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Virgofall:

--- Quote from: Maka on April 04, 2015, 12:46:45 am ---5. I literally cannot eat green peppers without retching. The texture is beyond vile to me :/ I'm a really texture oriented person when I eat, and a lot of people would call me a ridiculously picky eater.
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Feelings known. I dislike the texture of mushrooms (though I've been trying to get over it), and eggs are just an absolute no for me (scrambled, omelet, whatever). By extension, I tend to hate traditional breakfast foods (barring cereal and maybe yogurt) because eggs are so universal. (I've no problems with eggs when used in a recipe such as bread or cake, though)

DeviantProtagonist:
You know, mushrooms just don't sit well with me either, and I'm especially one to take texture in account. The taste just... feels so rubbery to be any appetizing, so if I got 'em in something I'd hope the mixture drowns them out for the most part -- like a pizza or lasagna. By extension, eggs can be pretty bad should you screw up the heating process; the rubberiness is so very real, then.

Moreover to food horror, while I love me some good meaty fish like tuna and salmon, there's no way in absolute hell am I going to touch seafood -- like squid, oysters or whatever the fuck I'd be looking at; it's textbook for killing my appetite, what with my finding this gross to the extreme because of the impression I'd be straight up eating something fucking alive. Don't get me started on bugfood, either.


--- Quote from: Maka on April 04, 2015, 12:46:45 am ---1. I consider myself bi/pansexual but I haven't been attracted to a real male in years. I still say bi instead of lesbian because there are some fictional males I like. hei from darker than black I don't know if that counts, but eh.

2. I have an obsession with penguins that everyone around me likes to tease me for. I collect stuffed penguins, I have a penguin wallet, phone case, and lots of clothing items... I think they're adorable! I'd love to meet one someday.

3. I want to be either a elementary school teacher, a psychologist, or teaching English in Japan. I honestly have no clue what I want to do with my life. I've been told I'm amazing with kids, and I have a soft spot for them, so it might be the former. I'm working at A Certain Deparment Store right now, though. (It's Macy's. I work at Macy's).
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Interesting share in regards to orientation. Hei's also an awesome guy as is the series. While solid as a dub -- and actually among the first I watched online -- I should really get around to watching it subbed because Kana Hanazawa's in the sequel.

Moving on to penguins, I can see why. I used to be really fond of the show Pingu, a British-Swiss stop-motion series back in the 80s. It's really adorable because of the innocent scenarios and simply how the title character talks. He's like a baby.

Speaking of kids, I personally don't find myself as fortunate as you in regards to dealing with them. Being someone who grew in a previous, modest generation, I'm not much for dealing with what I'd have to describe as little shits most of the time.


--- Quote from: altuixde on April 04, 2015, 06:29:22 am ---My siblings and I had a whole closet shelf of stuffed animals; we used to make them come alive and interact with each other. A child's imagination is something that I've lost... or at least haven't used for a long time. It's definitely something to be cherished and not interfered with. Maybe this is why our society doesn't pressure children with work and reality.
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Here, here. Not only is it imagination but relationships as well, as my end goes. It's a daunting thing to see how much can change following what can happen in your childhood, so I can really only echo your sentiments in regards to cherishment.

Maka:
I'm on mobile (like I am 95% of the time) so I can't quote individually, but yeah.

I did the same stuffed animal thing too. I would also do "shows" with my brother where we would pretend to be pokemon in a cartoon or something.

I wasn't able to watch Pingu as a kid, but I've seen some of the cartoons on YouTube, mostly in the form of compilations of Noot Noots.

i've never seen Ryuusei no Gemini because from what I've seen it's not the best sequel ever.

I actually love the texture of mushrooms, even after reading Uzumaki by Junji Ito (I don't consider myself a horror buff, but I love me some well-done horror). And I love squid too? I also love squid, but only cooked. I bought some dried shredded squid once and just ate a ton of it even though eberyone in my family was openly disgusted. But uncooked squid... Yeesh. I made the mistake of ordering squid sushi on my birthday once and it was like eating a tire hose.

Naryoril:
1. When i was a child i beat the now 4 times Olympic champion in ski jumping Simon Amman. We trained together in the same club, but since he is 2 years older than me we hardly ever were in the same category. And even when, most of the time he was better, but there were cases when i was. As a sub fact: I was often bullied with the name Dumbo in the club because of my ears (there were other things too). Simon was one of the few that didn't bully me.

2. As a child i played zither (http://www.kidsnet.at/jpg2/zither4.jpg), which is an instrument that looks like a guitar and a harp mashed together. But actually i wanted to learn dulcimer (http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/hammered-dulcimer-353317.jpg) but i confused them as a child when i told my parents. I only found out about my confusion when my parents bought a zither (which was quite expensive). I didn't play it for long, since it was the wrong instrument and my teacher was horrible, he basically played for himself during the lessons and let me practice without helping much.
Nowadays i play ocarina more or less seriously. I own 8 of them now (i think) and 2 more are ordered. I had another one, but i dropped it and since they are made of clay it broke.

3. As a child i wanted to become an astrologer or a dive instructor. A few years later programmer came into the mix, and that's what i have become. I never told anyone about the dive instructor thing, but a few years ago my brother worked as one for about a year. I learned diving from him and since then we have gone on diving holidays once or twice every year.

4. I don't have a car (altough i can drive one), and the bicycle i own is not in a state where i can ride it. Apart from public transport (which is really really good around here near Zürich, probably only second to Tokyo, if at all) my only means of transport is my motorcycle, a Yamaha TDM 850. Since the weather is good this weekend, i might take it out for a spin for the first time this year.

5. I started learning Japanese when i was about 12 years old. Everybody was really confused why i wanted to do that, but luckily my parents supported me and paid private lessons. I stopped about 2 or 3 years later. After about 13 years and several attempts of self teaching (they all failed quickly due to "i'll do it tomorrow") i played im@s 2. After 8 playthroughs i decided i finally wanted to really understand the story. So i took classes for a year and switched to private lessons then. I have been doing those private lessons for about 2.5 years now, and it really paid off (together with wanikani.com for learning reading kanji). By now i can play games and read manga or light novels without all that much trouble, although i'm still pretty slow at it.

Amazing_Grace:

--- Quote from: Naryoril on April 10, 2015, 03:30:33 pm ---1. When i was a child i beat the now 4 times Olympic champion in ski jumping Simon Amman. We trained together in the same club, but since he is 2 years older than me we hardly ever were in the same category. And even when, most of the time he was better, but there were cases when i was. As a sub fact: I was often bullied with the name Dumbo in the club because of my ears (there were other things too). Simon was one of the few that didn't bully me.

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That's pretty darn awesome. I would have loved to have known someone famous like that before they were famous, but what can you do.
Still, kudos to Simon for not bullying you! That's the worst.
For the record, big ears are cute. Just ask Gail Carson Levine, where the handsome prince in her story Fairest was well-known for having large ears. It made him charming.

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