Daily Discussion Thread: 🎮🕹️🍻 Sunday, November 3, 2024

They worked!

Nice to have a friend when I'm unwell ❤️

Edit: she's worked her fluffy tummy magic and I'm feeling better :)

Gibson would G L A R E sourly at the sickness and it would retreat!
- In the very least she would meow aggressively at it, like when she wants treats lol
Honestly kitty looks a bit ripped I'd give her all the treats if I were you.

I think I’m angry right now.

Why do I always have to be the one to compromise on things when I’ve done everything correctly and on time.

Also fuck being connected to work even on a weekend.

There’s a right to disconnect law now. You don’t have to acknowledge work related requests on days off. (Unless explicitly agreed in a contract I guess)
- Yeah. Just something that couldn’t wait because of the nature of it, didn’t want to be left stranded in a remote location without a lift back.
Don’t let it rob you of this gorgeous day. ✨
- I stayed inside today. I should have gone out and treated myself to some food.

As soon as the shops open I'm going to go and buy me a big pack of tortellini, cook all four serves of that bad boy up, and eat it all

Growing up, we referred to totrellini as "assholes" because of the shape.
- Belly buttons here. Arseholes were rissoles.
Where are my haters now? That's what I thought
what kind and will there be sauce?
- I will keep you posted. Sauce definitely, some kind of jarred tomato based sauce add lots of chilli sauce and pepper and cheese
Ooooooh

Never ended up taking that nap, just been idly existing all day.

Been playing Brotato as well, that's all I've done. Tomorrow I will catch up on the recording for the theory classes I missed when I was doing first aid.

I had a really nice chat with my classmates on Thursday and Friday, and one in particular we both just wandered around campus at lunch talking. Old me would have balked at being so social and open, but I'm so glad to be who I am now that I find great happiness in talking to others who I don't know well.

Edit: istg if that squeaking starts up again tonight I'm gonna throw everything off my balcony into the alley. I hate that I couldn't figure out what it was, and it stopped when the wind died down. Fucker.

Do you have those spinny vents on your roofs? They’re squeaky as
Edit: the interbutts informs me that they’re called turbine vents or Whirlybirds
- I don't think so but maybe it is that! It was dark, and I was angry so I couldnt tell where it was coming from lol
Is Brotato any good?
It’s nice to sometimes reflect to see how we’ve changed and made a lot of progress.
It’s often a lifelong thing and sometimes you don’t figure it out for ages.
Squeaking? Maybe a rusty window or door hinge?
- Yeah I'm really really enjoying Brotato. I get it with the Google play pass. It's really fun, flash-like Rogue like. Guns and items and synergy and a bullet hell that's doable.
  No rusty windows or doors that would do that, apartments and sliding doors, and sliding safety windows (only slide open approx 10cm). It's something on my balcony or a neighbours. But it hasn't done it all day, so maybe I'm just going crazy
Yay Spud!
No to the squeaking!

Aiming to get the housework done today so I can relax for the next 2 days, and it’s a struggle getting motivated to start.

Have gone to pub for lunch with OH. That’ll help, won’t it?

It will keep your kitchen tidier. 👍
Nah but don't worry. Enjoy the nice lunch.

windz howling

Currently looking for mango recipes that aren't jam.. was going to make chutney but have found myself mysteriously lacking in ingredients for it 😒Too lazy to go out and get stuff. Might just freeze it until I get some vinegar and spices tomorrow. Got my heart set on chutney to go with chicken curry.

I've meaning to try this one
- I have noted this curry and copied it down. I'll be trying it later this week. 👍
- Looks good, might try it one day. Haven't got all the stuff now for it though 😔
Mangoritas?
- Sounds dangerous!
Mango chicken?
- Found a recipe I can do on https://onepotrecipes.com/mango-chicken-recipe/ Will freeze the rest of the mango.
Mango jam? Sounds amazing!!!!!!
- I ended up making mango chicken and it is awesome. My link isn't working but it's in CEO's dinner post and my response to Duenan below. Might do the jam and chutney after work tomorrow or Tuesday. I'd like to make it mango and strawberry jam but Miniest says no.

Weeds :(

In the drive for a hands off summer we're now on the 16th consecutive weekly full green bin. Shit just isn't settling down.

I need two weekly green bins and a lot more mulch otherwise I'm just not able to keep on top of it.

Am aiming for the same thing, albeit on a much smaller scale. Weeds have gone off lately

Good night everyone. Nice day for a sleep in. 😘

Agreed. Goodnight ❤️

Glorious day, crisper drawer stew with chicken wings in the slow cooker for tonight and tomorrow's lunch, glass of cold white whine in hand, laundry all done including household linens, nice music on the music machine. Nowt to do but eat, drink and be merry. Life is good.

