I bought myself a sneaky wine in the sauna dn was about to go home but then the singer started and I happen to be the the only person in the courtyard… It would be rude to not have another drink …(plus she is really good)
Good night everyone. 🥰
Goodnight Goonsy, sleep tight, don’t let your house get a bed bug infestation. I hear that A. They bite, and B. They’re really hard and annoying to get rid of
Btw thanks for being such a rock with the DTs recently
Any peeps of a fishy persuasion? Looking for a three way valve for 4mm tubing, but water, not air. Anyone attest to water carriage of air direction valves?
Spent the arvo doing laundry at the Laundromat, got a coffee, walked down to Barkley Square to suss out dehumidifiers (no bueno, will have to order online), then saw a spontaneous rave:
Didn’t catch who it was, but she was absolutely laying down some sick beats from the back of her van 🤘
Was there breakdancing?
Hehehehehehe nahhh not that I saw, but I secretly hope someone does!
I bring fire and sticks, you bring the marshmallows.
Took forever to get going but it got there (without cheating!). Wasn’t a very big pile this year (can only do it mid winter) but still satisfying.
I just want to sit and stare at the glowing flames. Best hypnosis ever
Nice one!
yay, chair cushions are done and I can now tidy up and move onto to other tasks, like sanding and painting 🙂
I’m going to the snow at the end of the month and have been messaging a friend I let borrow my ski clothes and equipment two years ago. They just never gave me back my stuff and I forgot about it to now. I’m a bit annoyed they just kept my things, and now my goggles are missing and I don’t remember if I let them borrow. It shouldn’t be up to me to remember and ask for my stuff back, you should give it back once you are done with it without prompt.
Another way to look at it is they were storing it for you while you weren’t using them. Some places charge for that.
When I first watched the Raygun, I figured she was so good at breaking that she transcended traditional style and sort of unleashed a a new form on the world stage.
I considered it very poor timing to introduce your genius at the Olympics, and people just aren’t ready for the “meme” breakdancing , however, I kept an open mind about the whole affair and considered the possibility that current state of the art form is pushing boundaries in this direction so it’s nothing to worry about.
I’m still holding out for my perceptions to manifest into a reality but I’m losing faith here
She certainly got everyone’s attention. She also got a trip to Paris as an Olympian.
I didn’t read your comment, but I like you as a person
Also check Ur DMsI wouldn’t read my comment either
I setup the replacement Xbox last night and am finally sitting down and giving it a crack. I have Minecraft, knockoff coke Zero from aldi, a full belly, and a comfy couch. Life is good.
nostalgia trip
In 2016 (or maybe 2017), my mum surprised me with an Xbox from my birthday. It was an Xbox 360 E, and a copy of Minecraft. That was my first time on a console, and I stayed up all night playing it. Literally all night. Probably needless to say she was less than happy I was still up when she woke up, but she just let it be. I had a lot of fun, and also had a few cans of coke over night. That’s a core memory of mine that I’ve never really been able to recreate. There was such a feeling of carelessness and peace that night, a feeling I unfortunately very rarely experienced during my youngest years.
continuation, but less of a fun memory more of a historical vent, probably more sad
That was when I was really struggling with “school refusal”, as they call it, and mum was really trying to push me to go. It was a very difficult time, and led to such a feeling of helplessness, probably for both of us. That’s probably why I enjoyed the care free feeling the games provided - a little safe haven away from the constant chaos and incessant disappointment and despair of the real world. A world where the biggest concern is placing enough torches to keep the zombies away.
100%. Any form of escapism that makes us feel like we have some freedom… It’s a strong imprint in our formative years…
I think a lot of us still chase it, be it knowingly or unknowingly.
