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new-ishcoatofpaint: japanese-revision: japanese-revision: Text...

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:01:12 -0600

japanese-revision:

japanese-revision:

Textbooks:

An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese

A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar

A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar

Read Real Japanese Fiction

Dictionaries:

ALC (I use this everyday)
→Expression encyclopaedia

Goo dictionary

Weblio

WWWJDIC (with audio clips)

JWPce (downloadable dictionary for Windows)

JEDict (downloadable for Mac users)

Idiomatic Expressions

Idioms dictionary [Japanese only]

Counters dictionary

Hovering dictionaries:
→Rikaikun for Chrome
→Rikaichan for Firefox
→Floating Dictionary for Mac

Current Affairs dictionary

For kanji.

Jisho (I use this for spelling kanji for if I can’t read it)

Yamasa (I use this for learning to write)

A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters

Associative Kanji Learning (stroke orders)

Online reading:

Hukumusume Fairytales

竹取（Bamboo-Cutting） (vertical writing)

吉田秀幸の日記（Hideyuki Yoshida’s Diary） (recipes)

Chokochoko’s reading texts to help with JLPT

TED Talks (with Japanese subtitles and transcripts)

Learning through Films [Japanese subtitles/scripts]

Manga.

Free online manga

Vomic (free online manga with voice actors)

Sound Effects (in manga, etc)

Improving your speaking:

Japanese pronunciation guide

Interactive Hiragana Pronounciation table

Topics for Language Exchanges.

Bubbly (a Twitter-like app where you can record yourself)

Audioboo (similar to Bubbly, but also a website)

Listening:

“Real World” Japanese

泣きたいときのクスリ 2007 - ‘08 (radio drama)

Writing practice:

Lang-8

www.Japan-Guide.com

原稿用紙の使い方 (How to write an essay with Japanese writing paper)

Shiritori (Japanese word-chain game)

News:

NewsWeb Easy

NHK News (audio news with speed controls)

Mainichi Primary School student Newspaper

Podcasts:

JOQR (Cultural Broadcasting)

TBS Radio’s Junk

TOKYO FM

YouTube:

Afternoon Hirusagari

Jet Daisuke

バイリンガール英会話

Analog TV Forever (collections of adverts)

Japanese sign language.

Heartful Power Hideo

Shuwa Island

TV:

Japanese subtitles for anime

KeyHole TV (to stream Japanese TV and radio)

風雲LIVE日本語（Feng Yun LIVE Japanese） (to stream TV)

映画で学ぶ実践英会話

Tumblr:

Kanji-a-Day

Holy crap Japanese

Nihongo ga Suki

Jumpstart Japanese

Nihongolog

Nadine Nihongo

That Japan Addict

ChilliMuffin

Japanese through Fandom

F-Yeah Native Japanese

J-Vocab of the Day

ぶらりめし [Japanese only]

Peaceful Chef [Japanese only]

Those studying in Japan.

Japanicking in Yamanashi (at Yamanashi University)

Samxuel (at Kyushu Sangyo)

Katy in Japan Town (at NUFS)

Chocotastie (at Seinan Gakuin)

Kim in Sapporo (at Hokkaido University)

Blogging:

Yaplog

Learning websites:

JapaneseClass.jp

The Japanese Page

Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese

Erin’s Challenge (with listening and reading practice)

Maggie Sensei

Other resources:

Lots of threads with a variety of resources for Japanese learning

JLPT Resources

I’ve added more to the list since first creating it. As always, if anyone has anything they would like to add, let me know!

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free education

nikaalexandra: do you ever hear someone’s name and just

Mon, 13 May 2013 04:30:33 -0600

nikaalexandra:

do you ever hear someone’s name and just

what you said was: "i don't respect women who don't respect themselves"

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:00:38 -0600

what you said was: "i don't respect women who don't respect themselves"
what you meant was: "i and society as a whole hold women up to ridiculous respectability standards directly relating to the "purity" of said women while hypersexualizing them at the same time and if you are a woman and don't fit my awkward monolith of criteria then i refuse to acknowledge your humanity"
what i heard was: "hi i'm a misogynist piece of shit, please punch me in my face"

The Girl Who Pretended To Be A Boy

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:30:34 -0600

The Girl Who Pretended To Be A Boy:

seananmcguire:

queersuperteens:

The Girl Who Pretended To Be A Boy, from The Violet Fairy Book compiled by Andrew Lang, on Project Gutenberg.

