Daily Archive for April 14th, 2008

Gestures that puzzle me

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Michiko
on April 14, 2008
in Talking To Myself
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  • The way Japanese people tilt their heads to one side when they don’t understand something.
  • Raising your right hand before taking an oath. When I went to the post office the other day to get my passport, I had to solemnly raise my right hand and recite that everything I had filled out was accurate to the best of my knowledge. I half expected the lady behind the counter to make me put my other hand on a Bible, too.
  • Shrugging. I HATE SHRUGGING. I HATE IT SO MUCH. WHY DO YOU PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME? AUGH.
  • Raising one eyebrow. It’s kind of amusing, especially when the other person’s eyebrow muscles aren’t that great so their expression looks more like they’re constipated. Oh God, what am I even talking about?
  • The giant sweatdrop in anime. I know that people don’t ACTUALLY push out a huge sweatdrop when they’re exasperated, but this must at least be partially based on some real life expression.
  • The A-OK hand sign. Although these days it means something a little dirtier.
  • Rolling your eyes. Who came up with this? It kind of hurts if you do it too often.

Camel toads

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Michiko
on April 14, 2008
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Camel toads. It’s what all the cool kids are doing.