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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Headless chickens of Melbourne attend! Please stop calling with impossible requests to be done by 3 pm YESTERDAY. If you have an urgent request, please include all the appropriate information. Or I will hold your request until the information is provided. No I am not psychic, and I am not your accountant, and I do not know and should not know your personal financial information and situation. So I CAN'T GUESS WHAT YOU NEED rather than what you want.
/rant over (gimme brandy)
We have a few beloved sayings here. "Processes work, people are shit", "If everything is urgent, nothing is urgent" and the classic "Poor planning on your part does not necessitate an emergency on mine".
....aaand now I'm looking at cat genetic testing because Max has a full kilo on his brother already and is developing maine coon ear tips.
If he's a raggoon we're gonna need a LOT more food.
fuck me I found out the hard way that auspost have apparently discontinued digital ID and you can go fuck yourself because they don't do keypass any more either. Great for those of us without fucking drivers licenses
They accept proof of age cards
yeah mine is from 1998
passport?
also have, but strangely reticent to cart about with me everywhere
Resignation sent. Today's gonna be an interesting one π
This is a really good thing tho. Great new job lined up to start in a month. Will leave my current company in the shit, but they get what they give.
That's great to hear. I hope the new job is a lot better
Home again. Fed and wined. Am slightly regretting rant below. But not much. The lunacy starts again tomorrow. I have threatened my boss with my immediate retirement if he gives me any more shit to deal with - especially the shit he doesn't want to deal with. I am too old for this. I do not want to contemplate what this EOFY is going to be like. It's still May goddammit.
Be as grumpy as you need, Witchy!
so many hugs
Thank you. I'm being grumpy and know it.
You are allowed to be grumpy.
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YL put some snail secretions on my skin to try. It's a Korean beauty product.
What's something new you've tried lately?
I just tried an espresso martini chocolate from Koko Black. Itβs a chocolate with vodka, ground coffee and espresso liqueur inside. Itβs orgasmic. π
I've never had an espresso martini but next week for my birthday I will. I could only imagine with koko black chocolate it would be the ultimate. Lucky duck.
Wait wait wait. You've never had an espresso martini?!
Nope. I've never got around to having one. It's crazy.
I feel you shouls remedy this situation as quickly as able!
I will
Oh youβre a Gemini?
Yes indeedy
so many new foods this year
my faves so far is aldi sorbet and vegan chocolat
and for beauty product, jane iredale tinted lip balm
I'm glad you've found some yummy treats amongst the shit you've put up with. π
thanks, it's been tough my other new fave this year are the vietnamese spring rolls at green fields in Sydney rd Brunnie, so fresh and delicious π
On a recent trip to Ikea I bought some Swedish lingonberry jam. Itβs a nice red jam, but not as nice as raspberry or strawberry so not worth a special trip to Ikea to buy it. Also tried a new Pilates place, Iβm trying to get a bit more active.
I don't eat jam often but if I do it's always raspberry.
Please give us regular updates on your pilates sessions. I'd love to hear all about it.
Stupid chill! I live in a house with central heating now! You're not supposed to be able to fuck my arthritis!
time to watch a movie
I have a new Catch 22 disc and with commentary, been so long since I read it and watched and it will be interesting to hear the comments
Just resolved a major point of confusion for myself that there are actually TWO indie games about being a female mechanic in 90s Japan with anime aestherics coming out this year. They're not the same game.
One is Honcho, made by the guy that made Jalopy, which seems to be more of a cosy sim. And Kaido Genkai, which seems to have more emphasis on racing.
Figuring that out was a trip
I'm half way between very annoyed and concerned
I've been really poorly this week and went to bed early
Husband found a stranger in our house, came in thru front door, and husband has not taken this seriously.
just a weird lost older teen in pjs, maybe ,
finally convinced husband this is a police matter
and this is the second call to police. First call and the guy has come back
yeah, i'm a little creeped and concerned
What the actual fuck is your husband's reaction.
How bizarre. Is husband trying not to stress out because he knows you already have enough on your plate?
Hugs π«
That reaction seems very, very strange. How was he not more concerned?!
That is so frightening!! ! How did he get in, was door unlocked? First thing is safety, ie make sure it canβt happen again, lock doors. Ask husband why heβs not bothered? Maybe he genuinely believed the kids story? But honestly I donβt know any teenager that βaccidentallyβ walks into the wrong house. Was probably trying to rob the place and then decided to back down and made up an excuse when confronted by an older male. Had you been in the house by yourself, who knows maybe the intruder would have calculated differently. You did the right thing calling the police. Iβm so sorry this happened, sounds awful.
Security cameras and an alarm systems methinks, that's terrifying! Nightmare fuel shit.
You know your husband better than us (obviously), but from my experience with my feminist partner, these types of serious conversations with men, even they need to be told how serious this is. Like, emphasise the concern, how important it is, how deeply afraid/concerned/upset you are. And lay out what you would like him to do. Sometimes they need to be told what the solution is, so they can physically act. And make it a Thing. Sit him down, tell him you "need to talk about something extremely important to me", that you require his full, undivided attention in this matter.
It may help to write down how you're feeling. I know it's a lot of mental workload to take on, when you're already under so much stress right now. And I'm definitely not saying this is going to fix anything, as I said I don't know your husband from a bar of soap.
I'm so sorry you've experienced this, sending you all my love
Thanks.
Police came and hopefully it's all sorted now
To me finding a stranger in the house is hugely concerning! How is he getting in? I mean, is the door locked? Definitely the police should be involved! If this kid has a carer then they need to know he's wandering too.
Thanks. I was definitely worried.
Also, I've been trying to coordinate going to the movies with my friends and I think the cinemas have it backwards. I don't want to go out and spend big money to watch the latest slop that will just be forgotten about in a year's time. If I'm going out to the movies, spending big money, and making an event of it, I'd rather watch a movie I like or one I've heard is good.
Like, I'd rather watch Empire Strikes Back on the big screen and get that experience than take a punt on The Mandalorian vs Grogu. Cinemas should take the Kpop Demon Hunters method and leave the slop for streaming and have bottom up demand drive what goes into a cinema.
Go for the independents!
The Astor?
Sun Theatre at Yarraville.
$14 every monday and tuesday and they have big beautiful screens
I watched 2001 on 70mm at the Sun. It's a great spot, and if it's central enough for everyone I'd be happy to go there
I figured out kdenlive turned off audio thumbnails so I can edit in my chosen OS and whilst I'm using an LLM to transcribe, it's run locally
