/jp/ - Otaku Culture

sophomore in college/part-time with the department of defense as a data analyst/10k a year

>>130003
that's a really nice plan

no income

junior year business school

economics-finance double major

Not in
Education,
Employment,
Training

>>130000
like people here would know. and you'd actually trust the info you get?

>>130003
alavaria?

Senior in university majoring in computer engineering. Graduate in December.

Currently have a job working at IT on campus making $10/hour. Have an internship lined up with IBM over the summer making $24/hour.

Subway, shit sux

Unemployed
Student
Living at home

no school
no employment
no income

Sophomore in college, East Asian Language and Lit major, Japanese specialization

Unemployeed with wealthy parents

I can finally call myself a proud NEET. I will only be able to enjoy my status until summer though.

>>130027
does this cheer you up?

Sophomore in College
Computer Science major
Undeclared minor (probably Poli Sci or something. I have no soul anyway)
Working three campus jobs at once, pretty much just for the resume experience.

>>130027
What about this one?

>>130038

you're a faggot

it seems like a good place to ask. how is after-high school education like when you have a part-time job and such?

high school senior, 0 job experience, and i'm going to cal tech next year, and my parents are dirt poor...

>>130027
And this one?

>>130027
Or this one?

>>130006

is that sarcasm or cereal?

either way, the college costs alot and i'm paying practically none of it. kind feel bad making my parents pay everything even though it's not really a problem or anything

>>130058
serious. best way to make money, i think

Employed but need knew employment.
Hoping to get back into the Postal Service to get debt paid off quickly.
No studies unless a Japanese course becomes available within the next 3 years.
Plan on joining the Navy.
I have virtually no money.
I am a faggot.

educated neet - $10/week disposable income.

>>130043
>>130049
yeah, steak & cheese and mariana meatballs are pretty easy to make.

>>130027
Or maybe this one?

Junior majoring in Math and Computer Science.
I'm working for $7 an hour at the University Planetarium.
And I just wasted my whole day on 4chan, reading, and TF2 instead of doing any homework or studying.
Why do I do this.

>>130070
I did the exact same thing. TF2... 4chan.... TF2.... 4chan.... Touhou.... 4chan.... TF2..... and I have a 4 page essay due tomorrow morning >.>

education: taking a break from college while I unfuck my government grant

employment: working part time at arbys, would you like a fucking reuben sandwich?

income: a handful of neo-shekels every two weeks. just barely enough to survive in this postcyberpocalyptic wasteland.

>>130076 >.>
Kill yourself faggot.

i work in a pet supply store.
i ate dog food today.

>>130053
SAUCE

>>130084
negimaru... 1 i think

No job, still a student.

On an unrelated note

Two of my friends graduated last year with degrees in chemical engineering and computer science (Or was it computer engineering?) and got through with their internships. One of them phoned me earlier today and told me he already got a job that pays 70k a year with benefits, and the guy has barely any prior job experience.

Lucky motherfuckers, I hate them.

Graduating Bachelor of Business Administration

Civil servant employed by Public Works and Government Services Canada

$6000 in 2007 (filing tax returns lol)

>>130070
>>130076
Holy dick, I am in the exact same situation. My paper is due in a few hours, so I'm going to try to sleep a bit before doing it.

>>130043
>>130049
>>130053
>>130056

Goddamn I am hungery. Maybe tomorrow ill get penn station

Senior in Biochemistry and Chemistry. Just got accepted to a Ph.D. program in Biochemistry giving $29k/yr stipend plus tuition waver, fee waver and health coverage.

>>130102
Go learn english first.

Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering, with minors in Japanese and Biology.

Will graduate this May, shooting for ~$50k entry level position (its the average)

Combined family income is ~$110k, but thats my parents can so does not represent myself.

God damned engineers.

>>130147
lol I've a first class degree in engineering with no job, if that makes you feel better.

>>130147
4chan seems to attract engineers.

>>130151
Yeah, engineers are becoming a dime a dozen in many fields. Its hard to find a damn job, especially since America in general is moving away from centralized manufacturing in favor of overseas production.

The real money is using your engineering knowledge and becoming an advisor.

>>130151
That's abnormal. Out of all the degrees that undergrads take in my university, engineers get the highest pay and are the most likely to get employed with best benefits.

Really should've picked up back on computer engineering or at least comp sci again..

I wish I'd become a chemist and moved to Europe. ;_;

Highschool education with some individual university level points taken, haven't tried studying for years.

Former NEET, now the government wants to rent me out with some aid.

Government gives me $1200/month, most of which is lost on rent and upkeep. I have $10/day to live on. Might change if the US goes bellyup, but as long as a US PhD and his biology lab is cheaper than a lone burger-turner here, it won't.

>>130173
lol I did, have a masters degree in comp sci too - still, no experience = no job, regardless.

>>130170
ya, I had no chance getting one - none of the big companies would touch me even before i graduated because i was too old, still it was great and I learned a lot.

>>130158
true. however I would like to state that Computer Science and Software majors are not and never will be engineers.

And I think 4chan attracts CS's more than engineers.

