Harry potter fanfic time travel

My girlfriend and I are travelling to Japan for about 3.5 weeks (Sept 27-Oct 20). It will be our second time going; the first time we mainly did things between Tokyo and Osaka, plus time in Takayama and Hiroshima. For this trip, in addition to Tokyo and Osaka, we'd like to visit a new region of the country. We're thinking either north to Hokkaido (Sapporo as a hub) or south to Kyushu (Fokuoka + ???).
What do you think? Open to any and all suggestions.
Some context:

• Food is important. Big on seafood. Noodles. Meat. Fried stuff. Everything.
• We can spend the whole day walking.
• We are city people (NYC) but also down to mix in quiet time and nature.
• We travel a lot, so we will (likely) go to Japan again in the not-so-distant future. We'll likely go the other direction next time!

Thanks.

Hey all! I applied for and got two Schengen visas in the last couple of months, and had to spend a lot of time each time creating a whole itinerary, write a cover letter, book flight/ hotel reservations.
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The generated cover letters have been saving a lot of time, here's an snippet:
The details of my trip are as follows: Travel Dates: 09/18/2023 to 09/30/2023 Duration in France: 09/18/2023 to 09/25/2023 Duration in Italy: 09/25/2023 to 09/30/2023 Daily Itinerary: Day 1 (Paris): Visit the Eiffel Tower, explore the Louvre Museum and stroll along the Champs-Elysées. Day 2 (Paris): Visit Notre-Dame Cathedral, take a boat cruise on the Seine River, and spend an evening at Montmartre. Day 3 (Nice): Explore the Promenade des Anglais, relax at the beaches of Nice. Visit the Castle Hill in the afternoon. ...
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I know this might sound weird because then they’re “not my friends” or something like that but keep in mind that I was usually a very calm person that doesn’t mind it but recently my life’s a roller coaster. Firstly, there’s this guy I know, we’ll call him Harry. Harry is a red head and we used to be enemies but kinda grew up. He was friendly to me but then we fought and things just weren’t the same. We used to playfully call each other names but not something serious, I would make comments like:”well at least my hair doesn’t look like it’s on fire”, “your songs make you look like a fuck boy” or say stuff like stupid, dumb and you get the point. Now Harry started being a bit serious with the name calling and saying it in a rather serious than playful tone. He started commenting about my appearance calling me ugly, making fun of the way I run, wave, raise my hand, walk, and basically every single thing I did (yes he also made fun of the way I breath when I was anxious). During our fights I said he doesn’t care about my friend since she cried because of him, but that’s about the only irregular comment I made where he called me selfish, said I push people away, when I said I wasn’t a robot and that I also have feelings he said I was a selfish robot, commented about the way I dress (usually cargo pants and baggy clothes), said I’m too insecure and that when people point out my mistakes I cry. I usually don’t cry it’s just a very stressful time in my life where I have a lot of exams that will determine my future and currently fighting with anorexia. I became friends with him but asked for distance. My other friend Makes it worse by commenting on how skinny she looks in comparison to me or comments when I eat something with sugar. I assume not intentionally since she is my best friend. I would like for advice on what to do with them, I really don’t think it’s that deep but they are literally causing me to want to un-alive myself.

