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I was climbing a building in Nagasaki, Japan and put my hand on a ledge with an unusually sharp piece of concrete jutting out of it. Here's some icky photos of the results -

My plane leaves Tokyo and ends up in Beijing for a 4 hour layover at 8:50 AM. Lands at SFO 12:20 PM the same day. Over half a day sitting in a plane, fun!

I just turned 21 and I'll definitely be seen with a drink in my hand at night. Been drinking for years and I never puke, so I'm all good.

There is nothing I can say or do that can refute this genius. Touché! Much wow! Brilliant!

Positive feedback loop inc! (There's a naughty word for this)

I use the normal ball because I like its design best.

I'm a Mormon, a faithful follower of our prophet Joseph Smith...because I believe!

Happy explosion day!

Magikarp. Only use splash; no tackle or flail. The game is too easy with a full team so I keep it as a joke. Use it in multiplayer sometimes too.

Buy/build your own rocket and make your dreams come true! Getting down might be harder though.

I have a map/log that shows where I'd like to go and where I'll be over the next year. Flights across continents are already booked so it's all set in stone. If anyone is in those spots, let me know and maybe we can hang.

Whatever you guys decide on, I'm down with it. I'll be flying in from Tokyo on the 16th and leaving by noon on the 21st so that's plenty of time for me. I'd personally prefer finding a diner near the hotel rather than the hotel buffet. They are usually pretty overpriced considering what you get.

Hey Paspie, there was this smart teacher called Saloth Sar who had similar ideas. He is better known by the name Pol Pot. Once he seized power in Cambodia, he emptied all the cities and sent them to work in the fields/woods. His objective was the make Cambodia entirely self-sufficent, which is an utterly impossible task. In the end, society broke down, millions died of famine (horribly inefficient farming incapable of producing enough food...no chemicals to make enough fertilizer, no machines, etc., tons of inexperienced people doing the work)/disease (couldn't produce their own medicine)/murder (see S-21 in Phnom Penh), and the entire country was turned upside down in a matter of a few years. About 1 in 4 people died during this time. To this day the country hasn't entirely recovered, but having been there, I must say now they have their freedom, market economy, and urban lives back, they're doing much better these days. Concidence? Another thing I noticed while there is most rural folk/tribals aspire to send their children to the cities for education and work. While I was spending time in the villages, most people were young kids, babies, older folk, and mothers. There's a widely held perception that backbreaking labor in the field isn't all it's made out to be. Also having picked apples, peaches, etc. on orchids, I wonder why?

That would be a fascinating story if only I could relate to it! After all, it's hard to not make friends when you're meeting and hanging out with new faces everyday for the past 9 months in 13 different countries and counting. I think I remember the ending of the story BTW: *spoilers* he gets eaten! Jeez, that sounds like something one would find on FIMFicton with the mature filter off. Only they are Timberwolves instead. *train derails*

I know, it was just some simple bait. I'll try harder next time! I do think there's a story about that last bit, something regarding a boy and a wolf.

I take it you have never lied, been rude, mean, etc. yourself eh? Also, irony!

As somebody who has camped in remote wilderness for days/a week and has seen remote tribes in Southeast Asia (mostly in Thailand and Cambodia); there's nothing glamorous about it. It's a HARD life without luxury and people live in abject poverty. Things you take for granted do not exist in such conditions. Your life is simplified, but it's also made complicated by the never ending struggle to even survive and scrape by in the first place. Perspective is important, and after seeing and experiencing it, I'll take a first world life over that any day.

On Saturday March 1st, I wound up in Dalat, Vietnam. Despite having no license back home in the States (though I know how to drive/ride), I rented an automatic motorbike for the low, low price of $6 USD and drove the 45 kilometers (28 miles) through the scenic, winding mountain roads of the Central Highlands to Elephant Falls. My timing was excellent, you can probably guess why from the photo. My usual camera ended up dying on the beaches of Cambodia, so I used my likewise beatup (and crap) phone camera to shoot some washed out photos of the countryside. It doesn't do the real thing justice! I only had 1 week in Vietnam due to plans in Japan (where I arrived today) but I would LOVE to return someday. Can easily spend months there and not see everything. The ride never ends! First post Second Third

Can't wait for Pet Sounds

Oh they were very much awake, just chilling out! They are hand reared and it's OK to touch their tail so long as - You aren't in front of them You don't touch the paws You don't touch their head or neck The experience is monitored by trainers and they do some pretty crazy stuff with them, haha. Despite being able to easily kill a human, it felt completely safe. The baby tigers were more dangerous, haha. They play pretty roughly!