Decisions, decisions…

Run to the hills… or

Head to the ocean…

Hills be easier and my one of my favourite brunches be that way. Hills it is.

Run to the hills 🎵
- RUN FOR YOUR LIVES
  (I legit always hear IM in my head when I’m thinking about it.)

Kitchen, clothes, lounge done, bins done. And I did a lecture for a course I'm doing. And spag Bol just started. Need to do another pass over the floors but I am WFH tomorrow so might call it a day.

Well done!

Migraine :(

Noooooo. 😭
Get well soon.
Hope you feel better soon and that migraine goes away.
One warm fluffy needed to help ease the pain.
gentle hugs and a cup of tea 🍵
💊
🫂

fuck yeah vietnamese coffee

Is that the one with sweetened condensed milk?
- It is, and it’s grand
- yesssssssss

24.7 degrees? What sort of stupid temperature is that for 4am? Someone clearly forgot to turn down the thermostat overnight.

It's stupidly windy and random things keep creaking and banging. Mr Woof was a bit alarmed by a plant pot that was walking itself down the street.

… Know it sounds funny

But I just can't stand the pain

Girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow

Seems to me, girl

You know I've done all I can

You see, I begged, stole, and I borrowed, yeah, ooh

That’s why I’m eeeeeaseeey…
My favourite version is the FNM cover.
- Same.
- That’s the one haha!

I admit I am quite nervous about the US election.

I'm also nervous about what comes after the election. It's pretty clear that Trump and his supporters won't accept losing and will do everything they can to overthrow the results, so whoever wins there will be trouble. And trouble in US flows over into trouble for the rest of the world.
Good chance we might not find out the results till later in the week.
Unfortunately it’s an election that’s too close to call and I really don’t need to see him on tv every single day of the week.
I’m trying to shut it out. There’s a lot of fear about him getting in and others saying he’s on the ropes, I don’t know.
I’m just trying to cope with each day at this point
Me too, for the same reasons Raven said. They call everything that's against them rigged or fake, and it makes them basically write their own narrative no matter how crazy and screw everyone who disagrees 🤦🏼‍♀️

Someone brought home cannoli !💃🪩🕺

Migraine eased up. Feel like crap, but the headache is gone at least. Went for a walk and that oddly wiped me out.

Better than before at least :)

Nice veg heavy dinner and an early night.
- Agreed man. I've accepted the loss of today. Hopefully tomorrow will be better

stuff is happening 🙂

and yesterday I took Bill for a walk in the cat stroller. He meowed a bit, he will get used to it.

Coldplay tonight, resting my feet today

chores can wait

It’ll be all worth it.

I watched The World's End. Ummm surprisingly I liked it. I didn't understand it but I still liked it. It's the closest I'm gonna get to nerd. I'm still dazed and unpacking.

The one with Simon Pegg?
- Yeah
I watched the other two Pegg movies this weekend. They are entertaining. 👍Hot Fuzz was like this incredible mash up of Wicker Man and modern action movie sequences
- Hot Fuzz was good.

Shitty day yesterday. slow start but now I am here. Kitchen looks like a bomb hit it and bits dumped everywhere (geez I can wreck a joint when black dog gets me for a couple of days).

But sun is out and mood is up. Gonna wander to the local for coffee and toastie then back for a clean up.

I am working mon/Tues so this can be my long weekend treat.

I swear to God I spoil Chook rotten. Many new toys

We went to the Kaiga Convention today. It's like a dedicated artists alley you get at other conventions. It was good if that's more your thing, and there's a similar market in December.

The weirdest thing is it was at the Crown Convention Centre, the only time I've been there is for a boring B2B conference. It was jarring setting the same room for corporate shit filled with anime artists

Caught up with a friend from work today.

Two hours after hearing her talk about herself and her life: "I wanna hear about you now."

Do you though?!

It was a nice afternoon in the sun. Some people were playing soccer in the park and set up their cones around where we were sitting. We had to move because we were in the middle of their "pitch".

Don't wait to be asked.
Come prepared in your mind , have anecdotes you want to share and stories to bring your friend up to date with what is going on in your life rehearsed in your mind and ready.

quiz

20/50 - missed a couple of easies (or shoulda been easies)

Finally got round to watching evangelion 3+1 last night. Terrible. But as far as all the batshit endings evangelion ever got it wasn’t the worst.

But still, about 20 minutes of Eva shit in the whole movie.