Hope you continue creating other good memories. Might not be exactly the same, but you can get pretty close. ✨
Thanks llabsy, I appreciate it. New memories will come, although sometimes it takes a few years for them to change from neutral into good
Interesting. The local library was my safe haven as a kid. Or any book really. I predate xbox and electronic games so there wasn’t a huge lot of choice. Nowadays my local library makes a big deal about being ‘fun’ and ‘lively’ and ‘inclusive’ - which to kid me sounds like hell on earth. So it wouldn’t be available as a safe haven now. I suspect we all need a safe haven in our lives - and find it in a variety of places. Another very unfashionable opinion of mine is that quite a lot of illegal drug use gets its root cause in the search for a mental safe haven in a hostile universe, albeit a temporary one with a huge downside.
The end is nigh
Bring back bags of lollies from the milk bar… 😭
1c fizzos.
Okay the memes coming from our breakdancer’s performance overnight are so fucking funny
Anyone got a link to the full performance?
Edit: all I’m finding are ai narrated videos with still shots and snippets.
You’ll have to try and find it on the 9Now website/app or maybe olympics website
They’re super tight on video copyright and broadcasting rights.
Ah thanks 👍🏼
Found it on 9Now.
I am having such a shitty fucking day. I’ve honestly never felt this bad so fast before. Just massively angry, wanting to lash out over everything.
Everything is getting worse and none of us are stopping it(I’m certainly not). My attempts to maybe improve things for myself just add more stress and inevitably fail. I feel like I’m trying to climb a styrofoam wall. I can grab at chunks to try and pull myself up, but all I’m doing is fucking up an already shitty wall.
I know the feeling. Right there with you. All you can do is give em hell
Edit: Alternatively https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HjPgdhRsGIQ
Feeling any better?
Not feeling as shit this morning.
Hugs. If you can roll yourself up somewhere in the sun I recommend it. You aren’t alone in your feelings.
I read On The Beach a few years ago after the 2020 bushfires and at the start of COVID when I was feeling particularly hopeless. Basically its a classic about an impending nuclear winter - what happens when everyone find out they have six months to live. One of the side characters just carried on tending their little garden, planting out things that they would never harvest and in all probability would never grow. But it was her job - to tend her garden and she figured no-one knew any would be next so she might as well do this thing. She was totally at peace. I think about her a lot when I am in this headspace.
There are green places to be in the sun nearish me, but too far to walk, and I don’t want to be around other people much so a tram would be a bad idea I reckon.
I had read some of it a while ago, but lost my place and never bothered to refind it. Might have to give it another look some time, because it’s a great book. I wish I had the certainty of a set date, honestly. Six months is easier to handle than “it’s a mystery”
I get that. Well there’s no shame in crawling under the doona and being a human burrito for a day. Hope that guy gives you a little respite
Massive hugs. Climbing a styrofoam wall sounds incredibly difficult. I hope you find a moment of joy today, even if it’s tiny.
Treating myself to a cafe big breakfast because all I got at home is ramen and sardines. While ramen and sardines WAS a tempting option, having no eggs or frozen veg to add sealed the deal
The support chat in some apps needs its own notification.
Birds got into the Woolworths delivery yesterday because the doorbell wasn’t rung.
I jump on the support chat, because that’s the only way you can do anything these days, then waiting for a response I close my phone. I have a job, kids, and a life so I forget about it and the support person leaves the chat. Where does that leave my things the birds got into? I need a buzz or a reminder or something these people have replied
Defeats the whole purpose of chatting and reply at your own pace type of support.
You think the chat feature is there to help you? Bless your heart!
It’s there because a chat app is cheaper for Woolies than an outsourced call centre. If you give up waiting, that’s good for them.
It’s just another way Colesworths is screwing this country over.
Movie Review. The Old Oak. Ken Loach. Syrian refugees come to live in a dying North England mining town, locals react, some with kindness and charity, others with misplaced anger.
It’s a Ken Loach fillum innit.
It’s not entertaining. It’s art. It’s about present day issues and challenges facing everyday Britons and New Britons/war refugees . It’s respectful and understanding of working class people. Never talks down.
It’s not a fun or happy or exciting experience to watch a Ken Loach movie but I find myself thinking about the scenes and people in his movies, sometimes even years later.
Watching his movies enriches my life and understanding of people .
4 Hobbits.
