Daily Thread - Wodinsday 28th June

New teefs day today! I get these temporary veneers off and the porcelain ones fitted this afternoon 😁

I have a fakie front, chipped it off when I was a teen. Veneers never lasted (3 years max), but the last dentist went industrial and drilled poles into the stump and composite over the top, it's lasted almost a decade so far
I hope it went well! Lots of smiles in your future!

A woman on the train opposite me is having an absolute blast smiling and nodding her head along to her music. It is so joyous to see. Even better that she’s wearing headphones and I just have to imagine the music!

Met the BF’s friends last night & it was a fun time & I felt so welcomed 🥹

Yayyy! That's always a great feeling ❤️❤️
How lovely! And what a relief too, I’m sure!
I love this for you! Yay!!

Ever have one of those mornings that just seems so perfect and well-rested and you feel at peace with yourself ... only to have it thoroughly sullied by the realisation that you have to throw your natural pace out of the window to fit the demands of paid work?

I am going to do the sums this weekend on how I can move to that 4 day week asap while not taking too much of a financial hit. I always told myself I'd do it as soon as I got PR, but fuck if expenses haven't ballooned despite my best efforts.

I feel you. Partner and I were hoping to cut back next year to both be part time but then the cost of everything skyrocketed.
- I realised I was a bit fucked when I got to last Thursday and nearly thought it was pay week because the amount I had in my transaction account was what I normally have just before I get paid. That realisation I still had a week to go was not great. Moving is going to be too expensive at this stage too
  Reckon a lot of us will be filling our tax return asap this year.
Yeah, most mornings 🙂
I could manage financially on a four day week now, but want to get more in my Super first because I'd also like to be able to stop working all together at some point. Currently hoarding leave and dreaming of a better future.
If 4 days is too much of a strain, maybe a 9 day fortnight? 🖤
- Seriously considering that too. I definitely need the breathing space. Most of my colleagues are now doing 4 days a week or 9 day fortnights

Someone from leadership let it slip that there will be no payrises this year since the business is struggling. That’s fine… except I’m still being paid the same wage despite having a huge increase in responsibilities. Yeah, nah to that. This is what I get for being nice.

And that same wage is buying you a lot less than it did last year. They can't be surprised if people end up leaving from that decision. Maybe they're counting on it, if the business is struggling...
- They've already done a round of redundancies and it's stretched the team way too thin, so IDK if they're hoping more people will leave.
Job hunting?
- Yeah, I reckon so. I missed a chat with a recruiter a last week but have sent a follow up email in case there's still a chance. Even just to get an idea of what I'm worth.

Damn, all the going ons have been really affecting me recently. The kid getting stabbed on Monday night was the straw that broke the camels back. Of course people have been stabbed since the invention of stabbing instruments, and it happens in every suburb, city, country, and in every decade, year, and (seemingly) month, but it's pretty shit that it all seems to be happening right around my area

This one, and the one that happened in sunshine a month ago are particularly affecting me because on top of them happening in my area, they're both my age too. I'm probably sounding kind of entitled/selfish but it's just a hard nut to swallow that they were my age doing the same thing I do several times a week, then someone decided to just.. end them... Forever gone, all that potential just lost for good

As someone else suggested, reach out to some youth support service. Trauma is a no joke. you don't have to be harmed or witness something first hand and it's better if you treat it now. I got to speak to someone last year when I witnessed something traumatic and it really helped sort me out.
I mean, it's not entitled or selfish in my opinion. I would call it more... empathy? Struggling because violence in your area has caused deaths? That's a totally normal reaction. I remember a few years ago working in parkville I was really, really scared to go out alone after dark, because 3 separate women were murdered and assaulted in the parks around where I lived and worked.
Sometimes unpredictable people are scary. And the knowing that there are unpredictable and scary people around is stressful, so it's not surprising that you are struggling.
Is there anyone you can talk to about this? I hate to think of you dealing with this by yourself.
- The recent stabbing murders of western suburbs teens was not random.
- 100% agree with this
There used to be fights among teens and gangs of teens but it's only now I'm seeing stabbings and murders between teens . This is a new thing.
hugs, I know they are your age and your locals but these kids are fighting people they know, it's not random violence so this is what you can focus on. Take care and choose your friends wisely.
No I feel the same way whenever I heard about stories of kids dying around my age. It's not selfish at all. But yeah, talking to someone even for a month can help.

