Soju is crazy. It's the kick of full bodied wine with none of the mouth feel so often we don't realise how insanely strong it is. Boyo was surprised his soju cocktail was 3.4 standars drinks.
We drink it in shots as well, but we went to a Korean place that did cocktails. Our fav is Lychee soju with Lemonade and cranberry juice. They used a whole bottle of soju in it!
Fuck. Looks like the body corp is trying to bill us for things from before transfer. Repugnant amount of adulting & paperwork incoming. I need a squishy hug.
I have been setting up the bookcases and this includes Miss Seagoon's books that she wants to keep from when she was little. One of the books when she was about 2 was The Winter Bear and I bought her a special little handmade bear for her to hold while we read this book together.
Winter Bear wears a little bead sash Miss Seagoon made when she was older and he lives on the bookcase.
Actually one thing I wanted to share with you guys was that somehow this week I managed to read a book! I used to be a massive bookworm when I was younger, until one of my nervous breakdowns when I discovered that I struggled to finish one page of a book without my mind wandering and me giving up. But I found this book in a street library called First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung. I have a friend from my high school days whose background is Cambodian, so I was interested. He's told me in the past that his earliest childhood memory was when they left in a boat and came here. Reading that book, man it was gripping. The things that little girl and her family experienced, Jesus Christ. It had me enthralled how she survived, how much guts she had.
When I finished the book I gave thought to something else I read recently with a chart, about how most people in Australia and other modern western countries are amongst the richest 20% of the global population. When I think "richest" I usually think of the 1%. But apparently if you have a car, have a roof over your head, shower daily, can easily access food, turn on the tap and drinkable water comes out whenever you want it, have an education and stuff like that, you are among the world's richest 20%. It really made me think, you know? And it made me feel really grateful, grateful for my life and the lives my kids live. It made me realise that I am rich in a lot of ways, and it made me feel really thankful.
Enough of my ramblings, just wanted to share my mind space of this week. Have a lovely evening you guys!
Life for homeless people in Australia is usually better than life for average people in most of the world. They still have clean food, clean water, good medical care if they walk into a hospital, clean streets. True, they often have psych problems and need care. But they don't need to worry about open sewers and such.
i didn't say it was safe or good or something to aspire to nor a reason to not stop homelessness or help, just that there are some of the same advantages of an advanced industrial country.
I've always read books but what got me into biographies was a book called Two Pence To Cross The Mercy by Helem Forrester. It's about a twelve year old girl who basically raised her family out of poverty during the depression. She was smart and all she wanted to do was go to school. There's 4 books in the series. You feel for this young girl but that's not how she wrote the stories. She just did what she felt she had to do.
I loved that series. That and Janet Sandison's series called Jean In The Morning, Jean Towards another Day, Jean at Noon and Jean In the Twilight. We don't remember the depression, but it marked our parents/grandparents with huge trauma.
Thankyou again, I've finished the book last night! She has such a beautiful way of writing, so descriptive. My library didn't have the 2nd book in the series, but I found the Internet Archive has it and I've started reading it too. Her parents are so infuriating!
I recently read The Revenant and The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake. Both were op shop finds.
The first is about a man left for dead after being attacked by a bear and his subsequent survival/quest for revenge. The second is about a girl who can taste emotions in food. Bit of a weird ending.
I still have part of the Memory Sorrow and Thorn trilogy to finish as so much was going on for so long that I got too tired to read.
The Revenant was made into a movie with Leo DiCaprio. Beautiful amazing movie.
Haven't read any those books at all but they all sound interesting.
The past few days I've been watching/listening to various renditions of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
I have come to the conclusion it's Doyle's version of a Gothic Novel.
Also that the Basil Rathbone version of Holmes, the most beloved version, is a lot different to the novels and other versions. He is kind and gentle, and the classism and racism of the novels is mostly gone.
You've inspired me to get off the usual screens and finally get started on a book I've been meaning to read for a while - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's starting off really well! I'm going to go back to it after this comment, but...
I had a closer relationship to lower living standards growing up, still very much first world but things like your own patch of grass, the space to not live constantly surrounded by others, a relaxed way of living, wide open spaces and yes, having a car for many people, were all almost unattainable privileges. And just one generation removed my family came from a country that definitely had much less: I remember the constant power cuts, military checkpoints, curfews when I visited (and we were considered privileged back there, having migrated away from it all). Parents had their stories of lining up for rations, the bombings, the terror...
