Writer's Block: Raining cats or dogs?
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I like both cats and dogs. Personally, my plan is to have a cat while I'm young and living in an apartment, because cats use litterboxes and are good about being left alone to fend for themselves while I would be out working all day. (I might get two so they could keep each other company, though). I'd have a cat already if it weren't for the insane hoops I'd have to jump through to get one back to the States with me (I'd be too attached to leave him/her behind), plus I don't even know if I'm allowed one here, anyway. (Tatami + cat = ?).
However, when I'm married and have a family, I want a dog. Dogs are usually more interactive with kids than cats, and the tasks of walking, feeding, etc can be shared with the kids to teach them responsibility. There's a strong possibility any cats I own while single will still be around when I have kids (my mom's cat she got in college saw the birth of her first two kids), so I just have to be optimistic that cat and dog can get along, or else wait (like my family did) to get the dog once the cat(s) has passed on and I'm ready to have a pet again.
Obviously, since I like both, I don't care which my roommate prefers. I can easily be flexible. For instance, I know Robert prefers dogs to cats, so it's possible depending on my living situation upon returning to the States that I skip the cat stage and go right into owning a dog. That said, I don't know how well I could handle an anti-pet person. If it's just a roommate for a year or something and I don't have a pet yet, that's fine, but I could never marry someone who refused to have a pet because they didn't like animals. (When there's allergies, it gets trickier-- but there are shots and such these days! My mom got one because she liked having pets too much to let that stand in her way). I think hating animals in the first place is a character flaw :-P
In other news, I'm feeling much better than yesterday. (Though I slept nearly a full twelve hours-- I was shocked when I woke up and it was 1:15 pm!). I went out and got some nourishing groceries (not just prepackaged stuff) for the first time in about a week. I'm really, really excited about making sukiyaki tonight!
Tsundere (Harsh Outside-Gentle Inside)
[x] You come off as sort of aloof to other people.
[ ] In public, you intentionally refrain from showing much weakness.
[x] You have a secret obsession with something cute. (Well, not so secret)
[ ] You pretend that you hate your crush even though you really love him/her.
[x] You blush when people point out your sensitivities.
[ ] You blush when people tell sexual jokes.
Total: 3
Yandere (Gentle Outside-Harsh Inside)
[x] You’re very sweet and kind in public.
[ ] When romance becomes a topic of discussion, people say your personality changes drastically.
[ ] You know some sort of martial art, swordplay, or otherwise kendo
[ ] You have a crush who you’d literally kill for.
[x] You have a pet-peeve that makes you snap.
[ ] Schizophrenic?
Total: 2
Meganekko (Girl/Guy-with-Glasses Character)
[ ] You have glasses. (I do, but I never wear them)
[x] You are can sometimes always be clumsy, ditzy, or absent-minded.
[x] You are always very polite in your speech.
[x] You are fairly intelligent in some field.
[ ] You take discipline seriously.
[x] You have some sort of fetish for something.
Total: 4
Tsukkomi (Angry Guy)
[ ] You have friends who often make dumb or embarrassing remarks.
[ ] You smack/beat up this friend in some way.
[ ] You do your best to maintain a calm facade, only to be thwarted by this friend.
[ ] If you & your friend were a yin-yang, you’d be the “yin”
[x] You swear a lot.
[ ] You try to bring out the more serious side of your ridiculous friend.
Total: 1
Boke (Dumb Guy)
[ ] You often make silly or embarrassing comments.
[x] You like annoying the heck out of your best friend. (:-P)
[x] You often get beaten up by your friend in some way, but you take it in good stride. (LOL Tiffany)
[ ] If you & your friend were a yin-yang, you’d be the “yang”.
[ ] You are normally very laidback and carefree.
[ ] You try to bring out the happier side of your angry friend.
Total: 2
Nadeshiko (Perfect Wife)
[ ] You are always, almost overly, polite.
[x] You love traditional Japanese culture.
[ ] You often wear either a kimono, yukata (summer cotton kimono), or apron.
[x] You’re an excellent cook.
[ ] You are hardly ever angry.
[x] You have really long hair.
