It was an adjustment for both of us. I didn't really know anything about cats, let alone kittens. The day I went and picked her up I bought one of everything at the pet section at kmart lol
The sneak attacks were on a whole other level. She'd jump and stick to my legs with her sharp as fuck little claws 😂
Mum's in the ED tonight after her fall 6 days ago (well 2 falls in two weeks). I'm super worried. Delayed concussion ABI IV (she only has vision in one eye and now the other is gone) this is not good.
Her life is about to change drastically and it's going to be an awful adjustment for her and I just feel so sad.
An unsurprising day (mostly) offline. It's been good, but I still make choc chip bikkies at 9:30pm, so probably says a lot about my state of mind. They didn't even turn out that good. Went shopping but everything I bought (mostly sparkly makeup) I already have similar stuff to, but I'm taking it as buying things that bring me joy.
Cried when I went into my bedroom earlier, just thinking the little dog would have lifted his head as I turned on the light. It's gonna take time to break these habits, that muscle memory.
Well I fucking nailed that Butter Chicken. Both kids had seconds. That never happens lately. Put it in the oven for 15 minutes and managed to crisp up the chicken perfectly.
::: spoiler vent
So for Christmas this year we are traveling to the inlaws, this involves a short flight to a state we cant drive to (I'll give you 2 guesses). Not STOKED about traveling cause its MUCH easier for them to come to us, but whatever.
They often to a greater family thing on Christmas day. I've been asking for months what the plan is. Finally found out that Christmas day plans are 2 hours drive from their place, strike 2.
And that there isnt room for us to stay the night so we would have to drive back (for a total of 4 hours in the car) or spend over 1k on accommodation overnight, strike 3.
Given we only fly in Christmas eve (and i depart day after boxing day) Im a bit.... not enthused about the whole thing.
Mrs B is acting like im the asshole for not wanting to travel or spend even more than we had originally planned to do, I claim the goalposts have been moved and its too much to expect of us with a toddler.
So, thoughts?
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That's a good point. We've offered to share our place with family flying in. We don't really have room for them. Kids will be sleeping on camp mats and sharing bedrooms, adults will be sleeping on the sofa bed. It'll be tight. But we'll make it work if they need a roof.
Sorry I probably wasnt clear. Grandparents have tons of space for us. but the extended family doesnt have space, and their place is 2 hours away. All their kids/grandkids and stuff are coming and they get first dibs apparently. Sort of makes sense I guess, they'd be... tinyest's second cousins I think?
Sorry this is a hill I'd die on. You have a toddler, fam only told you plans now, and you have a metric fuckton of driving to do, AND ITS A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ACCOMADATION!
yeah nah, your missus can go by herself, but I don't think this is doable. 4 hours min of driving with a toddler, plus the weather and the flying. Pfft
Oh she wants to! and she wants to take tinyest which I squarely put my foot down on. Too much for him. and Frankly, I'm entitled to enjoy Christmas too!
Combined with the cost of everything and also a family to tow around with you without accomodation, I think it's unreasonable for you to have to spend the extra money, time and stress with it all.
It's not helped by the Mrs opinion on this being the opposite of yours.
I mean, for me the absolute highlight of the trip is gonna be regretting sharing a seat with tinyest. He was a lot smaller when I booked it and I decided "Screw it, its cheaper he can just sit on my lap". Betting im gonna be kicked from here to there.
That's a lot to ask. Personally I'd visit the inlaws later when it's cheaper but Mrs. B will still be shitty about it. I'd offer a compromise. Go later for longer without that distance and more convenient for your fam.
Yeah tried that, went down like a lead balloon. Shes like "Well, if they want to go you can just stay at their place". I said "Nup. if they want to go I'm staying home. We can fly over when its cheaper".
Yeah, no, sorry to the Mrs, but honestly sometimes we don’t want to hang out under forced conditions, on the holidays nonetheless. Most of us have probably done it for a number of occasions. Life is just too short at this point to always be accommodating to others when they’re not even somewhat thinking of us.
It might be worth having a good chat with the Mrs to clear the air and try and get on the same page. While I understand that she might not think it’s a big deal, it’s not fair to invalidate your feelings on it. You might agree to disagree, but for sure, if I was expected to be okay with it this time, I would not be doing it again.
NTA. I wouldn’t do any of this let alone with a small child. It’s too much to ask and it’s just begging for tantrums because he’s hungry or overtired or overstimulated or bored. Or difficulties involving vomiting or nappy changes.
The adults can also get tired and stressed, maybe get into fights.
It’s ultimately between you guys but I looked at that itinerary and it all looks like way too much.
I’m extremely antisocial and introverted irl so would probably refuse and if need be I would fake illness
its more a money thing for me. I spending all this money to go spend christmas with them and they decide "actually, we might not even do christmas here" is a but sucky.