Just. You guys. IT’S A CLASSIC FAIRY TALE ABOUT A PRINCESS WHO GETS TURNED INTO A BOY AND IS SUPER FREAKING HAPPY ABOUT IT AND THEN GETS TO MARRY THE PRINCESS SHE RESCUED.

Thank you, Seanan McGuire, for mentioning that a story like this existed. And thank you, whoever that person who sent her an ask saying the story was in one of the Fairy Books, for sending that ask.

I AM SO HAPPY OMG.

There you go, somebody found the Colored Fairy Book this is from!

Photo

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:30:42 -0600

FUCK! Tumblr! Release your grip on me, I need to go fucking play piano so I don’t fail my...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:21:33 -0600

FUCK! Tumblr! Release your grip on me, I need to go fucking play piano so I don’t fail my fifteen fucking minute final tomorrow adoifjadsiognadfiognaofihnaiohnfd

misszombilicious: chaseyourideal: brunomarsislife: THE MOST...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:20:17 -0600

misszombilicious:

chaseyourideal:

brunomarsislife:

THE MOST ACCURATE GIFSET IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

My entire blog

So accurate sometimes.

Oh Jenna Marbles, when you get it right, you get it right. l’sigh

expectojaquito: #nailart Nailed it?

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:15:54 -0600

expectojaquito:

#nailart

Nailed it?

theongreyjoy: i’d love to see more women villains that are completely unsympathetic. no stupid “woe...

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:36:31 -0600

theongreyjoy:

i’d love to see more women villains that are completely unsympathetic. no stupid “woe is me” backstory that hardly justifies their actions. no victim complex. no hesitation. just a love for carnage and head games and an insatiable lust for pain. mentally unhinged or fully in control. there aren’t enough female characters out there that are truly monsters. as much as it’s fun to see male characters do that, i want some iconic serial killer ladies in my life.

The funny thing is, I have an RP character named Chantrielle who had a great upbringing, knew both her mother and her father, never wanted for anything, and she is one sadistic little bitch. Like… She’s evil. I LOVE playing her because she’s my “fuck you, honeybadger don’t give a fuck!” character and I love it. Ugh. Yes.

Photo

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:30:02 -0600

luvmoonsurfacecpine: Chris Pine: The Thinker But when Quinto...

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:29:16 -0600

luvmoonsurfacecpine:

Chris Pine: The Thinker

But when Quinto came out in 2011 in an interview with New York magazine, Pine was thrilled:

“So happy for him, oh man. I thought it was rad. It was really, really cool. He did it on his own time, on his own schedule. And Jonathan [Groff], who he’s dating, is such a lovely man. He’s a good guy and a great actor, and they make a fantastic couple. I couldn’t have been happier for Zach.”

……………………………………………………………

Quinto, who emphatically calls Pine’s range “phenomenal,” says Pine’s priorities are clear. “I don’t know what those [other] actors want,” he says. “I can only speak to the man that I know, and I know Chris first and foremost cares about digging deeper within himself, about being a good person. At the end of the day, you have to unplug from that comparison game, because it will absolutely drain you.”

SOURCE

Why is this man SO FUCKING HOT?! Just.. UGH. Y U SO PERF?!

kpfun: A real mother is the most wonderful person in the world....

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:14:02 -0600

kpfun:

A real mother is the most wonderful person in the world. She’s someone who loves and cares for you and tells you stories. She’s the angel voice that bids you good night, kisses your cheek, whispers, “Sleep tight.”

tellthegirlsivefallen: lizlemon-party: good god Excuse...

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:13:15 -0600

tellthegirlsivefallen:

lizlemon-party:

good god

Excuse me.

Best. Idea. Ever.

I could use someone to cuddle with.