Total: 3
Sexy Character
[ ] Your bust/package is...formidable.
[x] You like making sexual innuendos.
[x] You encourage trips to the beach, pool, or onsen (hot springs)
[x] There are some sexual things that you are ignorant to or need explained to you.
[ ] You’re an expert cosplayer.
[ ] You like the taste of alcohol.
Total: 3
Loli/Shota Character
[x] You like sweets or chocolate.
[x] You adore cute things and/or the word “kawaii”. (I adore cute things. However, English-speaking teenagers who think they are Lolis have killed any fondness I ever had for the word "kawaii," even in Japanese use).
[ ] You use Japanese suffixes like “-chan,” “-tan,” “-sempai,” etc.. (Only when speaking Japanese, aka when appropriate. So for the purpose of this survey, I'm gonna say no, because I have a feeling I may have just stumbled across another pet peeve).
[ ] You add unnecessary suffixes to the ends of your sentences, like “nyo,” “nyu,” “un,” etc...
[x] You are considered gullible or naive.
[ ] You have a tall/powerful friend who protects you.
Total: 3
I like both cats and dogs. Personally, my plan is to have a cat while I'm young and living in an apartment, because cats use litterboxes and are good about being left alone to fend for themselves while I would be out working all day. (I might get two so they could keep each other company, though). I'd have a cat already if it weren't for the insane hoops I'd have to jump through to get one back to the States with me (I'd be too attached to leave him/her behind), plus I don't even know if I'm allowed one here, anyway. (Tatami + cat = ?).
However, when I'm married and have a family, I want a dog. Dogs are usually more interactive with kids than cats, and the tasks of walking, feeding, etc can be shared with the kids to teach them responsibility. There's a strong possibility any cats I own while single will still be around when I have kids (my mom's cat she got in college saw the birth of her first two kids), so I just have to be optimistic that cat and dog can get along, or else wait (like my family did) to get the dog once the cat(s) has passed on and I'm ready to have a pet again.
Obviously, since I like both, I don't care which my roommate prefers. I can easily be flexible. For instance, I know Robert prefers dogs to cats, so it's possible depending on my living situation upon returning to the States that I skip the cat stage and go right into owning a dog. That said, I don't know how well I could handle an anti-pet person. If it's just a roommate for a year or something and I don't have a pet yet, that's fine, but I could never marry someone who refused to have a pet because they didn't like animals. (When there's allergies, it gets trickier-- but there are shots and such these days! My mom got one because she liked having pets too much to let that stand in her way). I think hating animals in the first place is a character flaw :-P
In other news, I'm feeling much better than yesterday. (Though I slept nearly a full twelve hours-- I was shocked when I woke up and it was 1:15 pm!). I went out and got some nourishing groceries (not just prepackaged stuff) for the first time in about a week. I'm really, really excited about making sukiyaki tonight!
Tsundere (Harsh Outside-Gentle Inside)
[x] You come off as sort of aloof to other people.
[ ] In public, you intentionally refrain from showing much weakness.
[x] You have a secret obsession with something cute. (Well, not so secret)
[ ] You pretend that you hate your crush even though you really love him/her.
[x] You blush when people point out your sensitivities.
[ ] You blush when people tell sexual jokes.
Total: 3
Yandere (Gentle Outside-Harsh Inside)
[x] You’re very sweet and kind in public.
[ ] When romance becomes a topic of discussion, people say your personality changes drastically.
[ ] You know some sort of martial art, swordplay, or otherwise kendo
[ ] You have a crush who you’d literally kill for.
[x] You have a pet-peeve that makes you snap.
[ ] Schizophrenic?
Total: 2
Meganekko (Girl/Guy-with-Glasses Character)
[ ] You have glasses. (I do, but I never wear them)
[x] You are can sometimes always be clumsy, ditzy, or absent-minded.
[x] You are always very polite in your speech.
[x] You are fairly intelligent in some field.
[ ] You take discipline seriously.
[x] You have some sort of fetish for something.
Total: 4
Tsukkomi (Angry Guy)
[ ] You have friends who often make dumb or embarrassing remarks.
