Daily Discussion Thread:🌞 Sun 18 Feb 2024

Edit: rewrote half my comment because Jesus Christ I wasn't making any sense at all

6th night without power. I’m so over it. Anxious AF.

@Reonn @CEOofmyhouse56 crap, what area are you in? I checked the outages list and it was still huge yesterday. I'm in a rural area that gets regular outages, but they are usually resolved within about 12 hours. But the amount of trees down, damaged or basically exploded on the drive out from the city today was... exceptional. I'm not surprised it's taking them quite a while to rectify all the issues.
Sounds awful. Hang in there, they are working on it. The damage was so extensive and there’s only so many repair crews. Are you able to stay with someone overnight to get a break from it?
How come? That seems like a rather long time to be without power.
- You are right, it IS a long time. Things are more complicated up in the hills. Too many trees.
Farken hell. Did they at least set a vera up?

On a train. There is an over abundance of short shiny dresses and facial glitter. Must be a Spice Girl around somewhere.

Please count how many times the word literally you hear and report back.

To do list for tomorrow (putting it here so I am obligated to follow-through):

Call Tafe and finish up enrolment
speak to GP for new BC script
eat lunch (important!!)
play with/nap with cat

Cat tax?

Some sad news. A neighbour found the corpse of Mr Magpie. He and Mrs Magpie lived in the big gum tree in the roundabout at the end of the street and raised several families there. Presumably the hot windy day last week knocked him off his perch.
However, in slightly more cheerful news, Mrs Magpie fronted up for feeding time at another neighbour's place this morning, bringing another Mrs Magpie with her. Very very Thornbury.

😢

Rightio.
Shopping is done. House is clean from top to bottom. Washing is done. Cat is brushed and fed.

Time for some reading in bed, and Mass Effect 3 later on.

I forget how great I feel when the house is spotless. Feels so peaceful.

I'm out adventuring and listening to my audiobook. Embrace the majesty of the mighty vanilla slice. Also, this is the very first photo I've taken with this new phone (loaned from Microsoft).

So many Taylor Swift fans, the tram was packed as. Wtf. A group of them looked at me and laughed? I'm not in HS anymore, their giggles mean nothing lol

Don't move. Swifties can sense movement but not sound.
- Is that wise though? You might get slapped with a friendship bracelet.
- I stayed very still and listened to my Finnish rap in rebellion haha
It's so weird when the Teenage Mean Girl phase persists past high school.

It’s been sometime since I was in a bar with carpet quite this sticky 😝

I miss the sticky carpet at the Park View band room in the 70s and 80s. Whole ecosystems lived in it. And were on the brink of spontaneous evolution into consciousness. Then pokies came to Victoria and they closed off the band room and tore up the carpet. The spirit of bar room scientific endeavour was snuffed out in an instant.
- There are no polite words to be said about pokies
That's how you stay upright
- Nearly fell over because I tried to walk and my shoes stayed in place
That's how you know you're in the right place
- They also had ouzo which is the other way I pass judgement

I am so sick of my toxic boss. I just want to quit my job but i'm not having much luck on the job hunting front. I feel so trapped and I don't know what to do. maybe i should just off myself. honestly feels like the only way out at the moment after months of trying to find something else.

Please don't. Have a big glass of water. If you can go outside right now and stand in the sun. Close your eyes an breathe. Name all the things you can hear.
List some things you can do to help minimise the fallout from your job (even minor like make a good lunch to look forward to each day). This is how it is right now but it will not be forever.
- Thank you i'm at the laundrette right now doing my washing now and the sunshine on the walk over was pretty good. I also have left over spag bol to look forward to for dinner. Sorry for the ideation. My boss just triggered me today and it cemented for me how she has absolutely zero empathy. And i just feel very done.
Hey there. I understand how you feel, I promise I do.
I know things feel really bad right now, but it's not always like this. As the commenter below suggested, get out of the house for a bit and go for a walk to clear your head. Maybe listen to some music.
I went through the toxic boss thing recently, to the point where I almost threw away my 8 years of sobriety. I'm also looking for work and have had little luck so far as well.
Things will get better. No one gets to make you feel that way. Fuck them.
Do your best to switch off when you're at work. Nod and smile, and keep looking for a new job.
Something will come through soon. You got this!
- Thank you friend! I'm sorry you are having to go through it as well :( I think getting some sun and doing some chores helped my brain reset. Things will get better, I just wish it would hurry up haha.

just woken up from impromptu nap

I must have been tired

Making myself throw out all my pc part boxes, I don't know why my lizard brain is so obsessed with keeping them all. Have also organised all my little screws, cables, and whatnots into labelled parts tubs.