Back home in melbz.

WTF have you guyz done to the weather what is this shit?

Sorry, it was me. I left the tap on.
Isn't this what you want you devious ocean bathing maniac?!
- absolutely legit callout imo
- 😂
- Heh true.. there were times where you'd think 'oh.. little super cold dip would absolutely complement the heat and humidity', but can't really have that both ways :(
We had some sun yesterday. You brought this weather.
Sorry :(
How was Jakarta?
- It was amazing. Probably the most diverse, accepting and friendly bunch of people I've ever met anywhere tbh. Has completely altered my previously incorrect guess on what it'd be.

Impatiently waits for breakfast. Construction hours can eat a dick.

Duolingo: We help identify your weakness and strengths!

me: aight, I haven’t spoken italian seriously for about 20 years, lemme brush up.

six months laterrrrr

Duolingo: Which of the following is correct?

Tu: ______

Parle Parla Parli Parliamo

me: ho studiato italiano per cinque anni motherfucker how the fuck have you not picked up I know how to conjugate a fucking -are verb??

I love Duolingo but it is not good at teaching you. It's one of the things I learned when I studied Italian in uni.
- I'm torn between "sweet, brushing up my vocab" and rage screeching at it asking questions like "Which word means "eat"" and the answer being a generic conjugation of mangiare that literally only applies to a specific person, object or circumstance, it's NOT LIKE ENGLISH, DAMMIT.

That's a really difficult situation and I feel for you. Both you and she deserve a home to feel safe and secure in but sometimes these needs conflict and there's no easy way to resolve it. I don't know what the solution is. If it were me in an ideal situation I'd move, but in this housing market... Doesn't sound like there's an easy way to soundproof your place from her outbursts either.
- If it were me in an ideal situation I’d move, but in this housing market…
  the housing market and low wages means people have fewer choices, fewer ways to improve their lives, it means so many lives are fucked
lots and lots of hugs, no one should have to live with that
Have you tried talking to her? Asking her not to scream in the alley?
She might also have empathy to you and shared lived experience can be a good connection with people who are suffering.
- Since the neighbour is triggering her probably not a good idea for stud to reach out.

My kid's sick and she's hassling me about the use of the tv. I said yes under the condition that it's not the Gilmore Girls otherwise I'll blow my brains out.

I call it "sick privileges," in that rules are bent for the unwell. Spend the whole day in PJs, devices allowed in bed, your choice for dinner etc. Sucks to be sick on the holidays, poor thing. I hear you on the Gilmore girls though!
- Sick Day Viewing is It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World in full.

Sitting in my Kmart oodie, drinking negroni gin, watching old episodes of the Crystal Maze and ruminating on what my life has become...this is a whole mood.

oh hey there

I've done the unthinkable. I'm cooking sweet potato and potato NOT in the microwave 😱

\ Cooked off some red onion, garlic, cumin, chilli flakes & powder & sauce, cayenne pepper, pepper, paprika, ginger, salt and pepper. Added chicken stock, crushed tomatoes, sweet potato and potato. Results pending. Will add beans

