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Weeknotes 49
- Drove up to New York for the Labor Day weekend. Stayed with some buds who are about to move to Tokyo. Had a real nice time.
- Started feeling a little sick this week. Not sure if I picked up something while in New York, or if it’s just ragweed allergies (tis the season). I tried a day of resting, and still felt the same. So tried a day of normal activity level, and also felt the same. So yea, allergies.
- Looks like I’m losing the eBay espresso machine dispute. Buyer gets to return it, I get to pay both directions of shipping. So here’s the plan: when it arrives, I’m going to record myself unboxing it, assembling it, and pulling a flawless espresso shot. Then send the video to eBay and say, “Roll tape.” If this works, I get my $200 in shipping fees back. If it doesn’t, at least I’ll have a very passive-aggressive YouTube tutorial.
- Still cruising through my new Taiwanese Mandarin textbooks. I’d gotten lazy with hanzi, leaning too much on pinyin. These books don’t really allow that. Result: my reading is improving, my writing is improving, and weirdly, that makes remembering the characters easier. Apparently, studying properly is effective. It’s like a virtuous cycle, man.