It just sounds too hard. Edit: and too expensive .Won't hurt to miss one year, and they obviously weren't thinking of you when these plans were being made. Christmas is hard enough and expensive enough without these hoops.
I'll start the bidding at $0.20 but as the vendor I'm reserved the right to place a bid myself which will be $0.25. It's a good kitty, in a good area close to schools and snacks, little bit unsteady on its feet though come 5pm.
I tried proper bubble tea for the first time yesterday. So I took a sip, I paused, my eyes went big, I looked at my daughter and she said "Now chew, chew, chew, you can do it". I've never had to chew a drink before. Those balls were huge.
My illustrated edition of the Hobbit did turn up and my god, I can't believe I got so much book for $16. It's got gold on the cloth bound hardcover, it's nice and thick with glossy paper stock, and it's full of drawings.
Independent book stores could sell this for $36, saying it's marked down from $70 and they'd move so many units.
Now there’s a memory. My male parent could code switch from court room/general/bogan on demand. It wasn’t until I was much older I realised most people don’t work like that, it’s also a skill I’m much less good at.
I'm just overly sensitive 😂 worked in call centres for a thousand years. I always tell people, be nice to the person your speaking to, and then politely escalate if needed. Consultants will move mountains for you if you are kind and genuine with them :)
Sometimes though, partial to full Karen is required. Especially if it's the company's fault lol
Totally get that. I’ve done front counter work before. Inability to go off script is the worst bit. Escalate without me using that word if it’s needed.
Booked in for blood donation on Monday. Lifeblood texted me and were basically like "yo, heard you got that A+ blood, which we need. Gimme and we'll give you snacks" which works on me.
Pretty sure I'm O+, I've got that basic blood. But I got blacklisted when I was younger from donating, first time I went in I managed to get knocked out and go into full convulsions (unfortunately was there with my mum and it traumatised her for a bit afterwards 😅). Few weeks later I got a letter basically telling me thank you for coming but please don't come again.
O- can go into anybody, O+ can go into 80% of the population. In a pinch. It's better to match blood types exactly if possible. Which is tricky if the patient is AB+/-, those are rare blood types and always in strong demand.
I'm O+ as well. Donated as a teenager. First one went well. Numbers 2, 3 and 4 not so well due to low blood pressure. I was told maybe when I'm older to try. I haven't because I know me better now. At least we tried.
That's a safety issue for sure - better to keep you safe than have something worse than convulsions happen when you give blood!!! You are your number one priority and I wouldn't ask someone to give blood if they have issues with it (even being squeamish can lead to fainting)
In my defence, I felt fine 😂 It's just I have a memory gap where one minute I was sitting up, and the next I was staring at the roof with Mum panicking nearby. So don't know what happened but it just didn't go well.
I've had to do blood tests since then and they generally go okay as long as they can find a vein, but haven't donated since that happened.
I'm A-. Gave blood a few times when I was younger and it was always hard because my veins don't obligingly pop up. They just took a punt and stuck it in, and if that didn't work they'd try somewhere nearby. The last time I had a few needle marks on my arm for quite a while, made me feel self conscious as I had to work in short sleeves, and I worked at the kind of place where teaspoons went missing on the regular, not a good look. Looking back I feel bad about being a wuss.
My partner has been complaining she's been freezing cold all day and she just figured out that we forgot to switch the mode back to heating rather than air con from yesterday. Gotta love and laugh at these Melbourne problems 😂
I woke up this morning realising I only set my earlier alarm for the usual days I'd be in the office. I got ready as quickly as possible and jumped on the bike to the station because I wouldn't make the bus. I got there the same time as the bus and still made it to the office by 8
Today's my first proper 'in a funk all day due to a shit work interaction with a client' since I started here maybe ten weeks ago. It sucks that it lingers
Hm. Someone I’ve never talked to with a bunch of mod removed comments (and a couple of identical ones) messaged me ‘hello’. Not to be rude but that seems mildly sus so that’s a block.
I don’t really like DMs at the best of times and usually keep them shut.
I don't know what's going on there with that person but so far it's been mild. If I'm modding then let me know (I try to read everything) otherwise let @Nath know. DMs just ignore them.
I am curious about why the comments and stuff were modded. Was going to dm you as that person had been sending dms and I’ve been super suspicious about if it’s a bot account.
More than one for best results. Maybe a green one and a red one? Protein and carbs appear to have been sorted. I don't want to cramp your style when it comes to vegetables.
Why isn't frozen mirepoix a thing? In convenient sized sachets? We can purchase frozen everything else, why not that? It's just finely diced carrot, onion and celery. There's a marketing opportunity here - a sachet of mirepoix and a bag of good chook stock in the same pack - would save so much hassle assembling and chopping etc.
Okay my bad, I read mirepoix as "mirepox" and had a moment of "is that zoonotic?" 😅 Bloody infection control and procedures class has stuck in my head 😂
Anxiety has been bad today. I’m not even thinking about you know what. It’s just there with the rest of my life and everything is making it worse.
