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[mah-mee-lah-pin-yah-tah-pie] 1. a look shared by two people who both wish to initiate something but who are both reluctant to suggest or offer themselves; 2. considered one of the most difficult words to translate succinctly; 3. I am head over heels in love with this word.

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Japanese Girl Applying Make Up

Just being honest here. I can’t stop watching this video. I watch it for the song, of course. My compulsion has nothing to do with the Japanese girl in it.

Author FilipePosted on April 3, 2012January 21, 2015Categories WritingsTags girl, japanese, make upLeave a comment on Japanese Girl Applying Make Up

Things I wrote

  • How To Greet Death (Gabriel Gadfly) March 2, 2018
  • Year #23 July 19, 2017
  • Am I my brother’s keeper? June 14, 2016
  • Proverbs 25:28 June 14, 2016
  • Rhye – The Fall June 12, 2016
  • A temporary truth? June 12, 2016
  • Rising to the challenge — and anxiety June 12, 2016
  • Why lose weight June 12, 2016
  • I Fear a Cascade of Beard (updated) July 23, 2015
  • The Edge August 12, 2014
  • from where you stand (expanded) May 25, 2014
  • Come, thou fount of every blessing May 22, 2014
  • Engineers who work miracles March 6, 2014
  • What is mamihlapinatapai? January 15, 2014
  • Creativity April 7, 2013
  • What I am today March 31, 2013
  • Kairos in English Class, or The Story of the English Teacher Who Was Mistaken for a Rhetorical Clown: A Narrative Poem in Free Verse March 18, 2013
  • Making love on grass March 14, 2013
  • Open – Rhye March 11, 2013
  • Fish in the sea September 11, 2012
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Stuff I like to talk about:

  • beard
  • cascade
  • ceremony
  • china
  • chronos
  • clumsy
  • comprehensive
  • comps
  • critical theory
  • english
  • English class
  • exam
  • excuse notes
  • fear
  • flamingo
  • forum post poetry
  • free verse
  • girl
  • guoguo
  • haiku
  • homework
  • hypothetical
  • japanese
  • kairos
  • King Charles
  • kronos
  • liminality
  • linguistics
  • little English teacher
  • love
  • Love Lust
  • ma
  • make up
  • Music
  • philosophy
  • poem
  • poetry
  • remorse
  • shanghai
  • shantou
  • silko
  • teacher
  • TESOL
  • theology
  • throat
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