Got two old wisdom teeth removed this morning (not impacted, just decayed).
Total time spent in dental chair.....28 minutes.
5 minute chat explaining what's what
20 minutes of injecting local anaesthetic and waiting for it to kick in
3 minutes of the smoothest tooth extraction I've ever had.
Now the suffering begins
I'm pretty confident we've hit the point where Tinyest is trying to talk to us not just saying words because he can. You can see him actively trying to communicate. We got "Ta" very clearly last night for the first time so we're up to 3 clear words.
Its a real shock when they go from "baby" to "toddler" in your brain.
Today's going to be a good day. I declare it so.
So that $25 Android Auto Wireless adaptor I got from AliExpress.... Totally works @TinyBreak@aussie.zone 😳
I bought the kitty's Zylkene. Buying higher doses and dividing the capsules works out cheaper.
She's good on food and litter for now, I just try to always stock up if I spot deals.
Art book rambles
I think the issue I'm having is lack of focus. Random art tutorials and tips really do help but there's not really any framework there. No plan of attack. Man, physical copies of respected art books are expensive.
I found 'Drawing For The Absolute Utter Beginner' on eBay for like $23 Aussie dollars from the UK. The ones in Australia are more around the $40-50 mark. But if I'm depressed and struggling with motivation/regular practice, maybe I'd be buying something that would just add clutter and gather dust. Hmm. I'll leave it in my cart and think about it. Edit: Wait - the cheap one actually has a hefty postage that works out to more.
There's a copy of 'How To Draw' by Jake Spicer for like $25 citing damage but the listing doesn't say how bad it is - it's listed as new with no defects, and the description says cosmetic wear. I don't mind if it's very tatty or has a few small rips, I just don't want something unusable like half torn or missing pages.
The Morpho books are free online via Google Drive but I know those are still under copyright. I could dig up Andrew Loomis books too but they've been taken down from a few places. Plus I don't want to click random links or download from unknown sites.
I'd borrow books from the library and scan them for private use only except I got rid of my scanner years ago - also the cost of ink.
Oh well. For now I've got a few genuine public domain books I'm reading in the browser. I might try a fineliner to avoid the ink streaks and blobs I've been having from the biros, and find something engaging to listen to while I build up layers of lines.
My cat snores. Always learning new things about this fluffy little thing.
I remember a couple of years ago, I burned my immune system to the ground doing sport and gym, and caught pneumonia.
So what did this genius do? Not wait long enough before he went back to physical stuff and caught it again a week later.
This is what I remind myself of when I'm getting antsy sitting around sick now.
Today on audible I am listening to* Stolen Focus by Johann Hari * read by Johann Hari.
irl I listen to, watch or read the video/movie/documentary or book 3 times if I want it to stick.
In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions—even abandoning his phone for three months—but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.
Unaddressed mail is wild. I just opened a letter addresses to our address but with no name, not even a return name (although strangely, a return address). It's in cursive and I can't read cursive but I'm pretty sure it's some sort of conspiracy theory. All I can decipher is something about new governments and children of God. They also addressed this letter as "dear neighbour" even though the return address is 9 suburbs away
Even stranger - it's a proper letter, like with stamps and an envelope and all the works. But the letter is a page ripped out of a ruled notebook
Edit: I searched the address and it seems to be some sort of weird gated Jehovah witness community thing. Absolutely wild
Dishwasher leak identification step 1 has been completed. I have a puddle of water on the floor after every wash and I was concerned it was coming from a leaking hose connection behind the dishwasher, so I pulled it out to check. No sign of any water there, so it appears to be coming from the door. There is a hole where a screw is supposed to attach to the cupboard which was not used so I've put some tape over it just in case water is getting out there. There is no sign of any wear or damage to any of the door seals so I'm not sure what the next step is.
Neighbours beware, CHESS soundtrack ON Catfish vocals Active!
So I'm looking to buy more nerd electronics from core, and apparently if you choose their cheapest shipping option (conventional mail), they don't cover anything lost in transit. That has to be illegal, right? Their cheapest shipping option isn't even free
Edit: I did some research and I don't think it is legal. I was mainly unsure about whether it's okay for them to refuse to cover things lost in transit if they state that upfront prior to purchase, since that is fine if you're purchasing faulty goods. But companies can't remove your consumer rights just by adding a disclaimer or making you sign a waiver.
Practically though, if I don't receive it, it will be a fucking pain trying to get another one sent or my money back. They obviously would fight it, so it'd need to be referred to consumer affairs. But what they say isn't legally binding and they can't force the business to even discuss the matter. So then I'd need to go to VCAT. But core is based in NSW, so I don't know whether VCAT would take the case. I don't think I could go to NCAT or whatever NSWs version is either since I'm not a citizen of NSW. Plus paying a filing fee to even refer the matter there.