Arrest this impostor, mods!!!
That actually looks really hearty and delicious though. Do you usually give sweet potato and potato the same cooking time in liquid? (Bearing in mind it depends very much on which varieties are used...)
- I have investigited the incident. 🚨 👮‍♂️ Cooking potatoes without a microwave does look very suspicious, however I am unable to make an arrest at this time due to the lack of a handcuff emoji.
- I usually microwave them. Idk wtf im doing
Where are the GREEEEENNSSS? Gotta have some greeeeeenns.
- The greens are my stocks rising 😎
Ok. Finished. Added beans and eggs and cheese. Plenty of leftovers
- Looks like a nice little hot tub for some chorizo to swim around in.
Blasphemously delicious
I can hear your microwave crying
- While My Microwave Gently Weeps

Good luck to anyone buying Swiftly tickets

I would love to buy them, but I think I'm going to just listen to her play list on Spotify instead for the 1000th time. Going to her concert would be incredible.... but I would surrounded by so many people.
- Yeah I hear you. On the night of the concert just buy some drinks, put on what you would’ve worn and just dance to her music (or curate your own for the duration of her concert and maybe put on a YouTube concert on mute as a visual) and just sing and dance your heart out
My adult cult nappy is ready..
I'm not having any luck, stuck in this waiting lounge for eternity.
- 😢 keep at it
Thank you 🤞

Was waiting for another community member to make this, have been enjoying letting more people get to be the one to make the thread.

- It is fun. Which is why I like doing Fridays and Saturdays. Like trying to give it a bit of oomph to it. But agree more people should host as well. I’m not locking in for every Fridays and Saturdays but if no one happens to want to do it, just tag me before hand and I’ll take over.
If I'm ever still awake at midnight I am not functional enough to start the thread
I hate stepping on people's toes so I only do it if it seems like everyone's forgotten (like it's gotten to 12:30 and nobody's posted one yet)

I think having hair supplements for a few months really helped, hair is getting a bit wild from new growth!!

That’s a good result. What have you been using?
My hair needs all the help it can get, lol
- natures way hair gummies
  I also took Iron gummies for 2 months, iron helps with chronic pain and also hair

I’m tired of everything.

Might go for a walk to find a coffee - https://i.imgur.com/3s2WPR0.jpg

Am Jealous.
Such a lovely moment, thanks for sharing! Would love to be on that beach with a book!
Oh my gosh the jealousy is real! please drink it with the water just threatening to go over the top of your foot.
Yep, on the envy train.

Fuck yea drinking duty free in the shower it's like a mini hotel but at home and you have to clean it yourself but you'll get around maybe the next day maybe and there's no privacy button.

During my haircut yesterday, (which turned out fabulous btw) I was informed that there is a massive shortage of qualified hairstylists. The lovely lady doing my hair was the only one there and has bookings until Feb of next year. astonishing.

Then she needs to take on an apprentice.

Great swim with some great waves - https://i.imgur.com/5bPSLUS.jpg

#Worldle #523 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr

( flag is nearly identical to Cuban flag 🤨 )

Ice cream has been had so you know what time it is. It's hulaaaa timeeeee.

Real talk.
\ I think y'all need to post more of your meals. If it's just me posting potato inspired content then people might get the idea that potatoes are actually really fucking amazing, which might increase their price, which I do not want.
\ Any food content is welcome

I did have a rather delicious burger, no potato involved.

You're in luck because I cooked a potato dish tonight. Sorry no picture because it looked like a hot mess. It had par-boiled potatoes cubed, fried bacon, rice, cumin, paprika, broccoli, peas, onion tossed around in a large pot with oil. Served up with a fried egg on top. I named it the no chicken dance because it had a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Whack, whack, whack it in a pot.

weetbix pic incoming

No pic yet, but I've got some (soon to be) roasties in the oven, to have with salmon fillets in a pesto cream sauce.

I made risotto. Pea, leek and mushroom. Such good comfort food.

Pork with apple and fennel here. Guess you’d call it a stew.

chimkin

okay we're gonna post more potatoes
I'm sorry, my defrosted Thai curry has sweet potato in it. The purple skinned kind, no less. Those silly orange ones could go up in price, but I want purple skinned ones (and even more so the white skinned purple fleshed ones) to remain affordable.

