Yarrabyte’s gone missing again. Last seen behind the tapestry wool in Spotlight. No way of knowing if still there. Should we send out a search party?
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It’s bloody beautiful outside, I’m going to find some “work” to do away from my desk while it lasts!
Parent made me go to a travel agent to get a quote, and they quoted 7k for a two week trip to Japan. That includes a tour, flights, accommodation and activities. I asked if that could be lower because I’m on a student budget, and got ghosted. I guess they weren’t going to make enough commission.
Parents want me to go on a tour because they think I’ll be bored, lonely, get lost or something might happen. I like the idea of it because everything is planned and someone is there to look out for you. Bit too exxy though. Solo travel seems a bit scary, especially as a woman. I flew to Sydney solo last year and ended up connecting with a friend. The moments alone were fine, but having a friend just made it more enjoyable. A highlight was my friend and I trying to find each other in the botanical gardens, except she was hiding from me and didn’t tell me where she was. Imagine that in Tokyo. The tour company said they can give me a discount, but I’m thinking maybe I should just wait until the end of next year. It sucks because I’ve hyped myself up for it, but oh well. I waited 20 years before I went overseas (that was added to my HECS debt), so I can wait longer.
You can plan your own holiday and part of that might be organised day or two day tours if you are interested. It might be cheaper and easier than renting a car for longer trips.
get a big tour guide book and see what you want t do, DK or frommer is good, lonely planet is clueless. Booking is so easy now because internet.
Think of it this way, you live in a really big city so you already know how to do this :)
get lost or something might happen
Japan is super safe.
I’d say ditch the tour and just organise it yourself. Getting lost is half the fun :)
Yeah this is what I’m considering doing. Two weeks on my own can’t be that bad. Plus if I see my friend, it’s 10 days. I’m sure I’ll meet people along the way!
I’ve been lost many times, just find a main road, they often have maps or duck into a cafe and ask
if it’s bad grab the closest taxi and ask to go to the nearest landmark you know
or to your hotel. Take a business card from your hotel’s front desk and pass that to the taxi driver
Tours are great but you pay a premium for having everything taken care of you. Also, less flexibility in your trip. I love solo travelling but I understand the thought of it is super daunting. Japan is a great place to have your first experience with this - it’s very safe (taking the usual precautions you would anywhere else). Having to navigate a new place yourself is part of the experience, you can do a lot more than you think. And there are other ways to connect with solo travellers. I’m not coming from this with the female perspective though, you can do research on other solo female traveller experiences in Japan to see what it might be like.
tide is low, time for a short walk at the beach :)
Yeah last I saw Yarrabyte was cracking into the sewing machine oil and chatting up the computerised Singers. Probably still hungover
8/10
Also 8/10
7/10, ho hum
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8 ta da
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WHEN WILL THERE BE A FOOD QUIZ?
WHEN YOU SET ONE UP
Alright. I may have a quiz game or ten. When I can be fuck typing, I’ll entertain youse.
Deal.
UNDER NEPOLIAN III WHAT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE DINING UTENSIL MADE OF / ELEMENT.
aluminium?
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That’s always a surprise to me.
It’s bloody difficult stuff to refine without electricity, which wasn’t available until relatively recently. Kaiser Wilhelm III had a special helmet made of gold and aluminium and the gold was the cheap bit.
It was used to make crowns even
It was very hard to refine and smelt, that’s why, takes very very high temps
*Napaleon oopsies.
**Nupolion… fuck we’re getting there.
Neapolitan?
Correct
Nipplelion
Let yarrabyte stew a bit and think they are lost
Just cracked a chinotto
GOAT soft drink
Dude check out ik multimedia. If you buy amplitube 5 for 30 bucks you get to choose another 42 plugins for free!!!
ooh been a while since I’ve seen a group buy that’s a good deal!
Looking at their website I had no idea they’re also leaning into hardware these days lol.
Right? I wouldn’t mind one of those arc microphones but a bit out of reach at the moment lol
I’m going to grab amplitude and see what’s on offer. I mean can always go to news but wouldn’t hurt to own a couple.
I grabbed em. There’s some real useful ones like T-racks 6 and a few other mixing plugins
updating printer drivers …waiting
Pizza is here, music apps installed, all my shit from band rehearsal last night is plugged back in.
Fuck yeah Friday night. Cheers ❤️
Cheers 🍹
I have successfully revived the robovac! Of course we now have the same cat based problem as before, the LittleOne just cannot leave it alone to charge. Off to internet ways to disable the too tempting Ding!
Here Ted won’t stop fighting the robovac, I have to close doors to keep him out
I need to grab one of those for fluffball to ride around on when I’m at work lol
Mine never rode it, but he sure wants to bapp it
That is fucking adorable lol
Another quiz 6/10
- lol I am under a rock.
under my rock by patrick star with sponge bob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7T5GBalllI
Is there a rave choon for that?
yep and I’m glad you asked :)
Excellent
8/10 got lucky with one, and unlucky with another. Also paid the smartypants price for the other wrong one.
6/10 really lucky guesses
- That was hard
I think Seagoon is gonna do really well with this one. No pressure.
I only got 8 :(
I’m disappointed for you 😔
I think Seagoon does well at everything
Very true.
aw, thanks
8
I got one of lotr questions wrong :(
in my defense it was probably in one of the appendices
show off :)
:P
7/10
Perils of living with the colourblind, he keeps stealing my toothbrush
elastic band round the handle of his only
Both his now, I got a blue one out of the spare stash
I’m sorry this made me laugh. What colour is it and what colour does he think it is?
Red and green
Oh classic. You should put a little sticker on his.
stickers
you can have a rude word in red-green for his
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