Submitted â¨â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago⊠by â¨LowExperience2368@aussie.zone⊠to â¨melbourne@aussie.zoneâŠ
â Final clean â Photos taken and sent â Keys returned â LL emailed â Bond return initiated
Goodbye old house and old life!!! Onto the transitory period before the next big thing⌠interestingly just yesterday I hear from my cousin in regional Vic that theyâre seriously considering moving (back) to WAâŚ
I loath going back to an empty place for the final clean. Itâs an emotional kick especially when you got the place in a worse condition.
I can totally see why people just get bond cleaners to do the job. By that stage of the move youâre already exhausted and cranky. If you had to leave because you didnât want to itâs easy to feel resentful when cleaning. Iâm so glad itâs over. I never want to think about that place again now
Nice! Where are you moving to, if I may ask?
Have moved to a tiny musty old bachelor pad of depression in Richmond. Itâs just a short term lease, hoping to gtfo as soon as uni is done. Possibly out of Melbourne or even Victoria. Definitely not inner city
Good night sleepy heads đ
(Because Iâve been out of the loop/thread for much of the week and didnât realise you were backâŚ)
BAKKKKKUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! Welcome back!! đđđ
Also trains are awesome, but thatâs just common knowledge :)
Gâday Gregsy! Howâs it all going?
i think i am in a long distance situationship and that is exactly right at this point of my life
Long-distanceship!!! đđđ Yaaaaaaasss girl!!!
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so long as the long distance isnât so long that you cant occasionally get into situational activities with them, sure!
We will be in nearby universes that makes activities possible
Last day of leave :(
Buuuuut, only 4 weeks till another 3 weeks of leave!
god is it only 4 weeks till Christmas?
5 Weeks
Canât claim sewing course is going well. Nobody is horrid, but Iâm highly dubious my result will fit, and can really do without the graphic pego stories!
Opposite result of hoped for really.
Well let me tell you about my prego storyâŚ
Nah Iâm more interested in what youâre learning there?
They look a bit fancy!
They taste amazing!
Jelly!
Front middle one looks like a Phoenix egg. Make an omelette.
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New firmware update for the pedal board!!!
5 new amp models and 4 of them are HIGH GAIIIIIN!!!
OK Iâm all good now lol
I got that email as well. Iâll have to plug it into the computer when I get home
You have one?!?!?! Duuuuuuuuude!
Hard day at work today. Iâm seriously considering making golden syrup pudding for dinner.
So I think we can all agree that constant population growth is bad for the environment.
And yet our economy hinges on it.
SoâŚwhy are we still doing it? Same for constant economic growth in general.
At some point human society needs to reorganise around something other than the âeconomyâ.
The real problem imo is that the rich and shameless and/or powerful are stuck in an exploitative 19th century mindset, while the real world has moved on. Have you read Jared Diamondâs masterful depiction in Collapse - How Societies Choose to Survive or Choose to Fail? I found that book mindblowing. Also Tim Flanneryâs The Future Eaters, which I regard as essential reading for anyone living in Australia rn. Some of the science is dated, but imo still valid in essence. And both authors are right on the money when it comes to how humans react to social stressors.
I hung out with Tim and his wife for a week in the far north of WA many years ago. Theyâre really cool and smart people. Bit of a secret: Tim is the famous one, but Alex is probably the smarter and cooler of the two. Shh! đ
I have not read these books however thankyou for the recommendation might try and check them out.
Ponzi scheme
Itâs not just money, there are too people who donât care so much about getting money as making other people suffer.
I donât know what we can do about that other than have safety nets.
Birth control exists for a reason.
Two members of my household tested positive for COVID today and I have symptoms but tested negative. Time to sit and watch some movies for the rest of the week maybe.
Yep, itâs definitely going around again.
If you enjoy action thrillers, try Predestination with Ethan Hawk.
OMG, such a good film. Also brain: đ¤Ż
said it before and Iâm sure I will say it again: Boys highschool sex ed should be bringing in a new dad whos got a kid in daycare and ask them âhow many times you been sick this year?â. Youâd scare the crap out of them.
Giving them a toddler to care for for a day would also work
thats the issue though. When they are cute (which lets be honest, is a LOT of the time) youd fall in love.
Iâd like to be one of those people who feels compelled to buy a book every time they go into a book store, but theyâre like $20 for even a basic paperback. I donât want to drop that much every time I go look at books
Theyâre free at the library :)
I get them there when I can but Iâm too slow a reader at the moment to not need a couple of renewals to get through a book
i usually prefer ebooks, cheaper and doesnât take up space
And I can read them in the dark easier. The kids still sleep in our room so I canât really use a light for regular books
I used to do that but the cost of books now are pretty high so Iâve stopped buying them.