Too ordinary to post but since you asked, had pasta bolognese for dinner. Bow shape pasta. Then was still hungry so had Nutella on toast for dessert. No potato was involved.

Nooooooooooooooo!! Got a call from the dentists and the Dr has chucked a sickie on me, so now I don't get my new teefs until Friday next week 😭 😭 😭

better than a crook dentist leaking snot into your open mouth though hey. God I got a cold shiver just typing that!
Dissapointing. RustyDog had a similar issue when he had his teeth done, he went through the whole fasting bit and was at the vet waiting when it was called off and he had to come home again. At least you weren't forced to skip breakfast unnecessarily.

For the real gist: I was trying to put what I saw travelling with my declining mum and the chaos in different words badly.

It was exhausting travelling with her and I feel bad that it was exhausting.

Would recommend having a chat with her GP if possible and maybe getting an assessment of her current status and a full review of her regular medication if any.
This is bearing in mind that some chronic medication causes outward signs that can look like dementia. Lots of medications are fine by themselves, but don't combine well. A review every few years is a really really good idea. Toxicity from competing medications is a real thing and a huge problem for older people, particularly those who trust their doctor a bit more than they maybe should. Include any herbal supplements or vitamins in that list of medications. Some of these don't play nicely with each other either.
- Yea. Had a chat before and said the crew staff were worried and checking on you because they hadn't seen someone do that (snatch a boarding pass) before (as we know QANTAS folk are old and been there for a while) and she was offended and said 'it's always my fault'.
  I feel bad for bringing it up. The hostess at he end said she (mum) was so sweet.
  I'm going to have to adjust how I approach these things i think. I just didn't see it properly until now.
It definitely sounds like something you should bring up with her GP or some other medical professional asap.

Well, we got through the first night of the new sleep plan for baby. He was NOT happy with the new arrangements. But this was to be expected. Just have to keep going.

Also partner is home on holidays at the moment and the division of responsibilities has been a lot better. I actually got time to write yesterday! I wrote a lot! My brain is coming back online!

I’m in such a better mood and feel less depressed just thanks to having that little bit of time to make serious progress on a project. It’s scary how easy it is to lose yourself simply because there is no time and/or energy to BE yourself…

Bunch of orcas have shown up at Merimbula - somewhat unexpectedly. Could they be looking for Taylor Swift tickets? Orcas

Were they wearing hats?
- Is this a 1987 dead salmon fad reference?
- Not that I could see from the photos in the article.
Maybe these are the ones from Spain that are ramming boats?
- Would not surprise me. Early 1900s, the orcas of Twofold Bay in NSW were notorious for herding whales into the path of the whaling boats so that the whalers could kill them and give the orcas the tongues as a reward. The whalers got the bits of the whale they wanted and the orcas got an easy meal. The orcas only did this for the whaling boats that had the underside painted in stripes apparently. There are whole books about this.

Making myself leave the house for a mini countryside drive today because I spent the last two just sitting and reading.

Morning beautiful people! Hi ho, hi ho... Got 80kg of spuds to hand peel today because I've taken the day off tomorrow, so I've gotta do extra so they don't run out. 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

Certainly living up to your user name. That is a lot of spuds.
Despite your name I must ask. Potato peeler or paring knife?
- Peeler, a Y shaped one.
I am amazed at how you manage not to get RSI!
- I vary it, so l do 20kg and then something else for half an hour, then back to 🥔. Seems to be working so far.
Wow! Count your fingers at the end :)
Oh my 😳

Ok a friend of mine asked me a question and tbh I’m wondering if perhaps I’m saying it wrong, as I’m not Aussie born (but have lived here a long, long time)

