oh you payin??????

*the highest of fives*

I mean, ever since the maxi dress SCANDAL I wouldn’t be surprised.

Well, they tried running advice articles but it quickly devolved into snark on Groupthink, something about how it catered to wealthy white women. Especially the article on smuggling recreational drugs around, people said it was white women doing something illegal and not thinking about the “poor brown people” who…

Russian women have their looks until age 30. Because early childbearing is encouraged and government subsidized, most women have their first child between 18-21. Most people still smoke, and I’m talking unfiltered Russian cigs (western ones are much more expensive), and the women wear insanely high heels daily…

Certain breeds are much more relaxed than others. Ragdolls, Scottish Folds, etc. My Ragdoll is super docile and wants to be a lap cat to everyone, my Siamese is high strung and mentally ill but he loves his mama. I’ve never had such a devoted pet, but he’s only devoted to one person.

Dangit Bobby.

You just reminded me that I need to go to knitting circle before departing this one stoplight town.

Yeah, I was a dedicated teacher and made sure I kept my teaching time separate from vacation time, but the school lucked out on me as well. I knew the language and I had materials to teach from, but we were given very little to go on. I got frustrated some with the people who tried to turn it into an adventure but…

That absolutely depends on the school and the location. Sometimes they just need a warm body to be a TA, not a full-on teacher. China especially will take people with less experience because the market for ESL teachers is huge, they’re catching up to India in terms of teaching their populace English — most people the…

At least once they saw me in my formal gown at the New Years’ Ball, my students kept wanting me to braid or updo their hair, so I guess I got something right! A lot of people just stop grooming completely except for showers, and that’s just not me. Besides, I’m a fast braider, it’s faster than flat ironing for sure.

Yeah, I advise every single prospective ESL teacher to get as much info as possible before signing anything — I’ve heard some real horror stories, mostly from the east Asian countries. I almost got suckered into a job where they gave you room and board but your “stipend” equated to about $12 USD, which would have gone…

Russia, but I’ve heard from colleagues that China can be even worse. We had an odd mix of people, since the campuses were spread across Karelia and Finland as well, so there were the obligatory creepy guys wanting Finnish/Russian women and the people who were in it for the alcohol. I’ve remained close with a few…

Yeah, I’m going through a similar thing — I’m moving to a tiny apartment for school, and realizing how “immigranty” my life has become. Traveling definitely helps you manage your money and priorities better once you’re seasoned at it, not to mention you know how to cook a decent meal while spending as little as…

Yeah, at the school I worked for that was a real problem. People come in talking about taking day trips to Russia, and it’s like, we’re working six days a week y’all, do you even have a visa? No? Okay, go back to grading placement tests until I tell you to stop. They weren’t dedicated to teaching and passed off…

When I arrived in Russia I was already well dressed, and was horrified at how underdressed I was in comparison to seemingly everyone else in St. Petersburg who wasn’t a babushka. The option of getting newer clothes didn’t exist because Russian women generally do not have G cups, so they don’t sell clothes that fit…

A lot of people who teach ESL overseas do this kind of thing in their spare time. You probably still need money saved up at home in case of an emergency, but if you get a good gig you can pay for mini vacations between terms and stuff. But just roaming from country to country with no set goal or job....yeah, wealthy…

I’m bisexual and I wonder how my hetero friends do this relationship shit like 75% of the time. They spend way too much time arguing with each other over stupid shit, more time being pissed at each other and talking to their friends aka me about it, but then they just go home and bone anyway. If they’re not in the…

Slightly?

Chill leads to chill-dren. Also, if that’s your idea of a plan, I’m presuming you haven’t washed your sheets in the past year, that I’m going to wind up silently avoiding your weird frat bro roommates that you neglected to mention, and that you’ve probably got someone you’re more interested in actually dating in mind…