Daily Discussion Thread: Sun 06 Aug 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Sun 06 Aug 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
It's all happening here this morning. We've survived an attempted invasion from Next Door's Cat. She came into the backyard and Looked at us through the back door.
Luckily Tommy the brave resident GuardCat was on the job and dealt with the situation by crying loudly and pathetically.
I banged on the door, and went out and shooed her back over the fence. And then congratulated my brave hero on scaring away the intruder. He would definitely survive in the wild.
Image: a fluffy tabby cat all curled up and not looking at all savage
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Wooo we've paid off 100th of the house.
Still wanna know why the interest on our fixed rate increased tho.
oh my god. oh my god.
I'm building a dedicated dl machine and deciding on the name. I like my machines to have in jokes in their names, so was pondering sea themes, Barnacle, which I liked but not liked liked...scallop? needed to be some sort of high seas sailing parasitic leech
Then it hit me. The mother fucking perfect name
Zoidberg
- doggo is done.. Me to buddy, me too.I've decided to quit my job move to a small seaside town where I will befriend local characters, take on a strange job that pays pennies, and live in a quaint shack. I'll also only were light colours and linen clothes with white plimsolls, and maybe I'll even let my Scottish curls grow.
See you suckers later, it's me and my seaside dream from here on out.
I didn’t get a chance to take a pic last night. So here’s the recipe for Maple-Mustard baked chicken i have been making this for years.Super easy, Super fast to put together and Very tasty
Photo from recipe
ALTTEXT: an amazing looking bowl of cooked chicken
Packed tinyests bag for daycare. I am a fucking mess. Glad I’m not going to drop off tomorrow. I won’t be able to handle it!
Slept so terribly last night. Woke up multiple times, couldn't get comfy. So strange! I went to sleep so comfy...
Studying is going dreadfully today. I know what I want to say, but words are really not cooperating. It probably doesn't help that I've been procrastinating on it for the past week.
I have a cheese toastie for lunch today and the wait is agonising. Hungry NOW
I did that Train thing at the showgrounds I mentioned a while back. I wasn't sure if I'd go or not, as I had a really bad experience with train people a couple of years ago, which kinda put me off the hobby for a while. But I decided to give it a go and it was great!
obligatory photo of the Red Rattler I rode on
I also photodumped here and posted 3 videos I took here, here, and here if anyone's interested
All in all was a fun day and deffo recommend if they do it again next year
I had a very long and intense dream last night about a month long high school exchange trip to China gone very awry...
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It was constantly grey and bleak, we didn't go anywhere with nature and had to camp en masse on the school grounds, on large concrete yards under shitty tarps like refugees, fight to use the showers and protect one's own shampoo and soap at all costs. And at least a thousand of the school's own, local students had to sleep in similar configurations but with slightly nicer tents. We had school from 8-5 every weekday, were expected to study and do homework in the evenings, chores all of Saturday, and would only sometimes be allowed out on Sunday. The nearest city looked like it hadn't changed since the 80s and was suppressed under a permanent layer of smog. Come to think of it it's like smartphones didn't even exist in that dream. So maybe it was the communist 80s? Lots of brown, tartan patterns, burgundy... But no matter how miserable we were, the absolute best of us was expected during class, alongside the school's richer students who lived at home and were always very well prepared and neatly turned out.
It's now nearly 7pm and I can't shake how subtly unsettled it made me feel for absolutely no reason at all. And the smell of laundry powder just brought it all back. Like I actually went through that? Something in me feels like I really should've done something about the situation but it makes no sense.
I think I have figured out what my relo problem is.
It's the consistency. I think because I might send a message one day and then I get a reply the next day or even the day after sometimes, I just want more.
It's probably a bit much of me to expect that from someone if they're busy and hardly on their phone, but even just a dot or an emoji or something that would take five seconds to send would keep me at bay. I've dealt with inconsistency in a relationship before and it turned out that that person didn't have good intentions. I know rationally with this guy, he's not an absolute prick and wouldn't do that. I know that he does care. Unless I'm lying to myself
I think a simple message each day would just show that he cares and is willing to put in the effort.
Am I asking for too much?
Barely escaped the relentless march of German pixels
So in today's DT impulse purchases news it's day 3? Of sleeping on the new memory foam pillow suggested by @wscholermann and although I'm no connoisseur of memory foam pillows (I used to hate them) I'm sold - much better neck and shoulder position, lovely feeling of softness and support - I fell asleep much faster. The real test however is trying it out back at my place with no central heating and fancy mattress. I'll find out next Friday.
I also ordered a goddamn acupressure mat and pillow with the last of my gift card, inspired by @calhoon2005 and a serendipitous discussion of Shakti mats the very next day with the massage therapist. I didn't know it was a bit of a fad item but it seems legit - figure it's far cheaper than regular massages. The items should be here by Wednesday, fingers crossed - I really want to see if it helps with my morning headaches and pre sleep muscle tension.
Rewatching The Durrells while I work and it's making me want to be ocean side, laying about listening to the water while a cool sea breeze blows around me.
I just paid $250 at the dentist, literally just for a check-up, a quick clean, and a fluoride treatment ($30). What the heck... I swear last time that was $150... T_T
Edith Piaf is very good kitchen music.
Exercises were completed this morning (day 11) but then I took the mini peelers straight off on a shopping trip to search for costumes and ideas and things for book week. Also I needed to buy face washers/flannels (where do they all go?!). Also tbh it was to just get out of the house and away from Mr Peeler, who has had his meds changed and is playing the role of curmudgeon with dedication. On a serious note, it's interfering with his sleep so taking the kids and I out of the house so he can get some daytime shuteye is probably best for all of us. Somewhere in there I fitted in a couple of loads of washing and some dinner and now I'm sitting here looking at the clock a bit miffed that the weekend is basically over.
Time for a haircut. Getting a bit straggly.
If I go out for a night on the town
And call you, wasted and lost,
Could you come get me out,
And tell me you love me most?
Carry me home, I'm lonely,
Just tell me you love me only.
I don't care if you mean it,
Just as long as I can feel it.
Send me your memes, ask what I think.
Send me your nudes, even
This isn't love, this is only a kink.
I don't care if I mean it,
Just as long as you can feel it.You only message when you're drunk;
I only reply when I'm stoned.
I guess that's why I don't mind so much
That we're just so out of touch.I'm just myself, but never sober.
I'm just a shell, I can't get over
The way your eyes look endless,
When the disco lights beat in time
With my playlist.Tell me you feel the same, even if it's a lie.
I'll pretend I'll believe you until the day I die.
Let me sleep on your couch, I'll drift off with a sigh,
I'll wake in the night, so I can get high.
Let me live everyday until I die,
I'll wake in the night so I can get high.I spent lightyears stumbling to you,
Though no time at all has passed.
I spent lifetimes waiting for you,
Do you think this time it'll last?The nightsky tells me it is time,
The stars and planets have aligned.
It is time, what a time to be alive,
Cosmic dust scattered into signs.Was a pretty interesting night, with two junkies trying to pick fights with punks outside the Curtin (death metal) and Last Chance.
So many beautiful 4 legged friends. 🤗😍
What a perfect day to blast some apoptygma berzerk
"I am not a robot"
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I cannot feel my hands. If you are thinking of going out, I do not recommend it.
holy shit that was a stressful match, but fuck yeah!! (world cup, for those not playing along)
- so puffed, his tongue might fall out