How do you say Melbourne and can you spell it out phonetically for me please

Melbn. No vowels after the e. Squish it all together.
- Yeah I kinda say melbun but like real quick on the end letters or melbin
The way I say it rhymes with Sheldon.
Another way to put it is that it's like 'melb' followed by the sound of the 'en' of the word 'given'
The Mel part is like Mao as in chairman Mao. The Bourne part is more like Ben but as if a Kiwi says it so it's more like b'n. Now you put them together Maob'n = Melbourne. Completely exceptable to throw an l in the middle.
- Malob'n
mel like smell but without the S and then b'n
Melb'un with a nasal inflection on the 'un'
Not Aussie born either and will never lose my homeland accent, but I've been told my pronunciation is pretty good
- The way I say it rhymes with Sheldon.
Mel-born personally. If I feel fancy I might chuck a u in there.
Thanks everyone who replied. Appreciate you all
With the salary-celery merger that is especially prevalent in Melbourne:
’mælbən

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉

Real chat, people eat breakfast? I normally just have coffee and stress to keep me going til I go home
- ☕️😖
- I don't eat breakfast or have coffee most mornings. If I got less than 5 hours of sleep I might pick up an iced coffee, or just make a hot coffee at home if I don't have much money. Breakfast I only eat if I'm unsure I'll be able to eat lunch
- I used to get a coffee and a chocolate muffin or a croissant or something when I got into the office. Pretty certain that's what's destroyed my gut health tbh.
One champagne problem please.
- 🥂❓
Bacon and eggs on toast please. And a cup of tea. Better make that two cups of tea.
- 🥓🍳🍳
  🍞
  ☕️☕️
I found some leftover coleslaw and raw bacon…
- pair that with 🍳 and 🍞
  and 🔥 to cook the bacon
One fortune cookie please.
- 🥠
Can I please have some scrambled eggs and sardines on toast chef
- 🥚🥚🐟
  🍞
Two muffins with marg and vegemite. Two camomile teas, a coffee and some cat food thanks chef.
- 🧁🧁 🌧️ 🍯
  🍵 🍵 ☕ 🐟

Fuck this week old rock hard avocado. I've tried the "in a bag with an apple" trick, nothing. I want my avo on leb bread dammit.

Ripen your avocados by putting bananas next to them.
i had the opposite problem: three avos that need to be eaten NOW

Why do providers continue to hassle me with sms reminders when I've already paid their bill sobs in palms

so fucked. minor rant: i told commbank ages ago to notify of my telstra bills, as i thought this would mean fewer emails. now i get an email from telstra with the bill, which i pay, then multiple notifications from commbank about the bill including 'you have an upcoming bill from TELSTA CORP' (after i've already paid it) and 'urgent' reminders so i have to manually tick the bill off as paid
- Lol seriously I'd ask them for fewer reminders please if I could. I guess they want to cover their butts if someone turns around and say they never got a reminder about their late bill. Wonder if they do reminders for credit card though hah....
- If the cost of sending these texts were higher for them they'd think twice about it

I’m having all sorts of trouble with the internet at home today, and have been messing around with cables and modems and switch boxes et al to try & work out what’s wrong. Still can’t fix it and would throw the internet out the window, except that I’m on the ground floor. Hrmph.

Have you tried turning it off and on lol.
- I have often forgotten this one simple trick, but not this time. Stupid thing has been turned off & on again a billion times so far today
taylor swift effect?
- Hmm, maybe it’s gone out in sympathy

Back home after a half day at work. Miserable weather out there. I did stop on the way home to turn the plastic promise notes Marketplace buyers insist on paying with into proper digital money. Not keen to go out again, but Mr Woof obviously wants to walk, the weirdo.

Rough second day back at work after a week off. People really missed me work-wise rip

I just want milk that tastes like real milk

Thanks @Seagoon_@aussie.zone

I have a $10 coupon for JB Hi-Fi that needs to be used by tomorrow. I don't need anything from JB so maybe someone here might use it.

