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pictures and thoughts from a JET alum

[animejebbush]

i was at five guys and i’ve never wanted to meet someone more than i do the guy that drew this

[theawesomeadventurer]

It’s always so scary when memes reach the mortal coil

[doushiyo-doshi]

I am on Day 3 of eating no sugar or anything sweet-tasting and I have no idea if it’s working but I’ve drank a hundred cups of water and can’t stop fantasizing about bagels smothered in blueberry cream cheese

but I will endure

[dedalvs]

Awesome Childhood Spelling

Uhh…where it says “looked” read “lopped”. lol This is based on the original tweet you see up there by Twitter user @Sal_Perez4 (see the original tweet here).

[allthingslinguistic]

Another, similar thread by Jonathon Owen on the linguistics of this same excellent tweet.

[tumblinguistics]

A good and pure post.

[ithelpstodream]

[fuckyeahforeignlanguagemajo-blog]

[Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “ Someone makes you angry ” Bottom text: “ Start shouting in another language ”]

I cannot possibly tell you how many times this has happened.

My favorite incident involved « Ne me force pas claquer mes doigts en forme du Z! » followed by the requisite snapping.

[Submitted by Eric]

[doushiyo-doshi]

>tfw first real boyfriend in 8 years

MY AWKWARD FLIRTING ATTEMPTS WERE A GREAT SUCCESS GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS

except that it’s long distance which fucking sucks but WHO CARES I’ve never been so ridiculously happy in my life

[wheninyamanashi]

Every Time I Make a Phone Call in Japanese

[doushiyo-doshi]

end of semester

>go to graduate student lab to focus >thinking people will be working and inspire me >everyone is goofing off >mfw

[doushiyo-doshi]

>all smiles and customer service at work >old man goes out of his way to find something to nitpick and makes fun of me for it in front of everyone in the library

trying my hardest here man, you don’t have to be a dick

[doushiyo-doshi]

My first year. OF COMIC FUCKING SANS

[doushiyo-doshi]

best day ever (not)

>huge scrape on my car and a note

>~$650 worth of medical bills to pay

>person who agreed to room with my back in October just said she found a better offer and is leaving me high and dry

[doushiyo-doshi]

>reading articles online >reminded of preschool for blind and visually impaired children I used to work at >go to website >pictures of my old babies graduating

the hardest part about being a teacher is leaving the little ones you love

[doushiyo-doshi]

>open up iMovie to make parody video >last project was something for my elementary schoolers in Japan >mfw

[doushiyo-doshi]

okc

Just tweaked my OKC profile to cut out 90% of the nerd shit. I listed a couple anime I like; other than that, I took out all the tabletop stuff, almost all of the vidya stuff, and changed my profile picture to a more normal-looking one.

This should at least limit the number of "you are perfect" messages I get from guys like this:

[doushiyo-doshi]

summary of last night's date

Expectation:

Reality:

protip to guys on dating sites: please use a recent picture

[doushiyo-doshi]

dear diary

Date 2 with OKC guy in about a half hour, and I don't know how to feel.

I mean, I feel nervous, but it's more of the feeling of "ugh wanna stay home and play video games", so I guess it's just avoidance.

I mean we get along really well, and have so many interests in common, but the first impression of him (in terms of attractiveness) was just so...meh.

My friends here all chalked it up to it being a 9:30 AM breakfast date and us both being tired as hell (true), but...I dunno.

Maybe it's because I'm not used to this whole dating thing. I'm used to meeting a guy IRL, starting to like him, then going out on dates and stuff. I'm not used to this "eh let's just go out and see if feelings develop".

I think I'm just kind of afraid of having an awkward time, and having to say "hey, uh, I know we did two dates, but I don't feel it working." I know it's totally fine to do it, too, but it's just...augh.

I think my standards are just too high. I always say I know what I'm looking for, but maybe I don't. Maybe I've just got this fantasy vision in my head of what I want, and anything that isn't remotely like it just gets booted.

I went to the bar the other night, and off-handedly I said "hey that guy's cute". I was drunk enough to pop up and say hi, get a feel for him, but after talking to him for a half hour, it was pretty clear that we weren't a good match. (Plus he was younger and an undergrad, ew.)

The whole thing made me feel better about this guy, because I'm like "phew, I have a better option", but I think it made things worse, since I started trying to make this OKC guy out to be perfect in my head.

I really need to tell my head to shut up and stop planning so far ahead. I should just enjoy this, have a good time tonight, relax a little.

I think that's going to be the hardest part. Just relaxing and having fun, and not trying to overanalyze every little thing. You don't have to fucking marry the guy, just...enjoy yourself. If it goes well, it goes well. If it doesn't, then oh well. 

Man, this is why I'm not allowed to complain about being single, ha ha ha.

[doushiyo-doshi]

>guy friend asks me out via text and I finally find a good way to turn him down gently >realize that date for saturday is a date for valentine's >mfw

WOWI'MFLATTEREDBUTIWANTUSTOJUSTSTAYFRIENDSTHANKSTHOUGHREALLYBUTIDON'TFEELTHATWAYTWARDSYOUAHHHVALENTINES?!