Good work.
If you need something else to organise I have an extensive button collection you could make a start on.
- I don't think anyone but me appreciates my organisation style lmao
I have the equivalent of maybe 3 big removals boxes full of cables. I feel your pain.

Well, it wouldn't be a train trip if I didn't get abused by someone at least once. I'm not sure what he was going on about, all I caught was him calling me fat or some variation of that about a dozen times and then screaming at me about white people and slavery. Not sure what I did exactly, I was just crossing the road and he started yelling at me. When I ignored him enough he started going off on the next closest people who seemed to be copping it harder than I did

The tram is about to come so I assume he's about to leave, buuut for now I'm holed up in the corner of a KFC, which probably wouldn't make him very happy

I was coming home from work one day last year, and this old white dude was screaming racist profanities to a SE Asian couple and their young kids. I got between them and told him he was less of an Aussie then them, and how their English was better than his. He almost punched me but instead realised I am a chick and said he wouldn't punch a girl. I said he's never even touched a girl hence why he's so mad lol.
So not recommend doing this, you did the right thing. Anything else (including what I did) is likely to earn you a punch to the face. It's okay, just remember there is nothing wrong with you, it's 100% their problems.
- Lol that's gold! Good on you for standing up for them.
  This dude seemed to be having some sort of a breakdown, so I figured the best option would be to ignore him, which usually works. In hindsight though I kind of feel like I should've tried to record or film it, but whatever ig
hugs
I'm sorry bro. Perhaps the unhinged screaming dude from my area got relocated to yours
- Aw damn it, I don't want him. Can I return to sender?

Back from the other side of the city. As soon as I was on Chapel St waiting for tram, some middle aged lady asked me from a ciggie. Every time I'm there, which isn't often, I get asked for a smoke without fail.

Every street and suburb in Melbourne has a culture; I love this city.

Ow can oi botta ciggie off ya ploise luv? Ta. And a loight?
Oi anychance I can bum a durry off youse too please.
It's not for me it's for me mate daz.

Two stunning afternoons up in the hills and watched a House episode where a guy had his hand amputated.

Man, I have never been more grateful for my hands. Like I felt so so so unbelievably overwhelmed with gratitude it was kind of surreal.

Hope everyone has had an awesome weekend!

hugs
- 🖤

I have been relatively pain free all day and unsurprisingly spent most of it sleeping

Boa noite.

Obrigado ❤️😎
- De nada.

I've spent all day inside resting with Puddington Bear. Feeling pretty ordinary and so is she. Both of us are going to the vet this week

hugs , hope you both feel more than ordinary soon
- Thanks. Hopefully we don't get mixed up and I don't get the cat flu shots

Question?

Are there screaming meth addicts in the middle class and posh suburbs too?

I presume there are screaming addicts in all suburbs. The posher the suburb the higher the likelihood they are screaming inside large properties where they are not as noticable. Possibly they are also more likely to get addicted to classier drugs with less adulteration, leading to a lower scream to addict ratio.
- Omg this made me laugh
  leading to a lower scream to addict ratio.
Is brunny considered posh? Come to the woolies on Albert Street and hear their mating calls hahahha
A lot fewer, but yeah I does happen. I am also noticing more rough sleepers, more camped vans, and general mental health distress ( not necessary meth heads but people not having a great time of it) round here.
(Source: I live in a previously working class but now posh area. )
- there are people living in tents in the Carlton Gardens

Hectic week is just over. I'm drop dead tired, will miss having people to check in with. But also glad to be back in my own space and participating in things from a distance rather than being expected to compete with the popular and the pretty. Also I'd be glad not to go into the cbd for a good month or so. I'm so over it

I have decided to try cutting out caffeine for a while. I've been reducing my intake for a couple of weeks, with the intention that after today I will not have any more. The temptation to have another coffee is very real.

You've succeeded where I’ve failed.