Lucky for me Jerboa doesn't do spoilers yet, so
- Nooo! You've revealed the code! Damn you Jerboa!
Oh you little tease.
- You gotta work for that code!

TAYLOR! 😭😭😭whyyyyyyy?

what did she do now?
- Couldn’t get any tix today. I’m not fussed personally. Just trying to get a cool birthday gift for MissGod.

I need some more lines to my Daddy Distraction song. Currently it goes: "Daddy Distraction, Dad-dy Dis-Trac-Tion, Dis-tract-ing (First name)!" And its a huge hit, I think due to the alliteration. But since there's only 3 lines I have to keep increasing pitch each go through, and I think the dogs are plotting against me as a result.

- Not bad! Does it give you anything to work with if I say his name starts with an L?

Travel money update: from my research the 28 Degrees Latitude credit card is the best for credit and UBank seems to be the winner for best debit card.

Both are free to sign up for and it's always good to have multiple payment options overseas in case one fails you. Both have Google Pay/Apple Pay contactless payment options.

Both charge $0 fees for foreign exchange and the UBank card has $0 fees for ATM withdrawals overseas (although local ATM operators may charge their own fee).

28 Degrees uses the Mastercard Exchange Rate and UBank uses the Visa Exchange Rate with no extra fees on top.

UBank has a $2000 (AUD) daily withdrawal limit, which is up from the $1000 limit I've seen on competitors, and no monthly withdrawal limit like some cards do (Wise has a $7000 monthly limit).

So my plan is to use the credit card to pay for things like hotels, meals etc and then use the debit card for ATM withdrawals and as a backup other payments. This means I don't need to keep too much cash sitting on the debit card balance.

I've done a bunch of research and read lots of terms and conditions so hopefully this info can help someone avoid nasty fees and gotchas. The one thing to note is that the exchange rate is calculated when the payment is cleared each time you spend, so if you want to lock in an exchange rate you need to use a travel card which 'loads' foreign currency rather than a debit/credit card.

DAILY RIPPA: DAY SHIFT

👇

⏰🥊

CAUSE THE PLAYERS GONNA PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY EDITION

⏰🥊🥔🍠 and the taters gunna tate tate tate tate tate
⏰ 🥊 Short shift edition for me today, then play play play for the pm
🥊⏰🧃

I do not understand modern poetry at all. Just a mess of words that I cannot interpret. Am I poetry dyslexic? Is there such a thing?

'ello?

Hola
- hey, did I do ok?

Watching a new movie everyday has been so good, it's improving my mental stamina so much. 😊

Back story, when I had cptsd I could barely keep up with anything more than a music video. Any mental energy I had , and it wasn't much, I used to read related medical literature and do psych therapy.

Covid did not help. That was a pretty frightening and tiring experience, it lasted years and was relentless.

I'm lucky that my cptsd isn't bad, but I still get flashbacks and stuff. And whenever I see someone who looks like my abuser I seize up (it's not great when there's a famous nerdy director who he looks like and mirrored his whole persona off of...) But it's good that you can now consume media in a safe environment.
- I watch movies early in the morning when I have time to myself
What movie did you watch today?
- Roma, a Mexican movie shot in 1950s-60s Realism style . I'm not sure what is was about but I saw that kindness transcended race and class but not sex. That we are stronger for helping each other. That to make a better world we need unity and courage.

I is in a pickle and cannot word it for the class..

How do we word pickles?

Need context
- Yea that's the gist bro give it a bit we're running on duty free.
Gherkins
- Alright.. looking for format
  Gist Honesty Events Resolution Kinetics Incorrect Null hypothesis
  left out the 'S' because I could think of a word.. gimme halfa this gherkin story needs to be told
preserved vegetable
- We don't talk about dementia patients like that

Well, that was a bloody good nap.

