My phone stopped recording data from my watch. So I played around with the both of them and now it's working. I did technology and I'm very proud of myself because I didn't get angry or throw anything.
After years on pre-paid, I got a new phone on a plan yesterday. The initial setup went smoothly, settings and security all good , but I've spent the whole morning (and most of last night actually) having to re-login and setup most of my apps again. Thank dog for password managers, I would have been stuffed if I had to try and remember them all or rely on various scribbled post-it notes. What watch do you have?
I need to give mine a few minutes to find each other and catch-up once I open the app on the phone.
This is the usual for me too but somehow they unpaired.
I have decided today is the day to buy a lottery ticket (an event that only happens once every few years). If I win 100 million in Poweball tonight I will buy all DT pets a treat. Plus some extra termites for Nellie.
I have a pet... alligator. It needs a laptop
Pretty sure you could trade me for a large packet of temptations cat treats to my cat and she'd be cool with it lol
Just not the green ones.
Mittens would like some “kitty crunch” treats please.
The FishieOne could go some glided claws if you want pure waste…
COVID finally got me. Here ends a good run.
Plenty of water, and rest. Don't be afraid to get the over-the-counter codral/codeine if you need to.
It sucks, I'm sorry you caught it.
thanks - partner has gone for pharmacy supplies, I am set up in the spare room ready for any eventuality (lots of sickness, sleep and crappy streaming tv/movies, or not so much sickness and isolated productivity). time will tell!
@melbourne_wanderer @Seagoon_ That's awful 😞
Hope you have a full and speedy recovery.
thanks - my first time, hoping it's not too bad!
Missed the interview due to migraine. They weren't happy. Fucking sucks as it's a 9 out of 10 for pain.
Oh man, that really sucks - of all days!! Please don't beat yourself up though, as hard as it feels to think right now that there's always other jobs, you only have one body. You did the right thing to look after yourself, who knows it could've been a worse outcome if you tried doing the interview while in great pain. I hope these guys understand and give you a chance or that something else comes up.
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Thanks heaps I really appreciate it 🙂 I try not to subscribe to magical thinking but who knows, maybe it was for the best.
It was 1hr 25mins travel each direction.
I mean if they're reacting poorly to a genuine reason for cancelling, then maybe it's for the best. Seems they're showing you what it would be like to work there. Remember that you're also interviewing them.
I can touch my toes for the first time in my life. All the pilates is doing some good.
Crawled out of bed to make dinner, and heading straight back. Of all the days to get a migraine...
I told the interviewer an incident had occured at work blah blah but they didn't care.
Ah well.
Hasn't stopped Gibson hassling me for treats though
Gibson deserves all the treats! 😸
Been so tired this week, went to bed at 9.30pm last night and I'm still so tired. I blame COVID from last week; not positive anymore but I must have a sleep debt or something.
Mickey woke me up by pouncing on my head and taking some of my hair with him. Love that asshole.
Sleep debt is so hard to fix… take care
We have little snow? peas growing !! Not sure how to tell when they are ready to eat. Still waiting for onion, garlic and spinach to sprout. Cauli, radish and carrot are all growing nicely.
It’s my therapeutic veggie garden.
Snow peas are ready to eat whole when you can juuuusssst see/feel the tiny little peas inside the pod. And can be eaten at any time after that until the pods dry up and go crispy, but you have to shell them at that end of the season. Jelly. Mine don't grow over winter dammit.
Mine should grow over winter, but have so many critters eager to eat them that the plants often don't get established. I planted some seeds a while ago, I need to go out and see if I have any that managed to sprout. I'm definitely a long way from actual pods even if they have survived.
@Seagoon_ I just stopped by the shops quickly, and while I was there, picked up a freshly-made cinnamon donut.
Nom Nom Nom.
cinnamon donuts are under rated 😋
Yes! Especially while they're fresh and warm 😋
Does anyone here have a recommendation a psychologist in the Monash Council area?
GP is happy to give me a referral but needs a name.
I need help with stress, anxiety & depression. Trying to avoid meds if possible. Need to get on top of this.
Thanks for anything & everything.
