Some of you know I write books. And I write spooky stories for kids. These stories are set in Tasmania. I have written 7 books in the series over the past 3 or so years.
Why is it only now I have thought up the story idea titled "How I got my Second Head?"
I was part of the Medibank, Optus and Latitude cyber hacks, and just received a notification from Qantas that I'm involved in theirs. Protection of my personal information is just meaningless at this point.
Yeah, same for me with Qantas and Optus. Optus breach made me leave them and not pay my last bill because fuck them. Debt has since been sold to a collection agency and I just ignore their calls 😂 my debt is under $170 so they'll write it off eventually, it's been a few years now haha
But yeah, personal data not being personal anymore? I'm really fucking sick of it. Qantas can suck my metaphorical dick.
Today was AWESOME, met so many familiar and wonderful faces at this event and really recharged, invigorated by the presentations and this glorious sun has really perked me up as well. Wrapped up early and probably not working tomorrow, but I'll have at least earned some extra dough this week and have a bit more breathing space to catch up on life stuff. I might even look up what's on this weekend. But for the next couple of hours, it's journalling time before the psych
For sure! Although I would've liked to work a bit tomorrow and pile up the cash, I'm also grateful to have an actual weekday breather - last week I worked a full day on the day I submitted my assignment, and it's been full days this week too. Tomorrow I can take my time to chill out at a park or head out somewhere nice without too many crowds. Start reconnecting to who the hell I am outside of work and study
They may win the award for worst designed flat pack I've ever experienced. Multiple screws with a hex fitting recessed into the wood so you can't get tools into them and can only turn a hex key less than a quarter turn before having to reposition. Plus a couple of instructions that were physically impossible. I had to make a few alterations to make it possible to get them together, but I think they are done solidly enough. The quality of the actual components is good and I like the overall design, but actually putting them together was definitely not something I'd want to repeat.
I've just put together the small bookshelf I bought for the lounge room, now I just need to summon the energy to do the bedside tables and I'll be done with flatpacks. Tomorrow I'll be taking the polystyrene to the recycling centre and finalising the stuff at my old house. Then I'll be able to fully focus on the unpacking and sorting here.
Still far too many boxes to unpack, unfortunately. I'm hoping I have enough of the funiture assembled and positioned now that I can focus on the actual unpacking and sorting.
Thanks for the encouragement. It doesn't help that life doesn't stop until you finish, you still have to go to work and cook and clean and mow the lawn which takes up lots of time too. I'm also giving myself a bit of leeway as I had a week off work with a cold, but it feels like it's taking forever, even if in reality it's not been that long.
That was actually a really uplifting and lovely psych session?! Yay! ☺️ I might not even need to see her for a while even though I'm still undecided as to whether I should terminate my lease and dump all my stuff in storage, or just pay rent until I get back. Leaving my stuff here is much, much easier, but I don't want to be in the same rut. A lot hinges on whether I can trust myself to courageously move towards change if I come back to the same place.
I can feel a decision bubbling up though. And other ways in which to address that yearning for a powerful driver of change
Yeah fair enough. CBD worked well for one of my friends but it's not for everyone. For me a combination of exercise, meditation and reading before bed has helped. Hopefully you find a solution.
Took today off, just needed it. Did a little bit of shopping (looking for new gym shoes if anyone has any recs), had a yum lunch and a long swim. Twas lovely.
I sit having my lunch of coffee and peanut butter toast
out of the corner of my eye I see the dog sit next to me
I ignore her
dog puts her paws on my thighs
I ignore
dog moves to other side
dog moves to chair next to me
dog moves to chair on opposite side of table and looks at me eating , licking her lips and chewing air every time I take a bite
Melbcat seems okay. I’m waiting to see if the latest issue resolves but she’s got a good appetite, is washing herself, and got up to curiously follow a visitor around. She doesn’t seem to be uncomfortable or have pain.
porridge eaten, dog walked, two loads of washing on the line drying, cat cuddles underway. Today is going fairly well. Except for my grinder dying (with a minor smell of electrical burning just to be dramatic). I shall have to order a new one.
Whenever I go to the deli I always ask for a big handful of ham. Well the other day the young lass grabs the most pitiful handful so I encouraged her to grab more by saying "bigger" but because it was shredded it all clumped together. I left with 450g of ham off the bone.
I think I'm gonna make ham and cheese muffins today.
I was tempted at the shops just now but I already had an early dinner of stodgy soup. Instead I will finish up this jar of salsa with a new bag of corn chips yeehaw
Income statement says tax ready but when I got and try to do my tax return it says the pre-filled information from my income statement is not tax ready.
