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Guys it's 6:17am right now and I'm getting ready to go on my grad nite trip with my school to Disneyland!!!! Aaaggghhhhh I'm so excited, I'm going dressed up but I'm taking my Bara no Seidou shirt for once I get hot.
I'm opposed to beards so I'm on Team Shave It as well XD
I rarely ever like facial hair. When I was little I made the exception for Zhuge Liang because I loved everything about him (still do) and his actually made him look more smart, elegant, handsome, manly, and awesome. He also had this super-confidence because he knew he was the best around, which he actually was. Anyway, the facial hair just WORKED for him, at least in video games and TV series.
"I completely reciprocate your feelings for me."
(looking for that picture led me to watching clips of him debating the Wu scholars... he's just the best...)
The only other exception is for Richard now, haha. I love it on him! I can't even imagine him without his facial hair even though I've seen pictures, but apparently he only started growing it out right before he met me! He doesn't grow it long, but keeps it right on his face, if that makes sense. He gets it regularly trimmed and in shape and I think he has a personal barber who comes to his place (I think).
I've ALWAYS wanted a long, flowing beard though that I can stroke, like the sages of old.
I didn't go to mine because my dad had a premonition about something awful happening if I went. It's the one of 3 times in my life my parents didn't let me do something, haha. I've never let him forget
Not only did I get the offer from the bankruptcy place, but I also got an offer from the Department of Corrections. WHICH DO I CHOOSE~
I had called the DoC because I wanted to know what the status of my application was as I was supposed to hear this week. The person speaking to me said that they've been inundated with calls and the ladies haven't made a decision yet. I said thanks and that I just wanted to know because I'm interested in the position and I have other offers so I wanted to know what they'd say.
Ten minutes before 5pm I get a call as I was playing Rainbow Six Siege from one of the ladies who interviewed me and she offered it to me right there. She said they loved my passion and skills and she was very nice. I said thank you so much and if I can let them know on Monday. She asked me if its because I have other offers and I said yes, that I need to look at the scheduling of each one to see which fits (translate to: hurry think of something to say). She said to let her know first thing on Monday and she gave me her personal email and phone number just in case.
Unless the bankruptcy one falls through (I'm supposed to get the confirmation on Monday), I have to choose between the bankruptcy and the DoC. XD Then there's another internship that will get back to me next week, but I'm not SUPER interested in it when compared to the first two. Then I promptly told Incredulous Lady I didn't accept her offer. XD
It's hard being in demand~ I think I'm leaning towards the bankruptcy one.
I celebrated at Planet Hollywood with my mom and it was so much fun! I've always wanted to go and I'm a nerd for theme restaurants so it was great. The food was DELICIOUS. It was surprising! They had huge portions too that most of it is in my fridge now! They had great music too and my mom and I had a lot of fun talking.
We went to the Disney store afterwards and I heard the instrumental of, "Mine, Mine, Mine" from Pocahontas. I was surprised because it's not very well-known. So I belted out the song because it's a GREAT song and one of the employees passed by and said, "Sing it, princess!" I felt proud.
How I was in the store:
A WILD AND MORE CHALLENGING COUNTRY I COULDN'T DESIGN
HUNDREDS OF DANGERS AWAIT AND I DON'T PLAN TO MISS OOOONE
IN A LAND I CAN CLAIM
A LAND I CAN TAME
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IS MIIIIIIIINE
YAY VACATION~~~~ (Now to apply for scholarships...)
"I completely reciprocate your feelings for me."
(looking for that picture led me to watching clips of him debating the Wu scholars... he's just the best...)
The only other exception is for Richard now, haha. I love it on him! I can't even imagine him without his facial hair even though I've seen pictures, but apparently he only started growing it out right before he met me! He doesn't grow it long, but keeps it right on his face, if that makes sense. He gets it regularly trimmed and in shape and I think he has a personal barber who comes to his place (I think).
I've ALWAYS wanted a long, flowing beard though that I can stroke, like the sages of old.
