tiredofsametab

Live in Japan and seconded. It can be sweet, but making it all sweet is just missing out on so much.

I was specifically avoiding the name to leave some ambiguity in case someone might want to read it, though probably overkill. But, yep, him

I wondered this the first time going to a temple or shrine in Japan. It’s also quite common here. I wondered if maybe it came over with Buddhism and it made it’s way into the now-mostly-unified Shinto practice (pre-meiji-restoration, beliefs and practices were a lot more local). It could also have come in at the time of christian missionaries, but that seems a lot less like especially since it persists after the christians were forced to leave, convert, or die (though hidden christians remained, often meeting in caves in the hills and such).

I think one would have to search through what written accounts of people remain, particularly those of outside observers in a new place.

I thought maybe it came from some older homo sapiens practice, but even things such as nodding for yes aren’t consistent, so maybe not.

I started reading Dragonlance novels around 10 years old. When I got my hands on the third main one (IIRC), one of the main characters who’s a knight died and that impacted me for quite some time.

Reece’s peanut butter cup minis. Perfect ratio of peanut butter and chocolate to me. Best if kept in the freezer. They’re not sold in Japan apparently because one ingredient used, so I only get them once or twice a year.

I’m from the US and this is what I remember from elementary school (the only school that had a fence in my case) in my case that would have been years 3-5

I hate that my phone turns “its” into “it’s” seemingly every single time. I often forget (I don’t post from my phone very often) and often only notice later and have to edit a post. It’s maddening.

I’m 2-3 times a day. it was 5+ until we figured out my body hates gluten