I forced myself to quickly go out for newspaper to line plant pots but they didn’t have any. Some dodgy characters around but luckily nothing came of it.
I’ve planted two of the largest zucchini seedlings out but ran out of potting mix and energy because those pots were pretty big. I don’t eat much or exercise enough for physical work like lifting and shoveling so now feeling kind of shaky… but I kind of had to move and do something.
Also they’re growing fast and I don’t think I can keep all of them.
I wish you could get smaller size seed packs or a bundle with like a few seeds of each type. Maybe a seed library could sort me out but I think that’s enough ‘outside’ for now.
I can also "sing" and can do screamo and very much into your exact music tastes, so I challenge you to try do something a little left of field and do either of these solo (failing that I can give you a fuckton of punk to try):
vaccination done, then supermarket where I bought asparagus, eggs and lactose free cream for a quiche and then an art store to see what they had in western calligraphy paper. Home , tired, but have necessary chores to do, the cats need a clean space too.
That course I got a massive discount on? Given the total class numbers, yikes. And I can tell who the other not full price person is. Bad data handling.
Ah yes, I am so very, intimately familiar with that Act 😅
If look into making a report to the institution, as I believe that is the first step. If emails are not BCC (as in the teacher/institution has sent an email to students, and only cc students, every student can see each other's emails; BCC stops that, as an example), then that is a breach.
If identifying information of a student/students has been revealed in an email to multiple people, also a breach.
Again, first step is usually reporting it to the institution, some places do have an email to send privacy breaches to specifically, so a google for 'privacy breach report' + 'institution name' it may bring up that contact info.
Wait fuck....that's someone else. I read a couple of articles this morning and got confused. The Borderlands and GitS dude has been asked to write a new Star Wars Trilogy. Mass Effect is being produced by some FF9 dude. My bad.
Gibson in her first week living at my place ❤️
It was an adjustment for both of us. I didn't really know anything about cats, let alone kittens. The day I went and picked her up I bought one of everything at the pet section at kmart lol
The sneak attacks were on a whole other level. She'd jump and stick to my legs with her sharp as fuck little claws 😂
It was a really fun time. Very enjoyable :)
So innocent, so deadly :)
If I had light skin, I could show you the scars lol
She was the reason I got my first tetanus shot 😂
OMG the tiny squee! You dun good 😺
We came to an agreement. She does pretty much whatever she wants, and I deal with it lol
(except no climbing on the kitchen counter).
I ♥ Gibson.
Mum's in the ED tonight after her fall 6 days ago (well 2 falls in two weeks). I'm super worried. Delayed concussion ABI IV (she only has vision in one eye and now the other is gone) this is not good.
Her life is about to change drastically and it's going to be an awful adjustment for her and I just feel so sad.
i'm not sure how to go about this.
An unsurprising day (mostly) offline. It's been good, but I still make choc chip bikkies at 9:30pm, so probably says a lot about my state of mind. They didn't even turn out that good. Went shopping but everything I bought (mostly sparkly makeup) I already have similar stuff to, but I'm taking it as buying things that bring me joy.
Cried when I went into my bedroom earlier, just thinking the little dog would have lifted his head as I turned on the light. It's gonna take time to break these habits, that muscle memory.
Well I fucking nailed that Butter Chicken. Both kids had seconds. That never happens lately. Put it in the oven for 15 minutes and managed to crisp up the chicken perfectly.
need some of that DT perspective.
::: spoiler vent So for Christmas this year we are traveling to the inlaws, this involves a short flight to a state we cant drive to (I'll give you 2 guesses). Not STOKED about traveling cause its MUCH easier for them to come to us, but whatever. They often to a greater family thing on Christmas day. I've been asking for months what the plan is. Finally found out that Christmas day plans are 2 hours drive from their place, strike 2. And that there isnt room for us to stay the night so we would have to drive back (for a total of 4 hours in the car) or spend over 1k on accommodation overnight, strike 3. Given we only fly in Christmas eve (and i depart day after boxing day) Im a bit.... not enthused about the whole thing.
Mrs B is acting like im the asshole for not wanting to travel or spend even more than we had originally planned to do, I claim the goalposts have been moved and its too much to expect of us with a toddler. So, thoughts? :::
I'm sorry but if the in-laws have no place for their child, child's spouse and their grandchild...fuck'em.
That's piss poor parenting.
I would give up my own bedroom and sleep on couches for such guests!!! Or blow up mattresses!!
That's a good point. We've offered to share our place with family flying in. We don't really have room for them. Kids will be sleeping on camp mats and sharing bedrooms, adults will be sleeping on the sofa bed. It'll be tight. But we'll make it work if they need a roof.
