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I've gone out with the same guy a few times now, and I'm rather starting to like him. The age difference is more than I've done before-- he's 12 years older-- but I think it's good. He has a better idea of what he wants out of life than most of the guys I've dated who are closer to my age. And it's fun being...
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I left my Ph.D. program. Not officially yet, but I told my advisor I was leaving, and from here it's just formalities. I'll finish teaching this semester, and then I'll be free.

What's next? I can add hours at my ESL job, and I can adjunct. I'll probably go for TESOL certification and stay with that path. Maybe go work in another country. Or I've...
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Everyone calls my new boss "Mama," which I find hilarious.

Anyway, at the beginning of last night, she told me she might be putting my friend and I on call, meaning we won't be guaranteed nights every week. That would suck. However, I did very well at the club last night, having a room of guys ask specifically for me and then requesting to take...
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I'm worried my friend and I will get fired from our hostessing gigs because of the stigma against tattoos in Japanese culture. Oh well. It will all get figured out somehow.

I left my incredibly inconvenient tutoring job, and I'm glad I did that regardless of what happens with the hostess club.

I'm also thinking of leaving my Ph.D. program, and I'm going to talk...
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I have now worked at the hostess club twice and talked mostly with three customers. One wanted to tell me how much he hates Japanese culture, one wanted me to sit next to him and then ignore me, and one was one of my ESL students. This job will prove to be very interesting.

If any of you lives in or travels to NYC and...
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I have now worked at the hostess club twice and talked mostly with three customers. One wanted to tell me how much he hates Japanese culture, one wanted me to sit next to him and then ignore me, and one was one of my ESL students. This job will prove to be very interesting.

Congrats to my foreign student who 1) has sufficiently mastered the English language to tell a dick joke, and 2) managed to use that joke as a witty come on. You won my respect, sir, and very nearly my heart.

We're up to four inappropriate sexual opportunities. Two will make things weird at one job. One will make things weird at another job. One will make things weird at the dojang. I think I'll resist temptation to avoid the drama.

I'm bored. I have two inappropriate sexual opportunities, and I may take them both.

A colleague of an ex mentioned knowing that I "used to be good friends with him." Makes me miss him. But if my best relationship was with someone who was married and left the country, that's sad.

I had a game night last night with some old friends. We played Balderdash, which, if you've never played, you should know is the best word game ever. Here are some descriptions of movies I came up with. I hope you'll be amused. These are real movie titles; the plots, however, are my invention.

Reuben and Ed- Uptight Reuben begins his first semester at...
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Yes, I'm going to be vague.

I was talking to a couple of friends tonight about something that's been on my mind, bothering me for a while. It's something I often talk about with these friends, because they're close friends and they know the situation well. One of my friends said, "Oh, here she goes again," when I brought up the subject.

Ouch. She can...
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