Yet I still often fall into the trap of the hedonistic treadmill and forget how absolutely, blinking, freaking lucky and rich I am to be where I am right now. It's easy to get caught up in how unaffordable housing is, etc, and it's not like those things shouldn't change, but holy shit most people in the world would still kill to be here in our places. We never, ever genuinely have to worry about starving... What a blessing.
And Peeler, you yourself have such a generous, creative, loving personality that is its own richness regardless of material wealth ☺️ the minis are blessed to have you as their mum indeed!
Just notice a rental listing for the apartment below me... identical layout and also unfurnished. The asking rent is just shy 40% higher than what I'm currently paying. That has made my situation feel very precarious indeed. 💀
PSA: The bloke down the road that grows the most AMAZING roses has just hard pruned his roses back to practically bare stumps. As has his chief rival further down the street. Hmm - gardening is on the agenda this weekend methinks.
It's pretty crazy how quickly they grow back though! At my old place in Epping, there was a rose bush right near the front door. One year I trimmed it back, as it was getting all tentacle-y and big. Then boom, it grew back bigger and stronger than ever, way more flowers, leaves and thorns. It was nuts!
There was one awful scraggly one in a stupid location at an old sharehouse that I foolishly tried to pull out (failed) and then mow over several times, both when I first lived there ten years ago and then more recently about 4-5 years ago.
Expressed as an absolute distance? Or as a percentage of the available hallway length? Also bowl quality and materials - ceramic would be significantly harder to shift than Temu steel/aluminium. And hallway floor covering - carpet or boards or rugs? Hard to standardise into a sporting event I think. Would be fun to watch tho.
I've seen her around the place but I'm not exactly sure what she does, maybe she's in early childhood centre as I didn't see her in the staff workroom upstairs.
I have a right to be pissed at being stereotyped and pigeonholed and also not being courteous enough to introduce yourself with a name.
I'm sorry but I just dont see it as either of those things? From what you've said it sounds like a person rather rudely looking for help. You were there of course, i'm just going off your description.
I am IT, this has happened to me heaps and its never ruined my day.
Not trying to invalidate your feelings, and I say this with care: I think maybe this is something you want to talk to someone about. The emotions don't really match the description of the situation here.
I have self worth and a self awareness of what makes me who I am.
I have a very keen sense of also being treated properly and not on the assumptions of my racial background.
In addition to that if someone wants something from me, I don't care who you are but you're going to have to say hello and good morning and introduce yourself before demanding anything from me because I don't believe in being treated like a tool or an in demand service, I'm not at anyone's beck and call either.
I don't need to see anyone about this, I just have an understanding of my own self worth and how I should be treated professionally on a day to day basis and it starts with manners.
Alrighty then. The phone calls and appointments have been made 🐸(Except for accessing a patient portal to do something - I’ll do it when I can figure out which hospital and what I’m trying to do again.)
Then I started on the paper clutter and it’s lucky I did… Opened some bills to shred and saw a large outstanding balance. Rang the water company and they’d stopped taking direct debits! That’s paid now.
This year's flu jab knocked me around the two days post injection.
Good news is that it works really well (at least for me). Already know a few people I came into contact with, are down with the flu, whereas I'm dealing with mild sniffles.
I love it so much but I suckkkk at parrying which makes some of the fights really frustrating. Definitely taking my time going through it, but really enjoying it! The music is just so freakin' beautiful, have found myself listening to YT clips of covers and official clips but also not wanting to spoil myself at all! (usually I'm a big self spoiler, so I'm proud of myself)
The parry windows are pretty tight, hopefully it clicks with you eventually, there’s supposedly a little trick to it, you have to hit parry as the attack hits you.
Sometimes you’ll hear a little audio cue like a swish and that’s when you can hit parry and hope it works but they do tick you with delayed attacks or inconsistent speeds.
The music is so beautiful, I need to go back and listen to some tracks. Listening to the music is what actually made me get interested in the game.
My first foray into playing a PC game with a controller and I'm sold. Hope you can arrange one soon, I'm so excited to hear what you think about the game!
Thanks mate :) Starting to feel a bit better. Had to leave the house to do some shopping so eventually the headache started fading.
Back to bed now I think.
It's been a bit of a blur this week. Work's been really busy and I've been super tired and going to bed early. We were going to take the boss out tonight for his birthday but one of us got COVID so now it's been postponed. Dang it, the last time I went out for dinner was the last time I went out for dinner with my colleagues, which was last Christmas party! My youngest has a bad cold (not covid). I'm sitting here yawning.
Have reached the stage of illness where I’m feeling better but still not ok enough to be at work. Hanging about the house has made me realise how much being at work stops the snacking. Do not need any extra fluff
Can you divide Bill’s meal in two (if they eat at different times) and give him the second half while Ted eats? Or feed them at the same time?
A slow feeder or treat tower might also make Bill work for his food and stay occupied with his own meal longer instead of gulping it and going after Ted’s.
Or maybe if they aren’t already on low calorie or grain free food that’s an option.
Mashed pumpkin or hot water mixed into wet food is also a way to make them feel fuller.
More exercise for them might also help instead of reducing food intake so heavily.
Ughh… I’ve spent most of my energy shredding papers instead of tidying for the inspection. Doing that while tired is going to suck. I did find some important paperwork and sort out that bill though.
Cancelled a dental appointment I no longer need to avoid being charged. Now I have to ring and sort out a time for this inspection. And make a vet appointment for Solensia and vitamin b.
Melbcat just cried so I gave her extra pain meds. As soon as she gets drowsy I might see if it’s possible to wipe some oral gel onto her back teeth/gums and clip her nails.
Then back to the dishes and laundry. Also there’s tidying and sweeping.
My stomach hurts and I just want to go back to bed.
Hmm so I don't think I had the cold after all, I think I was going through a caffeine withdrawal - built up far too much of a tolerance and wasn't flushing it out of my system properly all these weeks, hence constantly feeling tired (and then trying to drink more to keep myself going).
After a full day of hell with the headaches, nausea and not getting out of bed, I feel heaps better - woke up clear-headed, without feeling lethargic (haven't felt that way in a while), naturally got out of bed at 8am, put away my dishes and having a light breakfast with a SMALL amount of coffee.
I can't wait to finish this thing so I can properly investigate dialling down my caffiene intake altogether, maybe switch back to green tea like I did years ago.
the disrespect is in not running the class in a way that everyone is treated equally
the young man is correct in his feelings he just isn't expressing himself well
regarding feedback in private, the tutor is disrespecting the class publicly so approach the issue publicly, choose your words carefully. This will also give others the opportunity to say their piece and will support you too
BUT, is she powerful, is she vindictive, will it be bad for you and others to speak up. Think carefully before saying anything, even in private.
Insane! I had a teacher who was similar when I was in highschool, she was the English/Lit teacher and you could get her to ramble for the solid 75min class if you asked how her daughters were doing. The difference was, she was also VERY commanding - NO ONE messed around in her class. She was no-nonsense, send you right to the principal, if you fucked around. I loved her. Hands down my favourite teacher.
I cannot imagine banging my fist on the table to emphasise how bored I was! That's some poor upbringing right there. In life, there is going to be PLENTY of times one will be bored to tears but cannot leave, we have to learn how to cope with that respectfully and calmly.
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Maya says hello
Maya waves languid paw in our general direction.
Maya is beautiful 😍
She looks like an Egyptian goddess 🐈⬛
Happy Friday Maya 🍺
I love her already.
Queenly look
Like Nefertiti
Oh she is just stunning!!
Hello grumpy miss 😽
Kitty!!
Hello
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::: spoiler Mickey is sending you all good vibes 💜 :::
If you let Mickey go, I will end you.
I never let him go, he leaves my lap of his own accord - usually with a good kick to the boob as a farewell ha
That look on Mickey is so priceless and comfy.
He often will paw at the hem of my oodie so I let him in haha, other times he just jumps up and gets comfy as lol
Honestly It's so cute, that picture of Mickey is wallpaper worthy!
Mickey squints likes he's judging me and is unimpressed.
I promise, he is very impressed with us all! 💜😂
Tell Mickey that the smear on my jumper is indeed Vegemite cos I sniffed it to make sure.
Half a glass of wine and I'm commenting on everything, sorry not sorry.
6 beers in, 4 shots of soju, the night is young. 🎤
I think we’re about dead even.
Are you playing music?
I’m cooking pasta bake
Yum. Good enough.
I've got soju chilling in the fridge ready for soju cocktails, aww yisss. Time for some Expedition 33 before I'm too far down the drinks list.
Soju cocktails? Tell me more? We drink it in shots. The Korean guy at work says flavoured soju is for the girls. Lol.
Soju is lethal
Soju is crazy. It's the kick of full bodied wine with none of the mouth feel so often we don't realise how insanely strong it is. Boyo was surprised his soju cocktail was 3.4 standars drinks.
We drink it in shots as well, but we went to a Korean place that did cocktails. Our fav is Lychee soju with Lemonade and cranberry juice. They used a whole bottle of soju in it!