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:30:29 -0600

brodingershat: pimperious-condescension: I’m a grade 12 in...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:52:10 -0600

brodingershat:

pimperious-condescension:

I’m a grade 12 in high school who just happens to wear a K-cup bra. I live a fairly normal high school existence, except for the fact that my bust size often gets me in trouble with teachers, especially female teachers.

Now, my school has a uniform that involves a blouse. Being a busty person, I need to undo three buttons in order to have it fit right without it being undone to below my breasts. Even then, it’s a bit of a stretch. There is literally no way to disguise my breasts. Even when I’ve bound them for crossplay, they still look like really large pectoral muscles. I’m also really confident with my body, so I don’t see why I should have to hide what my body looks like at school.

So you can imagine how angry it makes me when a teacher pulls me aside and whispers “you need to do your top up,” as if my life depended on it.

“You know what? You need to mind your own business,” is what I want to say.

Most of my bras don’t push my breasts together that much, anyway, so most of the time, you’ll see my sternum before any cleavage. If you’re so offended by a bone that protects the heart or a whopping whole inch of two bags of fat on either side of it, then I suggest you get a life.

The way the neckline of my blouse is cut also covers the centre of my bra (most of the time), and I have to either spread it apart (like in the picture), sit or kneel below someone, or lean forward for anyone to actually see it.

Now, notice the little white bow right at the top of the bra’s centre in the picture. Most bras have some little ornamentation there, like a bow or a crystal.

I think that’s there in case the bra accidentally peeks out from a shirt or dress; to make it look pretty as opposed to something with a purely industrial purpose. It almost glorifies the sternum and the rest of the bra, which is how I think every inch of someone’s body should be treated.

Bras don’t see anything offensive about a bone that shields the heart.

Bras are smarter than people.

One of my cousins hit puberty in the second grade.

She had an hourglass figure by the time she entered middle school.

Her first boyfriend thought she was just a bigger girl until the first time they went swimming together, because she’d gotten into the habit of wearing huge sweaters- even in the middle of summer, which can get hot enough to warrant heatstroke warnings- to try to disguise her chest.

This is because everywhere she turned, she was painted as a deviant, sexually promiscuous and attention-seeking youth. She started babysitting for a family friend when she was twelve, and grown women stared in open disapproval when she took the little boy out in his stroller for some fresh air. Men started catcalling at her and approaching her on the street when she was barely thirteen. Teachers looked down on her despite her uniformly excellent grades. Parents of friends immediately pointed to her as a bad influence when things went wrong, despite her immaculate record of just generally being a sensible sort of girl. She had very few female friends, and most of her high school peers assumed that she was sexually involved with most, if not all, of her many male friends. She never was.

This needs to stop.

This isn’t a fanservice video game where you get to choose cup size and bounciness before you start a round. This is real life. Unless she resorts to surgery, the amount of tissue a girl carries on her chest is completely outside of her control, and has nothing to do with her personality, abilities, or achievements.

Stop demonizing breasts. They’re just breasts.

From the barest bump to the cup that runneth over, a breast is a breast, and it should never be an object of shame.

She who carries the chest in question wasn’t doing anything shameful.

But if you feel the need to shame her, you were.

I fully agree with both of these women, but I just wanted to ask the first one… where do you get your bras?! I wear a size H and I can -never- find bras that fit well enough that they keep my breasts separated. I -always- show cleavage, and it is unfortunate.

And yes. Breasts are breasts. They’re just big bags of flesh and fat and milk ducts, the only meaning is the one you project onto the person with the breasts, or the meanings they openly give them too. People need to just… get over it. >.<

crabschtickz: a-r-i-s: theinturnet: Finally. I FINALLY...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:46:38 -0600

crabschtickz:

a-r-i-s:

theinturnet:

Finally.

I FINALLY UNDERSTAND.

