Random Talk

[Eric Cartman]

looking back, "this little piggy" is a really shit nursery rhyme/game/thing

one goes to market, one stays home, one has roast beef, one has none, and the last one also goes home

two of these pigs are just at home

they should all be something different

also the pig that doesn't have roast beef could stand some more fleshing out as a character, I bet he hasn't done a lot of other things, like get his pilot's license or visit scotland

tell me something worth knowing about him

He brought down a british prime minister

[Potato]

Currently planning a way to escape Tokyo for the summer. Already it’s too much and it’s barely breaking 30. Had a moment earlier where I’m drenched and disheveled after walking 40 or so minutes outdoors. See an ice cream shop and go in. Turns out it’s a fancy gelato x wine bar thing. Where I guess chic middle age ladies hang to day drink. Asked for water and bought some relatively pricey ice cream (dark espresso…pistachio   ) and tried to ignore being a disgusting swamp ogre among civilized people. 

I do not know how people can handle heat with grace. Isn’t this shit supposed to get better as you age. Before all this I was in a waiting area and this guy was in a thick three piece suit relaxed. He also had a flip phone and his ringtone sounded like the Metro Cross theme. Really aspirational figure.

Humidity sucks balls man. I fucking hate it.

[Nintex]

Nintex, I found one for you

I wish I had a Gwennie  

Got a place near by with some great beer on tap

Edit: before I left I checked the menu. They specialize in sausages and brats. Being a Wisconsinite I had to get a brat on Sunday. Go Packers!!! The had a rabbit and rattlesnake brat!!! Holy Shit!!! Yes, please. It was really good too.

One of my favorite beers  

Stop being so intense, and I mean it with love.

In retrospect. You hit the nail on the head. My personality is something that they can't make heads or tails of because it is so rare. I keep forgetting that someone that for example pours drinks, puts menus together and sets tables for a living is essentially dating 'Steve Jobs'. And they realize pretty quickly, I'm not bullshitting them. And when you finally are up to speed with things, well ENTJs see the world as it could be, not as it is. So that's just the starting block for my future vision of whatever 'it' is. So while my 'how was your day' was as exciting as a movie for the Latina compared to hers, it must've also been very overwhelming on top of everything else she was going through. 

I had a good training today, the PT really dialed it up a notch like I hoped he would. Not: "Oh no you're out of breath, stop", more: "Come on 5 sec rest, then go again".
He was again surprised I did all the things he put on the schedule and did them well. Some stuff he wasn't sure I would be able to pull off yet or things a lot of people that start out don't want to do like drop from a crate to hang on a bar.

[benji]

I keep forgetting that someone that for example pours drinks, puts menus together and sets tables for a living is essentially dating 'Steve Jobs'. And they realize pretty quickly, I'm not bullshitting them.

[killamajig]

Delirium Tremens...


I told the bartender I'm going to make my way through the beer list. Since this is doubling as a vacation. Lol

Next up.. Duvel 6 Ale..

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I'm watching the david spade conan needs a friend podcast and they're talking about random shit like norm dying.

I just had a flashback to getting some food for a homeless guy and we sat and mcdonalds and I was listening to his story (I don't remember a bit of it) and we walk out, and he's like "alright dude you gotta go that way, I'm going this way".

[Polident]

Humidity sucks balls man. I fucking hate it.

I honestly never really understood it until living here.

I’m grateful to be living in an apartment built with venting and all in mind. Spoken to others where, there’s an active battle to dehumidify their homes. Conceptually, dehumidifiers make sense. I’ve used humidifiers in winter for dry air. But the idea of a machine that fills up a tank with moisture from the air, cups of water, is crazy to me. And if you’re not vigilant, all the books and woods get wrecked and hordes of silverfish appear. 

As it is, stepping outside hits you. It’s only (“only”) 34 today and it’s unbearable.

[Potato]

I would take a dry 38° day over a humid 34°.

People who have never lived in subtropical or tropical regions don't know what it's like.

[Nintex]

Fun day so far. Raced with a biker chick on the highway on my way to work. she had good moves and a great butt. Eventually I had to slow down for a fucking boomer.

