I think I fucked up with the birdseed idea. She will not move for anything! So now I administer treats at the back door:
Holy fuck there was a car accident right in front of my house. I've never seen a car crash in person before, it was louder than I thought
Nobody seems to be hurt
It started leaking oil so the fire brigade came out to sweep it up with sand. I'd already called 000 and the Ambos had already arrived before I write the above comment btw
The cops are slow as usual, but they just called to get further info. The ambos arrived first and they're still here, I overheard them saying they're waiting for police
The dude driving the car rear ended a van that's parked across the road, nobody was in it luckily, and the driver seemed fine, just a bit dazed
Had something similar happen outside my place a few days ago. The bloke over the road had his legally parked bmw flipped clean across the street into the street tree outside my house by a carful of idiots driving too fast through the roundabout in the rain. Horrible noise, the death throes of beautiful engineering. Again, thank goodness, no one was hurt.
Mr Procrastinata and I are on holiday in Germany. We’ve arrived in Frankfurt and it’s -2° this morning! Heading for Würzburg where it’s snowing. Winter’s here!
Thou shalt visit at least one christmas market. This is obligatory! And share some photos with us. We have much to learn about christmas markets done properly.
Headache! Need moar water!
EDIT: possibly make that need moar RATs, Boyo running 38.8. Swear words!
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So I live near the carmelite monastery and just witnessed two nuns buy an UNHOLY amount of cheese and crackers at Leos.
They weren't messing around for a monday,
nun reading the nun rules "no sex, no booze, no blasphemy, etc and so on"
looks up at a room full of anxious nuns "nothing about cheese"
many cheers.
There's a Cheesus Christ joke somewhere here I can smell it. Maybe that's just the cheese.
Communion with a twist.
Read that 7-11 in Australia has been bought over by the Japanese parent company. I almost never go to convenience stores myself, but hope this means Australian 7-11s will up their game. Japanese kombini food is legit.
Game changer if they invest in it. There is such a market for GOOD fast food in this country. I saw a line for KFC drive through the other day and almost died of shock. Who queues for food that crappy?!
Hungover bastards craving grease
Drive through has much power over those seeking convenience.
Dunno if this is gonna register for non-car people, but I need to get this off my chest. I finally got my old car back from the mechanic (not the Mazda, this is the one I sold to cover the Mazda's debt). Its new owners collect it next weekend so it I took her out for a farewell drive. This car man... it... shit im gonna tear up again. This car I've had for close to 10 years. None of the previous cars lasted 1/4 of that time. It's almost the most stable relationship of my whole life! I got this car when I was in my early 20s and it was the start of turning my life around. And I loved it, with everything in my heart. It wasn't the fastest or the best or anything. But it was reliable, it was sexy and it was fun. And it was my baby! You cant even buy a manual version of it any more, She's rare now!
In every way my new Kia is vastly superior. But damn I will miss that little car. The only way I'm gonna get through this is because I've promised myself one day, before my 40th birthday (years away) I'm gonna go buy the bigger sportier brother of what I had. One day I'll be back. But until then, I'll still think of her.
If you call and I don't pick up, leave a message and wait to be called back. Don't call 3 more times in the space of two hours. Seriously, some people have no shame. Calling me more only makes me want to pick up less.
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I better check my privilege but I can't remember the last cinema I sat in which didn't have recliner seats but I am sat in one right now. Garbage Village Cinemas was the only cinema showing Godzilla Minus One on a big screen 👎
It’s only art if it’s well hung..
Ugh, came home from my Japan trip to find my roomate has thrashed the stove. He claims that he "burnt hand and dropped a pot on it"...
He didn't even bother to clean up as well, saying that I'm a recovering alcoholic, who's too sick. Well hire a cleaner then. It's pretty poor form not cleaning, after I clean the place up before I go away.
The corner as well. That looks like some serious hard work went into damaging it. Friction AND impact.
Call me a nasty suspicious bitch, but check to see if the fridge is damaged too where it can't be seen. Particularly if it's recessed into a niche.
