Oh god that must have been awful for everyone involved. Are you able to talk to a pro if you need to? Maybe consider taking Fri off for a long weekend to decompress. Hope all’s well for your colleague and the rest of the team too.
My boss just tried to talk to me about The Ashes and I just stared at him completely uncomprehending of what any of his words meant. "howaboutthatfourthtest", he said as he passed my desk, with absolutely NO CONTEXT. Cue me being like what test? Are we testing something? Are we testing ME?
Thank you! I am going to eat some of the donuts I got yesterday and then my partner is coming home early from work and we will hopefully be going for a nice meal somewhere. We have to base going out off baby’s moods so we shall see 🥲
Ugh. Mr Peeler has yet another speeding fine. I pay his rego, insurance, give him petrol money each week so he can at least pick up the kids from school, I paid his last (how many!) fines because he didn't even ring up to arrange instalments.. I just can't even. I get that he's dyslexic etc. But fucking hell! I'm not paying this one, fuck it. I'm working hard and trying to save so we can have things and he's just pissing around. The other day he was late picking up the kids because he just "popped in" to a mate's place in the afternoon and "had a whiskey," then found himself stuck in traffic. Wtf is he even doing drinking before picking up the kids?! I'm fucking relying on this fuck!
Just getting it out of me before I get home or it'll come out in an angry rush which will in turn make him angry, defensive or both, and the kids will be right there exposed to it all. Thanks for listening.
None of my business of course, but the relationship seems a bit unbalanced? You seem to be covering his expenses (and his arse)...what does he contribute, is he working? I used to be the major breadwinner in our 24 year relationship, but things took a turn about 10 years ago and, because of things, now I'm not. There's not a day when I don't think about that, and I do everything I can to be a worthy contributor to the household even if not financially.
Mr Peeler better like sleeping on the couch or better yet, outside because this is some bullshit. Being dyslexic or whatever isn't an excuse for the shitty behaviour he is displaying. And drinking before picking up the kids? Absolutely fuck that noise. He needs a good kick up the arse. If you don't do it, he's going to continue to behave irresponsibly. Don't vent to us to get it out so you're calmer when you get home. You need to unleash hell on him and set some boundaries because right now he is walking all over you. Sorry to be harsh but I just hate seeing good people get treated like shit.
No offense, I like and respect you, but you may need to have a verbal smackdown with old mate. It's hard because he's dad too, but yeah, he needs to pull his head in. Apologies for the tone. 💜 💜
Fuck. I'm so sorry you have to put up with this crap. You could potentiaaly think about seeing a relationsip counsellor or mediator. You need to be heard and his disrespect toward you needs to stop.
working on weaponising my ASD contrariness and defining my anxiety as being a stupid screeching monkey. Note that I am not stupid, the anxiety is a literal panicking monkey pulling on my hair and trying to make me do stupid things. Yes bitch. I am othering you. Because I do not like others trying to make me do shit (panic) that makes no sense because they're idiots who want herd validation for their idiocy.
This is called self awareness. Might be worthwhile to watch Monkey on Netflix. Each of the animal spirits depicted are an aspect of human nature. Monkey is clever but also a bit wild. Clever monkey tries hard to control wild monkey but the nature of monkey is irrepressible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-SUoHmpRdM
I think I'll watch a version of it. It always makes me a kinder gentler person ( but still ready to fight if I must )
Growth. The naive ultra-pacifist (WHO HAD NO BLOODY PROBLEM INFLICTING AGONY ON MONKEY FOR NOT DOING WHAT THEY WANTED) learns that sometimes battles must be fought
Okay so I'm thinking I might wear my purple cardigan with black pants to my interview tomorrow. That cardigan has been super lucky with making a good impression on people, fingercrossed it comes through for me again!
However, today it's black leggings, brown shorts, and brown t-shirt (with jacket and beanie, of course), and let me tell you I'm feeling MIGHTY CUTE ✨️💖
/endoffirstworldthoughts
/broughttoyoubyStudChud
Edit: the wind the wind! Changed from shorts to jeans* over my leggings. Function over form, woman!
My biggest complaint about clothing in Melbourne was that everyone (well, most people) wore blacks and greys all winter. I made it a point of being as colourful as I could be within that 'professional' dress code. Bright red backpack, purple scarf, assorted colours for beanies/gloves - contrasting against the black shoes/pants/jacket that I wore for work.
Yeah purple is a fruit. My new almost favourite t is purple and says fux war. yadda yadda it's a kyiv indie label shirt and I never miss an opportunity to spruik them.
i went out earlier to like.. go outside, got two blocks away almost got blown off my feet went fuck this and went home again. it started raining shortly afterwards. today can go in the bin tbh
Have been in WA this week getting training for the new role. Everyone has been really friendly and welcoming which has been great! I miss fluffybutt :( One more day and I'm back.
Going to both of Lizzos concerts were the perfect end to a what has been a fucking hard year, they encapsulated every bit of happiness, heartbreak, pain, learning, and growth I've had through this time and reminded me of how much I love her and myself.
TIL of the 4th Earl of Sandwich (via this thread). This excerpt from his Wikipedia page sounds like someone Aussies will be familiar with:
Sandwich retired in 1782. Despite holding a number of important posts during his career, Sandwich's incompetence and corruption were legendary, inspiring the saying: "Seldom has any man held so many offices and accomplished so little."
Thank you everyone for the birthday love yesterday 🥰 Ended up feeling a bit down because I had an awful day at work, and on top of that I didn't hear from any of my friends (which I'm not taking personally, but I was already in a bit of a mood lol). Husband took me to a nice Argentinian place in Black Rock for dinner and we finished with some cake at home in our PJs, so all in all it ended up being a pretty good birthday.
The place is called True South 😊 A bit on the expensive side, we spent $150 for just the two of us, but the food was really good and we were very full!
Years ago only local news would be reported, maybe some international news and news was just on in the evening or what we read in the morning paper. Now it's news from everywhere, and truly most is not relevant to us, and all the time. It's insane.
Switch off the 24 hour news cycle.
And switch off 24 hour news notifications on your mobile too. Look at the news and weather in the morning, that's it.
After years of stressing myself out I have come to the conclusion if something is personally important I will get a letter, a knock at the door or a personal message or phone call. No point worrying too much otherwise.
I keep up too, I read the national headlines and international newspapers. I don't get notifications for anything. I don't watch news shows at all. Surprisingly I'm still alive even though I don't watch abc or sbs tv news or any of them. 😉
I thought I'd get some movement in and walk to the cafe for a cuppa (which is a 22 minute walk each way jeez gotta love these car dependent suburbs). Stepped outside to right a potted magnolia that toppled over. Came right back in and ain't stepping outside if I don't have to. 10C feels like 0C no thanks.
Completely forgot I'm supposed to be cooking for 5 tonight and not 1 heh.
shiat.
Emergency cashew chicken for the main. Fucking saved by 5 week old potatoes for chips (double fried none of this fandangled microwave business) for the entree.
I know that it's natural, and there's possibly a reason to it, psychologically speaking... but can I just say, fuck anticipatory grief. I know it's not its fault, but holy fuck it sucks to hurt so much before the actual event. And more so when it affects your loved ones so much.
There’s also the unpredictability of how you’ll feel when the event comes to pass. It’s not really something you can control no matter how prepared you think you are for it.
I’m so sorry to hear about it and hope you and your loved ones will be ok.
That's why anticipatory grief seems so fucking redundant on the surface, you know? Because ultimately you're going to go through the grief anyway, so why suffer twice? But yet here it is. And you're so right... everyone's reactions have been different now. I can only imagine what it's going to be like later...
