Trying to go to sleep but this lump of fur keeps stealing my spot π
I've spent 2 nights here so far and I really like it. The first night was naturally a bit hard, but it already feels like a home. Yesterday I unpacked my computer and got it all setup, so that helps a lot too. Room is freezing, so yesterday I ventured out to buy a heater. Kmart is apparently all out of stock of every single heater in the entire state, and Kmart man said he hadn't seen any come in in about a month. What kind of shop doesn't sell heaters past the first month of winter?! We ended up going to Big W and they had a very similar heater, with the buttons in a slightly different place of course, which naturally they were selling for 5x the price as Kmart... Because of course they were, but it works fine so I guess it's still a win
Wooooo another day another frosty/paggro response from the boss for something reasonable. But, in good news, he's agreed to have this now totally unnecessary meeting in two weeks time, after I've had my next psychiatrist consult and a coffee catchup with someone in the broader industry who I'm hoping to get some leads from in terms of moving on (I will never forget how she once quite directly told me on the phone that I'm being severely underutilised at where I am right now π).
I promise to myself I'll be out of here by xmas, goddammit.
I have booked in the aircon installation. From Tuesday I will be warm! Plus as a bonus both I and the neighbours will not have to listen the the excessively noisy old box airconditioning units this summer.
I went out. Found a parking spot. Did what I had to do. Come out. Looked around.
Random old man: It's here somewhere
Me:(no one wants a 2006 manual Corolla surely)
Me to the old man and the world: I FOUND IT! I WAS IN THE WRONG AISLE!
ME: relieved. I need a coffee.
My watch: 2 minutes of Intensity.
Dear Universe, after near no sleep I must face the physical existence of Idiot Manager. Grant me the ability to not strangle them. Or at least make it look accidental.
Day 31 of exercise... I still don't know what! I decided to restart the 30 day beginner level exercise program I'd been doing, and maaaan so much has changed! It was a real eye opener as to how much I've grown and gained, which I hadn't really been aware of. So while the exercise wasn't challenging it was still a learning experience for me. Maybe I am ready for the next level!
I'm interested in a few different things at the moment. I've always liked what the hybrid calisthenics guy does, and basically any kind of bodyweight exercises. I liked the look of the prison workouts someone linked for me here. Anything low impact really. I found a set of low impact cardio exercises you can do if you're tired, injured, unfit or whatever, which I'm going to give a go tonight.
Edit: still off the alcohol, drinking tea like it's an Olympic event.
Camembert, Brie, Feta,
Gorgonzola, and Burrata,
Gouda for you, Sir!
Cheddar for me, dear!
Pecorino, Parmesano,
Manchego, Grana Padano,
Give me Chevre, baby!
Give you Gruyere, oh yeah!
Roquefort will rock ya!
Mascarpone, Provolone
With a piece of Bologna
Lovemaking cheese
Cheesemaking love
Summer is coming, oooo lord above
Poor Mr Woof is having a hard day.
Image: worried looking small white fluffy dog ..
First I invited a strange man inside the house, and he ended up locked in a bedroom where he could not protect me. Then I took him on a walk to the post box, and it made terrible scary clanging noises when the lever was pulled. Then not once but twice strange men walked behind us on the same footpath, and he was convinced they were up to no good. It's been a tough and stressful day and I think I'll have to given him some extra pork rind with dinner.
What's the time Mr Woof?
It's always dinner time. Stupid question.
I know the decline of Twitter has been coming, but with Elon rebranding it as X, and reddits collapse, I bet many people (including me) are just waiting for a viable other option to come along.
Threads I only had like one look at and doesn't appeal.
Lemmy is OK but the layout IS confusing. Without the DT I'd be checking Lemmy less ..
I know it is probably a bit delusional, but I am hoping it will prompt a lot of people to question why they are actually using these services and whether they really want carbon copies or something different. All of these services are designed to pull our attention and consume our time, and when you are used to spending hours a day scrolling content it can feel like a loss not having it, but I don't think it is actually what we want or need.
Services like Twitter and Reddit have trained people to be mostly passive consumers of fairly shallow content. We are constantly looking for fast moving and new content, even though that is not where the valule is. A large portion of users "lurk" instead of participating, and I believe that has largely been trained into us by using platforms where priority is given to "new" content (most of which is actually reposts and repeats of what has been said before) and where big is seen as better.
My belief is that the real value is in deeper discussions that can occur over time, and in smaller groups with engaged users who know each other. I'm not on Lemmy because I hope it will eventually become more like Reddit, I'm here because I hope it won't.
Wow, I just saw the weather forecast for the weekend - 17/18 and mostly sunny! That bodes well for my trip in to town on Sunday.
Why are so many women my age mean dried up old bitches. π€¬ ( older gen x /boomer)
Young woman came onto the bus but when she noticed she didn't have her phone asked the driver to let her off again. Yeah, she looked harried. She said she must have dropped it and had to look for it.
So she gets off and then two harpies near me start making mean comments.
I got angry. I stare at them, interrupt their passive aggressive insults, "I'd be upset if I lost my phone too , they are really expensive and we need it"
And I don't know why they think they are superior. They're riding the frigging bus too!!!
