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The really nice thing about the new place is that I can eat lunch at home (and check LJ, haha).
The job search has truly begun now -- I've started putting my resume online and looking at postings. Ugh. I absolutely abhor looking through lists and lists of job openings and thinking that I am complete incompetent and don't have the skills for any of them.
On the upside, it looks like Google has a few openings for people who know foreign languages...
Must try very hard not to think about things I can't do and try to focus on just getting resumes out. Yes.
Argh.
Just randomly I was thinking about Engrish.com today, and why I find it problematic. I do think it's funny, but I also sort of dislike the general attitude (if that's the right word). Because a lot of friends have seen the site, and usually the comment I hear most is "why do they (the Japanese) put English on their T-shirts? Why can't they just look it up and proofread?" or something of the sort. And yeah, that's true, but I also sort of wish there were a Japanese/Chinese/foreign language equivalent. I can't tell you just how many times I've seen stupid scribblings that were supposed to be Chinese or Japanese and was absolute nonsense. Or those weird kanji tattoos/jewelry/whatnot going around, in which people use the characters in very strange ways. And I feel the same sort of thing applies -- it's foreign, and therefore cool, and no one really bothers to check the accuracy. I dunno. I think it's the general one-sidedness that bothers me the most, how people will go and say, wow the Japanese/Chinese/foreigners are so weird! and not realize that the same thing is essentially being done here. Ditto with the whole sub/dub controversy in anime. Now when people say I am too hard core because I don't want to watch dubbed anime, I ask them if they'd watch Toy Story in French or something. I've had some people think 90210 dubbed in Chinese for Taiwan TV is hilarious but somehow don't make the connection to the dubbed anime shows on Cartoon Network. (btw, this is not a rant against dubbing, which I personally choose not to watch but understand the reasoning behind)
The job search has truly begun now -- I've started putting my resume online and looking at postings. Ugh. I absolutely abhor looking through lists and lists of job openings and thinking that I am complete incompetent and don't have the skills for any of them.
On the upside, it looks like Google has a few openings for people who know foreign languages...
Must try very hard not to think about things I can't do and try to focus on just getting resumes out. Yes.
Argh.
Just randomly I was thinking about Engrish.com today, and why I find it problematic. I do think it's funny, but I also sort of dislike the general attitude (if that's the right word). Because a lot of friends have seen the site, and usually the comment I hear most is "why do they (the Japanese) put English on their T-shirts? Why can't they just look it up and proofread?" or something of the sort. And yeah, that's true, but I also sort of wish there were a Japanese/Chinese/foreign language equivalent. I can't tell you just how many times I've seen stupid scribblings that were supposed to be Chinese or Japanese and was absolute nonsense. Or those weird kanji tattoos/jewelry/whatnot going around, in which people use the characters in very strange ways. And I feel the same sort of thing applies -- it's foreign, and therefore cool, and no one really bothers to check the accuracy. I dunno. I think it's the general one-sidedness that bothers me the most, how people will go and say, wow the Japanese/Chinese/foreigners are so weird! and not realize that the same thing is essentially being done here. Ditto with the whole sub/dub controversy in anime. Now when people say I am too hard core because I don't want to watch dubbed anime, I ask them if they'd watch Toy Story in French or something. I've had some people think 90210 dubbed in Chinese for Taiwan TV is hilarious but somehow don't make the connection to the dubbed anime shows on Cartoon Network. (btw, this is not a rant against dubbing, which I personally choose not to watch but understand the reasoning behind)