I have the following games to offer:
911 Operator
A New Beginning - Final Cut
Acceleration of SUGURI 2
Age of Wonders III
Amnesia: The Dark Descent + Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Armello
Bear With Me - Collector's Edition
Bioshock: The Collection
BioShock™ Remastered
Borderlands 3: Super Deluxe Edition
Broken Age
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Brutal Legend
Company of Heroes 2
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
Darkest Dungeon Shieldbreaker DLC
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Deponia: The Complete Journey
Drawful 2
Driftland: The Magic Revival
Duke Nukem Forever
Duskers
Endless Space® - Collection
Equilinox
Evergarden
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
Forged Battalion
GameGuru Classic
GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst
The Golf Club™ 2019 featuring PGA TOUR
Gonner
GRID 2
GRID Ultimate Edition
Guns of Icarus Alliance
Gunscape
Hacknet
Hand of Fate
HIVESWAP: Act 1
Hyper Light Drifter
In Between
Just Cause 3 XXL Edition
Kerbal Space Program
Killing Floor 2
Kingdom Classic
Kona
LEGO Batman
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
The Long Dark
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Magicka
Max Payne 3 (rockstar key)
MirrorMoon EP
Monaco
Mr. Shifty
Music Maker EDM Edition
Music Maker EDM Edition $10 voucher code for in-app purchases
Nex Machina
Niche
No Time to Explain Remastered
observer_
Overgrowth
PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
Paratopic
Party Hard
Pathologic Classic HD
Pikuniku
PGA TOUR 2K21
Pool Panic
Psychonauts
Punch Club
Quake Champions
Quantum Break
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Regular Human Basketball
RPG Maker VX
Rustler
Ryse: Son of Rome
Samorost 3
Sega Bass Fishing and Eastside Hockey Manager
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Sonic & SEGA All Stars Racing
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II
SpeedRunners
Spelunky
Starbound
Starfinder: Pact Worlds Campaign Setting
Stealth 2: A Game of Clones
Super Hexagon
Super Time Force Ultra
SUPERHOT
Surviving Mars
Supraland
System Shock 2
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
The Ball
The Final Station
Wandersong
This is the Police
This War of Mine
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead - 400 Days
The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Wizard of Legend
WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition
Vertiginous Golf
VVVVVV
Wizard of Legend
World of Goo
Worms Revolution
XCOM: ULTIMATE COLLECTION
X-COM: COMPLETE PACK
Yoku's Island Express
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Long story short✨:Things are getting increasingly terrifying as of late and mutual solidarity is so vital right now! I’m looking to meet/talk to other trans identifying folx here in Texas to share tips/resources/advice, ect.
What brought me here:💖Hey y’all ! My name is Serene and I’m a trans identifying individual born, raised and currently living in Texas (Suburbs of Harris county as of now) I began transitioning in my teens, and while I never felt Texas was particularly welcoming it’s becoming downright terrifying. I recently had two providers and my potential surgeon cancel my future gender care appointments due to uncertainty after September 1st. I was able to find a private practice that works completely without insurance and state funding and would be able to provide HRT care for me post 09/01. Although I had my name and gender marker changed on my ID and social seven years back I am now working to get it updated on my birth certificate and obtain a Visa due to the current political climate. It took a lot of researching to find resources and I’m positive there’s ones I don’t even know about. I really want to get to know other people in the Texas trans community so we can help one another during these uncertain times. I was planning on moving to Houston or Austin as an assured admission to complete an additional degree but as things stand I’m weary of committing two-three more years in Texas . I’ve been seriously reconsidering relocating to a safe state and residing there for a year before enrolling as an in state student. If anyone else has been contemplating/or is currently moving out of state because of the same concerns. I definitely want to talk about game plans/ideal states, ect. If I do relocate I’d highly prefer doing so with a roommate of a similar experience as me, so if you’re of the same thought process totally let me know!
Thanks for reading all that 😅 hope to hear from you! Please stay safe !!!

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Context: We’ve been traveling and stayed at a hotel in Athens. My son had a few bites and I decided to check the beds just in case. I pulled up the fitted sheet and immediately saw a little brown bug there right in the open. Wish I’d taken a picture to post here. No poop or casings or any other evidence. Husband convinced me it was probably a random bug and we forgot about it and left a few days later.
Next place we headed was a housesit on Crete. Clean house, really nice. They have some plug in bug repellent things and told us that noseeums/biting midges come in through the screens. Only one person in their family gets bit up but she gets it bad. We turned the things off the first couple days but after I felt something biting me I’m the living room we turned them back on.
Now suddenly after being here 2 weeks my 3 year old is absolutely covered in bites. We seem to notice them in the morning. My daughter sleeping in the same room had none at first but now a few days after he started getting them she has a few as well. We moved the plug in repellent into their room and they still get bit. Also should mention that we stored our empty luggage in that room and my sons bed is closest to it.
Reason I’m worried it’s bedbugs is because some of the bites are in a line. But honestly there’s so many now that he just looks covered. But my daughter now has 3 in a row on her butt. Which is also weird because she wears underwear.
We’ve also spent time outdoors, at the beach, in the garden and by a creek. I have a couple bites but my husband has none. They are much smaller than mosquito bites. Some don’t even look red at first and then later turn more red.
I’ve inspected all the bedding and mattresses and crevices in the bed. No signs. One little blood mark on my sons bed but he also had scabs he scratched open. He wakes me often in the night because he’s a poor sleeper and I checked for bugs at that time and saw nothing. The way he looks I almost imagine I would come into find him covered in bugs!
Is it possible that we brought a bedbug in with us 2 weeks ago and it could already produce that kind of biting? I assume that would mean there’s already a lot of them and I don’t know how fast an infestations occurs.
Is there any other way I can confirm if there are bedbugs?

