is the only person in the Ellensburg area who has received one of these messages. Similar messages were reported in New York, Ohio, Alabama and Pennsylvania. According to AP News, some of these messages gave credit to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory last week. Rainier says that she has been in contact
at the end of the day is to provide support to those who may not have support like I do.”
In response to the harassment, the CWU Black Student Union issued a statement.
The statement reads: “We have seen these racist text messages penetrate our home and sense of peace following this election across the country and now on our campus.
HARASSMENT
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and will do the utmost to protect everyone here in Ellensburg. We will not let go of our mission to uplift, educate, and support our students, especially in the face of adversity. We urge the city of Ellensburg to work hand in hand with Central Washington University to do more than vocally support their black students on and off campus. We’ve seen discriminatory
ington University and the City of Ellensburg to respond effectively to harmful incidents with action. We stand with our brothers and sisters on other campuses at this time and intend to ensure that our campuses are a place where everyone feels welcomed and safe. This hatred will end in our communities.”
LETTER from the EDITOR
Happy Thursday, Wildcats!
By the time you’re reading this, I’ll be in beautiful California visiting my lovely girlfriend. I hope you’re all having a great week and are staying cozy as the weather gets colder.
We have a packed issue for you all this week, we have post-election coverage from the front page to page five, detailing the thoughts of staff, professors and students, as well as people around the community. On the front page as you saw, I wrote about the unfortunate happenings last week with one of our peers the night after the election. It hurts my heart that something like that could happen to someone on our campus.
On our centerfold, we have a beautiful photo spread of this year’s Rocky Horror Picture Show. I unfortunately was not able to attend the show this year, but our photographer Brandon did a fantastic job capturing the energy and atmosphere and craft put into the show, and our designer Z did a great job putting it all together.
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In sports, we have another super-fun family-focused profile about two brothers together on the football team, as well as the beginning of our coverage on the men’s basketball team (Women’s coverage will be coming next week!).
And in opinion, we have two super fun pieces. First, a review on “Cars 3,” which I admittedly have not seen, but got an extensive analysis on our page and continued online. And second, our Japan-native Bunta Shimmori wrote a very fun piece giving his review on Ellensburg’s local Japanese steakhouse, Oyama.
As always, thank you for reading. And thank you preemptively to my staff for carrying the load while I take my vacation this week and into next. This trip – but more importantly this paper – wouldn’t be possible without you.
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CWU political science professors’ perspectives on an ‘extraordinary’ election
Astor Powell-Pedersen News Editor
To many, the 2024 US presidential election—the last several elections really— has seemed out of the ordinary from what people have come to expect from politics past decades. “All of this really begins with the campaign of Donald Trump in 2016, and his continuous campaign since then,” Sean Reichert, comparative political scientist and Douglas Honors College professor, said. “The 2016 election was definitely a watershed moment in American politics, but we weren’t sure if it was a blip since he [Donald Trump] was only there for one term. The 2020 election was, of course, extraordinary because it happened during the pandemic and had extraordinary turnout.”
The 2024 election has been unique in its own way. “Let’s start on the democratic side with Harris not having to go through a primary,” Reichert said. “And not having to run against the incumbent president but actually be selected by him when Biden chose not to continue running for reelection. That in itself is incredibly unusual and unprecedented, along with Harris being the first woman of color in her position. On the Trump side, there was a president running for a third time for non consecutive office. That has happened, but it’s been a very long time, so that was extraordinary. You have Trump being the oldest candidate to ever run for the presidency and then just the phenomenon that is Trump. All of that makes an extraordinary election and then the results, of course, mark a new ethic in American politics.”
According to Bernadette Jungblut, a CWU professor of political science, what was odd was how results differed from political projections throughout the campaign. “Based on the polls, many people expected a very close presidential election,” Jungblut said. “Especially in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — and that turned out not to be the case. I do wonder if this country is not yet ready for a woman of color to be our president.”