[DavidCroquet]

I'm watching the david spade conan needs a friend podcast and they're talking about random shit like norm dying.

I just had a flashback to getting some food for a homeless guy and we sat and mcdonalds and I was listening to his story (I don't remember a bit of it) and we walk out, and he's like "alright dude you gotta go that way, I'm going this way".

While we're exchanging homeless dude stories...

Once in my 20s when I was at my brokest, my piece of shit car broke down right near a gas station, but still in the middle of the road. I was outside my car trying to figure out what to do when a scraggledy gentleman walked up and was like "hey, let me help you push it into the parking lot". 

After we pushed it, I was like "damn, thanks dude, I wish I could give you some money, but I literally have zero dollars", and he was like "nah, forget that. Take my money and buy me 3 four lokos in there...that sand n-word at the counter won't let me inside". And  I was like "...ok!" And the guy hands me fistfuls of mixed change.

So I walk into the gas station, and the guy at the counter (who is wearing a turban) looks up at me for a second, and he was like "hey man, did that guy outside bother you? I wish he'd get the hell away from here" And I was like "...no..." and then proceeded to pick 3 four lokos at random and pay entirely in dirty, loose change.

That's the whole story.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I'm watching the david spade conan needs a friend podcast and they're talking about random shit like norm dying.

I just had a flashback to getting some food for a homeless guy and we sat and mcdonalds and I was listening to his story (I don't remember a bit of it) and we walk out, and he's like "alright dude you gotta go that way, I'm going this way".

While we're exchanging homeless dude stories...

Once in my 20s when I was at my brokest, my piece of shit car broke down right near a gas station, but still in the middle of the road. I was outside my car trying to figure out what to do when a scraggledy gentleman walked up and was like "hey, let me help you push it into the parking lot". 

After we pushed it, I was like "damn, thanks dude, I wish I could give you some money, but I literally have zero dollars", and he was like "nah, forget that. Take my money and buy me 3 four lokos in there...that sand n-word at the counter won't let me inside". And  I was like "...ok!" And the guy hands me fistfuls of mixed change.

So I walk into the gas station, and the guy at the counter (who is wearing a turban) looks up at me for a second, and he was like "hey man, did that guy outside bother you? I wish he'd get the hell away from here" And I was like "...no..." and then proceeded to pick 3 four lokos at random and pay entirely in dirty, loose change.

That's the whole story.

I think I've posted this before, but I was on my way home and had just bought some taco bell, that I was really craving. 

I get to the stop light right outside the taco bell, and this pan handler is asking for money, so I give him my order of taco bell.  I had food at home to cook and shit so it' was whatever.

He takes it, and I'm watching him in the side view mirror, motherfucker throws it in the trash. 



Like bro, dont take it if your gonna trash it.

I stopped giving food and leftover to panhandlers.

[Polident]

Fun day so far. Raced with a biker chick on the highway on my way to work. she had good moves and a great butt. Eventually I had to slow down for a fucking boomer.

Speaking of chud racing. Had to kill an hour while a stamp was being made. Went to look at the Switch 2 again. Short line. Nice lady offers to play split screen Mario Kart. Her vs me vs two actual children. First sign of autism was whispering “30 fps?” to myself. Second was absolutely annihilating them. Not even close. The young lady actually seemed like a nerd who was trying to win and ended up 2nd. “I’ll beat you at Mario Kart   “ Not on my watch.

The kids, I assume, will be the Indiana Jones to my unnamed guy with fedora. Where in the future they’re the weird asshole showing no mercy at a child’s video game.

[Polident]

Incredible product branding.

[BIONIC]

I don’t think that’s where poo comes from

[benji]

I think I've posted this before, but I was on my way home and had just bought some taco bell, that I was really craving. 

I get to the stop light right outside the taco bell, and this pan handler is asking for money, so I give him my order of taco bell.  I had food at home to cook and shit so it' was whatever.

He takes it, and I'm watching him in the side view mirror, motherfucker throws it in the trash. 