[ ] You smack/beat up this friend in some way.
[ ] You do your best to maintain a calm facade, only to be thwarted by this friend.
[ ] If you & your friend were a yin-yang, you’d be the “yin”
[x] You swear a lot.
[ ] You try to bring out the more serious side of your ridiculous friend.
Total: 1
Boke (Dumb Guy)
[ ] You often make silly or embarrassing comments.
[x] You like annoying the heck out of your best friend. (:-P)
[x] You often get beaten up by your friend in some way, but you take it in good stride. (LOL Tiffany)
[ ] If you & your friend were a yin-yang, you’d be the “yang”.
[ ] You are normally very laidback and carefree.
[ ] You try to bring out the happier side of your angry friend.
Total: 2
Nadeshiko (Perfect Wife)
[ ] You are always, almost overly, polite.
[x] You love traditional Japanese culture.
[ ] You often wear either a kimono, yukata (summer cotton kimono), or apron.
[x] You’re an excellent cook.
[ ] You are hardly ever angry.
[x] You have really long hair.
Total: 3
Sexy Character
[ ] Your bust/package is...formidable.
[x] You like making sexual innuendos.
[x] You encourage trips to the beach, pool, or onsen (hot springs)
[x] There are some sexual things that you are ignorant to or need explained to you.
[ ] You’re an expert cosplayer.
[ ] You like the taste of alcohol.
Total: 3
Loli/Shota Character
[x] You like sweets or chocolate.
[x] You adore cute things and/or the word “kawaii”. (I adore cute things. However, English-speaking teenagers who think they are Lolis have killed any fondness I ever had for the word "kawaii," even in Japanese use).
[ ] You use Japanese suffixes like “-chan,” “-tan,” “-sempai,” etc.. (Only when speaking Japanese, aka when appropriate. So for the purpose of this survey, I'm gonna say no, because I have a feeling I may have just stumbled across another pet peeve).
[ ] You add unnecessary suffixes to the ends of your sentences, like “nyo,” “nyu,” “un,” etc...
[x] You are considered gullible or naive.
[ ] You have a tall/powerful friend who protects you.
Total: 3
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Date: 2010-03-05 09:55 am (UTC)http://www.ghastlycomic.com/d/20060129.html
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Date: 2010-03-05 04:42 pm (UTC)That said, if you ever know anyone on the east coast who's looking for a rescue Shiba, let me know!
(I'd include a bunch of awww inducing Shiba photos here... but LJ doesn't do that... booo)
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Date: 2010-03-06 08:57 am (UTC)Actually, one of my LJ friends has always considered getting a Shiba Inu. She's in the process of transferring/switching jobs and is figuring out where she's going to be, but if you have a link to a website or something I can pass it her way for one things settle down.
You might enjoy the image link code:
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Date: 2010-03-05 07:51 pm (UTC)I have a bit of tsundere in me too. Honestly I identify more with megane than meganekko, and that can overlap a bit easier with tsundere; male glasses-wearers (when they aren't the shiny-glasses social-idiot book-genius stereotype) tend to be older men with a lot of self-control, intelligence, and passion for their field combined with outward coolness and potential insecurities or passions. Their cluelessness is similar to an absent-minded professor stereotype, and played with for a bit less humor. In short their strange behavior is a little more mature and they may have hidden emotional vulnerabilities. And that rings true with me.
And you care about none of this! But I do watch anime and the obsession with these character types has recently half-fascinated, half-confused me. I have a lot of fetishes/favorite character types to get obsessed with, but they rarely overlap with the sort of character type that gets a name and cliché and obsessed fanfollowing—so I'm curious about the ones that do. So I have thoughts on it, apparently. Sorry to bore. ^_^
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Date: 2010-03-06 08:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-06 03:32 am (UTC)Haha, it so is! I couldn't live with someone that didn't like animals. I can barely be friends with them let alone marry or live with them. I just don't understand how anyone can dislike animals. Particularly sorts of animals, yes, but not all animals!
I like the idea of having a cat in an apartment and a dog in a house.
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Date: 2010-03-06 09:00 am (UTC)That's the route that seems most practical to me!