Love/Relationship/Potential Relationship Advice

cori wrote:

Wow, that early, eh? Nice. :) And one advantage of me moving there--you wouldn't need to convert all those dramas to DVD for me. :beaten:

Just imagine the J-drama library you would have between you!

cori wrote:Wow, that early, eh? Nice. :)

I get into work around 6:30AM...

Why?

I haven't figured that out yet.

And one advantage of me moving there--you wouldn't need to convert all those dramas to DVD for me. :beaten:

Yup, a postage windfall for me. :victory:

Anime Dad wrote:Just imagine the J-drama library you would have between you!

Good thing I'll have an extra bedroom to store 'em. :beaten:

cori wrote:

AND I'm Japanese-American too. :hehe: Oh wait, maybe that might be a strike against me since I'm not ~Japanese~ enough? :beaten:

not necessarily...
i would think that if you were open to your own culture and the fact that you say you speak 20% and can pass on a certain japanese level, shows to me that you have a good amount interest in your cultural background. I would say you are japanese-enough, yet americanized enough to blend in with both cultures, a big benefit.

I have a chinese background, and a pure banana, with shoyu...ok bad bad joke but basically i am very americanized, i don't speak chinese, and i am obssessed with the Japanese culture. If that makes any sense at all. I tried desparately to teach myself from online Japanese lessons(d/l'ed a japanese series Pimsleur...thanks...to who provided me the bt link)...it worked somewhat when i went to Japan last July, i got around ok on my own, but i still have a lot to learn, and i don't know how to read yet in Kanji...

qilver wrote:
I tried desparately to teach myself from online Japanese lessons(d/l'ed a japanese series Pimsleur...thanks...to who provided me the bt link).

That was me, q-san (Sorry for the off-topicness again) If you've finished them, try the podcasts from japanesepod101.com, I've just started on their basic classes and although I know most of it, i've already picked up some new stuff. You don't need to sign up to download the podcasts, but they are a bit hard to find :)

That should help you in your quest to find a Japanese girl (Back O.T. :P )

qilver wrote:

yeah, that'll be cool, to hang out with you. If you ever come to LA area you know who to call, me and B.

Romance is a whole new ballgame...in sports terms..
i think i forgot how to play the sport...lol
why would you think any of us guys would not be interested in you?
i can say likewise...you not interested in us...
so..it would be circumstancial, and it really would depend, but i can say atleast on a friendship level, it'll be cool to hang out, we all have "Jdorama" and it's culture in common with.

I'd love to go to LA and meet you and beem! Especially since we have a lot in common with the jdrama and Japanese thing.

And I probably would be interested in you guys if we lived in the same area because we already have common interests and you seem like nice and normal (beem, for the most part :beaten:) guys. And that's something that I think is hard to find these days.

But I think that just a friendship would be wonderful too. At least I'll have someone in common with, unlike how it is here on this island. :(

Anime Dad wrote:

Just imagine the J-drama library you would have between you!

Wow, that would be mind-boggling. I already have 112 dramas on DVD and am anticipating at least 10 more. Not including the handful that I'm authoring myself. I can't even imagine how many dramas beem has accumulated. :crazy:

cori wrote:I can't even imagine how many dramas beem has accumulated. :crazy:

I don't have that many... I'm exceedingly selective.

bmwracer wrote:
I don't have that many... I'm exceedingly selective.

that is correct, not many...but he favors quality over trash...and i do admit i've come across some j-dramas that would be....:bleh:

qilver wrote:

not necessarily...
i would think that if you were open to your own culture and the fact that you say you speak 20% and can pass on a certain japanese level, shows to me that you have a good amount interest in your cultural background. I would say you are japanese-enough, yet americanized enough to blend in with both cultures, a big benefit.

I have a chinese background, and a pure banana, with shoyu...ok bad bad joke but basically i am very americanized, i don't speak chinese, and i am obssessed with the Japanese culture. If that makes any sense at all. I tried desparately to teach myself from online Japanese lessons(d/l'ed a japanese series Pimsleur...thanks...to who provided me the bt link)...it worked somewhat when i went to Japan last July, i got around ok on my own, but i still have a lot to learn, and i don't know how to read yet in Kanji...

I wasn't into my cultural background until I discovered Jdramas and Jpop. Before that, I could've cared less about my culture and wanted to be a different race. But that's another story.

And that's really great that you're learning a language. It doesn't matter if that's not your background or not, imo. I think if you have an interest in something then that's reason enough to learn more about it. Btw, if you ever want to do the IM thing (nihongo no benkyou no koto), just let me know. :) I haven't chatted in Japanese for a while so starting up again seems like fun.

beem wrote:I don't have that many... I'm exceedingly selective.

Looking at my list, I may not be selective enough. :beaten:

qilver wrote:but he favors quality over trash...

Most of the time.

I've got some stinkers, too.... :sweat:

cori wrote:
I'd love to go to LA and meet you and beem! Especially since we have a lot in common with the jdrama and Japanese thing.

And I probably would be interested in you guys if we lived in the same area because we already have common interests and you seem like nice and normal (beem, for the most part ) guys. And that's something that I think is hard to find these days.