Like bro, dont take it if your gonna trash it.

I stopped giving food and leftover to panhandlers.

You didn't spin around and shame him for disparaging Yum! Brands? I knew you would be my first ban.

[killamajig]

My recent homeless guy story...... 

Couple days ago I was walking back from my friend's apartment late at night in DTLA an old homeless dude pushing a shopping cart was waiting at at a crosswalk with me. He asked me if I had a dollar. I said nope and started to walk away when the light turned. And I realized I had just bought a Gatorade two for one deal and still had an unopened one that was cold. I asked him if he'd be interested in a Gatorade, his face lit up and said "Sure!" I told him it's a zero sugar one cuz I'm diabetic and he laughed and said he didn't care and put it in the cup holder of the shopping cart. 

But, normally I don't even engage with them because I'd be afraid that Gatorade might come whizzing back at my head when my back is turned. Lol

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I think I've posted this before, but I was on my way home and had just bought some taco bell, that I was really craving. 

I get to the stop light right outside the taco bell, and this pan handler is asking for money, so I give him my order of taco bell.  I had food at home to cook and shit so it' was whatever.

He takes it, and I'm watching him in the side view mirror, motherfucker throws it in the trash. 



Like bro, dont take it if your gonna trash it.

I stopped giving food and leftover to panhandlers.

You didn't spin around and shame him for disparaging Yum! Brands? I knew you would be my first ban.

do it

[chronovore]

I would take a dry 38° day over a humid 34°.

People who have never lived in subtropical or tropical regions don't know what it's like.

For sure. I've been in Vegas with 47ºC dry heat, and it was more tolerable than 39º with 90% humidity, which is what I'd just left behind in Japan at that time…

[DavidCroquet]

Is this the safe space where I can talk about the jug of urine I have in my fridge?

I had a blood test done that came back with high calcium levels. So I have to do a 24-hour urine collection. I have a jug I have to pee into for 24 hours that I keep in the fridge. After that I get to take an Uber full of my piss to the clinic to drop it off.

I don't like getting old.

The fridge, now that's a good idea!

My ex-wife had to pee in such jugs for similar testing, and we just left them in the bathroom like filthy beasts til she turned them in...didn't even consider refrigerating them.

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it certainly would've improved the taste!

EDIT: somehow was transported to the first page and thought it was a new post. However, I shall let this response stand for posterity.

[Uncle]

I see that 2 years ago I asked the same question I would've asked now

[Nintex]

Tough training today, just what I needed.

[Himu]

Bad news. UK school says they're not able to give Student Visa. So I'll have to stay for a Short Term visa. I really wanted to study abroad extensively but it might not come to be. I can do a term or two there. The short term visa lasts 6 months. 

Thankfully this doesn't put a damper on my goals but it really sucks. 

I'm traveling to a city next week to check out an American option.

[killamajig]

Now that downtown LA is quieting down the stores in Little Tokyo have removed the plywood and opened back up.

Some more pics for the Weebs







This area is worth checking out if you're into this stuff. There's even one of those restaurants that have food on the conveyor belts. Not a sushi type guy so I didn't go in.

 

[Polident]

Yesterday I played a capsule machine giving out PlayStation controller keychains. Hitting the start button plays the boot up music for the system. Only went for it after seeing the “next” item was the PS1. Opened it and hit start



legit went 

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

[Nintex]

Trump is probably coming to my town. And because of the NATO summit all the escorts are booked. So I decided to joke around on my Bumble profile.

NATO has claimed all escorts, open to Russian snipers, Chinese hackers and Carrie from Homeland.

Instant like

Her profile reads: "Looking for a voice of reason"

Women

Update: 2nd like

Looking for kindness.

[killamajig]

Barcade near by with one of my favorite pinballs.

[Besticus Maximus]

Been using claude to make interactive html artefacts instead of reports and presentations and I feel like I've seen god

[Nintex]

I did what folks told me to do, be myself. 2 more likes today without even boosting 

[BIONIC]

[Potato]

My favourites were probably Terminator 2 or The Addams Family. Never played that one.