Oh great meeting postponed. Dinner time

Edit: OK false alarm. No dinner yet

It’s hump day. The week is almost over. Treat yourself with something small
- It's the day before pay day. I shall have to abstain. I do have some very good leftover curry defrosting in the fridge from last evening, at least. And the finale of mad men s4.
- These lines on the side are confusing me. I wasn't sure if you were talking to me lol. Maybe you aren't but hello.

I've been practising my Irish accent. I don't know if the dog is confused or impressed when I call him "my cheeky little leprechaun".

todays day 4 of having my wisdom teeth out. still have pain, but the swelling is gone atleast

Woo just caught a shiny gallar stunfisk

Have done my compulsory nature staring, now I can return to the nest for some quiet time. Side note, saw a camper all the way from Harvey Bay (QLD), why would you drive down for some coastal camping in the middle of winter...

maybe they are renting out their house at great profit

Ice creams, trampolines on the beach, park play, sunset beach walk - https://i.imgur.com/eqDSWCh.jpg

cool, I recognise the place, a professional shell collector films there 👍😊

What evil thing should I do to Boyo for machine gunning clipping his toenails all over the room?

So apparently a realestate agent has saved the Paky pub. Thank god. There are so few GOOD drinking places out here its criminal. The only good options out this way are Urban Reserve and the tap house in Berwick, and then the Drake in Paky.

Which one is the paky pub? Only ones I know of are the drake, cardina and Costello's.
- Drake. Used to be called the Pakenham hotel apparently.

Idk if my tears are due to the chilli or the beauty 😢

Love it!

Hoop is still on me. Just 6 more minutes and I'll look just like Gisele Bündchen.

She has settled on Gudetama: An eggcellent adventure. It's talking food! I'm intrigued!

soy saaaaaaauce
- 😂
My daughter went through a Gudetama phase. I have several mugs.
- He tried to have a little nap with a piece of bacon as a blanket. 😂
lol, an unhatched Calimero

pulled the short straw and am in line for swifty tickets..

blink 182 and TS in the same week next year

blink 182 Please dont mention this without a NSFW warning. I dont want to get excited at work!
- Dammit Josie!!
I stupidly thought Blink was this year, and I remember getting so excited for it to find out it's next year.

Wife just said the most insensitive hurtful thing. She’s tired, so I asked her if she was serious. She doubled down. I gave her an out, and a chance to apologise assuming she didn’t understand how upset I was. She mocked me, said she was sorry for “hurting my feeeeeeellllliiiiings”. Jesus fucking Christ who is this woman?!

Dumb question: All my mates moisturize. I don't often cause.... I dunno Im an idiot. Noticed my forehead was a bit dry so I chucked some on and my skin immediately feels 100 times better. Does this mean I have really dry skin? Or does it just it do that to your skin regularly anyway?

In my experience, moisturizer helps straight away. My skin isn't generally dry, except in the winter months. I have skincare regimen (created for me by my daughter) that includes a serum and a cream. Massive improvement and way less flakiness in the cold months.
- Just don't tell her that it's no substitute for good genetics :(
Moisturiser is great for your skin. It doesn't mean you have really dry skin, it's probably just partly winter weather. In winter the air is colder and drier, and that does dry your skin out a bit more. Keep a bit of facial moisturiser around and put a little on after you've had a shower.

Damn this mood dip. I've been sailing for days. Drinking coffee to wake up a bit and get the oomph to be excited when my sponsor calls. Anonymous it may be so I can only say I'm very happy with the person who reached out. Ha, mood lifted and I still hadn't posted this. The oestrogen patches seem to get a little less effective on the 7th day. Mood lift though was due to calls from my sponsor and another person I've met in the program. It's a fair amount of work involved in doing it correctly so I'm glad I'm still on leave for a while. It was a completely spiritual thing meeting my sponsor. I'm starting to sound like people I was deeply skeptical of until now. Serves me right for trying to out think believers in a higher power.