But I think that just a friendship would be wonderful too. At least I'll have someone in common with, unlike how it is here on this island.

yeah, Beem is a cool guy, i've gone to the Nissei week with him twice, and he's an expert with encoded j-dramas, etc computer stuff.
whenever you come over to the mainland, LA area, look us up, and we'll go for some good Japanese ramen, or yakitori, we have some places in mind in his area.

and i do agree, good people are hard to find thesedays.....and just don't want to settle for what is convenient....and what is convenient thesedays...? :nut: anyhow, maybe that is why i am trying again online dating.... :beaten:

cori wrote:

Looking at my list, I may not be selective enough. :beaten:

watshimo...

i got going

-Mop Girl
-Dream Again
-Mahou Sensei Negima!

and considering a few more from this season...
sorry off-topic

a lot more than dating prospects...ok bad comparison, cause i have none in that area of my life...sadly. lol

bmwracer wrote:
Most of the time.

I've got some stinkers, too.... :sweat:

Are you referring to Joudan ja nai? :beaten:

qilver wrote:

yeah, Beem is a cool guy, i've gone to the Nissei week with him twice, and he's an expert with encoded j-dramas, etc computer stuff.
whenever you come over to the mainland, LA area, look us up, and we'll go for some good Japanese ramen, or yakitori, we have some places in mind in his area.

and i do agree, good people are hard to find thesedays.....and just don't want to settle for what is convenient....and what is convenient thesedays...? :nut: anyhow, maybe that is why i am trying again online dating.... :beaten:

Are you trying to set me up with beem with all those qualifications? Seems that's the case with Wyn and possibly AD too. :P

And I absolutely do NOT want to settle for someone convenient. I want to end up with someone I love and who will love me back. An unconditional love. Not that stupid "I'm here and you're here, so let's just get hitched" type of deal. If I ever end up in that sort of situation and "Mr. Right" happens along afterwards, I would totally shoot myself (or my spouse :beaten: ).

qilver wrote:

watshimo...

i got going

-Mop Girl
-Dream Again
-Mahou Sensei Negima!

and considering a few more from this season...
sorry off-topic

a lot more than dating prospects...ok bad comparison, cause i have none in that area of my life...sadly. lol

Wait...aren't Mop Girl and Dream Again supposedly good? I'm in the process of downloading those dramas too... Yay, another common thing! :P

cori wrote:

Are you trying to set me up with beem with all those qualifications? Seems that's the case with Wyn and possibly AD too. :P

And I absolutely do NOT want to settle for someone convenient. I want to end up with someone I love and who will love me back. An unconditional love. Not that stupid "I'm here and you're here, so let's just get hitched" type of deal. If I ever end up in that sort of situation and "Mr. Right" happens along afterwards, I would totally shoot myself (or my spouse :beaten: ).

sure why not....life is hard, life sucks sometimes, and you gotta just fly with it...ok honestly...i wasn't and didnt mean to make it seem like i was matching you up with Beem...he honestly is a cool guy to hang with. We are all cool people to hang, afterall we found and are on Jdorama all the time....well for me mostly less, but more recently nowadays...

convenience is pure temptation, and if i was faced with that, i would probably fall flat on my face....out of ...i don't want to say it, but desperation? boredom...ok ok..you get the idea.

it'll be nice if good wonderful love struck just suddenly appear, a nice dream eh....seems so far away when there is nothing going on...

cori wrote:

Wait...aren't Mop Girl and Dream Again supposedly good? I'm in the process of downloading those dramas too... Yay, another common thing! :P

Mop girl is good, i've watch the 1st ep...keiko is so hilarious with that "facial expression"..lol

Dream Again....that one guy in it, he is such a good actor, and i think it has a good story line.

commonality is a good thing, if you wanna discuss further, just let me know...i am trying to follow them more closely since they are sub'd in eng..which makes sense since my japanese skills are next to nothing.:bonk:

cori wrote:Are you trying to set me up with beem with all those qualifications? Seems that's the case with Wyn and possibly AD too. :P

It's a conspiracy: if I hook up with someone, maybe I'll stop posting and give everyone a chance to catch up... :beaten: :hehe: :hehe:

qilver wrote:

sure why not....life is hard, life sucks sometimes, and you gotta just fly with it...ok honestly...i wasn't and didnt mean to make it seem like i was matching you up with Beem...he honestly is a cool guy to hang with. We are all cool people to hang, afterall we found and are on Jdorama all the time....well for me mostly less, but more recently nowadays...

Haha, I know that. I was just joking. And I like teasing him. :P Also, I agree that everyone here seems really cool, especially the ones I spam the boards with. :hehe:

convenience is pure temptation, and if i was faced with that, i would probably fall flat on my face....out of ...i don't want to say it, but desperation? boredom...ok ok..you get the idea.

I think it's both desperation and boredom--2 things that I am not unfamiliar with. :sweat: But I do have my standards and I admit that I am picky when it comes to guys. Which could be another reason why I'm still single. :sweat:

it'll be nice if good wonderful love struck just suddenly appear, a nice dream eh....seems so far away when there is nothing going on...

Yeah, tell me about it. True love and marriage and crap like that just seems so unattainable that it seems like fiction. Or possibly a cheesy rom/com Jdrama. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
It's a conspiracy: if I hook up with someone, maybe I'll stop posting and give everyone a chance to catch up... :beaten: :hehe: :hehe:

it would take a 10 of me, to post to ever catch up to you, especially now, since i put in a weeks worth of posts in what i use to do in half a day's worth....lol

with the exception of my recent posts...:mrgreen:

We need Japanese stuff like goukon and omiai. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I've got four bedrooms. ;)

Too bad you have a crappy ISP. I'd crash at your place too. :hehe: :bonk: