Daily Discussion Thread: 🐸 Wed 28 Feb 2024

Made it to 2nd round 🥳🥳🥳🥳

It freaked me out that they called me 45 mins after my interview. I missed the call so I thought "well, I guess it didn't take long to figure I wasn't the right person", but it was the opposite!!!

Next one is Friday with the COO, CEO and general manager. Here we go!

Soo cool. Fingers crossed for next round.
- Should be ok hopefully 🤞🏾
That's so exciting to hear. Isn't it a great feeling, that rush of attention/recognition when you get called to progress in the job application process? Fingers crossed this will be successful and a good fit
- Thanks so much! It's been such a slog honestly. Hopefully it works out 🤞🏾
Ay good luck Gibsy! Crossing my fingers for you, but I doubt you'll need it!

Boiling hot today, had to put the rabbits inside

Good thing you did. You don't want hot cross buns
- I'd give you 50 angry upvotes if I could but I only have one
Omg I love them! Do they have names! Never stop posting pictures of these pretty bunnies!!! 😍😍😍😍 I'm overcome by the cuteness!
- Dream, cloudy , Oreo, and speckles. Try guess which ones which
  If you want to see more photos check my comment history there's plenty
- Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.

Interview in 15. Building is nice. Fairly easy to get to. Here we go!

I'm not super phased if it's not a great company because I have other options, but it would be nice to get this over and done with.

Enjoy your day everyone ❤️

Good luck 🤞
Good luck for today!
Good luck🤞🤞🤞 thankfully it's not at 2pm when you'd probably be a sweaty mess (like everyone will be)

So on the back of her 3rd place last week (which was also last on account of there only being three people in the race) kidcalhoon1 qualified for district.. Raced today, butterfly again, came dead last by half a lap again, got out of the pool smiling and asked if I could buy her a tshirt. Right on kid, again.

She's awesome. Really. 🏆🏅

I'd take pearl jam over the disaster that losing my virginity was lol

I don't think it went well unfortunately. There were a handful of bright red flags also.

I have another later today so we'll see how it goes 😔

Good to identify that stuff straight away though, better than finding out once you're in the building.
Good luck for later.

Woot woot, got called for an interview for a PTjob that's much more in line with how I want to spend my time! Not the most uplifting role, but it's so PT that I'll have plenty of time/energy to pursue side gigs/temp/other roles. If I negotiate the wage right it will neatly cover my rent and all utilities, health insurance for just 2 days of work. This greatly pleases my brain that hates being tied down and loves variety, but also craves basic stability. Have one job to keep the lights on and a roof over my head, and a mix of other things for the rest of the week for everything else.

I've already got another job I'm gonna apply for which would fill in the other days for a few months.

Gosh I really hope it plays out that I get away with mixing and matching and don't burn out again because I often feel thoroughly depressed thinking about how my working style really doesn't fit in with most roles.

Nice one! I hope it ends up working out the way you want ⭐
sending so much good luck your way 🍀🍀🍀
Good luck! Sounds like that would be the perfect balance
- Thank you, it sounds sad but being able to work part time is something I've looked forward to ever since getting residency.
It took me far too long to realise PT = part time and not personal trainer or public transport
Good on you though J_K, super happy for you!
- I'd love to afford a personal trainer, my fitness is atrocious haha. Thank you, let's hope in a couple weeks I can say I got the job

Went for a walk for the novelty of feeling 30+ degrees at 9:30pm. Feels like this hasn’t happened all summer. Wish I lived near a beach, it’s night swim weather.

I used to live walking distance from one during lockdown. It was the absolute best thing.

Just went outside to get the bins and there's a cool breeze?

Was definitely expecting much worse. I know it's still early but the current 30 does not feel like 30.

Yeah today was a scam. Meant to hit 38/39, or so everything keeps telling me. Then this morning they said it'd top out at 35, and where I am it only hit 30 an hour ago and is now getting colder
- welcome to climate change. Our modelling is fucked, it's all a best guess
overcast AF out here, Apple said 31 but BOM said 25. Doesn't feel 31.
Edit: Rain incoming too.
- Rain is my fault, I watered my plants last night (and got bitten by bitey bugs)
- Yeah I saw that on the radar...hope it cools things down a bit. Don't think my evap system can deal with the humidity.
light rain falling in Carlton

Interview was fine, but the baaaad af reviews on Glassdoor put me way off.

Also, pseudo-admin, it would be mainly call centre shit. No thanks.