Have a look at the APS find a psych page. https://psychology.org.au/find-a-psychologist
You can filter to specific issues, and some psychologists have a secure messaging feature, otherwise you can call to ask questions
Edit: in case anyone else is reading this, you can also filter to ones that will do assessments for stuff like ASD or ADHD
nasty nightmare about nazis 😧
I had a bad dream about people dying. Not so much a nightmare, more just a random, out of the blue, sad dream about someone dying 🫤
I had a dream that I bought a house which was perfect, except for the fact that it was in USA and the front yard was decorated in red, white and blue with multiple American flags. I was worrying the neighbours would be upset when I removed them. Then for some reason I was in a cemetery across the road from the house, which was very busy with multiple funerals and some sort of market/day of the dead festival event happening.
Anyone got a goat I can rent? These yard Triffids are getting out of hand.
Do you have any vegetarian neighbours? Cost of Living pressures might mean they'd be interested in taking the problem off your hands so to speak.
If you find one let me know, the neighbour's blackberry thicket is out of control again.
After today's little win for me it got me curious to know what everyone's strongest and weakest link in life is?
Weakest link - technology and its lingo
Strongest link - I can read and follow instructions well.
Weakest link : getting sick (no one to help me really and feeling very alone and isolated)
Strongest link: will and determination (quitting the top 3 most addictive substances on earth by myself and making a somewhat normal life without giving up)
Strongest : peopling. Also other species-ing. Mostly due to lots of practice. When I realised that tech was operated by people, a lot of things that were in the skills black hole suddenly became understandable and therefore doable. Weakest : I am the world's WORST procrastinator. Particularly when it comes to my personal lifestyle. I really do have to prioritise life admin, and quite a lots of things are a lot further down the list compared to almost everyone else I know. Also not a film/movie/tv person - just the wrong format for me. When forced to watch a 'show', I have a strong temptation to heave half a brick through the screen. No matter what the show is. Haven't actually done that yet, but give me time.
Team Procrastination reporting for duty...
Weakest- ignorance of too many life skills and ignorance of too much life knowledge
Strongest - I learn well
Strongest: I am creative, format near irrelevant I can and do make pretty stuff. [this is as much about a neat line of code as it is well turned hem]
Weak: peopling, and pretending to be polite about it. Sometimes I just can’t.
Strongest link - organisational skills & the ability to create systems
Weakest link - social skills, including all abilities that allow me to be in positions where my strengths can be usefully employed ☹️
Weakest points:
There's many.
I'm atrocious at sports and physical activities. I'm not handy at all. There's a lot of stuff, particularly in more advanced math and science, that I don't know much about. I don't watch much TV or many movies compared to most people, and end up with little to say when the topic comes up. I know nothing about cars.
Strongest points:
I'm modest enough not to mention them 😂
Is this a mirror?
Oof...
Weakest: Self-application (failure to capitalise on endless opportunities).
Strongest: All-rounder (not sure if I would say quick study, but I do learn fast on the job).
Weakest link: difficulty with verbal instructions, people.
Strongest link: independent, honest, loyal.Strongest - street smarts and tech savvy
Weakest: suck at social engagements and chores
See I'm the opposite. I don't particularly like social situations but they don't bother me. With tech shit I can make things disappear and then I get asked what happened and I don't fucking know.
Weakest: I have a huge penis that can make ambulating uncomfortable.
Strongest: I'm not allowed to sayI mean...
Weakest- I like food
Strongest - brave
When I first moved in, I thought the housemate was a little stuck up and a bit out of touch, but when we started speaking more I realised that we've actually had quite similar lives and we get along really really well. He didn't grow up in the system, but he still got to "enjoy" a lot of the same things I did. Moving around a lot, changing schools more than yearly, etc etc. And knowing that he's managed to get through it actually helped a lot with some of my deep seated fears about the future.
These days we pretty much just talk shit about the system and people in the department, but it's always nice talking to him. It's a massive shame he's moving out so soon, but he's been here for longer than I was at the last place, so I can't fault him for wanting to move on. If I was in his shoes I would too. I hope the next LT/mentor they've lined up is as easy to talk to and get along with
I went to eight primary/high schools and have lived at around 35 different places, the longest for eight years (where I was born).
