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I hate Japan...
13 years ago
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I need something to draw. Seriously guys. Requests are open.
I need something to prevent me from just drawing a bunch of rage art.
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Every nerd ever has had dreams of visiting Japan.
Well the old saying is true. "Great place to visit. Wouldn't want to live there."
For anyone who doesn't know, I'm living here because my husband is in the military.
We live on a tiny base; an island of "America" in a sea of Japanese.
Japan is great and all but most days I just yearn for a walmart or a 7-11...
There are minor inconveniences I have to deal with every day,
but most I can shrug off and chalk up to the situation.
"Oh, the hot dogs I bought five seconds ago actually expired last week and
the staff just didn't notice and I can't get a refund on food. Oh well..."
"Oh it's 11PM and I have a fever and am puking my guts out but the mini mart closed an hour ago and
I can't get any medicine and also base medical is closed on the weekends. Oh well."
"Oh the family center only has activities for children or single sailors and I need someone to talk to and...
what? No I don't want to be a volunteer coach. What? No I don't want to volunteer at your church.
What? No I don't want to take college classes online. WHAT? No I am not lazy!
I just want to meet like minded people... Oh well..."
So yeah. Most of my days I spend alone. In my apartment.
I have met a few nice gal-friends and THANK GOD for them.
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However...
Today at our weekly get together, one of the gals hit me with THIS bullshit:
She was shopping at the little shop on base. She was probably buying some hipster type clothes because that's the kind of lady she is. She has piercings and tattoos and is pretty much one of the most awesome ladies I have ever met.
Anyway, a woman she had NEVER met before just starts scolding my awesome lady in the middle of the store over her choice of clothing. Telling her NOT to buy them because it will make her look worse than she already does. And then this obnoxious stranger calls her a godless heathen.
Well, needless to say, a fight breaks out. A verbal fight, mind you, nothing physical. It ends when the stranger announces that her husband is a high ranking officer and demands to know my friend's name. My gal gives it willingly and they go their separate ways.
The end, right? No. Not the end. My friend had to go to a discipline hearing because this bitch told her high ranking husband about the situation.
Well why didn't she go to the military police to defend herself? Or to the military lawyers? Or to the military chaplains? People who could help her explain her side of the story? Well guess who were the chairmen of the disciplinary board? All of the above.
So she is found instantly guilty. Except this isn't a criminal court, it's a military matter. So, she never got to explain her side of the story. She never got legal council. She never even got to face her accuser.
Now, all this started because she spoke up for herself, which last time I checked, was an american right. Oh wait. Right to a fair trial? Right to face your accuser? These sound familiar-- OH I REMEMBER. Those are all american rights as well.
At this point, I am ENRAGED. My gal friend, who is awesome as fuck, is completely calm and takes life as it comes. She appreciated that I was upset for her but she told me not to let it stop me from being me.
I could have left it at that. If they had given her a slap on the wrist and a warning and threatened her, I could have let it go.
But it gets worse.
After being "found guilty", all of her base privileges have been revoked for 6 months. She can no longer shop at any of the stores owned by the base, including our grocery store. She can no longer eat at any of the restaurants owned by the base, which is everything except the McDonalds. She can no longer use any of the recreational facilities owned by the base.
And since she isn't even allowed to set foot in these places, she certainly can't work at any of them. She was fired from her job at the video rental store. On top of it all, she has to do 25 hours community service.
When her husband leaves for the boat in a few weeks, she will have to buy food in a japanese grocery store, where it impossible to buy things considered staples for american cooking. She will be completely cut off from the last little island of "america" that all the spouses out here cling to for sanity. And on top of that she will be a slave to the family center, most likely working with the children of the people who sentenced her to all this.
This... is FUCK. Just. FUCK.
As she told me all this, I physically crawled over the table to hug her.
Apparently, the SOFA agreement that allows us to live overseas with our husbands also sells our souls to the military. This can happen to any dependant, a wife, a child... There doesn't even need to be any punishment involved. The officers can walk up to you on the sidewalk one day and declare that all your "privileges" have been revoked.
This is just scary. It is hard enough to live in a foreign country, to not see your spouse for up to a year at a time.
But the fighting men and women who put their lives on the line for uncle sam have been promised that at the very least, their loved ones back home are being taken care of and treated like the american citizens we are.
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So... tl;dr
I hate japan. I am lonely.
I can't really rely on art as an outlet since my computer's still broken.
I don't feel safe living here and I am afraid of everybody.
The people I'm supposed to trust can easily betray me and any person on the street could ruin my husband's career with a word.
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Sorry. I just needed a place to rant about all this. >w<;;
Thanks to anyone who took the time to read.
The offer for art is still on the table. Really.
I WANT something to take my mind off things. :3
I need something to prevent me from just drawing a bunch of rage art.
