I have, over the past couple of years, signed maybe literally countless consent waivers regarding my medical history, to the point where I really stopped exercising any real degree of discernment with regards to how broadly I really ought to be sharing my medical history
But I was primary approaching it with the mindset and expectation that it would truncate many future conversations and weighed that against the risk that I'd unknowingly sign off on something that said "just publish that shit in the newspaper fam"
And so far it's worked out pretty well, as most things ultimately do for Narwhal
Now I understand why I got your medical history in the mail the other day.
You seemed passively curious, I figured I'd make it easier for ya
My friends have longboards which they preach religiously but one of my friends has one of those little penny skateboards and it seems quite convenient
one of my exes informed me excitedly about her penny board that we could have fun with in the park or something, in the last sentence she sent me that was not the breakup itself. The pain had nearly scabbed over and here you come, tearing it wide open again. How can you be so cruel, Eddy, to dredge up lost love.
In not adorable news, girl never texted me back yesterday. *sigh*
Modern dating is the worst.
Lol yes
I went on 4 dates last week (with 3 people)
It is a shit
This one on Wednesday seemed to go well. She agreed to give me her number. She initiated the hug. And she said her phone was wonky but I wasn't worried. But who knows.
I have learned I can't read people at all anymore.
Just a blind man walking into walls.
I went on a date last week that went well you know, had a jolly time in the park drinking a bottle of rosé, had a nice kisses time, had a text me at the end of it
Had a second date that she seemed into, we laughed and talked a lot, but I dunno maybe I was weird because towards the end of it started to be more distant and got the quick hug goodbye
And the text a day later of you're super great but I think we should just be friends, lmk if you want to hang casually and *shrug*
lol I've been on so many fruitless dates over the last year
Though I guess a lot of them because I wasn't feeling the other person, but then a ton of them with similar to above
So *shrug*
I need someone to set me up or something, this is exhausting
The last part literally has never happened to me.
My friends excuse straight up is, "well you seem to be doing fine on your own as you go on dates."
Yeah....
None of my friends know any single women. All the women we know are wives of our other friends.
I'm going there next week and just figured I'd ask for any tips for me going there.
Current plan is Osaka > Kyoto > Sendai > Fox Village > Sapporo > Tokyo
Any must sees? Highly recommended things?
Stuff to know I may not have thought of?
Golden Gai and the High Rise district in Shinjuku. The first one in the late evening for drinking and food. The latter during the day, go to the top of the Tokyo Municipal building it is a great view.
Harajuku has a really neat park that is dedicated to Emperor Meiji. Also crepes. I guess lolita fashion if that is your thing.
Shibuya has some good bars? Tokyu Hands is an awesome store there.
You are a nerd so hit Akihabara once at least. It is interesting especially on the weekends.
For Kyoto I love Kinkakuji and Ginkakuji. But there are so many temples and stuff there hard to go wrong.
I'm going there next week and just figured I'd ask for any tips for me going there.
Current plan is Osaka > Kyoto > Sendai > Fox Village > Sapporo > Tokyo
Any must sees? Highly recommended things?
Stuff to know I may not have thought of?
Oh hey, I used to work in the town next door to the fox village! It's a pretty nice place, just mind the nippers.
When you're in Sendai, make sure you eat ox tongue and try some of the local sweets. Matsushima is a short train ride away and is one of the Three Great Sights of Japan according to Basho, and they do some delicious oysters there as well.
Sapporo, you need to try soup curry, it's absolutely legit. If you can spare the majority of a day to ride the trains, you should head down to the Ainu village/museum and check it out! There is also a sea port a shorter trip away which is well worth visiting for the historical connection it has with Russian trade, the craft breweries, and this one ice cream place which does pretty much anything you can think of - last time I was there I had a scoop of crab and another of squid ink ice cream
Awesome! This is exactly the kinda stuff I was looking for. I have made some notes for these!
Thank you!
