Please read the whole post.
Hopeless romantic here looking to hopefully find the one! Looking to find the one. I'm hoping to find someone I can stay at home with and go out to the beach, go out to places with, learn to ballroom dance, have a picnic date, stay in during a rainy night and watch movies/ tv shows together. Looking for the cliche moments from rom-coms but also more 😊. I'm also willing to chat/ hangout to be friends before we start a relationship. We can watch a movie, tv show, anime together online if you don't live near by.
Looking for someone who is open minded. 22-33 (might be open to anyone older if we vibe). Someone who is willing to meet up later in the future. I'm fine with someone who smokes Marijuana but no other drugs or cigarettes. Can be from anywhere.
https://imgur.com/a/raBNEpX
A little about me:
My name is Felipe. I'm Hispanic, male, age 27, 5'9". I have photos on my profile. I'm chubby. I'm introverted at first but the longer you get to know me then I become more extroverted. I love fall/autumn weather. Currently studying architecture design. I hope to construct buildings for families in need of a home in the future. I have big ambitious goal for my career. I speak Spanish.
I'm into the arts: I love to draw, paint and create all sorts of art.
I love to play video games: All time favorite game is Skyrim, but I like to play games like BF2042, Minecraft, Smash Bros, Zelda, etc.
I also, really love to watch movies, anime, tv shows, etc: some of my favorite movies are Trick r Treat, The Dark Night, Interstellar, The Exorcist, 5 year engagement, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Harry Potter series, lord of the rings series, 10 things I hate about you, the office, the Addams family, Wednesday and many more. Favorite genres are horror and rom coms ("do you like cheese?"😄).
My favorite type of music is all genres of rock and electronic music, classical, movie music, game music, culture based music, anime music. I rarely hear rap, hip-hop, and country. Some artist I listen to is Avenged Sevenfold, Apashe, Mozart, El tri, Queen, Hans Zimmer.
My favorite holiday is Halloween. 🎃
I live in the Washington, United States. I dont smoke cigarettes. I smoke cannabis only socially (maybe like 3 or 4 times a year). I'm fine if you smoke but occasionally like me. I casually drink socially but I'm not dependent on it to have a fun time. I actually prefer having fun without the need of drinks. I love all animals 🙂. I'm vaccinated. PLEASE add "ghost" in your response so I know that you read my whole post.
This is a little bit about myself but the more we talk then the more you'll get to know me. Send me a chat if interested! I'm usually respond quickly if I'm not doing anything at that time.

Please read the whole post.
Hopeless romantic here looking to hopefully find the one! Looking to find the one. I'm hoping to find someone I can stay at home with and go out to the beach, go out to places with, learn to ballroom dance, have a picnic date, stay in during a rainy night and watch movies/ tv shows together. Looking for the cliche moments from rom-coms but also more 😊. I'm also willing to chat/ hangout to be friends before we start a relationship. We can watch a movie, tv show, anime together online if you don't live near by.
Looking for someone who is open minded. 21-33 (might be open to anyone older if we vibe). Someone who is willing to meet up later in the future. I'm fine with someone who smokes Marijuana but no other drugs or cigarettes. Can be from anywhere.
https://imgur.com/a/raBNEpX
A little about me:
My name is Felipe. I'm Hispanic, male, age 27, 5'9". I have photos on my profile. I'm chubby. I'm introverted at first but the longer you get to know me then I become more extroverted. I love fall/autumn weather. Currently studying architecture design. I hope to construct buildings for families in need of a home in the future. I have big ambitious goal for my career. I speak Spanish.
I'm into the arts: I love to draw, paint and create all sorts of art.
I love to play video games: All time favorite game is Skyrim, but I like to play games like BF2042, Minecraft, Smash Bros, Zelda, etc.
I also, really love to watch movies, anime, tv shows, etc: some of my favorite movies are Trick r Treat, The Dark Night, Interstellar, The Exorcist, 5 year engagement, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Harry Potter series, lord of the rings series, 10 things I hate about you, the office, the Addams family, Wednesday and many more. Favorite genres are horror and rom coms ("do you like cheese?"😄).
My favorite type of music is all genres of rock and electronic music, classical, movie music, game music, culture based music, anime music. I rarely hear rap, hip-hop, and country. Some artist I listen to is Avenged Sevenfold, Apashe, Mozart, El tri, Queen, Hans Zimmer.
My favorite holiday is Halloween. 🎃
I live in the Washington, United States. I dont smoke cigarettes. I smoke cannabis only socially (maybe like 3 or 4 times a year). I'm fine if you smoke but occasionally like me. I casually drink socially but I'm not dependent on it to have a fun time. I actually prefer having fun without the need of drinks. I love all animals 🙂. I'm vaccinated. PLEASE add "ghost" in your response so I know that you read my whole post.
This is a little bit about myself but the more we talk then the more you'll get to know me. Send me a chat if interested! I'm usually respond quickly if I'm not doing anything at that time.