In addition to the qualities of the candidates and their campaigns, there was another aspect of this election cycle that made it particularly extraordinary. The intensity of the political division in this country. “It seems to be much more rare for people to seek and consume information from across the political ideological spectrum,” Jungblut said. “And to really think about whether that information should moderate or even change their political beliefs. While this failure to try to learn about and understand the many sides of issues did not cause the political division in the United States, I think it has increased that division.”
To some, it seems that the division is stronger and more impactful than ever. “We live in different realities depending on our party ID,” Reichert said. “We live in different media ecosystems, we have different information. We’re not necessarily in conflict over the same reality. The influence of social media is something we will need to contend with in the foreseeable future. I don’t see how that changes any time soon.”
This shift in how politics are conducted is global. “Some other countries are also expe riencing increased political division around issues having to do with the economy, im migration, and ‘freedom’ broadly defined” Jungblut said. “Polarization, highly conten tious elections and highly contentious poli tics are not unique to the United States.”
Countries around the world with similar economic and social climates are having
“I do wonder if this country is not yet ready for a woman of color to be our president.”
-Bernadette Jungblut
experience not unlike the United States’ when it comes to politics. “We’re seeing a rise of the populist right across all the advanced industrialized democracies, so the United States is not unusual in that regard,” Reichert said. “We’re unique because we are the United States. We’re a large democracy, and also the largest economy of all the industrialized democracies. It’s a kind of strange thing where our politics has influenced politics elsewhere, but we also see these changes organically. Take the immigration issue. That’s not just used here in the United States. We also see it throughout Europe and even elsewhere, and it’s been a very strong issue that we’ve seen the rise of populist right parties responding to.”
Political scientists still have many questions about the future of American politics. “One of the questions that we still don’t know the answer to is once Trump is out of office and done running,” Reichert said. “Whether or not it might revert back to something approaching what we would
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THE ELECTION
Kam Schindewolf-Broyles Staff Reporter
The 2024 election took place on Nov. 5. Hundreds of CWU students flooded the SURC to do their civic duty and cast their vote. The night ended with former president Donald Trump, being elected as our upcoming 47th president. This was an election that caused an outpour of emotions from most of the people in the United States, both good and bad. But what do some of the women of Ellensburg think?
The League of Women Voters is an organization dating over 100 years back. Their main focus is advocating for democracy through educating people on the importance of it. Some of these women could be seen on election day in the SURC helping students register to vote as well as helping them in how to send out their ballots. These women describe their organization as non-partisan, not directly supporting any one candidate, but definitely not neutral.
“I have a feeling in my soul that what we have grown up with… feeling that women were empowered to do what we wanted, to be what we wanted,” Ramona Bryant, league treasurer, said. “Our right to vote was an innate thing, and
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it has only been in place a little over 100 years. I think we can run the risk of losing that.” Bryant feared a future possibility for losing women’s rights. Robbie Soltz, league president added on. “I think the role of women is unclear right now,” Soltz said. “I think that reproductive rights, LGBTQ communities, all of this is very unclear to me and I’m sure it’s unclear to the friends and the people of those communities.”
A main concern for these women was also the future of the United States democracy. “We need to have a very clear vision in our minds about what democracy is,” Stoltz said. “And how it is either being used or not being [used] in just about every aspect of our lives… We need to be careful that that does not slip away.” While the United States was not founded on pure democracy from the very beginning, it has been shown throughout the years that the right for the American people to choose their own representatives is one of the most important aspects of the United States government. So what’s going to happen in these next four years? Will there be any lasting effects on the country even after this next presidency? Stoltz said“I think it’s a very slow process to do and to undo. I think some things
can be done by a wave of a hand by a president and then making that a long lasting thing, [and] I think some things take longer… But is that a forever process? I don’t think so.” Bryant echoed Stoltz thoughts. “A lot of academics and things I’ve read have pointed to… that it will take 10 years for things to sort out,” Bryant said. It’s speculative of course… but I think it’s a reasonable expectation”.
Like previously stated, there are mixed emotions across the entire country due to the results of the elections. There are people who are excited that the candidate that they believe in won, but there are also people who may be worried. So what can these people do? It was best said by Bryant, “Don’t give up.”
STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF ELLENSBURG SHARE PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Christoph Belford Staff Reporter
With the quick outcome of the election coming and going into the rearview mirror, most of Ellensburg has been left thinking about the outcome of the election and what it means to them and their future. After the election, Molly Spilker, a sophomore majoring in political science and communication, expressed her shock at Trump’s unexpected sweep in the presidential debate. “And seeing him just like, not only like a win, but it was a sweep.” Spilker said. She highlighted potential impacts on healthcare, particularly for women of color, especially if federal abortion bans are enacted.
When speaking with Spilker, she had concerns about abortion. “A lot of women, and especially… people of color, [abortion bans] will have a big impact on their life,” Spilker said. “And especially black women, it will have an impact on their health care, especially in those states with abortion bans.” Spilker felt that the youth turnout has been declining, with younger voters becoming disillusioned with the two-party system. “The two-party system makes voting hard since there is such a divide between the two,” Spilker said. “There a very little chance of unity between them.”
Garrett Wolf, a 24-year-old mechanic and supervisor resident in Ellensburg, expressed his neutral
political stance and the potential economic impacts of Trump’s re-election. “That would be the hope,” Wolf said. “Is to lower prices for not only food and groceries, but also make the cost of living a lot cheaper.” Wolf felt little concern for the results of this election’s impact on foreign affairs. “I know when he was in office before, he seemed like he had an excellent relation with a lot of other leaders in other countries,” Wolf said. While students’ and residents’ perspectives varied in Ellensburg, there were points of view on each side that expressed their thoughts on what the election outcome meant to them and their values. While some are optimistic about Trump’s win, many people feel shocked and genuinely afraid of what will come for our nation.
League of Women Voters members helping at the SURC on election day ( Photo by Kam Schindewolf-Broyles)
The Rocky Picture
Lee Beck Scene Editor
The 2024 annual CWU shadowcast of “The Rocky Horror Saturday, Nov. 9, filled the SURC Ballroom with dancing, sense of manufactured community. This shadowcast of “The Show” was directed by Neo Klosterman, senior theatre performance year, the line outside for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” stretches SURC stairs with people chattering about the upcoming show. Attendees some of whom dressed as characters from the movie as well. “The Show” has nearly fifty years of history, and CWU has kept that legacy
Photos by Brandon Mattesich,
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PREPARATION FOR PERFECTION
WILDCATS DROP BACK TO BACK NON-
CONFERENCE GAMES BY DOUBLE DIGITS
Jackson Roberts Sports Editor
Men’s basketball non-conference schedule started with a 85-61 win vs Pacific Lutheran Uni versity but the Wildcats had a tough test ahead of them as they hosted the California Collegiate Athletic Associa tion (CCAA)/Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) challenge. The event took place from Nov. 8 to Nov. 10 at Nicholson Arena where the team dropped both games by double digits.
Their first opponent was a familiar one in No. 14 Cal State University San Ber nardino (CSUSB). Last season the team lost to them 48-73 with this season’s game resulting in a loss once again. The final score was 59-76 as CSUSB seems to be CWU’s kryptonite. In previous years they have triumphed over the Wildcats in every matchup dating back to the 2016 season. Sophomore small forward Bradley spoke before the game on the team’s plans for CSUSB as well as the strengths of their oppenents.
“They’re probably one of the best de fensive teams that we’ve played,” Swillie said. “So opening week, that is going to be a test, but we have just got to stay poised, stay composed and get into our offense and just let it flow. It’s going to be a good one, two top teams in the country, us going against Bernardino.”
A test it was as the ‘Cats had their final game of the challenge against Cal State Monterey Bay. The game also ended in a loss with a final score of 58-72 as in both games the offense was struggling to find consistency. This is to be ex pected with a number of players coming in and out of the system this past offsea son. These matchups are non conference games giving the team time to prepare for the highly anticipated GNAC season with their new look roster.
ourselves open shots and pretty much taking what the defense gives us. We always want to attack the paint, get to the free throw line and then just settle into the game like that.”