College Freshman with major in Business Administration, minor in CIS.

Unemployed until the summer. Living off of grant money and parents. Plan on buying them and myself something nice if I pull through midterms without any major fuck ups.

>>130179
I'm curious. how hard have you looked? did you not do any co-oping? Were your grades terrible?

Surely there are entry-level jobs available

Unemployed
College drop out
Living at home

I wanted so badly to go into art, until I realized shitty income=starving student. Halted all my dreams and aspirations and decided to try Business major. Found out a total big mistake, no brain, etc.
Worked on the side as a hostess, then dropped out to make monies as full time waitress. Pulled in over $100 a day [around 150, give or take $40], and made cool friends.

Until trip to Japan.
With 2 weeks of planning while working over time I managed to fuck up my life royally.

My life as told in 4chan, under a 100 words.

I'm now a quivering mass of otaku on /jp.
One of us is one of you is one of me.
Fuck me its 3:45 am. Where's the ronrey threads when you need them?

>>130208
where the fuck could you be where it's 3:45 am?

>>130232
Where are you that its NOT 3:37 am?

Here, you fool: http://www.worldtimezone.com/
Read.

[tl;dr NY]

>>130248
Does time go backwards in crazy land?

>>130208
>>hostess

LIES

>>130198
after i got my bachelors degree I looked very hard, but most bigger companies with graduate recruitment programs just arn't interested if you are older than the norm and 9/10 smaller companes just dont want unexperienced graduates.

My masters degree is pretty much junk, I knew that before i started it, but it didnt cost me anything other than time - yep, I passed it solidly, but not having a comp sci. undergraduate degree to go with it makes it worthless - all the companies i talked to said it would be fin if i had experience but I dont.

*shrug* thats just the way it is, dunno what I'll do but I'll think of something Im sure :P

I got a 5600 research award to do work on bacterial pili in the lab this summer

$$

=(

That makes no sense to me at all.

You don't have any experience so.. we aren't going to hire you so you get any. OH HOW BRILLIANT.

>>130267 =(

>>130253
lol guess it does. Crap the sleep is making me bleary eyed.
My bad anon. Meant 3:25 eariler.
Wish time went backwards, then I'd realize money is not everything and be out of Parsons with a nice pretty much useless degree but happy life.

>>130254
Yes, though not soapland style. More like "Good evening [insert small talk]" maitre d're job.
[can't spell french for the life of me, so I stick with hostess. Is it a NYC term?]

When I started university at 18, I picked a shit major that I wasn't even interested in. Dropped out after a year.

Then joined the military for 4 years.

Did that, switched over to being a reservist, and I'm now living back at the parent's place while attending community college. I don't like leaving things unfinished, going for a different major though. Currently enjoying learning and studying my ass off, but 2 more years of this living with parents crap though.

>>130208
>>art
Enjoy your unemployment

>>Business
>>no brain
You don't need any. Business school is full of shit. It will prepare you for a boring job in a company's __________ department.

>>hostess
Like a hostess club? do it full time while you're young and make good money now.

Also, comp sci is not a real science. Enjoy your unemployment.

>>130275
out of the 13 other people that graduated in the same year as me from my old department 2 work as lecturers at the university, 1 is a school teacher, 1 joined the army, 4 work in completly different fields, the others all still work as engineeers (I think), at least one of those is in the US now - so less than half actually got an engineering job.

>>130282
Didn't go into art, so unemployment's currently due to social anxiety. Or something. Whatever it is, I'm not actively looking for a job, so I volunteer my time.

The no brain quip is because I failed statistics and fear accounting. I'd already failed sociology and wasn't looking forward to paying up the arse for it. Biggest distraction at the time was animeondvd.com and 4chan. 4 years later and I never left.

[I had pretty good chances to get into Parsons, with recommendations from the art director herself, but I got sticker shock.]

Trust me, I milked the hostess postition for a couple of years until I went after the big money: waitressing. Its an odd job that can net from $80 on a bad day and $240 on a fucking great day.
I would've continued but the trip to Japan left in a bad place and there's no way I can go back peacefully.

w00t, another NY anon. It's pushing 4am now.

High School Graduate, USAF Vet. I work at a security firm full time during the week. On the weekends, I have a part time job at a Dollar Tree. I'm doing ok for myself I guess. `

>>130347
*high five*
Hope you get up on time tomorrow.
I wake up at 7, so blargh.

>>130354
I don't have classes on Mondays. I do have work, but its only for a few hours in the afternoon.

>>130354
waitress, I take it you are a female?

>>130347
>>130354
Underage b&

>>130366
No girls on the internet.

Final year studying Maths & Mechatronics Eng. Also Japanese lol.

Information systems degree, currently working as a IT support technician for CUNY.

The money is alright.

>>130360
Ah, afternoon classes. How I miss those lazy days, and cram filled nights.
I volunteer at a school, so I learn indirectly.
Lol at 23 year old learning from 1st graders.
[Short vowels suck, as well as the never consistent Ch sound.]

>>130375
The fuck?

>>130343
>>I failed statistics and fear accounting
I'm graduating now, and I would say statistics isnt that important, although you need to know at least some account to get through business school.

