Unassuming Local Guy
@bionicslingshot.bsky.social
Dad to all cats. Elder millennial. Practicing homosexual. Gaming enthusiast. Older than Donkey Kong & MTV.
I did a little souvenir shopping for myself this afternoon, at a shop where they specialize in genuine, handmade artisan crafts. I got this handmade wool owl from Chiapas (it is whimsical as f u c k), and a new two-tone leather wallet made in Tabasco.
I was walking past a jewelry store near my hotel, and I made eye contact with the man working outside, who proceeded to tell me (en español, claro) that I have pretty eyes - so I’m gonna be riding that high all day, thank you very much.
I absolutely cannot get over how good my hotel’s complementary breakfast is. 
I forgot to mention that my hotel room does not simply have a cuck chair. It has a cuck CHAMBER.
Also CHECK OUT THIS GODDAMN AXOLOTL ON A GODDAMN LIGHT POST.
I felt a little too lazy to do too much tonight, and while I wanted a little something to eat, I wasn’t starving. So I decided to just go to a local bakery and get a variety of stuff to bring back to my room. (Healthy!) I got a metric fuckton of pastries and cookies (for $15), so I’m happy.
Ok now I think it’s REALLY time for that nap. 😅
Today has been a blast so far! I woke up and got a surprisingly delicious complementary breakfast at my hotel’s cute little rooftop restaurant. Then I took an Uber over to Coyoacán and visited Frida Kahlo’s house, now a museum.
One of the more striking everyday changes I’ve noticed in Mexico City since I was here last (8 years ago) is the prevalence of Chinese-made electric vehicles on the road, particularly BYD. I’m currently riding in a pink (!!) BYD Dolphin. These things cost just over $20K USD with a range of 190 mi.
Mildly obsessed with the old school elevators in my hotel.
The cat sitter spent his first night in the apartment and the reviews are in. 🤣
The only thing on my agenda tonight was to get some food after checking into my hotel. The last time I was here, the enchiladas suizas rojas at Cafe La Pagoda were some of the most delicious I’d ever had, so I decided that they should be my first meal on this trip. Followed by churros, of course!
Unsure when it became standard for everyone to always leave airplane window shades closed, but I do wish it wasn’t. 😅 Sometimes it’s nice to get natural light. Of course I could choose my own destiny here, book a window seat, and open my own shade… but window seats make me feel claustrophobic. 😅
Yes, yes I do feel that one glass of red wine. 😛
Also, this is my first time in the international terminal at MCO and it is WILD to me that this is the same airport that has a domestic terminal with, like… a Burger King and a Nathan’s Hot Dogs and not much else in it. 😅
Randomly selected to show my ID at CLEAR, then randomly selected to go through the body scanner at the TSA checkpoint… let’s hope we’re just getting through all of the bumps in the road at once rather than seeing a preview of what’s to come on this trip. 😂
8 hours until I’m in the air and on my way to Mexico City! 😛
Chinampas En Xochimilco
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Aaaand here’s how I’m spending my afternoon today!
Something I’m navigating as a person who is newly trying to rebuild a social life from scratch as an adult… I have this nagging anxiety that if someone asks me to hang out, and I decline (for any reason or no reason), that they just won’t bother asking ever again and it’ll all be ruined. 🥴😅
We did it, Joe. (I don’t know the twink, for the record lol)
Should I stand in line for an hour for Tron Lightcycle Run as my last bit of sobering-up time, y/n?
Currently absolutely hammered after visiting bars at all of the resorts on the monorail at Walt Disney World with an old friend… walking it off solo at the magic kingdom right now and it’s quite the experience lmao
Haaaaapppppyyyy birthday, @ivianese.bsky.social !!! 🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳
Happy Birthday Cat in a Box
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It’s 11:00, I have to pee, I’m staaarrrrving, and yet I am legally, morally, and ethically obligated to stay in bed because
Listen, we just had hump day, I’m not posting another picture of my butt. 😭
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I think it might be time for a hump day nap. 😛