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Every nerd ever has had dreams of visiting Japan.
Well the old saying is true. "Great place to visit. Wouldn't want to live there."
For anyone who doesn't know, I'm living here because my husband is in the military.
We live on a tiny base; an island of "America" in a sea of Japanese.
Japan is great and all but most days I just yearn for a walmart or a 7-11...
There are minor inconveniences I have to deal with every day,
but most I can shrug off and chalk up to the situation.
"Oh, the hot dogs I bought five seconds ago actually expired last week and
the staff just didn't notice and I can't get a refund on food. Oh well..."
"Oh it's 11PM and I have a fever and am puking my guts out but the mini mart closed an hour ago and
I can't get any medicine and also base medical is closed on the weekends. Oh well."
"Oh the family center only has activities for children or single sailors and I need someone to talk to and...
what? No I don't want to be a volunteer coach. What? No I don't want to volunteer at your church.
What? No I don't want to take college classes online. WHAT? No I am not lazy!
I just want to meet like minded people... Oh well..."
So yeah. Most of my days I spend alone. In my apartment.
I have met a few nice gal-friends and THANK GOD for them.
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However...
Today at our weekly get together, one of the gals hit me with THIS bullshit:
She was shopping at the little shop on base. She was probably buying some hipster type clothes because that's the kind of lady she is. She has piercings and tattoos and is pretty much one of the most awesome ladies I have ever met.
Anyway, a woman she had NEVER met before just starts scolding my awesome lady in the middle of the store over her choice of clothing. Telling her NOT to buy them because it will make her look worse than she already does. And then this obnoxious stranger calls her a godless heathen.
Well, needless to say, a fight breaks out. A verbal fight, mind you, nothing physical. It ends when the stranger announces that her husband is a high ranking officer and demands to know my friend's name. My gal gives it willingly and they go their separate ways.
The end, right? No. Not the end. My friend had to go to a discipline hearing because this bitch told her high ranking husband about the situation.
Well why didn't she go to the military police to defend herself? Or to the military lawyers? Or to the military chaplains? People who could help her explain her side of the story? Well guess who were the chairmen of the disciplinary board? All of the above.
So she is found instantly guilty. Except this isn't a criminal court, it's a military matter. So, she never got to explain her side of the story. She never got legal council. She never even got to face her accuser.
Now, all this started because she spoke up for herself, which last time I checked, was an american right. Oh wait. Right to a fair trial? Right to face your accuser? These sound familiar-- OH I REMEMBER. Those are all american rights as well.
At this point, I am ENRAGED. My gal friend, who is awesome as fuck, is completely calm and takes life as it comes. She appreciated that I was upset for her but she told me not to let it stop me from being me.
I could have left it at that. If they had given her a slap on the wrist and a warning and threatened her, I could have let it go.
But it gets worse.
After being "found guilty", all of her base privileges have been revoked for 6 months. She can no longer shop at any of the stores owned by the base, including our grocery store. She can no longer eat at any of the restaurants owned by the base, which is everything except the McDonalds. She can no longer use any of the recreational facilities owned by the base.
And since she isn't even allowed to set foot in these places, she certainly can't work at any of them. She was fired from her job at the video rental store. On top of it all, she has to do 25 hours community service.
When her husband leaves for the boat in a few weeks, she will have to buy food in a japanese grocery store, where it impossible to buy things considered staples for american cooking. She will be completely cut off from the last little island of "america" that all the spouses out here cling to for sanity. And on top of that she will be a slave to the family center, most likely working with the children of the people who sentenced her to all this.
This... is FUCK. Just. FUCK.
As she told me all this, I physically crawled over the table to hug her.
Apparently, the SOFA agreement that allows us to live overseas with our husbands also sells our souls to the military. This can happen to any dependant, a wife, a child... There doesn't even need to be any punishment involved. The officers can walk up to you on the sidewalk one day and declare that all your "privileges" have been revoked.
This is just scary. It is hard enough to live in a foreign country, to not see your spouse for up to a year at a time.
But the fighting men and women who put their lives on the line for uncle sam have been promised that at the very least, their loved ones back home are being taken care of and treated like the american citizens we are.
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So... tl;dr
I hate japan. I am lonely.
I can't really rely on art as an outlet since my computer's still broken.
I don't feel safe living here and I am afraid of everybody.
The people I'm supposed to trust can easily betray me and any person on the street could ruin my husband's career with a word.
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Sorry. I just needed a place to rant about all this. >w<;;
Thanks to anyone who took the time to read.
The offer for art is still on the table. Really.
I WANT something to take my mind off things. :3
My brother was stationed in Japan when he was in the military and he had similar issues... the 'Justice' system on a forign stationed American base is just messed up and wrong... I'm so sorry your friend is going through all of that. >.< That bitch with all mighty husband... I would like some choice words with her... Freedom of speech is a huge thing for me, so crushing someone down and having them punished for expressing and defending themselves is so wrong...