>>failed sociology
And thats a bad thing? a class dedicated to making up bullshit to turn you into a bleeding-heart liberal faggot is not worth passing.

>>left in a bad place and there's no way I can go back peacefully
Can you elaborate a little? Have you went on the trip yet? (I was there last month for a month)

>>130375
Not underage, but thanks. Age is a truly just number around here.
>No girls on the internet.
True. The boobs are a lie.

>>130282

Some of the art majors I know are doing reasonably well, doing graphic design or clothing design or something. The trick to being an art major is learning some applied art, whether it's designing brochures or designing a new quickstrike AF1 pack for the overpaid ghetto hypebeast wannabe fags.

I should probably get some sleep before I wander away to my laughably high-paying nerd job in 6 hours.

>>130404
hiki lets get together and keep each other in roney company

>>130404

we all have boobs here, floppy flabby sacks of poop

>>130406
Well thats also true. I guess I meant to say if you're an "averge" graduate of those departments.

Left school in 2000, got my MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) in a 3 month course, started doing over the phone tech support for various large OEMs (Gateway, HP, Compaq), moved into internal support for Australia wide corporations (15,000 desktop base), been teaching myself Japanese for the past three years (while still working full time, just got my JLPT Level 3) and moving to Tokyo in the next month or two, now earning AU65K a year.

Unfortunately, the only way to get paid more is to move out of Desktop into Server support, so once I hit Tokyo I'll be getting my MCSA.

Don't scoff at Microsoft Certifications. Sure, I help MCSE's every day locate their Outlook PSTs (groan) but I have 7 years of experience behind them so they actually mean something.

>>130396
Congrats are in order Anon. You've done what I tried to do and just couldn't reach ;-;
I can't stand math, but I'm checking if any schools would let me major in business and minor in graphic design or something art related. So far, none in NYC which surprised the fuck out of me.
I realized I'd go crazy without some art outlet in my life. I've been drawing since kindergarten. Not great, mind you, but enough to know it wasn't just a whim.

>>failed sociology
>And thats a bad thing? a class dedicated to >making up bullshit to turn you into a >bleeding-heart liberal faggot is not worth >passing.
Whoa strong emotion is strong. Yeah, it sucked and making sure everyone participated every class killed me. I'd turn beet red and start stuttering like an idiot. I'd feel like Kugayama from genshiken.

I went to Japan on a gift ticket [no lieeeeee] but with only 2 weeks of knowing I stopped my enrollment at school [a no no for an already bad gpa], packed my shit up, and left my job. I work with normal people, and most are actors, singers, dancers, etc. Aka hipsters. I'm a pretty good bluffer and managed to fit in and be accepted.
I got the ticket with a job offer attached, only to not have it come through when I got there. Stranded but happy I blew threw my savings and spent nearly half off it on stuff. Now that I'm back my old friends keep trying to reach me and contact me but the shame, she is too great. I still haven't returned any calls or emails, and I don't think I will.

Hence the 'life's shit' response.
BAWW

>>130448

If by "average" you mean the ones who go though school expecting magical success when they graduate, like most college students. No matter what program you're in at a university, you have to do it with an eye towards how to apply it to a career when you're done.

>>130473

so, uh, what exactly are you ashamed of? dropping everything to have a bit of fun, and blowing through your savings in the process? EVERYONE does that at least once in their lives, multiple times if they're really living.

Hikki

making $1200/mo from online ads

I have a bachelors degree in Linguistics that I have yet to make use of

>>130406
That's what I'd love to try, a costume designer, but I fear I'm too weeaboo for that. Watch it be all anime or cosplayer-ish.
I though FIT fit the bill pretty well, but people always be bad mouthing it, so I stayed away. Plus the non CUNY thing aint so hot on my wallet.

>>130415
lol romance on 4chan- stuff ronrey otaku dream of.
But alas, we shall be forever anonymous *cue dramtic soap oprea theme*

>>130419
Hey- speak for your self sister!
Meh, how am I kidding. That's what I get for using cheap bras and always forgeting to buy a sports bra -_-;

>>130000
Educational: 0
Employment: 0
Income: 0

I am a true master.

>>130499
Won't know till you try. Isn't it every otaku's dream to fuck someone while they both watch anime?

>>130499

If you're any good at clothing design, you can try to get together with some other fashionfags in NYC and start your own way-too-fuckin' cool label. And being weaboo isn't a problem since, as you probably know, Japan's fashion scene has a kind of symbiotic relationship with manga and anime.

In university now, going to teach primary school. No income.

>>130537

pedo spotted

Going for a bs in sc.

Working two jobs.

Make about 12,000 a year off my two jobs. Living with parents.

>>130473
>>Now that I'm back my old friends keep trying to reach me and contact me but the shame, she is too great. I still haven't returned any calls or emails, and I don't think I will.
Firsts things first. You need to at least TRY to get back at it. If AIR's taught me anything, its to never give up no matter how bad it gets (if you havent seen AIR, give it a try and cry a bit). You still have the oppertunity (slowly slipping away everyday). But if you don't do something about it then it'll be gone for good.

