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Mar 2023 Seitokai Bookclub | とつくにの少女
Hi friends! The Seitokai Bookclub is STILL ongoing--the only reason why you haven't seen a post about it lately is because we were still reading コンビニ人間. However, starting on Feb 26, we will be reading とつくにの少女 (Totsukuni no Shoujo), also known as The Girl from the Other Side. If you're interested in joining us or want more details on how our bookclub runs, come join us in the server or feel free to message me/drop an ask (or even @litheah and @tokidokitokyo).
What if I've never read a book in Japanese yet? I'm not confident in my skills. That's fine! Not only do we always have a group vocab sheet that we collectively add to (anonymously), but we have ongoing discussions about whatever book we're reading. That means you're free to ask questions, send screenshots, rant about a character or anything like that. You'll definitely find me asking about certain grammar points or if using a particular set of kanji for a word changes the nuance in a particular sentence.
What's the goal of your bookclub? Well, we're interested in fostering confidence in reading in your target language without feeling that you have no one to turn to. Our server has people of all levels of fluency, meaning that there's always someone who can answer your question. And if we can't, we have people we can reach out to ask. We won't leave you hanging!
You don't seem to choose books I'm interested in--how can I change that? Well, we take suggestions and vote as a bookclub for what we'll be reading next. If your book doesn't win the first time you submit it, try try again! とつくにの少女 was suggested and in voting 3-4 times before it finally won (same with a lot of our other books.) Don't be discouraged!
We hope to see you there! | Seitokai's Nihongo Discord Server
#seitokai bookclub#come join the server#come join the seitokai server#reading immersion#reading comprehension#learning through reading#reading in your target language#totsukuni no shoujo#とつくにの少女#the girl from the other side#bookclub#japanese bookclub#immersion learning#language immersion#language bookclub#target language#bookblr
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TW: depression, dissociation
When I was in college I dealt with an ever-present catatonic depression that would last for months at a time.
I had this concept that I called a non-day which was when I would look back on a day and couldn't remember anything about it. Not sadness or boredom or loneliness or anything. It was like the day just hadn't happened.
It wasn't until I read Crimson Rivers this week that I heard the phrase dissociative amnesia and realized that's what I was going through then.
#crimson rivers#im getting a lot out of reading this book#in ways i really didnt expect#so thanks zar#learning through reading#learning through fanfiction
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Es sollt ein handy app das alles automatisch übersetzt existieren. Vielleicht sollte ich es manuell selbst machen. Aber kopieren und einsetzen alles das ich lesen mochte klingt... nicht gut.
#this is about#learning through reading#i have been reading a lot of#german#wikipedia#but I feel that if i forced myself to read#everything#on my phone in german#i'd finally get to B1.2
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On Sunday I got a copy of the Silent Patient from Shakespeare & Co. Despite it being incredibly touristic I actually really love coming here! People rarely spend a lot of time upstairs, so it’s always so nice to use the reading spaces to go through a quick poetry book or to do some journaling :-)
#I read through a collection of french love poems and learned the word ‘le radada’ 🤠#Paris#studyblr#light academia#cottagecore#studyspo#dark academia#bookblr#romantic academia#shakespeare and company#upthebaguette#books & libraries#books & reading
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DPxDC Prompt: I Got You Brother
Danny has been in Gotham for a while after things went south with his parents. But that's what happens when one's parents are convinced by the G.I.W. that Phantom killed "Real Danny" and took his place as a way to fill his sick obsession of "being alive" which - they couldn't be further from the truth - but his parents were so convinced by the evidence that they refused to listen. Vlad expected Danny to go with him and when Danny refused it made part of him snap.
Danny fled from his parents, the GIW and Vlad in the dead of the night. No family, no friends, nobody knew where he was and that was how he liked it.
He lived at the cave with the bats but refused their offer to come upstairs. He knew who they were and that they were safe but he also knew that if he took one step onto that elevator they would be his family. They would be his family and he couldn't risk losing another family.
He thought that living in the cave would prevent any of them from getting attached. So quickly his schedule turned into a cycle of patrols. Start patrols, stop in for lunch, patrol until dinner, patrol until breakfast, patrol again until lunch. Repeat day in and day out.
