So true. I was registered as an independent since I was 18. A few years ago I switched to democrat so that I had more of a say in the process!

I love John Irving so much!! Forever grateful for my hs English teacher, who introduced me to Irving and Tom Robbins.

Highly recommend Jitterbug Perfume to anyone who hasn’t read it!

I’m not from the Midwest but that’s beautiful and I’d use it immediately!!

My husband and I are also learning Japanese and get excited by the same kind of things!!

It just happened the other night while watching an older American Dad episode.

You too, thanks!! 😁

Thanks! I really dislike funky fonts when trying to read Japanese because that’s definitely more “fu” shaped than “n” but I see it now!

Also weird first letter since there is a “bu” but it looks like they’re trying to use the “u” as a base.

Thanks for solving the mystery!

Between the awkward angle and the style of the lettering on the left of the picture, I can’t quite make it out, but the letters on to right spell “tofu”.

Still newer to Japanese but I’m assuming that’s how you spell tofu in Japanese as well. 😁

That’s amazing!! I’m so happy for you!! ❤️

Isn’t this just a subset of Midwest emo? 😂