>>You've done what I tried
Well, I hope to stay as a civil servant and take leave without pay (lol govt) so I can travel and work on the side in places like Japan but know there's somewhere i can come back to with a job when I need it.

>>I realized I'd go crazy without some art outlet in my life
You know, if i felt like that, I would just go to an art school. When I said Arts = Unemployment earlier, I meant the kind of Arts sociology falls under (Faculty of Arts). A friend of mine tells me art school has been amazing for him (fashion, in particular), and some local hipster store now sells a shirt he made.

>>130539

this was the reaction i was expecting, but i like my wiminz with boobs

Going for a bs in cs.

Working two jobs.

Make about 12,000 a year off my two jobs. Living with parents.

>>130493
hmm, when you put it that way it doesn't sound so bad.

Thing is, everyone I worked with are backstabbing hoes, but fun people at that. I'm not a well adjusted person so I could never be sure if thats how normal people are or just whiteys. Its like they can't wait for you to fail so they can all get together and gossip and gloat [saw it happen on more than one occasion]. I'd rather they have nothing to say about me at all. I miss 2 or 3 friends, but seeing how they're all friends I don't think its wise to put myself back in there again. What am I supposed to tell them about my current wonderful life?
Also uncomfortable that my kitchen friends all wished the best for me, and really didn't want me to go. I can't lie to the guy that calls me hija [daughter], so I'm sure I'll end up looking like a maniac bawwling my lying eyes out.

Its a fact that others can't love you if you don't love yourself, and thats the problem I have now. I'm wanting to see a psychiatrist for a while now but running into problems on the health insurance part.

Yikes. Sorry about the looooongness...

>>130494
Ehh? Ooh, please tell this uneducated anon more! Unemployed means penty-of time to listen and discuss and hopefully apply. :)

>>130567

Hey, a Hiki. How're things going?

>>130553

so you'll be going after 10 year olds with huge racks and esteem issues that stem from early onset of puberty

Local community college, currently failing(more like ignoring) my classes largely because of health problems and general apathy. I completed an A.A(2year degree) and basically quit my job of four years out of more apathy.

Now I have to get another one, and apply for massive private loans so I can go study for a B.A at another school.

Life isn't that bad, even though I have no friends, since I'm good friends with my older sister and she still lives in the same house too.

>>130571

Well, damn. My normal board is slow, I come here, see Hiki, and get no response. C'est la vie.

>>130528
If its yaoi then you're on. Otherwise no STDs please!

>>130532
Oh, how Paradise Kiss! But I need more education first. I'm trying to learn how to sew, so I'm volunteering at my sis's church to help make kids costumes. I'm dying to learn how to read/make patterns, so we'll see how this works out.

>>130552
>if you havent seen AIR, give it a try and cry a bit). You still have the oppertunity (slowly slipping away everyday). But if you don't do something about it then it'll be gone for good.
Haven't seen air- isnt that one of those girl in snow weepy anime? I'll give a shot, though. A good crying jag is what wimmenz do best.

>civil servant
The best jobs in the US. Stability rocks.

>You know, if i felt like that, I would just go to an art school.
I grew up being taught money=happiness, so it was hard to see how art could successfully fit in there. I have not cheap tastes in fashion...

>>130636
No, thats Kanon. Air has sad girls in summer!

>>130571
>>130611
lol sorry, I type like shit. Aka 2 fingers and sometimes a thumb.

>>130636
I just hope it has a plot.
Plus I'm an otaku, even though I am currently in college doesn't mean I'm a social butterfly.

>>130636

Sewing is deceptively easy once you learn how to not stab yourself. I can do pretty good stitches, but I sew leather primarily so I use really sharp needles that make really nasty puncture wounds if you slip at all.

>>130644

It's cool. I never really got that whole using all of your fingers thing either.

>>130611
I'm doing ok. Don't feel like shooting myself, but since I just got off the rag I'm all bitchy and moody. My poor family ;-;

My doctor visit didn't pan out when i found out he wasn't GASP certified. Scary. I tried canceling but he never even responded to my phone calls, let alone his own phone number! WTF.
I'm currently trying to get another doctor to see me since he obvioously doesn't want business with me.
Thank god i found that out now than 2 years down the road addicted to drugs or something.

>>130655

Yeah, that is probably for the best. It's better to be safe when it comes to that sort of thing than sorry.

>>130636
>>there are no such thing as ugly people, just poor people
I lol'd a little

>>What school, by chance
We both went to the same local university (LOL Vancouver only has 2) close to our high school, so it wasen't really famous for anything.

>>grew up being taught money=happiness
haven't we all? Travelling in japan though made me realize its more the experience then anything else. Obviously you need enough money to support yourself, but whats the point if you're stuck doing something you hate?

>>130567
Explain to at least one of them (most likely the guy who calls you daughter or something) about how you got the shaft when you got here, and now you don't have enough money to get back. While they may not be able to help you, or some may not even want to, it's a lot less of a burden than just bottling it inside.

tl;dr: DO IT FAGGOT, etc.

