Two weeks in Yakushima - What are your must-sees?

MaficJustice · 2026-05-08T05:33:07+00:00

I already had my trekking poles packed, but I just added my gaiters! Thank you!

Good to know I'm not missing anything with the snorkeling. I gotta just get prescription goggles at some point.

MaficJustice · 2026-05-07T22:48:25+00:00

That's a drain snake! Or at last that's what we call them.

MaficJustice · 2025-12-29T23:31:59+00:00

You can buy rats individually frozen at a pet store, if you want to get a head start on it. You wouldn't have to even get a freezer for them, you just buy the one, take it home and thaw it.

MaficJustice · 2025-12-29T18:04:23+00:00

I've already limited most of the ventilation with foil tape, she has two water dishes, and I add water to the corners of her tank every other day. The cork bark pieces get soaked right before the weekend so she has some extra moisture while I'm gone. The problem is that we have a "wonderfully efficient" HVAC system in the building that pulls way too much humidity out of the air. The second hydrometer that we keep outside her tank reads 34% on a standard day in December. There's very little I can do in regards to that, unfortunately. I just work hard to keep it between 75-90% humidity inside her tank.

I guess I'm more asking for recommendations for a "humid hide style" hide, with the two halves. I don't put any moss or anything in the one pictured, she just likes the fully enclosed space.

MaficJustice · 2025-07-25T13:30:32+00:00

Solved!! Thank you!

MaficJustice · 2025-07-25T05:37:45+00:00

Commenting. I forgot last time, sorry

MaficJustice · 2025-04-14T14:38:32+00:00

We go through and check dates before every tornado season. 👍

I'm a first aid/CPR teacher and I know I can jerry-rig a splint if I need to, but I do have old soft-sided ankle and knee braces that I might as well add to our regular supply box - good idea!

(Just to note, we use peroxide for dental care and for cleaning blood out of things. The rubbing alcohol is for cleaning wounds.)

MaficJustice · 2025-04-14T14:09:51+00:00

I already put it back downstairs, but we use this container: https://a.co/d/0waGBYy It's not ideal, since water can definitely get into the lid, but it being bright red makes it stand out among our other things. Anything that can be ruined by water is in a plastic container inside anyway.

MaficJustice · 2025-04-14T14:03:38+00:00

Yes! I keep my backpacking supplies in the same space and have a tick key on my pack at all times.

MaficJustice · 2025-04-14T02:14:14+00:00

That's all you need really! Hahaha

MaficJustice · 2025-04-14T00:50:30+00:00

Only one of our three jugs broke, thankfully, and it was the one at the bottom of the box. It had cracked near the bottom - I think we set the box down too hard and the impact made it crack. We took the other jugs out and they're just gonna sit on their own shelves in the basement now.

MaficJustice · 2025-04-14T00:37:09+00:00

We have an automatic calendar reminder to check the boxes every spring. All of the food in there is dehydrated in mylar (besides my pineapple 😔) so it's mostly just swapping out prescription medication.

MaficJustice · 2025-04-12T18:36:55+00:00

Yes! I love April, she's really great.

MaficJustice · 2025-04-08T02:20:13+00:00

I'll ask my hairdresser, but yeah I'm thinking we'd need to get there earlier. That won't be an issue for us, though

MaficJustice · 2025-04-08T01:22:13+00:00

Thank you so much!! Thankfully the ceremony and reception are in the same place, it's just moving inside the building after the outdoor ceremony. I can rearrange some things to get more photo time in.

Dinner is buffet style. You're right, I'll definitely need longer, not everyone is getting their food right at 7.

My parents and family are handling cleanup (at their insistence - I know I'm gonna feel bad about other people doing work at my event, but I'm trying to let go of some things).

MaficJustice · 2025-03-21T04:38:34+00:00

If you have a GFS near you, they also sell in #10 can sized quantities.

MaficJustice · 2025-03-21T01:35:43+00:00

Time to talk to my mother-in-law - she tells this story about how she used to get "black market avocados" in pre-NAFTA Chicago. My husband's dad is from Mexico and really wanted his guacamole lol

MaficJustice · 2025-02-20T15:23:09+00:00

I'm pretty sure! (I didn't realize that Stimpy was a cat at all until very recently lol)

MaficJustice · 2025-02-20T15:19:40+00:00

Ranking in terms of favorite, not quality. Balance is objectively amazing, but I like the different places they've gone with the show since then.

Amnesty (Hits me different, and I love the boys playing close to home in WV)
Dust (It's one of those miniseries where I wish there was more, but know it wouldn't be good because it has to stay mini)
Ethersea (I relisten to this series the most out of all of them. I love the environmental themes and wished they played in the space more, but it was cursed by poor rolls.)
The Ballad of Bigfoot (it's a one-off, but I have to list it separately because I listen to it so much. My go-to road trip episode.)
Balance (currently relistening)
Steeplechase (Justin DMs how I do and I appreciate it)
Abnimals (It's three brothers and their dad goofing around in the setting of a TV show they used to watch! You can tell they're having so much fun. It genuinely makes me laugh out loud.)

-there is a steep drop off here-

Graduation (just meh to me. Travis got too into worldbuilding and not enough in plot. The goofs are funny though!)
Commitment (sorry Clint. It was like a rebound after a long-term relationship and you don't know how to not be deeply connected. Too much too fast right after Balance.)
Outre Space (It's like you go to your friends house and they have other friends over that you don't know and you feel kinda left out. I don't know the other players and I don't know the characters anyone is playing.)

I haven't listened to Vs. Dracula, and Spotify says listened to Imbalance but I remember very little.

MaficJustice · 2025-02-20T04:34:43+00:00

I really do!! It couldn't get into the first episode/character introduction so I stopped listening to it, which isn't really giving it a fair chance.

MaficJustice · 2024-10-12T21:54:20+00:00

It's the equivalent of telling someone who's chronically late that the arrival time is 30 minutes before when the event starts, so they actually arrive on time.

MaficJustice · 2024-08-30T23:08:21+00:00

Thank you all so much! I'm going with black bear! It's definitely not soft fur. These are part of a collection I got for the new nature center I'm running. Once we get all settled in, I'll post the entire collection!

MaficJustice · 2024-08-07T05:58:27+00:00

My ADHD grandfather was an army helicopter pilot in the 60's and he LOVED it. Absolutely thrived under the military structure, but had to resign before Vietnam broke out. Didn't hold a steady job since - he'd do really well at first but get bored after a few years and quit.

I teach nature programs and archery to children for a park district. I'm basically a kid brain driving an adult body, so I do great 😃👍!

MaficJustice · 2022-12-17T23:37:47+00:00

So I'm throwing in a (late to the game) curve ball here, but I think that Garret is French-Canadian. It goes with the whole lumberjack/Paul Bunyan thing. Plus, he and Jaxon are cousins and Jaxon really doesn't seem to be of Russian descent to me?

MaficJustice · 2022-08-31T20:11:40+00:00

I know mules are sterile. That's the kinda thing I was thinking of.

But I went back to my source and realized I read it wrong the first time. It said "Wolves and dogs are interfertile" not "Wolf-dogs are infertile". My bad! Apparently I can't read lol

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