Feeling much better. Inventory of my house turned up an abandoned bag that isn’t mine. Got my iPad and wallet back…and some paperwork with a name and address on it.
Just got off the phone with the crime scene people. They want that paperwork
What a certified genius this chick is
I’m so glad you got your stuff back and the main thing is that you’re ok
That’s great to hear you got your stuff back.
She must have panicked when you got back inside and dropped everything and bolted.
Something that’s been on mind is how quickly it happened as well.
She must have been camping and casing the place for everything to have happened like you described.
Think from now on you’ll need to lock the door behind you before you leave for anything.
I hope the police manage to catch up with this thief with the paperwork she left behind.
Oh, they do. I had these random creepy women keep coming back knocking at all hours. One of them then got arrested on the block with an elderly neighbours set of keys on her.
That was a few years ago and I'd forgotten about it but note to self.
That is good news!
Thank goodness that woman was dumb enough to stop, drop and run and you don't need to replace your cards. Best possible result after everything. I agree that unfortunately it sounds like you'll have to lock your door behind you any time you pop out now though.
Steal her identity back /s (For legal purposes this is a joke)
I'm glad you got your stuff back. Now I'm going to be thinking of this every bin run
BE WITNESS TO MY HOMEGROWN POTATO
I've never planted them they must've come in from compost.
A fine specimen. Peelings are a possible source. There may be more lurking in the undergrowth.
Beeewderful.
POTAT
POTATTTTTTTT
very neat
That's really cool. :)
Headed down the coast, and competed with the tourists. While it was absolutely insane, I'm kind of glad I went, it was super lovely and warm out.
Little picture of my outing-
That's bewdiful. Just want to sit and absorb that restorative view.
That's pretty much what I got very sunburnt doing! I threw off my shoes, and like most tropically raised Australians living in/visiting the south walked into water and immediately froze to death when I forgot sea water is not warm here.
Look at that blue water, so pretty
Doing my part by driving around blasting The Beards with the window down. Just got home. I got that Murray St ice cream AND they had a boysenberry one so I grabbed that too. Also party pies and sausage rolls.
God DAMN it I just now realised I forgot ice magic.
Anyway.. I also got chocolate. Don't shop if you haven't eaten since breakfast the day before.
If your dad doesn't have a beard, you've got two mums
Damn. If you have coconut oil you can melt a little of that together with some chocolate to make an emergency Ice Magic? If you wanted to that is https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=coconut+oil+chocolate+shell
I'm such a bad person. Just to even it out, make sure you get some green leafies in your diet at some point. I feel better now ☺
I am, you are, we are Australian 🇦🇺
We are playing charades and my word was wombat. My actions of shitting out square poo was award winning.
That would have been interesting to say the least.
I guess those wooden blocks or Lego might come in handy at some point.
In other news Aussies doing badly in the test match at the moment :(
i want to be with people but i am already over-socialized
it would be nice if i could be a cat sunbathing under the table for the rest of the day
Meow
meowwww
Bathroom decals are up.
Decals
The cats are on the sliding door, so you can only see them when the door is closed. The butterflies are covering up some corrosion spots on the mirror, and I do not have much faith that they will all stay stuck.
That's awesome 😎
Honestly I couldn't care what date Australia Day is held. But I can't help but think no matter what date is chosen some people won't be happy. Because changing the date doesn't change history.
If someone doesn't believe Australia as it stands now is valid so to speak, any attempt to celebrate it on any day is going to stick in their craw.
Roast chooken is done. I made a glaze with kumquat marmalade , garlic, sesame oil, chili and soy sauce. It smells delicious.
cats have had second breakfast
time for second sleep
effects of codiene have finally worn off, no more rando bad dreams
Oi get off the fuckin' clothesline. You'll break it.
Are you talking to yourself?
Yeah nah cobber. I'm jest gonna spam this joint today with classic Aussie sayings.
I now have clean walls in the bedroom and bathroom.
Before I started I consulted with Google, and found a site with detailed wall cleaning advice. Apparently I was supposed to vacuum the walls, wipe them over with a dry dust cloth, put down plastic sheeting taped to the skirting board to protect the floor from drips, spot clean any marks with a concentrated cleaner, wash the full walls with a wet cloth and mild cleaner, wipe down the walls with plain water to rinse off any residue, then dry the walls with a towel. Well worth the small amount of effort, and I only need to do that every couple of months. Apparently.
I did not do most of those things.
Urrrgh. Why am I awake?
Ah going wakeboarding tomorrow, haven't been since the Before Times so I imagine I'm going to be sore at on Sunday.
I just wish my fam wouldn't organise it so last minute, but it's hard when the weather is as fickle as it is
Last time I went wakeboarding (maybe 10 yrs ago) it ruined me. Really fun though.