I studied visual communication and had extensive photography courses. I was shooting with a reflex and spent a lot of time inside the photo studio and out. However I slowly stopped using my camera because it was simply too big and I wasn’t enjoying it much. I switched to iPhone only, and was focusing mainly on catching good moments when being outside, and building great composition. This is still what interest me. However recently I’ve been feeling very interested in the idea of buying a camera, mainly for traveling (so a small camera, fixed lense is fine, relatively affordable, I’m ok with second hand cameras). I’m 100% overwhelmed by the amount of choice and I find it hard to decide. In the photo store in my city I can’t test the cameras so I’ve no idea what to buy. I’m looking for a camera with “personality” :) a camera that takes photos that doesn’t look like just normal digital photos, if that make sense. I love the fujifilm x100 series but it’s too expensive for me. However I love the photos, it has a very unique vibe and I love the film simulator. I was also looking into the fujifilm x10 / x20 and I was quite convinced until I read someone saying that an iPhone takes better photos. Any recommendations?

Amtrak will not refund an $187 ticket when I canceled the trip months in advance due to financial circumstances that mean I can no longer afford the trip. There is plenty of time for someone else to book and pay for the seat I canceled. I called customer service, customer relations, and I cannot get my money back without a medical reason. I took in a chronically ill cat and need the money to pay for his treatment, and cannot travel due to said cat, so a voucher is useless. In addition, the recent student loan decision means I will owe a minimum of $642/ month in payments when repayment starts, so I really cannot afford this. They stole my money, and refuse to give it back even though I no longer want and will not be getting the service they sold me. Theft.
This whole cheaper but nonrefundable ticket scam is just a way to take money from people who have less of it. If you spring for the pricier tickets you can get a full refund, but that necessitates being richer in the first place. This is a regressive, discriminatory policy and just plain bad service.
I will never be booking with amtrak again.

I think we all know today that u/wanderingdwarfminer us going to disappear sooner or later. So i think the best way that we can tribute him is by making him wander everywhere on reddit. Make him travel one last time with all of us on every subreddit that we can find. This would be our way to pay our respects to this wonderful bot that accompanied us for so long. o7 u/wanderingdwarfminer. You won't be with us for our next promotions. (In mission control's voice) Rock and stone miner.