Junior 7’2 center Calvin Sisk is one of the new members of the men’s team as he joined this offseason via the transfer portal coming from North Dakota State College of Science. He emphasized the importance of these non-conference games and how they benefit the teams whether the outcome is a win or loss.
improve on so we are prepared for conference play,” Sisk said. “We have a lot of work to do. But this team has a really high ceiling and I’m excited for the season.”
“We got a lot of new guys coming in that are good and ready to compete at a high level,” Swillie said. “I think we have a balanced attack between guards and bigs. So obviously our attack is balanced. We are really good at facilitating to get into the key, causing teams to help, giving
Swillie was a vital piece to last season’s success averaging just south of ten points at 9.4 points per game as well as having one of the best heads up plays of the season. With five seconds to go and the season on the line, Swillie remained calm, drove to the basket and dished it out to alumnus Samaad Hector on the wing to hit the three pointer with 3.1 seconds on the clock. This to send the Wildcats to the GNAC Tournament Championship where they would come out victorious as they hoisted the trophy for the first time since 2011.
Swillie was a part of all this as just a freshman, and now with a full year in the system he’s looking for improvement. He spoke on his process of doing just that saying, “Just working consistently, trying to better every aspect of my game,” Swillie said. “Keying in on focusing on how to score within our offense and understanding what other teams are going to do to get an advantage going into games.
The Wildcats will be back in action on Nov. 14 as Walla Walla University will be visiting for yet another non conference matchup. This gives the team another game to prepare for their upcoming Northwest Nazarene Thanksgiving Classic taking place in Nampa, Idaho on Nov. 22 and Nov. 23.
NEXT HOME GAME: DEC 5
BROTHERS IN ARMS
MCCALLUM BROTHERS UNITE ON THE TURF
Parker Wood Staff Reporter
The Central Washington Wildcat family is a vast and expansive one, shown by the generations who continue to attend the college, in the alumni and the different sports teams. The Wildcat football team has three different pairs of siblings on their roster, one of which is the McCallum brothers.
6’4 290 lb. junior offensive lineman Jaxin McCallum has been on the same team with his younger brother, 6’5 300 lb. freshman offensive lineman Gavin McCallum, almost his whole life, dating back to their time at Kamiakin High School in southern Washington. Being in the same program, even now at CWU, has helped their relationship. “It’s strengthened our bond a little bit, because we also live together off campus, it’s been good, having the same schedule,” Jaxin McCallum said.
The older brother also reminisced on the time they weren’t on the same team, in the two years that Jaxin McCallum started college football and Gavin McCallum was still in high school. “It’s nice to be back and being on the same team, our families can come up to our same game,” Jaxin McCallum said. “It’s kind of nice having everyone together.”
The blood between them translates well in practice and helping each other when it comes to football. “I know him
better,” Jaxin McCallum said. “And we know each other better than other people. So we can be pretty real with each other with what’s going on on the field, and there’s no hard feeling.” Jaxin McCallum is onto his third school program, previously attending South Dakota Mines his freshman year and University of Idaho in his sophomore year.
Jaxin McCallum is filled with enough experience to help his little brother through difficulties in practice, which in turn helps himself.
“We’re the same blood,” Jaxin McCallum said. “Sometimes we have the same things that we need to work on. So it’s been helpful for me to talk it out, because I know he could use help with it. And then it also helps me see it. Then talking through something helps a lot of the time. I’m like ‘Oh, maybe that’s my problem too.’ That kind of thing.”
While Jaxin McCallum had a couple of years to adjust to the college ball environment, Gavin McCallum is in his first year out of high school. Being the younger brother, Gavin McCallum explained how much it helps having his older brother there to help with the new program, faces and team. “This is his third year of college football, so he knows a lot,” Gavin McCallum said. “It’s the same game so he still can help out a lot. It’s nice having someone that knows what they’re
doing. It also helps with time management, because I live off campus with him, so time management and stuff like that, especially football wise, it’s helpful.”
