The New Coffee Room

Just boarded flight to BKK. Ladyboys gonna have to wait.

Matters less than it might seem but interesting all the same.

Pass the

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Made a quick stop to get a furin cleavage added to my spike protein. Feeling pretty invincible now.

Far less so than I was expecting. A couple people cutting in line with sob stories. People were pretty calm though. Partly I think because it was expected (that changed my outlook considerably) and partly (I speculate) there was a little bit of ‘we’re all in this moment together’ spirit like you see during a big weather event or tragedy of some kind, though I don’t want to exaggerate that too much.

The most stressful part was when the line was snaking through the front atrium. It didn’t look like a line, it looked like a crowd. The only thing that made it a line was everyone knowing who was in front of them and who was behind.

Over Beijing now.

Still have 3 fucking hours to go. So far mum about my seat selection. (33D)

Speaking of dated advice I see his mom trying to steer him into being the ideal of success from the standpoint of a Jewish mother circa 1985. I self-consciously try to avoid that but am surely blind to my own shortcomings in that regard.

My dad often stressed the importance of doing something you like and defined success as being good at something that is important to you and will support a family. He would tell me the most successful person he knew growing up was a bricklayer.

Much of the rest of the advice was dated. Looking for a company with a pension, for example. The importance of getting my engineering license. Etc.

My parents were pretty unsavvy about what it meant to get into a competitive school. They didn’t even look over my admission essays though I probably didn’t want them to and they would have had I asked.

The boy beat my composite score too though I edged him out him in math. 790/630=1420.

@89th said:

@jon-nyc said:

Wrong aisle.

33H!

Right row this time, still the wrong aisle.

Typical macro breakdown:

Protein 200-220
Fat: 160-190
Carbs: 350-450

@Klaus said:

Wow, that sounds awful but I'm glad it's looking better now.

What do you do to get to 4000kcal a day? That's a lot of food.

In the beginning I couldn’t pull off 3k and started drinking homemade shakes with milk, cream, whole milk yoghurt, oat flour, and peanut butter.

Then I sort of trained myself to eat more.

Typical day:
Breakfast 1 ~ 700 calories
bagel with 2 servings cream cheese (64g)
2 eggs
Yoghurt

Breakfast 2 (after gym) ~ 750
Calorie dense toasted muesli (I found a brand with 390cal in 85g, not sugar laden either)
Whole milk
Banana
30g protein shake

Lunch ~ 980
Turkey sandwich with 85g turkey and thick cheddar slices, generous mayo
60g peanuts
6 chocolate covered pretzels

Dinner ~ 1000
Baked potato with 2tbsp butter
Meat/fish 6-8oz
Veggie

Snack at night - 400-500
Peanut butter toast
Another yoghurt
Banana

Or

Ice cream

Those two breakfast and that lunch are pretty fixed so I get 2500 calories by mid day. Keep in mind I wake up before 5.

@89th said:

Maybe he's a woman?

Dude, you could have waited until I land before putting such scary thoughts in my head.

Wrong aisle.

I’m too lazy to do a trip report at the end like the early TNCR days so I’ll just log things here as I go.

Firstly, premium economy on Cathay Pacific is nice. 2 dedicated armrests per seat, and plenty of leg room. I’m slouching in my chair and there’s a good 10 inches of space between my knees and the seat in front of me. They gave us drinks while on the ground, hot towels, proper headphones and a good sized pillow and blanket. On par with domestic first class (short haul), though the seat might be a tad narrower.

The boy got his SAT score back today.

First time taking it, he got a 1480. Perfectly balanced 740/740.

He’s talking about taking it again hoping to break 1500.

Schools these days (most anyway) accept ‘super scoring’ where they’ll take your best verbal and best math across multiple tries.

We got to JFK at a few minutes before 6am. The line was already outside. I put Mayla in the line and checked both our bags. I actually got to the Cathay Pacific desk before it opened and there was a line. About 45m later I joined Mayla in line, where she had already moved inside.

Inside the airport the line snaked back and forth through the width of the main hallway/atrium (the large open space about 60ft deep and as wide as the terminal, that every terminal has). It wound 5 complete times before entering into the back of the terminal where security is.

We got through in 2hr 45m. That gave us 45m to grab breakfast.

We’ve now boarded, 16hrs and 10m to Hong Kong.

If you show up at a forum and don’t know who the bramble is, it’s you.