Brace yourselves, this is gonna be a long one.
Table of Contents
1…… The Main Goal
2…… What I’m Seeking
3…… Personality
4…… Interests
5…… Physical Characteristics (with pics)
6…… Expectations of You
7…… Living Situation
8…… Deal Breakers
9…… Closing Remarks
(1)
The Main Goal:
Well if you’re browsing this subreddit then much like me, you were alone this weekend and I’m sure you’d like to change that as much as me. I won’t lie, I am going through a rough part of my life right now. It’s difficult for me to find the energy for anything at the moment and I’m just really seeking affection in general, anything that will give me a push. I don’t want to be that person who brings everyone down but I could really use someone to talk to right now. I’d really like to find someone who’s similar to me so much to the point that we do everything together and talk about everything while not having to pretend to be interested. I want someone with whom we can mutually spew our emotions onto and have those feelings reciprocated. Not an emotional punching bag, but an emotional teddy bear to hug and cuddle until everything feels better as many times as we need. There’s people who I’m sure have told you the same, they’ll be there no matter how many times you need the support, no matter how many times the insecurities and bad thoughts come back but they don’t mean it. I will be the exception, I’m not so ignorant to think some nice words and tales of relating to you will magically forever heal whatever ails you then get mad when you seek the same support again. Mental ailments are rarely temporary and I don’t care about someone because they’re perfect, caring about someone means being there no matter how many times they need you to be. It doesn’t feel like a chore, it doesn’t get old, and it never will.
(2)
(2.a)
What I'm Seeking:
I will upfront let you know if I’m clicking better with someone else or if you’re the one, I’m not here to tread the sea of fish or keep my options open, I’m here for one singular person.
(2.b)
Relationship:
A relationship is difficult for me right now, it’s been nearly half a year since I got out of my last relationship and the reasons for it ending are partially responsible for how I’ve been feeling and why it’s so hard for me to seek the comfort I so desperately crave. I will tell you about it but for the sake of not treating the entirety of the internet as my therapist, it’ll be in private. I really need the comfort of intimacy and the warmth of someone who cares. I'm not going to feel better if I just sulk and don’t move on. This is my attempt to get better, I’ll admit I’m not great right now and I don’t expect you to be either. If we can help each other heal, then I’d be more than happy :) A relationship isn’t just being there for when someone’s at their best. Even if a relationship is hard at the moment, I do want a life partner and I don’t want to be alone. Things aren’t going to get easier without you so I don’t want to hesitate. I view my other as an equal, I don’t like categorizing us into specific roles. We take care of each other and treat each other how we like to be treated, whatever that is, it's as simple as that. I don't care if you're "successful" or not, living simple lives with our days filled with love is the ultimate measure of success to me.
(3)
Personality:
(3.a)
On the Surface:
As you can tell I can be rather… stoic but that’s largely due to my current stressors, I truthfully am goofy and fun loving but I just can’t find it in me right now. I want to return to that but without someone to light up my world it’s been difficult to just have fun and enjoy stuff. I’m definitely more introverted, you won’t catch me at any parties or really outside at all. I definitely prefer being home though the occasional outing is not out of the question and one day I’d like to travel to other countries because I think that kind of perspective is important.
(3.b)
The Core of My Being:
I like being a spectator to it all and if we bear witness to humanity burning or its miraculous recovery, I want to watch it with you. I enjoy watching humanity advance, less so when it devolves but I want to watch it to the end nonetheless. I’m both a realist and someone who lives with my head in the clouds dreaming of scenarios or worlds that don’t exist. I’m saying that I enjoy a good narrative and can suspend my disbelief to enjoy something but you won’t catch me refusing vaccines or ignoring blatant facts for the sake of some pseudo science or witch doctor’s remedy. I’m an atheist but I do not rule out existence after death, not because I’m agnostic but because due to the nature of potentially infinite time at some point after how many googol years with a googol amount of 0s after that, something’s bound to replicate your consciousness perfectly at some point. It’s actually a really fascinating topic I like talking about. If infinite time and infinite possibilities exist, does non existence exist? Though that’s an awfully existentially dreadful thought process considering the ramifications of infinite existence and infinite possibilities during said infinite existence. I would say I’m confidently left leaning and I don’t think I could truly get along with anyone right leaning, at least America’s definition of right leaning. Left and right seems to have just become; do people deserve to suffer or do they deserve to live good lives? Being political is not something I expected to become but how can you not be when crimes against human rights are being passed on a daily basis and at the end of the day, everything’s political. Oftentimes I imagine the perfect moment as relaxing with my significant other playing games or cuddling in a cold room under blankets.