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SixCaches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhexRegistered Userregular
I have, over the past couple of years, signed maybe literally countless consent waivers regarding my medical history, to the point where I really stopped exercising any real degree of discernment with regards to how broadly I really ought to be sharing my medical history
But I was primary approaching it with the mindset and expectation that it would truncate many future conversations and weighed that against the risk that I'd unknowingly sign off on something that said "just publish that shit in the newspaper fam"
And so far it's worked out pretty well, as most things ultimately do for Narwhal
Now I understand why I got your medical history in the mail the other day.
You seemed passively curious, I figured I'd make it easier for ya
Or, well. "lost love". A more honest phrasing might be "that time when I was kind of a dick".
Still though. Unwelcome reminder that personal revelations - "I guess I'm more of an asshole than I thought I was" - are hard to forget. Luckily, I just bought beer.
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When your experiments combining Taysway and Lady Gaga's DNA go right.
I have that dvd
Nobody has dvds any more. It's not 1992
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
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Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
You could get one of them folding bikes
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simonwolfi can feel a differencetoday, a differenceRegistered Userregular
Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji) is skippable, personally, but you never look it at the same way after reading the Mishima novel
Kiyomizudera is well worth seeing in Kyoto, along with Fushimi Inari
Are you going to have time to hit up Hiroshima? If so, get the local okonomiyaki (it's way better than the Osaka style) and visit the bomb museum for a real kick in the teeth
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
You could get one of them folding bikes
Or a razor scooter.
Or a hoverboard!
Or a dogsled
can you feel the struggle within?
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
I do, of course, unfairly benefit from the fact that my medical history is basically wall-to-wall awesome
Just an archive of poorly assembled parts that had to be reconstructed, sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically
Punctuated occasionally with the strange entry that makes you think "I'm clearly reading an obituary" but then you find out I'm still alive and it's just even more awesome
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Morning [chat]!
*skitters away, morlockishly*
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DemonStaceyTTODewback's DaughterIn love with the TaySwayRegistered Userregular
I'm going there next week and just figured I'd ask for any tips for me going there.
Current plan is Osaka > Kyoto > Sendai > Fox Village > Sapporo > Tokyo
Any must sees? Highly recommended things?
Stuff to know I may not have thought of?
Golden Gai and the High Rise district in Shinjuku. The first one in the late evening for drinking and food. The latter during the day, go to the top of the Tokyo Municipal building it is a great view.
Harajuku has a really neat park that is dedicated to Emperor Meiji. Also crepes. I guess lolita fashion if that is your thing.
Shibuya has some good bars? Tokyu Hands is an awesome store there.
You are a nerd so hit Akihabara once at least. It is interesting especially on the weekends.
For Kyoto I love Kinkakuji and Ginkakuji. But there are so many temples and stuff there hard to go wrong.
Also noted! Our Kyoto portion is during Gion Matsuri (thus the reason we are there in the summer despite the heat) so much of our time will be dedicated to that for those days. And yes Akihabara and Harajuku are certainly on the current plan.
I do, of course, unfairly benefit from the fact that my medical history is basically wall-to-wall awesome
Just an archive of poorly assembled parts that had to be reconstructed, sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically
Punctuated occasionally with the strange entry that makes you think "I'm clearly reading an obituary" but then you find out I'm still alive and it's just even more awesome
Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji) is skippable, personally, but you never look it at the same way after reading the Mishima novel
Kiyomizudera is well worth seeing in Kyoto, along with Fushimi Inari
Are you going to have time to hit up Hiroshima? If so, get the local okonomiyaki (it's way better than the Osaka style) and visit the bomb museum for a real kick in the teeth
If you have the Japan Rail pass you can day trip from Kyoto/Osaka to Hiroshima and Himeji on the Shinkansen.
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
You could get one of them folding bikes
Or a razor scooter.
Or a hoverboard!
Or a dogsled
the downside of moving out of your old apt in traveling by dirigible is no longer a viable option
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
You could get one of them folding bikes
Hmm
That seems like a bit of overkill, but I appreciate the suggestion.
In not adorable news, girl never texted me back yesterday. *sigh*
Modern dating is the worst.
Lol yes
I went on 4 dates last week (with 3 people)
It is a shit
This one on Wednesday seemed to go well. She agreed to give me her number. She initiated the hug. And she said her phone was wonky but I wasn't worried. But who knows.
