Sneaky resident magpie stealing my chip just before.
The resident mudlark rocked up but this magpie just goes to town on it. Tonight mags did exactly that but still holding the chip in its beak. So lucky that bird and I are on very good terms. So highly aggressive but just not to me. Dogs, cats, other birds, people she doesn't recognise it just goes flat out at them. I like her. She's the protector. She earned that chip.
Magpies are the mob, that chip is the protection money you paid her
I sent my biggest new client proposal today (in terms of dollar value) since starting this little insignificant business of mine. I thought it would take years before I'd be pitching for work of this value, but a few things lined up to get this opportunity. Spent hours thinking over the pricing to quote, resisting the urge to quote super cheap just to get in the work. I'm not about being the very cheapest, because I take pride in what I do and doing it well. But also I'm a one-man show so I need to be realistic on what people are going to pay for me vs bigger businesses. They probably come to me expecting cheaper. Thinking of pricing for my work sucks.
Fingers crossed they go ahead! It will keep me busy for a bit.
Greetings from an Australian residing in the USA. Happy Monday. :-) 10AM on a Monday here and probably the early hours of Tuesday for you.
Just grabbed a 2nd amp so I can have a stereo guitar setup!
I promise, this is very exciting lol
I think one of your Gibsons may be a little... unhappy?... if you tried to connect them to an amp :D
😂
Well, your committed now
🤘
It's been an absolute shit of a day except for getting the amp.
Thank fuck for music to de-stress.
What's your rig look like now?
I went to Coles deli today and because I don't go by weight I usually just say "a big handful of that thanks mate". He was a dude with giant hands and I came out with 434gms of chorizo salami. It's really good chorizo though. No complaints.
As a person with big hands, I have the opposite issue... Just a bit more thanks
I think he took it as a personal challenge because he laughed and I've never seen him even smile before.
Popped into the new QV Five Guys. First of all, I can't believe Americans eat like this. There were enough fries in their smallest serving to comfortably feed a family of four, with leftovers for the next day. It looks expensive compared to other burger places but it's probably fairly equivalent if you price it by weight. The fries and Cajun seasoning on them were so good. The burgers come with two patties; it took all my strength to push through the meat sweats to finish the last 20% of mine.
Overall, the fries were definitely a winner. I'd choose Huxtaburger over this if I was really craving a burg, even if the serving size there is smaller for the same price. I might be tempted to return for a milkshake or hotdog but maybe after a week or two recovery period. In the mean time think I need a shower. 😮💨
I put on a lot of weight after living in the US for the first few years. They have such a great selection of junk food outlets. I made a commitment to eat at least once at each one. Then it took me five years to get my weight back down again.
Big news. The deep sinkhole around the Telstra pit next door is finally getting fixed - three years after the plastic board was bolted to the ground. Nice bloke doing the fixing said that Telstra has QUADRUPLED the number of contractors hired to fix problems, and increased the managers that allocate/organise fixes from 7 to 26!!! Apparently if you SnapSendSolve a problem it'll be done within a week - faster if someone has tripped or fallen. I will be very interested to see if this outbreak of efficiency lasts.
Hopefully somebody eventually fixes all the “temporary” yellow plastic board coverings on High St. they have been there since before Covid from memory.
Ordered one mystery pizza for tomorrow.
Have to remember to pick it up and I hope it’s got stuff I like on it!
Fingers crossed! 🤞
This guy is five today! He is getting a batch of biscuits when my sister is done with work. I think they have cheese and peanut butter in them. Will attempt to get the recipe from her.
Happy birthday Golden King
What a beautiful colour he is. Happy Woofday buddy. 🍖
This dog has nicer hair than most people
That's what I say everyday. He is very lucky.
Sleepy doggy!
He’s beautiful. Happy birthday doggo!
Been awhile but it looks like I’ve got lunch with my dad on Thursday.
Maybe I didn’t plan it out so well since I had planned to do my grocery shop that morning.
It’ll be good to catch up with him. Haven’t seen him in months.
I got my hair cut and beard trimmed today so I look normal. My dad was always telling me to get it cut and there's too much at stake, so I don't want anything being a potential obstacle to another job.
And I think I might look alright? I've lost some hair and pretty much always had it tied back, so I'm not sure if I'd grow it out again when shit gets stable
I recently got the "yes boss, I'm a functional adult you can hire." haircut.
No one buys the excuse, 'I look like shit because I'm so busy working'
Love me guys with long hair in ponytails tbh. Defo grow it back out when you're stable!!
I love that martial artist man bun/ponytail thing some men do.
I liked the idea of long hair but was never completely happy with mine. I felt like it was curly in the wrong way and just felt like a lot of work to maintain for someone that didn't want to put the effort in.
I'm sure you're looking fresh! I always feel great after a haircut, and walk around more confident for a couple days 😀
One out of three stressful things done - training and exam (that I didn't study for at all, but I use the stuff frequently at work and excel at multiple choice exams so I'm confident I'll pass).
Also finally got my licence photo taken after procrastinating till the last minute. Don't want to acknowledge how much older and more stressed out I look after ten years 🥲 my old photo is one of the best ID photos I've ever had.