I like the lychee. Might have to do this. Thanks.
I don’t think you’ve had enough.
Here you go.
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Bottle of soju later, think I'm ready for more. Whatcha reccomend?
I would have gone apple cider. My favourite.
Chilly walk
Really enjoying seeing the world through your lens, you have a cool perspective.
I saw what you did there.
Thanks 👍
Fuck. Looks like the body corp is trying to bill us for things from before transfer. Repugnant amount of adulting & paperwork incoming. I need a squishy hug.
🧸
Naw thanks
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I've got pretty nice arms but I hate my beak🎶
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Moar teddies!
I have been setting up the bookcases and this includes Miss Seagoon's books that she wants to keep from when she was little. One of the books when she was about 2 was The Winter Bear and I bought her a special little handmade bear for her to hold while we read this book together.
Winter Bear wears a little bead sash Miss Seagoon made when she was older and he lives on the bookcase.
Here he is. 💖
I'm not familiar with the book but Winter Bear looks like a fantastic friend. 🧸
🙂 He is very little, small enough for a very little girl to cuddle and play with.
This is so sweet. Thank you for sharing Winter Bear with us!
Actually one thing I wanted to share with you guys was that somehow this week I managed to read a book! I used to be a massive bookworm when I was younger, until one of my nervous breakdowns when I discovered that I struggled to finish one page of a book without my mind wandering and me giving up. But I found this book in a street library called First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung. I have a friend from my high school days whose background is Cambodian, so I was interested. He's told me in the past that his earliest childhood memory was when they left in a boat and came here. Reading that book, man it was gripping. The things that little girl and her family experienced, Jesus Christ. It had me enthralled how she survived, how much guts she had.
When I finished the book I gave thought to something else I read recently with a chart, about how most people in Australia and other modern western countries are amongst the richest 20% of the global population. When I think "richest" I usually think of the 1%. But apparently if you have a car, have a roof over your head, shower daily, can easily access food, turn on the tap and drinkable water comes out whenever you want it, have an education and stuff like that, you are among the world's richest 20%. It really made me think, you know? And it made me feel really grateful, grateful for my life and the lives my kids live. It made me realise that I am rich in a lot of ways, and it made me feel really thankful.
Enough of my ramblings, just wanted to share my mind space of this week. Have a lovely evening you guys!
Outrageous opinion follows.
Life for homeless people in Australia is usually better than life for average people in most of the world. They still have clean food, clean water, good medical care if they walk into a hospital, clean streets. True, they often have psych problems and need care. But they don't need to worry about open sewers and such.
Um no.
Strapping yourself to ceiling beams to sleep so you don't get assaulted.
Boyo at 14 in the RMIT brewery.
i didn't say it was safe or good or something to aspire to nor a reason to not stop homelessness or help, just that there are some of the same advantages of an advanced industrial country.
Actually, fuck that um.
This is a disgusting and ill considered opinion.
ffs,
clean water is precious, sewers is precious, etc
our whole society benefits from these basics
we do need to care about everyone and stop homelessness, and it's possible, we just need the will , we need to tax mining companies etc
we know it's possible to help people because we did it during covid
I've always read books but what got me into biographies was a book called Two Pence To Cross The Mercy by Helem Forrester. It's about a twelve year old girl who basically raised her family out of poverty during the depression. She was smart and all she wanted to do was go to school. There's 4 books in the series. You feel for this young girl but that's not how she wrote the stories. She just did what she felt she had to do.
It's something that's never left me.
I loved that series. That and Janet Sandison's series called Jean In The Morning, Jean Towards another Day, Jean at Noon and Jean In the Twilight. We don't remember the depression, but it marked our parents/grandparents with huge trauma.
I'll have to look this up. We have to learn from this.
I may have to start a "to read" list
Ok this sounded interesting, and a sample reading has driven me to download Libby and start on the eBook. Thankyou 🙂
It's like Angela's Ashes but from young girls feel.
Have you read The Harp In The South/Poor Man’s Orange?
Yes and watched the series. So good.
Thankyou again, I've finished the book last night! She has such a beautiful way of writing, so descriptive. My library didn't have the 2nd book in the series, but I found the Internet Archive has it and I've started reading it too. Her parents are so infuriating!
No worries.
I love recommendations so just bought the audiobook. 🙂
You will love it
It reminds me of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which I read when I was about 10.
40 years later I would visit Brooklyn regularly and I would always think about the book.
