I'LL BE HERE

Jess. 1991. she/her.

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[majikkant-deactivated20180504]

The picture in the background of the second one

[pizzaismylifepizzaisking]

Tama is boss

[ultrafacts]

[cat-fandom]

THE TRAINS HAVE CARTOON TAMAS ON THEM

[ultrafacts]

Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]

[retro-geek-deactivated20220412]

For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.

[karinanotcinerina]

Beautiful.

[system-fail-ure-deactivated2021]

Now I’m crying thanks

[sapphic-matriarchy]

and a new cat was hired right?

[clarenecessities]

yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy

she works very hard

[beasti]

Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.

[lafayettelabaguette]

Law

[tooiconic]

I’m crying at 11pm over train cats

[sighinastorm]

Nitama, already now a mature cat (born 2010), has a protege named Yontama (fourth Tama, b. 2016).  There is no information available for either the physical befellment or tragic self-disgrace which has removed Santama from contention.

^Nitama majestic, and below with Yontama

Yontama.

[linkislost]

a legacy

[bemusedlybespectacled]

okay but actually what happened to santama (or sun-tama-tama, which is her name because it’s a pun on santama) was that she was basically sent to train for the position in okayama and they liked her so much they refused to send her back

[kindaoffkilter]

“Sun-tama-tama” (a pun off of “Santama”, lit. “third Tama”) was a calico cat sent for training in Okayama. Sun-tama-tama was considered as a candidate for Tama’s successor, but the Okayama Public Relations representative who had been caring for Sun-tama-tama refused to give the cat up writing, “I will not let go of this child, she will stay in Okayama.” [25]

As of September 2018, Sun-tama-tama is working as the stationmaster in Naka-ku, Okayama and appears occasionally on Tama’s Twitter account.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Every time I see this post there’s new info and it gets better

[northeastartist]

You are only allowed to scroll pass this after you pay tribute to the great Tama Station masters.

[redchrominance]

The shrine of Tama Daimyōjin (Great gracious deity Tama), next to the Kishi station where she worked.

Nitama presenting her yearly offerings to Tama Daimyōjin on the anniversary of Tama’s Death, June 23 (The offerings are presented by the company president, as Nitama is a cat and thus can’t hold the offerings herself) (Not pictured, but also present, Yontama)

[twimmythebabywitch]

you cannot pass without reblogging guys. i’m sorry, i don’t make the rules.

[dduane]

You can’t not reblog a goddess. It’s just what’s so. :)

[h2o-from-a-vodka-bottle-deactiv]

Imagine you are paid in food to greet people, and people like you so much you become a goddess after you die.

[petermorwood]

Reblogging every time it crosses my dash. (Claps hands thrice, bows.)

[fyeahbangtaned]

People say the world has changed. Thankfully, between you and I, it’s still the same.

[americachavez]

the way that we are merely a collective of jesters (supernatural fandom) performing for the entertainment of the court (mutuals who do not watch supernatural) and tonight everyone who does not watch this show is logging onto tumblr dot com to watch all of us Fools jingle miserably across the floor

[lyeekha]

you only unlock this emotion by being terminally online for the last seven years

[mylittleredgirl]

everyone i’ve encountered today has been like “you… seem different? lighter somehow?” and i’m like how do i explain how i and the many strangers who have been stranded on this fucked up desert island of a website for the last 8+ years reached a state of time-traveling collective catharsis last night without first having to summarize entire geologic eras of internet fandom culture

[gffa]

It’s impossible to describe the feeling of “this site actually felt united again instead of everyone being at each others’ throats” nostalgia mixed with “I could explain that one specific joke, but so much of the funny was being slapped out of nowhere with another 2012 reference rising up like an undead zombie that we thought we’d buried 6 feet underground after shanking it through the brain” mixed with “we’re all in the middle of some Very Stressful Things and have been internally screaming for the past several months, we Really Fucking Needed This and Destiel Took One For The Team”.

[captainshroom]

glad I sunk nine years of my life on this website just so I could experience the highly specific mix of neurochemicals currently giving me brain damage

[velvetmysoul]

[andtosaturn]

what a year this last hour has been

[bangtan]

#BTS #방탄소년단 #BTS_BE Concept Clip (Reflection ver.)

[bangtan]

[andwhentheworldisspinning]

Phoebe Bridgers - Graceland Too

[bangtan]

© Real V | Do not edit.