I'm having trouble remembering every school I've been to, but I've been to at least 10 (+1 kindergarten, if you count that). I think you have me beat on houses, I've been in 20 or so
I'm not gonna go into details about the housemates situation because it's not my place, but I moved around a lot mostly because of affordability. My mum was disabled, but according to Centrelink not disabled enough for the DSP, so we were just on regular jobseeker/family benefits. We lived in outer Melbourne (which would've probably been classified as country at the time) when I was born, but the landlord tried to double the rents when I was born on account of "children = mess", which was probably illegal but whatever. We lived in a decent sized country town for a couple of years, but moved because of rents and such.
We moved again to an absolutely tiny country town, but eventually the landlord decided to sell the house. This was the case with the next house, too. Probably went up for sale as some sort of attempt to bypass tenant protections, as the houses were both dumps and sold extremely cheaply, even for the time. The next house we moved because of extremely abusive neighbours. Next house was an emergency house for families facing homelessness, which we were only in for a couple of months. Then we moved to a housing commission flat (still in the country).
Then I ended up in foster care with an abusive carer, so eventually the placement broke down and I was removed and placed in kinship with a family friend. Then I went back home. Then a couple years later I ended up in state care, was bounced to an emergency foster carer a fair ways away, then a few days later went to a contingency but slightly longer term foster carer place. Then a few weeks later I was moved into a contingency residential care house which was converted from a residential aged care place, they "matched" me to a "long term" Resi in the same town my mum was living in a few months later, but that broke down a couple days in and I was kicked out. They sent me a few hundred KMs into the city where I was placed in 2 different hotels. Then eventually I was moved into a long term contingency residential placement, then they finally matched me to the one I was in last. I did a 4 year stint there and Eve tually transitioned into a lead tenant placement (mostly independent living, but still under the purview of child protection) where I currently am.
The longest I've ever lived at 1 house was at my last residential placement where I was for 4 years. School wise, I was still in primary school when I entered the last place which I moved to midway through year 6. Then I bounced between 3 different high schools while I was there. First I was at a flexible high school 30 mins away, but I left due to an incident that occured. I did school online for a while post COVID, but that broke down because they didn't suit my needs, and then to an alternative school. Averaged out, I've changed schools something like every 9 months. But at a number of my state care placements, I hadn't even been there long enough to be enrolled in a school. I've never stayed at one school for more than a year and a half or so (maybe 2, I'm having trouble remembering the dates from a couple of them)
Chat gpt 4o is a bit scary imho. We can’t trust video or voice any more due to deepfakes, now we have AI interacting with voice and video.
Edited to add- as someone who is quite lonely, I can see how talking to AI can help feel less alone…,,
I can see how talking to AI can help feel less alone…,,
You've seen Bladerunner 2049?
lol yes. I’m not looking for an intimate relationship, just a friend. I have ASD, along with cfs etc. so friendships are really hard. Add in family estrangement, a partner who is out most of the time, it’s very isolating.
nah I've seen "her". I'm not worried. They'll just fall in love with each other and transcend leaving a ton of lonely folks behind who are forced to make human connections.
It's such a beautiful day. Really would like to go out but should rest my back, maybe do a little around the house.
So people are camped out at Melbourne Uni because they don't like their relationship with Lockheed Martin.
From what I've read the relationship amounts to a few million in research funding to Melbourne Uni for non military related purposes. i.e. powerline management and first responder technology.
Even if Melbourne Uni cut ties and rejected funding it would make 0 difference to the conflict.
So either there's something I don't know, or the protesters aren't very smart and/or mentally ill.
What a terrible shock, I did not win Powerball. At least I am not alone, no one else won either. Sorry pets, unfortunately you shall have to remain treatless ☹️
That's ok. Gibson needs to start earning her room and board anyway lol
I didn't win, either. Perhaps my odds of winning will improve slightly if I actually buy a ticket. But only very slightly.
