Zoe Nakama Whore ❤️

About Osaka

So I’m sittin’ there, watchin’ *The Turin Horse*, my fave flick—Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, geniuses, total geniuses—and it’s all bleak, right? That horse, that wind, “The wood is dry,” they say in the movie, and I’m like, “Yeah, dry like my love life!” But whores? They ain’t dry, nah, they’re out there, makin’ it happen, rain or shine. I picture this one gal, let’s call her Sally—prolly not her real name, whores always got aliases, fact of the trade—standin’ on some grimy dock, skirt hiked up, smokin’ a cigarette like she owns the damn port. And I’m like, “Good for you, Sally! Pretty, pretty good hustle!” But also—kinda grosses me out! All those sweaty sailors, me included—ugh, the hygiene, the STENCH. Makes me wanna shower just thinkin’ bout it.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Nakama is a Japanese word for “companion”, “comrade”, “friend”, or “mate”. However, for fans of shounen anime such as One Piece, nakama has come to mean something like "friends who .

Then, outta nowhere, this cute dog runs up to me. I’m talkin’ fluffy, wagging its tail like crazy. I bent down to pet it, and boom! The owner, this dude in a bright orange shirt, comes sprinting over. “Sorry! He’s a little too friendly!” I laughed. Like, dude, I’m not mad. I needed that doggo love.

Facing Conflict and Grief With The Boy and The Heron