Be very wary of the rage/anger at other people's denial of what seems clearly obvious to you. That can trip one up and start whole new rounds of unnecessary suffering - for the living.
This relates to yesterday's post re cat? Feels. Sometime knowing in advance is just as bad as being hit by surprise or accident. Be gentle with yourself.
Speaking here as someone who watched their long term partner (30 years plus) slowly fade out over 2 1/2 years, unconscious and probably brain dead after unsuccessful heart/stroke surgery. I would not hesitate to choose a quick resolution. Then you can let yourself grieve. I was fortunate in that this drawn out agony happened to me during the lockdowns, so I had no outside responsibilities that I HAD to get off my arse for. But the preceding year or so before lockdowns, when I had to pretend to be OK and keep up with things while not knowing when the situation would resolve - that was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. And every bastard that told me that I was fortunate that my partner was still alive - I would boil them in oil if I could remember their names. Possibly their children as well. My partner was NOT fortunate to be barely alive and unconscious/unresponsive. I wanted him back - as he should be, not as a - well - a vegetable. The day that a drug resistant staph infection took him out was both the worst and best day of my life so far. I still don't really know how I feel about that. Grief counselling can only do so much, but it does help a bit. At least then you know what everyone else expects of you and can adjust communications accordingly. One's real feelings take much longer to identify let alone resolve. And I made a sacred promise many years ago to never tell lies to myself. Conventional reactions and emotions can go to hell but are sometimes necessary to express to outsiders so that they go away and stop bothering you.
After my FiL died a few weeks later I just burst out crying one time cos I knew the horrible domestic abuse he had been enduring was over. ( yes, we intervened but he didn't even think he was abused ) I think it's normal and good to want suffering to be over. Of course, we rather the suffering never happened at all but we can't stop everything.
Thank you for this response... and I'm so sorry for the experiences you had to endure. I can definitely see where you're coming from regarding the idea of "quick or drawn out (but hey, they're still here! Chin up!)"...
Life really can take torture and cruelty to another level when it wants, huh? I think what I'm finding as well is conflicting priorities. Some want to keep on fighting, knowing that it could make things far worse, but there's a chance that maybe it'll work. A small percent, but I can understand why people grasp at what they can. Then there's the resignation, the acceptance... they're all different parts of grief but are competing against one another. This isn't some work project, either. It's a person's life. And there's no right and wrong answers and everyone's just trying to find out more and it's like... maybe things are the way they are for a reason, you know?
But thank you for your words. It puts things into perspective in some realistic ways and I guess that's all that can be sought for here, is some clarity, some further understanding.
I've been around death a fair bunch but this one hits differently in that it's very close to home while I'm more in a position to be supportive compared to when I was a lot younger and didn't really have the mental maturity to help. And as much as you don't want to call attention to it, it's as you said, the relief that the suffering and what not will cease.
i genuinely love the relationship that (I think) Australia and NZ have with each other. Sure, there's competitiveness, but when push comes to shove it takes a back seat to how close we are (geographically and socially). I loved watching the Ferns win tonight, and I epecially loved the moment between the Aboriginal and Maori elders before the Matildas match jist now.
We are in the cinema about to see Oppenheimer. I’m very nervous. I have spent the entire day translating the account of a doctor who spent the days following the bomb treating the victims so I am in a very biased mindset, I know. But god I hope this is done well. A group of colleagues and people I put out a private and public plea to Nolan and Atlas entertainment to include epilogue text in the film and acknowledge the plight of the hibakusha and the downwinders and the Marshallese and all the other global hibakusha. They were ignored. Urgh Urgh Urgh. I’m trying to not be pessimistic.
I had a ticket for 7:30 but just cancelled/refunded it. Really not up for a 3-hour hard drama tonight. The only thing I was looking forward to was the boysenberry choc top.
lol my parents suggested we go see Penn & Teller in Vegas.. "tickets are only $76, that's not bad" (USD remember)
then you realise this is ticketmaster and also it's America where the prices are never the prices
$76 x 3 = $228? Nope.. $76 x 3 = $339.85
If there is a Order Processing Fee (why is there even one?) then what in the HELL is a Service Fee? And wtf is a Facilities Charge and why would that not be included in the ticket price? Then naturally + tax because America is dumb.
So yeah we're not spending $500 AUD on 3 Penn & Teller tickets.
Edit: I found another website selling them for $71 each and less of the nonsense fees and it came to $382.53 AUD total for 3 tickets instead of $500. Ticketmaster costs $117 AUD more just for being Ticketmaster. Turns out we're all soured on the idea now anyway so we're still not buying them. I've already seen them last time I went in 2012 anyway.
This reminds me of hotel invoices I would get in the US, with so many line items including fee this fee that. The advertised price is never the actual price!
Depends.. if they were a couple of nobodies that sort of money would be outrageous but they're legends. If you don't hold much value in their reputation then nah. It's still a fun show but I wouldn't pay too much to go back a second time. I'm glad I saw them the first time (when our dollar was worth more than theirs).
The US has no laws requiring the advertised price to be the "bottom line" price. It's just false advertising. But they don't do anything about it because the businesses lobby politicians to protect their racket, and half the country would complain that any government regulation is intently bad.
::: spoiler TW - poem, tad nsfw, journalling, apologies.
I spend idle thoughts on the painful past,
There's no one here to beat me up.
So I do it myself, mimicking their voices,
Laughing, I should have made better choices.
I used to daydream the feeling of being free,
I'm here now, so, why's it so hard to just Be?
Family stole away my childhood dreams,
I guess, trauma doesn't fall far from our ancestries.
Used and abused, I was their homegrown sin,
Some scars are deeper than the depth of my skin.
I was set up to fail right from the beginning,
So I didn't see that my escape was not an ending.
My saviour was not the white knight I needed;
But a wolf in sheep's wool, friend's warnings unheedee.
A decade of draining my bank dry by day,
At night, he took a different kind of pay.
I'm safe, so why does the fear stay the same?
They're wrong, so why is it myself that I blame?
Suffered and now I feel totally insane,
Scared to call it by it's terrible name.
I'm not stupid, just insecure and naive,
A good sleep I beg to give me some reprieve.
Avoiding but calling it biding my time,
I'll be fine just a bit of a therapy rhyme.
:::
You make good choices everyday, you choose to be a good person and to behave in a good caring way to others and yourself. Sure, there are other things, like career choices, financial choices, those can be studied and learnt and if you are lucky and have skill and talent maybe, if opportunity comes, you will be able to steer yourself into a more secure place. Choosing to be with good people. That can be learnt too.
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” JRRR Tolkien. The work that you put into overcoming everything that’s weighed you down is inspiring and admirable.
Oh bugger, I'm supposed to walk to Mordi station to collect Mrs_Owl's car (she's kicking on with team drinks after work) and then run a few errands. I better get a wriggle on before the rain hits. Thanks for the heads up!
You want me to develop bioluminescence? Like a glowworm? That seems a bit too challenging for this time of morning.
Although I suspect there is a superhero storyline in there somewhere. "The Worm". Looks like an ordinary guy with weird fashion sense, until he pulls down his pants and blinds his enemies with the power of his brightly shining backside.
My goodness that was a cold walk with the doggo. Listened to a podcast on the Rubik's Cube. It was invented in Hungary behind the Iron Curtain (maybe '82 I think?). A guy in America had invented a 2x2 version 2 years earlier. No way they could have met or seen each other's work. Worked in exactly the same way. They just came up with it at the same time. Really interesting.
Do you know what's good value for money? Coles vanilla cream wafers for 80c a pack. Do you know why I'm tell yous this? Because I really like them and I don't ever want to see them discontinued. So next time grab a few packs. You'll be doing me a favour.