RIP your arms :(
I love it, been doing it since I was a kid with my aunts, uncles, cousins, and Dad. My cousins are all overseas now though, so I reckon I can get a good sesh in. I'm hoping my muscle memory is still intact, I'm worried I won't even be able to get up hahaha!
Can I use Buddhism like a Sovereign citizen? I'm sorry officer, there is no self to fine, "I" do not exist.
Getting fingerprint powder residue off my front door is a multi stage process. I've gone through scans of paper towel and have progressed to a face washer
The powder is carbon based and electrostatically charged a bit. So hand sanitizer may work in conjunction with face washer.
Magic sponge? Packing tape? Vodka? In case you run out of ideas.
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I'm watching a guy sketch in charcoal pencil and am like... damn. I doubt I'd be able to successfully sharpen one of those let alone wield it. Eh. It's nice to watch other people be skilled at things
can’t wield one but i sharpen pencils with a little knife. not a fan of pencil sharpeners
Okay, I will admit that the last time I was a student was pre Y2K. But I just had to complete a LLN ASCF level 3 and WTF is that shit?
reeding, riting and rithmatik
Somfink like that.
Feel the need to stare at the beach. Heading down the cost a bad idea today? The weather's not super warm, so I'm of two minds about how busy it'll be.
Some road closures about the place on the Bellarine on account of the Cadel Evans bike ride today.
feel the same
Got super held up today but managed to help out a bit more at my aunt's. Yeah she's definitely on the hoarder spectrum for sure. We didn't do the spices but the upstairs room that has all sorts of junk from over the decades. It's time for her kids to come and sort some of their dumped stuff too because she doesn't have the heart to throw any of her kids things away.
I've also inhaled more dust in 5 hours than I probably have for 5 months, amazed I didn't explode in a fit of sneezing.
e: definitely makes me feel better that I've been somewhat parsimonious with accumulating stuff at home, even if that tendency often means I just don't start new projects or hobbies.
e2: going to watch Lee Chang-dong's Burning tonight after a shower to get all this dust and sweat off me. Time also for ye olde melatonin because I'm a bit over going to bed at 1-2am every night. Must not get too deep in NEET hole
How often do you guys wash your drink bottles? Google tells me I'm meant to wash it daily, which is a bit concerning because I do it about 30x less than that 😬
I usually go based on when it starts to smell weird. I usually go on the (really flawed) philosophy of "we didn't evolve for millions of years just to die because of an infrequently cleaned drink bottle" but I feel concerned because I'm usually not that far behind what's recommended
It partly depends on what it is made of and what sort of opening it has. Plastic, particularly soft plastic, is a surface that algae and things can easily cling to so yucky things build up easily. You probably want to wash those out thoroughly on a more regular basis, although I wouldn't say you have to do it daily unless it you do things like add lemon slices or have a stye that any contents can touch your mouth. Stainless steel, hard plastics and glass have surfaces that stay clean a lot longer, and if you are regularly changing the water in it there should not be a problem leaving it a long time between cleans - especially if you are filling with tap water as that still contains residual chlorine.
The lid itself is another matter as you are putting that in/against your mouth. That bit should be cleaned very regularly, probably a basic clean every day, with a thorough clean of any inside surfaces every week - if you have a style with a straw make sure you get a brush that can clean inside it.
I've got a stainless steel one from Kmart. Not particularly high end but it gets the job done
I don't really clean any part of it very regularly at all, I just go by how it smells, looks, or feels. But oil test to keep that in mind
every single time it's empty
i use a bottle brush and soap and water then rinse
I have more than one bottle
Wow! I'd be washing drink bottles 3+ times a day if I did that!
😬
I wash the kids' drink bottles nightly, because they get dirty from them having dirty hands etc. They're grots, basically.
Mine, I wash probably less than weekly, but more than fortnightly.
I just had this weird urge to bake a cake but then I've remembered it's a public holiday so I can't get cake making stuff. Maybe Saturday.
I'd love some fresh warm cake.
Most shops are open, go ahead and have aaaallll the cake.
I always keep stuff on hand to bake a basic cake and often have a cake mix on hand. You never know when that urge will arise!
a fuck I was gonna go to savemore...
It turns out I ended up baking today as well. We made "Harry Potter bread". It had nothing really to do with Harry Potter, just that we gave the bread lightning scars - which were then promptly hidden by dousing them in cheese.
It was fun and creative with the kids, that's what was more important.
Thanks for the reminder, I need to use up the frozen leftover yolks in a choc chip cookie recipe
Season 4 of True Detective is fantastic so far. Jodie Foster is such a pro.
Can't sleep despite feeling gross. Watched Hirokazu Koreeda's Monster. That was one of his best by far, much less of the cloying sentimentality that always crops up at the end of his films and tarnishes the emotional impact of otherwise sensitively observed characters. Those kid actors were amazing, too. I was fully engrossed. Can't believe I didn't watch this earlier. Highly recommend. I also want to visit the town it was set in, so beautiful..
