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Still looking for my first 'squatch. This guy was easily 400lbs, so more in the American-style sasquatch as opposed to the lithe, bohemian Euro version.

Saw a black bear on the trail the other day. Big dog



He was peeking around a tree, then decided to just flail on the ground and sunbathe his belly

uziq wrote:

child prostitution was a huge thing in cambodia and laos for a while but i think both govts stamped down on it after that became their international reputation. mostly now its just crusty guys picking up young wives due to the income/lifestyle advantage.

Still pretty prevalent in my experience. Maybe not as bad as the Phillipines but i know its still a thing in Laos.

It's crazy that sex work is so prevalent in SEA that Isan families literally send their daughters to Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Siem Reap etc to work in prostitution to support the extended families back home. Worst part of visiting that area is seeing the old pervs with young girls.

REI is in the midst of their annual Memorial Day sale and I've been loading up on some clothes for my backpacking trip next month. I've bought a few hiking hoodies, an outer shell, and some new hiking pants. Its been a bit of a struggle not to go ham and buy more sets of gear, but I already have more camping gear than I know what to do with.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

What do you guys think of community college courses? I am thinking of doing a course on professional grant writing writing + nonprofit management. You get a grant writing certification at the end. 12 month program.

Maybe I can start a nonprofit that does something. I can't think of anything I really care about. I just don't want an average life.

Great way to learn stuff for cheap. I've been thinking about taking a course or two. Quiero ser fluida en Español

Terrible, terrible movie

Recently read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Easy read, which was a nice distraction from this stupid pop-econ book I'm still struggling through. GF read it first and recommended it. It's refreshing to read a book in a different writing style than I'm used to.

I have a few things lined up over the next two months but thinking about hitting Asia in July or August. I'll let you know

uziq wrote:

pocari sweat

I know this brand because of Shohei Ohtani. He's a sports ball player that you can probably throw a rock anywhere in Japan and hit one of his adverts.

Still no job. Haven't been applying as much lately, but may have an opportunity at a company a friend works for. If I don't get an interview I'm probably going to just take my foot off the gas and relax/refresh for a few months. Maybe take a trip somewhere.

Saw The Prestige recently for the first time. Excellent movie. A little grandiose but the writing, story, acting, and direction were top notch. The best Christopher Nolan movie I've seen.

8/10

Holy wow my friends just told me he got a ticket for me to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor early May.

I did not know that band is on tour. They just released a new album. I feel so fucking old

That whole clique put out some of the most iconic rap of the late 90s/early 2000s. Punching above their weight. Souls of Mischief, Styles of Beyond, Heirogylphics. That bay area rap sound was pretty unique.

Chance to see Del, Dan the Automator and Kid Koala. Can't turn that down

Deltron 3030 are going on tour and doing their whole debut album. One of the venues is 15 mins away. Definitely going

uziq wrote:

welcome to every day in east asia.

the really bad ones take over your phone and turn it into an improvised alarm. i was awoken once, last summer, at about 5am in the morning with a female voice shouting 'WARNING! WARNING!'. only time i've ever experienced one at that grade. i woke up and made a yelping noise i've never heard myself emit before in my life. great fun.

there's an app called NERV which is pretty cool, not sure if it has coverage in the states. great for giving information in near real-time.

You get earthquake warnings every day? That's crazy

It's crazy that I can get an emergency notification on my phone of an impending earthquake. I felt the jot about 10 seconds later.

I think thats my first experience receiving a heads up prior to an earthquake happening.

Neil Young playing at the Bernie/AOC rally in LA on Saturday. I know he's a shell of himself at this point but I don't think i can miss it. Me and 75k other people lol

What's your training regimen look like?

Dilbert risking trade violations taking pics of chassis assemblies.

Please please tell me those blue post it notes are to deaignste the project and job? Looks like quality still has a few more to sign off on.

The funny thing is in both instances (Uzi's mixer and Dilbs sub controls) the product is expensive for the same reasons- highly engineered design moat, highly reliability, long-term sustainability of the platform, high mix/low volume manufacturing.

You guys have a lot in common when you talk product!

The half marathon is the only thing I'd be worried about. I ran a 5k a few years ago more or less straight off the couch. 10k isn't much if you've been running consistently, even with 2 weeks off.

Finally won a permit to backpack in the Enchantments In Washington. Super stoked.

uziq wrote:

definitely look like a schoolteacher.

the polo top looks like some sort of new jersey-ite homage to tony.

Dude my little brother is obsessed with those shirts. He looks like a fuckin' stunad

That gold rolex day date President is a classic 90s watch though. If I were to ever get a gold watch, it'd be that one.

