In the Before Times, I spent maybe 3-4 hours a week on Twitch, mostly watching my brother’s streams, or events like Games Done Quick and Evo. But since the pandemic hit, I spent every day on the website because everyone is streaming. I went from following maybe five channels total to a couple dozen...
For my final night during my 2018 Tokyo visit, I stayed in a capsule hotel. For the uninitiated, a capsule hotel is an accommodation where instead of paying for a whole room, you get a small, bed-sized pod to sleep in. It’s like a morgue, but for living people! They’re generally around $30-50/night, but...
When I arrived on Jeju, I knew that there was no way I could partake in the island’s main attraction: hiking up Mount Hallasan. But on the second day, finding the other attractions on the island cheesy (I was NOT going to Love Land), I decided that I had to do a little hiking...
In 2019, the Toronto Raptors won the NBA finals. I will freely admit to not being much of a basketball fan, but most of my family is into it, so I got sucked into watching most of the playoffs. Not long after they won, they announced the date for the victory parade in Toronto....
One of my favourite things to watch on YouTube is people riding the trains in Tokyo. The sounds and announcements are so distinct that they instantly take my mind back to the city. The other day, I realized how long it’s been since I rode the TTC, and I watched a TTC video instead....
2019 was a good year for me. I started playing ukulele, met a lot cool people, and took an amazing trip to South Korea. It was a year of new beginnings, and I wanted that to continue through the next year and beyond. I’m not one to post motivational captions on social media, but...
As I write this sentence, it’s nearly midnight on a Sunday night. Something I’ve learned about songwriting (which is something I do now, sometimes) is that it’s easier to write when you’re tired. That little voice in your head that criticizes everything you put to paper just doesn’t have the energy to tell you...
I’ve done a poor job of keeping up with music in 2016. I place a lot of the blame on the death of Rdio (#riprdio), but I also just don’t dedicate much time to listening to music anymore. I remember discovering the likes of Damien Rice and We Are Scientists through Last.fm ten years...
I’m one of those people who eventually grew to dislike Christmas music. The songs themselves are fine for the most part – I’m just tired of hearing them over and over again, especially when modern artists cover the same old tunes the same old way. Plus, we basically haven’t had a new song stick...
I’ve had the RicohGR2 for less than a day, but I can already say that this camera is just fun to use. It’s highly customizable, it’s easy to carry around, and it’s got a bunch of quality-of-life features that make shooting more enjoyable. Built-in distance scale and snap focus! It’s almost worth the crippling...