I guess I have to wait another day and hope it updates tomorrow. :(
Slices of pork belly in the air fryer - suitably marinated. Have worked out how to cook them and get the skin crispy. Tinfoil you are my friend in this endeavour.
Damn, was going to unwind with an episode of Murderbot but it is released Fridays, not Thursdays. But then I remembered all of The Bear s4 is available! I did need to read a recap of S3 because some of it was so slow but I also somehow forgot the amazing Napkins was in it too. I'm actually kind of happy that s4 is not returning to the insane intensity of S1 and S2 but let's see where these characters go. The development of folks like Ritchie and Tina is what really makes the show.
I found a 32gb SD card in a draw. I put it in my computer and it only reads 30mb of storage capacity and it needs to be formatted.
But it can't be formatted because it's write protected.
I plug it into some computers I have and it doesn't get read at all. What's on this SD card and why doesn't it want me to know? What did I use this SD card for before?
I could probably write a haunted media story about it for reddit for 30 updoots
I have, both through the file explorer and terminal. They're the two computers that can't detect it at all. One with an adapter and the other with a direct micro SD card slot
I know about it from analysing fake micro SD cards where they've effectively rewritten the drive data to appear as more than it was. I followed a guide, I can't remember what *nix tools I used.
It just hit me. Melbcat has IBD. So maybe she’s having a flare.
This could explain the increased appetite, being sick, the accidents, the crying… She seems a lot better now but I’m going to get right back on the vets in the morning and ask. There is something that can be done about that.
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This is how close I can get atm.
That tabby likes you! They're marking you!
yup, that's a cat tail cuddle
Melbcat ‘monkey tails’ me and people she likes by wrapping it around us, it’s her version of a hug.
I know when she’s sick because along with the other body language she sometimes ‘hugs’ herself with her tail to self soothe.
Ooohh progress!
Omg. It looks like you’re getting a tail hug. (Cats wrapping their tail around someone is a sign of affection)
Some of you know I write books. And I write spooky stories for kids. These stories are set in Tasmania. I have written 7 books in the series over the past 3 or so years.
Why is it only now I have thought up the story idea titled "How I got my Second Head?"
Staring at me this whole time.
Your protagonist should have a parent from Dapto
Stanley's Nut
Then The Strange Eyes of Queenstown next.
The Dead Eyes of Queenstown.
The old manager tried to take a swipe at me again today.
Mate, just fuck off lol
wow
Can't let it go can he?
Man that sucks.
I fucked him right back and it was glorious hahaha
I suspect all these swipes and the drama is just a distraction from general incompetence and possible illegal actions.
Now that sounds awesome.
I was part of the Medibank, Optus and Latitude cyber hacks, and just received a notification from Qantas that I'm involved in theirs. Protection of my personal information is just meaningless at this point.
Yeah, same for me with Qantas and Optus. Optus breach made me leave them and not pay my last bill because fuck them. Debt has since been sold to a collection agency and I just ignore their calls 😂 my debt is under $170 so they'll write it off eventually, it's been a few years now haha
But yeah, personal data not being personal anymore? I'm really fucking sick of it. Qantas can suck my metaphorical dick.
We know all about you, Steve.
Yet voting in elections online is too risky. 🤔
You've really had a did run at the opsec lottery. If anything I'm just as lucky to have been on the other side of some of these
shells i got yesterday
these are Pacific Ocean shells, they are big, but then the bigger ones are more likely to survive the rocky shore and waves intact
one of them is just a piece of a tun shell ( these are usually very big ) but I often pick up pieces just to know what kind of shells are around
Shells pretty
Aren't they. 😊 And often the animal is just as beautiful ,
They're so pretty! What lovely souvenirs of your time with the Young Seagoons.
We are going on a big trip to the main shell beach 40 minutes away tomorrow, it's post storm, collecting should be awesome
I am hoping to get some really big and fresh specimens 😃
This week can kick rocks
I concur
It's been a series of bullshit and strange attitudes.
Full moon or EOFY?
Today was AWESOME, met so many familiar and wonderful faces at this event and really recharged, invigorated by the presentations and this glorious sun has really perked me up as well. Wrapped up early and probably not working tomorrow, but I'll have at least earned some extra dough this week and have a bit more breathing space to catch up on life stuff. I might even look up what's on this weekend. But for the next couple of hours, it's journalling time before the psych
So glad you had a good day o day and you got paid for it too!
For sure! Although I would've liked to work a bit tomorrow and pile up the cash, I'm also grateful to have an actual weekday breather - last week I worked a full day on the day I submitted my assignment, and it's been full days this week too. Tomorrow I can take my time to chill out at a park or head out somewhere nice without too many crowds. Start reconnecting to who the hell I am outside of work and study
Early night tonight. Goodnight all ❤️
Night night!