Despite living together and being on the same team, the brothers explained that they still don’t have much time to spend with each other. “Right now, we kind of have different schedules,” Jaxin McCallum said, pointing at his brother. “He’s on the injury report, so he’s not really working out or anything right now.” Gavin McCallum added more to the separation of the brothers. “Even when I was, we were in different groups,” Gavin McCallum said. “I’m with the freshmen. [Jaxin] is up with the older guys. So the only time we’re together is when we’re on the field and even then, it’s a little different.” The brother’s time spent together is doing offensive lineman tests and studying together at James E. Brooks Library.
Jaxin and Gavin McCallum and the Wildcats football team is currently second in the Lone Star Conference with a 7-3 record. Coming off of a 66-0 blowout win at home against Sul Ross State University, the ‘Cats are looking to finish the regular season off strong at home against Western Oregon University on Nov. 16.
Gavin (left) and Jaxin (right) at Media Day.
(Photo courtesy of Joe Pumphrey)
Jaxin (left) and Gavin (right) at a high school game with their mother. (Photo courtesy of Patty Goude Kessie)
SOUND BITE
Photo and Design by Brandon Mattesich
THIS WEEK IN MUSIC
Brandon Mattesich Columnist
Welcome back to Sound Bite! This week I’ll be covering two singles and one full album release. If you didn’t read last week’s soundbite, check it out online! And if you did read it and you’re wondering why Chromakopia wasn’t mentioned, it’s because Chromakopia got its own full review by our other photographer Trent Meacham and my- self, so check that out while you’re at it. Shameless plug aside, let’s get into this week’s Sound Bite.
Cordae recently released another single, following up his last one “Mad as F*ck.” Entitled “Syrup Sandwiches,” his latest single is another amazing showcase of Cor- dae’s unique ability to be so incredibly consistent across all his songs. It also boasts a fun feature from Joey Bada$$ that brings the single to a higher level than I would argue “Mad as F*ck” was able to achieve. The release is the latest in his rollout of his 4th studio album which is releasing Nov. 15. Personally I am excited for this album, and I’m hoping he’s able to elevate his skills beyond what we’ve seen in the past.
Another single that dropped re- cently was “Right Now” by Young Nudy. The single is the first release from his rollout to a sequel mixtape entitled “Sli’merre 2.” While I do think the single is fun to listen to, it’s honestly pretty disappointing as far as innovation goes. I feel like Nudy found his sound years ago and hasn’t really done much to try and grow or evolve as an artist. His fans can never be disappointed, but I feel like they can’t ever really be that impressed either. Regardless, it’s a fun song and if that’s what you’re in the mood for you definite- ly can’t go wrong with it.
Most notably however was the re- lease of the album “Soul Burger” by Ab-Soul. The project, which interestingly has an exactly 53 minute and 53 second runtime, is a passion project dedicated to Doe Burger, one of Ab-Soul’s closest friends who passed away. “Soul Burger” features artists like JID, Lupe Fiasco, Doechii, Vince Staples and so many more. It’s a pure amalgamation of style and talent that only Ab-Soul could’ve pulled off, and you can truly feel that throughout.
There were a couple tracks that stood out to me, one being “Califor- nia Dream” for its amazing storytelling and wordplay by both Vince Staples and Ab-Soul. “Crazier” featuring JID is also a favorite of mine, as the energy JID brings to the song really elevates it beyond what a typical Ab-Soul track might sound like. The whole project is carefully crafted and created out of a place of passion and hurt. It’s not always an easy listen but it is well worth it. It’s easily one of my favorite projects released this year, and while I dont think it’s as good as some of the other Ab-Soul projects he’s released in the past it’s still a testament to his skill and his ability to execute on a concept like almost nobody else in the scene.
COLUMN missed the mark ‘Cars 3’
Nalanie Pecora Columnist
Don’t get me wrong, I love the “Cars” franchise. I binge the series every chance I get. But “Cars 3” missed the mark in so many ways. This will contain spoilers, but it has to be said. “Cars 3” has been something I’ve gone back and forth on liking and disliking for a while. So I’ve had a lot of time to sit back and figure out if I truly liked it or not, and I concluded that I didn’t like the closing of the series.