This is relevant

get your perv on

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:42:05 -0600

1. What tends to feel better for you, sex or masturbation?
2. Your 5 favorite spots to be stimulated.
3. Have you ever had your prostate stimulated?
4. Have you ever had an orgasm from anywhere other than your genitals?
5. Do you prefer clitoral or vaginal stimulation?
6. Can you touch your clitoris directly, or does that hurt?
7. Are you well-acquainted with your G-spot?
8. Are handjobs boring, or underrated?
9. Do you like having your balls touched?
10. Do you like having your nipples touched?
11. Do you like having your anus touched?
12. Have you ever been fisted (anally or vaginally)?
13. Do you like mild roughness (scratching, spanking, hair-pulling, etc.)?
14. Do you have any kinks?
15. Are you into anything under the BDSM umbrella?
16. Do you pee in the shower?
17. Do you ever masturbate in the shower?
18. Have you had sex in the shower?
19. Do you like being naked?
20. Do you sleep partially/fully naked?
21. Have you ever skinny dipped?
22. What's the most unusual thing you've done nude?
23. Have you ever to a nude beach, naked party, or other situation involving casual nudity?
24. Are you comfortable being seen partially/fully naked by family or friends (i.e. getting dressed, etc.)?
25. Are you comfortable with partners seeing you nude in non-sexual contexts?
26. Have you ever showered with someone (non-sexually)?
27. Do you care if a partner sees you going to the bathroom?
28. Do you have naked pictures/videos of yourself? If yes, have you sent them to anyone? Are they online?
29. How many sexual partners have you had?
30. How often do you masturbate?
31. Age you started masturbating? How did you discover/learn about it?
32. What position do you typically masturbate in (laying on back, on stomach, sitting up, etc.)?
33. Describe your masturbation routine, technique, etc.
34. What do you masturbate to (porn, smut, imagination, etc.)?
35. Have you ever masturbated to the point you got sore?
36. Your thoughts the first time you got up close and personal with the opposite set of genitals?
37. Have you ever "compared" (genitals, breasts, whatever) with a friend?
38. What kind of underwear do you normally wear?
39. Do you ever go commando?
40. Have you ever had a wet dream/orgasmed in your sleep?
41. How big is your penis?
42. Does your penis curve at all?
43. Which testicle hangs lower?
44. How big are your breasts?
45. Do you long or short labia? Are they even or uneven?
46. Do you have a particularly large or tiny clitoris?
47. Are you circumcised or no? Are you happy with it?
48. Are you turned on or off by foreskin, or don't care?
49. What are you more into (or like more about yourself), boobs or butts?
50. Do you find genitals physically attractive, or weird/gross, or not feel strongly either way?
51. Do you like the way your genitals look?
52. Would you be able to pick out your genitals from a lineup?
53. Do you like your butt?
54. What do you do with your pubic hair (shave, trim, wax, nothing, etc.)?
55. Do you care/have a preference what partners do with their pubic hair?
56. Do you tuck your penis a certain way (i.e. left or right) when you get dressed?
57. Do you have or want any genital piercings? Do you like any on other people?
58. What is the quickest you've ever brought yourself (or been brought) to orgasm?
59. Do you ever "edge" (repeatedly stop and start) when masturbating?
60. What's the longest masturbation session you've had? Longest sex session?
61. What's the most orgasms you've had in one session (of anything)?
62. Do your orgasms tend to be full-body, or crotch-centric?
63. Spit or swallow?
64. When you ejaculate, do you more shoot or dribble?
65. Is it hot or gross to get ejaculated on?
66. Do you "squirt?"
67. Have you ever attempted (or succeeded) to give yourself oral?
68. Have you ever given/received a footjob, boobjob, etc.?
69. Have you ever had sex in a public place?
70. Have you ever had sex in a bed/on a couch that didn't belong to either of you?
71. Have you ever had sex/masturbated while somebody was sleeping near you?
72. How many rooms of your house/apartment/etc. have you had sex in?
73. Strangest/most unique place you've had sex? How about masturbated?
74. Have you had any sexual experiences that were downright gross?
75. Are you particularly "vocal" when masturbating/having sex?
76. Have you ever been caught masturbating/having sex?
77. Have you had or do you want to have a threesome (or foursome, or more)?
78. Do you own any sex toys?
79. Have you ever used a homemade sex toy, or a regular object as a sex toy?
80. Can a dildo feel as good as a penis (assuming the person with the penis is good at what they do)?
81. What are your favorite positions?
82. Your most embarrassing sexual experience?
83. Worst place/time you've ever gotten a boner?
84. Have you ever had any genital injuries?
85. Have you ever had a sexually transmitted infection?
86. Have you ever had a non-sexually transmitted genital infection (yeast infection, etc)?
87. If you lack a penis, have you ever tried to pee standing up?
88. If you lack a penis, how familiar are you with how you look down there?
89. Do you think you're "good" at sex, or your performance/skill could use improvement?
90. Have you "sexted" (whether through text messaging or IM chat)?
91. Have you masturbated for or with someone via webcam?
92. Have you have phone sex?
93. If you had the opposite set of genitals for a day, name 5 things you would do.
94. What's something you like about your body?
95. What's something you dislike about your body?
96. What body parts do you find the sexiest?
97. What was your most recent sexual thought?
98. Do you ever just play with your boobs, penis, labia, etc.?
99. When was the last time you touched your genitals?
100. Do you often imagine people naked?
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bemusedlybespectacled: loki-cat: sob no ok i need to talk...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:32:25 -0600