Man I was so scared and angry at myself if I got a keloid around my nose piercing. Especially since it's been almost a year since I've had it and no major stuff up.
Did the salt water saline solution yesterday and today but in what I won't describe because it's gross enough, might've just been a pimple or something. Which I'm thankful for, but I guess good news.
Put a band-aid over my nose and it seems to have gone down. Yay for me!
Ooft. I got both nostrils done at the same time recently. One went south and the other didn't. The folk at the piercing shop in st kilda were awesome though, sold me antibiotic cream which was three times a day for four weeks!! But keloid looked liked it might form and now, they're both almost fully healed. Ears next. I'm in 2nd puberty so getting all my old piercings I had in the 90s re-done as a revisit to my youth and a new start. Might not do the centre bottom lip though, it was kinda annoying.
Was super weird because it's been a bit tender due to having to re-pierce it a couple of months ago (my stud fell out and couldn't get it back in, went to my piercing place who had to re-pierce it because for some reason anything with a curve just couldn't go in except for a straight bar that I stuck in the hole so it wouldn't close up on me until I went to the piercer). Changed it to a ring maybe a month ago and so it was still tender a bit, but it was fine, I was playing with it a lot. But I reckon I must've accidentally bumped my nose, or played with it too much for it to develop a pimple or an infection of some kind.
But the warm salt water saline solution seemed to accidentally pop the thing and yeah, like I said seems to have gone down.
Ooo fun, I've been wanting a nose piercing ever since I was 18 but had always been chicken shit (and poor) to get them so I finally got one last year. I'm just wearing and acting like the emo/punk kid 12 y/o me wanted to be. But I don't think I'll get the snake bite piercings they wanted, they look cool but they seem like they'd just get in the way.
hahah, yeah I played with my lip ring with my teeth all the time... It grossed people out, which was good at the time. I'm more reserved these days. My septum never healed over though, and I've worn it on and off over the years. So now I have three. I thought it would be not common, but it is which is fine. I tried to be "normal" for a while but I am not being neurodivergent and gender incongruent so I may as well lean into it all bit.
kidcalhoon2 is sick again, so I'm WFH today. She just asked a question about space so we had a look at some hubble/webb images - little mind was blown, as mine is everytime. Also, how did I not know about ESASky - zoom out on this cluster to see in perspective..... 😮
hmmm - link is broken - copy paste this one - sky.esa.int/?target=271.840294483813%20-25.00071092962996&hips=DSS2+color&fov=0.1672274403516001&cooframe=J2000&sci=false&lang=en&hst_image=potw2325a
Good morning everyone! Day 25 of exercises and day 9 of tummy exercises completed. Also still off the alcohol. Foot is hurting a bit this morning, luckily I've got a sit down job for much of today. I probably aggravated it yesterday when I crawled under our big freestanding pizza oven whilst cleaning it and squatted heaps while cleaning and polishing the lower parts of the cooling racks and surrounding equipment. It's a grotty job but one I like doing because it's so satisfying at the end when it's so shiny you need sunglasses to look at it!
Don't get blown away people, it's wimdy out there!
I made myself a bee weapon set with a bee sword and a bee shield in TOTK and tried it out on a black bokoblin camp with an aerocuda and oh my god i think i invented a whole new war crime.
Every time i swung my sword: bees. Every time my shield was struck: bees. Bees. Bees everywhere, biting everyone. Monsters falling dead from the sky from bees. Monsters flying off platforms to land on the ground with ANGRY, ANGRY bees following their parabola in perfect unison. Bees. BEEEEEEES
To quote his lordship: "It's like Macauley Kulkin at the end of My Girl!!"
Paramount+ has some pretty decent stuff on it, but holy shit, do I hate not only its UI, but that some shows don't have subtitles even though it does. I was watching Catfish on Stan but it's not there anymore so decided to watch on Paramount+ and just... no subtitles.
(Also to preface, I'm hard of hearing, it's why I need subtitles, not that I have to defend myself but sometimes I do).
Watching my place in the queue for a telehealth appointment on the HotDoc app go from 4th to 5th... who cut in line?!? Also I'm not entirely sure what the point of an appointment is when it's clearly going to be 30+ minutes later. Just give an hour window slot or something.
Update: it still said I was 5th in line when the doctor called me, only 15 minutes after my appointment time.
It's telehealth. Why isn't there an option for the Dr to ping you 10mins before it's time? The Drs already take time between appointments to type up patient notes. There's no reason they can't ping you when the previous appointment is over and get to you when they're finished with notes. Would give you enough time to drop what you're doing and find somewhere to take the call.
Risotto was absolutely delicious. I normally add ham/bacon or diced chicken, this time I used some chicken mince. Plus mushrooms, pumpkin, dried tomatoes. Finished with a small amount of cream, parsley and parmesan. Tasted absolutely amazing.
Dinner is half way made. The rice with fruit and nuts is in the cooker. Mix for shemmy kebabs is made, just have to cook them. Might steam some vegies. Also have pumpkin soup ready made for starters.
Here you are chef, please don't judge it too harshly:
Image: BEAUTIFUL plate of homemade mushroom risotto, elegantly garnished with shaved parmesan, and freshly cracked artisanal black pepper
I'd personally forgotten, victoria had even won the right to host the games until this happened. Andrews was damned either way. If he'd allowed it to go over budget the media would have criticised him for wastefully spending amid the cost of living crisis.
Victoria didn't win the right so much, more that it stepped up when other countries (and states) didn't. Durban in South Africa was supposed to host the 2022 games, but got stripped of the rights, so Birmingham UK hosted instead, but they were supposed to be hosting 2026, so a replacement had to be found urgently. The budgeted $2.5bn represented a good way to get infrastructure into the regions, but Andrews is right to say $6bn is just too high a price for what is now a relatively niche event. Oh, and that original costing was prepared by those geniuses at PwC.
As someone who used to get off at Albion can confirm, crackhead central. Remember a dude getting his shoes stolen in the tunnel one day, and an Asian dude trying to had me what was basically a white pride pamphlet.
Was gonna watch The Bear S2. But Disney app crashed. Turned it off and on again. Crashed again. Turned tv off/on. App now working. Stupid softwares on tvs. Why can’t it just work.
Well it's cold windy and miserable south of the river near the beach. Good oodie to the supermarket weather when you don't quite have change for the communal dryer and your clothes are washed but still quite wet. Ask here for other weather related suggestions.
I 'should' be doing more work on Operation Sort Shit but it's so cold I'm sitting on the couch in my oodie.
Also who was it who said they were playing the Sims? It's inspired me to try a new version of Strangetown.
Update: Zooks has joined me and is kneading the oodie while purring very loudly.
This rain looks like it's pretty much settled in for the afternoon, so I guess this means a cold wet dog walk is on the cards. I don't think it's going to be a long one. Maybe if I can get myself a touch acclimatised I can find it within me to brave the back yard to pick some parsley for dinner.
Edit: Walk achieved with minimal rain. Parsley has also been aquired. An afternoon chill on the couch is on the cards until it is time to make the risotto for dinner. A quite literal chill probably, given the weather.
Seagoon Movies. Time Trap on Amazon. A competent movie with an interesting idea but small budget .Enjoyable. 2.5 hobbits.
Keep Breathing on Netflix. Interesting series , compare to Jungle, young woman has to survive in the Canadian wilderness and to do that she has to fight her inner demons that tell her she's a loser and to give up. 2.5 hobbits. I preferred Jungle with Daniel Radcliffe
Deliverance. This was a rewatch, watched commentary by the director and all the documentary material. Amazing movie. Very symbolic. Nature is uncaring and will defend itself if threatened. Humans are human, both cruel and kind, cowardly and brave. 4.5 hobbits
I've recently swapped from drinking too much coffee to drinking too much tea. I must say it suits my laziness when I can reuse the same leaves for 5 cups.