Please read the whole post.
Hopeless romantic here looking to hopefully find the one! Looking to find the one. I'm hoping to find someone I can stay at home with and go out to the beach, go out to places with, learn to ballroom dance, have a picnic date, stay in during a rainy night and watch movies/ tv shows together. Looking for the cliche moments from rom-coms but also more 😊. I'm also willing to chat/ hangout to be friends before we start a relationship. We can watch a movie, tv show, anime together online if you don't live near by.
Looking for someone who is open minded. 21-33 (might be open to anyone older if we vibe). Someone who is willing to meet up later in the future. I'm fine with someone who smokes Marijuana but no other drugs or cigarettes. Can be from anywhere.
https://imgur.com/a/raBNEpX
A little about me:
My name is Felipe. I'm Hispanic, male, age 27, 5'9". I have photos on my profile. I'm chubby. I'm introverted at first but the longer you get to know me then I become more extroverted. I love fall/autumn weather. Currently studying architecture design. I hope to construct buildings for families in need of a home in the future. I have big ambitious goal for my career. I speak Spanish.
I'm into the arts: I love to draw, paint and create all sorts of art.
I love to play video games: All time favorite game is Skyrim, but I like to play games like BF2042, Minecraft, Smash Bros, Zelda, etc.
I also, really love to watch movies, anime, tv shows, etc: some of my favorite movies are Trick r Treat, The Dark Night, Interstellar, The Exorcist, 5 year engagement, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Harry Potter series, lord of the rings series, 10 things I hate about you, the office, the Addams family, Wednesday and many more. Favorite genres are horror and rom coms ("do you like cheese?"😄).
My favorite type of music is all genres of rock and electronic music, classical, movie music, game music, culture based music, anime music. I rarely hear rap, hip-hop, and country. Some artist I listen to is Avenged Sevenfold, Apashe, Mozart, El tri, Queen, Hans Zimmer.
My favorite holiday is Halloween. 🎃
I live in the Washington, United States. I dont smoke cigarettes. I smoke cannabis only socially (maybe like 3 or 4 times a year). I'm fine if you smoke but occasionally like me. I casually drink socially but I'm not dependent on it to have a fun time. I actually prefer having fun without the need of drinks. I love all animals 🙂. I'm vaccinated. PLEASE add "ghost" in your response so I know that you read my whole post.
This is a little bit about myself but the more we talk then the more you'll get to know me. Send me a chat if interested! I'm usually respond quickly if I'm not doing anything at that time.

TLDR:
Life status: Alive and kicking
Completion status: Completed my first long distance bicycling ride of around 235km over 20 hours of total riding time. 3.5 days including rest and stay. Thanks for all the tips!
If you're in Kochi, do yourself a favor and checkout Kerala Kathakali Center. They've incredible performances every night! Kathakali, kalari, carnatic, fusion and more are presented at the center.
Context:
I asked this subreddit for help in navigating my way through our roads from Trivandrum to Kochi about two weeks ago. Many of your suggestions were helpful as I completed the ride this Monday.
Rundown for anyone who might find it useful in the future:

