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loganinjapan · 6 months ago

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Day 14 ACTIVITIES

It's unfortunate to say goodbye to Tokyo... nah I'm kidding. I got sick of it by Day 12. Shinkansen: It was pretty cool! Slightly slower than the Hayabusa I took, and my heart sticks with the Hayabusa, but the Hikari was pretty cool! I'm getting pretty close to fulfilling my 20 Prefecture goal - just trips to Nara, Osaka, and Hiroshima remaining. I mostly just listened to music and napped on this ride - Donna Summer is resurging back into my music for some reason? Anyways, we got to Kyoto and ouch... I feel like I owe Tokyo an apology. Kyoto Station was SLAMMED to the BRIM! Lines and crowds for days. Ugh. Lunch: I needed a break from the crowd, so I stopped by Sereno Shokudo and got some banger Italian food. I ordered a set which came with an appetizer, carbonara, chicken and a dessert. Everything felt a little too sophisticated for my liking. Also they forgot to give me my orange juice. The carbonara and the chicken thigh were absolutely delicious though!!! And then the roller coaster went back down - the dessert was some sort of matcha/tea soft serve thing? I'm not a fan of matcha and I had to just stomach this down so I wouldn't be rude. 8/10. I like our Kyoto hotel much better than the Tokyo one, mainly because I actually fit! The doorframes are tall enough and I've got legroom. The beds are super comfy!!! Dinner (part 1): I gained two strikes on two different restaurants before coming to this place. Hungry and desperate, I ended up at Ebisugawa Gyoza Nakajima. The place was really homey, I sat at the bar and ordered my food. Thank God for English menus. I got some chashu pork, black fried rice, and a plate of gyoza. The pork was pretty good and the black fried rice added some nice substance. The gyoza was the star of this dish, it was really really good!!! This restaurant is the epitome of an 8.5, but I don't do that, so we're giving it an 8/10. Dinner (part 2): This was the best snap decision I've made in Japan so far. I headed to Dining + Cafe & Bar Uruu, a small fresh pasta/pizza place near the hotel. I ordered a pasta dish - shrimp in a tomato cream sauce. Good lord, this was the stuff!!! The shrimp was cooked to perfection and the sauce absolutely schmacked. The noodles were great too. I loved the vanilla ice cream as well. If I repeat any place during Kyoto, this is likely the place I'll end up at. 10/10. Let's have some fun in Kyoto!!!

#japan #studyabroad

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paradisins · 2 years ago

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some playlists i’ve curated

lotus in bloom: homemade ice cream, wet grass, the sun is out, big dreams, familiarity, learning handshakes, a walk in the gardens, bright colors, hopscotch games, the radio is blasting, growing, picking tangerines, the aroma of baked cinnamon rolls, seashells, blushed faces, taking it day by day

i could stare at ur back all day: tracing the birthmark on your lover’s arm, scattered flower petals, sharing laughs and lollipops, comparing hand sizes, no one else in the world exists, holding on, pink skies, timeless, beauty, reciting poetry, fulfilled promises, pure sweetness, feeling whole

the motherland: golden lanterns, loving, a sunny afternoon, grammar books, cut-up slices of fruits, rivers, open arms, nostalgia, pine trees, belonging, people-watching, first encounters, train rides, playing chess

andromeda: nothing is quite real, the moon on your mind, cold wind, small voices, a mystery, the world is heavy, distractions, a fire, long white dress, spinning, torn sheet music, illusions, apologetic yet brilliant, swords, closed eyes, floating, you are reborn

braking softly: sparkling waters, peace, beautiful innocence, a matcha iced coffee, dried flowers, longing, butterflies, intertwined fingers, a lover’s hair tie, you just turned nineteen, the calm wind, the windows are down, writing in diaries, blowing kisses, bakeries

on some strange angel’s porch: staring into space, surrendering into your own loneliness, why can’t i cry? just let it all out?, home is nowhere on earth, lamp lights, dreading silence, a ghost, poison, everything is enough, the winged nike of samothrace, falling away, decaying

closing distance: a soft kiss on the chest, touching skin, desire, sweet perfume lingers, empty wine bottles, warm breath, whispers, candlelit flames, honey, nurturing, cherishing, a little bit lightheaded, love in one place, stained lipstick

i feel like running: green neon lights, 24 hour motels, pulling up at the mcdonald’s drive-thru at 3am, empty streets, searching, deserted valleys, chaos, a serpent, it was so cold but it’s burning, melancholic, lost memories, echoes, fast cars, faded wounds

backseat luvrs: hands clasped, milk chocolates, the sudden tingling feeling in your stomach when you make eye contact, nicknames, everything is in the shape of a heart, first love, illuminated, letting them in your heart, candied cherries, confessions in letters, endless gazes, the world stops

i’m over it (she’s not): puffy eyes, fragile, sick of trying, holding hope, breaking, explosion, broken fragments of your heart, pouring november rain, emptiness, ruins, infinitely wondering “why”, sorrow and anger, betrayal, gone

i was not ready: another heartbreak, darkness, eating dinner alone once again, words left unsaid, old dreams, bad timing, empty fields, running mascara, a hurt that lasts, feeling selfish, the person they once were, a stranger, the end

one jop this time: a kpop playlist full of my personalised top-tier bangers

ヽ( >∀< ☆ )ノ: kpop again but just the girlies!!!