The last few times I've been to Taco Bell they've thrown fistfuls of hot sauce packets into the bag for some reason, so I've been collecting them. I just put one of the 'mild' packets onto some baked beans and that was an EXCELLENT decision! Next time I'll try the 'fire' one. Hot sauce on baked beans.. whodda thunk it? (everybody)
I usually hate shows like Idol and The Voice, but I'm all in for A2K which is Mr JYP putting together a K-pop group in the US. You can watch the first two episodes on YT.
Yesterday I saw someone come out of a Maccas with the ol' soft serve which I actually haven't seen in a while. Reminds me of the old days when they were 50c. How much are they now? Anyone know?
Holy crapschticks it's cold. I know I said I was having dinner but I was really just going around the place and finding any kind of food to put in my mouth.
Yes and it showed up nothing. We bought a Dyson air purifier and track our air quality on an app, and we consistently have spikes in VOC levels so 🤷♀️
Saw a post about the police drug and booze checkpoint.
I rarely drink, never done drugs, let alone while driving. But I low-key want to get tested just to see what it's like, considering that in the past 4 years, I've driven past three of these checkpoints without getting pulled over, but have witnessed being pulled over as a passenger every time lol.
Thought someone had died at their desk at work today.
Found them unresponsive slumped over their desk and had to call ambos.
Worked out okay in the end but jeebus what a day!!!
Never a dull moment at this job
hugs, hope it all worked out fine and you're ok too. It can be quite distressing to be a first responder.
Yeah first responder stuff is never easy.
Worked out okay for the guy. But was awful when we couldn't wake him up.
Gentle night of self-care is on the cards after that
Holy shit! Are you ok?
Yeah I'm all good. Glad he is too. Scared the shit out of us for a bit.
Ambos and 000 were so good.
jezuz that would've been scary.
Yeah the heart rate on my smart watch had a bit to say about it
Terrifying, but you handled it well! You are amazing; you deserve to chill and self-care. Sending you good vibes 💜 💜 💜
Thanks bud
Oh god that must have been awful for everyone involved. Are you able to talk to a pro if you need to? Maybe consider taking Fri off for a long weekend to decompress. Hope all’s well for your colleague and the rest of the team too.
Friday will only be a half day thankfully.
Might head straight to the sauna once I'm done for the day.
Great idea. Look after yourself.
Gotta practise what I preach 😅
Yikes! Glad everything was ok in the end. That must have been harrowing when you could t wake him up.
You deserve a self care night tonight.
Well done champ.
My boss just tried to talk to me about The Ashes and I just stared at him completely uncomprehending of what any of his words meant. "howaboutthatfourthtest", he said as he passed my desk, with absolutely NO CONTEXT. Cue me being like what test? Are we testing something? Are we testing ME?
The thing about England is, they always try to walk it in!
What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?!
They're 'avin a laugh!!!
It's gonna be a good one though. Aussies have done alright so far 👍
I hope so but we could end up being rained out if we're unlucky.
Happy birthday to me 😌 Very excited to be thirty flirty and thriving 💘
Happy birthday to you! 🥂🎉🍾🎈🎂
Hippo birdies! 🎉🥂🎂
Happy Birthday! 🎂
Happy Birthday! 🤩
Happy Birthday hot stuff!! Wishing you a fantastic day!! 💜💜💜
Happy birthday!
Any exciting plans for today?
I'd settle for a nice meal and being warm and toasty tonight
Anyway have a great brithday!
Thank you! I am going to eat some of the donuts I got yesterday and then my partner is coming home early from work and we will hopefully be going for a nice meal somewhere. We have to base going out off baby’s moods so we shall see 🥲
I must know, what sort of donuts?
The super sweet iced kind from Walkers! Almost too sweet for me, I only eat half at a time haha.
Happy birthday 🥳🥳🥳
Happy birthday 🎂
Happy birthday Jennifer Garner 💖
Edit: I hope you were referencing Sufdently 30, or this would be awkward.
Haha indeed I was 🥲 Thank you!
Phew so glad then!
Man I can't wait to make those references when I'm 30. I loved that movie as a kid.
Happy windy birthday!
Happy birthday 🎂🎈
Ugh. Mr Peeler has yet another speeding fine. I pay his rego, insurance, give him petrol money each week so he can at least pick up the kids from school, I paid his last (how many!) fines because he didn't even ring up to arrange instalments.. I just can't even. I get that he's dyslexic etc. But fucking hell! I'm not paying this one, fuck it. I'm working hard and trying to save so we can have things and he's just pissing around. The other day he was late picking up the kids because he just "popped in" to a mate's place in the afternoon and "had a whiskey," then found himself stuck in traffic. Wtf is he even doing drinking before picking up the kids?! I'm fucking relying on this fuck!
Just getting it out of me before I get home or it'll come out in an angry rush which will in turn make him angry, defensive or both, and the kids will be right there exposed to it all. Thanks for listening.
Maybe Mr Peeler will learn when he has to cycle everywhere.
None of my business of course, but the relationship seems a bit unbalanced? You seem to be covering his expenses (and his arse)...what does he contribute, is he working? I used to be the major breadwinner in our 24 year relationship, but things took a turn about 10 years ago and, because of things, now I'm not. There's not a day when I don't think about that, and I do everything I can to be a worthy contributor to the household even if not financially.
Mr Peeler better like sleeping on the couch or better yet, outside because this is some bullshit. Being dyslexic or whatever isn't an excuse for the shitty behaviour he is displaying. And drinking before picking up the kids? Absolutely fuck that noise. He needs a good kick up the arse. If you don't do it, he's going to continue to behave irresponsibly. Don't vent to us to get it out so you're calmer when you get home. You need to unleash hell on him and set some boundaries because right now he is walking all over you. Sorry to be harsh but I just hate seeing good people get treated like shit.
No offense, I like and respect you, but you may need to have a verbal smackdown with old mate. It's hard because he's dad too, but yeah, he needs to pull his head in. Apologies for the tone. 💜 💜
Damn, I remember when you mentioned the last one you had to pay.
Not to really add any more to what everyone else has already said but he mustn’t have many demerit points left either?
I hope he realises what this is doing to your household and what would happen if he gets his license suspended?
Yikes. I don't know the whole context but he needs to take some responsibility and accountability here from what you've described.
Fuck. I'm so sorry you have to put up with this crap. You could potentiaaly think about seeing a relationsip counsellor or mediator. You need to be heard and his disrespect toward you needs to stop.
working on weaponising my ASD contrariness and defining my anxiety as being a stupid screeching monkey. Note that I am not stupid, the anxiety is a literal panicking monkey pulling on my hair and trying to make me do stupid things. Yes bitch. I am othering you. Because I do not like others trying to make me do shit (panic) that makes no sense because they're idiots who want herd validation for their idiocy.
see how this works.
Feels. I fight my stupid brain everyday.
This is called self awareness. Might be worthwhile to watch Monkey on Netflix. Each of the animal spirits depicted are an aspect of human nature. Monkey is clever but also a bit wild. Clever monkey tries hard to control wild monkey but the nature of monkey is irrepressible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-SUoHmpRdM
I think I'll watch a version of it. It always makes me a kinder gentler person ( but still ready to fight if I must )
I was born in the 70's, Monkey on ABC was a staple :P
(always had a bit of a thing for Sandy tbh)
I really loved the ever androgenous tripitaka.
early in the series, "Monkey, no fighting! ", late in the series Tripitaka to monster, " now I will have to get Monkey to kill you"
Growth. The naive ultra-pacifist (WHO HAD NO BLOODY PROBLEM INFLICTING AGONY ON MONKEY FOR NOT DOING WHAT THEY WANTED) learns that sometimes battles must be fought
Born from an egg on a mountaintop.