bemusedlybespectacled:

loki-cat:

sob

no ok i need to talk about this
this piece of shit
otherwise known as howard fucking stark

dude, your son is not an invention
you did not contribute shit
everything he is came from him and him alone
all his intelligence, all his ingenuity, all his badassery
not from you, asshole

the best that you can say you did is fuck him over so thoroughly that he spent the rest of his life trying to live up to your expectations
your son is a fucking genius and you didn’t give two shits

tony stark is not an invention and you did not create him
you fucker

He DID though. Intelligence is at least 70% genetic, meaning that his intelligence is derived from being born of his father’s loins.

And every stray insult, neglectful instance, annoyed noise, etc… That all contributed to what Tony was, intentionally or not. I’m not saying Howard Stark is an A+ parent (unless we’re putting him in a category with Odin, and then yes, A+ parenting!!!11!!one!)

If Howard Stark hadn’t been the person that he was to Tony, Tony NEVER would have turned out the way he was, for worse AND for better. It sucks, but it’s the troof.

sirgrumpygills: shleechan: sirgrumpygills: shleechan: sirgrumpygills: Is it too much to ask for...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:45:26 -0600

sirgrumpygills:

shleechan:

sirgrumpygills:

shleechan:

sirgrumpygills:

Is it too much to ask for a character that I can despise fully, one with no hope of redemption? Because I’m not a fan of my contempt being forced into pity and sympathy.

What, Cersei Lannister doesn’t do it for you? :P

I’m gonna assume that’s a character from certain series that I’ve been meaning to read for 4-ish years and that I haven’t watched an episode of…but when I get around to it, I’ll let you know.

Haha, yes, Game of Thrones. If you need a character to ALWAYS DESPISE with pretty much no redeeming qualities, she’s your woman. Seriously.

I’ll keep that in mind. But I’d also heard Joffrey was the true bastard of the series?

Oh yes. Joffrey is a HUGE bastard. And no, having read the series, I find NO redeeming qualities about Cersei. She’s just fucking batshit insane (this is in response to my friend BB’s post about it, lol). Like, I literally cannot think of another character as honest to god CRAZY as Cersei Lannister. And yes, Gregor Clegane is pretty fucking bad, but you have to remember, he’s just a trained dog. And do we remember who trained Gregor and the Hound? ;)

sirgrumpygills: shleechan: sirgrumpygills: Is it too much to ask for a character that I can...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:35:48 -0600

sirgrumpygills:

shleechan:

sirgrumpygills:

Is it too much to ask for a character that I can despise fully, one with no hope of redemption? Because I’m not a fan of my contempt being forced into pity and sympathy.

What, Cersei Lannister doesn’t do it for you? :P

I’m gonna assume that’s a character from certain series that I’ve been meaning to read for 4-ish years and that I haven’t watched an episode of…but when I get around to it, I’ll let you know.

Haha, yes, Game of Thrones. If you need a character to ALWAYS DESPISE with pretty much no redeeming qualities, she’s your woman. Seriously.