Sweden, so far ahead of the US in ways…
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A friend went on holiday there in the early 1970s and came back reporting that the youth hostels had mixed showers. I am still not sure whether this was true or not, but it would be considered problematic in progressive circles nowadays. I really think the individual toilet stall thing is really just a cost issue for which people want to make a rationale that doesn’t make them look penny-pinching.
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And now the new tax plan from the TGOP is pretty much what you expect. Give the rich even more money, fuck over everyone else.
I have lost all hope for this country…
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Apologies for further FWP postings when the rest of you have actual troubles:
I should be leaving Korea “for good” this November 1st. My hope was to take a nostalgia tour/ hail Mary attempt at finding a job though my old love of Kyushu before flying back home.
However, due to airfare outside of steerage being so expensive between here and my east coast home town… neither my back or my nerves can handle the seats in the back now… I’m looking at even a mild tour coming out to about a month and a half of salary. That’s a month and a half I will likely need in Canada since shit is so expensive there compared to here.
So now I’m torn. A likely final farewell to a good part of my life or delaying being broke in my socialist paradise home as long as possible?
Fuck it. Here’s a photo I took of happy people:
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I have no idea if this is a thing in Korea, but in the U.S. there are agencies that match up people who want to fly somewhere with a package or envelope that a reputable company wants to be hand-delivered to that city (like a messenger service, but via plane instead of bicycle). Even if you ended up flying to some other city in Canada, or even somewhat nearby in the States, that could be a huge money saver for you.
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Obviously, REPUTABLE is the crucial ingredient here. It needs to be something like important papers, not a kilo of something illegal.
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I have learned today, that dismounting a moving velocipede while in motion by vaulting over the handle bars as a stick is jammed twixt the spokes of your front wheel is a painful and not entirely wise move.
That is all.
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True; the gentleman of distinction knows to always jam his walking stick twixt the spokes.
(Hope you’re okay)
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Left knee and elbow have impressive road rash.
Right thumb feels nearly dislocated but working.
Surprised I didn’t break a rib as I Chest bumped the pavement pretty good.
The truck that was behind me stopped and asked if I was Okay, but I managed a “It’s Casual. All good.”
Then hit the trail while I still had adrenaline to numb the pain.
I had just turned around and had 7 miles to make it back to the gym (lunch time bike ride). Return trip noticeably longer the the out bound leg.
So tonight I have a ticket to the MO-TR(a)IN and a bottle of Trader Joe’s scotch.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow is gonna be unpleasant
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Was there a human doing the stick jamming, or was it just an unfortunate consequence of the laws of physics?
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A fascinating concept.
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Unfortunate physics.
Just prior to my impromptu lesson on inertia, I’d ridden over a small stick.
I believe this stick lunged out with vengeance in its drying sap to stab at me.
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Heard about the mass murder in Vegas this morning and have been angry and depressed ever since. And since I can’t do a damn thing about it, it makes me fell powerless. Fortunately there are many things I can control, like which pencil to use when I write a grocery list.
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There is no thread for the shooting and I don’t want to make one…
but I need to share this…
https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-by-the-numbers/
The daily totals of minors and monthly totals of women is kind of mind numbing…
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This one always gets me twice:
Once for how much higher the American bar is, and once for how high the Canadian bar is compared to countries like the UK.
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Someone who seemed nice until they started constantly texting me about raptures and demons used my deadname in a text today. No idea how they would have found it – they say “God” told them 
– so it looks like I’m in for another round of cleaning up my digital life, and wondering how privileged younger me must have been to think using my real name online was ever a reasonable thing to do 
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Only idiots use their real name online! I should know.
This is more “Fuck yesterday” but after strolling around getting photos of an entirely new neighbourhood that wasn’t there when I first arrived four years ago… Korea’s urban sprawl is lightning fast… I got my pics moved to my computer to see they were all out of focus.
It’s been so long since I last used my digital camera I forgot that I was shooting small things using manual focus and I didn’t switch it back to auto-focus. 
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That moment when someone who acted out against you over a lie someone else told them, and they never asked you about for years, just treated you as guilty and deserving of punishment… comes clean about it… and then asks you to apologize to them for their misunderstanding…
No, Fucking A, I am not going to make amends for you being a crap friend to me. I’ve tried for years to salvage those friendships I lost over those lies told about me - and that’s just too much, I won’t apologize for having been abused. No. Fuck off.
goodbye. I hope you’re all very happy or unhappy together, I don’t care, leave me out of it already!!! Y’all act like a pack of middle school kids! Keeeeeep walkin’
(damn, this is a nice void to shout into)
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That suuuuucks. Not for the damage they do, but for the forced drain on your compassion.
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I have to say, I’ve seen a bank of snow move 12 inches right at me to put me in similar circumstance. I am a lifelong resistentialist, welcome brother!
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