I recently read The Revenant and The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake. Both were op shop finds.
The first is about a man left for dead after being attacked by a bear and his subsequent survival/quest for revenge. The second is about a girl who can taste emotions in food. Bit of a weird ending.
I still have part of the Memory Sorrow and Thorn trilogy to finish as so much was going on for so long that I got too tired to read.
The Revenant was made into a movie with Leo DiCaprio. Beautiful amazing movie.
Haven't read any those books at all but they all sound interesting.
The past few days I've been watching/listening to various renditions of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
I have come to the conclusion it's Doyle's version of a Gothic Novel.
Also that the Basil Rathbone version of Holmes, the most beloved version, is a lot different to the novels and other versions. He is kind and gentle, and the classism and racism of the novels is mostly gone.
The Lemon cake one sounds interesting, I might try that next.
I'm really happy to hear you got to finish a book. I'm similar in that I was a huge bookworm but struggle to read these days.
So it's a huge achievement!
You've inspired me to get off the usual screens and finally get started on a book I've been meaning to read for a while - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's starting off really well! I'm going to go back to it after this comment, but...
I had a closer relationship to lower living standards growing up, still very much first world but things like your own patch of grass, the space to not live constantly surrounded by others, a relaxed way of living, wide open spaces and yes, having a car for many people, were all almost unattainable privileges. And just one generation removed my family came from a country that definitely had much less: I remember the constant power cuts, military checkpoints, curfews when I visited (and we were considered privileged back there, having migrated away from it all). Parents had their stories of lining up for rations, the bombings, the terror...
Yet I still often fall into the trap of the hedonistic treadmill and forget how absolutely, blinking, freaking lucky and rich I am to be where I am right now. It's easy to get caught up in how unaffordable housing is, etc, and it's not like those things shouldn't change, but holy shit most people in the world would still kill to be here in our places. We never, ever genuinely have to worry about starving... What a blessing.
And Peeler, you yourself have such a generous, creative, loving personality that is its own richness regardless of material wealth ☺️ the minis are blessed to have you as their mum indeed!
Never Let Me Go is a gut punch. I think I’ve read a few of his that really hurt
I watched the movie of Remains of the Day and it squeezed my heart in quite a unique way
Yeah that was the other book I read… the way he just kept on going when (spoiler)
What a year this week has been
Amen sister
been a shit storm everyday since december
So true! I've seen super busy at work and a whole lot of stuff has happened.
I'm thinking I should change my username because Rowling is a piece of shit.
What would you change it to? Let's work shop this.
TalkingtotheForest Boyscrysboutcheese Allcatsaregay HeyHeyidontlikeitalot I might need a bigger drink
Keep working at it. It'll come to you.
Will cheer you on no matter the name you choose!
New photo dump has dropped:
::: spoiler spoiler :::
I know that cheeky face. That's a JRT.
If anyone has never visited Perth, it's a must do. So beautiful.
These are so beautiful, thanks for sharing!! Please pat the doggo on behalf of all of us!
Beyoodiful. Lovely to see a big wetlands like that
pretty
Just notice a rental listing for the apartment below me... identical layout and also unfurnished. The asking rent is just shy 40% higher than what I'm currently paying. That has made my situation feel very precarious indeed. 💀
::: spoiler feel this right in my forever-tenant heart :::
I worry so much about my fam and renting.
The young seagoons tell me they think they will never own. 😔
hate to tell them but the best chance for us all is to buy a big old house, share costs and learn to live together
PSA: The bloke down the road that grows the most AMAZING roses has just hard pruned his roses back to practically bare stumps. As has his chief rival further down the street. Hmm - gardening is on the agenda this weekend methinks.
It's not even June yet, they're going early. Hmmm. Maybe I should too.
It's pretty crazy how quickly they grow back though! At my old place in Epping, there was a rose bush right near the front door. One year I trimmed it back, as it was getting all tentacle-y and big. Then boom, it grew back bigger and stronger than ever, way more flowers, leaves and thorns. It was nuts!
Yeah, roses like being treated meeeeaaan.
There was one awful scraggly one in a stupid location at an old sharehouse that I foolishly tried to pull out (failed) and then mow over several times, both when I first lived there ten years ago and then more recently about 4-5 years ago.
I'm pretty sure the bastard is still alive.
I was wondering when to do that, thanks for the tip
since this might be a cold winter it's a bit early to prune
True. But I'm betting on this bloke knowing what he's doing, given how beautiful his roses are year after year.