• Day 1: ~50km from Trivandrum to Varkala. Stayed at HotelExp by Varkala; pretty good place for a short stay. I was there on a Friday; ended up finding an upbeat North Indian crew & spent the night partying :)
• Day 2: ~45km from Varkala to Kollam. Stayed at Munroe Meadows, a homestay. Beautiful place, they've naadan sadhya at nearby restaurant (Jai Jawan) and the owner arranged for a 2.5 hour canoeing ride for me to watch the sunset.
• Day 3: ~90km from Kollam to Allappey. Despite the distance, this had the best stretch along the beach. Chitchatting with people as I took a break by the beach, kids waving at me as I rode by, and I came across two other bicyclists going to Kanyakumari. In comparison to the first two days, the terrain being flat was super helpful. Ended up getting some great homemade lunch by an ammumma on the highway to Allappey. I stayed at Zostel Allappey and found a crew there for a hangout.
• Day 4: ~55km from Allappey to Fort Kochi. Similar ride to day 3, but shorter. Easiest day out & I arrived in Fort Kochi before noon with only a handful of juice/lime soda stops. Stayed at Hostelier for two days after arrival and explored the area with some travellers.

Takeaways:

• The biggest takeaway from my previous thread was to stay away from highway if possible. I was generally able to take main or side roads, but the last ~20km of the ride to Allappey was all on the highway. Can be a tough ride for amateurs without breaks, especially with the sun out.
• I learned not to ride with the traffic, because a car or bus will get too close every once in a while. I rode against the traffic and tried to stay alert during turns. Still had about 2-3 instances where the scooter coming towards me came to a halt.
• Two wheelers on highways love riding on the shoulder road. It's mostly due to four wheelers dominating the lanes, but there were a couple instances where I had to get off the shoulder road.
• Sharing my goal led to some really cool conversations with shop owners. Plus, kids who smile and wave give the much needed motivation on a long ride!

HumansBeingBros:

• My chain came off while on the way to Kollam, but two strangers came across and got it fixed in no time! Otherwise, I had to push the cycle another 1-1.5km for repair.
• On my way to Allappey, I stopped at a cycle repair shop for chain lubricant. They fixed a whole bunch of minor issues and didn't even charge a rupee!

That's it for now! Just wanted to say thank you to Kerala and all the help you provided. Enjoy your travels!

Hey guys, I'm looking to move later this year after I finish college, and I've been looking at areas all around LA. While from my post history you can see I've really looked at the South Bay, I'm also considering other areas too, such as Long Beach. I've heard the area has a lot of stuff for younger people especially college graduates, but I wanna ask too.
Some of my interests are sports (especially baseball and soccer), anime and manga, video games, playing the drums, and listening to music. Is there a place to hang out and like play board games or video games, especially Super Smash Bros? Ofc this isn't limited to just Long Beach itself but also surrounding cities too like Lakewood, Signal Hill, Cerritos, etc.

hey orange county, i'm having a mid-life career crisis and have been considering a bunch of different options, welding being one of the top choices. a friend of mine is a welder and got his certification through cerritos college, which seems to be a good program, but if anyone has suggestions for other programs, especially in or near the north OC area (i live in the westminstehuntington beach area), i'd appreciate any suggestions.

