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Well, I kinda hesitated what I would contribute to Japan Day (if i wanted to post a documentary on how the residents survived the 2011 earthquake/tsunami or anime shows that have been a ratings hit in the United States) but in the end, I'm posting a day in the life of what they're called a "sushi master". Enjoy!

Burundi shutting out South Korea is something that can only happen in TISC apparently...

And the contest where... well, you know

Yeah, I avoided listening to the songs as well. I'm planning on listening to all of them this weekend with a relisten for each match

I think I've read every post on here, so now I am caught up, but I'm happy to take part in the contest, because otherwise I would have missed it if it wasn't for a Twitter DM.

Belarus?

Konig, we've competed in 14 contests. You should know you and I will never see eye to eye But when we finally do, the whole world will end. Don't quote me on that

Sorry, I missed most of the contest, but I had to do other things today. Anyway, congrats to our northern neighbors Canada @intoronto for finally breaking the winless non-European streak. It's about damn time. Also congrats to @Vic Liu and @Bohemia @Benolympique for silver and bronze If you ask me, 15th place is respectable in my book, but if you're wondering why and how I pick the songs for the US... well, that's for me (and maybe @Olympian1010) to know and for the rest of you to find out

Good morning, fam. I'm finally able to join in to our semi-annual tradition. Thanks to @Olympian1010 for posting our points, though I must say that this is probably the first time ever that my personal 12 did not become our overall 12, but more on that later Anyway, thanks to for the fairly consistent 2 points, for 3 points, for 5 points, for 10 points, for 11 points, and finally to and for 12 points, so now my goals have been met @IoNuTzZ @DaniSRB @Ruslan @intoronto @Ionoutz24 @Skijumpingmaster @Dnl @Werloc @amen09 @tuniscof @Illya Anyway, since the US votes are out, here are my personal votes 12 Greece 11 India 10 Tunisia 9 Australia 8 Slovenia 7 Canada 6 Hungary 5 China 4 Germany 3 Slovakia 2 Serbia 1 Bulgaria 1st Reserve Israel 2nd Reserve Mexico 3rd Reserve Ukraine

Great opening ceremony, @dcro, though it took me forever to go through it all But guys, my favorite TISC memory will always be when Bulgaria gave their points one by one back in 2013

I know, and I'm really ready to write an email to my local TV station who carries it every day I'm sure by now we are ahead of China and Italy in total cases, but while several states have a shelter in place order, guess what? My state doesn't. DeSantis (my clownish governor) recently said that it wasn't necessary to do so because not all counties (we have 67) have a case. He also refused to close beaches, which led county officials with shores to do just that (or at least some of them, because Volusia County hasn't closed theirs yet, so don't be surprised if Florida becomes the new epicenter

Yeah, sadly it's out of our normal hours either way

I graduated from high school in May 2007, so yeah, I'm old (I just turned 31, so make what you will)

Finally a teammate

That depends on what time we present the votes

I'm not picking for anything, I'm just here lurking cuz it is my birthday

WTF we get to go first lol @Olympian1010

It's on my birthday

Meanwhile here in America, Trump tells all 50 governors that they are on their own when they ask for ventilators, supplies, etc. I know @Olympian1010's governor will be livid, but mine is a Trumper Some states are issuing new restrictions on bars and restaurant (and New Jersey now has a curfew, from 8pm-5am)

I don't see the lie tho

4 people in my hometown have the coronavirus.

Voted. This edition is quite strong, and it's sad I had to leave out some countries, but it is what it is

I sent this yesterday, but for some reason it didn't go through but I got it down to the final 15.

About that, I don't mind cancelling in-person classes and moving it all online (I mean my last 2 years of college were all online classes), but do they have to tell students to move out of their dorms as quickly as possible without having a plan? Many students are scrambling to find other accommodations because of the recklessness behind that part of the decision On a personal note, I've been out of college for 5 years now and I haven't heard from my alma mater as to whether they're moving their classes online

Walt Disney World is closed here, for 2 weeks A local art festival is postponing until 2021 And with my birthday coming up next Saturday, I was planning to go to Olive Garden (like we did last year) but I opted for a family-only pizza party instead. The Olive Garden thing can wait