He told the team he didn't need to sleep and told them that he was fully a 'Ghost' from another dimension. As many details as he could keep from them the better.
Or so he thought.
Until after nearly a week of these endless patrol things changed. A fight with a particularly powerful ghost had wiped him out and while he managed to stay on his feet when he tried to continue patrol his vision blurred and his transformation dropped.
And so did Danny.
Danny wasn't even aware somebody was tailing him until a thick rope wrapped around his wrist and stopped his fall. Danny swung, hitting the side of a building with a tired grunt as he looked up.
Orphan.
"New brother! Got you!" Orphan called down to him as Danny tried to get his powers to respond, desperate to do anything to protect Orphan who was sliding closer to the edge.
Spoiler showed up within seconds, grabbing Orphan's ankles just as Orphan went over the edge and Red Robin grabbed Spoiler around her ankles. Frantic shouting echoed as Nightwing grabbed Red Robin around his ribs, the weight threatening to pull them all over before Red Hood grabbed Nightwing.
Danny reached up, trying to grab the rope when another wrapped around his free wrist from next to them. Batman was there and by his side was Robin, also there to help Danny and the others up.
He hadn't wanted a family.
He had run from who he was and the ones he loved.
But he found more people to love him.
It wasn't until Signal showed up - having been alerted to the situation and called to the scene - that Danny let the tears drip down his face.
He was home.
#dcxdp#I got you brother#I love Cass#I love all of them ngl#I need to learn more about Tim Duke and Damian tho#they're just little guys#he's never done nothing wrong his entire life#danny is traumatized and that's okie#I didn't read through this so there are probably mistakes~#but it's late#and I'm a tired bee#tired bee with big ideas#dcxdp prompt
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Novice sewing pattern: Cut out shapes. Line up the little triangles on the edges. Stitch edges together. We've also included step-by-step assembly instructions with illustrations.
Novice knitting pattern: yOU MUSt uNDerstANd thE SECret cOdE CO67 (73, 87, 93) BO44 (63, 76, 90) 28 (32, 34) slip first pw repeat 7x K to end *kl (pl) 42 * until 13" (13, 13, 15) join new at 30 pl for 17 rows ssk 27 k2tog mattress lengthwise BO and sacrifice a goat to the knitting gods. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT "INSTRUCTIONS," I JUST GAVE THEM TO YOU
#knitting#no it's not a real pattern but I can't write one that makes sense because I have no freaking clue what any of that means#How do you make things that aren't basic rectangles#Why has every knitter I've asked for help just said 'patterns are easy; you just have to know how to read them' & then refused to teach me#Where do I even find a goat to sacrifice#How do I join the pattern cult#I am so confused#I've been knitting for almost a decade but I can only make scarves and potholders#I learned one (1) stitch by watching a YouTube video and none of my friends or family knit so I have no IRL resources#And nobody I meet seems to want to take the time to explain the rest to me#I taught myself to sew through trial and error but that doesn't really work with knitting because error is pretty much just... Unraveling?#Anyway sorry for the tag rant I'm just frustrated that I see pretty things I want to make but the instructions are in an alien language#And the gap between 'absolute novice' and 'intermediate' seems to be about 20 years of experience and formal instruction
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An Evening of Fictitious Dishes
Experiences we have in our WorkLife change our understanding of the world. Stories help communicate truths about behaviour and relationships, bringing an opportunity for change and development. Books help anchor conversations through characters and plots.
With the Contemporary and Classic Literature Book Club
Jasmine welcomed Alessio, Cali, Noah and Selena to the first meeting of the Contemporary and Classic Literature Book Club. All based in Shoreditch, they planned to take turns hosting the club in their homes over supper with a theme or a twist.