Also, psychology is some odd hobby of mine. Give me some sort of AIM or email address so I can pick your mind. You might even enjoy yourself!

>>130669

Vancouver, BC or Vancouver, WA?

>>130678
Soviet Canada of course

>>130678
Soviet Canada of course. I often feel the need to RAGE about the government, despite working for them.

>>130647
How can you be sad in summer? Ice cream! Sun! Beach! Crazy Japanese. Though it does get insanely hot over there.
Don't let me down 4chan- I hope its not a waste of time, or ugh, panty shot filled fanservice >_<

>>130650
Um, not really? Unfortunately us girls don't get to pick and choose yaoi. We take what we can get, since there's so few of it animated. Hentai has some funny/awesome plots, but seeing it dont do much for me *shrug*.
Social butterfly isnt a given for a weeaboo,, but at least don't be smelly. Smelly sweat is a big no no.

>>130652
AAGHH dont remind me about stabbing- I felt like Jillian [Project runway] the 1st time it happened. Like "BLOOD!!" and such. Now I gots me a sewing machine so whoo hoo 6 hour handstiching into 10 minutes machine *dance*

>>130653
I know- its like who even ordered this around?? There's no visable rhyme or reason on a qwerty keyboard :\

>>130691

Ahh. The one in Washington happens to have two colleges in it, too, and that's where I lived until recently. I thought you might've been someone I know.

>>130694

Oh man. That's it exactly. Now imagine that you're doing it with a needle designed to punch effortlessly through the hide of a cow. It was like a hot knife through butter, only the butter was my hand and my hand is full of nerves. And blood.

So. Much. Pain.

>>130694
I have a okcupid.com profile if you want to see it. But I don't feel like dumping the link on here.

Had a tech support job, $11/hr, took a year of Computer Science at community college, quit my job, moved to Japan for a study abroad program, but I don't really go to school and all study is self motivated. So I frequently end up on the internet all day. Sometimes I do study.

Planning on heading back to the states in a few months and attempting to major in Digital Arts and Experimental Media if I can get accepted into the program I want, Computer Science if not, but I don't really want to major in CS as the year of it I found to be sort of dull, but there's nothing else I want to major in either that will actually be useful. Minor in Japanese, hopefully too.

So at the moment I'm not really doing anything.

>>130694
The point of the qwerty keyboard was to purposely slow down typing speeds. Back in ye olde typewriter eras, if you typed too fast, the... shit, I don't know what you call them, but the things that strike the paper would get tangled up. So, they developed the qwerty layout, designed *specifically* to hinder your typing.

We're just mostly too lazy to switch back to something efficient.

>>130695
Whats Vancouver WA like?

in university - majoring in mechanical engineering, minoring in japanese

>>130719

On the surface it's nice. Mostly pretty good neighborhoods, vandalism but not as much as Portland. Lots of stores so it's easy to find what you need, but the wilderness is nearby so you can still get out of town pretty easily if that's your thing.

But it's become a fucking Meth haven.

So, good place to visit but not a place to live right now unless you've got an in with Intel or IBM but don't want to pay Oregon state tax or can't afford to live in Portland.

>>130661
I kinda sorta wanted to see him anyways, but my sis was like NOOO! Bad Hiki! He might misdiagonse or something. Then /fit said the same, so I rethought it. Worried if I'll ever get another doctor but that's tomorrows goal.

>>130669
>>grew up being taught money=happiness
>haven't we all?
Wut, seriously? because all my whitey friends weren't, and it makes me feel like a shallow bitch. I love money, and if I was mentally fit I'd so have a sugar daddy. In Asakusa I was asked if I wanted a baito doing films and I was secretly squeeing at the experience. I just feigned ignorance and left the guy looking regretful. LOL in kabuki-cho; I got so many offers, and if just one would've been cute I'd take them up on their offers, but nope wasn't happening with old ugly guys.
I also look back on my trip with fondness. Oh the stupidity of a lone Spanish gal traveling the Tokyo landscape with nary a guidebook or language skills.

>>130674
>Explain to at least one of them (most likely the guy who calls you daughter or something) about how you got the shaft when you got here, and now you don't have enough money to get back
Whoa whoa. I'm in the US right now- I haven't seen them because I didn't know what to say, aka shitful life. I seriously wouldn't tell him since he's friends with my family, but I'll try telling him the abridged version.
My plan is to wait till a holiday or something to reach out.
As for my aim, don't have one and don't want to post on 4chan. Trolls, you know. They suck and totally not personal. Thank you for reading my problems; always makes me feel a little more special inside :)
I'll be around- look for the mark of hiki for assured quality guarantee!

>>130746

Misdiagnosing is really bad, and depending on what it is they might put you on medication that isn't good for you even if they do get the correct diagnosis. And it can be a small task getting on the right treatment with a good doctor, much less getting off a bad treatment with a bad doctor. So your sister and /fit/ done good with that.

Also, I'm still checking my email every few days just in case you do decide to toss that AIM address into my inbox. :P

1) was in college foa week then i withdrew
2)unemployed
3) 0$, i live at home with mom

>>130674
>>130746
Bah, don't wait for the holiday. By the time it rolls around, you'll just come up with a reason why you shouldn't get back to him.