Its more of a "go up the chain" type of process. First round was with the technical recruiter. Next round was hiring manager only. Third round was hiring manager and someone in the same type of role in an adjacent part of the business. 4th round is with hiring manager and panel of VPs. 5th round is with department heads id be interacting with. Not really sure what comes after that?

I've had to take assessment tests for a few of the jobs I applied to. Most are pretty straightforward and easy to game. On a spectrum of strongly disagree to strongly agree, how would you rate the following: "I know my way is the right way all the time".

I did have to take a wonderlic test for a role i ultimately turned down. I had only heard of them because the NFL gives the test to potential quarterback draftees.kind of reminded me of old IQ tests I took when I was younger. I missed 1 out of 50 questions, and it had to do with folding some shape.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Always convincing people to punch down instead of punch up. Greatest propaganda campaign ever.

I have a 3rd round interview tomorrow. I already met with the big boss last week and absolutely crushed the interview. I feel like it's mine to lose.

Only issue is that I'd have to go into the office about 8 days a month and the office is in the bay area, which is about a 50 minute flight each way. The compensation makes it totally worth doing, and I like the idea of racking up miles and hotel benefits on the company dime.

Third interview last week went well I think. I was told it could take as many as nine interviews before they make an offer. It's a big boy role, as more of a strategic/thought leader than a day-to-day management role, but im not applying to be the CEO of Apple.

Nine interviews!?!?

Fossils are for teenagers. Get another Presage in dark blue.

I would like another blue dial with a leather strap. My Tissot has the blue waffle dial but with a bracelet. I love the dark blue/leather look.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

a watch box. i'd keep that stuff in a safe.

Add to homeowners insurance at minimum.

Macs watches aren't super high value, but its a nice little collection with exception of the fossil.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Nice collection. Which is your favorite?

I'm getting the most wear out of the Grand Seiko lately, but I wear all my watches pretty regularly, with the exception of the Omega FOIS. I've put in on exactly once but never worn it out. More of a collection piece than a daily driver.

I still have:
Oris Cervo Volante
Tissot PRX Automatic
Seiko Presage (can't remember the exact model)
Grand Seiko Rikka
Omega Speedmaster Chrono
Omega Speedmaster First In Outer Space (most recent purchase, released a few months ago)
Tudor Black Bay

I think that's it. Currently debating whether or not to buy a special edition Grand Seiko Kiku Automatic GMT. 1000pc run, originally only available in Europe. Found one brand new, but its a bit pricey...

Ive been watching Severance. It's an interesting show. Not quite a great show, but its got some moments that make me think a little about our existence and what it means to be human. It is slow as hell, and i find the occasional levity to be at odds with the overall serious, somber mood they are trying to create, but if I peer closely I think I can see what the show runners are trying to put down. The soundtrack/score is also pretty well done.

Im concerned that it's built up this heavy, existential end game that will ultimately fail really badly, but im intrigued to see what comes.

Some of the acting is stupidly over the top, but i think Jon Turturro and Adam Scott are great in it.

Just take your watch to a watchmaker and have him remove a few links. Just make sure he gives you back the pins and screws. I have little baby wrists so I have to get links taken out of every watch I get.

It's important to find someone who knows their shit. Go into a watch repair shop and ask him about how often a submariner should be serviced. If he gives a 15 minute autistic lecture on watch repair and how to properly service dive watches to make sure they stay waterproof, he's your guy.

I can give you some recs in NJ/NY if you want

Made a few thousand today shorting tesla. Already exercised the options. Going to see if it bumps up a little bit tomorrow and then probably short again. Tesla death spiral incoming. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving scumbag.

New car? Fuck them boomers!

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Caring about the environment is cuck behavior. The wildlife you care about will try to eat you if it can.

Weird mindset for a teacher.

What's the point of being a teacher if you aren't interested in empowering and inspiring the youth with intellectual curiosity and the toolset to critically think to make their own positive impact on the world? No one says you have to enjoy your job, but you should at least strive to be great at it.

RTHKI wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Nobody live blogging the speech here? Lol what a shit show.

Why would I torture myself with that?

GF forced me to turn it on. I lasted until the dude from Texas got kicked out then decided to work on my puzzle.

Always convincing people to punch down instead of punch up. Greatest propaganda campaign ever.

I have a 3rd round interview tomorrow. I already met with the big boss last week and absolutely crushed the interview. I feel like it's mine to lose.

Only issue is that I'd have to go into the office about 8 days a month and the office is in the bay area, which is about a 50 minute flight each way. The compensation makes it totally worth doing, and I like the idea of racking up miles and hotel benefits on the company dime.