[andwhentheworldisspinning]

Why the “Bisexual Lesbian” Can Not Exist

This piece comes a bit late, but I wanted to write it out anyway, just to get it down on (virtual) paper.

The LGBTQIA+ community, although often portrayed in pride parades around the globe as a singular, rainbow-colored harmonious collective, is not without its own internal politics and conflict.

Labels within the  LGBTQIA+ community have been a topic of contention since the initialism “GLBT” first popped up in the late 1980s. Defining the term “bisexual” (current defined as “being attracted to more than one gender,” according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation) is still a hot-button issue, and those coming out as bisexual to friends or family are often met with confusion.

The term “bisexual lesbian” popped up on Twitter a few months ago, and is used to describe a bisexual woman who feels attraction primarily to women. In a way, it does accomplish that goal. At a glance, you see the attraction to more than one gender (”bisexual”) and then the attraction to women (”lesbian”), and could come to the conclusion that a “bisexual lesbian” is a lesbian who likes women more than men. So, why did it cause so much conflict?

The term “bisexual lesbian” was contested by both the bisexual and lesbian communities online not only because of it’s contradictory definitions, but also because of the differing experiences that inform both of those identities.

The confusion and rejection that bisexual individuals face is largely due to the public’s lack of understanding of attraction. There is a public perception that bisexual individuals are simply confused.

On the other hand, a defining experience of lesbians is the lack of attraction and connection to men in a patriarchal society. Although reported rates of homophobia toward lesbians is lower than those experienced by gay men or bisexual individuals, “lesbiphobia” still exists. Particularly, internalized “lesbiphobia” often includes the desire to be attracted to men or to fit into a more traditional gender role.

A lesbian who is attracted to men, is not bisexual, according to the definition we saw earlier. The experience this individual would face would change according to the change in attraction and the ways that society reacts to it. Conversely, a bisexual who starts calling herself a lesbian, will now face the type of social isolation that lesbians face in a male-dominated society.

Combining the terms “bisexual” and “lesbian” degrades both terms. The term “bisexual lesbian” suggests that a bisexual person is actually not attracted to more than one gender, and also gives credence to the claim (often made by straight men online) that lesbians have the potential to be attracted to men.

Although both "bisexual” and “lesbian” labels have been expanded upon in recent years -- to include attraction to non-binary, genderqueer, intersex or transgender individuals -- their basic definitions remain the same, and combining them to create “bisexual lesbian” only serves to cheapen both.

A/N: I am a lesbian. I am not bisexual! If there are any bisexuals or lesbians who have thoughts/feelings/opinions on the “bisexual lesbian” label, please feel free to reply or DM me.

[andwhentheworldisspinning]

I was thinking of renewing my contract for a minute but then we started the new semester online because of COVID-19 and everything has gone to shit again. I’m doing my best to adapt to Zoom but my coteacher won’t communicate. We’ve had so many arguments already about classroom management, teaching style, and communication, and I’m almost ready to leave the country entirely.

She keeps telling me stuff like this:

“How about watching EBS textbook English contents that I told you last time during the quarantine period and learning how a native teacher leads? I think you need to find a way for the students to follow.”

I call on certain problem students by name but they often don’t listen. They’re 6th graders who don’t care, and they’re not forced to turn their mic or video on during their Zoom classes so it’s extremely difficult to teach. They don’t follow my coteacher either, actually. I think that I already do the things that the bubbly kindergarten teacher-style EBS teachers do, but apparently that’s not good enough?? Those teachers are fluent in Korean and probably have way more experience with kids than I do. They’re also not controlling kids while teaching. They read a script and pause in places to allow students to “answer” their questions. I’m doing as much of that as I can, within the bounds of my personality and teaching style. I ask as many prompting questions as I can. I have them translate and spell things. But I can’t force them to follow along or participate if they don’t want to.

I’ve suggested a classroom management system that would directly reward participation instead of her “you showed up for class, here’s three points” system, but she doesn’t like my suggestions. So I’m not sure what else I can do.

I’ve turned simple vocab review activities into games in the past but it’s hard to moderate games via Zoom when these students only tune into class for 10 seconds at a time. My coteacher struggles with it too, but obviously only I am at fault for this difficulty.

