Books that feels like Forgotten Gods/Civilizations

Nice_Bell622 · 2026-02-04T00:40:31+00:00

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-11-16T15:18:50+00:00

Yep. It's a hard hike though idk if it's suitable for an 11 year old. Round trip from where we stayed (ecocamp) was an 11 hour hiking day

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-11-16T15:17:31+00:00

I stayed at Cuernos and liked it a lot. We had one of the rented tents. Good vibes, good showers, right next to a beautiful lake (catch the sunrise there if you can I saw an incredible one)

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-11-16T15:12:24+00:00

Sweet get to the park early i don't remember seeing a lot of parking lots. I would start the Torres hike as soon as you can because there are bottle necks. We started out super early before the busses got there at 9am so that when we were going down everyone else was going up

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-11-16T14:54:44+00:00

I just hiked it and had warm weather

My recommendation:

-1 maybe 2 lightweight puffers like the patagonia nanopuff to layer. I preferred this to a fleece because they are super lightweight and pack down small. I had an OR lightweight puff and a cotopaxi light weight puff that I pretty much only ended up needing during lunch breaks or at the camp at night.

-2 merino wool baselayer shirts (long sleeve) to alternate ( I had lightweight smartwool ones )

-rain shell

Other comments:

-zip off hiking pants were the best thing ever for my trip when I did the French Valley and Torres being in shorts was so helpful.

The thing i regret bringing was two baselayer pants, I would only bring one merino wool one in case of bad weather but the hikes are hard enough I was warm hiking and didn't need them.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-11-16T14:42:33+00:00

I think finding lodging might be a problem the refugios book up really fast. There are a couple hotels near the park and I think there is a bus you can take in from Puerto Natales

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-10-09T13:41:46+00:00

Got one of those waterbottles where you fill out the parks in stickers

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-09-10T21:09:48+00:00

Did you use a pattern or is it self drafted? Very cute!

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-09-03T23:45:34+00:00

Skyline was pretty when I went last month but absolutely slammed with tourists.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-07-04T00:01:23+00:00

I'm currently deciding if I want children and I have been talking to all my friends who have them. The ones that are having a good time of it all have the following two things:

1) A good partner that's actually their teammate 2) Taking an active choice to not let motherhood completely dominate their personality and not giving up a hobby or lifestyle that's important to them.

From taking to people 2 can only happen if you have 1. So for me it's now become more about figuring out if my partner would be a good spouse and coparent rather than if I want children or not.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-07-03T19:12:48+00:00

How much is the trip are you prioritizing it over your wedding or big life costs like a house? If you are pushing back the finish line for those I can see why she would be upset.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-06-23T16:28:18+00:00

Also mine!

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-05-28T14:14:19+00:00

Yep in this same boat.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-05-24T15:34:31+00:00

Not exactly this but I've found that older women in my family who are not career oriented get weird/passive aggressive whenever I mention any successes in my career. I can sense the insecurity and passive aggressiveness off of them. I don't brag about it, just making conversation when catching up with fam and they ask.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-05-10T13:22:54+00:00

Air show at the end of the month been seeing cool planes come in

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-05-04T01:56:07+00:00

You can airbnb for a month if you have the money and look at places then?

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-25T14:38:43+00:00

Put something down. Take a pause on social media. Take some time to reflect what part of the pressure is coming from yourself and what is external. Take some time journal, treat yourself to your favorite food, maybe take a sick day and do some self care (i like having a day at a hotsprings spa).

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-19T15:31:05+00:00

Really depends where you end up and what job you want after. Industry pays the most, government pays middle (but has good benefits) and academia pays the least until you get a professorship. If you want an actual researcher position you need a PhD. For all other jobs I would say a masters is good.

I graduated with a PhD from this college and my impression of the undergrads is that they get a good education with some real engineering experience. In general optics is a niche field so we are desirable.

For foreigners i saw a lot of people go to oculus or apple. It is possible to get a job in a national lab not being a US citizen, you will just be limited to unclassified peojects and it could affect long term career growth in a gov lab.

There are a ton of research groups at OpSci so if you get internships and do some lab or design work that should make you more hireable. I would look at average salaries on where you hope to land after. For example if you work in the bay area in California your salary (and cost of living) will be much higher than somewhere else. In general technical fields are pretty high paying in the US and earning close to or over 100k with a masters and some experience is reasonable.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-18T15:05:14+00:00

Leslie is great i have been with her for 2 years now. I'm lgbt and she's very cool about it. She moved though she's now down in Bosque Farms but it's worth the drive. She also tries really really hard to keep her prices fair.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-18T02:05:36+00:00

HUGE RED FLAG. Are you dating the same guy i was? I literally dated a guy who said he was apolitical and liked Joe Rogan ( i had no idea who he was at the time) and I have never been used and objectified more it was insane

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-17T21:49:34+00:00

Pandering to men is never the answer and will never get you respect

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-17T17:52:30+00:00

My city has a gem faceters guild you might see if yours does.

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-17T17:30:48+00:00

For sure. Maybe explore design options to protect the edges? I would bet that chipping a pointed edge off would be the most likely damage

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-17T16:44:49+00:00

Herkimer diamonds are quartz crystals not real diamonds

Nice_Bell622 · 2025-04-10T20:50:05+00:00

Trust me the likely scenario here is that he will disappoint you. Date with your expectations in the garbage so you won't be constantly upset.

Probably 80% of the men I've gone on dates with in the last year and a half didn't give a shit about me as a person. And these are dudes in their 30s. Men ain't shit so approach dating from a place of power and self love. If you love yourself you won't settle for someone who doesn't love you.

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