I value that special someone above all of the existential thoughts, the bad of the world, the good of the world, they practically become my world. So many worries wash away when I’m with them. I don’t know if that’s the defense mechanism my brain created to not feel bad 24/7 but if it is, I’m currently without it.
(3.c)
Insecurities:
I talk of philosophy and politics here but really I spend most of my time just playing games, watching stuff, and trying to not be sleep deprived. I’m also nowhere near as well spoken, heck sometimes I feel like my speech is broken. I won’t claim to be something I’m not, I sit at home while I complain about the world doing nothing about it wishing I had someone here with me. I’m not noble nor do I really want to be, I have morals I uphold but much like most other hypocrites I acknowledge that my comfortable life is built on the suffering of others without doing anything about it. Why? My sleep problems? Am I depressed? Is that why I have no energy to do anything? Do I just think nothing I could do could help? I can’t nail it down myself, maybe it’s a mix of everything, maybe I’m just a bad person. I have always told myself that if I had wealth I would help people but if I get that kind of wealth will I just become a wealth hoarder who tries to justify my riches as something I earned rather than something given to me through incredibly lucky circumstances? If I do help people is it because I’m a good person or out of guilt? Will I die alone? I feel like I drive everyone away with my clinginess, I get paranoid often and need reassurance often. It’s something I want to work on, something I’ve been trying to work on. Hearing that someone cares about me just never gets old. I value self awareness even if it’s painful.
(3.d)
Socializing:
I’m definitely a socially anxious/awkward mess, especially around strangers. I do feel a large amount of anxiety in public, people can’t tell by looking at my face since I kind of go stone faced in an attempt to block everything out but yeah you’ll notice that if we go out in public. Growing up my pediatrician said I was probably autistic, never got a formal diagnosis so that’s just great. But yeah that explains why I can’t make eye contact with people, I kinda just stare at the ground and avoid their gaze at all costs. A lot of these social struggles go away to a great degree once I know you for a bit but yeah I apologize for how terrible I am at socializing at first. Don’t let my social struggles fool you though, I love cuddling and being close with my person.
(3.e)
Sexuality:
I am a heterosexual male, though I’m not very masculine like at all. I may even be a bit feminine sometimes. Not that I believe any activity or manner of acting belongs to a gender but I don’t know how else to describe it. I’m definitely super affectionate and love it when my partner is too. I am open to dating demi people but I do have a libido so I don't think asexual would work out.
(4)
Interests:
(4.a)
Video Games:
As stated before, I do spend a lot of my time playing video games. It’s been hard lately with me having no energy but I really do want to play more games and have a good time playing them with you! I primarily play on PC though I do have a switch. I’m primarily into platform fighters, roguelikes, open world, survival, and sandbox games. As for single player story games, I enjoy watching them through twitch or youtube but for the most part I don’t play them myself. I’d watch you play them though!
Here’s a list of games we can play:
-Minecraft (Java)
-Risk of Rain 2
-Gunfire Reborn
-Roboquest
-7 Days to Die
-Phasmophobia
-Rust
-Unturned
-Bloons TD 6
-Platform fighters: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Slap City, Multiversus, Flash Party, Fraymakers
Whatever you want to play I’ll give it a shot! I will say that League bores me to death but I’ll play it for you :) I try to avoid MMOs, not because I don’t like them but because of how addicted I can get to them. I enjoy learning games in-depth so MMOs can be a fast track to addiction.
I recently got Kerbal Space Program 2 and ehhh not really worth it right now but hopefully later it will be? I’m super excited for Tears of the Kingdom! In the far off future I’m excited for Rivals of Aether 2 which is a platform fighter releasing in 2024, let me know of your most anticipated releases and I’ll see if I could play them with you!
Also I never got into FPS games but I could totally see myself playing like CoD with you or Escape From Tarkov. Any FPS really, I’m down.
I am a fan of Pokemon but with how things have been lately I don’t know how long that will last. Pixelmon is a common Pokemon mod I play for Minecraft if you want to play that! Also if I say I want to play something with you I mean it but there are often times when no matter how much I want to I'm just drained and can do little more than lay in bed so please don't think I'm making an excuse.
(4.b)
Science:
I really enjoy keeping up with the latest advances in pretty much everything, it could be biology, technology, astronomy, anything! I love seeing progression and I love talking about it! Really I could go on and on about what I’m obsessing about that day. I particularly love technology, ask me for my laptop specs I dare you. When I was little I always wanted to be a scientist of any kind but then insomnia and fear of college stuff hit me like a truck aaaand that’s the end of that dream.
(4.c)
Anime:
You got me, I like anime but I’d like to think my tastes are benign.
Here’s some of my favorites I can list from the top of my head:
- To Your Eternity
- Vinland Saga
- Spice and Wolf
- Re:Zero
- Mob Psycho
- Dr. Stone
- Attack on Titan
- Spy x Family
- My Hero Academia
- Ranking of Kings
- Demon Slayer
Okay I can go on and on but I will say I don’t like pointless fan service and the spamming of cliche anime moments. I mostly enjoy action and anything well animated if it doesn’t have a potato story. Heck Demon Slayer could be my top 3 out of season 2’s animation alone. I don’t watch slice of life often or romance but I would with you!
