Hear, hear! So will my family stop asking me this question now that I’m in my 30s? I moved states to care for my grandmother and I’ve been struggling in my job search. She has early dementia, so we repeat conversations a lot and she won’t stop asking me what my dream job is and I keep trying to explain to her that as…

Japanese people are as flawed as any other people, plenty of rude folks around.

I never noticed that people avoided walking through the middle of a tori. How are you supposed to walk through it? The only thing I ever noticed is that many people bow as they enter/exit the gate, but plenty of people disregarded that.

Ugh, cue flashback to my Japanese coworkers snuffing and honking gloop in and out of their nose for hours because they refuse to just blow it. Blech! 

And honestly, Japanese people fuck up the routine all the time. Foreigners get a lot of passes as long as they’re trying their best, which usually just means apologizing a lot, even if you’re not doing anything apology worthy. I remember walking into a karaoke parlor with some other foreign friends, the staff…

I feel like I spent most of my time in Japan trying to shrink myself both physically and verbally. You don’t realize how loud you are as an American until you’re in a country that is so quiet. I was always ducking into corners and pulling my husband along to scrunch up with me while we looked over maps. Bless Japan…

It was Jezebel commenters who turned me on to The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl years ago and I have loved her ever since. 

I don’t think anyone is taking Klobuchar seriously, which is why she’s hardly getting any attention. 

The only articles I recall reading about Klobuchar on Jezebel have been about her abusive treatment of staff. I haven’t seen anyone praising her. 

I’d completely forgotten that I started buying black underwear because of this movie and also you are absolutely correct as to their true utilitarian purpose.

If you can find the blood orange orangina upgrade that cocktail. It’s my go-to for mimosas.

I didn’t realize a hobby tournament was a court of law.

*next day not best

I couldn't walk at all the best day, I was so sore. Amazing place!

I’m very excited to see it, but I’m not paying for CBS All Access. 

Anyone else seen Serling’s Twilight Zone-esque Christmas film, Carol for Another Christmas with Peter Sellers? It really moved me.

Oof, I loved her book and the section on Devito and Perlman was the most memorable part. They sound like wonderful people.

Some people just want the ring they wanted but couldn’t afford in the past. The replacement ring is also given with love and optimism and gratitude. I hope that part of a relationship doesn’t end just because time has passed. We change so much as individuals over decades as do couples, so for some I think it’s a…

When we were living in Japan my husband observed that when men excused themselves to cut through a crowd they would put their hand up to their face, side of the thumb to the nose, and “sumimasen” along. He called it polite-sharking.

No one can out tourist Japanese people. They dress like American tourists from the 90s. It’s the one country where I never worried about looking like a tourist because when they tourist they go hard.