“We were always trying to tell a story of mentorship,” Brain Fee, the creator of the “Cars” franchise, stated in an article called “‘Cars 3’ Ending: Brain Fee Reveals The Film’s Alternate Conclusions.” The point of “Cars 3” was to show that everything comes full circle. In the first movie Lightning McQueen meets Doc Hudson, then Hudson became McQueen’s mentor. In the third movie, McQueen met Cruz
Ramirez, and McQueen became Cruz’s mentor. Full circle. McQueen had some more character development in the third movie in the form of mentoring Cruz, which he found joy in. I can’t deny, it can be a great twist if done correctly. But in “Cars 3” it wasn’t done properly.
Two things in “Cars 3” didn’t sit right with me. Everyone was looking down on McQueen, and they built the whole story up to show that the old can beat the new. This is why they showed Hudson’s past so much, and how he was able to beat the newer cars in his races.
“I couldn’t care less about the climax,” TheCinemaholic writer, Mohamed Uzair, stated. “I think that the filmmakers intended for a twist ending that would surprise anyone but this was just downright ridiculous. It’s definitely not something you’d want to see after watching McQueen train hard for 90 minutes and try to make a career-defining comeback.” I quite frankly agree. The whole movie, I was excited to
OPINION SECTION
see McQueen beat Jackson Storm. Because Storm was constantly belittling McQueen for his age and racing ability. Cruz had taken away the impact McQueen could have had in winning the race.
The whole movie was almost a rewrite of Hudson’s life. Hudson performed his flip on the last lap of his race at the Thomasville 400 in 1954, which was when Hudson was 24 years old. The newer cars in Hudson’s time were pretty hard to beat, but he performed the flip and won that race. In the first movie McQueen is in his early 20s. The movie shows him maneuvering and jumping over piles of cars.
What you should think about American-Japanese food
Bunta Shimmori Columnist
“Translation index online.”
Hi! Bunta Shimmori is my name. I’m a student journalist for the Observer, and I come from Japan. Japanese culture is now spreading via anime, social media and anywhere. If you hear “Japan,” what do you think about? A shrine? A temple? Cherry blossoms? My guess is most of you guys would say “Sushi” or other Japanese dishes.
Nowadays in the U.S, there are a lot of foods from Japan. If you wanted to cook Teriyaki chicken, you could find Teriyaki sauce at the grocery store. When you go to the grocery store, there are California rolls at the deli. Sake does make sense for most people in the U.S. even if I don’t say “rice wine.”
However, I don’t see Teriyaki sauce in the grocery store in Japan. I have never heard of “dragon roll” in Japan. I cannot forgive green tea with sugar and honey. I’m not representative of all Japanese people, but I think some American-Japanese foods are different from my country’s. I feel Japanese food in the U.S. is not real Japanese food.
Then, what should I do? Yes, I have to check it on my own tongue. So last Saturday my Japanese friends and I visited Oyama, a Japanese restaurant local to Ellensburg.
When I enter the restaurant, I smell the same smells as a Japanese Sushi
restaurant. As a Japanese guy who misses my home country, it made me a little happy. However, the interiors there must not be seen in Japan.
The wall is red, the light is too bright and most seats were tables and chairs. Because of that, it seemed like a Chinese restaurant rather than a Japanese one. However, we saw some effort in making it more Japanese, like a plate for sushi or the picture of Ukiyo-e(*1).
Please imagine this: you go to Japan and enter a hamburger shop. You can see the American flag on the wall. The Statue of Liberty and the bald eagle next to your seat. You may think, “Yes, this seems so American, but it’s freakin’ stupid!” How strange it is. Then, how about the taste of the food?
Sushi (Nigiri)
I tried a “sushi appetizer.” There was shrimp, salmon, yellow tail and so on. To be honest, that was great! In opposition to the interior, the Nigiri was authentic. The Salmon was flesh, fatty and the Shari(*2) was not too salty but not too sweet. That experience was the same as Kaiten-sushi(*3) or better than that.
