Submitted 2 days ago by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
Well… I said I’d just do a couple of boxes but 4 hours of hyper focus later I’ve done about six boxes and five bags and cleared out much more space in the living room. Can actually watch TV now!
If I do up the bookshelf on the weekend I could be done with the entire living room area! Need to also do up the bedframe asap, bloody thing is so heavy and cumbersome. I’m definitely getting rid of it (donating/tip) once I move out of here
Good work.👍
Turning out pretty well so far
a cushion? That looks really beautiful. 🙂
Thanks! Yes, there will be a pair. Friend gifted me some beautiful offcuts. Squeezing all I can out of them.
That looks absolutely stunning! I love the colours in particular, that off white goes so beautifully with the warm blues and greens and purple
Thanks! The dress my friend made is gorgeous.
I don’t know about anybody else but I’ve stopped reading the news and while I wouldn’t describe myself brimming with joy overall I’m feeling less anxious.
Been doing the same for the most part though I did want to catch up on the story about the teens who methanol spiked drink’s unfortunately and sadly there hasn’t been good news about it.
Had it mostly off since the US election concluded.
Same. My twitter threads and my friends feed me enough to keep me updated anyway.
I’m staying off the big media and just trying to look at facts
it’s a bit easier that way
Kind of jarring flipping between all the moving stuff and work and now uni but I’ll adjust. Leaning a bit heavily on feel good food for now and treating myself to a muffin and coffee etc. Not going to save much money to the end of the year but it’s better that I have some breathing space…
It’s very helpful to vent!
Glad that you’re finally in, you’ve definitely earned some rest and comfort food!!!
Here’s hoping it’s all onwards and upwards from here :)
Did have a bit of lie in this morning and just had 30 minutes on the lawn at uni staring at the grass and soaking up the sun with my coffee. Back at the desk now for a meeting in halfa. I do actually feel positive that things are gonna get better from here because although things are awkward and uncomfortable right now, it’s been helpful to let go of a lot of physical and emotional baggage…
Went home sick, suspected gastro, end me please.
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Poor you
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That is an excellent idea
I forget about the mountain of work waiting for me after time off :(
Interview went OK I think. It’s been ages since I’ve interviewed. We’ll see how it plays out 🤞🏾
I hope everything will be ok.
Honestly I don’t mind my current role. I just wanted to dip my toe and see whats out there tbh
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Coworker just reminded me that I’m off tomorrow (fortnightly day off).
I smashed through my work in anticipation of an easy day tomorrow. Easy day just became a day of leisure.
Yay me!!
Thought I’d leave my West-facing bedroom window cracked open so it wouldn’t be full of stale hot air during the day - bad idea. Will be kept open overnight then closed firmly shut with blinds all the way down tomorrow morning.
Super grateful for the food I bought, wished I’d grabbed a bit more. It’s like a gift from heaven, being fed by someone else’s efforts 🥰
First order of the evening: bossa nova music on, and time to unpack the important kitchen boxes so I have my surfaces available again. Then sit down and enjoy dinner with the week’s episode of Shrinked on the lappy. Feeling good because despite feeling brain dead for most of the day at uni, I managed to get my brain to do something useful at the end.
What bossa nova do you like? 🙂
One of my least favourite things that Americans do is ask why characters are speaking with a British accent, in a game made by a non-American developer based in a country that does not have English as the first language.
They did it with Wukong and now they’re doing it with STALKER. Why do we let the yanks run the world, again?
Not that I like to generalise but a lot of them don’t comprehend that the rest of the world outside of the US exist.
Time zones and release dates tend to confuse them as well.
Add them to the list of reminders we’re on America’s Internet™.
They are just asking. So just ignore them.
I prefer to gently challenge the American supremacy built-in to the question.
There are days, as a tertiary-qualified 26-year-veteran of the IT industry, where I absolutely despise not just computers but anything that runs on electricity.
Today is one of those days.
If anyone needs me, I’ll be in my shack in the woods far away from any and all technology, screaming.
Then we will communicate by carrier pigeon. Written with a quill pen - not from the pigeon cos then it couldn’t fly with no feathers. 🐥🐦🦆🦉🐓🦃🦅🦜🦚📝
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Delivered by carrier pigeon of course.
I understand to a degree
May I suggest spoon carving?
I’m whittling a cricket bat as we speak… for, um, purposes.
I see this as similar to the cybersecurity workers not using tech (like, Alexa/Siri, cameras with net access, social media, etc), they know how easy it is for it all to go bad lol
Oh I’m definitely in that camp, very late adopter to some stuff once it’s had time to mature, and my IoT crap at home is all isolated from the parts of the network that I care about.