Also, I doubt there are going to be that many trolls on /jp/ of all places, at... 4:22 AM.

>>130746

They have Poutine. I would become an expatriate for poutine.

>>130746
>>In Asakusa I was asked if I wanted a baito doing films and I was secretly squeeing at the experience. I just feigned ignorance and left the guy looking regretful. LOL in kabuki-cho; I got so many offers
I would have done it. But then again I'm a guy. There are times I wished I was a girl.

>>What does your bountiful land have to offer a weeaboo or cultural fag?
vancouver's a really pretty place to visit for tourists (mountains, ocean, very nice views), but its expensive as fuck to live here (more so then Japan, IMO). there are also WAY too many minorities getting uppity and the bleeding-heart liberals with their white guilt. goddamn I'm about to RAGE again.

>>130783

Also poutine.

>>130695
Damn your cities suck. Theres so many around here, I forget the rest of the Northen Hemisphere does not march at NYC's beat.

>>130705
ROTFL Eeeew like butter!!!!
You poor bastard- my friend's a cook and one day the knife slipped and sliced his hand right down to the bone. He didn't notice [between thumb and pointer- aaaaaahhhhh!!!!] until his friend told him Blood! He looked down, saw white bone, and passed out. Four stiches. eeeeesh.
What kind of leather work do you do? HAnd by hand?? So dangerous; Hiki is curious...

>>130711
I hear you. If you go to the NYCCC we might run into each other. Weirdness.

>>130712
Good luck. My roomate in Japan was the same, but he took to partying. And somehow still managed stellar grades. Its like whoa self motivation rocks.

>>130714

>>130746
>>In Asakusa I was asked if I wanted a baito doing films and I was secretly squeeing at the experience. I just feigned ignorance and left the guy looking regretful. LOL in kabuki-cho; I got so many offers
I would have done it. But then again I'm a guy. There are times I wished I was a girl.

>>What does your bountiful land have to offer a weeaboo or cultural fag?
vancouver's a really pretty place to visit for tourists (mountains, ocean, very nice views), but its expensive as fuck to live here (more so then Japan, IMO). there are also WAY too many minorities getting uppity and the bleeding-heart liberals with their white guilt. goddamn I'm about to RAGE again.

If its culture you like, people tell me there's much more of that back east (Montreal, etc).

Finished with Education but having troubles landing a job. Apparently I should have picked a few other courses on my way through.

>>130794

Yeah, I do hand stitching... Although I should really just buy a sewing machine that can handle it. I've made a wallet that kind of sucked, but mostly I make goggles for the steampunk scene and modeled (loosely) off of WWI and WWII aviator goggles. Lots and lots of time, but it's fun. Gives you something to focus on other than day to day stuff.

Ed: University degree, currently undertaking postgrad diploma part time.
Work: F/T 35hr/p/w @ $AUS 80,000 p.a.

How did this happen? I was one of the lucky ones - I wasnt exposed to anime until after leaving uni.

>>130755
I'm still getting accostumed to the non/b-like qualities of the new boards. I do my small part in helping where I can, and am trying to work up the courage to leave you that email. Trouble is, I'm always at odd hours on. I need to stop doing that [and get some sleeeep].
Also I think its best to get a female, so that surprisingly narrowed down my options quite a bit. We need more wimennez out of the kitchen and into the white coats!

>>130764
lol too true, damn you mind reading future seeing anon. Like I told guy up above, thanks for the offer but I don't feel comfortable doing the one on one talking. Not you, its me [cliche but true].

>>130765
Googled it and it sounds... intresting. I have a policy of open mindedness so if I ever come across it here I'll order one and think of my canadian anonymouses.

>>130795
Trust me, womanhood is not all its cracked up to be. Hormones, pettiness, constant judgment, we have little perks. Don't forget everyone's favorite aunt flo.

I'd probably done it if I had friends there or someone I could trust, but i was literately alone.

>>130844

I've never had poutine, to be honest. But the fact that there's literally nowhere near me that sells it makes it all the more appealing to me. It doesn't help that I don't drive.

I've honestly considered paying a friend the gas money plus covering his half of the bill at Tim Horton's to drive me the, like, 5 hours it would have taken to get into Canada.

But if you live in NYC any New York Fries should sell poutine.

>>130844
>>womanhood is not all its cracked up to be
yeah everyone tells me this, and despite looking like a normal person (and if boring civil servant) the idea of getting raped and such (say hello, etc) turns me on so much its not even funny.

>>130844 womanhood is not all its cracked up to be
Like you'd know.

>>130818
Well if its for recreation you'd need to carefully consider its usefulness outside of hobby. I know they ain't cheap. My uncle does old school Mexican sandals, but its all by hand too. He has this cool hole-puncher like thing that likes it go by a little quicker.

And steampunk- cool! I love the googles and Victorian looks, but never seen it in rl. Are you going to NYCCC or AnimeNext? I would love to praise you on handmade goggles. Much awesome-r than painting swim goggles black [seen it and it aint pretty].
My broinlaw is a huge WW1 & 2 otaku, so I've seen designs.
Do you work on it outside? My friend knits and that alone is enough to warrant glances. It'd be so kick ass to take out old timey goggles on the 4 train to the Bronx.

