The city based teams are smart and I always wondered why other e-sports didn’t do the same thing. It definitely made me want to go out and watch the game with other people. Unfortunately I couldn’t find anywhere nearby me that was playing the games (also 4pm games kind of kill that too). The only big issue I had was I…

I use my CC for everything. I don’t have a strict budget but I’m fairly adverse to overspending. It’s uncommon for my to just spend money without justification (e.g. I don’t get Starbucks each morning because work has coffee and I’m not picky). Outside of big purchases (car, school, etc) I don’t buy anything I can’t…

I couldn’t find (via google searches at least) any place in the bay except AFKgg in San Jose that was showing it. I was also disappointed that the first SF season game was at 4pm on a Wednesday.

Seeing a person with a hiking bag and speaker makes me more angry than it should. Too many times I’ve been on a trail and people are hiking and playing music on a speaker. I don’t get it. Why would you do that? Enjoy nature. Enjoy being away from sounds. I’ll admit it’s mostly on popular and accessible trails that I…

Seeing a person with a hiking bag and speaker makes me more angry than it should. Too many times I’ve been on a…

Someone mentioned shampoo and conditioner but honestly anything that you can buy there easily and might not be necessary. Example is my trip to NZ I didn’t take sunscreen. We didn’t need it until a few days in and it was easy and cheap to buy it there. Also if you don’t use it all then you can bring it home and use…

Similar to this is another strategy I use when traveling somewhere new. I search for tour packages at my destinations and look at their itineraries. I’m not the type to enjoy a guided tour or pre-set itinerary but it gives you information about the highlights. At that point I research the destinations and decide what…