New event for the Dog Olympics.. How far can doggo obnoxiously move its bowl down the hallway at 6:30am wanting brekkie.
Doggo is not being obnoxious, rather alerting you to a fault in the current system (I.e. lack of food)
Expressed as an absolute distance? Or as a percentage of the available hallway length? Also bowl quality and materials - ceramic would be significantly harder to shift than Temu steel/aluminium. And hallway floor covering - carpet or boards or rugs? Hard to standardise into a sporting event I think. Would be fun to watch tho.
lol these are all very good things to consider.
Also how many decibels.
I'm sure it'll get more complicated if there were laps involved.
I believe the cats have taken all the laps, so that won't be an issue.
We need to factor the power to weight ratio for the breed as well.
Come into work, setting myself up and I go and make a cup of coffee for myself as pr ritual demands.
Someone's in there that I don't know. We say good morning and hello, then she ask says "Are you IT?"
My mood instantly changes and I respond with "No, I'm "admin"."
I turn my back and finish making my coffee in complete silence and walk out.
screams nothing like being stereotyped before 8am.
Now I'm moody.
Stuff you!
Christ, it's not only the racist assumption it's the violation of office protocol and basic social politeness as well. Triple bullshit.
Bet she's management
Yeah, it's the combo that really does it for me.
I've seen her around the place but I'm not exactly sure what she does, maybe she's in early childhood centre as I didn't see her in the staff workroom upstairs.
"oh you're not white? Must be in IT, fix my laptop"
🙄🙄 I'm sorry man, racial profiling is so farked
yeah, it's farked. Hits me in the wrong way when it happens
Understandable! Because it's fucking bullshit! I hope you are able to treat yourself later on! Sending you my good vibes, friend! 💜💜💜
It's ok, I was able to vent it off and I'm just working while watching and listening to stuff on youtube and Listnr.
I have a packet of cheese corn chips at home with my name all over it.
I think it's going to be my treat while I watch the footy tonight.
Thank you!
Why? Pretty sure shes just looking for help and doesnt know who to ask. Its not a personal attack, its a hopeful request.
I absolutely do not like people asking if I'm IT straight of the bat without proper introductions and names.
This is not the first occurrence and it's always asking if I'm in IT, that is not my occupation
I have a right to be pissed at being stereotyped and pigeonholed and also not being courteous enough to introduce yourself with a name.
I don't go up to people and say hey, you're the nanny right based on their looks.
I'm sorry but I just dont see it as either of those things? From what you've said it sounds like a person rather rudely looking for help. You were there of course, i'm just going off your description.
I am IT, this has happened to me heaps and its never ruined my day. Not trying to invalidate your feelings, and I say this with care: I think maybe this is something you want to talk to someone about. The emotions don't really match the description of the situation here.
One bad interaction shouldnt have you so upset.
I have self worth and a self awareness of what makes me who I am.
I have a very keen sense of also being treated properly and not on the assumptions of my racial background.
In addition to that if someone wants something from me, I don't care who you are but you're going to have to say hello and good morning and introduce yourself before demanding anything from me because I don't believe in being treated like a tool or an in demand service, I'm not at anyone's beck and call either.
I don't need to see anyone about this, I just have an understanding of my own self worth and how I should be treated professionally on a day to day basis and it starts with manners.
Uhuh. Okay you do you.
Fine by me, if you want to be trodden over like a mat you do that too.
That's not how things work in the workplace.
I would be livid.
and it appears it was a derogatory tone because Duenan doesn't seem to be the sort of person who would offended so easily
Alrighty then. The phone calls and appointments have been made 🐸(Except for accessing a patient portal to do something - I’ll do it when I can figure out which hospital and what I’m trying to do again.)
Then I started on the paper clutter and it’s lucky I did… Opened some bills to shred and saw a large outstanding balance. Rang the water company and they’d stopped taking direct debits! That’s paid now.
quiz
5/10
8/10
5/10 today
7/10 feeling extra smort today
4/10
6/10 I guess I don't know who owns Vodafone 😂
6/10
Also 5
6/10
3/10
3/10
I've had my head in the sand a lot this week.
6/10 after a very rocky start.
Fridays are always such fun. Drinking, cards, music, singing, laughter. Saturdays. Don't talk to me.
Yesterday I had a flu shot and a physio appointment and I felt fine. Today, I ache all over.
This year's flu jab knocked me around the two days post injection.
Good news is that it works really well (at least for me). Already know a few people I came into contact with, are down with the flu, whereas I'm dealing with mild sniffles.