Next up: last day at lesser job tomorrow with lots if tidying up and handovers. And thirdly on Wednesday, big uni meeting for which I have not prepared at all and am more anxious about than today's exam, but I simply have no energy to look at today. I will not overpush myself. I'm going to go for a walk now with my journal and find some grass to lie on while it's still bright, although lomgcat is absolutely lovin' on me right now and mashing her face into my jaw.
Praying for some restful sleep tonight.
You can do the things! 💪
My somehow my last licence renewal used the old photo which is awesome. I am so young in it now! I don't want to give it up either.
My last licence renewal did too, but it's now been over ten years so it's photo change time.
I've just walked myself to a park with heaps of gum trees and although I can hear the freeway in the background, it's still been so good to kick my shoes off and lie on the grass, feet touching the earth, looking at the leaves in the sky and hearing the commotion of garrulous lorikeets and kookaburras. I love the weather on days like this. I think I should organise a day up in the hills on the weekend with the other day set aside for a massive house clean
This pollen, be evil.
Indeed. I was a (minor) victim of Pollenpocalypse in Melbourne. I was still having breathing issues a month later. I miss some things about Melbourne, but the pollen and associated breathing issues are not among them.
I'm trying not to pop a hayfever tablet every day because they still work for me. Today is a struggle.
ah crap is that what it is? my eyes are killing me!
Suffering here too :(
It's awful.
I have a big fat jaw-welding chunky peanut butter sammich and for some reason the cats INSIST i have something for them.
They've sniffed it and disregarded the sammich, but persist in demanding...something
I don't watch any reality type of shows unless they're about finding gold or opals but this new Sin City Tow show on Discovery is my new little treat. I'm sure a chunk of it is staged but I don't care.
I hate reality shows mostly because they’re so staged and there’s manufactured drama or they’re told to act a certain way.
That’s the opposite of it being an organic reality show.
Most of them total trash because of that.
I watched the Germans fail miserably on MKR. Their sausages were too dry, their black forest cake was crumbly and they served liver dumplings in an over salted broth. I am now hungry again.
Get excited about possible projects involving manual labour
Do a few chores and sleep for days
😑
Learn exciting new ways to empty your entire cutlery drawer at once!
Last vintage vinyl, made in 1973, was Rudy Vallee radio shows with various great stars of the 1920s and 30s.
Gershwin interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEOQlyacEro
Huston singing September Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mAT-4FdP4
Vallee was a truly disgusting person who was very charming once the microphone was on
he was much parodied by Fred Allen, Stan Frieberg and Hans Conried , who were radio and tv stars of the 50s and 60s . ( not the disgusting part, just the smarmy part )
It was wonderful hearing Bert Lahr do some of his vaudeville routine ( I couldn't find a copy anywhere ) , it was the same schtick he did as the Cowardly Lion years later on The Wizard of Oz. He was a very famous star and the audience at the time would have gotten all those old jokes he did. Us, we have no clue what he's doing, just that he was amusing and eccentric.
Got this unusual but instantly recognisable album Peter Gunn by Mancini. 1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHwTDzPECk&list=PLkAUJkbhd-RjTVT4CRg02EpwcVcW_gPgH
side 2 has some excellent finger snapping and also piano solos by a young John T Williams ( who went on to write Jaws and Star Wars etc )
I just want to shout out to the teenagers emerging from the bushes after a bit of "Fun" at the park yesterday. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who clicked what was going on, dont worry. I didn't see anything NSFW, but dude you cant stagger out like your 10 tons lighter and have your girl emerge 5 seconds later adjusting her dress. Man teenagers are idiots hey.
booo. Woke up with my heart pumping and feeling anxious. I guess I need to start actively incorporating relaxation techniques again.
Hugs.
I'm sorry you're going through alot of shit right now.
One thing I like to do to de-stress is to write things down. Lists upon list. Mark things off. Add things. It helps to declutter my mind while actively getting things done.
I hope you find solutions to your troubles ♥
I've been there, ugh. Gentle hugs. I used to wake up around 1:30-2am with my heart pounding and in the midst of a panic attack. For some reason it helped me to ask myself, "what exactly am I anxious about and can I do anything about it right now?" It's an awful feeling for sure.
Edit: for clarity.
Added fun if you're afab: if you have no stressors you're aware of, go see a doctor. Feelings of dread and heart racing can be indicative of cardio problems, we present differently to amabs
Working on clearing the shed this arvo, and a factory or something industrial nearby has a siren that sounds very much like our doorbell. Every time it goes off I’m like, doorbell?!
(Our doorbell doesn’t sound like a siren; their siren sounds like an electronic doorbell)
Still working for another hourrrrrrrr
Then you’ll be free I tell you, freeeeeee!
Happy National Dessert Day 🙂
Came across the phrase 'inclusion navigator' at work - what/who is that? What do they do? Does anyone know? Context was occupation.
It's an advisory role for aeroplanes who feel left out and seem a bit lost.
Give a hand to someone who's lost their way 😔
give a compass and a map, maybe a myki
Think I might trundle down to op shop to see if they have any vinyls. 👍
Nice day to be out as well.