Sorry I probably wasnt clear. Grandparents have tons of space for us. but the extended family doesnt have space, and their place is 2 hours away. All their kids/grandkids and stuff are coming and they get first dibs apparently. Sort of makes sense I guess, they'd be... tinyest's second cousins I think?
No. It doesn't make sense. Locals don't get dibs!!
No matter what, family is important, but looks after your own arse and wallet.
What the absolute fuck? I'm also really sorry that you happened to catch covid this Christmas and didn't wanna risk harming your in laws.
😂😂😂
Sorry this is a hill I'd die on. You have a toddler, fam only told you plans now, and you have a metric fuckton of driving to do, AND ITS A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ACCOMADATION!
yeah nah, your missus can go by herself, but I don't think this is doable. 4 hours min of driving with a toddler, plus the weather and the flying. Pfft
PFFT
PFFT INDEED
Oh she wants to! and she wants to take tinyest which I squarely put my foot down on. Too much for him. and Frankly, I'm entitled to enjoy Christmas too!
Combined with the cost of everything and also a family to tow around with you without accomodation, I think it's unreasonable for you to have to spend the extra money, time and stress with it all.
It's not helped by the Mrs opinion on this being the opposite of yours.
yeeeeeep thats the issue.
Which bit of this is enjoyable?
😂
I mean, for me the absolute highlight of the trip is gonna be regretting sharing a seat with tinyest. He was a lot smaller when I booked it and I decided "Screw it, its cheaper he can just sit on my lap". Betting im gonna be kicked from here to there.
Um yeah…
That's a lot to ask. Personally I'd visit the inlaws later when it's cheaper but Mrs. B will still be shitty about it. I'd offer a compromise. Go later for longer without that distance and more convenient for your fam.
Yeah tried that, went down like a lead balloon. Shes like "Well, if they want to go you can just stay at their place". I said "Nup. if they want to go I'm staying home. We can fly over when its cheaper".
Sorry, but F the fact that there isn’t a place for you to stay when you’re already travelling interstate with a toddler.
AND that it would cost 1k for accommodation and they’re only telling you in November. With the cost of things?
TF is wrong with people.
thank you! thats my take on it. But the mrs is like "its no big deal".
Yeah, no, sorry to the Mrs, but honestly sometimes we don’t want to hang out under forced conditions, on the holidays nonetheless. Most of us have probably done it for a number of occasions. Life is just too short at this point to always be accommodating to others when they’re not even somewhat thinking of us.
It might be worth having a good chat with the Mrs to clear the air and try and get on the same page. While I understand that she might not think it’s a big deal, it’s not fair to invalidate your feelings on it. You might agree to disagree, but for sure, if I was expected to be okay with it this time, I would not be doing it again.
If it's no big deal for youse guys then surely it's an easier deal for the inlaws to travel to you
You're not the asshole here mate. The inlaws are the real assholes here.
NTA. I wouldn’t do any of this let alone with a small child. It’s too much to ask and it’s just begging for tantrums because he’s hungry or overtired or overstimulated or bored. Or difficulties involving vomiting or nappy changes.
The adults can also get tired and stressed, maybe get into fights.
It’s ultimately between you guys but I looked at that itinerary and it all looks like way too much.
I’m extremely antisocial and introverted irl so would probably refuse and if need be I would fake illness
its more a money thing for me. I spending all this money to go spend christmas with them and they decide "actually, we might not even do christmas here" is a but sucky.
Maybe tell them it’s too expensive to do it then.
Hopefully Mrs B agrees somewhat that 1k plus flights plus misc is too much.
NTA
When things change agreements must be renegotiated.
always amazes me how inlaws expect other people to spend money to see them, i would tell them cars and airplanes travel in both directions
they are typically pretty good. I think the mrs volunteered us to go over this year... I said thats fine but next year we're staying put.
Do you want your boy travelling in a car for that long? I think you know the answer.
heck no!
Any chance you can find a camper van for rent late notice? Get your own car/accommodation and do more of what you want.
It just sounds too hard. Edit: and too expensive .Won't hurt to miss one year, and they obviously weren't thinking of you when these plans were being made. Christmas is hard enough and expensive enough without these hoops.
::: spoiler Mickstar helping me study :D :::
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Cheers cats 🍺
I'm about to go into the professional art space so all future commissions will be charged accordingly
That's a terrible head on that beer. Shocking.
The attention to detail regarding the hooves and proportions of the beer to the (err) draught horse not to mention the anti-gravity tail is exquisite.
Thankyou. I was worried it was a bit too "uncanny valley" but I'm glad it isnt
I'll start the bidding at $0.20 but as the vendor I'm reserved the right to place a bid myself which will be $0.25. It's a good kitty, in a good area close to schools and snacks, little bit unsteady on its feet though come 5pm.