(4.d)
Misc:
I’m not going to go on and on about the tiniest little things when the main ones are covered but I’ll watch pretty much any show with you and anything really. I like random youtube videos that explain some kind of lore or mystery, sometimes mini documentaries too.
As for food I looove sushi and I’m a sucker for fast food. Okay and candy, definitely candy.
I used to play tennis but haven’t really had the opportunity nor friends to play it with and I’m way too socially anxious to seek it out. Also I will say that when we move to something like discord I type waaaay more casually. I’m not going to expect long paragraphs back and forth like we’re writing English papers for each other, I do enjoy long conversations but seriously don’t worry about having to put the utmost effort into every response, I just like making good first impressions I guess.
(5)
(5.a)
My Physical Characteristics:
I’m 5’8 (172cm), 128 pounds (58kg), with curly brown hair and blue eyes. I like keeping my hair long in the winter and cutting it in the summer. I’m pretty slim in general so if you’re looking for someone large, that’s not me. I don’t work out but my work is pretty physical so at least I’m not totally inactive. I don’t have the urge to work out or gain muscle but I do want to maintain my slim figure so if I start losing control of that I’ll work out. I like to keep my face shaved because I don’t think I look good with a beard/mustache so if you’re into those I apologize. I have an average amount of body hair? I’d prefer to be completely shaved but it’s easy to lose motivation with that battle, if you prefer shaved then I’d have no problem complying. Anyways here’s what I look like: https://imgur.com/a/MZZgf2t
(5.b)
My Physical Preferences:
Having physical preferences makes me feel shallow, if I could make myself not have them I would but unfortunately that’s now how that works. I don’t care if you’re shorter or taller than me and I don’t care if you weigh more or less than me. All I ask is that you’re slim-average weight. I would never ask for someone to be something I’m not. I don’t care about tattoos or piercings.
(6)
Expectations of You:
I am not looking for someone “exciting” or someone to “keep me on my toes” I’m not looking for someone to cater to my every whim or anything like that. I don’t care if you’re “boring” or if you aren’t “successful”. I know it’s a common thing for people to not want a “boring” relationship and to seek something argumentative or something with constant challenges but I just want to be with you. During the exciting times, the boring times, and everything in-between, all of it will be great with you! Maybe we do argue sometimes or maybe there will be challenges but that will never be something I purposefully seek out and I don’t want that to be something you seek out either. I will not play tricks on you and I will not play mind games, I expect the same from you. We all have personal measures of success we may or may not have lived up to but what I care about most is our commitment to each other. If we have each other we can get through tough times, near the ends of our lives I want us to look back and feel that this life together was worth more than anything. That’s not saying I want us to be haphazard, I don’t want us to make poor decisions for the sake of yolo and I want us to always be rational, especially with each other. I want you to be someone I can trust to make decisions and weigh the options with a level head, I’ll try my best to live up to the same for you. Most of all I want empathy, understanding, someone to feel the utmost comfort and trust in.
(7)
Living Situation:
Currently my life is pretty relaxed, I work 3 times a week as a night shift stocker. I currently live in a 2 bedroom apartment with my roommate but we’re looking to move into someplace larger by the end of the year if everything works out. The internet is weirdly great for Ohio too like I have fiber and later this year we’re supposed to be getting dedicated fiber so that’s neat. I’m not attached to Ohio so the ultimate goal living location wise is probably moving to a country that won’t send you into a lifetime of dealing with the repercussions from one medical emergency.
(8)
Deal Breakers:
Might as well make this simple and make it a list.
- Anti-vaxxers
- Unironically believing astrology
- Right wingers
- Hard drugs (occasional 420 and alcohol is fine, may even join you)
- Wanting children, there was a time when I was younger when I wanted children but with the state of the word that’s a definite no and I feel like I wouldn’t be able to handle the stress. I’d love a stress free life with as much time with you as possible.
- Homophobic
- Transphobic
- Racist
- Super Religious
- Don’t be a bigot and don’t deny facts.
(9)
Closing Remarks:
Well you made it, I was thinking that finding someone I’d be willing to put a lifetime of effort into at least required this much effort. If I think of anything more I’ll update the post. Also about timezones, it really doesn’t matter where in the world you are. I don’t have a sleep schedule and I have most of the week off from work so it really doesn’t matter.
I request that in your response you do put effort into it, it doesn’t have to be anywhere near as long as this but at least enough so I know that you read this and enough about you so I know why you saw potential compatibility. I will seriously read all of it and respond the best I can. I do also request a pic included in your response (sfw please) or one soon after we start talking to prove identity, I’ll send identity proving pics too. As long as this post is up, you can send a reply!