I have learned I can't read people at all anymore.
Just a blind man walking into walls.
I went on a date last week that went well you know, had a jolly time in the park drinking a bottle of rosé, had a nice kisses time, had a text me at the end of it
Had a second date that she seemed into, we laughed and talked a lot, but I dunno maybe I was weird because towards the end of it started to be more distant and got the quick hug goodbye
And the text a day later of you're super great but I think we should just be friends, lmk if you want to hang casually and *shrug*
lol I've been on so many fruitless dates over the last year
Though I guess a lot of them because I wasn't feeling the other person, but then a ton of them with similar to above
So *shrug*
I need someone to set me up or something, this is exhausting
The last part literally has never happened to me.
My friends excuse straight up is, "well you seem to be doing fine on your own as you go on dates."
Yeah....
None of my friends know any single women. All the women we know are wives of our other friends.
Oh my friends know plenty. DC is more single women than men. And my friend group is 27-34 here mostly.
But they quiet seriously said to me, "Oh you do fine on your own."
And I am like, "What? I have had one significant other really in 4 years of living here." Obviously large amounts of bad first dates aren't really a measure of doing well.
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
Have you considered skipping
I'm a major skipping advocate
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SixCaches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhexRegistered Userregular
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
You could get one of them folding bikes
Or a razor scooter.
Or a hoverboard!
Or a dogsled
the downside of moving out of your old apt in traveling by dirigible is no longer a viable option
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
You could get one of them folding bikes
Or a razor scooter.
Or a hoverboard!
Or a dogsled
the downside of moving out of your old apt in traveling by dirigible is no longer a viable option
This is the most tragic thing I've ever heard
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According to my bro Ghibli museum in Mitaka is good times if you are a Ghibli person
fuck gendered marketing
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
Skipping, you say
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AthenorBattle Hardened OptimistThe Skies of HiigaraRegistered Userregular
Morning, chat!
*hauls in Armada collection so it doesn't bake in the sun*
*turns desk fan on full blast, fuck the haters. *
I'm going there next week and just figured I'd ask for any tips for me going there.
Current plan is Osaka > Kyoto > Sendai > Fox Village > Sapporo > Tokyo
Any must sees? Highly recommended things?
Stuff to know I may not have thought of?
Golden Gai and the High Rise district in Shinjuku. The first one in the late evening for drinking and food. The latter during the day, go to the top of the Tokyo Municipal building it is a great view.
Harajuku has a really neat park that is dedicated to Emperor Meiji. Also crepes. I guess lolita fashion if that is your thing.
Shibuya has some good bars? Tokyu Hands is an awesome store there.
You are a nerd so hit Akihabara once at least. It is interesting especially on the weekends.
For Kyoto I love Kinkakuji and Ginkakuji. But there are so many temples and stuff there hard to go wrong.
Also noted! Our Kyoto portion is during Gion Matsuri (thus the reason we are there in the summer despite the heat) so much of our time will be dedicated to that for those days. And yes Akihabara and Harajuku are certainly on the current plan.
Have noted the Shinjuku stuff!
If you have time Ueno has the national museum. On top of the zoo.
Zoo has red pandas and is a neat zoo.
The museum has all the shit Japan looted from Asia.
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
You could get one of them folding bikes
Or a razor scooter.
Or a hoverboard!
Or a dogsled
the downside of moving out of your old apt in traveling by dirigible is no longer a viable option
simonwolfi can feel a differencetoday, a differenceRegistered Userregular
Oh, and when it comes to ramen, if I can dig up the name of the place in Sapporo where I had the best ramen of my life, I'll pass it your way. It was made with wild Hokkaido garlic and had a lil' omelette in it, delicious, but really hard to find without good directions. Otherwise, when you're in Sapporo you need to get a miso ramen (it's where it was invented) but avoid the ones with butter or corn on top, that's tourist flash and zero substance
Hmm ok, there are some affordable longboards, or a penny skateboard. It is mostly for transport, but the transport's not actually -that- far, so I'm kind of ambivalent and it might be worth the skateboard just for something slightly smaller to put in the car.