I'll chuck ya a buck my friend 🪙
cries while drinking coffee at work
I'll still be around for normal knock off time. Until then 🍻
I’m having a slight pause with a fake beer and some breadsticks, before heading to a work event. Driving, so no real beersies for me
sigh
I'm literally about to go to Woolies and am seriously considering a 6pack of some kind 👀
I tried proper bubble tea for the first time yesterday. So I took a sip, I paused, my eyes went big, I looked at my daughter and she said "Now chew, chew, chew, you can do it". I've never had to chew a drink before. Those balls were huge.
Please to read you didn't do a this guy.
::: spoiler Animated GIF :::
He ought to know how to handle a mouthful of balls.
😂
It was close to this until I was instructed to chew.
We should all know how to handle a mouthful of balls tbh, it's a really good life skill to take a few at once I think
Now I want bubble tea.
My last one was just literally taro with half a cup of pearls.
That shiz is a meal.
It was interesting.
I, for sure, love your adventurous little stories. 🖤
Bless your little cotton socks ♥
it's tapioca pearls ..😹
I prefer huge balls.
Maribyrnong: Anglecised version of "Mirring-gnay-bir-nong", which translates as 'I can hear a ringtail possum'.
That made me laugh so fucking hard 😂😂😂 like it's just an apt name for the area holy shit 😂💀
Source: apparently my own council website lol https://conversations.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/renaming/names-melbourne#:~:text=There%20are%2031%20councils%20in,Yarra%20River%20Melbourne%20%2D%20History
My illustrated edition of the Hobbit did turn up and my god, I can't believe I got so much book for $16. It's got gold on the cloth bound hardcover, it's nice and thick with glossy paper stock, and it's full of drawings.
Independent book stores could sell this for $36, saying it's marked down from $70 and they'd move so many units.
::: spoiler Book Photos
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Here's my "Marry Me" French inspired British/Mexican fusion breakfast pasta:
Your dedication to elaborate and exotic/erotic breakfastseses is quite something.
💐💍🧎🏻♀️
This looks delicious, what's in there?!
Cheddar, baked beans, jalepenos and garlic!
Edit. also splash of lemon juice, lots of pepper, little paprika, and butter
I do something similar with beans but put them on toast, no pasta. It's really delicious.
Woo I didn’t need to pull a full Karen to get insurance address fuckery fixed
I have an inner bogan I unleash when required.
Now there’s a memory. My male parent could code switch from court room/general/bogan on demand. It wasn’t until I was much older I realised most people don’t work like that, it’s also a skill I’m much less good at.
I've lived a lot of different lives, that required very different communication styles. I've had a lot of practice, and now it's my job basically lol.
::: spoiler Never go full karen :::
I don’t enjoy it, but am actively dong it more rather than running away from shit instead. I’m not good at Medium.
I'm just overly sensitive 😂 worked in call centres for a thousand years. I always tell people, be nice to the person your speaking to, and then politely escalate if needed. Consultants will move mountains for you if you are kind and genuine with them :)
Sometimes though, partial to full Karen is required. Especially if it's the company's fault lol
Totally get that. I’ve done front counter work before. Inability to go off script is the worst bit. Escalate without me using that word if it’s needed.
I've locked in the 9pm slot next Thursday for the open mic. Will drop a reminder closer to the date if anyone wants to join :)
Booked in for blood donation on Monday. Lifeblood texted me and were basically like "yo, heard you got that A+ blood, which we need. Gimme and we'll give you snacks" which works on me.
Pretty sure I'm O+, I've got that basic blood. But I got blacklisted when I was younger from donating, first time I went in I managed to get knocked out and go into full convulsions (unfortunately was there with my mum and it traumatised her for a bit afterwards 😅). Few weeks later I got a letter basically telling me thank you for coming but please don't come again.
O+ is common, but it is also one of the most in-demand.
O- is the holy grail.
O- can go into anybody, O+ can go into 80% of the population. In a pinch. It's better to match blood types exactly if possible. Which is tricky if the patient is AB+/-, those are rare blood types and always in strong demand.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/blood-groups
I'm O+ as well. Donated as a teenager. First one went well. Numbers 2, 3 and 4 not so well due to low blood pressure. I was told maybe when I'm older to try. I haven't because I know me better now. At least we tried.
That's a safety issue for sure - better to keep you safe than have something worse than convulsions happen when you give blood!!! You are your number one priority and I wouldn't ask someone to give blood if they have issues with it (even being squeamish can lead to fainting)
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In my defence, I felt fine 😂 It's just I have a memory gap where one minute I was sitting up, and the next I was staring at the roof with Mum panicking nearby. So don't know what happened but it just didn't go well.
I've had to do blood tests since then and they generally go okay as long as they can find a vein, but haven't donated since that happened.
I'm A-. Gave blood a few times when I was younger and it was always hard because my veins don't obligingly pop up. They just took a punt and stuck it in, and if that didn't work they'd try somewhere nearby. The last time I had a few needle marks on my arm for quite a while, made me feel self conscious as I had to work in short sleeves, and I worked at the kind of place where teaspoons went missing on the regular, not a good look. Looking back I feel bad about being a wuss.