Sushi (roll)
The roll was also good!! I liked the idea of rolling the outside of sushi with fish. In Japan, rolling the outside of the roll with seaweed is a common idea, so I think it’s a good deal because we can enjoy the fish inside and outside. However, I hoped for a bigger roll…
Tempura
I was satisfied with the Sushi, but the Tempura had some points I couldn’t forgive. They used “Ten-tuyu,”(*4) which is a sauce specifically used for tempura, and the Tempura was crispy, however, just shrimp tempura was too crispy. When I checked it, I found they may have used panko. If you use panko for shrimp, it will then be “Ebi furai.”(*5) That is completely different from Tempura. Also, they were serving broccoli. I was like “Why did they do that? Everything was fine until they served Ten-tuyu!” Now I can partially understand why Italian people get mad when someone breaks spaghetti. We don’t do that in my country.
Conclusion
From this experience, I want to say America is so good at merging its culture with other ones. I think if you’re living in America, you should be proud of that because I want to eat rainbow rolls even if I go back to Japan. I hope I can eat it in Japan. At the same time, making something more Americanized is sometimes not enough. Because of that, you see something hard to tell where its food comes from. For me, that’s so close. It could become authentic, it could be America’s original. I want to say, with just a little respect for the original, or little idea, it must be great! Therefore, I really want you to come to Japan and try “Japanese food.” Then, please think about “How American-Japanese food will be like in the future,” because that is what is needed for more culture in our life.
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“My aunt’s mashed potatoes and homemade gravy.”
“Pumpkin roll.”
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“Christmas ham and my grandma’s
“Ham.”
Aries (March 21 - April 19): You know that little voice inside of you that tells you what’s up? He’s taking a little vacation this week, meaning you’ll be consciously working overtime. You’ve got this.
Taurus (April 20 - May 20): Take off the rose colored glasses Taurus. The world isn’t pink and perfect. You should know this by now. Put on the regular shades and look cool as hell. The world isn’t that dark but I dunno.
Gemini (May 21 - June 20): You’re a lone wolf this week Gem. You’re not following the herd. You aren’t like the rest of the sheep. Because you are a wolf. But not wearing sheep’s clothing. Because you AREN’T like the rest of the sheep.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22): I swear to god you’ll be stable soon. You just have to hold onto hope. You will be okay again. Everything will be absolutely fine. The stars are saying it’s stable time for Cancers. Stable stable stable.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22): :3 Imagination :3 You’ll be relying on it heavily this week because if you aren’t in a dissociative dream state, then you will absolutely lose it. Just absolutely fucking lose it. Dream big baby.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sep. 22): Catch and release, brother. Catch… and release… Fish fear you, but they don’t have to. Self reflect. What is it about you that these fish avoid? Become someone a fish could love.
Libra (Sep. 23 - Oct. 22): You’ve got a TAAALLLLL Scooby Doo Sandwich-esque order in front of you, Libra. But, not to worry. Unhinge your jaw like a snake and just take a big ol’ bite. Shaggy Rogers and Scoobert Doo can do it. So can you.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it, Scorp. The same ol’ pizza rolls and mac and cheese won’t suit you well. Find something new to try, and if you hate it, Kraft mac and cheese boxes are like $1.50.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): ~Minimalism~ This week, forget about all the extras. You don’t have to worry about anything except the bare minimum. The bear necessities, perhaps. Honey, hibernate, salmon. School? Bear’s never heard of her.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan.19): Your brain is gonna get exponentially bigger this week. Classic, Jimmy Neutron style. Brain blast, then you’re pretty much done for the quarter.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb.18): Half of you Aquarius’ are going to have a great week and the other half… well you know there’s always next week. I think which category you fall into all depends on how cool you were last week.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20): There’s gonna be a wave of emotions for you this week, but it’s going to be a lot like someone trying to start a wave at a really hot little league game. Half-hearted. Lackluster.