Nobody live blogging the speech here? Lol what a shit show.

uziq wrote:

who would have guessed that introducing tariffs on your biggest trading partners of 25% or whatever would cause a recession?!

musk and co. want to derail the economy. it will give them further justification for deeper cuts, more downsizing of government, more deletion of regulations and cutting of red tape. they will repackage the pain they're purposefully inflicting on the populace as 'necessary medicine', and suggest upping the dose. total state capture by their own private corporate interests is basically the aim.

Seth Abramson has an interesting theory:

https://bsky.app/profile/sethabramson.b … j6szkc4c2g

I think ol' Seth is giving all the players a little too much credit in the conspiracy he weaves, but enough of it makes sense to seriously consider it.

This is going to eat you up inside until you figure out what the hell youre doing

I use one iteration of passwords for bullshit. Another, stronger iteration for sites I regularly use, utilities, etc. Then a much stronger subset of passwords for any financial logins. I also have a bank account and card specifically for use online.

I do the same sort of segmentation with email addresses.

It's not foolproof, but i prefer it to having to use a password manager.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Ariana Grande should have won for Wicked. Her performance was great. The movie also has genuine mainstream success. I am pretty sure it made more money than all of the other movies nominated combined.

...

Broadway shows and musicals. Those are popular with the type of girls I attract. I try to explain to the yn's I work with the importance of knowing this girl shit.

No. She is not a good actress.

uziq wrote:

i've seen the brutalist. it was aiiight.

haven't seen anora even though it was a MUBI-type release and is pitched really at my kind of audience. looks meh, don't care about that sort of story. guess i should see it to see what all the fuss is about.

i think it's pretty sad/funny that wicked now has more oscars than the entirety of david lynch's filmography. RIP.

I didn't much like Anora. It was like watching softcore porn in a cinematic setting, and the story wasn't good enough to keep my interest. It was a little too jumbled for my taste.

Adrien Brody was very good in The Brutalist, and i knew based on his performance he'd be a very strong candidate for Best Actor. Not surprising in the least.

I'll be in Cincy later this year for U of AZ vs UC). I'll hit you up. Love that city!

I had a 3rd round interview today. Went about as well as it could. I forgot about the game you have to play when applying to jobs. That part is kind of annoying. I did get complimented on "having the best meeting background I've ever seen" by the person interviewing me, because my girlfriend's baby grand is in our office and does serve as a nice backdrop.

I think one of the reasons Kendrick had a resurgence last year was because he said a lot of things people in the culture thought about Drake but wouldn't say. Not Like Us could be put into the broader context of the commercialization and exploitation of black culture over the last 20 years or so, and seen as a push back or recapture of the art form from pop-heavy Drake to someone more in tune with being black in Ameica. Viewed through this lens, it's not hard to see why it became so popular so quickly. And because life is a flat circle full of irony, the song about how "they" aren't like "us" become a sing-a-long track at the biggest exhibition of American commercialization.

Armand Hammer is solid. Black Thought and Danger Mouse released a pretty great album back in 2022 that has more or less been on my playlists since.

I like GKMC, even have a first pressing on vinyl. I think the bar is set so low with mainstream rap that when someone comes along and doesn't rap about women and guns and drugs, they get championed.

A lot of people cite his voice/tonality as the reason they don't listen to him. Rap has been so hypercommercialized and pillaged by BIG MUSIC that it's tough for artists to distinguish themselves. Remember when emo rap was a thing?

Vincent Staples is pretty solid if you haven't heard any of his stuff. Funny dude too. Have run into him a few times around here. Super nice.

I'm pretty set on never backpacking in grizzly territory.  Black bears are pretty harmless. I've come across a few out in the wild.

I've never had a bad interaction with rangers.

One time when I was backpacking in Yosemite we left a cooler out overnight (last day at camp after returning from the bush, many celebratory beers and Jagermeister) instead of putting it in the bear locker. There was a nice note from a ranger about the requirement to lock up food, but no fine.

When i did an overnight at a local trail/mountain, I ended up drinking whiskey with the ranger.

A little different, but when I was backpacking up in SEKI a few years ago someone had to get airlifted out  We chatted up the two SAR guys that landed their helicopter on the shore of the lake we were camping by.

All great interactions. Park rangers get paid shit, love their jobs, and are a great resource. I TTFTS anytime I see them.

RTHKI wrote:

Hotel or camping?

Haven't even looked but highly unlikely there are campsites available on such short notice. Probably a mixture of car camping and a hotel or two.

Hey! I don't have a job and am thinking of taking a road trip to Zion and Bryce next week if I don't have to fly to SF for this job interview. Any recommendations on what to see/do? Thinking around 3 days total for both parks (not including driving time to/from Utah)

Mac took communion even though he lives in sin. Didn't even know to say "Amen" after. Mac is larping as a catholic.

The pope is dying. Mac. Booking a trip to the Vatican to see him laying in state is your only chance at repentance.