Just saved a moth that flew into my wine.
God speed little one I gotchu.
I'd have chosen to save the wine mate, you're clearly a better person than me haha
My partner has been complaining she's been freezing cold all day and she just figured out that we forgot to switch the mode back to heating rather than air con from yesterday. Gotta love and laugh at these Melbourne problems 😂
#justmelbournethings
Seems appropriate
Asshole
I'M AN ASSHOLE!
^He's an asshole^
^What an asshole^
I'm thinking of the Cold Chisel song
You don't tell me anything You just go on and on And you don't make no sense
Weirdly, as a child, I got Barnesy and Bruce Willis mixed up all the time 😭
No emoji theme? I feel bereft.
👁️👄👁️
Now I feel creeped out 😱
🐈
🪄
Cheers 🍻
Nice stegosaurus?
They don't say nay. or drink beer
What a wowser
🪙
That's classy as fuck
It didn't stay classy. Putting a cat next to a glass was a bad idea. Here is the aftermath:
Quick bring a beer, I'm in class
For after 🍺
prost!
I love my partner - he's listening to Chappell Roan in the shower 😂 hands down my favourite person!
I woke up this morning realising I only set my earlier alarm for the usual days I'd be in the office. I got ready as quickly as possible and jumped on the bike to the station because I wouldn't make the bus. I got there the same time as the bus and still made it to the office by 8
The man has the day off and I'm wondering how early is too early to start day drinking? I'm thinking we should have a boozy brunch.
it's not day drinking if you call the drinks a cute name like mimosa
True.
I've indulged in few Cup Day chicken and champagne breakfasts in my time too.
Day drinking can start any time after sunrise.
👍
Never too early
Omg. That's my life. That's going on the playlist. Thank you.
I love morning drinking. Get a nap in around 3. $35 Aldi gin is my jam at the moment.
I'm aiming to go all the way through into overtime. Earn me some hard earnt 10c per bottle coin.
hip-hop get munny munny munny make munny munny munny
I'll be clocking on soon 👍
Down at the 10c mines.
😂
Mimosas!
No. Beer and pies!
Not ‘boozy’ - champagne brunch, like at the races
but maybe with the type of ‘champagne’ made with hops
Done
I mean hey, the sun's always over the yardarm somewhere!
Everyone learns differently, at varying paces; don't get frustrated Spud! 😭
I'm sorry. I'm just a bit slow 😔
Make your own notes! I couldn't learn a THING at my current job before I did that.
You can work it out, you've got this!!! 👊
Few thing better than being stoned on a Friday morning
As long as it is not the biblical version of being stoned, that type is not so fun.
I love that feeling as well. It's good even if the weather is bad, and it's good when the sun is out.
🪁
Today is perfect. Shorts+light hoodie. Am in heaven
I have joined you in heaven
I've re+heavened several times.
'Tis a good eve
Accidentally a little hungover. Gonna have to be beef vindaloo for lunch
Or Tom Yum.
Pho. It's a health tonic.
Unwinding to some Quincy Jones tracks (so much MJ!) as is the theme across so many PBS programs this week...
I'm NOT going to think about packing or selling items tonight, I'm just tapped out.
Got a friend coming over tomorrow to help work out this couch bizzo and provide some distraction from all the packing and culling.
Wonder what movie or tv series I could blank my brain out with this evening.
E: I'm thinking of Poker Face or maybe Happy Valley, never watched that most famous of UK cozy country cop shows
Truthseekers is a great fun series
Running low on toothpaste. I hope the dentist this morning will have restocked their big bowl of samples. Colgate Total please.
🤞
Please to report I was handed a fistful of Sensodyne's (apparently new) daily toothpaste. 🦷🪥
Scored! Well done!
Today's my first proper 'in a funk all day due to a shit work interaction with a client' since I started here maybe ten weeks ago. It sucks that it lingers
There's a cold beer waiting for you somewhere. 🍺
Hm. Someone I’ve never talked to with a bunch of mod removed comments (and a couple of identical ones) messaged me ‘hello’. Not to be rude but that seems mildly sus so that’s a block.
I don’t really like DMs at the best of times and usually keep them shut.
Did they start with the letter D?
😠
whistles innocently
Your friend not foe. Carry on.
Yeah
I don't know what's going on there with that person but so far it's been mild. If I'm modding then let me know (I try to read everything) otherwise let @Nath know. DMs just ignore them.
Tip: It's two clicks to block a person:
👍
... but it looks like melbaboutown already knows that and has things well in-hand.
I am curious about why the comments and stuff were modded. Was going to dm you as that person had been sending dms and I’ve been super suspicious about if it’s a bot account.