I usually figure the chance of someone randomly giving me a winning ticket are not that different to the chance of winning by buying one, so I choose to save my money instead. But occassionally I feel I should buy a ticket, just in case all the laws of physics and mathematics are just for show and we are living in some Matrix like simulation or in a fake world created by some sort of deity, who has decided due to my absolute wonderfulness that I should be rewarded with riches the next time I buy a ticket. Every time I discover nope, the statistics were right.
Outrageous. Time to demand a refund on that defective ticket 😂
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I really feel there needs to be an audit of all these folks with the kings awnings hanging off the roofracks, and ESPECIALLY the rooftop tent folks. How often are you camping where you NEED your tent with you at all times? I totally need some roofracks to get one myself!
So I mentioned in passing to wifey that I'm thinking about getting a buzzcut when the weather gets warmer.
She's urging me to do it, and is now offering to shave my head...
Do it. Last 20 years = cheap haircuts (especially if you do yourself in the end), quick dry post shower/swim etc, no thought about actual hair style, built in fidget toy after fresh cut. Hair life is good.
I have long hair which is definitely a useful fidget toy, I don't think I'd know what to do with my hands if I cut it short now. At the moment I can hold on to the end of my ponytail behind my back. pull it forward to tuck under my chin, or tie it into literal knots. Being able to run my hands over my head and go mmm, velvet... just doesn't seem as versatile. Probably looks less silly though.
Be prepared with a beanie for when the weather turns cold unexpectedly.
I deffo reccomend getting her to help with the back; I re-did my undercut today and knew I went a bit too high when some of my long hair came off too 😂 I measure with my finger but obviously not well. Partner came home and confirmed it's just a bit arched at the back slightly.
Getting her to check the back will ensure it's an even shave!
Put on the train trip from Souther Cross to Tocumwal on for the kids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPuTwG4Ghcc
The last leg from Shepperton to Tocumwal is usually freight only. I'd love to hop on at Donnybrook and take the train to Tocumwal.
Same with Mildura. That line is freight only as well. How many tourism dollars would a vline to Mildura rake in? I don't know why it's still closed to the public.
Agreed. Trains are such fun. 😊
Did that trip many years ago when it was still running. I did enjoy it.
Wow thanks for sharing this, I didn't know one had been uploaded to Tocumwal!
If you're rich, there's a couple of heritage trains running up to Mildura this year. The one in June has already been booked out, but I believe there's another in either August or October. But the tickets are really pricey.
My personal line I wish I could ride is the one from Horsham to Carpolac. I've done it by car, and it just looks like it would've been such a peaceful ride, even if the largest towns along it only had a couple hundred people
I know this is an odd thing to complain about, but I don't like how Amazon doesn't charge instantly when I order stuff. It feels like the non credit version of a credit card. They don't seem to take their money until 12:30am on the day of delivery, and I really don't like that they do that. It feels like they're encouraging me to spend money I don't have/shouldn't spend. I don't have overdraft so I guess it's not that bad, but still. If they took their money instantly, I'd know okay, I have exactly $x left
My bank when consulted on online gives me a total balance, and an available balance figure. That is, any pending payments fill up the gap between the two figures. Maybe your bank does something similar if you ask them nicely??????
I don't think it's that, because I have notifications on for all transactions. Amazon transactions don't show up at all, not even as pending until about midnight ish on the day of delivery. I've even confirmed that they don't because no parts of my balance change. I could buy something then spend the money on other things because they haven't charged me
No one happens to have a resin 3d printer? I can't get replies from any of the facebook ads for it. I'm looking to print a DnD mini, pro places seem to want $50+ for it, I can get it posted from hero forge for that, and I don't want to spend that much.
I'm not sure about specifically resin, the public ones are usually plastic, but I do know that there are makerspaces that will allow you to print something small for free. There was one in Hawthorn near Swinburne due to the techy students there
@[email protected] lunch box and snacks please when you're ready. Just getting ready to head to work now
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Obrigado
It's gotten to the point where it's too cold to get out of bed, but it's also too cold in bed so I just kinda push through and get up anyways
I have an assignment due at midnight. It's quarter past 11. Fml.
