Daily discussion thread: 🛖 Sunday, April 28, 2024

According to the other DT, lemondrop__ is getting married today. Woo for her. Boo for her demons.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST I STARTED SMELLING THAT SMELL AND CHECKED AND THERE WAS A DEAD RAT UNDER MY BED UGGGHHH
God knows when it got there but a) I only just started smelling That Smell an hour back (and I crashed for a couple of hours this afternoon) and b) I'm pretty sure it wasn't there yesterday because I hauled the old suitcase out from under the other side of the bed to take to the op shop and I didn't spot anything.
But ugggghhhhhh.

😖 Zooks decided because I woke up early yesterday that 3:30 is now wake up time and head-butted me awake.
Admittedly she woke me out of one of those annoying dreams, but still.

Couldn't sleep so I took off from Albury at 5:30. Just got home when my alarm was due to go off.

I was fine until maybe 45 minutes out and my eyes started getting a little stingy but I pushed through and everything is a-o-k.

Actually pretty glad to have avoided the "coming home from a long weekend" Hume Hwy crowd. It was a quiet and good run.

T minus 12 minutes to find out if the kid did a good job of dyeing my hair. Ok let's face it I don't really care as long as it's not patchy.

Update: It looks good. Just need to see it in daylight now.

I'm back. Gotta love a full size mirror.

Good night everyone. 😘

I don't want to sound dramatic, but I'm a man, and I have a cold. Now, we all know that means I'm dying a slow, painful death.

No one has ever felt this bad in the history of humanity lol

Woe is me 🤧

Also this is Gibson's Imgur thingy https://imgur.com/gallery/AtAIjpO

I've gotta go and buy a dress today. Looking on line and I discovered I'm more picky about clothing than I am about food. I don't want black, prints, lace, too much polyester, bright colours. I don't want to look like a bridesmaid or someone who came from the set of The Handmaids Tale. I like jumpsuits but don't wanna get half naked just to have a piss.

I need something I can wear with my ankle boots because I don't wear scrappy shoes. And I'm gonna need a handbag. I'll probably come out with 3 handbags and no outfit. Pray for me.

The man needs a shirt and he doesn't give a shit what colour it is. Urgh.

pizzas for dinner. 😋😋 One hawaiian, one vegie with artichokes, mushies and roasted red capsicum

@Seagoon_ @melbourne Ugh. It's Monday tomorrow. Why do weekends have to be so short? 😔

There's a huge workload to get through, and I'm stressing about it already.

On the upside, I'm taking Thursday and Friday off.

And there's a concert that wifey and I are going to on Tuesday night 😊

I gave her the tickets for Valentine's Day. I haven't been to a concert since the pandemic.

Also, I have a song by HER stuck in my head: https://youtu.be/_iKxR-daLCo?si=X7mcQHhCZHoN2UWn

My lymph node is swollen, wtf. Am I going to die??

His Lordship woke me up waving Age articles and jabbering about state gov southland developments. Interesting times

Had some friends come over. Because of where I live it doesn't happen as often as I'd like, but it's really nice to have some more humans to talk to lol

Nup, today was not as good as yesterday. Bad sleep, got some shit done but starting to feel some kind of second wave of Bleah coming on. Just like the last time I got covid... I'll do a test tonight (although a negative doesn't mean it isn't something else).

Swear to god I'll cry if I feel sick tomorrow morning. I will not go in sick but it suuuucks to miss another day of pay (doubt they'd let me take my first day off on sick leave)

Nice things for today though:

Time to do gardening pt 2 real quick now that the sun is off my plants, then get into the kitchen. Think I can only make the arroz verde and then I'm done.

Box icream sandwich review: Fuck these are too sweet! Aldo, no presentation points for me.

Nothing much to say about the biscuit bit. Maybe use the half frozen log trick for a neater result? The icecream part makes way more than necessary and the chips tend to sink. Not awful but even Boyo thinks the sugar is excessive. Coat in 80% bitter for crunch & flavour correction?

@Force_majeure123@aussie.zone

quiz Yeti crabs are cool!

Too warm for trackie dacks, too cold for shorts.

The eternal struggle.

I had a bad dream ☹️

Apparently I took it out on my pillow, which I woke up with on the other side of my room

Did I ever tell you how much I dislike cleaning barbecue gas ports? Should be a Jim’s franchise for this shit.

More cleaning today, job made way harder by biodegradable bags exploding into a billion pieces of confetti and getting on everything and breaking down at a touch when picking them up.

Looking forward to some chicken that I seasoned last night and let sit in the fridge overnight, going to see if that makes a difference in flavour.

Anyway more spaces cleaned up for the moment, will resume tomorrow and hopefully I can start to move some furniture around pending vacuuming of stupid left over bag confetti.

I can hear a rave/dance party going on from my apartment in Fitzroy North and I can't figure out where it's come from.

Not that I would go anyway as I'm a boring adult who has a job to go to tomorrow ☹️

The Peelers and I are going to Lucha Fantastica, the Mexican wrestling show, next weekend. Should be a blast! The drama! The costumes!

Marches and protests without a specific, achievable demand.

End violence against women. I agree and think it's a good a idea but taking to the streets probably isn't going to convince wife bashers. It's also a very general demand that doesn't point to any specific government policy response. And I noticed that Jacinta Allen was in the crowd anyway so....

This feels similar to Palestine protests in Australia. Israel and the American government which essentially props up their military do not give a fuck. Protesting in Australia does nothing.

A protest that works is something that is a specific demand where what's required is clear. For example Vietnam War protests that demanded the end of Australia's involvement. It's clear what is required and obvious as to how to achieve it.

Laid up in bed all day with a cold. Urghhh I'm a giant sook when I'm sick 🤧

I was just reading that the cost of a passport is going up about $50 on 1 July, so anyone planning on getting a passport soon would be advised to do it before then.

I'm trying Chook on a new pellet mix. He's rolling in it rather than eating it

Weekend highlight: Finding a Philippino take away/burger place that does an ube (purple yam) flavoured dessert.

Incredibly sweet, but delicious.

We need a Rate my Fairy Bread thread.

5 loads of washing done, blankets and pillows cleaned, 2 loads dishes, continuing getting tapestry fabric ready to make new chair covers, next have to clean up after cats , then I'm done 💤

Is there a website that I can put in a hallmark number and it would tell me more about an object?

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Movie review

Coda. A short and sweet romance movie. 3 hobbits. What's best is you can see katie is awed and likes patrick in real life, that or she's truly a very good actress

The Bacchantes. Old Italian movie based on the Euripides play. It seems to me the story is about bringing civilisation and humanity to society. It's interesting that the gods want above all else human experience and human experience can only come with mortality so they adopt a human form, I suppose because mortality makes it more precious. The sets and costuming is so good. The dances, just like in the old paintings. Everyone did their homework. I give this 4.5 hobbits.

I put out a dozen empty clean maccona jars in the courtyard for any neighbour who might want them. Gone in 5 minutes.

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