Yeah, it’s probably nothing but I just blocked. I’m not shopping for whatever they’re selling
Bonza
Same account has been sending me messages. Could be Ai chat or something.
Looked at the modded stuff and found the history suss.
I don't know. Kangaroo loose in the top paddock. 🤷♀️
hello? Wasnt' me
I still quote this wasn'tme
Wasn’t me dude I swear. I only DM people telepathically
Today I’ve had 4 coffees, 1 slice of cake, a few mouthfuls of Twisties, some challah, 3 chocolate chip cookies and a can of tuna.
Now I need to decide what to eat for dinner.
Um, time to give some respectful attention to vegetables I think.
What is this vegetable you speak of?
More than one for best results. Maybe a green one and a red one? Protein and carbs appear to have been sorted. I don't want to cramp your style when it comes to vegetables.
Alright. Pizza and Ps5 let's fucking gooooooo!
(as soon as I get out of bed after my nanna nap)
I like the analogy the man gave me while explaining fast charging and slow charging.
You can eat your meal fast or slow. It doesn't matter, you're still gonna get full but it's good to eat it slow if you can
Oh. Me nods. I get that.
Ps. He said other things but it didn't quite go in.
I sent you a DM
Can I have one?
Can you whisper me sweet things in 1's and 0's?
kinky binary
Just for you sorry, put it in the wrong spot, but I'm leaving it there because Dick.
Well I'm feeling left out, I got nothing.
Is it a dick pic?🤞
as requested
A bit of Dick doesn't hurt anyone.
Just for you
Did you? To us all?
Why isn't frozen mirepoix a thing? In convenient sized sachets? We can purchase frozen everything else, why not that? It's just finely diced carrot, onion and celery. There's a marketing opportunity here - a sachet of mirepoix and a bag of good chook stock in the same pack - would save so much hassle assembling and chopping etc.
Okay my bad, I read mirepoix as "mirepox" and had a moment of "is that zoonotic?" 😅 Bloody infection control and procedures class has stuck in my head 😂
You might have just become a billionaire
I look forward to the day when McCains or similar get their act together and provide this.
They must have this for commercial kitchens, surely!
I've never seen it. And it's fundamental to french cuisine. Jacques Pepin would be whirling in his grave I'm sure.
Anxiety has been bad today. I’m not even thinking about you know what. It’s just there with the rest of my life and everything is making it worse.
I forced myself to quickly go out for newspaper to line plant pots but they didn’t have any. Some dodgy characters around but luckily nothing came of it.
I’ve planted two of the largest zucchini seedlings out but ran out of potting mix and energy because those pots were pretty big. I don’t eat much or exercise enough for physical work like lifting and shoveling so now feeling kind of shaky… but I kind of had to move and do something.
Also they’re growing fast and I don’t think I can keep all of them.
I wish you could get smaller size seed packs or a bundle with like a few seeds of each type. Maybe a seed library could sort me out but I think that’s enough ‘outside’ for now.
We went to Gami last night and the robot there delivered our food to the table. Of course I spoke to it. Several times.
Not gonna lie...Gami has taken a nose dive in terms of quality and quantity 😥
It was ok. I've never had it before though.
I'm sure it was good then :)
In my case, comparison is the thief of joy.
If you're craving top end Korean Fried Chicken, and don't mind a drive. Buza in Marybirnong is solid as.
Thank you very much.
There's one in Carlton that we frequent that's really good. It's changed names a few times but it's the same food.
I, for one, welcome our chicken-slinging robot overlords.
I called her Rosie.
Like the Jetsons?
Yes!
Hahaha.
Rosie. Who's the hunk behind you?
I can’t tell if Rosie looks angry or alarmed
I have done some adulting today…
Who dis?
Such a good feeling, getting stuff done
I've got the mic plugged in. I have a charming/ atrocious singing voice. What should I wake the neighbours up with?
White Town - your woman
Good song 👍
Blind Melon - No Rain.
Def Leopard - Pour some sugar on me.
Divine - You think you're a man.
This is the way
Oh thank you for reminding me of Blind Melon. Time to listen to Nico
Depends on what you're into? Either way have fun belting it out!
Rock, punk rock, grunge, old rock. I can "sing" them all. I have words on the big screen to help me.
Rock on mate 🤘
Daughter - Pearl jam
I can also "sing" and can do screamo and very much into your exact music tastes, so I challenge you to try do something a little left of field and do either of these solo (failing that I can give you a fuckton of punk to try):
hey, nothing -- Flora (live)
Or hey, nothing -- The Sink (live)
Also🤘 till the end.
Walk like an Egyptian!
My culture is not your costume /jk
(I've always wanted to say that hahaha)
😂😂
Do I need to do the actions?
If your voice is atrocious or not, you must sing this
🤘
Something Beach Boys, just to be different.
We've done Beach Boys. Love em. Fantastic.
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
Great song. My favourite STP.