The first supper had a little bit of both and was inspired by the book they had read for the…
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🥀 when touch averse becomes touch starved 🥀
#so i had certain vision in my head#it's gonna be pretty long so you don't have to read this 👀#peppino is afraid to fall in love cause he's very scared and convinced that if he gets very attached to someone he may lose them#because of his fault#so this case fell to gustavo and now gus does everything to show him that this won't happen#he shows peppino that it's not bad to get closer to someone if you really care about that person#so back then peppino refused closeness or touch#but the closer he learned to get attached to gustavo the smaller steps he began to show him his feelings through gestures#this had never happened to him before and gustavo was proud of him#sorry you had to read this all hxdgjkdsa#pizza tower#peppino#peppino spaghetti#gustavo#pepstavo#my art#my stuff
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Source: kuukausiliite
#this article was very interesting to read#and to learn more about how the sudden fame affected him and the struggles he's been through#veikko kerman#jesse voss#mikke pöyhönen#jaakko jokela#aleksi nurmi#jukka sorsa#häärijä#erika vikman#käärijä#jere pöyhönen#mine
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scaralumi
#genshin impact#lumine#traveler#scaramouche#wanderer#art#fanart#based on that one scene from ranma#im reading through the manga again and this scene is so THEM#right down to the fucking sword#ready 2 rock and roll at any moment#when nahida asks lumine to give him a room inside the teapot so he can ~*make friends*~ with her#love that theyre just forced to get along for nahidas sake#dont worry they become friends....eventually#she learns how to deal with.....him
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There's something about reading really great writing that's so relaxing. You can just sit back and let the words wash over you, knowing that you can trust the writer.
#random thought of the day#books#part of the reason i'm not getting writing done today was because i spent most of my free time reading from books i've let sit for too long#i haven't been able to sink into good fiction for a while#so elizabeth goudge felt like a spiritual experience#cleansing and uplifting#it always takes me a while to get into her books#there's a learning curve of a couple of chapters to adjust to the style#but once i break through it's bliss#it becomes easy as breathing#there's nothing quite like what she does#i love books that understand that goodness isn't boring or trite#you don't need to have 'darkness' and 'grit' to be complex#like one bit that took my breath away was the talk about sallie and david's marriage struggles#they're both good people who love each other#but they also have their differences because they're human and that causes struggles#not marriage-breaking struggles just nuanced life struggles#and i'm not sure i've seen something like that in a book before#it's a good marriage they married the right people but that doesn't mean life is perfect#goudge uderstands that marriage isn't happily ever after--heaven is#and a good marriage is two people partnering up to help each other reach that goal#it's so much more adult than any 'complex adult' work i've seen
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Apr 2023 Seitokai Bookclub | かがみの孤城
Hi!! The Seitokai Bookclub will be reading かがみの孤城 (Kagami no Kojou), also known as Lonely Castle in the Mirror in English. A movie adaptation was recently released in December (I haven't seen it yet), so we're all jazzed up! It doesn't matter which version you get! We have the schedule with both pages, sentences, and numbers written out. I have a full-furigana version (that also has pictures included), some people have the two-book set, some people have the original single copy. Everyone is welcome!
Get some more info below:
What if I've never read a book in Japanese yet? I'm not confident in my skills. That's fine! Not only do we ALWAYS have a group vocab sheet that we collectively (and anonymously) add to, but we have ongoing discussions about whatever book we're reading. That means you're free to ask questions, send screenshots, rant about a character or anything like that. You'll definitely find me asking about certain grammar points or if using a particular set of kanji for a word changes the nuance in a particular sentence.
What's the goal of your bookclub? Well, we're interested in fostering confidence in reading in your target language without feeling that you have no one to turn to. Our server has people of all levels of fluency, meaning that there's always someone who can answer your question. And if we can't, we have people we can reach out to ask. We won't leave you hanging!
You don't seem to choose books I'm interested in--how can I change that? Well, we take suggestions and vote as a bookclub for what we'll be reading next. If your book doesn't win the first time you submit it, try try again! A lot of our books have been suggested more than once before finally winning. Don't be discouraged!
I can't afford a copy of the book. Message me. Or send a message in the bookclub channel of the server saying that you need a copy. Someone will help. We're aware that Japanese learning resources are not available or readily accessible in multiple areas around the world.
Hope to see you there! Server | Studygram | Server Instagram
You might see some familiar names from tumblr in the server 😉🤗 We don't bite and you can watch in live time as we scream in agony over book characters, obscure kanji, and plot holes in any given book that we're reading.
