioning in this thread are GREYSKULL (I can up the demo if anyone wants it...or they'll send you a free one if you wrie them) and ATTRITION (from DC). Greyskull is more HHIG-ish stuff; Attrition is just awesome passionate straight edge/vegan metallic hardcore which people who are into hardcore of any type should enjoy.

ok, i can now say i've never been there. i think you brought this up ddohnggo, but yeah, i browsed skylab commerce a lot in college

I was also on Skylab in I think eighth and ninth grade (sorry if that dates you or whatever). Got some siiick scores for way cheap, and wrote my first zine as a result of some people I met through it.

This was my life in ninth and tenth grade...not so much anymore. I did see Dropdead a couple weeks ago, though.

As someone who is mostly into hardcore/youth crew/punk/etc and black metal, I don't think it's had much of an impact on my style, aside from the Descendents and Darkthrone shirts I wear weekly. I have a real appreciation for the 80s NY hardcore look, as Darkeside mentioned above, but I would never rock it myself (not into light jeans or high-tops). I suppose modern shoe collector hardcore style has sort of seeped into my look a tiny bit: I own one allover print hoodie, and a Tigers 5950 hat (with the brim bent, though).