I saw a number plate yesterday I'm glad I didn't get. I hope the driver of car 1DD 1CK has a sense of humour.
Well I’ve already messed up my sleeping pattern and don’t have anything much on tomorrow. The baby is all drowsy and tucked up.
Started tackling the dread twin peaks (Mt Washmore and Dishmore)
Good morning. 🙂
Good Morning Goonsie. Up with the early birds this morning? The fog welcomes you.
Morning!
Hi
Way too keen to go home and play some Expedition 33. Comeeee on time!!
How’s the game been for you?
It won’t be long now!
I love it so much but I suckkkk at parrying which makes some of the fights really frustrating. Definitely taking my time going through it, but really enjoying it! The music is just so freakin' beautiful, have found myself listening to YT clips of covers and official clips but also not wanting to spoil myself at all! (usually I'm a big self spoiler, so I'm proud of myself)
The parry windows are pretty tight, hopefully it clicks with you eventually, there’s supposedly a little trick to it, you have to hit parry as the attack hits you.
Sometimes you’ll hear a little audio cue like a swish and that’s when you can hit parry and hope it works but they do tick you with delayed attacks or inconsistent speeds.
The music is so beautiful, I need to go back and listen to some tracks. Listening to the music is what actually made me get interested in the game.
Do not spoil yourself, trust me!
I just finished Act I.
Screaming. Crying. Throwing up.
I feel you there. It was heartbreaking.
argh, I have been stuck at home unable to go to JBs to get a controller
but I am so there
My first foray into playing a PC game with a controller and I'm sold. Hope you can arrange one soon, I'm so excited to hear what you think about the game!
Cheers Low Low 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Cheers!....I approximately 1 and a half hours.
Cheers!!!!
Goodnight all ❤️
Migraine. Fuck.
Ack, are you at work today?
Hope it doesn't last long and you feel better.
Thanks mate :) Starting to feel a bit better. Had to leave the house to do some shopping so eventually the headache started fading. Back to bed now I think.
Hello Friday night trauma dumping from my mother. Bringing the mood down, but I'll dance it off!
hugs
So glad you're here, Goonsie. Thank you!
Mine used Thursday night for that.
Love this for us. Oyyy.
It's been a bit of a blur this week. Work's been really busy and I've been super tired and going to bed early. We were going to take the boss out tonight for his birthday but one of us got COVID so now it's been postponed. Dang it, the last time I went out for dinner was the last time I went out for dinner with my colleagues, which was last Christmas party! My youngest has a bad cold (not covid). I'm sitting here yawning.
Hopefully you don't have to wait to long for the postponed!
It's been postponed to Friday the 13th looks around suspiciously
Ooh oooh oooh that's a fantastic date for a dinner! And we'll be just coming off a full moon!!
::: spoiler My friend Gunther is back in the work locker room. :::
He was scared off by some recent renovations that took down his wall, but now that things have calmed down he felt safe to come back again.
That is so stinkin' cute.
$700 to get the locks changed.
Wish I was a locksmith.
Um unless you have a weird set up it's a $50 or less diy job to switch the barrel out
They had to change the pins and make a new key.
Shit. I could've broken in for a lot less.
Whoa! Might be cheaper to repair a window next time!
1st chilli ferment on the way!
Doing anothery tm but with apricot and raspberries.
Aunt would kill me if she saw what I've done to her kitchen.
I caved and got doughnut fries.
Chilling with music, games and Fluffball.
... What are doughnut fries? Pic please? Are they good? I'm glad you're treating yourself, sounds like you've had an ordeal!
They're fries made out of doughnut batter covered with various sauces and warm cooked apple.
And thank you! It's been a hell of a day :)
That sounds freaking delicious!! I'm envisioning caramel sauce would be amaaaaaazing.
Sounds like the perfect comfort food.
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Poached egg on sourdough and pomegranate juice please
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Yum, compliments to the chef!
Super strong delicious coffee for today please Chef
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thank you Chef
Porridge with lots of cream and honey, and some fish sticks please
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Have reached the stage of illness where I’m feeling better but still not ok enough to be at work. Hanging about the house has made me realise how much being at work stops the snacking. Do not need any extra fluff
same, it's very frustrating
there is a problem, Bill is crying because I am feeding Ted where Bill can't steal his food
Can you divide Bill’s meal in two (if they eat at different times) and give him the second half while Ted eats? Or feed them at the same time?
A slow feeder or treat tower might also make Bill work for his food and stay occupied with his own meal longer instead of gulping it and going after Ted’s.