Very not looking forward to this week of work. Doing the latest possible shift, 1230 to 8.30. then week after that back to 8am to 4pm, much better.
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋My work bought pizza today because they made everyone come in due to big systems switch. It's dominos and it's all thick crust 😞 I'll take a side salad and some water please
Some sort of triple layer sandwich for me, and Mr Woof would like some leftover cat food please.
🍞🐟🍞🐟🍞🐟🍞
I'll argue it was still his first try because he didn't stop trying
Never watched the Sopranos until now. Great show, but as someone who grew up with Italian grandparents, calling pasta sauce 'gravy' makes my eye twitch.
It's a NY and NJ thing.
Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard the term 'gravy'
- Simpsons reference.
I’ve never seen the show either. Apparently it’s one of the best series out there. Maybe one day I’ll fire it up. I did rewatch True Detective season 1 recently. It’s even better the second time. All the other seasons can go in the bin though.
I recommend it.
I'm debating whether or not I should take a gap year before starting the teaching course.
This is on the basis that I find a casual job with full time hours. I really wanted to do teaching but everyone around me is saying I shouldn't do it because of behaviour management, taking work home, and that I'm too much of a stresshead. I also have unmanaged ADHD, constantly submitting things late. When I'm a "bad student", I feel like I'll be a bad teacher.
I think I'll try the teaching course and then apply for OT if it doesn't fit.
Could you work as a teacher’s aide for a while to sus out what it’s like to work at a school? (Although you might need a cert to do that - not sure)
This is something I'm looking into!
Teaching is really something you have to love to do.
You’ll often feel unappreciated and have to put in a lot of hours for meetings and after work meetings.
There’s also communications with parents as well and they aren’t always a nice thing to deal with.
Depending on where you work you may have to deal with dual curriculums and you’ll have even less time to teach.
Then there’s the dreaded report writing.
I think pay may have gotten better and it’s certainly an area where jobs are in demands at the moment.
I would say take a gap year if you're feeling a bit lost/overwhelmed because god knows it becomes much harder to do as you get older. And some of the people you meet/experiences you have may turn out to be pivotal to the rest of your life, even if you end up going in a different direction.
its probably a good thing that voting in mandatory. I already put 10x more effort into putting the stupid slip in the envelope than I would normally be prepared to do. Ended up giving up and holding it to stuff it in. Am I allowed? Dont care. Jobs done. and frankly given I did some research and didn't just draw a dick I'm prepared to bet I put in more effort than some folks will.
Just did mine.
First time I haven't voted green
made sure all the fascists were last so that meant plain idiots and single issue candidates were higher up
I just folded mine. Then watched the other half try to gently fit his in the envelope with his giant man hands while laughing quietly.
I’m still waiting for my papers to arrive. Makes me wonder how big it is.
Bigger than she says, but not as big as he claims.
My partner and I did ours over the weekend. 5 candidates, and one of them needed an editor for their blurb honestly. Completely nonsensical. Put them 5 haha.
Also we just folded ours haha
One of ours had a blurb that was just one entire sentence, no punctuation. Get someone to proofread, people!
Council elections? I had a lot of trouble getting the envelope open far enough to put the ballot paper in. Ended up sticking a skewer in and waggling it about before putting the ballot paper in. I diagnose crappy quality control of envelope specifications.
that woulda been a better idea than me wiggling my pinky in there! pretty sure I heard the cat laugh at me.
I've done mine, but turns out that both the post boxes near home are no longer there. Shows how often I post something & how much attention I pay. I'll drive around with it later until I find one.
If I ever see an old vinyl from the soviet bloc I am sure to snap it up.
Today I was not disappointed. I got a 1968 Supraphon recording of Beethoven 1st and 8th symphonies from Czechoslovakia.
omg, it is awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19jqWhCv2o4
I used to buy joke singles as gifts for an old friend of mine in high school, and I definitely recall buying a few Soviet Army Ensemble ones from the local Op shop 😆
I have all the albums. Not as a joke.
this is just amazing, what a voice, hear those balalaikas, and the song, it's Soviet Realist /Historic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wDai9s4Hmc
I also like the Pet Shop Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYsVdGN_sW4
Similar but different, I bought the Suicide 2nd album on discogs and after it arrived I noticed it was made in West Germany. Still blows my mind that Germany was like that when I was a child.
Oh sick discovered a camper my car can actually tow! Got a turbo diesel with nearly 2 tonnes of towing capacity, but if I stand on the towball thats almost too much weight for it. Not exactly the best design in the world.
Ask for a test drive to the local weigh bridge before committing....just to make sure
Can you get airbags installed or better suspension? Still seems pretty crazy, my MUX tows my camper fine without airbags.
Assignment due today that I haven't made much progress on. Two more next week with extensions, but I want to get them done end of this week so I have time to study for exams. The extensions cut into the exam study period.
Praying I can get everything done in time. I'm not going to let anything stop me today.
Good Night everyone. 😘 Sweet dreams.
Hmm, do I get laneway tickets tomorrow or not? Really not vibing with the lineup but it's always a fun day out and festivals are my home...