Ooo, I have not been brave enough.
- I loved 1 and 2! I heard 3 was not worth it at all, and sadly 4 was…. Meh.
  The longer they go on the less about the Eva’s it became.
Is this the one with all the paper cut out people near the end?
- Nah the end I think the Eva’s turn into people? And 13 fights 1? But like 1 appears from the corpses of 2? I don’t get it like at all, but the. It’s on brand for a evangelion ending hey.

I had a lovely sleep in, then lolled in bed reading my book. Breakfast has been had, I am clean, I am dressed.

Some spring cleaning will take place this morning, please watch for falling debris

Wind woke me up, something on the clothes horse outside is squeaking. The cat has also been meowing incessantly.

Ugh no Sunday sleep-in for me, wtf.

Been woken up multiple times, red eyes for me tomorrow.
🥱😭🙄
I must've been lucky or just extremely tired, I didn't hear anything at all and slept right through (though I frustratingly have woken up automatically around 7, I wanted to sleep in!)
- Usually I would sleep through it too, the white noise helps.
  But the devastating combo of meowing + random squeaking has left me with very little HP remaining lol
Is Mickey ok?
- He's fine, he's just happy I'm up. He came and had a big snooze on me lol
Same with the wind here, it woke me up rattling the fly screens.
my turn
- Oh I'm still awake too haha

Movie Review.

How is it it can take me many many watches to actually get all a plot?

Ben Hur. 1959. This movie is long and spectacular. You can see it's made with a lot of care to costuming and sets. Many of the scenes look familiar because they have been copied so much since but this movie did it first and best. The dialogue is also so good.

I would say this movie was made with love and respect for the subject

four hobbits. I think I will buy a book about this movie.

Honest Thief. Cute love/action/cop movie with Liam Neeson.

four hobbits because i have a soft spot for guys in love

The Ben Hur chariot race sequence always gets me - the horses start off the race then get sweaty and magically unsweat themselves at intervals throughout the sequence. Then they get sweaty again, and then unsweaty. I did an analysis of it once based in what I knew then about horse physiology - and reckoned they filmed all the walk & trot sequences AFTER all the galloping bits going by the sun angles. Over at least a couple of days - as the charioteers swap around and drive different horses in different chariots for different bits of the race. Always cracks me up to watch it.
- they are such beautiful well trained horses and a joy to watch
  "Due to the extremely hot weather in Rome, the horses were allowed to run around the track eight times per day. Cannutt’s careful method was aimed at teaching horses how to run as a unit and tolerate eventual crashes between them, without causing any damage. And while some of the actors or extras suffered minor injuries while filming, it is worth noting that no horse was damaged in the shooting of the impressive scene that even today, over 60 years later, still gives viewers goosebumps.
  The shooting of the chariot race scene took five weeks. In order to follow the horses closely, cameras were placed on top of Italian cars.
  The splendid horses seen in the movie were mostly Andalusian and Lipizzans, and were brought from Yugoslavia and Sicilia. The whole film featured around 2,500 horses, and all of them had carers, trainers, veterinarians, and stable boys, among other requirements. The four beautiful white horses – the Andalusians – that were given to Ben Hur by Ilderim, were named after stars in Arabic – Aldebaran, Altair, Rigel and Antares, all foals of the lovely mare Mira. Even Ben Hur was impressed by the charm of these horses."
  https://www.pololine.com/articles/the-horses-of-ben-hur-and-the-most-epic-scene-in-movie-history/
  I've visited two ancient hippodromes, in Istanbul and Rome, they aren't that much bigger than a footy field

I am reading "Painting watercolours from photographs".

It looks good. Watercolour is hard.
I have one about oil painting which kind of gives you studies to follow but I only have cheap acrylics and probably the wrong colours.
- I use the cheapest watercolours from Daiso. It's good enough for getting an idea on mixing and mastering brush skills.
  Use what ever colours you like, you are the artist. 🙂😘

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Stuff it. Im asking regardless
Tortellini with carbonara please.
- 🥟🥓🥚
Tortellini (genius idea!) with a nice seafood sauce rich in smoked salmon and oysters and a cup of tea please Chef.
And was your date yesterday enjoyable?
- 🥟🦀🦞🍯🐟🦪☕️
  Yes, thank you!!
I'll have the err.. ~~Tortellini~~ you're probably out of that. Expired baked beans on toast pls.
- 🫘
  🍞
Tortellini Bolognese please
- 🥟🥩🥫
Tortellini today please. With some sort of creamy sauce.
- 🍨🥟
Chicken soup and some strawberries?
- 🍗🍲🍓

Bathroom clean. Bedroom clean. Washing in machine. Plants watered and generally talked to.

Kitchen next so I can get some food prep done. Then floors and a quick straighten of the living room.

I woke up, now time to watch T1 vs BLG