I just assume they need to spend all their time coming up with ways everyone else is inferior so they don't have enough thinking time to realise that their own lives are nothing but great big voids of nothingness, that they create nothing and do nothing in their own lives but consume the creations of others with the mindless voracity of a plague of locusts.
Or maybe they are just mean π€·ββοΈ
Can't stop thinking about the poor housemates cat, I called off work to be with her but since I'm on nights I've still got to stay up which has left me to think about it all. I really hope for her sake they can do enough that he can come home and at least have a bit of comfort in his final moments, and I really really hope she doesn't have to make "the call" cause that'll really hurt her.
I have to drive to Hobart tomorrow (4 hours) to head office and the other guy who works remotely is also going (2 hour drive for him). I'm getting ready for it, downloading an audiobook to listen to when he suddenly asks if he can catch a ride with me because someone else wants the car he's booked or whatever and I could not think of anything worse than having to sit in the car for 2 hours with someone else.
I told him that he booked it first, TS to the other person who wants it (who is higher up than him). He's going to speak to our boss and I know he's going to make me drive him.
Just noticed I've had my front door unlocked on quite a number of occasions because the handle is loose and haven't been latching even though I thought I was locking it. I'm now convinced someone had got in, living in my closet, and eating my food.π€‘
FFS, Bill Cat is on strike. He wants kangaroo meat balls with gravy.
3:52am is definitely a good time to send an email after working all night to make a point. deep exhale
I'm getting there, I'm getting there...!
Or, and hear me out on this one: donβt do that.
For the first time in a very, very long time,
I'll be going to sleep during the hour of 9.
Take me out and carry me home, past streetsigns,
Lay me out and carry my heart, and I'll be fine.
Why did I do this to myself π fell over last night like a drunk IDIOT and now my glasses are janky. Ugh! UGH!
Edit: mein liebe fixed them for me. All is well. Remind me not to drink like a fkn fish the night before an interview. I'm going to die on this tram.
On the positive side, you have your glasses, even if they are a bit janky. Waking up without your glasses and having to try to find them whilst not able to see anything clearly due to lack of said glasses is never a life highlight. Realising that you cannot drive without your glasses, and that you cannot get to work without driving, also not fun. Rusty Raven's Reason #473 why drinking was not a good option.
Woolies came through on the heavily discounted items today. 58c for probiotic yoghurt four packs x2. These average af pizza sub things for 80c x2. 200g Pepperoni 60c. Quinoia salad 60c. I seem to drink vegemite so I'm trying mighty mite and it's runnier but tasty and about half the price. Half price muesli bars for work snacks x2. Plus 2l soy and 2 packets of corn cakes all for $26. It was a heavy bag for that money for once.
New job is pretty good actually. I applied for jobseeeker also which will top up the work money deficit and grant me a wonderful health care card. I resigned from my last job but because I already had a new casual job it might be I only have to wait two weeks for the top ups. Will be a nail biting couple of weeks. It's a drama being on jobseeker but I can handle. Anything to be able to leave work at work and not spend every weekday thinking about what a bunch of cunts I was working with. Only walked 8.5ks today, but that's ok. Good mental health, sobriety and living my truth are worth the frugaility. It's humbling having to really budget to make ends meet. It'll get old but I need this year to recover.
Second bit of collapse worthy news today:
lychee shortage.
No lycheee for the thai duck curry tonight :(
Not Fair - Lily Allen is a banger.
Oops, I just wasted way to much time posting things when I was supposed to be out walking the dog. Mr Woof will be disapointed in me, I'd best get onto that now.
Edit: Mr Woof has now been walked. The food cupboard had more of the yummy caramel iced choc chip scone things, so I was forced to take some. Now I will be obliged to eat one for morning tea. Life it so hard.
So I'm on the couch feeling sleepy. I'm like ok time for bed. So I get up brush my teeth and start getting ready for bed, but in the process I feel re energised. Lol. I can't win.
I had one of those malevolent spirits in the house and looming over me bad dreams. π₯Ί I wake up instantly and fully alert the second it's next to me. π
It walks. It's male. There is only ever one. They are different ones each time.
I'm ok. It was just a dream.
Good thing I had some left over egg sandwich, because the microwave at work is filled with ants, I don't particularly want to try ants.
It's not even just the odd ant, it's like a whole bunch of them. I can't see any food in there. But I'm just so disgusted and frustrated.
Looks like I'll be switching back to my Aussie zone account as shitjustworks, ironically, has been having some issues and not working at various points throughout the day. So yeah, I'm not a fake Baku, just an alternate one
not a fake Baku, just an alternate one
But isn't that exactly what a faku would say?
If anyone that uses instagram needs a smile today, I suggest checking out the account deputy_dog_radar - it's a US cop and his belgian malinois sharing a snack once a day and the dog is just so cute.
Image of an oval plate with a serving of fried rice and sauteed mushrooms in a Vegemite jus.My dinner
It was delicious. I even Julie Andrewed the carrots which I never do. Usually I go bugger it they're getting grated.
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