Thinking about how when my oldest brother took Japanese classes his professor was like your pronunciation is really good 😊 but you need to watch movies that aren't about the Yakuza because you sound like a criminal
somewhere in this beautiful world there is a man who sounds like Paulie Walnuts because he learned English by watching the Sopranos
working an office job now is so funny because when i was 16 i worked a shitty minimum wage job where my manager was an ex-felon bodybuilder with knuckles tats who spent time in prison for attempted murder… so guess what, phil? your fancy title and lame white-collar intimidation tactics aren’t going to work on me, actually. i watched my old boss pull a knife on someone. you really think im going to fall to my knees when you make passive aggressive commentary? please get real
ahskajfgakl listen ive been struggling for years to take the corporate world seriously. like the posturing is SO ridiculous. people will unironically say things like “well im going to CC barbara from accounting >:(” and im like… is that supposed to be a threat? can barbara from accounting fight?
the funniest dynamc between my boyfriend and i is the chef/baker divide runs so deep. experimentally my boyfriend is a genius with figuring out what flavor profiles will not just taste good together but also will be enjoyed by the specific audience he is cooking for. a recipe is not a guidebook so much as a suggestion and he will frankenstein ideas together to get exactly what he wants to happen. he also didnt know that sugar will not work properly if you dont mix it with the wet ingredients in banana bread and when i asked 'why didnt you do it in the order of the recipe' he said 'i didnt really think it mattered'. autistically i exploded his head in my mind
I feel so bad for Miyo, her family is just downright awful and even the maids talk behind her back, but at least she has one ally within the family from the head maid. She puts a stop to the gossip, warned her about the rumors of Kudo and gave her some food for the road. That’s the most consideration and thoughtfulness she has ever received from within the household.
Gonna take it upon myself as a reader to explain things that were left out for anime onlys-
Why does Miyo’s father turn a blind eye to her abuse by his second wife? Because Kanoko (Kaya’s mother) was his first love but he was given an arranged marriage to Sumi (Miyo’s mother) instead and promptly married Kanoko when Sumi passed- poor Miyo is getting the “it’s your fault I was kept from marrying my love” treatment from him 🙃 it’s not just Miyo’s lack of supernatural talents
Why does Miyo not eat any of the breakfast she made her first morning there? Because she wasn’t allowed to eat with her awful family/ her awful family was known to deprive her of food yeah seriously screw them all
What’s going on in Kiyoka’s mind during that first day? Read the light novels or manga because his internal thoughts aren’t really present so far and they add a lot to his character so if you wanna know more do yourself a favor and read the books if/when you can
Jaime Camil as Rogelio De La Vega in Jane The Virgin (2014—2019)
I got a training bra for the first time (I am transfem) and oh my gosh it is so comfortable!!!! I'm wearing it at work today, it's like a hug and it's very affirming, I love it!!
“I think too deeply about everything. I still don’t know if that allows me to see more of the world, or less of it.”
— Mobeen Hakeem
why should my job be more important than playing on my phone
This is really sad, but it's at least kind of encouraging that he's still trying
Absolutely. The spirit of learning should be nurtured at any age. Read on, info warrior!
Hey, this is exactly how you expand your vocabulary - stumbling across new words, looking them up, and then remembering that. And they're still having fun reading the book, so they're probably going to remember the words they pick up. This is good!
I see y'all in the notes making fun of this, don't fucking shame people for learning stuff late. It's not like this guy can go back in time and do more reading as a kid/teenager, do you want people to learn new things, or do you expect everyone to just wallow in ignorance if they weren't lucky enough to be taught things as a kid/teenager? And they don't need an easier book either, if they're engaged with this one and understanding it, they're fine.
WHISPER OF THE HEART (1995) dir. Yoshifumi Kondō
(guy experiencing the consequences of his actions) yeah i don’t know why these things keep happening to me i must be cursed or something
(guy who is cursed) yeah I'm sure all of these things that are happening to me are just the consequences of my actions