Background: Right before the pandemic started I switched jobs, which resulted in my income doubling. Then the world shut down and I used the time and reduced expenses to pay off my credit cards and student loan. I haven't carried a monthly credit card balance in 3 years. My student loan account closed 3 months ago. I split my monthly spending between the two cards (based on the Discover cash back bonus) and pay them off monthly. My credit history is clean, no late payments or derogatory. No inquiries in the last 3 years.
I now have a solid income and no debt and want to maximize my credit card options. What do you think would be the best? I started thinking about this when they opened the Chase Sapphire lounge at my home airport. There's a lot of information out there and I want to make the best decision for benefits/rewards.
CREDIT PROFILE

• Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of: Discover, $8,600 limit, 11/1994; Bank of America, $11,500 limit, 07/2014; Care Credit, $3,500 limit, 07/2019
• FICO Scores with source: Discover FICO Scorecard says 797. I don't see a list by Exp/Equ/TU
• Oldest credit card account age with you as primary name on the account: Discover Card - 28yrs, 6mos
• Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 6 months: 0
• Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 12 months: 0
• Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 24 months: 0
• Annual income $: $112k solo. $165k w/spouse

CATEGORIES

• OK with category-specific cards?: Yes
• OK with rotating category cards?: Yes
• Estimate average monthly spend in the categories below. Only include what you can pay by credit card.
• Dining $: $400-$500
• Groceries $: $250
• Gas $: Maybe $200/yr. I don't own a car but rent when I travel.
• Travel $: $300 flight, $300 hotel, $400 car rental, $400 cruises. These are averages. I spent ~$14k on travel last year.
• Do you plan on using this card abroad for a significant length of time (study abroad, digital nomad, expat, extended travel)?: No
• Any other categories (examples: phone/internet, insurance) or stores (example: Amazon) with significant, regular credit card spend (the more you specify, the better): $400/mo on concerts. We spend about $5k/yr on concert tickets.
• Any other significant, regular credit card spend you didn't include above?: No
• Can you pay rent by credit card? If yes, list rent amount and if there's a fee for paying by credit card: No.

MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS (delete lines that don't apply)

• Current member of Amazon Prime?: Yes, but my spouse has the amazon branded card and I don't pay for that.
• Current member of Costco or Sam's Club? We have CostCo, but my spouse pays for that.
• Currently paying $13.99/month or more for Disney Bundle (Disney+ / Hulu / EPSN+) or other Hulu services? Yes.
• Current member of Chase, US Bank or any other big bank?: We use TD Bank.

PURPOSE

• What's the purpose of your next card (choose ONE)?: Travel - normally we use JetBlue or Delta and IHG hotels.
  
• Do you have any cards you've been looking at? I have been looking at the Chase Sapphire Reserve. We have a CSR lounge at our base airport now and lounge access as we travel is a HUGE draw.
  

Horatio Takes Me Higher Chart
GENRE House, Techno (Peak Time / Driving), Dance / Electro Pop, Tech House, Deep House, Progressive House, Melodic House and Techno, Soulful

1. Horatio – Takes Me Higher (Original Mix) 07:48 123bpm Em
2. Danny Tenaglia – The Brooklyn Gypsy (Original Mix) 07:41 153bpm Dm
3. Robert Owens, Harry Romero – Back feat. Robert Owens (Kolsch Extended Remix) 11:00 125bpm A
4. Horatio – Ganduri Pentru Viitor (Original Mix) 06:11 124bpm Gm
5. Jamie Jones – My Paradise (Extended Mix) 08:00 128bpm Bbm
6. Burns – Talamanca (Carl Cox Extended Remix) 06:52 130bpm D
7. Basement Jaxx – Fly Life (Paco Osuna Remix) 07:37 126bpm G
8. Roger Sanchez – Another Chance (Original Mix) 07:02 128bpm A#
9. Lexa Hill – All I Want (Extended Mix) 07:01 125bpm Fm
10. David Moreno – Paradigm (Original Mix) 07:04 125bpm D
11. Horatio, Jose Maria Ramon – Matur (Original Mix) 06:17 122bpm C
12. MC Flipside, Return of the Jaded – Fiends (feat. MC Flipside) (Extended Mix) 05:52 126bpm Dm
13. Martin Ikin, Sammy Porter – Back To Funk (Extended Mix) 05:53 125bpm Am
14. Eric Powell – Very Chic Blackman (Horatio Remix) 06:39 130bpm Fm
15. Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey (Riva Starr Paradise Garage Club Mix) 07:25 126bpm A#
16. Michel De Hey – Marsssss (Original Mix) 06:53 126bpm Dm
17. Jody Wisternoff – Story Of Light (Original Mix) 08:55 123bpm Gm
18. Randall Jones – She’s Vibing (Original Mix) 07:20 120bpm E

