Day 08 - Are you a Herbivore or Carnivore? S or M?

[blacklilly]

I have no idea.  I mean, I know what we're talking about in terms of the Herbivore/Carnivore thing.  There's this idea in Japan at the moment that you can classify men as herbivore or carnivore based upon their behaviour - herbivores are sensitive, quiet types who are not going to chat you up in a bar for fear of being rebuffed, whilst the carnivores are the hunters, as it were.  I think this is just an excuse to let Japanese men off the hook for being thoroughly useless - but maybe I'm just bitter.  I guess on a good day I'm a carnivore, but most of the time I'm a herbivore.  I'm so scared of being rejected and laughed at that I either don't approach people, or if I do meet someone I like, I just end up disappointed.

As for the S and M thing, I've heard people discuss this before, but I'm a little lost.  I can only think of it in terms of, you know, S&M.  If anyone could enlighten me...?


Apparently, there's a typhoon on its way.  Should be hitting Tokyo just in time for Halloween.  Which scuppers my costume plans as they were of the slightly eye-makeup and fleshy sort.  Boo.

On the upside, it turns out I'm not the only one with grumps this week, which makes me feel slightly less alone in my misery.