If you need drawing things, I will commission you right here and now. :O I have a few things i've wanted done for a while, just for kicks, if you're up to give it a try. :D
PS. you need to get a portal gun that can link you to america for a good ol' breather from time to time. *nod nod*
I am not taking commissions (since I can't guarantee I can even get them scanned).
I am taking requests. XD
For you, ALL the arts. <3
But yeah. It's kinda one of the dirty little secret of the government that no one hears about until it's happening to them.
My friend is a saint though. She took all the punishments without much of a fight because she was afraid of it hurting her husband's career.
So at least there was some true love and selflessness at the end of the story. <333
And hey, request? how about this, i've been trying to get someone to draw (actually animate, but i'd love to see it just drawn. x3) Megaman Tapdancing! I mean, he's a kid and he's got big ol' metal feet... why WOULDN'T he tap dance? :D
I dont' know how, but you are... *sprinkles happy dust. no, not cocain, happy dust. >.<*
Oh, and one more thing if you feel like you wanna and you're all for it and stuff like that. :O
You has a metapod person who is shy and cute as buttons. Kira has a Gengar who's scary in the best of ways, a bit of a trickster, and has a thing for metapod, apparently. I've always wanted to see if you could make me a Snorlax. <.< The quiet giant who is lazy and loves to cook a little too much, and whos main attacks are like... sleep. Yawn. Snore.... ya know. xD
but only if it's in the wanting section. :D
And hey, even if they don't get scanned or nothin, if ya needs a bit of green, i'm more than happy to pay for them. :D maybe you can use it to buy your friend a pizza! x3
I was hoping to fly to the grand canyon... XP
OH! I bet if she ordered delivery they couldn't stop her! XD
And the pizza place also has fancy pastas and stuff!
That is an awesome idea I will have to remind her!
I hate military for those kind of attitudes, I really hope you and your friend will be alright. I suppose I´m one of the 1% nerds that dont want to go to japan, that society scares me.
Do you have a lot of time to be there still?
Oh, about the art, here´s a ref http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8120528/
She'll be ok. Everyone is going to be going grocery shopping for her for until it's over. >D
And as for your character, very cute! As soon as I can get something scanned I'll let you know! <3
Fff. Ffffffffff. Words. WORDS. If you'll be up for awhile I could AIM at you for a bit! If it's okay?
Do you think I can mail her a cheeseburger?
But you virtual hug, ahhh it feeds my soul. <3
Oddly enough, since the McDonalds isn't directly owned by the base, all she can eat is cheeseburgers. XD
Not really though. Everyone is going to take turns buying groceries for her. :3
*sqwoosh* You can be the deus ex machina that improves the outcome despite not making any sense. XD Sound good?
Everyone did so well and worked under pressure and the world's eye was on us.
Life was fine, but now it's like the people in charge haven't come down off that adrenaline.
We need someone to slap all the old farts in the face and say, "HEY. Chill the fuck out." XD
Then again maybe not.
;n; I'm sorryyyyy.
And I will say "to simplify things, yes. it is a squirrel".
And she will say "well I am glad even the squirrels get it!"
And I will say "the squirrels are on your side!"
And they twenty years from now she will be walking through a park and be like HELL YEA I LOVE SQUIRRELS
..I'll be right back.
If your far away from home, you better get used to the main environment, because who knows when you'll end up there.
Japan is not America.
You probably shouldn't feel too endangered, as the country is relatively peaceful, but as far as I know, the Japanese don't easily welcome "strangers".
As American as you are in a non American country, you might not always blend in correctly, if at all. You might be boycotted, shunned, insulted... Endless possibilities for a bit of prejudice.
I think it's best to leave the bubble early on and get used to not living in America, because that's what you do currently.
It is the best way to deal with the inconveniences.
It's the other americans out here with me I can't stand. XD
That is completely ridiculous.
I know a girl who was stationed up in northern Japan and she absolutely loved it! But I think she was in a nice small town area from how she described it.
This really sounds lame tho! Your friend is amazing for putting up with all that shit for her husband. ;n;
It's just a handful of people on a power trip who have decided they suddenly know what's best for everyone. *eye roll*
The only sucky part is that it's pretty much a system with no practical checks and balances. XD
I'm afraid to know about everything else. >_>;;
Good luck surviving! I would be so happy to just visit...But I'd cry if I ever ran into that crazy lady
$4 for a dozen shrimp, but $18 for a pound of ground beef. XD
They even go out on missions to try to convert the local japanese.
"Konnichi wa! Thanks for letting us occupy your country with our milirary.
By the way, has anyone ever told you that your entire culture is a sin?" XD