Make him pay for a replacement as I don't think that finish can be repaired without it being horribly obvious. Also rust issues if not repaired.
For real. That’s not a simple cookware that’s dropped. Roommate is sketchy as.
Yeah, he keeps gaslighting me.
I called out that the landlord isn't going to be happy, and then he goes, I've offered to pay. Stop being a fucking manchild.
I want him out. He's the fucking man child who cannot look after the house at all whenever I'm away.
Dropped a pot?? It looks like he took to it with an angle grinder! Maybe thinking he can make it chrome instead of black? This dude needs to go. What a liability.
…how
an axe?
That is a piece of shit move. Either you leave or they do, get off the lease from that person as you're liable for the damages as well.
bot is like me, hates the weekend
Hydrate
Yes m'lord.
Heading off for 11 days interstate on Thursday and I'm overcome with panic that I won't finish this work project before I go. Every time I write another section I find more issues that need addressing. Fucking documentation, man... There's a hard limit to the number of hours I can spend on this anyway, and I think I've used 70% of it. So I'm going to have to just accept that it'll be incomplete and that's it. Trying not to go down the "you're mid 30s and still can't estimate your time properly, who would ever trust you in a job" route and relive all the failures and criticisms at this job - just gotta wear it and end this motherfucking chapter of my life already.
Also was very anxious that I have to do a whole bunch of chores before I leave, and I have stuff on Tuesday and Wednesday night... but I've made my packing list, vacuumed the house, now going to make the goddamn vegan kung pao chicken I've procrastinated for 6 days, and tomorrow I'm going to do all the laundry then pack.
I got this. I definitely got this
I haz new old LPs from op shop 😊 some rare ballet music from the Bolshoi ballet, a weird hawaiian music LP, some modern classical. 7 albums, cost $12 👍
Can today just hurry up already, I want it to be home time. Then it can slow down and take it's time.
Listening to Liszt Hungarian rhapsodies and all I can hear is loony toons/Carl Stalling
Ted Cat is constantly getting under my feet. I will have to train him that he only gets food if he sits by the cat bowl area.
More difficult bullshit has piled on (the kind I generally leave vague because this is the internet) and of course it's the ongoing type, generates paperwork and followup tasks not to mention stress, and is the direct result of other people being absolute scumbags.
I'm working very hard to keep it together because I'd still like to live my stupid little life but am absolutely screaming inside.
Not looking for sympathy, just having a bit of a vent. I'm so tired.
I bought a Waterpik flosser thing a couple of years back (maybe a few years back now) and it has been sitting in my cupboard still sealed until this very day when I finally found myself curious enough to try it out. Turns out there's actually 2 of them in there! One "Ultra" and one "Nano" for smaller bathrooms/travel. I must have been in a very interesting mental space when I bought it because I had no idea.
It's this:
I was sceptical how it could be strong enough to floss just using water in a benchtop machine but it packs a bit of punch! Even made by gum bleed in one spot. I can't imagine a scenario where I'll take the smaller one traveling so I don't know what to do with that. Maybe my parents would like it. Anyway, exciting stuff.
Just installed the new showerhead I bought from Costco. Going to give it a test run in a minute but so far it seems alright. That's about as 'handyman' as I can get with this rented apartment so the testosterone is up. Job well done, Brad 🤝
Also, I just got an email from an Executive Casino Host from Treasure Island in Las Vegas. Apparently I warrant having my very own Executive Casino Host now which means I'll likely get comps if I go back there and book through her. I have mixed feelings about this.
If the shower head is one of those massage ones be careful because they can slice nipples clean off.
I got the Petcircle refund. Between the voucher and the refund that also comped me for the bag I didn't get from Petcircle. Note to self, leave an online record when buying things.
I should have emailed about Miss Melbcat's Wednesday pickup earlier today, will do that now. I wasted most of today just kind of struggling before doing a few light garden chores. But I'm chipping away at everything.
This possum or whatever it is is still reeking 😷
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