#seitokai bookclub#seitokai#bookclub#reading comprehension#come join us on discord#we're looking forward to seeing you#reading in target langauge#jpnstudynet#look toki#onigiristudies#book club#learning through reading#learning through immersion#immersive reading#language immersion#vocabulary#reading#kagami no kojou#かがみ#かがみの#の孤城#lonely castle in the mirror#seitokai book club#studyblr#langblr#target language#target language reading#japanese#learn japanese#study japanese
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i NEED to know how he's dealing with the news
Sonic Prime was really entertaining and fun actually, i have only a couple comics and the fandubs as base of what these characters should act like, so i enjoyed it with a fresh mind and liked the interactions
This was my first time drawing them, i am so very bad at them
#can you believe i learned how to draw them just for an unfunny joke?#i can#because i am that committed to the bit (insane)#i have so many silver sketches#i need one (1) person to tell me to release them to the world and i will#dont test me#sonic#sonic prime#silver the hedgehog#sonic the hedgehog#sonic fanart#sth fanart#what other things do i tag with#sth#actually#if you see this#and read through my tags#send an ask asking for a sonic character and maybe (it will happen) i will draw them (you can't stop me so join me)
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Imagine being 9 years old and asking your dad about the things you're interested in doing when you grow up and he's like "No ❤️! But you can get married, have babies, and then maybe your sons can do those things ☺️🫶 "
#arya stark#one of those /wtf Ned/ moments#then people act like she invented misogyny cause she was like /uuuhhhhh no thanks that's not me/#/Arya is masculine/ and she's literally just a child who has interests outside of her patriarchy-assigned role#the way people read this and then demonize Arya for not silently conforming like people expect her to...#that's the ingrained misogyny from being socialized in a patriarchal society speaking babes 😭#cannot stress enough how Arya is just an average little girl and what makes her behavior stand out is their society's strict gender norms#her life + learning almost entirely revolves around the fact that she is being raised to be a wife and people resent her for wanting more :#she is NINE in AGoT and her parents are discussing her refinement because /In a few years she will be of an age to marry/#the way misogyny is explored in Arya's story is actually so brilliant and well-written (+ underappreciated) though#we feel the full weight of how restrictive their society is through her POV and get the experiences of lower-class women too#which is why it's so significant that George wrote her based on feminists who realized they wanted more than becoming wives/housewives#she's one of his key characters who will /change the world/ but people think he's sticking her on a boat bc she isn't feminine enough 😭#thank god he's writing the books and not any of these reductive hacks who thinks misogyny is subversive 🙏🏾#sidenote: would've loved to see this from her POV to get her feelings when he said this cause I'm sure it doesn't match Ned's perception#considering he views her main issues as being stubborn/difficult while we know about the self-esteem issues she has
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[sits bolt upright from lying on the floor, idly contemplating the ceiling at 5:29 p.m.]
MAYBE I’M NOT WORTHLESS! MAYBE I’M NOT EVIL WRAPPED IN DISGUISE! MAYBE I’M NOT STAINED AND DIRTY AND CORRUPTED IN MY SOUL! MAYBE I’M NOT HORRID! MAYBE PEOPLE REALLY WEREN’T TOTALLY TRICKED INTO LIKING ME! MAYBE I’M NOT A BLACK STAIN AND DRAIN ON THE WORLD! MAYBE I ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO SHARE!
#THIS IS A REVELATION#I was reading ao3 comments and it suddenly hit me that these are REAL#and I like. I am real. the world is real. I think I saw through the nonstop dissociation veil for half a second there#I. know a lot of things rationally. I thought I had been learning them emotionally too.#I realize now that I am not#but also! glory and trumpets! the glimpse of that concept where I am not an evil bad angry hurtful violent manipulative selfish human#that was a good glimpse. I hope I can believe that for minutes at a time someday#wow. can you imagine if we felt like that all the time. what the fuck. no one could stop us#I hope we get there someday!#I hope we all make it!#personal#trauma evolution
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Exploring Parts Unknown
Experiences we have in our WorkLife change our understanding of the world. Stories help communicate truths about behaviour and relationships, bringing an opportunity for change and development. Books help anchor conversations through characters and plots.
Both Out In The World and Inside Ourselves
Gael is a waiter at a steak house/Spanish tapas bar in Shoreditch, London. His passion and pride for Spanish food is evident in his work, and because of this, his boss, Florian, put him forward for an award that recognised the good work of people working in hospitality.
The award is a one-month paid sabbatical programme where each year, ten people…
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