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food anxiety, chronic illness 

hmmmm was it wise to eat the entire bag of popcorn? oh well if i get taken to a hospital with a [redacted] tomorrow then know i at least enjoyed myself for a solid twenty minutes

wolfgang trying american food/drinks ep 6 

"Argires snacks OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD Utterly Addictive Cheddarcorn & Caramel" [sic]: 7/10 wow who knew synthetic orange colored american cheese works so well with caramel? was not expecting this. nice

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wolfgang trying american food/drinks ep 5, tobacco 

root beer barrel (??): 2/10 tastes like mouthwash + a room that has been tobacco smoked in; had to spit it out

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420 mention (transportation and sidewalks) 

and today i need to go to the dispensary on the other side of the interstate -- a 3 minute drive at worst -- but the state of sidewalklessness means i'll have to either: 1. walk 55 minutes through a scenic walking trail; or
2. take a bus that comes by once every hour for literally just 3 stops; or
3. take an uber/lyft whose driver will have to spend more time coming to pick me up than actually driving me; or
4. find a dispensary that could deliver to me at the hotel when i don't have a local cell phone number

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did you know? cars turning right on red lights does NOT have to be normal! did you know 2? cars turning left and right when pedestrians have a green light next to them does NOT have to be normal! did you know 3? dark unlit roads with giant interchanges that have absolutely no sidewalks do NOT have to be normal!

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american pedestrian crossings are so much more unnecessarily dangerous than israeli ones, and i know that because last night i tried walking """across the street""" from the hotel and i felt like i was playing frogger

re: social difficulties 

@else had to look this up on wikipedia. love how the article says it's the limit on how many people you can "maintain stable social relationships" with; like that number for that definition as worded, is,,, like, 0 for me if we insist on "stable"

wolfgang trying american food/drinks ep 4 

tater tots: 1/10 this is the worst thing that could have been done to these poor potatoes; the only redeeming quality of this food is that it is, technically, potatoes

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+, re: - 

crisis averted: i spent 20 minutes finding and translating a paragraph of some linguistics paper for a friend, i ate, and i was specifically told by a staff(?) member that they're happy to have me here

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re: - 

am i overwhelmed? am i hungry? am i feeling like a blight upon the earth?

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i had one (1) interaction with a stranger and now i feel really bad yeah this is going about as well as i'd expected

social difficulties 

does the following thought make any sense: "i already know too many people i won't be able to remember any more of them"

holy crap i'm at a furry conference in real life wtf what how when why

wolfgang trying american food/drinks ep 3 

club sandwich (?) from seven eleven: 6/10 surprisingly good! went back for another one today after getting one last night; a bit weird how i'm expected to eat it double-stacked? not sure my mouth is big enough for that so i just had it as two regular halves and two open sandwich halves lol

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+, re: ~ 

much calmer now that i'm on The Amtrak already

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today i am: stressed and or excited

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