While this story is incredibly long I will keep it short. The exterior of my home, roof and skylight have been left in a horrible state of disrepair by my Huntington Beach California HOA since 07/16/15. I have email trails a mile long of them disregarding my pleas for the repairs for which they are responsible per our CC&R's. They kept putting it off. I pretty much gave up until 10/12/21 and went to yet another board meeting pleading that since I had not been able to work due to the pandemic (and still have not due to health issues) that they needed to repair my home of 31 years so I could either rent it or sell it. It is now 06/06/23, they still have not made the repairs and are intending on foreclosing on my home. I don't know what to do. They created this situation and are taking advantage of it.
They quoted Place v. Nabor as a means to take my property due to non-payment but nothing about the fact that the HOA is what led to this. Does anyone have a counter case to quote back to them?
“A system that would tolerate a [condominium] owner's refusal to pay an assessment because the unit owner asserts a grievance . . . would threaten the financial integrity of the entire condominium operation. … These statutory provisions reflect the Legislature's recognition of the importance of assessments to the proper functioning of condominiums in this state. Because homeowners associations would cease to exist without regular payment of assessment fees, the Legislature has created procedures for associations to quickly and efficiently seek relief against a nonpaying owner. Permitting an owner to broadly assert the homeowners association's conduct as a defense or "setoff" to such enforcement action would seriously undermine these rules.”
My understanding is that most attorneys who handle HOA's don't do it on contingency, but I don't have a penny to my name right now, the only asset I have is my home. I tried calling the city for all the code violations, the District Attorney, Legal Aid, the Attorney General site, I even looked up the Institute for Justice but none of them handle this type of case. Does anyone know about any organizations that are the type that handle cases to set new laws and right injustices similar to the Institute for Justice.
As a last resort, I may have to dump my condo and then use the proceeds to go after them for my losses however I really don't want to do that, it is my home. I have spoken to a few real estate attorneys but they did not handle HOA's. Does anyone know what type of attorney would handle this or do you have a recommendations for an attorney in my area is is really good. Preferably one that is a pitbull.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

While this story is incredibly long I will keep it short. The exterior of my home, roof and skylight have been left in a horrible state of disrepair by my Huntington Beach California HOA since 07/16/15. I have email trails a mile long of them disregarding my pleas for the repairs for which they are responsible per our CC&R's. They kept putting it off. I pretty much gave up until 10/12/21 and went to yet another board meeting pleading that since I had not been able to work due to the pandemic (and still have not due to health issues) that they needed to repair my home of 31 years so I could either rent it or sell it. It is now 06/06/23, they still have not made the repairs and are intending on foreclosing on my home. I don't know what to do. They created this situation and are taking advantage of it.
They quoted Place v. Nabor as a means to take my property due to non-payment but nothing about the fact that the HOA is what led to this. Does anyone have a counter case to quote back to them?
“A system that would tolerate a [condominium] owner's refusal to pay an assessment because the unit owner asserts a grievance . . . would threaten the financial integrity of the entire condominium operation. … These statutory provisions reflect the Legislature's recognition of the importance of assessments to the proper functioning of condominiums in this state. Because homeowners associations would cease to exist without regular payment of assessment fees, the Legislature has created procedures for associations to quickly and efficiently seek relief against a nonpaying owner. Permitting an owner to broadly assert the homeowners association's conduct as a defense or "setoff" to such enforcement action would seriously undermine these rules.”
My understanding is that most attorneys who handle HOA's don't do it on contingency, but I don't have a penny to my name right now, the only asset I have is my home. I tried calling the city for all the code violations, the District Attorney, Legal Aid, the Attorney General site, I even looked up the Institute for Justice but none of them handle this type of case. Does anyone know about any organizations that are the type that handle cases to set new laws and right injustices similar to the Institute for Justice. From looking at the rule #4 of this group I guess we are not allowed ask for recommendations for attorneys. I may have to dump my condo and then use the proceeds to go after them for my losses however I really don't want to do that, it is my home. So as a last resort, does anyone know what TYPE of attorney would handle this. I have spoken to a few real estate attorneys but they did't handle HOA's. Then I want to find one who is a PITBULL and RUTHLESS in my area and go after them with a vengeance!
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I'm 50/50 drop knee and prone.
Still learning dk. I can pop up no problem and ride the wave for a bit then usually go down at some point.
I've been using crescent tailed boards with a prone template.
I recently picked up a Hubboards DUBB EDITION PP HD and haven't had the opportunity to use it yet.
Any one have experience riding prone on a template that designed for both dk and prone?
Were there any issues on steep hollow waves or anything like that? Was it more loose and maneuverable?
Thanks so much
Huntington Beach California

Hi! I am a recent grad from the east coast who will be moving this month or next around the Huntington Beach - Irvine area for work. Rent is insanely more expensive here so I was suggested to ask here if there are new grad in the same boat! If so, please dm or leave a message.
Ps) if this isn't allowed please let me know

I completed the interview and filled out all the paper work with my social, emergency contacts and ID. They told me they'd call me this week for scheduling but it's already Tuesday and I haven't gotten any calls?