I used to race home from work to watch 😂
Okay so I'm thinking I might wear my purple cardigan with black pants to my interview tomorrow. That cardigan has been super lucky with making a good impression on people, fingercrossed it comes through for me again!
However, today it's black leggings, brown shorts, and brown t-shirt (with jacket and beanie, of course), and let me tell you I'm feeling MIGHTY CUTE ✨️💖
/endoffirstworldthoughts /broughttoyoubyStudChud
Edit: the wind the wind! Changed from shorts to jeans* over my leggings. Function over form, woman!
*imstillatotalhottiesoitsokay
My biggest complaint about clothing in Melbourne was that everyone (well, most people) wore blacks and greys all winter. I made it a point of being as colourful as I could be within that 'professional' dress code. Bright red backpack, purple scarf, assorted colours for beanies/gloves - contrasting against the black shoes/pants/jacket that I wore for work.
Purple would be a winner in my books!
I’m having such an obsession with purple at the moment so I’m loving the sound of the purple cardigan!
Yeah purple is a fruit. My new almost favourite t is purple and says fux war. yadda yadda it's a kyiv indie label shirt and I never miss an opportunity to spruik them.
I have bravely survived the outside
We hear the beast howling outside our door, tell us tales of the sharpness of its claw and the red of its eyes
But with pre-made pasta sauce tsk tsk (I have a very large horse).
I hope the meat in the pasta sauce is not horse meat.
😱 😍 💜
i went out earlier to like.. go outside, got two blocks away almost got blown off my feet went fuck this and went home again. it started raining shortly afterwards. today can go in the bin tbh
Have been in WA this week getting training for the new role. Everyone has been really friendly and welcoming which has been great! I miss fluffybutt :( One more day and I'm back.
Going to both of Lizzos concerts were the perfect end to a what has been a fucking hard year, they encapsulated every bit of happiness, heartbreak, pain, learning, and growth I've had through this time and reminded me of how much I love her and myself.
Music is so healing 🖤
Felt this when I went to see MCR earlier this year.
TIL of the 4th Earl of Sandwich (via this thread). This excerpt from his Wikipedia page sounds like someone Aussies will be familiar with:
Sandwich retired in 1782. Despite holding a number of important posts during his career, Sandwich's incompetence and corruption were legendary, inspiring the saying: "Seldom has any man held so many offices and accomplished so little."
Hi ScoMo!
I heard the last Earl of Sandwich died in a house fire. Now he's toast.
a proud tradition for the weak of chin and character
Mmmm....open faced club sandwich
One of my favourite Homer lines 💛
Thank you everyone for the birthday love yesterday 🥰 Ended up feeling a bit down because I had an awful day at work, and on top of that I didn't hear from any of my friends (which I'm not taking personally, but I was already in a bit of a mood lol). Husband took me to a nice Argentinian place in Black Rock for dinner and we finished with some cake at home in our PJs, so all in all it ended up being a pretty good birthday.
Argentinian, nice!
I've never had it before, it was so good!
💜💜💜
Ooh, Argentinian! That's close enough to me to check out.
Also, happy birthday for yesterday!🎉🎂
The place is called True South 😊 A bit on the expensive side, we spent $150 for just the two of us, but the food was really good and we were very full!
That's pretty good!
One of my closest friends didn't say happy birthday to me either, felt a bit devo about that.
People don't appreciate the process of chips.
They're hard work and when you order them you're like 'they're just chips'. But they're not. just.. chips. It's a process.
I admire the brave cooks who attempt chips at home. Much easier to buy them! I bet fresh home cooked are amazing tho.
well done home made chips are delicious
I appreciate your chip effort from afar.
Man, what a shocking set of events in Auckland. How awful. Thinking of our Kiwi neighbours today.
Years ago only local news would be reported, maybe some international news and news was just on in the evening or what we read in the morning paper. Now it's news from everywhere, and truly most is not relevant to us, and all the time. It's insane.
Switch off the 24 hour news cycle.
And switch off 24 hour news notifications on your mobile too. Look at the news and weather in the morning, that's it.
After years of stressing myself out I have come to the conclusion if something is personally important I will get a letter, a knock at the door or a personal message or phone call. No point worrying too much otherwise.
I like keeping across news and current events, although I definitely acknowledge the mental health impact of always consuming negative media.
I keep up too, I read the national headlines and international newspapers. I don't get notifications for anything. I don't watch news shows at all. Surprisingly I'm still alive even though I don't watch abc or sbs tv news or any of them. 😉
I’m used to hearing it from the US, but not from across the ditch.
Had to look it up, Jesus that's horrible!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa
I am cold.
I have been cold forever. It is probable my nipples are off the moh scale
set up a cartel. Take debeers down. Nipples are forever.
Anything but those horrific blood nipples involving child labour...
Perhaps I should insure them
I thought I'd get some movement in and walk to the cafe for a cuppa (which is a 22 minute walk each way jeez gotta love these car dependent suburbs). Stepped outside to right a potted magnolia that toppled over. Came right back in and ain't stepping outside if I don't have to. 10C feels like 0C no thanks.
You had a yeah nah moment like me but at some stage I need to go collect my bins. Just not right now.
At the rate the wind was going the bins would've collected themselves. Maybe at the wrong house, but they would've been moved anyhow...
It's a whole lot worse today because it's brought on by wind chill which can penetrate clothing.
and now I'm feeling cold in the office :(
So far we have resisted putting the electric blanket on the bed, but today might be the day it happens
I have my jacket on in the office and they locked the thermostat. I need lots of hot tea now.
Completely forgot I'm supposed to be cooking for 5 tonight and not 1 heh.
shiat.
Emergency cashew chicken for the main. Fucking saved by 5 week old potatoes for chips (double fried none of this fandangled microwave business) for the entree.
I know that it's natural, and there's possibly a reason to it, psychologically speaking... but can I just say, fuck anticipatory grief. I know it's not its fault, but holy fuck it sucks to hurt so much before the actual event. And more so when it affects your loved ones so much.
There’s also the unpredictability of how you’ll feel when the event comes to pass. It’s not really something you can control no matter how prepared you think you are for it.
I’m so sorry to hear about it and hope you and your loved ones will be ok.
That's why anticipatory grief seems so fucking redundant on the surface, you know? Because ultimately you're going to go through the grief anyway, so why suffer twice? But yet here it is. And you're so right... everyone's reactions have been different now. I can only imagine what it's going to be like later...
Be very wary of the rage/anger at other people's denial of what seems clearly obvious to you. That can trip one up and start whole new rounds of unnecessary suffering - for the living.
This relates to yesterday's post re cat? Feels. Sometime knowing in advance is just as bad as being hit by surprise or accident. Be gentle with yourself.
Nah, it's hooman related. But yeah, it's a paradox of a sorts. Is it better to have them go quickly or watch them slowly fade?