Sugar were going down - fallout boy
Cool song. We've played Fallout Boy today but for you an exception.
Done.
✊🤘👨🎤
🤘
That is such a fkn banger I love old fallout boy.
Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet is my favourite - Ceo: sing that one too pls!!
Edit: second thoughts, don't sing this
vaccination done, then supermarket where I bought asparagus, eggs and lactose free cream for a quiche and then an art store to see what they had in western calligraphy paper. Home , tired, but have necessary chores to do, the cats need a clean space too.
That course I got a massive discount on? Given the total class numbers, yikes. And I can tell who the other not full price person is. Bad data handling.
I'm sure you know allll about the Privacy Act... I'd be so suss 👀
Not exactly, more I know enough to know what I don’t know. But yeah,they shared things they ought not.
Ah yes, I am so very, intimately familiar with that Act 😅
If look into making a report to the institution, as I believe that is the first step. If emails are not BCC (as in the teacher/institution has sent an email to students, and only cc students, every student can see each other's emails; BCC stops that, as an example), then that is a breach.
If identifying information of a student/students has been revealed in an email to multiple people, also a breach.
Again, first step is usually reporting it to the institution, some places do have an email to send privacy breaches to specifically, so a google for 'privacy breach report' + 'institution name' it may bring up that contact info.
This page is also helpful and may have different info regarding reporting: https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/notifiable-data-breaches
Night crew checking in!
o7
oh dear god apparently they are making a mass effect tv show. NOOOOOOOO!
From the person who brought you Borderlands and Ghost in the Shell (live action)
I wish I was kidding
Oh really?
I know Borderlines was horrible and I watched Ghost in the Shell and thought that was bad compared to the original movies and animated series.
Wait fuck....that's someone else. I read a couple of articles this morning and got confused. The Borderlands and GitS dude has been asked to write a new Star Wars Trilogy. Mass Effect is being produced by some FF9 dude. My bad.
Sucks for Star Wars I suppose.
Was Fast and Furious 9 any good? I haven't seen that one yet.
Couldn't tell you. The only FF movies I've seen are Tokyo Drift and Hobbs & Shaw.
Both pretty shite.
Oh that makes it so much fucking worse
I was mistaken. Different person but still shit.
I didnt HATE ghost in the shell, but I had no history with the source material so maybe thats the difference here?
Another trainwreck waiting for us.
Ffs
Can they just leave video games alone 😭
Fuuuuuuck that.
flu vaccine then home to do housework if i am up to it
I might pick up my hobbit books, I got one for miss seagoon too
If we're doing music, here's a fun song I found a while ago:
Smugly Ugly - New Car
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Just cat treat :)
🐟
Chocolate cake, a glass of champers and a grazing platter of fresh fruit please.
🍫🎂🍾🐑🍓🫐🍇🍒
Thank you very kindly. It looks delicious.
One giant salad please.
🥗
Cheesy risotto balls please. With crispy chewy bits!
🧀🌾☄️
A slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream please
🎃🥧🥛
talking of planning
I think I will map out my new art project, plans will probably change as I go and learn new possibilities
and reading as well, probably easiest to just set aside time everyday for reading
Friday, oh dear Friday.
Save us today!
Mood: The Summoning - Sleep Token
Mmm, what to eat for dinner…
That’s pretty cool. It’s like a Fear Factory/Meshugga cross with a slightly better vocalist
They fall into the horny metal genre to me, right next to Deftones. I think it's all in the vocals
It’s sensual haha
Oh god, yes! 😂
Love me the Deftones. Was thinking about them today.
They’re an interesting band. I do prefer their heavier stuff, but really dig how surprisingly diverse they are.
Classes done for the day - phew. Won both Kahoot quizzes so I'm just gonna ride this high for a lil bit
Ate too fast and burping like a mofo. Really enjoying the first episode of Poker Face even though Natasha Lyonne's voice annoys the heck out of me
The Message - Grandmaster Flash
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear my Throat (Funkmaster Flex mix)
The falcons are growing up so quickly. They have lost almost all their baby fluff and have started doing a lot of flapping practice.
7 hours in.
What are you drinking?
Pure Blondes and Soju shots on the half hour.
Ok , Interesting. What does the man drink?
Same.
I can’t get into the Soju. , I really tried but yeah it’s an acquired taste I guess.
We do shots. We find the South Korean much smoother than the Aussie version.
Ps. I had to teach the man how to do shots. Do not sip it cunt. Down the hatch.
If it's in a shot glass...it's a shot.
In fact, any drink under 100ml is a shot technically
You have a good style
The Voyager app for Lemmy seems to be good now.
That’s what I’m using. There has been a bit of lag with new DDT showing up this week, but otherwise good!
Without You - Harry Nilsson
Search up Ken Lee on YouTube and thank me later
omg, how have i never heard this before
and is this a comedic act like borat or is she real?
I'm pretty sure it was a real audition