[everythingoes]

Namjoon ♡ Run BTS! Ep. 102

[bulletproof-korean]

IU&SUGA - eight∞[lyrics+vocab]

So are you happy now Finally happy now yeah 뭐 그대로야 난 다 잃어버린 것 같아

➼ 그대로 - as it is ➼ 잃어버리다 - to lose

So are you happy now, finally happy now? I’m still the same, it seems like I’ve lost everything

➽ ~은/는/을 것 같다 모든 게 맘대로 왔다가 인사도 없이 떠나 이대로는 무엇도 사랑하고 싶지 않아 다 해질 대로 해져버린 기억 속을 여행해

➼ 맘 = 마음 - feelings ➼ 오다 - to come ➼ 인사 - greeting ➼ 떠나다 - to leave ➼ 해지다 - to wear out, fray ➼ 기억 - memories ➼ 여행하다 - to travel

Everything comes as it pleases and then leaves without a goodbye I don’t want to love anything at this rate I’m traveling in the worn out memories

우리는 오렌지 태양 아래 그림자 없이 함께 춤을 춰 정해진 이별 따위는 없어 아름다웠던 그 기억에서 만나 Forever young

Forever we young 이런 악몽이라면 영영 깨지 않을게

➼ 오렌지 - orange (konglish) ➼ 태양 - the sun ➼ 아래 - below ➼ 그림자 - shadow ➼ 없이 - without ➼ 함께 - together ➼ 춤을 추다 - to dance ➼ 정해지다 - to be decided, settled ➼ 이별 - parting ➼ 따위 - such a thing ➼ 아름답다 - to be beautiful ➼ 만나다 - to meet ➼ 그 - those ➼ 악몽 - nightmare ➼ 영영 - forever ➼ 깨다 - to wake up

➽ ~에서 is a particle that indicates a place where something is happening it can also indicate a place of departure in combination with 까지 - 에서~까지 

➽ ~ㄹ/을게요 

➽ ~던/았던 

We’re dancing together under the orange sun without shadows There’s no such thing as an already decided parting Let’s meet in those memories that were beautiful If it’s a nightmare like this, I will never wake up

섬 그래 여긴 섬 서로가 만든 작은 섬 예 음 forever young 영원이란 말은 모래성 작별은 마치 재난문자 같지 그리움과 같이 맞이하는 아침 서로가 이 영겁을 지나 꼭 이 섬에서 다시 만나

➼ 섬 - island ➼ 서로 - each other ➼ 만들다 - to make ➼ 작다 - to be small ➼ 영원 - eternity ➼ 말 - words ➼ 모래성 - sand castle  ➼ 작별 - farewell ➼ 재난문자 - an emergency text, disaster warning ➼ 그리움 - longing ➼ 아침을 맞이하다 - to welcome a morning ➼ 영겁 - eternity, perpetuality ➼ 지나다 - to pass ➼ 꼭 - for sure ➼ 다시 - again

Island, this is an island, a small island we made for each other Forever young, “eternity” is a sand castle A farewell is like a disaster warning message A morning I’m greeting along with a longing Let’s pass each other’s eternity and meet on this island again for sure

지나듯 날 위로하던 누구의 말대로 고작 한 뼘짜리 추억을 잊는 게 참 쉽지 않아 시간이 지나도 여전히 날 붙드는 그곳에

➼ 위로하다 - to comfort  ➼ 누구의 - someone’s ➼ 고작 - only ➼ 뼘짜리 - worth of a span of a hand ➼ 추억 - memories, reminiscences ➼ 쉽다 - to be easy ➼ 붙들다 - to hold on, grip

➽ ~듯

➽ ~아/어도

Someone said it’s only a small span of memories but it’s really not easy to forget In that place that still holds me even though time has passed

우리는 서로를 베고 누워 슬프지 않은 이야기를 나눠 우울한 결말 따위는 없어 난 영원히 널 이 기억에서 만나 Forever young

➼ 베다 - to use a pillow ➼ 눕다 - to lie (down) ➼ 나누다 - to share ➼ 우울하다 - to be gloomy, depressing| ➼ 결말 - conclusion, ending

We lie down on each other and share stories that aren’t sad There’s no such thing as a depressing ending I will be meeting you forever in these memories, forever young

[andwhentheworldisspinning]

I watch so much mukbang but still end up eating so much sugar ㅠㅠ

[daddyhiccup]

This was too brilliant to not share with you all.