Speaking here as someone who watched their long term partner (30 years plus) slowly fade out over 2 1/2 years, unconscious and probably brain dead after unsuccessful heart/stroke surgery. I would not hesitate to choose a quick resolution. Then you can let yourself grieve. I was fortunate in that this drawn out agony happened to me during the lockdowns, so I had no outside responsibilities that I HAD to get off my arse for. But the preceding year or so before lockdowns, when I had to pretend to be OK and keep up with things while not knowing when the situation would resolve - that was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. And every bastard that told me that I was fortunate that my partner was still alive - I would boil them in oil if I could remember their names. Possibly their children as well. My partner was NOT fortunate to be barely alive and unconscious/unresponsive. I wanted him back - as he should be, not as a - well - a vegetable. The day that a drug resistant staph infection took him out was both the worst and best day of my life so far. I still don't really know how I feel about that. Grief counselling can only do so much, but it does help a bit. At least then you know what everyone else expects of you and can adjust communications accordingly. One's real feelings take much longer to identify let alone resolve. And I made a sacred promise many years ago to never tell lies to myself. Conventional reactions and emotions can go to hell but are sometimes necessary to express to outsiders so that they go away and stop bothering you.
I'm so sorry.
After my FiL died a few weeks later I just burst out crying one time cos I knew the horrible domestic abuse he had been enduring was over. ( yes, we intervened but he didn't even think he was abused ) I think it's normal and good to want suffering to be over. Of course, we rather the suffering never happened at all but we can't stop everything.
All too true. And I wish it wasn't, but it is, and that horrible feeling of powerlessness ...
Thank you for this response... and I'm so sorry for the experiences you had to endure. I can definitely see where you're coming from regarding the idea of "quick or drawn out (but hey, they're still here! Chin up!)"...
Life really can take torture and cruelty to another level when it wants, huh? I think what I'm finding as well is conflicting priorities. Some want to keep on fighting, knowing that it could make things far worse, but there's a chance that maybe it'll work. A small percent, but I can understand why people grasp at what they can. Then there's the resignation, the acceptance... they're all different parts of grief but are competing against one another. This isn't some work project, either. It's a person's life. And there's no right and wrong answers and everyone's just trying to find out more and it's like... maybe things are the way they are for a reason, you know?
But thank you for your words. It puts things into perspective in some realistic ways and I guess that's all that can be sought for here, is some clarity, some further understanding.
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Oh I feel you in this one. Went through it myself. In a way we were relieved to just have it all be over, as devastated as we still were.
I've been around death a fair bunch but this one hits differently in that it's very close to home while I'm more in a position to be supportive compared to when I was a lot younger and didn't really have the mental maturity to help. And as much as you don't want to call attention to it, it's as you said, the relief that the suffering and what not will cease.
fuck
i genuinely love the relationship that (I think) Australia and NZ have with each other. Sure, there's competitiveness, but when push comes to shove it takes a back seat to how close we are (geographically and socially). I loved watching the Ferns win tonight, and I epecially loved the moment between the Aboriginal and Maori elders before the Matildas match jist now.
Some random thoughts.
Now bleeding at multiple points thanks to feline idiot descending from top of bookshelf without warning
We are in the cinema about to see Oppenheimer. I’m very nervous. I have spent the entire day translating the account of a doctor who spent the days following the bomb treating the victims so I am in a very biased mindset, I know. But god I hope this is done well. A group of colleagues and people I put out a private and public plea to Nolan and Atlas entertainment to include epilogue text in the film and acknowledge the plight of the hibakusha and the downwinders and the Marshallese and all the other global hibakusha. They were ignored. Urgh Urgh Urgh. I’m trying to not be pessimistic.
I had a ticket for 7:30 but just cancelled/refunded it. Really not up for a 3-hour hard drama tonight. The only thing I was looking forward to was the boysenberry choc top.
My worries aren’t about what it covers, it’s about the narrative it tells and the motives behind it. Anyway, I’ll reserve judgement until it’s done.
I'd expect it'd be written for entertainment with occasional inspirations of accuracy.
i saw a twitter thread pointing out all the inaccuracies just from the american side and just from the trailer
Does it talk about the all the death camps in China and Burma where millions were murdered by Japan?
My personal victory today at Woolworths.
::: spoiler Discounted pasta and Potato salad :::
Too much?
lol my parents suggested we go see Penn & Teller in Vegas.. "tickets are only $76, that's not bad" (USD remember)
then you realise this is ticketmaster and also it's America where the prices are never the prices
$76 x 3 = $228? Nope.. $76 x 3 = $339.85
If there is a Order Processing Fee (why is there even one?) then what in the HELL is a Service Fee? And wtf is a Facilities Charge and why would that not be included in the ticket price? Then naturally + tax because America is dumb.
So yeah we're not spending $500 AUD on 3 Penn & Teller tickets.
Edit: I found another website selling them for $71 each and less of the nonsense fees and it came to $382.53 AUD total for 3 tickets instead of $500. Ticketmaster costs $117 AUD more just for being Ticketmaster. Turns out we're all soured on the idea now anyway so we're still not buying them. I've already seen them last time I went in 2012 anyway.
This reminds me of hotel invoices I would get in the US, with so many line items including fee this fee that. The advertised price is never the actual price!
I'm surprised Americans aren't world beaters at mental arithmetic given how much is required every time you want to get a freaking burger.
Might as well be lucky they're not expecting a tip on top of that.
16.35/76 = your mandatory 21.5% tip. My general rule of thumb is shown price x 1.5. This looks like another one.
Are they worth it?
Depends.. if they were a couple of nobodies that sort of money would be outrageous but they're legends. If you don't hold much value in their reputation then nah. It's still a fun show but I wouldn't pay too much to go back a second time. I'm glad I saw them the first time (when our dollar was worth more than theirs).
The US has no laws requiring the advertised price to be the "bottom line" price. It's just false advertising. But they don't do anything about it because the businesses lobby politicians to protect their racket, and half the country would complain that any government regulation is intently bad.
I'm prepping for night shift and boy howdy was I dead to the world today, the cat managed to open my door and crawl into bed I never even stirred.
Burglar
Nope! But I do help healthcare workers a lot.
::: spoiler TW - poem, tad nsfw, journalling, apologies.
I spend idle thoughts on the painful past,
There's no one here to beat me up.
So I do it myself, mimicking their voices,
Laughing, I should have made better choices.
I used to daydream the feeling of being free,
I'm here now, so, why's it so hard to just Be?
Family stole away my childhood dreams,
I guess, trauma doesn't fall far from our ancestries.
Used and abused, I was their homegrown sin,
Some scars are deeper than the depth of my skin.
I was set up to fail right from the beginning,
So I didn't see that my escape was not an ending.
My saviour was not the white knight I needed;
But a wolf in sheep's wool, friend's warnings unheedee.
A decade of draining my bank dry by day,
At night, he took a different kind of pay.
I'm safe, so why does the fear stay the same?
They're wrong, so why is it myself that I blame?
Suffered and now I feel totally insane,
Scared to call it by it's terrible name.
I'm not stupid, just insecure and naive,
A good sleep I beg to give me some reprieve.
Avoiding but calling it biding my time,
I'll be fine just a bit of a therapy rhyme. :::
You make good choices everyday, you choose to be a good person and to behave in a good caring way to others and yourself. Sure, there are other things, like career choices, financial choices, those can be studied and learnt and if you are lucky and have skill and talent maybe, if opportunity comes, you will be able to steer yourself into a more secure place. Choosing to be with good people. That can be learnt too.
Big hugs.
Nicely said. Hear hear.
Hugs honey.
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” JRRR Tolkien. The work that you put into overcoming everything that’s weighed you down is inspiring and admirable.
My fav author 💜 thank you kind soul 💜
Currently at Oppenheimer with MissGod. Then when that’s over, she walks next door to see Barbie with MrsGod.
Totes jelly.
I'm seeing the same double bill this weekend - can't wait!
omg, the weather map. It's blue skies now but with a nasty rain band on it's way 😬
Oh bugger, I'm supposed to walk to Mordi station to collect Mrs_Owl's car (she's kicking on with team drinks after work) and then run a few errands. I better get a wriggle on before the rain hits. Thanks for the heads up!
