Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Japanese Schools: TRUTH

WATCH this video AND THEN read the post SO you can understand my frustration.
The reason I didn't embed the video is because the thumbnail suggested things.

So this video had me screaming cuz lots of stuff are wrong so I would like to correct it.

I am half Japanese and I have spent ALL my school years in Japan.

Number 10

Hair styles.

If you go to a public junior high or high school chances are things are really strict and the video is telling the truth. But

5 GOLDEN Answers For ANY Question

We've all been in that situation where we don't know what to say. The questions that stump us because we just don't know or don't care. Do you want to come across as positive or negative? Maybe you wanna be a bit ambiguous? How about when you really don't care about the question and want a get-away answer but CAN NOT come up with one? Or, what if questions just stress you out and your motto is to live a stress-free life?

Look no further, for I have the FIVE GOLDEN ANSWERS you can use for any type of question! If you have these in your head at all times you will be fully prepared for absolutely any question.

Without further ado, here are the FIVE GOLDEN ANSWERS which can be used for any type of question.

1. No way.
This is

I have a chance to make this! Publish my novel *chants over and over*

You didn't know this because I didn't tell you but me and my parents, we have been working to get published in an academic journal with me as second author.

Found out today we have been rejected and can't resubmit to the journal

One: It is bad that we have been rejected and can't resubmit to the journal.

Two: My name won't be on a published piece. My real name, that is.

Three: Very nice critiques with kind suggestions and reasons stated for the rejection.

The second point means something to me, guys.

I have long decided that the first ever published piece with my name (my pen name) will be on my novel Liaffon. THIS MEANS THAT,

Photographs: Do they talk to us? What are photographs and why do we take them?

"Carpe... Carpe... Carpe diem... Seize the day, boys. Make your lives... extraordinary..."

"Dead Poets Society" a classic movie with an iconic actor

 

The photos speak to them. Well, not really obviously but when you look into the eyes of the past, you might feel like the photos are speaking to you.

But why do we feel like that? And what is it about capturing the past or a certain time in the present? To preserve memories? I mean today, today is the Selfie Age. People take selfies ALL THE FRICKIN TIME. And not just to capture that memorable moment but to just take a picture. What is that need? Why? What how who when where why???

Social Media is EXHAUSTING sometimes

If you're like me and you have just recently invested yourself into Social Media Land then you might find at first you kinda might enjoy this.

Blogger
linked to Google Plus
Twitter 2 accounts
Facebook (well, not so much updates but more like contacting friends)
YouTube (Galligator isn't doing all that on her own, you know. N. J. is keeping it grounded so it doesn't get out of hand)
Figment: Write Yourself In (community writing site)

I suppose I didn't understand really what it was like to invest in Social Media. I mean, I see Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, Jenna Marbles, Jacksfilms, Superwoman, GMM, Pewdiepie, Tyler Oakley, and many many many other YouTubers just seemingly keeping up with everything AND going about their daily lives.

Somehow they manage it. And what we see is just a sliver of a part of their life. Just 10 minutes, or 20 minutes. We don't see the tremendous effort that goes into this. Well, sometimes we do but not EVERY day.

So I arrive at Social Media Station a COMPLETE newbie to everything and it all seems like happy land and fun and happy and fun until...

Poultry: To Eat or Not to Eat?

Yes, to eat or not to eat, that is the question (Shakespeare reference).

I like meat. Fried chicken, hamburgers, turkey during Thanksgiving...mmm, yummy *licks lips*

And I don't plan on stopping from eating meat.

One of my aunts is a vegetarian. Her husband and son are not. I have wondered about this. I mean, how can it be okay for a vegetarian to live with meat-eaters...idk. Maybe I'll ask her someday.

Anyway, I have sometimes, when I eat meat,