Back to attempting sleep and no dystopian nightmares tonight, thanks.
i need a new watch, I could get a crappy one from the local jeweller for $200 or the same crappy one on aliexpress for $40. Decisions.
I love Lorus watches. Stylish but affordable and last forever. My last watch I wore for 10 years before I got my garmin.
I got a crappy fitness watch with a step counter for $20, which has gotten me walking more.
The DT knows all: any recommendations for one of those GPS trackers you stick on your car? Bit overwhelmed by the choices and options.
I don't normally drink two nights in a row. Wait, I did at Christmas. Disregard that. Cheers 🍺
Cheers Queenie you party animal 🍺
is she rocking leopard print nails?
We've gone into a 5th set here? C'mon Zverev beat this cunt. 🎾
I tried out GoGet today so I could do an IKEA Run and generally catch up on a few things. It worked well. Bit expensive (I probably could have got delivery for the cost of hire) but was nice to get out and wander round and not have to worry about how to get things home. I will use it again I reckon
Have a look at popcar, if there's one in your area. By far the cheapest carshare I've seen (esp the $59/day rate incl 200 km). GoGet is hideously expensive but has the best locations. I have only ever used it if I have absolutely no other choice and ubers are more expensive
I'm in the inner west and there's no popcars near me. Only Flexicar or GoGet out here and they are both expensive. Popcars might be worth a longer train trip if I wanted something for the weekend. Thanks for the tip tho!
Okay... next time I'll be less heavyhanded and draw the same thing as the guy because I kind of went off doing my own thing there. It's recognisably a mug but not a good one (perspective of the top doesn't quite match the rest of it) and the unevenly sharpened tip made it difficult to stroke down thin even layers. So it turned out harsher and was hard to gradually shade things to the right shape as I went. Note to self.
But one thing I found to be a problem was not my fault. I bought a cheap portable easel intended to help my posture using a limited space but the bottom ledge thing that the sketchbook rests on actually projects out enough to be in the way of my hand and my pencil.
It's actually inhibiting my ability to draw on the bottom half of the page if I'm not using the 'writing' position (which in this exercise I am not meant to). When holding the charcoal overhand and vertically while gliding my fingernails over the paper the end of my charcoal pencil is actually hitting the damn ledge. I have to turn my hand sideways to get the bottom half of the page.
The bummer? I had already seen this could be restrictive and flipped that piece so the lip on the edge was downwards, trying to make it less annoying. I wonder if I could get a piece of thinner flatter balsawood or something to make a new rest but I don't own a drill for the bolt holes.
Similar issue with anything that has that rest really. I wonder if I'm doing something very obvious wrong or the art guy just has a much larger easel and canvas space to work with so he doesn't have to use all of it/the awkward half
Maybe a large clipboard would work?
and use masking tape to hold the paper
Yeah, maybe even tiny dots of kneadable eraser could hold a single piece up. Or a much bigger sketchbook horizontally.
Very odd problem to have though huh :/ I wonder if I put something thicker behind a whole sketchbook it would bring the surfaces flush and I would no longer catch the hand or pencil on the ledge sticking out
Before I apply my newest decals I'm going to do some wall cleaning. It has not been done for a very long time, I am expecting to remove an alarming amount of dirt 😬
The worst thing is to clean a little patch, it makes the rest of the walls look filthy
That's why I kept putting it off, there is a lot of wall and I knew once I started I had to do the whole thing. It wasn't as bad as I feared in the end, but I really should do the living area next which is probably at least twice as much wall as what I did today.
aliexpress is such a temptation
should I get the $300 esterbrook pen to fit my gold calligraphy nibs or the $15 jinhao pens. They both use the same ink cartridge anyway 🤷♀️
Time for Pokemon concierge! Cat is fed and entertained, pizza is ready.
I've never played Pokemon before but this show looks cute as hell lol
There are a lot of bangs outside. I guess we're celebrating being Australian by blowing things up. Fortunately Mr Woof and Miss Meow don't seem concerned.
Wakeboarding got cancelled, sadly, as one of the drivers has gastro. Hoping they feel better soon.
In other news, the other day, I went to a crystal shop (Sacred Gems). I don't subscribe to the new age belief that gems and minerals have energy or power, but fuck I love them. I go full Magpie "must have shiny rock!"
Here is the garnet I bought, I edited it a bit to be more indicative of the colours I see in the light. My phone seems to edit photos automatically and darken them? (I need to fiddle with the settings).
the Garnet
I fixed up the mug by shading more areas and shapes. Raising the lower rim so the curve is right and thickening the handle at the top and bottom to show the middle curve being thinner means being a lot happier with how it looks.
Using the clumsily sharpened charcoal nib has smoothed it a bit but I might need to whittle off some harsh angles still. I wonder how I'd go blocking in a face.
