whoa dang cool.
how did you record people while you traveled, did you have a microphone or lav mics?
Air China is fine, I've used them at least a dozen times, I travel all around Asia, Europe and the states
I don't worry too much about which airline and just pick whichever cheap ticket is available; as long as I have Bluetooth headphones, ear plugs, and a neck pillow, I'm pretty comfortable.
I will say, don't worry too much about booking your tickets too early, very often you'll get cheaper tickets closer to the date because they're trying to fill up the planes, and I've never missed a flight due to a full plane, even on Christmas.
i almost never buy a ticket more than 3 weeks before I depart, and I'll log in once a day to check prices 3 weeks out because they fluctuate so regularly and grab the first cheap ticket that looks good.
usually I buy a ticket one to two weeks out.
I've learned many languages from many sources, and rosetta stone is the fastest and the most comprehensive.
you can move at your own pace, they have audio, written and reading positive reinforcement, speaking exercises, it's pretty fun overall, and extremely practical and encouraging.
it is also by far the most premium experience, nothing else comes close.
you can tell the devs and linguists put a lot of work into developing the course and it really shows when I compare it to any other app or program I've used.
Spanish was one of the first languages I learned, and I used Rosetta stone for it and can testify that spanish in particular is fantastic, although I haven't really come across a Rosetta stone course that isn't highly effective.
for when you're walking around or you don't have a lot of time to sit at a computer, pimsleur audio courses are the best runner-up
they're amazing for training your ear to acknowledge foreign languages and feel comfortable with unfamiliar cadences and speeds.
either one will help you get used to the language, but you will learn more words and phrases quicker with Rosetta stone; it's the best language program out there.
I'm an end user, but the mod is connected with the dev team and you can dm them about when the next wave of registrations will go up.
ah yyyyup.
hoho what!? nice find!
oh, haha, i see. sorry for all the pain you went through, I appreciate you sharing your experience with me so I can skip gerting a flat altogether.
whoa! so it instantly lost all traction or stopped immediately and you were thrown forward?
mine was on a flat road, just unlucky on a bump.
got it, thanks. maybe that's a good idea, I should look secondhand before I commit to a new one.
haha, nice. how much was the model you bought?
was it on Amazon or did you ship it from China through Alibaba or something?
I'm with you, I've actually changed scooter tires before and have zero desire to have that weighing on my mind while I'm having fun scooting around.
I cannot remember the first time I read this series, but I can't imagine thinking anything other than "ah, The power of friendship!"
Which upon this reread is hilarious given how clearly the authors wanted to portray a gay couple in 2000, which wasn't done often in a series fronted by a major publisher.
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This time, I was like "oh right, the andalites living together, and then I was inundated with the hunts of gardening, super fitness, pink furniture, shunned by society, debilitating incurable illness, cared for by "best friend", androgynes, and especially the poetic language of how the became friends, they were both pilots and their wings tangled together and they crashed to the ground together.
Pretty awesome that when so other few authors were willing to have gay characters, especially in a young adults series, ka and grant went full bore and even named this title "the other".
I always thought the "Marco" being bi what sort of and unsupported gimme afterthought, but they already had an unmistakably gay couple having badass adventures.
I wonder if they made them both pilots because of top gun?
And this title is not merely a showcase of queer culture, the story is as developed and well told as any of the other books, and of course more so than some of them.
I find the thought-speak across great distances very interesting, how visser 3 doesn't want anything to do with either of them because of andalite culture treating difference as an embarrassment, and also how ax is very openly hostile toward both of them.
It's another good book!
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It is very creepy when the ant begins turning Cassie, but it's downright horrifying when the Buffalo begins to learn how to speak while it's morphed into chapman.
That is so yikes that it makes perfect sense. They have to fry him at the end.
Yikes.
They really get at some horror here.
Credit to "no banana" for the image and Hobbes_Dent for the title.
Zero credit to me for doomscroll.
Haha yea. CinnamonBunzuh.
awesome
Ax gets a big ol' crush on
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A genocidal sort of asshole.
Still, the heart wants what it wants.
This is a great book, testing ax's loyalty again.
A very good example of people insisting they're doing some necessary thing for the greater good by becoming the thing they're fighting against.
The characters and their Dynamics were very interesting in this book, non-stop action.
I remember this book because as soon as you realize that Jake is gone, you're like oh shit.
Wow! This book is really good, dealing with leadership and Marco's criticisms and how poorly Rachel deals with the leadership she thought she wanted,
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and then the absolutely batshit insane plan at the end that foreshadows Rachel's final act.
I also never understood why the garatron looks so much like an andalite.
Are they just like hey isn't evolution weird? This one thing looks like another thing but they're not the same thing.
I don't get why that was so important.
Also, I was so glad that Jake spoke with Rachel shortly at the end of the book. Perfect ending.
Since I learned the word estreen, the andalite word for an extremely talented morpher, I searched for fanart based on that and found some interesting stuff.
Beautifully colored, is this oil painting?
Artist is artbyLars
Update: Estreen! That's the word. Found it!
An exceptionally talented morpher is an estreen! I knew there was a word for it.
I can't find the word.
Isn't there a specific andalite word for how good Cassie is at morphing?
Artist - iara catunda
I feel like that game literally changed my life in the 2 hours or whatever it took me to play it.
That game is so beautiful. It made me a better person.
I was absolutely entranced.
do you mean an electric kick scooter or a motor scooter?
every year the Taiwanese walk a pilgrimage to honor the water god that they like there, Mazu, so my instinct is for you to follow that route.
everywhere is connected by roads in Taiwan with nature trails all around, so you'll be pretty safe to start off from wherever you land, but some roads will be busy or so I assume that the mazu pilgrimage route will be a little more off the beaten path, although I know it goes through some towns and cities.
and all the cities are near the beach so you can go from the beach and then 1 mile in the mountain starts climbing up, so you'll be able to see everything very easily on an electric scooter.
ya know what, let's see.
https://taiwangods.moi.gov.tw/html/landscape_en/1_0011.aspx?i=34#:~:text=Starting%20from%20Baishatun%20Gongtian%20Temple,four%20hundred%20kilometers%20in%20total.
it specifically says it's a foot pilgrimage, but I can't imagine anyone minding you on a scooter, especially if you're not going during the actual pilgrimage month, which is usually April.
that site has all the information and the route.
Taipei is probably good to start in just because their roads are going to be so good, and you'll want to at least see Taipei first, but you're not going to have any trouble getting around Taiwan.
i prefer hualien as a city, it's a lot slower but it has everything and is a very comfortable town to live in.
I love Taiwan, you're going to have a great time. their breakfast foods are second to none. but then their Buddhist vegetarian buffets are also second to none. their curry is pretty good too. and their fried mushrooms. oh and their sushi is great
I might see you there, haha.