This is annoying, I've been doing THS for a while now and I've just noticed dog owners are so much more unrealistic about what they expect from housesitters and I need to rant. Like literally, if someone is already watching a dog, walking it daily, etc, you've just about exhausted what you can expect from a sitter--I'm sorry, if you want more, slide them some money. Two dogs and you're done. The word is "exchange" not "exploit". As in we are equals exchanging something of mutual benefit. Not as in I'm your free labor and you're doing me some huge favor just by letting me act as your free labor.
You really cannot reasonably ask a free, unpaid sitter to walk your dog daily and also mow your lawn, for example. You definitely cannot expect a housesitter to walk your two dogs twice every day, and mow your lawn, and be in the house 20 hours a day, not eat any of your groceries, and leave the house cleaner than they found it. Especially if you live in some bum-f*ck area, some swampy part of the British Isles or some weird suburb in Iowa... Honestly if you're asking all this you're just going to get inexperienced or questionable housesitters and then be disappointed when you get home and the house isn't clean, or come home to a clean house and an evil eye cursing your house...
Cat owners and dog owners have such different vibes. Literally every cat owner I've sat for has been so chill, they almost act like they're asking too much just by expecting me to feed the cats at the same time every day. Dog owners are like on the verge of asking you to regrout their bathroom tiles. Oh sure and let me just reshingle the roof while I'm at it. You want me to call your great aunt on Sundays and make sure she's doing alright too? Want me to volunteer at the local soup kitchen three times a week? Want to use my womb as a surrogate and carry your unborn fetus to term? Want me to run for senate and change local zoning laws? Anything you want boss!
If you're new to traveling by housesitting, please just avoid any listing where the homeowner asks you to mow a lawn, or gives you a specific amount of time a day you can leave the house. These two things are such huge red flags that this person doesn't understand how these exchanges work and sees you as labor, not an equal. I've had really good experiences with THS but I almost quit after a few bad ones, now I've had a few really good housesits and learned to spot red flags I've been able to extend my travels in Europe by three months so it's worth it. Just only sit for people who treat you like a guest or a friend, not the help.

I can see a what if Voldemort killed baby Harry already
Voldemort: AVADA KE- Wait what am I doing? You're a fucking baby
Yeets baby Harry out the window

Once again BLOWN away by the Dermy Doc Box subscription.
The variety of sunscreens, the overall value, and oh my gosh, the thought that goes into the box every time just makes me such a happy customer.
Box contents [$181 total]:

• brush on mineral sunscreen (great for on the go touchups) -mineral Tinted sunscreen -mineral hydrating (non tinted) sunscreen -sunscreen stick (great for travel/purse). I always wanted to try one! -SPF lip balm
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Hi everyone,
Wife and I applied for i-485 green card due to marriage, standard i-130, i-131, i-485, and i-765 package. We received receipt notice on June 10, 2023.
She received work permit in December 2023, but it was not a combo card.
She is missing her family tremendously and really wants to visit home. Due to her i-485, her familys' visitor visas have been denied during their renewal recently as well. Her family is well off and is not trying to stay in the US, but neither they nor us can travel to see the other. She is very close to her family.
I tried reaching out to the local senator, but he is republican, against immigration, and not surprisingly, did not hear back from him.
She is considering trying an escalation but is afraid to risk her case. We moved twice during the past year and did change our address with USCIS both times.
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Any insights on when should we expect the Advanced Parole would be great. She has been feeling quite disheartened and depressed because of this. We saw that 80% of cases were completed within 11.5 months on USCIS website, but I guess we are part of the 20% unfortunate ones...