Not entirely random questions

[thuviaptarth]

I swear I did try to google it, but I couldn't find the right search terms. Four not entirely unrelated questions:

1. Do people have birthday parties with their friends in Japan, a la Western tradition (drinking, presents, etc.), or is it just the more formal dressing up and visiting shrines thing?
   
2. Are birthdays determined by the Japanese or Western calendar?
   
3. How would you take care of academics for a kid with theater/music job? I.e., in the U.S. child actors with regular jobs usually end up with private tutors and take standardized exams; is there a Japanese equivalent? Or do kids just drop high school if they're over 14, since it's optional?
   
4. Where would one post Gravitation fic?
   

Comments

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

If it's under NC-17, you do still have the option of the generalized evilness that is fanfiction.net. They are evil, evil, evil webmaster-types over there, but it *will* acquire an audience, if you can stomach posting it that way. I would also suggest trying a Gravi LJ community.