Have fun!!!JasonALMS2010 wrote:
I didn't go to mine because my dad had a premonition about something awful happening if I went. It's the one of 3 times in my life my parents didn't let me do something, haha. I've never let him forget
Not only did I get the offer from the bankruptcy place, but I also got an offer from the Department of Corrections. WHICH DO I CHOOSE~
I had called the DoC because I wanted to know what the status of my application was as I was supposed to hear this week. The person speaking to me said that they've been inundated with calls and the ladies haven't made a decision yet. I said thanks and that I just wanted to know because I'm interested in the position and I have other offers so I wanted to know what they'd say.
Ten minutes before 5pm I get a call as I was playing Rainbow Six Siege from one of the ladies who interviewed me and she offered it to me right there. She said they loved my passion and skills and she was very nice. I said thank you so much and if I can let them know on Monday. She asked me if its because I have other offers and I said yes, that I need to look at the scheduling of each one to see which fits (translate to: hurry think of something to say). She said to let her know first thing on Monday and she gave me her personal email and phone number just in case.
Unless the bankruptcy one falls through (I'm supposed to get the confirmation on Monday), I have to choose between the bankruptcy and the DoC. XD Then there's another internship that will get back to me next week, but I'm not SUPER interested in it when compared to the first two. Then I promptly told Incredulous Lady I didn't accept her offer. XD
It's hard being in demand~ I think I'm leaning towards the bankruptcy one.
I celebrated at Planet Hollywood with my mom and it was so much fun! I've always wanted to go and I'm a nerd for theme restaurants so it was great. The food was DELICIOUS. It was surprising! They had huge portions too that most of it is in my fridge now! They had great music too and my mom and I had a lot of fun talking.
We went to the Disney store afterwards and I heard the instrumental of, "Mine, Mine, Mine" from Pocahontas. I was surprised because it's not very well-known. So I belted out the song because it's a GREAT song and one of the employees passed by and said, "Sing it, princess!" I felt proud.
How I was in the store:
A WILD AND MORE CHALLENGING COUNTRY I COULDN'T DESIGN
HUNDREDS OF DANGERS AWAIT AND I DON'T PLAN TO MISS OOOONE
IN A LAND I CAN CLAIM
A LAND I CAN TAME
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IS MIIIIIIIINE
YAY VACATION~~~~ (Now to apply for scholarships...)
I met Kinga. She is so nice 
@ faith I loved Croatia (and Yugoslavia) when I was younger. My parents went there before and later after the war.
But I guess, it went down after it joined the EU. It was a very nice and beautiful country, but it got expensive and very touristy after the Euro introduction. A lot of its traditional flair got lost in the last year we went there.
@ fox I know. I need to stop watching that stuff.
I know. I loved Caligari, Waxworks, Nosferatu, Golem, Metropolis and so on. They were part of my dissertation. (Expressionism in silent movies in context of the Weimar Society.)
From Morn to Midnight rings a bell. I might have watched it one night while I was bored. XD
True. Some like it hot was a similar case. Billy Wilder tried to shoot it in colour... but he failed. A lot of older movies (like Casablanca, most film noir) would not be as good as they are in colour. That is why I quite like black and white movies. The lightning is amazing. That is why stars of the "golden area" look so special.
Martin Landau is a great actor. He looks kinda creepy but he is great.
Really? I always try to avoid tinted or coloured movies. I might try to find a coloured version from "The Phantom of the Opera".
I have seen at least one of his movies. "Wild Strawberries". I liked it a lot. I should watch more of his movies.
At the moment, I am buying biographies of Silent Movie stars. I got Lilian Gish (I am reading this at the moment), Louise Brooks (I have it somewhere in my room (hopefully), got Fay Wray, Madge Bellamy? and maybe one more.
There are one or two more which I'd like to have, but I need to save up some money for it. I want to try to use them for a comic (when I managed to improve my drawing).
@ faith again I kinda know what you are talking about ... I had an old guy asking me out in Kobe on Saturday and one high school kid took my hand, got me out of the store and asked me, whether I want to come to a motel with him... wtf?
But women are strange too.
A certain person (jup the one who had dinner with me) does not talk to me anymore ... at least not often.
I don't understand her.
she pulls me in her work booth and holds my hands there, ... she is extremely flirty, plays with her hair, gets nervous when she sees me.... (her countries custom?)
* she always invites me to something (coffee, cake....) (ok, that is nice, but i am getting fat ...)
* she makes me a lot of compliments (she surely needs glasses oO )
* when I said that I might go back to Europe, she was quite shocked and said "if you go, I will go with you!" (is that normal, if you met the person the first time?)
* when we had lunch she was quite nervous and mostly stared at me and smiled, she always asked me questions and hardly spoke about herself. (She said that she was tired),
when she smiles.... it is different from the smile from the one from other women I know..... I have straight, bi, lesbian friends but none of them smiles like that. (I don't know how to explain it, but I guess you understand).
She asks me what kind of presents I want from a guy, how much a present should cost (I never had a girl asking me that.... expecially not on the first day I met her....)
she asked me, whether my parents are conservative or liberal (not sure, but most of my friends don't give damn?)
I had two people telling me, that this is normal for people of her country but ... hmmm.
Last time, we had dinner, I jokingly asked her whether she has a bf or a gf. Then she stopped walking, looked at me quite shocked and said "I am NOT GAY!!!" what about you? I told her that I never tried, therefore I don't know.
Since then she cancelled our meetings, sometimes she speaks to me, says hello and sometimes she completely ignores me.....
Either I am weired or she is somehwere in Narnia ....
@ faith I loved Croatia (and Yugoslavia) when I was younger. My parents went there before and later after the war.
But I guess, it went down after it joined the EU. It was a very nice and beautiful country, but it got expensive and very touristy after the Euro introduction. A lot of its traditional flair got lost in the last year we went there.
@ fox I know. I need to stop watching that stuff.
I know. I loved Caligari, Waxworks, Nosferatu, Golem, Metropolis and so on. They were part of my dissertation. (Expressionism in silent movies in context of the Weimar Society.)
From Morn to Midnight rings a bell. I might have watched it one night while I was bored. XD
True. Some like it hot was a similar case. Billy Wilder tried to shoot it in colour... but he failed. A lot of older movies (like Casablanca, most film noir) would not be as good as they are in colour. That is why I quite like black and white movies. The lightning is amazing. That is why stars of the "golden area" look so special.
Martin Landau is a great actor. He looks kinda creepy but he is great.
Really? I always try to avoid tinted or coloured movies. I might try to find a coloured version from "The Phantom of the Opera".
I have seen at least one of his movies. "Wild Strawberries". I liked it a lot. I should watch more of his movies.
At the moment, I am buying biographies of Silent Movie stars. I got Lilian Gish (I am reading this at the moment), Louise Brooks (I have it somewhere in my room (hopefully), got Fay Wray, Madge Bellamy? and maybe one more.
There are one or two more which I'd like to have, but I need to save up some money for it. I want to try to use them for a comic (when I managed to improve my drawing).
@ faith again I kinda know what you are talking about ... I had an old guy asking me out in Kobe on Saturday and one high school kid took my hand, got me out of the store and asked me, whether I want to come to a motel with him... wtf?
But women are strange too.
A certain person (jup the one who had dinner with me) does not talk to me anymore ... at least not often.
I don't understand her.
she pulls me in her work booth and holds my hands there, ... she is extremely flirty, plays with her hair, gets nervous when she sees me.... (her countries custom?)
* she always invites me to something (coffee, cake....) (ok, that is nice, but i am getting fat ...)
* she makes me a lot of compliments (she surely needs glasses oO )
* when I said that I might go back to Europe, she was quite shocked and said "if you go, I will go with you!" (is that normal, if you met the person the first time?)
* when we had lunch she was quite nervous and mostly stared at me and smiled, she always asked me questions and hardly spoke about herself. (She said that she was tired),
when she smiles.... it is different from the smile from the one from other women I know..... I have straight, bi, lesbian friends but none of them smiles like that. (I don't know how to explain it, but I guess you understand).
She asks me what kind of presents I want from a guy, how much a present should cost (I never had a girl asking me that.... expecially not on the first day I met her....)
she asked me, whether my parents are conservative or liberal (not sure, but most of my friends don't give damn?)
