Daily Discussion Thread:🌞 Sun 18 Feb 2024

6th night without power. I’m so over it. Anxious AF.

On a train. There is an over abundance of short shiny dresses and facial glitter. Must be a Spice Girl around somewhere.

Edit: rewrote half my comment because Jesus Christ I wasn't making any sense at all

To do list for tomorrow (putting it here so I am obligated to follow-through):

• Call Tafe and finish up enrolment
• speak to GP for new BC script
• eat lunch (important!!)
• play with/nap with cat

Some sad news. A neighbour found the corpse of Mr Magpie. He and Mrs Magpie lived in the big gum tree in the roundabout at the end of the street and raised several families there. Presumably the hot windy day last week knocked him off his perch.
However, in slightly more cheerful news, Mrs Magpie fronted up for feeding time at another neighbour's place this morning, bringing another Mrs Magpie with her. Very very Thornbury.

Rightio.
Shopping is done. House is clean from top to bottom. Washing is done. Cat is brushed and fed.

Time for some reading in bed, and Mass Effect 3 later on.

I forget how great I feel when the house is spotless. Feels so peaceful.

I'm out adventuring and listening to my audiobook. Embrace the majesty of the mighty vanilla slice. Also, this is the very first photo I've taken with this new phone (loaned from Microsoft).

just woken up from impromptu nap

I must have been tired

So many Taylor Swift fans, the tram was packed as. Wtf. A group of them looked at me and laughed? I'm not in HS anymore, their giggles mean nothing lol

Making myself throw out all my pc part boxes, I don't know why my lizard brain is so obsessed with keeping them all. Have also organised all my little screws, cables, and whatnots into labelled parts tubs.

I am so sick of my toxic boss. I just want to quit my job but i'm not having much luck on the job hunting front. I feel so trapped and I don't know what to do. maybe i should just off myself. honestly feels like the only way out at the moment after months of trying to find something else.

It’s been sometime since I was in a bar with carpet quite this sticky 😝

Well, it wouldn't be a train trip if I didn't get abused by someone at least once. I'm not sure what he was going on about, all I caught was him calling me fat or some variation of that about a dozen times and then screaming at me about white people and slavery. Not sure what I did exactly, I was just crossing the road and he started yelling at me. When I ignored him enough he started going off on the next closest people who seemed to be copping it harder than I did

The tram is about to come so I assume he's about to leave, buuut for now I'm holed up in the corner of a KFC, which probably wouldn't make him very happy

I have been relatively pain free all day and unsurprisingly spent most of it sleeping

Two stunning afternoons up in the hills and watched a House episode where a guy had his hand amputated.

Man, I have never been more grateful for my hands. Like I felt so so so unbelievably overwhelmed with gratitude it was kind of surreal.

Hope everyone has had an awesome weekend!

Back from the other side of the city. As soon as I was on Chapel St waiting for tram, some middle aged lady asked me from a ciggie. Every time I'm there, which isn't often, I get asked for a smoke without fail.

Every street and suburb in Melbourne has a culture; I love this city.

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Boa noite.

Question?

Are there screaming meth addicts in the middle class and posh suburbs too?

I have decided to try cutting out caffeine for a while. I've been reducing my intake for a couple of weeks, with the intention that after today I will not have any more. The temptation to have another coffee is very real.

I've asked the man to keep it down out there while he mows because I'm about to have a nap. AITA.

Mildly peeved that the bus driver blew right past the stop I was at, ignoring everyone who was waiting there. Had to wait half an hour for the next one.

But got some fudge, and found out that the brand I usually get shut up shop some months ago.

It's been one of those ripple days, where everything seems to be going up and down all at once.

Also anyone know any good place to look into getting a second hand bike (and a good place to ride in)? My current one is a bit knackered, and wondering whether it was worthwhile fixing it, or just replacing it completely.

I'm familiar with the bike shed at Ceres, but that's about it.

I've spent all day inside resting with Puddington Bear. Feeling pretty ordinary and so is she. Both of us are going to the vet this week

Hectic week is just over. I'm drop dead tired, will miss having people to check in with. But also glad to be back in my own space and participating in things from a distance rather than being expected to compete with the popular and the pretty. Also I'd be glad not to go into the cbd for a good month or so. I'm so over it

ALDI TRUMPET ACQUIRED

Maybe this a QLD school thing but does anyone remember having to learn to dance in high school? Like you'd learn the waltz and one other dance (mine was the cha cha) and then to pass you had to dance with the sports teacher (male teacher for the girls, female sport teacher for the boys).

Friend of mine just gave me a wild flashback to that part of my schooling, and adult me is thinking how fkn wild it was you had to get handsy with a teacher for a few minutes in the name of education.

Off to Prahan, just for one thing but it's like an hour each way. Good thing I remembered my earphones, would have been quite upset otherwise haha

Ended up making the trip in with my kids to listen from the park. Was worth it (kids thought it was awesome) - I'd say probably 15k people outside....

And this guy - just grooving from the back

I generally see every superhero movie on either the day it's released or even the night before if that's available (yes even Morbius), but I think I might just not go see Madame Web. It's not like I don't have the time or the money. I just don't have the urge. I think there might be something about Dakota Johnson which just rubs me the wrong way. That and after watching the trailer I feel like I can put the pieces of the movie together myself.

Has anyone here seen it and care to give non-spoilery thoughts?

I'm laying watching The Curse of The Chippendales and in the half dark something decides to crawl across the floor. Maybe a cricket.

It took a few days but I've put the second coat on the paper swatches. It's a bit worrying how thin the paint it and how much brush strokes show. If I began actually painting and needing two layers I'd need to either mix the sames colours perfectly twice or make more and keep it from drying out until it could be used.

It's fine. I don't even have a colour wheel or anything yet, and still don't know what official colours these knockoffs would be standing in for. I think I need to follow a few mixing guides and see how they behave first. And learn how to draw