Depending on how voracious a reader you are, Kindle Unlimited may be worth investigating. I go through about 4 books a week, so the service ($14/mo) must have saved me about $1,000 by now.
Unfortunately I donât read as much as Iâd like, which is part of it. I get my ebooks from âotherâ parts of the internet and thatâs what I went to check.
Iâm reading The Crying Lot of 49 and my version has some weird formatting. I wanted to check if it was just an eBook thing or a deliberate stylistic choice. Turns out it was just a weird eBook formatting thing
Always check Big W first.
I used to work at a big w and when they have a book itâs always cheap. Especially kidâs books. I feel bad for independent toy stores because itâs so hard to compete with the big department stores there
So I saw one of the friends in the group that excluded me from their catch up last week. He was saying how we should plan another pot luck dinner with the group (thatâs what we did the last time I saw them all) and have it at person Xâs place. So maybe they felt bad I wasnât with them last week? Who knows. I just acted dumb, said sure etc, no confrontation about why I wasnât invited last week. Letâs see if it happens. Iâll forgive but I wonât forget!
I finished reading the Expanse last night. Iâve not been that engaged with a book series since I discovered Tom Clancy as a 12 year old who was obsessed with Navy aircraft. Donât really know what to read now⌠I saw an interview with Henry Cavill where he was asked his go to sci fi writers. Without hesitation the first thing he said was anything by Robert E Feist⌠So I guess Iâll try thatâŚ
God no. Not Feist. đ
His women characters suck majorly. The only time he gets it right is The Empire Trilogy, and the only reason is because he collaborated with Janny Wurts (a woman).
If you do read his stuff, avoid Faerie Tale at all costs.
Pan raping a teenager is not something I was prepared for, Feist writes her so awfully. He doesnât know what a woman is.
Sorry for the rant. I think I just hate Feist. No one should stop you from enjoying a piece of art (novels in this case).
Noted. And off my to read list.
Tend to agree with all of that. I much prefer L E Modesitt Jr if I want stock characters with a predictable plotline. Heâs a much better wordsmith than Feist.
Bah! I have to admit I am not a fan of Feist. I do however adore the Divine Lois. Check out anything by Lois McMaster Bujold. From rollicking space opera to deep psychological insight fantasy drama. Also very dry, deadpan funny. Good entry points - Memory, Diplomatic Immunity, The Curse of Chalion, Falling Free, The Sharing Knife - for a selection from her major universes. But she does perpetrate serieses, so enter at your own risk.
The Altered Carbon books are pretty good.
I admit I havenât read any modern science fiction lately , the newest was His Dark Materials.
Huge pot of chicken broth on the go. Probably last chance before weather makes this unfeasible, and I need dumplings.
so much snot. Not enough oxygen to make joke about tissue usage.
mrs B has started BG3. And I am so so excited to watch her play and talk to her about it. Shes gonna love it!
I hate the days after not sleeping well. Iâm soâŚbleh
At the place of toilâŚ
I have less than zero desire to be here rn.
Moar holes? More holes.
Guess what just appeared on the BOM website
Iâm always so tired when I have my week of late shifts. I canât change the time I wake up (or at least not so quickly) so Iâm still up at the same time, but I donât get to sleep until two hours later than normalđ´đ´đ´
Spotify should have a tempo sort button. Itâll make editing a playlist easier and quicker. This makes sense to me.
very sore and achy today â ď¸
I fell asleep earlier and woke in the night -_-
Melbcat seems to be going ok and might not need a top up, but sheâs had some treats and Iâm having a cuppa
Super long day with psych session (v v good debrief of the last week and coping strategies for the coming weeks, but needed downtime after). Went back to the office to eat dinner then worked till 10 to catch up on lost time and finish this weekâs work. At least thatâs one less thing on my plate for a while. Still need to do an extra 4 hours somewhereâŚ
I am irrationally mad at the people in one of the heaps of units nearby who just slam car doors loudly and repeatedly no matter the time. I might just close the windows tonight and see how I go since the flat is cool enough.
Night everyone.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
Nath sorted out my account for me, so I guess Iâm OG Baku again
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yay!
Nath@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
Glad to have you back.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
Hooli dooli! Hi Baku! Nice to see you again!
Baku@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
Gâday Gorgritch! Howâs things?