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Or as Kyle put it "happy corporate capitalist bullshit day"
He's better at naming stuff than me.
To be fair, V-day is no worse, no more capitalistic or materialistic than the other holidays, like Chirstmas with its presents or Easter with its marshmallow bunnies (notice my focus on 'mainstream' Christian holidays). In a way, its the more honest of the holidays since it makes no lies about its corporate beginnings. And it certainly doesn't have the fame to infamy as Thanksgiving.
Regardless, the point is that this day to me means hilarious special ads from lovers to lovers published in newspapers. Today's personal favorite:
Snooger,
Your dad must have been a baker, because you have a nice set of buns :) Happy Valentine's Day! Thanks for everything that you do. I love you so much!
Love, Snoogie
Also of interest:
Dear Alberto,
Happy Valentine's Day! I love you so much! One little kiss!
Love, Johanna
...Now I just need to find someone named Johanna |
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May. 4th, 2007 @ 10:11 am
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It seems Im stuck taking at least one credit for University Scholars this summer.
Anyone know if Florida Bright Futures pays for one summer class or not? |
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I got a wonderful e-mail today informing me that I got accepted into the University Scholars program, which will be giving me a nice amount of money to conduct research this summer.
What does this mean? It means I'll be staying in Japan over the summer! Sorry to those back in the States and Miami (read a Sophia). I won't be seeing you guys till August.Current Mood:  ecstatic Current Music: Romance by Yuki Kajiura |
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Mar. 24th, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
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meh
oh and no more mister donuts.Current Mood:  meh |
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Mar. 19th, 2007 @ 05:30 pm
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So fuck studying for midterms. I went to a Muse concert instead.
Amazing.
Mar. 14th, 2007 @ 10:59 pm
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In post secret, http://community.livejournal.com/_postsecret_/155888.html
I found this thread: http://community.livejournal.com/_postsecret_/155888.html?thread=78939632#t78939632
Which said:
my brother is a huge necrophiliac
ive caught him jerking off to pictures of corpses online
and at a dear friends funeral, he got a boner.
i also have read in his journal how he frequently scouts the cemetary for freshly dug graves, but hasn't worked up the nerve to dig anyone up.
he wants to be a medical examiner.
Mar. 2nd, 2007 @ 06:31 pm
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Omg my money is back. Yessss.
Feb. 22nd, 2007 @ 12:30 am
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I made a purchase at an electronics store here in Japan using my debit card. It works fine. However, the clerk was mistaken so I had to go back and return it and replace it. So what they did was supposedly cancel my previous purchase and charged me anew, for the correct product this time. For a few days (I went Sunday) my bank statement said money had been pulled twice from my bank account. But it was still 'processing' so I assumed it would rectify itself. However, I checked my bank accounts again today, and both payments have stopped processing. And they've both gone through.
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Should I wait a little bit more? Maybe they're (whoever they are) are late in informing my bank that no I have not just spent that much money. Or should I contact someone? The store or my bank?
Pain in the ass. Don't take my money!
Feb. 14th, 2007 @ 10:05 pm
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Japanese houses...are very cold. Espesically when it gets as low as 10 C (maybe even lower!) and there is no central heating. Though technically, in my home in NY my parents would not have the heater on at night. So that's fine. But these Jap-style homes must not have any insulation at all! Twice I've woken up, and when I exit my cold room to go into the even colder hallway and stairs, I could see this white puff float in front of me. I could see my own breath! I think sometimes it may actually be colder inside than out. Spring better get here soon. Come on global warming!
On another note, I had issues and concerns about the credit I'm earning out here in Japan for UF. I finally get a reply from my Asian-studies academic advisor...aaand I get this in part of the e-mail:
"...It's very unusual for a person to go to Kansai Gaidai
with 3rd year Japanese complete, but most of the students at Aoyama
Gakuin go like that. They do not get further language credit, but
just return very far advanced over the other students. It is a
little disappointing that you are in level 5 and 6, but you will come
back very strong..."
Unusual? disappointing? I largely don't regret coming here. I've made really good friends and had wonderful experiences. Plus, I just wasn't good enough to take actual Japanese classes (which would have been Aoyama). Kansai Gaidai has something like that too, Academic Japanese, and I was definitely not good enough to do that. Maybe I should have tried for it this semester? But I don't know...this e-mail just kind of bothers me. Mostly because out of frustration that I wasn't strong/good enough to get the proper credit. Now I'm going to be 2 credits behind, will this be a problem? And even though I'm still learning a lot...I'm now feeling that my academic history just reveals someone who is stupid in Japanese. I got all these nice scholarships because they thought I was smart and probably going to go into Japanese-Japanese classes with Japanese students. Now I'm just feeling stupid and depressed.
I need a damn McFlurry.
Feb. 5th, 2007 @ 09:51 am
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