I did not get the nice place I applied for on Monday despite offering 15/week more. At least they told me quick smart.
I may have good news with the other place though, pending clarification of some weird half baked email I got that was missing attachments. It's painful how much I'll be paying relative to the size, and lack of greenery, and noise, but I'm reframing it as like a temporary apartment stay to finish my studies. Because I only need to commit till about mid next year. And that means FREEDOM.
I will have to cull a lot, but at it'll feel like I'm really committing to closing this chapter of my life. No more coasting along.
Cross all your digits for me DT! The sooner I'm done with this the better 🤞
I'm gonna go on a little rant about Halloween. Kids, pets and even adults dressing up, meeting your neighbours having a bit fun. I'm all for that. Decorate your house inside and out. Great.
Now here's the thing. People take this shit way to far. Instead of just walking a few streets with your kids, meeting new people, it's now "let's go and collect as much shit as possible from strangers before others get there".
How do we do that? We will drive around in our people mover looking for houses because Facebook mums have posted where the best streets are for little Johnny to collect his treats and he's only 3 and the size of a small hippo and he can't walk far.
It's now a car door slamming competition with a stampede. Aussies are great innovators. We take shit from around the world and we adapt them to suit us. Halloween is not one of them we do well.
Beautiful afternoon. But what baffles me is how many people are in shorts or dresses. When my day started it was a chilly 12c so jeans it was. Do people just freeze for half the day for the 1 hour of nice weather, or do they carry around a change of clothes for when the sun comes out. I’ve lived in Melbourne all my life and still can’t figure it out.
Jesus that lineup for When We Were Young 2025 should come with a NSFW warning, sporting a semi in the office. Ok, thats a lie. But I did gasp and moan slightly.
That line up is... I mean... F me dead thats must of punk rock royalty right there. That is gonna go OFF! I hate festivals, but if that weren't in the states I'd be considering it.
oh god, my head/face is so little i chose childrens glasses and didn't even know until i read the receipt just now , they look good tho 🤓
Made it down the bellarine again. Down here there's a place called Swan island where SAS train. Anyway the neighbour is ex-SAS. I've never really had a long conversation with the dude. Bumped into him as I was rocking up and he was walking his puppy said 'ello. I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED OF A KILLING MACHINE WALKING A PUPPY.
Last minute ticket to Thom Yorke......! Holy shit. Let's go!
Meal prep for the next couple of days is done. Now I can start on dinner!
At least dinner is a kit so won't take too much effort. I also made a few extra serves of oats and some burgers for the freezer so I have a head start on a few more future meals too.
Just heard a fairly decent US election joke. What's orange on the outside, hollow inside and should be thrown out in early November?
Claypot with - sausage, onions, kimchi, rice cakes, egg, and some sauces. Coconut as the beverage.
Not gonna lie.....it's good as.
Update: It's all gone, and I'm regretting it slightly. Definitely nap inducing.
The quiet little stick vac I was so hyped about is fine for quick touchups but struggling in the face of heaps of scattered litter and shredded cardboard… The other one is unreasonably loud so I keep it for the back room (away from the cat) and even then have to use earplugs.
It’s fine, with heavier stuff like this I’ll just sweep the carpet with the soft indoor broom. It’s more tiring and might kick up some dust but it’s silent. It’s really good for getting a lot of the pet hair as well.
I don’t really rate the Sabco carpet sweeper I bought. It is convenient in that it collects dust and debris as you go but the handle is too short so you have to hunch over, and you have to push it hard to get the bristles to sweep. It’s also hard to get into the corners.
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Ah, once again Melbcat has medicine stuck in her fur… I’d wipe it off right away but by the time she’s had it she really wants to nick off, and I let her go calm down. So it dries into her fur and the liquid sets like concrete.
I might buy a bib just for meds time. I think that will be insanely cute.
I freaking hate Debian. I do not like not being the owner of all files nor given easy tools to take ownership of stuff. And I'm spending a lot more time in terminal than I would like. I understand why me accessing and replacing files in VAR is a bad idea, I get why you might wanna prevent that. But its MY system, if I wanna crash the fucker than thats my right! Not having access to files for apps I install (like plex) is insane.
Here's to the midnight snack club:
Strawberries and cashews.
More organisising has been attained. Eyes checked ( they are meh 😔 ), new glasses ordered , bank kerfuffle fixed, stress from computer and phones a bit better.
Music is on. 😊It's a daft punk kind of day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8&list=RDEMni3jl65KF37F9JYsJM8DGg&start_radio=1
Today has been brutal. Lots of hard work and annoying strokes of bad luck. I’m in pain and it will be worse tomorrow.
I also fixed something simple (in aid of solving another problem) but screwed it up in another way that’s hyper specific to the point that internet guides are hard to find for it.
Wasted precious time and energy unsuccessfully trying to fix it 👍
I feel like I am just not getting any wins here. In fact the cosmos is laughing at me for trying.
The last lunch ride of Biketober. I've enjoyed ducking out and going for these rides, they've been a great way to break up the week
Applying to some jobs and one asked for a knock knock joke. I had a book of them as a kid, but the only one I remember is:
Knock knock Who's there? Orange Orange who? Orange you glad I didn't say bananana?
I'm thinking of doing this one:
“Knock knock!” “Who’s there?” “Cows,” “Cows, who?” “Cows go MOO, not WHO!”
Any better suggestions, please speak now or forever hold your peace.
I went to the free food market today and now I have way too many cucumbers. I still have plenty of pickles so I'm not sure what I'll do with them all.
I also got lots of cabbage so will be making a batch of sauerkraut. Summer fruits must be starting too, as I got some peaches - they are all bruised so I will cut them up for overnight oats (along with some apples which are also quite bruised and a punnet of strawberries).
Busy day today. Wheee
I've been desperately trying to get a message across on reddit , does anyone know of any site probs
Meeting complete. Quick snack and then gym
Goodnight from human and loooong cat ❤️
