Sometimes I ask myself why I write stupid poetry because it sounds lame and stupid, and then I read the lyrics to some popular songs and realise my writing is perfectly fine.
There's every chance that you didn't do as badly as you thought but I won't jump to conclusions. Either way, you'll find something, you've found so many jobs in the past and made HUGE strides in your life that others wouldn't be able to grasp. Nobody can take that away from ya
Fun Centrelink discovery: Disability Employment Services providers have limits on what compulsory activities they can put on your job plan, so they might put the meetings as voluntary. The issue? The meetings are always mandatory according to Centrelink. The job plan doesn't actually matter and even if you do what they say you have to do, they can then have you cut off. Great system love it.
In better news: I'm no longer required to interact with them, and instead need to continue seeking volunteer work. Vastly less bad.
Told the wife “you know, I think they’re lying to you” “who?” “Square enix. I’m pretty sure this isn’t the FINAL fantasy, I bet there will be another one!”. I can’t say how satisfying the groan and look on her face was.
Feeling a bit down about work today. It's the end of a very stressful week and I hate that every question I've been asked this morning I've had to do a "gimmie a minute to find the answer" instead of knowing off the top of my head.
Okay, typing it out makes it sound silly, but it's just a crappy feeling. I have too much responsibility, anxiety and a heaving dose of imposter syndrome this week.
I have too much responsibility, anxiety and a heaving dose of imposter syndrome this week.
Alright, i'm gonna say what you know but might need to hear:
Nup. If they trust you enough to give you all the responsibility they wouldn't do it if you were an idiot or not up to the task. Companies are dumb, but they wont expose themselves to THAT level or risk.
Deep breath, take a moment, get a coffee or a tea, spend 30 seconds in some fresh air and sun shine and you'll feel heaps better I promise.
There should be a Lego library where you can borrow a set, build it, then return it. They'd sanitise it between builds. There'd be a fee if you return it without deconstructing it.
I say this because I like putting them together but I don't want to display ugly Lego on my shelves. I'm not leaning that hard into the 40+ year old single male stereotype and I just think they look bad in general.
I ain't gonna display them. It's not even the real lego. I just like pulling shit apart and putting it back together so Lego kind of scratches that itch.
I got Melbcat's special antibiotics. They're so bitter that she walked around the house drooling and foaming and seems to feel sick. Doesn't want her medicated dinner. :( This is going to be a fun ten days.
I want to like you, Spotify DJ.. I really do.. but STOP RECOMMENDING BEYONCE ETC TO ME, YOU GOON!
Also, I started on the vodkas a couple of hours ago. Responsibly. Cheers and welcome to my birth-season: Autumn. Do you pronounce the N in Autumn? How do you even do that? Get out of here, unnecessary N!
I've finally been able to disrespect one of those stupid cattle gate things at Coles. Apparently the robot didn't like that after paying I put my groceries in my backpack. So I walked through them anyway. It started screaming the song of its people ("BE-BE-BE-BE-BE-BE-BEEP"), but that's not my problem. I paid for my damn drink, I don't really care if a robot gets upset about it
Nobody really cared, although the fact my skin is about the same colour as their logo probably helped 🤷🏼
Lol I hope the damn thing snaps in half. Luckily for my destructive side, they don't instantly open by themselves. They make you stand there waiting for it to detect you as a person most of the time, so without it even accusing you of thievery you still get an opportunity to ram it
I'm a bit too scared to go that hard on them, Coles deffo strikes me as the sort of company to somehow get cops to track you don't then try to sue you for the cost of the barrier (+ a 75% commission to the bosses mates who install them), so I think my game plan is to just gently but firmly nudge
I always enjoyed ignoring the beeping of the alarms in Myers, and moved on to a casual refusal of bag checks when requested. Self empowerment is a wonderful thing 🤣
I've decided to match the staffs energy. If they ask to see my bag respectfully I don't really want to be a dick about it, but I've had a door people that act like they're in Coles' secret service, or the Australian Federal Supermarket Police and I think those ones deserve it
Pakey doesn’t have any of this shit yet. Thank god. I suspect cause they know how well it’ll go over with pakey. And it ain’t gonna stop the drugged up bogans anyway.
I actually sound a bit like a bogan sometimes, and when I'm wearing my outback style leather hat I look the part too. Maybe that's why nobody cares what I do
Drove the return trip. 55 minutes, which included 2x10 mins of continuous dead stop while the trams, cops, and us drivers in both directions all wait for a protest to roll past.
At least some of the cops seem to be in a good mood, reminding them to turn their flashy lights on and then a few moments later, playfully slammed the door of their colleague's car a few times.
Ok but you'll have to give me your details. Name, phone number, address, email, your mother's maiden, first dog you owned. What exactly is wrong with it again? I'll get my supervisor.
I have found out tonight that the man's ring tone has changed for me, from Sabotage to Beautiful by Snoop Dogg. Nawwww. When the kid rings (that's a rarity) it's Daddy Cool. When she calls me it's Bad Moon Rising.
It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever.
Out for dinner northside tonight, would take me at least an hour each way on PT vs 30 minutes driving, and I don't need to worry about sketchy people on PT home. So I've splashed on a carshare thing for a few hours tonight, still cheaper than taking cabs both ways.
I hate that I've become so car centric but it really is such a fuck trying to cross the Yarra. I just don't have the energy and patience that I had when I was younger and licenceless to spend ages on PT.
I need some movie comedies to watch tomorrow night because the kid's going to friend's to sleep over which means the Cookie Monster's coming to town. Please recommend. I have Foxtel, Prime, Netflix and Stan.
The Broken Lizard films are generally good for a Cookie Monster visit. Super Troopers is a classic. Beerfest too but that is kinda aimed at the drinkers.
The snozzberries taste like snozzberries..
Edit: Super Troopers is on Disney+ my bad. Apparently Foxtel Now has Beerfest.
I have the Bathurst chair from Officeworks. It's categorised as a gaming chair, but it's comfy and supportive for general use. For $168 I think it's as good as the $400+chairs. If you have an Officeworks near you it's worth just going in and trying some of the display models.
Those Bathurst chairs have been popular with guitarists because the arms fold all the way up. I know because it's why I bought one and I've seen them in the background of Marketplace listings.
Decent chairs but the pleather does die fast. I bought a Steelcase Leap and it has been great, but budget could be an issue there
I am all about a standing desk and a shop stool. I spent as little money as possible - screwed leg extensions to a hard rubbish desk and use a hard rubbish stool.