I don’t even use wireless headphones because I much prefer a cable, it just works every single time without any charging/pairing/dropout/quality hassle.
my stuff is as low tech as i can get it and of that stuff nearly every function is disabled, NO banking apps on my phone
now to work on that fuckin apple tv shit , i hate it
also, i try to not bluetooth anything important
I went to drop a box of stuff off to the new place today, and checked the letterbox. Fuck me it must’ve been empty for a while, there were easily about 75 letters/junkmail/magnet things crammed in there. I grabbed them out and had a quick flick through them, and it seems that was a bad idea. There were two dead snails living on the mail, having eaten through half of it, and tiny jumping things. Fucking hope they aren’t bed bugs or lice or something. Never doing that again. Next time it’s all going directly into the bin
I did go and have the most delicious Szechuan chicken curry I think I’ve ever had though. Too spicy for me, so I got a container to bring it back in. Quite reasonable prices though, I can see myself being lazy and getting curry for tea every night. Only a 10 min walk from the new place
Probably springtails, they’re attracted to damp so probably living in the paper. Bedbugs wouldn’t live there. They like warm claustrophobic environments and want to be near people.
Smart to be cautious though
Oh, neat, didn’t know they were a thing. Hopefully that’s all it was
I still chucked my clothes through the wash/drier and washed my hair anyways. I think I’m fine, just gave me a fright!
Put a layer of snail pellets on the base of the letterbox, then cover with a sheet of baking paper cut to size. Should stop any further snail invasions. And keep your mail nice and dry.
Decided to take tomorrow off since I have 190 sick days and in combination of feeling crappy I’m not going to put up with people’s horrible attitude and shit.
I also went by Aldi, got some frankfurts, chips and a couple of bottles of wine and a meat lovers pizza to help me get through the weekend.
Bring on the early weekend fuckers!
sounds like a good plan. 🥂🍟 🍕
The question is pizza tonight or pizza tomorrow?
I only have 1 sadly.
Coles lemonade isn’t too tasty… it’s a bit sickly and chemical, I’d swear it was artificially flavoured or sweetened if it didn’t say it wasn’t.
Working and dealing with people…BOOOOOOOOO!
Rant: TVs without buttons are stupid. If you mislay or break the remote it has zero functionality. Grrr.
It’s apparently going to be a heatwave for the next three days so I might post some drinks in Food Australia
I is here for this.
Ditto!
Unfortunately I killed all of my fresh mint :( imo mint is the summer/warm weather flavour? spice? Not sure)… Drink additive, I suppose
Although I’m super fond of ginger beer/ale on a hot day too
Orange juice iceblocks so yummy. Especially if you get extra pulpy
Freezing a prima, cutting the lid off, and eating it with a spoon is my thing
I saw that. I don’t think we’ll be going to the school fete Friday afternoon
There were cats being territorial in my yard last night so I sent security out there twice to break up the biffin’ or the rootin’ whatever. He tears out the house rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
damnit art books are expensive 😬
Argh! I’m not awake is not an excuse for peeing on the floor, yet again. Bloody sit down.
Sitting down to pee is totally a thing.
Oh man, even my 5yo son can get this right, even when half asleep. I hope you’re not the one cleaning it up!!!
Depends when I find it. I’m not leaving it sit if he’s already left the building.
You’re joking right 😭😂
Like, even when my partner was drunk, he’d wipe it up after 😬
Boyo needs some discipline lol
I’m afraid not. That isn’t a Formal option anymore. I suppose I could ask he remove the metalwork.
Meeting with executive leadership later this morning to talk about why a client has sought a 3rd party project provider.
Hoo fucking Ray lol
Hiya
Plants have been acquired for next week’s gardening bee. Now I need to do a rough plan of what goes where. I also got some mulch, but still need to get some fertiliser once I work out what type I want.
They are all native plants that are supposed to be ok with dry and full sun and I managed to keep them in the $10-$13 range , plus a few tubestock for $3.75.
It’s not Friday. This is not ideal.
God, that sovereign midwives article in the ABC really did a number on me. I usually don’t get bothered reading any things but I had to stop. I think it’s because one of my boys was chilling in breach position for most of the pregnancy
Why does everyone here have to dump shit on the US all the time? (and never any other countries)
At least you’re punching up and not down so that’s admirable I guess.
Bleh, some people are just so unpleasant to talk to. Rude, arrogant, bossy and at times inadvertently mean.
Normally don’t need to talk to them but had to today and it was unpleasant as predicted, thankfully I’m not the only one who has the same opinion but dealing with someone like that really sours the day.
I think it’s just nudged me further into actually taking a sick day tomorrow.
Meh, morning. I have been royally itchy AF these past couple of days. Now right eye feels a bit swollen/tender.
Allergies. The gift that keeps on giving. 😑
Lunch achieved. Refill water bottle, cue up music and back to work!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 day ago
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I’m not going to give her any more catnip for a while 👀
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