>>130854
You should make it a "dreams fufilled" road trip. On a day off get you and your friend to do it with a goal in mind, so he doesn't get pissed off at you for riding 5 hours to fries. I so would but woot NYC capital of cultural foods!
When I googled it the NYFries link came up, but its all a lie! There is no such shop around. No NY fries chains anywhere in our country. You should go form picket lines for your deprived American chums.

There is a well reputed fries store downtown called Pomme Frites; must check out some day soon.

>>130858
...Um. Huh. Okies, not touching that one.
Just keep it on a fantasy level and all will be alright with the world.
[Been assaulted once, almost raped. Been followed home too. Not fun.]

>>130861
Why hello vagina. Yes, we are not allowed to comment on our sexuality. I know, I know, some people be crazy. Oh Anon, you brat :)

>>130894

Ahh... No. :P I don't live anywhere near NY. I live in the southern part of Oregon, so no chance of seeing me in goggles where you are. But if you like the steampunky stuff you should check out www.brassgoggles.co.uk their forums have tons of goggle enthusiasts (obviously some more skilled than others) and a section on their forum for meet ups, so if you see a NYC meet up you could at least go and see a bunch of people dressed up semi-Victoriany in passing.

>>130910 :)
You just get right back to gaia faggot. And pretending to be a woman =/= you being a woman

>>130910

can we say hello to your vagina, too?

>>130918
lol DURRRRRRRRRRRRR HUR HURRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

>>130913 :P
Back to gaia with you too

>>130913
Awesome links. Wonder if I'll get jumped for randomly taking pics. I know cosplaying enthusiasts & lolitas are extremely touchy about posers or non-fans, but I want to see the pretty too. Do not need another hobby to get drawn into anyhow.

>>130918
Congrats on your sage. See you hell you ass.

>>130919
Crap. Set myself up for that one. Ha HA.

>>130949

>>130858
Oh yeah, forgot to add, maybe you should look into S&M?
Seriously, it would be right up your alley. Submissiveness without the blood.
Check your local papers or sleezy ones. Heck, even Craig's list.

>>130949

I'm not really sure how most people in the Steampunk scene seem to feel about people taking pictures of them, but they sure seem to take a lot of pictures of themselves and their gear.

I'm going to hit the hay now, though. I've got a couple classes tomorrow that it would do no good to be extremely tired for, and I should've probably been in bed a while ago.

>>130971
Can't blame them- I know I take pictures of myself on days I feel really put together. Ah cosplay, I miss it so.

Good night; same here. We needs to get our beauty sleep and rest.
As I finish typing, my alarm goes off. Damn it 4chan, why can't I quit you?

Buenas noches peoples.

three months away from a degree in journalism.
I'm gunning for a Masters in English this fall.
Unemployed, since I don't have to work right now (lol socialism) but I'll probably do shit-work over the summer. I'm very much single, but that's more due to me living in a village of 1500 inhabitants for nine months and then moving again. So, I'm fine with it.

>>130794
>>130844
Thank you, I've tried the party scene and I go out every once in awhile, but unfortunately (or fortunately) large amounts of alcohol make me very sick. Veeeeery sick.

And being a woman really does bite sometimes. A lot of the time, really. Sometimes, I have these moments of realization, I think, "God, I am really crazy. I don't even really care, but the hormones have taken over." I hate to go with generalized stereotypes, but speaking personally, I really can be unreasonably emotional, cranky, and in occasionally in the habit of unconsciously instantly hating other girls because they are prettier than me.

Granted, I think I prefer it over the alternative. At least I have an excuse for being crazy.

Almost graduated, going to start master's thesis or rahter, the local variant at the summer or so.

Employed part-time at the university lab.

Low income due to part-time status. Will get normal when summer comes again.

Srsly am I the only chef here? Status;

Currently working in South Korea. Position is chef de partie (section leader) for pastry. Making $2k a month.

Srsly stop taking Japanese for major. There are too many weeaboos already. My friend has been unemployed for almost 6 months now and he was the best in his class.

I am a Norwegian artillery officer, i get pay lots of KRONER! 56 dollars each minute. i suck at math so i am not going to tell you what 56 dollars each minute is, but hey i work 24/7 becuse i live at the base.

I live and work in Japan and fuck Japanese chicks all the time. And here's the kicker: I don't even like it. Fuck Japan.

>>131147
You sound like a troll so imma sage you. State work, salary, place of work,

>>131117
Awesome.

Is there any future in food sciences?
I've been exploring it recently as a possible path for the future, but I'm not sure if it's worth it, compared to the other things I have available.

Your work sounds pretty awesome, though.

>>131147
lets kill him, he most die.

>>131143 Norwegian
Too bad you live in the most boring country in the world. I feel for you, really.