I had two people telling me, that this is normal for people of her country but ... hmmm.
Last time, we had dinner, I jokingly asked her whether she has a bf or a gf. Then she stopped walking, looked at me quite shocked and said "I am NOT GAY!!!" what about you? I told her that I never tried, therefore I don't know.
Since then she cancelled our meetings, sometimes she speaks to me, says hello and sometimes she completely ignores me.....
Either I am weired or she is somehwere in Narnia ....
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For me the biggest problem with Croatia is that EVERYTHING was closed or under renovation.
Even the sea organ, and that was legit the only reason I chose Croatia in May. It's too cold to swim otherwise.
I really don't know how they can have the entire 100 meters of it under construction at the same time.
So I came up with a slogan for the country.
Croatia: Closed for reasons. Ok, maybe no reasons.
I hardly bought anything over there (or in Greece) either because the clothes, shoes, souveniers, etc are fairly standard and 2-3x what they would be in other countries.
They're also not great quality.
For example, I found a Venitian style mask I really liked, but they wanted 80 euro for it! It would be 15 in Venice itself! lol
A for Croatia losing its flair, I hate to say it but I feel that most of mainland Europe is that way.
Belgium's the worst by far, but Austria's pretty vanilla too, etc.
What country is this girl from?
Even the sea organ, and that was legit the only reason I chose Croatia in May. It's too cold to swim otherwise.
I really don't know how they can have the entire 100 meters of it under construction at the same time.
So I came up with a slogan for the country.
Croatia: Closed for reasons. Ok, maybe no reasons.
I hardly bought anything over there (or in Greece) either because the clothes, shoes, souveniers, etc are fairly standard and 2-3x what they would be in other countries.
They're also not great quality.
For example, I found a Venitian style mask I really liked, but they wanted 80 euro for it! It would be 15 in Venice itself! lol
A for Croatia losing its flair, I hate to say it but I feel that most of mainland Europe is that way.
Belgium's the worst by far, but Austria's pretty vanilla too, etc.
What country is this girl from?
CrystalAmmunition wrote:JasonALMS2010 wrote:
I didn't know there was a Bara no Seidou shirt!
Anyway, enjoy your trip!
Thank you guys, I had a great time. I actually made the design in photoshop and had the shirt made thru a website called Redbubble.
faith wrote:
Ah, I see. We never went to touristy places. Therefore we never had that problem.
My parents sometimes slept in living rooms or chambers of locals and started talking to them. They know where to go to the beaches far away from the tourists. But I am not sure, whether this is still possible, since the last time, we went to Croatia was about 13 years ago. (Damn I am getting old.)
She's from Korea.
You should have threatened to tell the principal on himshazzer wrote:
OMG my China law school acceptance letter is at my school ready for me to pick it up. *runs around in circles* GOING TO GO NOW!!!!
I'M OFFICIALLY GOING TO CHINAAAAAAA THIS FALL AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AHHASIDHSODISAJODIJ!*(@(*!&@(!*@&!(*@&!@*&
I finally got my acceptance email from the bankruptcy lady too so I will definitely be there this summer
And my photography professors in Shanghai said they'll take me to different museums in Shanghai and will introduce me to photography people if I'd like. They're really happy for me and can't wait to see my new work and they want me to contact them when I arrive. THEY'RE SO NICE.
I'M OFFICIALLY GOING TO CHINAAAAAAA THIS FALL AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AHHASIDHSODISAJODIJ!*(@(*!&@(!*@&!(*@&!@*&
I finally got my acceptance email from the bankruptcy lady too so I will definitely be there this summer
And my photography professors in Shanghai said they'll take me to different museums in Shanghai and will introduce me to photography people if I'd like. They're really happy for me and can't wait to see my new work and they want me to contact them when I arrive. THEY'RE SO NICE.
Now now, sometimes they let you have a 50-year lease.faith wrote:
flowersofnight wrote:You should have threatened to tell the principal on himshazzer wrote:
or worse, his parents ::kisaki::
@ PE congrats!
@shazzer: Thank you!
The only time I ever felt I was out of my element was in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Good God, that was something. It was another planet!
