Random Thoughts: The Next Mutation
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Are you making fun of her age? Check your age-privilege before you make such derogatory comments, you ageist.faith wrote:
Happy birthday Cerceaux, MY BFF 4EVER AND EVER!!11 <333
and I made you a birthday cake:
happy birthday faith.
Much like Shoki the Demon Queller, she moved on to the next world to patrol the Emperor's dreams XDfaith wrote:
Mmmm, toothpaste cakePureElegance wrote:
I feel like I can speak with authority on this subject since she talks about it to me nearly every dayfaith wrote:
She's been working on these leotards for centuries now. And her cake is fabulous! I don't know what you're talking about, hmph! Well, I'll have to make one for you now! 
Happy birthday faith! Have fun with your sad cat with the hat. Cerceaux and I will be partying it up with the llamas.
God, I just finished all my assignments, I had a totally hard working weekend, and people keep bothering me about bank things and WHATEVER GOD I JUST WANT TO SIT HERE AND WATCH HEY ARNOLD EPISODES LEAVE ME ALONE DSIJFJDSF XD
Totally interesting story: One of my classmates didn't know who Mao Zedong was.
She's from Harlem in NYC, but she lives in the dorm and doesn't commute. As a joke she introduces herself in our classes saying, "Hi I'm Michelle and I'm from South Africa." I'm not sure why it's supposed to be funny, but that's what she says. Her name is not Michelle and she's not from South Africa.
But yes, we were walking near the GLORIOUS MAO, THE RED SUN OF MY HEART statue and someone talked about taking pictures of it, and I said something about Mao, and she went, "Who's Mao Zedong?"
Me: ... Mao Zedong? Did I hear you right?
Her: Yeah, who is he? I never heard of him.
I would understand if we were all uneducated or just didn't have much contact with the world or never took interest in these things, but we're in China and we're all in college and learning about China! What
I heard of him, he's the guy who invented General Mao's Chicken, right? He must have been the Chef Boyardee of China.PureElegance wrote:
OMG I HAVE AN INTERVIEW TOMORROW AHHHHH. I'm already so nervous! ::kisaki:: I seriously have butterflies in my stomach right now even though it'll be in 24 hours.
Meep. Well, I better make my room look presentable! I'm so nervous! HEEEELP. I can't believe this is happening!
I'm also still in shock over another email I received this morning:
That is SO cool!!! I always liked how that building looks like a giant bottle opener, haha. Anyway, that's just really cool since it's entirely coincidental and not originally part of the program or anything. Free F1 Grand Prix tickets? Holy TOLEDO.
Oh my gosh, I'm all nervous and wiggly! :B
Meep. Well, I better make my room look presentable! I'm so nervous! HEEEELP. I can't believe this is happening!
I'm also still in shock over another email I received this morning:
Then a few minutes ago I got another:
That is SO cool!!! I always liked how that building looks like a giant bottle opener, haha. Anyway, that's just really cool since it's entirely coincidental and not originally part of the program or anything. Free F1 Grand Prix tickets? Holy TOLEDO.
Oh my gosh, I'm all nervous and wiggly! :B
Hm I could get a quite cool job in a traditional Japanese hotel, front desk (I have no idea how I managed that, especially with my Japanese ). The job is great for a start up in the hotel business and also might help me to get a working visa.
Now the cons:
It is very isolated.
There is no propper bus service to the hotel, which means, I will have to walk for 1,5 hours to go to the bus train station.
No internet in the dorm or the work place. (Not being able to contact friends and so on).
I live in the boonies in Hakuba as well, however, I need my breakouts to Tokyo or other places, goofing around with my friends and attending lives. Now I am unsure what to do. On the one hand, it is a great job offer but on the other hand, I do want to be able to contact my friends, family members, go on trips and so on. besides that, I might have somebody in Tokyo that likes me and I won't be able to contact this person.
Not sure what to do.
). The job is great for a start up in the hotel business and also might help me to get a working visa.Now the cons:
It is very isolated.
There is no propper bus service to the hotel, which means, I will have to walk for 1,5 hours to go to the bus train station.
No internet in the dorm or the work place. (Not being able to contact friends and so on).
I live in the boonies in Hakuba as well, however, I need my breakouts to Tokyo or other places, goofing around with my friends and attending lives. Now I am unsure what to do. On the one hand, it is a great job offer but on the other hand, I do want to be able to contact my friends, family members, go on trips and so on. besides that, I might have somebody in Tokyo that likes me and I won't be able to contact this person.
Not sure what to do.
How do the customers get there? XDshazzer wrote:
by car or by a special taxi shuttle bus, which is customers only and you have to preorder it.
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I wouldn't do it. Being in a foreign country is hard enough, but being trapped outside of civilization without internet and friends is a whole different ballgame. Personally I know I would wind up depressed. Maybe you're not like that, but I would take care.
Also, do you really want to walk for 1.5 hours in 100 degree summer weather?
Happy...equal sign day everyone.
Also, do you really want to walk for 1.5 hours in 100 degree summer weather?
Happy...equal sign day everyone.
Hm true. I sometimes get crazy over here in Hakuba, but we do have trains to Matsumoto and busses to Nagano and Tokyo. I am always really happy when I can escape there.
I really would like that job but I get the impression that they took me because I was the only one who applied for it. My Japanese is not fluent at all, therefore I am not shure what I can do while working as a front desk assistant, expect of cleaning the front desk, the toilets or making coffee.
One of my workmates here ment, that I might have gotten the job because no Japanese wants to go there. Hm I guess I will go to the job interview in Tokyo and hope they will take me.
I really would like that job but I get the impression that they took me because I was the only one who applied for it. My Japanese is not fluent at all, therefore I am not shure what I can do while working as a front desk assistant, expect of cleaning the front desk, the toilets or making coffee.
