HeyJaredOut of Japan
Charting the intersections between me, Japan, and queerness.
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Broken (opens the original)
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Unexpected (opens the original)
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Let me walk that subheader back. It’s not that I don’t like lemonade per se. As someone known for their oft bitter perspectives, I appreciate a tart libation now and again. I’m probably more of a fan of limes than lemons, and I’m a total pushover for yuzu and other Japanese citruses like kabosu and sudachi.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1667576594161-dfdec3ddca0d?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxzdWR
A Week Off (opens the original)
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On the Day I Went Away (opens the original)
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I don’t remember the year. 1982? 1983?I was old enough to have had my learner’s permit converted to a full driver’s license.I was a good enough student for my parents to believe me when I lied, saying I was going to be out late playing Dungeons & Dragons with friends.And I had already studied the hows and wheres of gay sex, or at least fellatio, both theoretically and in various practicums. Suffice it to say that I aced the oral exam.But I felt like a freak.Chalk it up to society’s homophobia, f
Superstitious (opens the original)
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This past week, from Wednesday until yesterday, most of my free time was spent working on a new 4,200-word essay.I think it’s good. But I think most writers complete a piece confident, and then, maybe a day, maybe a week, maybe a month or more later, that selfsame piece rises bile in our throats. How could I have written this? Look at these mistakes?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1462642109801-4ac2971a3a51?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=
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