yumeji’s theme: inspired by wong kar wai’s in the mood for love

love you for 10,000 years: inspired by wong kar wai’s chungking express

#spotify #playlists #concept playlist #concept playlists #music recs #indie

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nossbean · 4 years ago

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@sarahoftarth tagged me ages ago, thank you and sorry it’s taken so long!! So pandemic brain has been doing a number on me the last couple of months (few weeks? honestly time means nothing atm which is probably part of the problem!) but I’ve been getting my energy back up in fits and starts, and I remembered this comfort meme! It seemed like a great time to pull it out and have a go 💕

🌿 Favourite comfort food: rolling around in starch, basically! Bangers and mash swimming in gravy has been my main comfort food since I was a tot, also love pizza and nachos just HEAPED with tasty things and ice cream sundaes with nuts and hot caramel drizzle thank you

🌼 Favourite drink: loooove iced blended matcha drinks. Am trying to figure out how best to replicate these at home. Alcohol-wise, either a Pimms with UK-style lemonade and all the fruity/vegetably bits, or a rosé cider.

🌷 Favourite relaxing activity: long baths with candles and either fiction podcasts, or music and a good novel or fic

🌻 Favourite calming scent: rain, all permutations, by far.

🌺 Favourite relaxing/uplifting song: hmm the closest I can answer this is by revealing the contents of my ‘in case of emergency’ playlist, best played on shuffle: Mutha’uckas by Flight of the Conchords; Goodnight New York by Vienna Teng; Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman; A Million Dreams from the OST of The Greatest Showman; Across the Stars from the Star Wars OST; and rounding it out, two from Galavant: No One But You and I Love You (As Much As Somebody Like Me Can Love Anybody).

🍄 Favourite book to get lost in: Oh geez. This is hard for me to answer because I get lost in written stuff a lot. Instead of specifying a fave, I’ll just answer the last book I got lost in, which was All Systems Red by Martha Wells, the first in her Murderbot series. Best summed up as a robot security guard (refers to self as Murderbot) who just wants to be left alone to watch its shows but accidentally catches feelings for the humans it has been contracted to work for. Would v highly recommend, the story is a lot of fun, has great worldbuilding, and is in all ways a romp. Also, pro-tip, Tor.com’s newsletter gives away a free SFF ebook monthly, which is how I got this one (in fact, I’m pretty sure All Systems Red has been their free giveaway at least twice in the last 18 months or so, so a good chance it’ll come around again!)

💐 Favourite chill out TV show: a rotation of Mike Schur shows <3 Parks and Rec will forever be the show of my heart, but The Good Place is a close second, with Brooklyn Nine-nine bringing up the rear.

🍃 Favourite cheering podcast: I’ve added this one because I listen to loooaaads of podcasts and reckon I’m not the only one! That said, feel free to delete as needed! There’s two I’d definitively recommend, starting with The Good Place: The Podcast. Initially it was essentially episode commentaries done in podcast interview format, and now it’s expanded to a bit of additional content (they did an episode on the recent Parks & Rec special, for instance). It’s a really great listen, with lots of talk about all the things that make The Good Place wonderful with the crew & cast. I could honestly happily listen to hundreds of hours of Mike Schur interviewed by Mark Evan Jackson about the philosophical underpinnings of the show. It also has this bonus lovely segment at the end of every episode called, “What’s Good” wherein each guest shares something good in their lives/the world, and I’ve actually pulled that concept into my advocacy meetings because it’s so nice.

And the other is How Did This Get Made of which I’ve been listening to a lot the last few weeks. They’ve got a long back catalogue, a lot of their discussions go off the rails in the most delightfully cracky and funny ways, and particularly of late, they are a Safe Listen, in that they’re politically conscious and bring that into their discussions which is great because a lot of the films they watch are... hoooo-eeeee. Not. (Note this doesn’t hold for their earlier eps necessarily. They’ve been doing the podcast for 10 years and the hosts have Been On a Journey which is nice in a different way!) Bonus shoutout to The Guilty Feminist for your comedy/serious-discussion-of-feminist-concepts needs, and The Strange Case of the Starship Iris for your radio drama-esque progressive radical rebels in a space ship sci-fi needs (which, honestly, I didn’t know I needed this until I listened to it and fell in love)