Or maybe if they aren’t already on low calorie or grain free food that’s an option.
Mashed pumpkin or hot water mixed into wet food is also a way to make them feel fuller.
More exercise for them might also help instead of reducing food intake so heavily.
It’s really hard. Breaks your heart to do it
he eats Ted's first then starts on his own
they are up and down stairs all day and pooped by the end of the day
I am sitting boiling in this oodie , absolutely crazy weather
For my birthday in 2 weeks I've thought up some good ideas.
A: Pub and gamble on some ponies.
B: Bowling, pub and gamble on some ponies.
C: The trots, drink, eat and gamble on some ponies.
D: All of the above.
Please note: All will happen when YL (formally known as the kid) gets her licence. Also be calling on some friends to join me.
D! Definitely D!
On a lighter note, link to the Other Place but the pet names are an absolute scream
https://www.reddit.com/r/NameMyCat/comments/1ksy5bq/i_need_the_dumbest_name_you_can_imagine_go_wild/?sort=top
Ughh… I’ve spent most of my energy shredding papers instead of tidying for the inspection. Doing that while tired is going to suck. I did find some important paperwork and sort out that bill though.
I just want to get my shit back together
Don’t look at it as a bad thing, you did something productive, - the paperwork getting sorted. Still a win.
I'm impressed at how good you are at admin/paper work 🙂
This was a desperate clawing to get out from under it lol
Is anyone playing helldivers?
Sadly no, maybe in the future sometime though when I’m able to organise things.
Not right now but yeah. Number 2, that is.
If you go back let me know. Haven't played for a while but new dlc looks cool.
I mean, I've played it twice this week. Are you playing via steam?
Nah ps5 but I'm pretty sure it's cross play.
More there's no point sending you my steam deets.
My son is.... and now I'm old....
Don't feel bad. Realistically, I'm too old lol
If you come across a trio of primary school kids, play nice please!
OK now I deeeeeefinitely feel old lol
I slept through my alarms again. Permatired.
Cancelled a dental appointment I no longer need to avoid being charged. Now I have to ring and sort out a time for this inspection. And make a vet appointment for Solensia and vitamin b.
Melbcat just cried so I gave her extra pain meds. As soon as she gets drowsy I might see if it’s possible to wipe some oral gel onto her back teeth/gums and clip her nails.
Then back to the dishes and laundry. Also there’s tidying and sweeping.
My stomach hurts and I just want to go back to bed.
do some then rest 😘
Mini dog walk done.
Ran into a recently spayed doggo so naturally hambam tries to get it on.. naturally at the wrong end. Poor other doggo was a little confused.
Hmm so I don't think I had the cold after all, I think I was going through a caffeine withdrawal - built up far too much of a tolerance and wasn't flushing it out of my system properly all these weeks, hence constantly feeling tired (and then trying to drink more to keep myself going).
After a full day of hell with the headaches, nausea and not getting out of bed, I feel heaps better - woke up clear-headed, without feeling lethargic (haven't felt that way in a while), naturally got out of bed at 8am, put away my dishes and having a light breakfast with a SMALL amount of coffee.
I can't wait to finish this thing so I can properly investigate dialling down my caffiene intake altogether, maybe switch back to green tea like I did years ago.
the disrespect is in not running the class in a way that everyone is treated equally
the young man is correct in his feelings he just isn't expressing himself well
regarding feedback in private, the tutor is disrespecting the class publicly so approach the issue publicly, choose your words carefully. This will also give others the opportunity to say their piece and will support you too
BUT, is she powerful, is she vindictive, will it be bad for you and others to speak up. Think carefully before saying anything, even in private.
Insane! I had a teacher who was similar when I was in highschool, she was the English/Lit teacher and you could get her to ramble for the solid 75min class if you asked how her daughters were doing. The difference was, she was also VERY commanding - NO ONE messed around in her class. She was no-nonsense, send you right to the principal, if you fucked around. I loved her. Hands down my favourite teacher.
I cannot imagine banging my fist on the table to emphasise how bored I was! That's some poor upbringing right there. In life, there is going to be PLENTY of times one will be bored to tears but cannot leave, we have to learn how to cope with that respectfully and calmly.
Ugh! So annoying for you! I'm sorry!
Paris Texas. I loved it.
I loved it so much.
Try Dead Man. Also an awesome film.
The New World.
Is there any sort you particularly like?
Check out A Man Called Otto - it’s a bit schmaltzy and parts are sad but overall very feelgood
Ah I was gonna recommend corny old horrors
All good!