NEET here, I'm just about to go sign on now

>>131150

I work for a consulting firm, I also make t-shirts and shit on the side. Yearly salary: 4,000,000 yen (shit kinda sucks) but I get decent vacation. I also play in a band. J-chicks on mah dick. Not kidding, I don't really like Japan. I just happened to see this thread, so I guess I'm kinda a troll, only it's all true. Sorry.

>>131154
Food science, YES!! If you have the brain go for it. My friend work for Nestle is Korea as their food consultant and he gets a whooping 5k++ a month. He's been working for 4 years and I don't see any downside of his job.

Well as part of being a chef you WILL travel a lot. I've been to many places before. Mongol, Japan, USA, French (It's a must), German, India, China (Where I taste my first dog meat) and Sweeden.

>>131189
5k? In dollars? Wow, so money really isn't a worry.
Also, traveling is an interesting factor I'd never thought about before.
I'll definitely consider all that now, thanks.
(Also, I'm part-Korean, rather amusingly.)

My problem is that I have so many strengths and interests that I have no idea which direction I'd like to go in, see. So any information I can get from people in actual fields is very helpful.

>>131205
Dollar. Well being a chef is harder but I can say I do not regret taking this course. But patience and the ability of working two jobs at the same time are kinda crucial as you will start as the lowest position and it was very hard getting the lowest pay you can get. I worked for 3 years before traveling around and I finally ended up in Korea. My advice? For money go for food science. Experience, chance of living in many different countries, go for culinary arts.

Army kapral (equivalent to Private First Class) of Polish Armed Forces. Not bad job though, just you don't have much free time.

Walmart

final year at uni, applying for 3 more years of Uni for a second degree, Looking for a job.

Rouge English teacher in Japan. (My visa doesn't allow work)...

Doing year 12 at college (Australian college, different from yank college, can't be fucked explaining).

Had one job, quit cause it was shit (lol paperboy). Unemployed.

$140 or so a fortnight from youth allowance.

Rogue English teacher in Japan. (My visa doesn't allow work)...

>>131736 just you don't have much free time.

What the fuck could a polish soldier possibly have to do?

>>131807
HOW?

>>131801

you can do that in america too

>>131810

Underestimating the sheer amount of eigophiles in Japan are we?

Full-time college student (CS major), with a pretty good side income from contracting.

Some college, no job, no income.

>>131821
Avoiding the question are we?

first reply guy here

this thread is still going? /a/ hasn't even reached get range yet? shit everything's so slow

>>131827

... put up signs (especially in America Town). Build client base through word of mouth... I have a lot of friends here from back when I was a college student. Being good at Japanese is a big advantage (almost a necessity). Don't get caught. Eventually find a J-girl who wants to go to Canada and marry her for a visa.

>>131827

... put up signs (especially in America Town). Build client base through word of mouth... I have a lot of friends here from back when I was a college student. Being good at Japanese is a big advantage (almost a necessity). Don't get caught. Eventually find a J-girl who wants to go to Canada (or America if your a yank)
and marry her for a visa.

>>131853
>your

>>131853
>America Town

>>131858

（汗）

Been making that mistake a lot lately. Switching between two languages all the time can wear you down.

community college

lol

Highschool graduate afraid of my own kind weaboo still living with parents.

Shrug, never really had any aspirations.

College freshman, law program
Freelance software developer

High school dropout. I speak fluent Japanese from my years of intense study and immersion in anime, eroge, everything Japanese. I don't have a job unless you consider translating anime (which I don't get payed for obviously) and drawing for doujin games (which brings me very little cash). I live in my parents house closed off in my own room and I suffer from severe social anxiety and agoraphobia. I can talk with my immediate family but not aunts, cousins etc. And I cant even think about going outside.

I'm 21 and I'm a virgin.

>>131995
That's similar to me...

High school dropout. I can't even understand Japanese, despite years of half-assed study and immersion in anime, eroge, everything Japanese. I don't have a job, period. I live in my parents house closed off in my own room and I suffer from severe social anxiety and agoraphobia. I cant even think about going outside.

I'm 20 and I'm a virgin.

Same, only currently failing college due to massive agoraphobia and a 22 year old virgin. The world needs more career options for people who can't leave their houses.

full-time student
full-time photographer
average pay during low seasons

>>132042
>Drama school
>I own a nikon and people pay me to point it at things
>durrp dee durrrp durrrrp
fix'd

High school dropout. Many years of anime, eroge. No job. I leave the house like once or twice a week and spend most of my time locked in my room. Don't suffer from anything except apathy. No dreams, no goals, no hopes, final destination.

I'm 20, I've gone pretty far with girls before to the point of going down on them, but have yet to stick it in. That was a long time ago though, I haven't actually spoken to a girl in like, three years.

Anonymous is pretty much a failure, much like all of Anonymous.

finished high school with pretty good grades, dropped out of college (my choice was not the right thing for me).

I've had different jobs since I dropped out; cleaning at a theater, storehouse work, etc.

right now, I'm working at the same office as my dad (I'm the "handy man"; I arrange the cables underneath all the desks, do random stuff around the office, etc.)

pay?
last month I got ~2,900$ (converted); that's about 124 $/hour according to my math.

>>132094
I forgot:
20 years old, virgin, never kissed, etc.