One of my workmates here ment, that I might have gotten the job because no Japanese wants to go there. Hm I guess I will go to the job interview in Tokyo and hope they will take me.
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Yeah I think your friend is maybe right there...
From now on when people ask what my favorite anime is I think I'll say "Devilman Lady". No one will understand what it is or why it's funny, but it will cause me mirth.
What a terrible excuse to get some lady naked and in lesbian situations XD
From now on when people ask what my favorite anime is I think I'll say "Devilman Lady". No one will understand what it is or why it's funny, but it will cause me mirth.
What a terrible excuse to get some lady naked and in lesbian situations XD
Aw man, my interview went great! 
They seemed to be really excited about me and were interested in my life and stuff. One thing that really stuck with me though was what the attorney said! I don't think anyone's ever told me this before, but he said, "I noticed that you get inspired and motivated many times, but you actually DO something about it." Wow, that's a really great compliment! I didn't know what to say, haha, except thank you of course. Wow! ^_^
It reminds me of last weekend, we went to this photography village (I'm calling it this because it was made up of huge buildings all dedicated to photography) print out two of our photos. It was SUCH a cool feeling to see your photos being printed out (I was all, "MY BABIES!"). I definitely printed out my window picture because I love that one. I asked to do it on the paper it was recommended to be on instead of printing it with the other photo on that one's paper to save money, I wanted it well done so I said I'd pay extra!
After it was printed out and we put my photos on the pile, my professor and I stared at my window picture. He told me (I'm not phrasing it right but XD), "This is the only photo that reached professional status. It's the lighting, the texture, everything. It has a story and makes you think. When I first saw it I was like, "Wow!" It's really beautiful and successful." ::kisaki:: He then paid the extra amount for my picture! He and his wife (my other prof) said, "It's okay, you don't have to pay, really!"
I didn't know what to say!! ::kisaki:: It's really cool, especially coming from him since he's a photographer and his stuff is everywhere! We'll be exhibiting our pictures soon, and I have to think of a name for mine, hm...
The day of my interview we went to a shikumen site, and it's pretty sad since these buildings that are uniquely Shanghainese architecture from the late 1800s to 1920s are being demolished. The site they took last year's students is completely gone now! We made ink compressions (an ancient Chinese technique we learned!) of parts of the buildings on this site, but what I loved was exploring the houses which were all broken down, had huge piles of rubble, deteriorating, dying and growing all sorts of things, etc.
My professor would walk past a house I was deep inside and do a double take and say, "BE CAREFUL!" XD It was cool to climb all over stones and junk, especially the glass! It was worth it for the photos. Then he'd follow and take more photos with me XD People's posters were still up, windows, chairs, etc. Even marks on the wall dating measuring the height of a child. I definitely want to go back with a friend to do more exploring.
There's this one poster of an actress who looks so familiar that I saw, strangely hanging on its side, that I wish I could keep, but at the same time I wouldn't want to change the setting ya know? I feel bad that it'll be destroyed with everything else though. I feel bad about the stained glass windows too.
They seemed to be really excited about me and were interested in my life and stuff. One thing that really stuck with me though was what the attorney said! I don't think anyone's ever told me this before, but he said, "I noticed that you get inspired and motivated many times, but you actually DO something about it." Wow, that's a really great compliment! I didn't know what to say, haha, except thank you of course. Wow! ^_^It reminds me of last weekend, we went to this photography village (I'm calling it this because it was made up of huge buildings all dedicated to photography) print out two of our photos. It was SUCH a cool feeling to see your photos being printed out (I was all, "MY BABIES!"). I definitely printed out my window picture because I love that one. I asked to do it on the paper it was recommended to be on instead of printing it with the other photo on that one's paper to save money, I wanted it well done so I said I'd pay extra!
After it was printed out and we put my photos on the pile, my professor and I stared at my window picture. He told me (I'm not phrasing it right but XD), "This is the only photo that reached professional status. It's the lighting, the texture, everything. It has a story and makes you think. When I first saw it I was like, "Wow!" It's really beautiful and successful." ::kisaki:: He then paid the extra amount for my picture! He and his wife (my other prof) said, "It's okay, you don't have to pay, really!"
I didn't know what to say!! ::kisaki:: It's really cool, especially coming from him since he's a photographer and his stuff is everywhere! We'll be exhibiting our pictures soon, and I have to think of a name for mine, hm...
The day of my interview we went to a shikumen site, and it's pretty sad since these buildings that are uniquely Shanghainese architecture from the late 1800s to 1920s are being demolished. The site they took last year's students is completely gone now! We made ink compressions (an ancient Chinese technique we learned!) of parts of the buildings on this site, but what I loved was exploring the houses which were all broken down, had huge piles of rubble, deteriorating, dying and growing all sorts of things, etc.
My professor would walk past a house I was deep inside and do a double take and say, "BE CAREFUL!" XD It was cool to climb all over stones and junk, especially the glass! It was worth it for the photos. Then he'd follow and take more photos with me XD People's posters were still up, windows, chairs, etc. Even marks on the wall dating measuring the height of a child. I definitely want to go back with a friend to do more exploring.
There's this one poster of an actress who looks so familiar that I saw, strangely hanging on its side, that I wish I could keep, but at the same time I wouldn't want to change the setting ya know? I feel bad that it'll be destroyed with everything else though. I feel bad about the stained glass windows too.
I'm really glad your interview went well congrats ! (that's a nice compliment you got 
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I'm also glad your trip in China seems to continue being awesome
congrats ! (that's a nice compliment you got )I'm also glad your trip in China seems to continue being awesome
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