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blodeueddMasa, you know I love you, but that colour looks better on me than it does on you.
And in the spirit of linking, here is some random stuff for you to click on:
Top 25 Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians: I couldn't help it, this made me snort with laughter more than once. Especially #8, "Inventors of the 1980s". *snerk* Cracked.com's lists of top 5/6/15/22 are a way to very easily waste whole evenings away, but damned if they aren't entertaining!
No Sex in the City: While I imagine it must be very frustrating to be putting yourself out there and not getting any takers, this line seems to encapsulate this woman's problems: "and even construction workers, who could usually be counted on for a leer, regarded me with bored, blank expressions, (...)" Seriously, what country did you think you were in? I don't know much about Japanese dating practices, but she seems to have been going about it all wrong. Oh, and having curly blonde hair doesn't mean that all guys will think you're hot, either.
101 Places Not To Go To: Reading this much negativity really annoyed me, especially the bit about, "OMG, Korean monks don't just sit around all day contemplating the mysteries of the universe, they actually have to work to get food on the table!" Get your head out of your ass, woman. I find myself getting really annoyed reading travel articles such as this one, because it really boils down to, "Hey, foreign people are weird and stuff in other countries is not just like it is back home!" Well, of course it isn't. Isn't that why you travel? What's the point if you're just going to seek to recreate the life you had in your native country? I clicked the link to her blog, though, and I liked the tone there much more; she's going off the beaten track, and has a good sense of humour about it, for the most part.
All right, enough complaining. Here's some fun stuff!
Seal of Approval: Approve-o-rama! *squeal* ^_^
Big Cats on Catnip: They're the same as regular cats, just on a larger scale.
When Kimberly called me up this morning to ask if I wanted to come over for a pancake breakfast, I realised that never before have I lived so close to a good friend, or to any friend, really, since childhood. The only time would have been back when I was 13, and my friend Melanie moved two streets away, but she changed schools at the end of that year and we grew apart, so we stopped hanging out together. It's nice to be able to just pop over whenever, bring my knitting and chat for a while.
And in the spirit of linking, here is some random stuff for you to click on:
Top 25 Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians: I couldn't help it, this made me snort with laughter more than once. Especially #8, "Inventors of the 1980s". *snerk* Cracked.com's lists of top 5/6/15/22 are a way to very easily waste whole evenings away, but damned if they aren't entertaining!
No Sex in the City: While I imagine it must be very frustrating to be putting yourself out there and not getting any takers, this line seems to encapsulate this woman's problems: "and even construction workers, who could usually be counted on for a leer, regarded me with bored, blank expressions, (...)" Seriously, what country did you think you were in? I don't know much about Japanese dating practices, but she seems to have been going about it all wrong. Oh, and having curly blonde hair doesn't mean that all guys will think you're hot, either.
101 Places Not To Go To: Reading this much negativity really annoyed me, especially the bit about, "OMG, Korean monks don't just sit around all day contemplating the mysteries of the universe, they actually have to work to get food on the table!" Get your head out of your ass, woman. I find myself getting really annoyed reading travel articles such as this one, because it really boils down to, "Hey, foreign people are weird and stuff in other countries is not just like it is back home!" Well, of course it isn't. Isn't that why you travel? What's the point if you're just going to seek to recreate the life you had in your native country? I clicked the link to her blog, though, and I liked the tone there much more; she's going off the beaten track, and has a good sense of humour about it, for the most part.
All right, enough complaining. Here's some fun stuff!
Seal of Approval: Approve-o-rama! *squeal* ^_^
Big Cats on Catnip: They're the same as regular cats, just on a larger scale.
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When Kimberly called me up this morning to ask if I wanted to come over for a pancake breakfast, I realised that never before have I lived so close to a good friend, or to any friend, really, since childhood. The only time would have been back when I was 13, and my friend Melanie moved two streets away, but she changed schools at the end of that year and we grew apart, so we stopped hanging out together. It's nice to be able to just pop over whenever, bring my knitting and chat for a while.
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Date: 2010-09-12 07:35 am (UTC)LOL, I've read that article by the dateless girl before. The thing is, she seems to think that
1) a club is a good place to meet a boyfriend. I've never met anyone who met a long-term boyfriend at a club. The most was short-term "dating" or hookups, at least from my friends.
2) she can find a boyfriend when she's obviously not looking to stop her travels to be with him. I don't know about everyone, but most of the japanese guys that I've asked to have said that they don't want to seriously date a foreign girl because she will eventually move away, so where is the future in that? (granted, this was only to guys that can't speak english and don't have any real interest in moving to a foreign country because they have careers here, which is probably 99% of the population). I imagine that had a factor in things for her. But she doesn't live here anymore, so I don't see why she really cares, except that the publication of the article will get her a bit of extra money.
LOL as a side note, I was approached by four guys yesterday. It was the weirdest things, and although one was hot and one was just shouting out catcalls from his van, they all gave me the creepy vibe. But hey at least I was approached. In the countryside. I don't know which Japan this girl was in, because it happens to me a lot. Maybe it's because I'm not blonde?
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Date: 2010-09-12 11:56 am (UTC)It depends on what type of relationship you're looking for. I've never gone out looking to meet a Japanese guy, but it seems to me that you don't just go up to random guys and chat with them, here. *shrug* And I've also been approached by men here, but it seemed creepier somehow. Like, if someone tried to chat me up at a bookstore back home, it wouldn't be all that strange. But in Tokyo? (It's happened!) Creepy.
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Date: 2010-09-12 12:31 pm (UTC)