🌹 The best advice you’ve ever had: oh gosh. Okay, I’m offering two since I am apparently in a rambling mood this evening! One of a more personal persuasion and then also the best piece of professional advice I’ve received. So personally: try to be gentle with yourself and remember you’re doing the best you can, and that is enough. I’m trying to remind myself of this on the daily, as pandemic brain has taken me the fork out for the last while and I’m feeling behind on All The Things. The compulsive worker in me caveats that there are times when being gentle with myself can be taken too far, but frankly, I’ve found I’ve never been in the brainspace to have that constructive conversation about when I need to push myself a bit, if I haven’t been able to acknowledge the time before has been as much as I can give (that’s a convoluted sentence and I hope it makes some sense!) So in case it’s helpful: you, yes you reading this: you’re doing the best you can. And that’s enough 💙

Professionally and relating to teamwork, as I used to work in a high-pressured and often very time-sensitive field where projects had multiple moving parts, often based out on location, and where teamwork was basically the only thing which could guarantee success: when things go right, celebrate responsible individuals as well as the team on the whole. When things go wrong, tackle it as a team only. (There are caveats of course: ‘go wrong’ holds a whole host. But assuming we mean simple human error as opposed to bigotry, harassment, or malice, then the point is that it does no one any good to point fingers, or pillory any individuals, particularly since sometimes/often it was a collective erring along the way in any case. And if needs be, there can always be a debrief later) In my experience: this works well to getting a team through some of the worst of situations, and creates a more cooperative working environment overall. Also, a related note, is that particularly when the error comes from someone lower on the hierarchy, who is probably overworked and underpaid, this approach is far better for encouraging learning and growth than anything else.

Tagging: @amuserobin @forbiddenfantasies1 @djeli-beybi @brynnmck @beesreadbooks @ajoblotofjunk @fireinthetwilight @twelvemonkeyswere @klingofff @pretty--thief @ilikeblue @ronordmann and truly anyone else who fancies it! Not sure how much this one went around so sorry if I’m double tapping you & would love to see your answers!

#play with me tag #mental health tag #honestly have mostly wanted to subsist on pizza alone these last few months #have mostly resisted this impulse #the recent Parks & Rec special was essentially a 25-minute in-character PSA but still I cried #also if anyone wants recs on where to start with hdtgm i have Opinions

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moro-nokimi · 4 years ago

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rewatch part 8

here we gooo

here we go with the war crimes

YAAAA i still love the world

i wonder if my parents hear this every 20 minutes and think “god fucking dammit here ze goes again”

THE SYMBOLISM. THE COMPOSITION. THE VISUALS. THE TIMING. BYE

now that second op though. woof.

the visual of light over the art of lucifer. things that make u say hmm

me too king.

OH NO.

ah the matcha ice cream

:((

three scoops for soichiro vs two for everyone else. bara tiddy grab panel

NOOOOO

THAT BACKGROUND. HELP

noooo :((((

tip i am so fucking sad

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was that a sex joke

DID LIGHT JUST CRACK A JOKE ABOUT RYUK BEING AN INCEL

going heavy on the copaganda aren’t they rn

ughhhhhh do we really have to break the geneva convention...

YAMAMOTO?

HEY DO WE GET TO THE PORN IN THIS EPISODE?

please tell me we don’t i’m going to be redder than a tomato

ryuk voice) mario golf? mario golf? fucking mario golf? blideo blames?

ryuk starts fucking dancing god i love it. chaotic neutral + lawful evil

get a HOBBY you fucker

wait no get a hobby that doesn’t involve killing people

god he’s a fucking mensa candidate. pretentious dicks, the lot of em

OH LOL YUP WE’RE AT THE NUDIE MAGAZINES

i love the snark from ryuk and light

WOW he’s just blatantly extorting ryuk

still love brian drummond as ryuk. like him sam vincent as sidoh and -I SHOULDN’T HAVE LOOKED UP WHEN I DID

fuck now i’m distracted

oh he’s just LOOKING AT THEM why wouldn’t he take shit up a notch. for a mensa candidate he sure is lacking in common sense

ik i say this often but godddd

oh i know this broad’s back hurts

HE JUST FLOATS ACROSS THE SCREEN

“the cops must have figured out that whoever raye was tailing would be the suspect” (ryuk’s head, upside down, floats across the screen)

you mean to tell me that he bought a bunch of jp playboys for this exact reason? god he’s just like “haha according to keikaku” (trans. note: keikaku means plan) (has been completely caught off guard). i mean i think it tells you a lot BUT GIVE IT UP DUDE

THE NARM

THE SAMEFACE

how many dudes are members of interpol though...

that’s like seven dudes from member agencies

nice to see that they removed the fatphobia for the anime, despite its problems

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA POTATO CHIP SCENE

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO

the narm. “i’m gonna take a potato chip and eat it!”

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

shoutout to brad swaile for taking this so seriously

okay wouldn’t they have seen the blue light glare from the fucking potato chip bag god i hate this plot sometimes

HE THREW AWAY A WHOLE ASS TV

i’d be corpsing so badly if i were bswaile

vibe check failed (privacy is invaded)

LOL

i wanna get him. the sheer rage that provoked in me. 400 YEN ISN’T CHEAP

ugh.

finishing out with alumina again. still a banger

#vd.liveblogging #long post #food tw #idek how to tag the innuendo

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