Rain should pass by about 3pm if you run out of time ☺️
Oh damn, I bet it'll rain during school pickup at 3:30pm :(
the steps counter on my phone should add wind speed to the calculation.
I need to go for 20m walk in one hour. How screwed am i
Twenty meters in the rain shouldn't be an issue.
Thanks Dad. I survived
depends on whether you have a force field
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All I have is a belly full of risotto and a runny nose 😥
can you inflate the snot into a protective bubble?
yes i need to hurry
Good morning sleepy bums. Time to rise and shine! ☀️
Not a chance. Rising may happen, but shining is someone else's problem.
I’m up, but I’m leaving the shining to someone else
NO
That said I didn't leave the heat on overnight and woke up from the cold.
Back on bed now. It is too dark and gloomy. And feels like 1C
I have arisen, however there seems to be a distinct lack of shining occuring.
The shining comes from within!
You want me to develop bioluminescence? Like a glowworm? That seems a bit too challenging for this time of morning.
Although I suspect there is a superhero storyline in there somewhere. "The Worm". Looks like an ordinary guy with weird fashion sense, until he pulls down his pants and blinds his enemies with the power of his brightly shining backside.
Hey, what you do with a light sabre in the privacy of your own home is your business!
Or maybe an anglerfish?
🔥let’s gooooooooooo…!!!!🔥
How dare you call out my sleepy, tired bum. It's shy!
Getting harder and harder when it's cold and yucky.
Not a hope. I’m back to sleep at least until that sun isn’t an imaginary figment.
You bring that sunshine into the world yourself!
Is it okay to have dinner now
Yes!
Thank you ma'am.
I ate too quickly. Bit my tongue.
Dinner time is whenever you want it to be, particularly when it’s this cold
I'm glad I'm not the only one
It's getting a bit windy outside. The morning dog walk might be a bit wild.
Need a pic of rusty dog with a wind perm
My goodness that was a cold walk with the doggo. Listened to a podcast on the Rubik's Cube. It was invented in Hungary behind the Iron Curtain (maybe '82 I think?). A guy in America had invented a 2x2 version 2 years earlier. No way they could have met or seen each other's work. Worked in exactly the same way. They just came up with it at the same time. Really interesting.
I couldn't have picked better weather for chips, cheese and gravy night.
Bit of wine to go with that too would be perfect or saving that for the ashes?
No wine today. I'm about to have a cup of tea. It's beer day tomorrow.
I must know. What sort of tea?
Twinings Morning breakfast.
Do you know what's good value for money? Coles vanilla cream wafers for 80c a pack. Do you know why I'm tell yous this? Because I really like them and I don't ever want to see them discontinued. So next time grab a few packs. You'll be doing me a favour.
Vanilla cream wafers
Man I was so scared and angry at myself if I got a keloid around my nose piercing. Especially since it's been almost a year since I've had it and no major stuff up.
Did the salt water saline solution yesterday and today but in what I won't describe because it's gross enough, might've just been a pimple or something. Which I'm thankful for, but I guess good news.
Put a band-aid over my nose and it seems to have gone down. Yay for me!
Ooft. I got both nostrils done at the same time recently. One went south and the other didn't. The folk at the piercing shop in st kilda were awesome though, sold me antibiotic cream which was three times a day for four weeks!! But keloid looked liked it might form and now, they're both almost fully healed. Ears next. I'm in 2nd puberty so getting all my old piercings I had in the 90s re-done as a revisit to my youth and a new start. Might not do the centre bottom lip though, it was kinda annoying.
Lol I did same in the 90s. I did them all myself. What a strange little era that was.
Was super weird because it's been a bit tender due to having to re-pierce it a couple of months ago (my stud fell out and couldn't get it back in, went to my piercing place who had to re-pierce it because for some reason anything with a curve just couldn't go in except for a straight bar that I stuck in the hole so it wouldn't close up on me until I went to the piercer). Changed it to a ring maybe a month ago and so it was still tender a bit, but it was fine, I was playing with it a lot. But I reckon I must've accidentally bumped my nose, or played with it too much for it to develop a pimple or an infection of some kind.
But the warm salt water saline solution seemed to accidentally pop the thing and yeah, like I said seems to have gone down.
Ooo fun, I've been wanting a nose piercing ever since I was 18 but had always been chicken shit (and poor) to get them so I finally got one last year. I'm just wearing and acting like the emo/punk kid 12 y/o me wanted to be. But I don't think I'll get the snake bite piercings they wanted, they look cool but they seem like they'd just get in the way.
hahah, yeah I played with my lip ring with my teeth all the time... It grossed people out, which was good at the time. I'm more reserved these days. My septum never healed over though, and I've worn it on and off over the years. So now I have three. I thought it would be not common, but it is which is fine. I tried to be "normal" for a while but I am not being neurodivergent and gender incongruent so I may as well lean into it all bit.
Hahaha love it!
I made GORP 🫠
::: spoiler spoiler
ALT TEXT: Various nuts, sultana,M&M, breakfast cereal combined in bowl. :::
kidcalhoon2 is sick again, so I'm WFH today. She just asked a question about space so we had a look at some hubble/webb images - little mind was blown, as mine is everytime. Also, how did I not know about ESASky - zoom out on this cluster to see in perspective..... 😮
Nice.
Had no idea that existed either.
aww, hugs
hmmm - link is broken - copy paste this one - sky.esa.int/?target=271.840294483813%20-25.00071092962996&hips=DSS2+color&fov=0.1672274403516001&cooframe=J2000&sci=false&lang=en&hst_image=potw2325aEdit - fixed original link
Good morning everyone! Day 25 of exercises and day 9 of tummy exercises completed. Also still off the alcohol. Foot is hurting a bit this morning, luckily I've got a sit down job for much of today. I probably aggravated it yesterday when I crawled under our big freestanding pizza oven whilst cleaning it and squatted heaps while cleaning and polishing the lower parts of the cooling racks and surrounding equipment. It's a grotty job but one I like doing because it's so satisfying at the end when it's so shiny you need sunglasses to look at it!
Don't get blown away people, it's wimdy out there!
I made myself a bee weapon set with a bee sword and a bee shield in TOTK and tried it out on a black bokoblin camp with an aerocuda and oh my god i think i invented a whole new war crime.
Every time i swung my sword: bees. Every time my shield was struck: bees. Bees. Bees everywhere, biting everyone. Monsters falling dead from the sky from bees. Monsters flying off platforms to land on the ground with ANGRY, ANGRY bees following their parabola in perfect unison. Bees. BEEEEEEES
To quote his lordship: "It's like Macauley Kulkin at the end of My Girl!!"
Paramount+ has some pretty decent stuff on it, but holy shit, do I hate not only its UI, but that some shows don't have subtitles even though it does. I was watching Catfish on Stan but it's not there anymore so decided to watch on Paramount+ and just... no subtitles.
(Also to preface, I'm hard of hearing, it's why I need subtitles, not that I have to defend myself but sometimes I do).
I forgot to buy pasta sauce and an onion yesterday.
I'm going out now.
If I do not return find me in the wind.
edit: headphones are the best earmuffs
put some rocks in a back pack 👍
but what if the wind picks me up anyway and takes me to the ocean
undo the back pack
Better now than later. You'll end up drowning later.
Mmmmm wind-bacon 🤤
one wind-cooled bacon slapped onto your face
Belissimo! 👨🍳😗👌🏼
Watching my place in the queue for a telehealth appointment on the HotDoc app go from 4th to 5th... who cut in line?!? Also I'm not entirely sure what the point of an appointment is when it's clearly going to be 30+ minutes later. Just give an hour window slot or something.