::: spoiler The bedside tables are assembled! :::
They may win the award for worst designed flat pack I've ever experienced. Multiple screws with a hex fitting recessed into the wood so you can't get tools into them and can only turn a hex key less than a quarter turn before having to reposition. Plus a couple of instructions that were physically impossible. I had to make a few alterations to make it possible to get them together, but I think they are done solidly enough. The quality of the actual components is good and I like the overall design, but actually putting them together was definitely not something I'd want to repeat.
I don’t mind those. Do they come in black? where might I find them?
It's the Rome bedside table from B2C Furniture. It does not come in black, but the Paris bedside table does.
Thank you
I've just put together the small bookshelf I bought for the lounge room, now I just need to summon the energy to do the bedside tables and I'll be done with flatpacks. Tomorrow I'll be taking the polystyrene to the recycling centre and finalising the stuff at my old house. Then I'll be able to fully focus on the unpacking and sorting here.
Is there much more left to do?
Still far too many boxes to unpack, unfortunately. I'm hoping I have enough of the funiture assembled and positioned now that I can focus on the actual unpacking and sorting.
I moved at least a month before you and I have only just finished unpacking/fixing things up.
Still need to buy a few more rugs and a coat rack. Then the house is all set.
So you are doing really well. 👍👍👍
Thanks for the encouragement. It doesn't help that life doesn't stop until you finish, you still have to go to work and cook and clean and mow the lawn which takes up lots of time too. I'm also giving myself a bit of leeway as I had a week off work with a cold, but it feels like it's taking forever, even if in reality it's not been that long.
I opened the ceiling hatch! There are neither dead bodies nor an 80s porn stash.
You have about half a meter cubic. Bets on.
These are affectionately known as demon doors in my household
There is a mysterious wooden box, it might hold a demon
Read The Tibetan Box by Elizabeth Walters or The Crate by Stephen King before approaching it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7tFSsqJwIo
That was actually a really uplifting and lovely psych session?! Yay! ☺️ I might not even need to see her for a while even though I'm still undecided as to whether I should terminate my lease and dump all my stuff in storage, or just pay rent until I get back. Leaving my stuff here is much, much easier, but I don't want to be in the same rut. A lot hinges on whether I can trust myself to courageously move towards change if I come back to the same place.
I can feel a decision bubbling up though. And other ways in which to address that yearning for a powerful driver of change
That's a good thing. 😊
It's official!
I haven't slept more than 3 hours in a row for a year.
🎉 :(
That can't be good for your health.
That's treatment resistant insomnia.
I'm pretty sure it's because of my anti depressant. But I can't mess around with it for another few weeks due to all the other stuff that's happening.
I've got a referal to a sleep clinic which I'll attend next week.
But cheers for the suggestion, I'll look into it :)
Damn that's rough 😕 What have you done to try and fix it?
Everything except valium which I refuse to touch.
Yeah fair enough. CBD worked well for one of my friends but it's not for everyone. For me a combination of exercise, meditation and reading before bed has helped. Hopefully you find a solution.
Do you get enough hours in total?
I get around 7. But I'm in bed for 10 which really sucks.
Took today off, just needed it. Did a little bit of shopping (looking for new gym shoes if anyone has any recs), had a yum lunch and a long swim. Twas lovely.
🕐 🐦🪱
Dinosaur, as requested by kidcalhoon2....
I would not want to cross paths with that giraffe! It looks like it's seen some shit and done some shit 👀
That's a great drawing!! I love it's expression and the volcano!!!
why is my jumper so uncomfortable
looks in mirror
oh
backwards? Head in the sleeve? Upside down?
backwards
I actually thought you were calling yourself fat when I read this first 🤣
🤨
Marge ...
and dog tales
I sit having my lunch of coffee and peanut butter toast
out of the corner of my eye I see the dog sit next to me I ignore her dog puts her paws on my thighs I ignore dog moves to other side dog moves to chair next to me dog moves to chair on opposite side of table and looks at me eating , licking her lips and chewing air every time I take a bite
this dog is quite entertaining
Melbcat seems okay. I’m waiting to see if the latest issue resolves but she’s got a good appetite, is washing herself, and got up to curiously follow a visitor around. She doesn’t seem to be uncomfortable or have pain.
She keeps giving me the biggest fright 😅
porridge eaten, dog walked, two loads of washing on the line drying, cat cuddles underway. Today is going fairly well. Except for my grinder dying (with a minor smell of electrical burning just to be dramatic). I shall have to order a new one.