I already got an extension on it and is bound to be overdue. I need a certain average to keep the option of getting into honours open but I've already fucked up and let the shit I've gone through fuck me up. There's always the option of pursuing research later down the line if that's what I want to do.
Maybe it would be better if I went to sleep and got up early to work on it, taking the 10%.
I have another assignment due on Monday. I have had so much time to do them but I've spent all this time wallowing in self-pity. I am so mad at how I've let this stuff affect me. Another failed uni semester!
Don't let guys get in the way of study. A good guy never will.
The worst will interrupt you all the time so you can't get anything done. Will make drama that distracts you from your aim. Might even get nasty and sabotage you if you persist. Might start using put downs.
An example of subtle sabotage is organising an event when you have classes or work to do and expects you to come.
Do not blame yourself. If he is out the house and you are in no danger be done with him and get to work.
TV and Movie review.
Locke and Key, Netflix. Billed as the next Narnia, it was not even close. Not really a kid's show, not really an adult's show either. Might have been a lot better if it was all done from the kid's perspective. 2 hobbits.
The Long Trench, Netflix. Life under Franco's fascism. So many lives wasted.
Please think hard who you vote for at the next election.
4 hobbits
Had to battle the ring road at peak hour this afternoon. Haven’t had to do it in a long time and can report it’s as stuffed as ever. Glad its not a daily commute. Dinner saved the day, lamb cutlets, mash and veg followed by an apple crumble.
Oh, that is not fun. I was on it the other day and experienced the once car per green light entry system for the first time, then got to sit in very slow traffic banked up from the Greensborough Hwy exit.
the ring road
Just gave me flashbacks to Dad losing his shit at morons and bad drivers while driving along that road 😂
I mean, he still does it, but now it's Eastern Freeway. He just can't help himself lol!
If anyone wants to see brushies in action here you go:
awww
ffs, reddit is having tor issues again 🙄
Another movie review, this time a tele-movie. Rogue Agent with that handsome guy from War and Peace..
The clue to every con. They isolate you and they want money.
Really good movie on how cons happen, how cons work by appealing to our better nature and with fear and what it takes to get out of one.
4.5 hobbits
Bed time, so drowsy. I have to look put together and presentable tomorrow. 😭
Ugh. I really want to like paradox games, at least based on the description, most of the game they publish are right up my alley. But it also feels like they only make games to sell DLCs for them, which sort of kills my enjoyment. Like cities skylines, I should really really really like, hell I have 30 hours on it, I want to like it. But I just don't enjoy it. It feels like no matter how much I spend on it, there's always more that should've been in the base game but wasn't. Millenia and Victoria 3 I want to buy, but they seem like the same story.
Victoria 3 (a $70 game) has a $40 DLC releasing in a month that includes a bunch of stuff I just assumed would've been included in the base game, like you can nationalise your assets... In a country simulator... For an extra $40... I don't think I'm going to buy cities skylines 2, partly because of price, but also because it's probably going to cost like 2 grand to actually own all the different parts of the game, just like the first one.
I know that to continue receiving game updates, game studios need a way of continuos monetisation, and it's unfair to expect them to provide years of updates for a $40 upfront fee. But the way paradox does their DLC just feels tacky and like a cashgrab. Honestly, I wouldn't mind paying even $80 for a fully fledged, actually enjoyable, city builder if it included everything I'd need to play and enjoy the game in that price.
/Rant
Edit: Nacon seem dodgy too. They've published a lot of "life" games that seem to get abandoned after a few months when they move on to the next project. I want to buy Chef Life, which does have good reviews, but there's a train Sim they made called train life which was abandoned half finished 6 months in. Taxi life has mixed reviews. garden life has positive reviews overall, but mixed reviews recently. The Devs don't seem to be acknowledging or fixing critical bugs, so that's probably abandoned too, and that was literally released less than 2 months ago. I want to buy Chef Life, but I don't want to put 100 hours into a game just to have my save file wiped because the Devs can't be arsed to fix bugs
Last bit of TV stuff.
In the first episode of Invincible there is an ink painting of bamboo in Nolan and Debbie's house with the Japanese characters/word for Totoro, not the words for bamboo. Obviously a homage to Miyazaki.