Update: it still said I was 5th in line when the doctor called me, only 15 minutes after my appointment time.
Anything with a more than 10 min wait needs a "book callback" option.
It's telehealth. Why isn't there an option for the Dr to ping you 10mins before it's time? The Drs already take time between appointments to type up patient notes. There's no reason they can't ping you when the previous appointment is over and get to you when they're finished with notes. Would give you enough time to drop what you're doing and find somewhere to take the call.
Midnight snack was a treat. And the bot did not miss a beat.
sausage roll over midnight It was patties so a bit shite
About to hit the hay The snacko did slay
I'm just glad it wasn't so bad.
hey, I'm a patty 🥺
Good night everyone
Risotto was absolutely delicious. I normally add ham/bacon or diced chicken, this time I used some chicken mince. Plus mushrooms, pumpkin, dried tomatoes. Finished with a small amount of cream, parsley and parmesan. Tasted absolutely amazing.
A little bit of time before the kids get home tonight. 5 minute sketch
ID - picture is a sketch of left hand
It has been a long ass week
Dinner is half way made. The rice with fruit and nuts is in the cooker. Mix for shemmy kebabs is made, just have to cook them. Might steam some vegies. Also have pumpkin soup ready made for starters.
It's much warmer inside the train than it is outside the train
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Can I get a bunch of crabs to anchor me against the wind please. Plus a toastie and a flat white.
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Coffee please, and buttered toast with marmalade.
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Thank you chef.
I'm going to be making mushroom risotto for breakfast. Would you like some?
Yes please!
Here you are chef, please don't judge it too harshly:
Image: BEAUTIFUL plate of homemade mushroom risotto, elegantly garnished with shaved parmesan, and freshly cracked artisanal black pepper
That's one heavy breakfast. Looks like you won't need lunch.
My lunch is more of that 😬
i judge it nicely because mum said don’t fight
but seriously it does look great esp the parmesan
I had less arborio rice than I thought so I had to cheat a little bit and mix in some long grain 🤫
I will pretend I didn't see that
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May I have a single potat, floating in perfume, in a man's hat, please?
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You are actually the best 😍😍
I'd personally forgotten, victoria had even won the right to host the games until this happened. Andrews was damned either way. If he'd allowed it to go over budget the media would have criticised him for wastefully spending amid the cost of living crisis.
Victoria didn't win the right so much, more that it stepped up when other countries (and states) didn't. Durban in South Africa was supposed to host the 2022 games, but got stripped of the rights, so Birmingham UK hosted instead, but they were supposed to be hosting 2026, so a replacement had to be found urgently. The budgeted $2.5bn represented a good way to get infrastructure into the regions, but Andrews is right to say $6bn is just too high a price for what is now a relatively niche event. Oh, and that original costing was prepared by those geniuses at PwC.
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I have made it home and made myself a mug of tea the size of my head
That’s the only proper size of tea.
Morning kids
Morning mum can I play video games today?
Only if you don't fight with your brother
okay mum 😔
Morning Mum! If bacon gets to play video games then I do too or not fair
You can play video games after breakfast
where is the risotto? mum he is starving me he is trying to kill me!
The risotto is the friends we made along the way
5 minutes relax
Going home on the train and playing one of my favourite guessing games
Which station are crackheads getting off at?
North Richmond and Collingwood usually are guaranteed
Sunbury line
Ginifer
So close....it was Albion!!
As someone who used to get off at Albion can confirm, crackhead central. Remember a dude getting his shoes stolen in the tunnel one day, and an Asian dude trying to had me what was basically a white pride pamphlet.
The aggro looking crackheads usually get off at Sunshine. The younger ones are almost always Albion.
Shout out to North Melbourne and Footscray for repping wierdos regularly too
Was gonna watch The Bear S2. But Disney app crashed. Turned it off and on again. Crashed again. Turned tv off/on. App now working. Stupid softwares on tvs. Why can’t it just work.
I'd quite like some lunch
mum you can have some of the pasta sauce i just bought
Well it's cold windy and miserable south of the river near the beach. Good oodie to the supermarket weather when you don't quite have change for the communal dryer and your clothes are washed but still quite wet. Ask here for other weather related suggestions.
I 'should' be doing more work on Operation Sort Shit but it's so cold I'm sitting on the couch in my oodie.
Also who was it who said they were playing the Sims? It's inspired me to try a new version of Strangetown.
Update: Zooks has joined me and is kneading the oodie while purring very loudly.
Hope you feel better. What is it doing to you?
Oh that’s not fun at all.
I really do hope you get better soon.
Hopefully you haven’t run out of reading material.
excellent bot
This rain looks like it's pretty much settled in for the afternoon, so I guess this means a cold wet dog walk is on the cards. I don't think it's going to be a long one. Maybe if I can get myself a touch acclimatised I can find it within me to brave the back yard to pick some parsley for dinner.
Edit: Walk achieved with minimal rain. Parsley has also been aquired. An afternoon chill on the couch is on the cards until it is time to make the risotto for dinner. A quite literal chill probably, given the weather.
Seagoon Movies. Time Trap on Amazon. A competent movie with an interesting idea but small budget .Enjoyable. 2.5 hobbits.
Keep Breathing on Netflix. Interesting series , compare to Jungle, young woman has to survive in the Canadian wilderness and to do that she has to fight her inner demons that tell her she's a loser and to give up. 2.5 hobbits. I preferred Jungle with Daniel Radcliffe
Deliverance. This was a rewatch, watched commentary by the director and all the documentary material. Amazing movie. Very symbolic. Nature is uncaring and will defend itself if threatened. Humans are human, both cruel and kind, cowardly and brave. 4.5 hobbits
seriously, watch **Deliverance. ** It will change you.
I agree with you. Fantastic film, rather confronting though!
Edit: love this scene from early part of film - Goddamn you play mean banjo!
I've recently swapped from drinking too much coffee to drinking too much tea. I must say it suits my laziness when I can reuse the same leaves for 5 cups.
I can’t reuse tea leaves, it tastes gross to me if I pour fresh water over already steeped leaves.
The last few times I've been to Taco Bell they've thrown fistfuls of hot sauce packets into the bag for some reason, so I've been collecting them. I just put one of the 'mild' packets onto some baked beans and that was an EXCELLENT decision! Next time I'll try the 'fire' one. Hot sauce on baked beans.. whodda thunk it? (everybody)
I usually hate shows like Idol and The Voice, but I'm all in for A2K which is Mr JYP putting together a K-pop group in the US. You can watch the first two episodes on YT.
Yesterday I saw someone come out of a Maccas with the ol' soft serve which I actually haven't seen in a while. Reminds me of the old days when they were 50c. How much are they now? Anyone know?
The crowd shots at the Australia v Ireland game have some crazy depth of field.
Holy crapschticks it's cold. I know I said I was having dinner but I was really just going around the place and finding any kind of food to put in my mouth.
Anyone had a house air quality test, for moulds or anything similar ?
Yes and it showed up nothing. We bought a Dyson air purifier and track our air quality on an app, and we consistently have spikes in VOC levels so 🤷♀️
Think I might wrap myself up in the heated throw for a bit, the chills got me right in the bones this evening.
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Saw a post about the police drug and booze checkpoint.
I rarely drink, never done drugs, let alone while driving. But I low-key want to get tested just to see what it's like, considering that in the past 4 years, I've driven past three of these checkpoints without getting pulled over, but have witnessed being pulled over as a passenger every time lol.
The darkest most Goth breakfast chef can imagine please