Edit: I have now ordered a new one.
Whenever I go to the deli I always ask for a big handful of ham. Well the other day the young lass grabs the most pitiful handful so I encouraged her to grab more by saying "bigger" but because it was shredded it all clumped together. I left with 450g of ham off the bone.
I think I'm gonna make ham and cheese muffins today.
Honey or smoked ham is awesome
True but I try to go for Aussie ham first.
Quiche Lorraine is good for this. You can make an easy one with premade pastry and skip the blind baking (I also used to just use dried chives)
Good thinking because I just popped in 12 mini crustless quiches/frittatas in the oven. Ready in 20 minutes.
Cheesy garlic bread. You will be mine.
I was tempted at the shops just now but I already had an early dinner of stodgy soup. Instead I will finish up this jar of salsa with a new bag of corn chips yeehaw
I read that in Wayne Campbell's voice.
Income statement says tax ready but when I got and try to do my tax return it says the pre-filled information from my income statement is not tax ready.
I guess I have to wait another day and hope it updates tomorrow. :(
Slices of pork belly in the air fryer - suitably marinated. Have worked out how to cook them and get the skin crispy. Tinfoil you are my friend in this endeavour.
We are at your door
Wafting the perfume of crisp crackled pork belly skin over the aether to you.
Much gratitude.
🤤
it's a bit windy , storm blew out my power board
fixed now, jut had to reset
Damn, was going to unwind with an episode of Murderbot but it is released Fridays, not Thursdays. But then I remembered all of The Bear s4 is available! I did need to read a recap of S3 because some of it was so slow but I also somehow forgot the amazing Napkins was in it too. I'm actually kind of happy that s4 is not returning to the insane intensity of S1 and S2 but let's see where these characters go. The development of folks like Ritchie and Tina is what really makes the show.
Beep Beep 🚚
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Some mental fortitude for a difficult psych session coming up today pls
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Can I please get a box of Labrador puppies and a jar of peanut butter.
That overbite is disturbing
I love Tuna.
📦🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
🥜🔨🍯
Thanks
Coffee icecream and pain pills please.
☕️🍦💊💊 Not sure if you want pills that give you pain or remove it. Gave you both.
Thank you, I'll take the one for my achy teeth and save the other for a special occasion
A cup of tea and some toast and marmalade please. With a side order of a nice dry raincoat and a new umbrella.
☕️🫖🍞🍊🍯🧥🌂
Woof.
🦮
Can you please give me witchies umbrella instead, if shes already getting a raincoat that's only fair to share...
Also some onion-jam and cheese tarts, aaaand... A pint of Guinness!
Umbrellas are first come first served. You can have the beach one. ⛱️
🧅🍯🧀🥧🍺
Ok ☹️ I'm going to look silly walking to work though
Pretend you are CarrotMan
You could take a few eyes out with that thing.
Anyone get any cunning ideas for bandit proofing an auto cat feeder? I'm thinking plate steel and welding sort of level 😾
Eating it yourself can solve the problem......
Unfortunately Covid did not murder my tastebuds, so this is deemed unacceptable
Top 10 Anime Betrayals: There are no biscuits I can eat at Aldi and the Woolies brand gingersnaps are actually good.
I found a 32gb SD card in a draw. I put it in my computer and it only reads 30mb of storage capacity and it needs to be formatted.
But it can't be formatted because it's write protected.
I plug it into some computers I have and it doesn't get read at all. What's on this SD card and why doesn't it want me to know? What did I use this SD card for before?
I could probably write a haunted media story about it for reddit for 30 updoots
Have you looked at it on a linux machine?
I have, both through the file explorer and terminal. They're the two computers that can't detect it at all. One with an adapter and the other with a direct micro SD card slot
I was meaning less of a file view and more of a drive analysis.
I'll need to try that, thank you. But I'll have to see how it goes if both computers won't detect it
I know about it from analysing fake micro SD cards where they've effectively rewritten the drive data to appear as more than it was. I followed a guide, I can't remember what *nix tools I used.
I'll look into it and see if I can find a similar guide that lets me dive into the SD card more
It just hit me. Melbcat has IBD. So maybe she’s having a flare.
This could explain the increased appetite, being sick, the accidents, the crying… She seems a lot better now but I’m going to get right back on the vets in the morning and ask. There is something that can be done about that.
@[email protected] Watching tonight?
Game so far has been much better than I thought.
Yes. Who'd ya pick?
Doggies, was expecting a one sided match but looks like Pagan really fired them up.
Fuck
good night everyone 😘 sweet dreams