So I was the pied piper on the weekend and took a troop of kids to see the Minecraft Movie. It was an experience.
The movie itself was pretty typical middle-aged kids' fare. Fairly awful dialogue and cliched characters. Jason Moama was a surprise, I thought Jack Black was the only famous star in it. I have a feeling that in the right role, Jason would have some wonderful comedy chops. This movie was not it. Stiffler's Mum was funny, but all I could see was Stiffler's Mum. I think the two female leads were great and a good foil for the Jack Black/Jason Moama antics. Pity the girls didn't really have a lot to do in the plot.If I'd been watching it on Blu Ray or streaming, I might have turned it off. As a movie, it's not great. However, watching it in a cinema on opening weekend in a room full of kids really made it wonderful. They were cheering at obvious fan-service references that I didn't get. Screaming out at "Chucky Chicken!" and I can't remember other bits. But you get the idea. The energy in the room was great.
So while I didn't particularly love the movie, I loved the experience of watching it.
Had to take today off due to migraine.
Annoyed but glad for the rest. In the past I would have either gone in, or freaked out all day because of moderate workaholism.
Not this time.
Laptop is off and will stay off till tomorrow. Not stressed about what they'll think.
It is what it is.
Is it just me or are people super inconsiderate at the moment? Had people blowing smoke (vape or otherwise) whilst walking in front of me, people stopping to chat in tiny sections of supermarkets, people pushing to the front of the line, talking loudly on the phone (or even worse on speaker!), microwaving eggs in the office, singing in the office and acting like a session on the loo is year 9 drama club audition. Violence doesn't solve anything but maybe we should make a gentle slap over the back of the head socially acceptable for when people are being a rude fuck.
Gibson will throw a hissy fit and run off if I pick up my phone during brushies.
Jeeeeeeeez Louise.
Goodnight all! I have laundered and tidied, worked, shopped, cooked dinner, tidied up afterwards and am officially retreating to my room for the alone time my introverted soul needs. Will most likely pretend I'm going to buy a house and check out property listings before falling asleep. 🥱😴
Ha ha ha
Tech guy came to fix the stovetop, but he took one look at it and was like nope 😂 because the bench is stone (not wood), it has to be replaced with a same-size one. So he's gonna give a quote to the RE for that lol
Rangehood is still jacked as well.
At least it was a quick appointment 😂
One more work day then a 2 week break.
Have the choice of going in super early but basically the sooner I finish the work I’ve been assigned and tidy up the office area then I’m done for the day and it’s not going to take me too long I reckon.
Also I managed to get a new ID tag and my old one deactivated with a super quick turnaround thanks to a friend now managing it all at work and they had a shift to cover over at my site so basically all it took was 4 hours for me to get a new ID Tag, this time with my photo and name on it and no cost to pay, yay!
Back in melbs. Silly bus replacement. Wasn't as bad as expected but yea, 4 and a bit hours :(
I guess one good thing is there are far fewer people.
One thing that perplexes me is to get from geelong to wyndham vale station and vice versa by road, you have to meander through a shitload of back streets. Poorly thought out.
This time was paying very close attention to the synthetic lawns. EVERYWHERE! I'm really not sure why people do that (sorry to anyone here who has one). Just put some rocks down, few bigger feature rocks, maybe some cacti. Wouldn't be any more work, cheap as but would look a shitload nicer.
I was lucky, someone came today and the vet was able to squeeze Melbcat in during that time. Waiting on another culture and she’s getting some extra tlc.
Edit: The vet also suggested brushing her teeth. Uhh, wish me luck
Absolute shoutout to cat 1 for starting a punch on with cat 2 and waking up the toddler at 5am. Cats just subscribed to “alarm clock” for the next week where if I find him asleep I shout “it’s 5 am and I wanna plaaaaaaaaay” whilst gently shaking him awake. He freaking hates it. But he learns his lesson: being woken up sucks!
Have developed a crave for food the house contains no ingredients for. Guess I shall put on pants today after all.
Went to bed relatively early, was awake around 530 (should have gotten up) but fell back asleep.
Cue the super deep sleep with some funky vivid dreams and my alarm jolting me awake at 7.
3/10 experience
The sun is shiiiiiiiining, so went downstairs and just stood in it for 5 minutes, felt absolutely lovely.
Fish curry made! Not the world's best pic but definitely a better outcome than the dal makhani disappointment. I'm almost done using my very old fish curry powder. One more round in the next couple of months and I'll be done.
Eggplant, green beans, tomato paste, tamarind paste, coconut milk, coriander leaves and all the other usual things 😋
dins
Fretting
Haven’t been able to sort out a lift for the appointments yet. I hope I can soon because the dentist will be taking a break and the next available would be in June.
I’m a bit worried about Melbcat because she has some signs of being unwell still and is chugging unusual amounts of water.
If need be I’ll book a home vet visit, it just means I need to clean up after letting things slide for almost a week. I’ve handballed the slimy dishes to Midea on the hottest setting. At the moment I don’t care if I have to redo them later. I just need clean enough.
trying to work out how to a linux version of sysprep. God I miss being able to search things on the net.
Dishwasher boogaloo
Ok. Two runs through the dishwasher didn’t clean things well, most noticeably the cutlery.
So I’ve removed all dishes and the rack. Took out the bottom grill and filter, disassembled everything for a scrub with a child’s toothbrush and rinsed. Every single hole or outlet has been cleaned with a pipe cleaner. The outlet hose was removed and had water run through it to confirm it wasn’t blocked, then reattached and the metal ring retightened.
I’ve started it empty with no soap and watched water flow unimpeded out of all the holes. No loss of pressure. Light bubbling of the water. I have the hose in a cup to catch some for whisking after.
And if this troubleshooting doesn’t work I’m tempted to put Midea out on her lazy arse. I haven’t really found this machine to be helpful. On top of the expense it’s mostly been a massive hassle and dragged chores out.
Added to that I’ve found cockroaches love the moisture and some are nesting behind it. It’s very easy to spill water while filling so you would have to move the heavy bulk and wipe the drips behind every time, and there’s not much you can do about having to leave the door open after use.
I seriously regret the purchase. It isn’t suiting my needs and I don’t like it.
Rage
So instead of the other essential house chores (which I had barely any energy for already) I’ve now done two washes of one load of dishes complete with repetitively lifting a heavy jug, a complete clean and troubleshoot including moving the heavy machine.
And am now trying a third wash (for science) that I will still have to manually rinse - or potentially completely hand wash and rinse to actually get clean.
I’m going to be in pain and not able to do anything tomorrow. Some disability aid.
So fucking pissed
Bought for almost $400
Done everything to fix it
I can’t even leave a bad review because they’re no longer being sold on that site.
I also found out the few people using linux in head office were asked to switch back to Windows. Because work offers no support, you were given root access and could just sudo anything onto your computer you'd like.
Sounds sick but that's exactly why they've backflipped on this