I plan to go to Xi'an and Inner Mongolia this time and Hainan with Anthony, but I'm open to other places I haven't thought of yet. My friends went on their own to Hainan and Anthony said we can go and I'd like to go! Then I want to visit Hangzhou and Suzhou because I didn't go last time and the pictures my friends had of Hangzhou were amazing. I would really like to see more of Beijing, return to Chengdu to see Zhugey & Co., and the mountain areas first, like the ones you see in paintings. I don't think I got as much of the nature the first time around so I'd like to see historic mountains and rivers this time. Also, now there are even more trains and subway systems built so it will be even easier to get to places by train quickly. It only took around 4 hours to get from Shanghai to Beijing by train and I find that amazing!
... and I'll go to Shanghai Disney ALL DAY ERRRDAY!
After I picked up my letter I peeked around the corner to see if Richard was in his office. It was graduation day and graduation had ended, but I wanted to see if maybe he was around, and he was! He said he thought he'd squeeze some work in, but he was tired from waking up early that day and couldn't concentrate anyway. I showed him my China documents (along with the acceptance letter was a visa document and translated document), and he said, very earnestly, that he was happy for me.
He also made silly jokes about the letters, like saying the whole thing sounded like a fortune cookie. We also talked about the graduation's speakers speech about how debate has devolved on campuses in favor of banning whoever disagrees with you. Richard said he and only one other faculty member clapped and the other professors thought she was inappropriate and shouldn't have said those things. Oh well.
We then had a long discussion about generalizations made on nationality/ethnicity. It was interesting and I felt as though he was a better man than I had imagined.
I noticed his cufflinks that had the cross of St. George on them and he explained the United Kingdom's flag to me, how it's made up of the crosses of St. George, St. Patrick, and St. Andrew. He showed me pictures and drew it out for me and I was COMPLETELY AMAZED. I'm a religion nerd and I had no idea the flag incorporated crosses! He was so sweet explaining it too and I said, "Wow, I feel like I learned something! O.O" He was also very color-coordinated and I was mentally drooling. He also turned in the manuscript for his textbook, which I think is amazing. Now he can finish up the book book.
We then played ball. He kept missing the basket on the center of his desk and I'd say things like, "Didn't you play baseball?" "THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO!" XD We also sang, "Do Re Mi."
I won every round, but in the end we decided that whoever loses the next game has to buy chocolate for the other person and see them this weekend. It was tough and he taunted me too and I couldn't help laughing the whole time. After a tough battle he actually made it in so now I HAVE to see him this weekend, gosh!
We got our things and walked through the little park and went to the grocery store. He got a jar of peanut butter and I asked what he ate it with and he said, "A spoon." XD I went off in search of our favorite chocolate. They had every flavor except the best one!
When I came back he motioned for me to put whatever I had on the conveyer belt with his things as he was paying and I melted, but I said I couldn't find our favorite chocolate so I had nothing! The cashier smiled and I said it was sad that he lives near a supermarket that doesn't have his favorite chocolate.
He said he's glad I'm not doing the internship with Incredulous Lady. He said he doesn't know her well, but that he's always heard negative things about her. As we said bye he again said he was happy about my internship and China, that I'm doing many good things, and I said thank you for everything, that all his support meant a lot to me.
I am seeing Ting Ting on Friday! I can't wait! I'm lending her my supplements for my first year courses because now she's in her first year of law school!
Finally, someone who actually knows Chinese law. It's 70 for urban land and 30 for rural, but recently the rural areas have been getting longer leases I think and it's more set in stone.flowersofnight wrote:
I've never actually been to the countryside, but different types of cities. I went to Nanjing, Chengdu, and Beijing with Mandarin noobs, but it was pretty easy to get by. I think the only difficult place was Nanjing because it is a much smaller city and I REALLY had to hustle there and my friend couldn't help much XD So when we were in a forest without internet I had to muster up every Mandarin word ever. I think the main challenging thing is the language... China's really similar to Peru in many ways so I've never felt OMG WHAT'S GOING ON or strange feelings even though people predicted all sorts of things for me. Yangzhou was a smaller "city" (it had no tall buildings or traffic), but it was nice and quiet.faith wrote:dare you to travel out into the countryside without your school this time
The only time I ever felt I was out of my element was in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Good God, that was something. It was another planet!