ALDI TRUMPET ACQUIRED

Fart noises incoming.
- Yes, but now i also have a trumpet

Mildly peeved that the bus driver blew right past the stop I was at, ignoring everyone who was waiting there. Had to wait half an hour for the next one.

But got some fudge, and found out that the brand I usually get shut up shop some months ago.

It's been one of those ripple days, where everything seems to be going up and down all at once.

Also anyone know any good place to look into getting a second hand bike (and a good place to ride in)? My current one is a bit knackered, and wondering whether it was worthwhile fixing it, or just replacing it completely.

I'm familiar with the bike shed at Ceres, but that's about it.

Busses are the vehicles of chaos, I love and hate them. The worst was the one from Glen Waverley to FTG/Rowville I used to take; it would go through Wheelers Hill along FTG Road down that huge fkn hill like a goddamn speed demon. It was like a fkn roller coaster, the bus driver would blow past the stop halfway down the hille everytime because they were going so fast.
I think about it and my heart starts beating real hard haha

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Please Sir, can I have some more?
- 🍲
I'd like a full Sunday roast please. Beef, with Yorkshire pudding and lots of gravy 🙂
- 🥩🍠🥕🥔🎃🥦🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯
One giant fat coffee please
- ☕️
Spaghetti & meatballs please
- 🍝🧆
Good morning bacon! Here is a song for you https://youtu.be/fKyXvNkGQKc?si=bMAMsAVqDr-_HCQH
Can I please have chicken noodle soup?
- 🌅🐥🍜🧊

I've asked the man to keep it down out there while he mows because I'm about to have a nap. AITA.

YTA. Nap at a reasonable hour. Sunday afternoon is for chores
Please consult local council guidelines regarding noise disturbances in your area
NTA. Naps are permitted at any time of the day.

Off to Prahan, just for one thing but it's like an hour each way. Good thing I remembered my earphones, would have been quite upset otherwise haha

Maybe this a QLD school thing but does anyone remember having to learn to dance in high school? Like you'd learn the waltz and one other dance (mine was the cha cha) and then to pass you had to dance with the sports teacher (male teacher for the girls, female sport teacher for the boys).

Friend of mine just gave me a wild flashback to that part of my schooling, and adult me is thinking how fkn wild it was you had to get handsy with a teacher for a few minutes in the name of education.

That sounds hilarious. The only dance I learned in school PE was the nut bush.
Had that at my high school for sure. Edit: Vic HS, it was a physical education topic
God no. Didn't even do dance in high school.
- It was a mandatory part of year 8/9 Phys Ed (usually somewhere in semester 1), you couldn't attend the mid-year school dance if you didn't pass.
Yep. Only I went to a girls only boarding school, so we had to practice with mops/brooms in lieu of real meat boys. It was an hour of practice after classes twice a week in year 11. Dances were waltz, foxtrot, cha cha and some old time folk dances like the Pride of Erin, Dashing White Sergeant and Waves of Bondi. The idea was to be able to do the 'social' dancing of our grandmothers' generation. Rock&roll and disco were off the menu.
- Meat boys 😹😹😹
Yeah dance was in the PE rotation. As was getting your bra strap snapped by sundry brats. Not fun.
Well would you look at that. I was spared at least one thing!

I generally see every superhero movie on either the day it's released or even the night before if that's available (yes even Morbius), but I think I might just not go see Madame Web. It's not like I don't have the time or the money. I just don't have the urge. I think there might be something about Dakota Johnson which just rubs me the wrong way. That and after watching the trailer I feel like I can put the pieces of the movie together myself.

Has anyone here seen it and care to give non-spoilery thoughts?

The trailer put me off in a big way. I think it's going to become another meme.

Ended up making the trip in with my kids to listen from the park. Was worth it (kids thought it was awesome) - I'd say probably 15k people outside....

And this guy - just grooving from the back

It took a few days but I've put the second coat on the paper swatches. It's a bit worrying how thin the paint it and how much brush strokes show. If I began actually painting and needing two layers I'd need to either mix the sames colours perfectly twice or make more and keep it from drying out until it could be used.

It's fine. I don't even have a colour wheel or anything yet, and still don't know what official colours these knockoffs would be standing in for. I think I need to follow a few mixing guides and see how they behave first. ~~And learn how to draw~~

I'm laying watching The Curse of The Chippendales and in the half dark something decides to crawl across the floor. Maybe a cricket.