You could get one of them folding bikes
Or a razor scooter.
Or a hoverboard!
Or a dogsled
the downside of moving out of your old apt in traveling by dirigible is no longer a viable option
I do, of course, unfairly benefit from the fact that my medical history is basically wall-to-wall awesome
Just an archive of poorly assembled parts that had to be reconstructed, sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically
Punctuated occasionally with the strange entry that makes you think "I'm clearly reading an obituary" but then you find out I'm still alive and it's just even more awesome
You are, in fact, an undead narwhal.
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
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Maybe I should give her a try.
I'll be completely honest. I saw the dollar sign in the name and immediate put her on "not for me" list.
You seemed passively curious, I figured I'd make it easier for ya
one of my exes informed me excitedly about her penny board that we could have fun with in the park or something, in the last sentence she sent me that was not the breakup itself. The pain had nearly scabbed over and here you come, tearing it wide open again. How can you be so cruel, Eddy, to dredge up lost love.
I have that dvd
None of my friends know any single women. All the women we know are wives of our other friends.
Golden Gai and the High Rise district in Shinjuku. The first one in the late evening for drinking and food. The latter during the day, go to the top of the Tokyo Municipal building it is a great view.
Harajuku has a really neat park that is dedicated to Emperor Meiji. Also crepes. I guess lolita fashion if that is your thing.
Shibuya has some good bars? Tokyu Hands is an awesome store there.
You are a nerd so hit Akihabara once at least. It is interesting especially on the weekends.
For Kyoto I love Kinkakuji and Ginkakuji. But there are so many temples and stuff there hard to go wrong.
Her songs are actually pretty good, and catchy. Sometimes I confused her with Rihanna, like with this song.
Awesome! This is exactly the kinda stuff I was looking for. I have made some notes for these!
Thank you!
I appreciate your empathy.
Still though. Unwelcome reminder that personal revelations - "I guess I'm more of an asshole than I thought I was" - are hard to forget. Luckily, I just bought beer.
Nobody has dvds any more. It's not 1992
You could get one of them folding bikes
Kiyomizudera is well worth seeing in Kyoto, along with Fushimi Inari
Are you going to have time to hit up Hiroshima? If so, get the local okonomiyaki (it's way better than the Osaka style) and visit the bomb museum for a real kick in the teeth
Or a razor scooter.
Or a hoverboard!
Or a dogsled
Just an archive of poorly assembled parts that had to be reconstructed, sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically
Punctuated occasionally with the strange entry that makes you think "I'm clearly reading an obituary" but then you find out I'm still alive and it's just even more awesome
*skitters away, morlockishly*
Also noted! Our Kyoto portion is during Gion Matsuri (thus the reason we are there in the summer despite the heat) so much of our time will be dedicated to that for those days. And yes Akihabara and Harajuku are certainly on the current plan.
Have noted the Shinjuku stuff!
You are, in fact, an undead narwhal.
If you have the Japan Rail pass you can day trip from Kyoto/Osaka to Hiroshima and Himeji on the Shinkansen.
Himeji is worth the trip for the castle.
the downside of moving out of your old apt in traveling by dirigible is no longer a viable option
Hmm
That seems like a bit of overkill, but I appreciate the suggestion.
Oh my friends know plenty. DC is more single women than men. And my friend group is 27-34 here mostly.
But they quiet seriously said to me, "Oh you do fine on your own."
And I am like, "What? I have had one significant other really in 4 years of living here." Obviously large amounts of bad first dates aren't really a measure of doing well.
Have you considered skipping
I'm a major skipping advocate
omg I never thought of this
This is the most tragic thing I've ever heard
*hauls in Armada collection so it doesn't bake in the sun*
*turns desk fan on full blast, fuck the haters. *
If you have time Ueno has the national museum. On top of the zoo.
Zoo has red pandas and is a neat zoo.
The museum has all the shit Japan looted from Asia.
Here is my review of the Ghibli museum:
closed on Tuesday, all exhibits are nonetheless inside, 1 star
too late now!
They brew beer there!
Has anyone in the history of humanity messed with a person who was skipping
Also, enjoyable way to traverse short-to-medium distances