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I spent a month in Seattle and know what you are talking about. I’m in the Pacific Southwest, so we have a lot of hikers here as well. It’s not always easy to find that balanced group.

It really depends on the hiking group and I think it’s important for people to be up front about their goal. I’ve had some groups that just want to go constantly and I think that’s ok, just not my favorite.

My favorite groups are the ones who want to listen to me geek out on this really cool looking spider or talk about how that native plant over there can be used to stop the itch of mosquito bites. Or my buddies who I used to go bouldering with. That group loved talking about rock formations and how a giant rock got into its specific place.

I’ve had way more experiences with the latter group.

lol I mean Tijuana 😊

7-8 hours pretty consistently unless I have back pain or something

I make sure I follow my routine, get to bed at the same time, and I naturally wake up before my alarm.

Whenever I see someone asking for book recommendations, I always seek out comments like yours or make one if I don’t find it.

His Dark Materials aka Northern Lights (Golden Compass in US) is a really good one. I was 12 when I read the first one. It’s such a good story and I remember anxiously waiting for the 2nd and 3rd books to be published. When my friends started reading HP #1, I was already 2 books deep into HDM and was fully engulfed in Lyra’s story. HDM is a superior series that I think all children should read.

I read it again as an adult and realized how much those books really shaped my world view. Philip Pullman is an amazing storyteller.

I’m going to second The Expanse. It’s a fantastic series and one of my favorites.

Yes! But usually only when I’m driving. It’s either NPR or a local alternative station out of TJ. The local station is one of the only places I have heard Social Distortion, MxPx, Green Day, and some new rock band. It’s pretty fucking great.

I have started carrying cds in my car again, too. I’ve found quite a few great albums for $1-3 at thrift stores (great for Blu-rays too) or ripping CDs I borrow from the library. I also have a small mp3 player loaded with a bunch of music I’ve ripped or downloaded.

And I have AppleMusic for anything else.

Hell yeah chinga la migra!

Chinga is my favorite because it’s so versatile

Which is crazy that women pay more for any haircut, long or short.

I don’t even go to locations that charge more for women anymore. I check pricing before I go anywhere.

I always tip well too. The gal who does my hair charges $40 and I usually tip that same amount. She also doesn’t not charge me extra for a cut just because I’m a woman, which is so extremely awesome.

It always pisses me off when stylists charge more for women’s cuts, even when we have short hair. So dumb.