I'm becoming a lot more empathic and relying on my intuition more as it's increasing in strength as well. HRT isn't just life saving, it's life changing and enhancing in ways I always desired in my dreams of being female. Lets just say when I see someone in obvious emotional distress it's fucking heartbreaking and I'm left exhausted afterward. But to feel like that I wouldn't change for the world and to remember it brings tears to my eyes again.

Cats got me up at 4am today. Little kitten sleeps beside me and must notice immediately when I wake up. He's such a little dynamo and really talkative so there's no choice but to get up and play with the little guy.

My volunteer work is so heartwarming at times. There's confidentiality involved so I can't speak of what help I could give, but it was pretty nice to have the privelege of being able to.

Good book and a coffee (or tea) by a rainy window will get you sorted.
- Great idea. I have all three.

Okay still working on pickle. We're up to Gist.

Gist is went to indo with parents and mum (vision impaired, mobility issues, unfit but thin) behaved very differently to what I'm used to after a few big days. We spend a lot of time together and this was different.

I'm extremely worried it's early dementia.

I'm worried too. Check prev comment

Would the Aldi frozen meat pies be the best?

My wife tried a meat pie for the first time ever 3 weeks ago on a Jetstar flight and she loves it. So I'm looking to procure more.

if your wife tried a jetstar meat pie and loved it then you absolutely cant go wrong from there. imagine if she tried a good one!!!! But seriously, if she liked that, anything will do.
- imagine if she tried a good one!!!
  Which is what I'm trying to achieve. 😁😅
I honestly think getting one from a tried and true bakery is your best bet. Frozen ones don't cut the mustard anymore imo.
- Thanks:) do you have any suggestions of a good bakery (less than 20 min from cbd) or just any should do?
If you're going to get frozen pies get Balfour's. They are the best by far. Aldi's pies are a bit ordinary.
- Thanks CEO will check this out too.
They're cheap and reasonable. Not great, not bad, reasonably priced.
- I'll grab a bit of both plus Balfour as per above and see how she likes it.

Warrior Nun is the perfect beautiful nonsense to watch when you're feeling sick.

How come Wikipedia never discusses meaning or emotion in articles about books, movies and songs?

This has bothered me for a while.

Sure I understand that meaning and emotion may differ according to viewer but surely they can discuss what the authors meant?

contribute to the wiki page?
- every single entry is like that which makes me think it's policy
- So I read up on wiki policy. It would seem meaning is an opinion and can't be sourced.
  But what about the original author, is what they say just an opinion? The originator of a work doesn't have a source which they can cite, but critics/analysts and readers of critics etc can cite criticism etc.
  To think of all the shitty made up opinions in books written by crap academics I've read but they are considered a source and the original artist isn't. That is so fucked up.
  So it's back to watching commentary on dvds.
- just regurgitate what the teacher/lecturer said, eh
Now I'm wondering if Encyclopaedia Britannica does.

I've had this book titled "Queer: A Graphic History" on my bookshelf since 2020 and finally got around to reading it. And don't you hate it when you consume a piece of media (whether it's a book, movie, tv show, video game) and what it says on the tin is something completely different? And not in a "oh that was surprisingly different, but I liked it!" way more in a "you know you don't have to force yourself to finish it... right?".

When I read "Queer: A Graphic History" I think, oh it's about the history of LGBTQIA+ stuff. So activism, people, the history itself. Nope... it's about queer theory (basically looking at things through a queer lens, whether it's entertainment, politics, philosophy, general life, etc). And I don't mind queer theory, I did a bit of it at uni, I did an assignment using queer theory. I love queer theory (as a queer). But it just felt so dry and like I was so annoyed that this book that I've been excited to read, is just not at all what I thought it was.

Oh well... next on the list is Heartstopper vol 1 and 2.

Down to the last episode of Mad Men s4. Oh my God Don you total fool I can't believe this Megan storyline. I have been screaming internally for the last 20 minutes. Thank god for Peggy channelling my feelings.

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