I plan to go to Xi'an and Inner Mongolia this time and Hainan with Anthony, but I'm open to other places I haven't thought of yet. My friends went on their own to Hainan and Anthony said we can go and I'd like to go! Then I want to visit Hangzhou and Suzhou because I didn't go last time and the pictures my friends had of Hangzhou were amazing. I would really like to see more of Beijing, return to Chengdu to see Zhugey & Co., and the mountain areas first, like the ones you see in paintings. I don't think I got as much of the nature the first time around so I'd like to see historic mountains and rivers this time. Also, now there are even more trains and subway systems built so it will be even easier to get to places by train quickly. It only took around 4 hours to get from Shanghai to Beijing by train and I find that amazing!
... and I'll go to Shanghai Disney ALL DAY ERRRDAY!
After I picked up my letter I peeked around the corner to see if Richard was in his office. It was graduation day and graduation had ended, but I wanted to see if maybe he was around, and he was! He said he thought he'd squeeze some work in, but he was tired from waking up early that day and couldn't concentrate anyway. I showed him my China documents (along with the acceptance letter was a visa document and translated document), and he said, very earnestly, that he was happy for me.
He also made silly jokes about the letters, like saying the whole thing sounded like a fortune cookie. We also talked about the graduation's speakers speech about how debate has devolved on campuses in favor of banning whoever disagrees with you. Richard said he and only one other faculty member clapped and the other professors thought she was inappropriate and shouldn't have said those things. Oh well.
We then had a long discussion about generalizations made on nationality/ethnicity. It was interesting and I felt as though he was a better man than I had imagined.
I noticed his cufflinks that had the cross of St. George on them and he explained the United Kingdom's flag to me, how it's made up of the crosses of St. George, St. Patrick, and St. Andrew. He showed me pictures and drew it out for me and I was COMPLETELY AMAZED. I'm a religion nerd and I had no idea the flag incorporated crosses!
He was so sweet explaining it too and I said, "Wow, I feel like I learned something! O.O" He was also very color-coordinated and I was mentally drooling. He also turned in the manuscript for his textbook, which I think is amazing. Now he can finish up the book book. We then played ball. He kept missing the basket on the center of his desk and I'd say things like, "Didn't you play baseball?" "THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO!" XD We also sang, "Do Re Mi."
I won every round, but in the end we decided that whoever loses the next game has to buy chocolate for the other person and see them this weekend. It was tough and he taunted me too and I couldn't help laughing the whole time. After a tough battle he actually made it in so now I HAVE to see him this weekend, gosh!
We got our things and walked through the little park and went to the grocery store. He got a jar of peanut butter and I asked what he ate it with and he said, "A spoon." XD I went off in search of our favorite chocolate. They had every flavor except the best one!
When I came back he motioned for me to put whatever I had on the conveyer belt with his things as he was paying and I melted, but I said I couldn't find our favorite chocolate so I had nothing! The cashier smiled and I said it was sad that he lives near a supermarket that doesn't have his favorite chocolate.
He said he's glad I'm not doing the internship with Incredulous Lady. He said he doesn't know her well, but that he's always heard negative things about her. As we said bye he again said he was happy about my internship and China, that I'm doing many good things, and I said thank you for everything, that all his support meant a lot to me.
I am seeing Ting Ting on Friday! I can't wait! I'm lending her my supplements for my first year courses because now she's in her first year of law school!
... or 50 for islands.PureElegance wrote:
http://hk-magazine.com/article/12707/end-hong-kong
Yeah I bet
Does anyone know what it's called when guitarists play on the neck of the guitar? I think it sounds really cool and I've been trying to find the right term for a long time without success
Here's 2 examples so you get what I mean:
Teru at 1.30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSV0CivDjz0
you at 2.15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmWQ6bX1kvI
Here's 2 examples so you get what I mean:
Teru at 1.30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSV0CivDjz0
you at 2.15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmWQ6bX1kvI
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