I have a great aversion to owning stuff. It makes me feel trapped. But also it feels wasteful. I try to keep my ecological footprint small. So many people have so much stuff that they hardly ever or even never use. My rule of thumb is if i am not going to actively use something at least once a week, every week, i shouldn't buy it. And if i can't ( Read more... )

Although the temperature is glorious during the summer in Taiwan, Taipei in particular is somewhat depressing due to the overlapping rainy season. I suppose if you enjoy epic thunderstorms it's pretty cool - and i do enjoy those to a point - but when they're happening every single day it kinda throws a wrench into any kind of outdoor activity ( Read more... )

This week has been less than optimal. There's the usual work stuff, okay, but outside of that my mind has gone off on one of its spirals, the kind of spiral i haven't been on since the Finding Clothes For An Ogre Debacle of April 2024 ( Read more... )

Something that is different about going to parties outside of Berlin is that people take photos. In Berlin nightclubs it's considered somewhat inappropriate, and some clubs even go to the extent of placing stickers over the camera lenses on people's phones to discourage it. Of course plenty of people still take photos - furtively - but unless you' ( Read more... )

I feel like a cyberpunk, except that feeling is much less cool than I once imagined it would be ( Read more... )

ohnotheydidnt dropped a great wank post today: US Swifties can't comprehend the concept of public transport in Melbourne. But, probably because it was posted when America was awake and the rest of the world was still asleep, there is a bunch of bizarro comments like how people would rather sit in the comfort of their own car for two hours waiting to get out of ( Read more... )

There is so little to report in my life now that i am back in the grind, with no stockpile of annual leave or even a business trip to break the tedium ( Read more... )

I really hate the idea that such a thing as "an addictive personality" exists, and even more the idea that i have one. But i do often find myself getting sucked quite deeply into a particular thing for longish periods ( Read more... )

So, i just booked my flight to Laos. I was wrestling with how many days to book, which is something i always struggle with when i holiday while employed. On one hand, i want to have long enough on the holiday that i don't feel rushed when i'm there. On the other hand, i don't want to waste my annual leave because if i bundle it all together in one ( Read more... )

From thefridayfive...

1. How tall would you like to be if you had the chance to choose?I'm currently something over 190cm, which i think is about 6'3. I love being tall in the sense i can reach high things and apparently it gives me advantages in the workplace (promotions, raises etc), but it's also pretty inconvenient to be an outlier in society. Especially ( Read more... )