Playing Tyrian 2000 instead, and looking at work more aligned with the area of study I'll be going into.

Also, pseudo-admin, it would be mainly call centre shit. No thanks.
pseudo jobs seem to be a bigger problem than ever 😡 at least they didn't ask *you *for money

Tonight is the Dune 1 & 2 double feature. I see a nap for lunch and multiple afternoon coffees in my future.

I'm also taking my own popcorn. I just need to find an appropriate receptacle for it. I'm not paying $15 or whatever for Hoyts' stale popcorn again.. and also, I have Flavorcol at home now!

I had considered the same, however, didn’t want to sit for 3 additional hours for a movie I had seen twice already.
I want to be fresh for the new release if that makes sense.
Ooh - it's happening at my local cinema also. Running time 345 minutes! So it's going to go from 6pm to midnight!
Bachelor me would have done it. Just spontaneously decided to spend a work night doing watching two movies with no forward planning or coordination with others. To hell with the consequences! Unfortunately, responsible family-guy me cannot.
I'll probably still go the double-feature route, but part one will be at home after the kids go to bed one evening, with part two being the next day.
Gonna watch part 1 at home before I go, then gold class part 2 so I can get the popcorn/coke at the midway point and not need to pee an hour in cause I drank the coke before the film even started.

1 movie down. Am exactly half way through my snacks. This is a huge success.

Looking for someone at work to peer-review my code/build. I threw in the old "Please Consider" ad as a bit of fun.

Turns out that nobody under 40 remembers that entire range of Please Consider ads. Not even the sumo wrestlers in the truck. I think that's a bit of a shame. While I'm not huge into advertising in general, those ads were good and I guess you'd say innocent by today's advertising standards.

I can sympathise - I've used "I'll get back to you Barry" a few times to blank stares...
- That one would need the right timing and tone. Thankfully, nothing so catastrophic so as to need an "I'll get back to you Barry" ever seems to happen to us.

Left the main balcony door open, which I rarely do, and there's not much cool air, just a lot of freeway traffic noise. It's half past 12; how is the Eastern/Chandler still this loud? Maybe the air is carrying the sounds better tonight. Anyway, I hate it. I definitely miss that about the lockdowns. I'm over the noise and dust and general built up vibes. If the rental market wasn't so obscene I'd have moved further out by now. I want to go back to the quiet suburbs. A townhouse or villa unit in some sleepy street would be lovely.

Have just been enjoying my early morning cup of tea in the backyard. The last of the bats are flying overhead, the crisp cool air and scents of the early morning are lovely. Today will be not so fun weatherwise I think.

I just took Mr Woof for a walk and it was 21 degrees when we left and already up to 24 by the time we got back. I don't think second walkies is happening today.
Cracker of a sunrise tho.

Apparently graffitiing tram and bus stops with acid is the new trend

This grey/white shadow-like graffiti is a type of etching that comes in the form of paint and spray cans and is highly acidic. The acid burns through shelter glass and leaves an unpleasant stain on the glass that is matte to touch.

Unfortunately, there has been much of this particular type of graffiti springing up across the network.

Due to the burns caused by the acid in the spray paint and the staining that occurs when trying to remove it, our teams are unable to remove this type of graffiti.

The only solution is to replace the glass of the shelter and due to budget constraints and the number of shelters affected, Yarra Trams is unable to do this.

I've received similar responses from various councils about graffiti as bus stops too. Apparently for bus stops, responsibility for removing graffiti falls on councils, but if it requires replacing the glass it's PTVs responsibility, or at least that's what the City of Melbourne tells me

Anyways, I guess if you want your racist graffiti to not be removed just paint it with acid, or, I guess, burn it with acid. ::: spoiler except... Except don't actually because graffiting racist shit is for cowards, being racist is for cunts, and graffiting is for gronks :::

Council could also recognise this and apply matte sticker coverings or something though. You know, on account of the racist messaging on public property.
Isn't that dangerous for everyone involved?
- Probably, but I guess some people would gladly accept the risk of inhaling toxic fumes just to put a few more swastikas around Melbourne

I'd like to submit a request that we delay today for another time. Perhaps in the middle of winter? That'd be a nice contrast I think.

I prefer to just get things over and done with. ✔️ done. Mark it off my list.
Google is now saying 33 max today. Going to remember this comment when we get a 35+ day in June
❌Request denied❌

My table/desk is covered in little notes and lists of stuff to do . Books are everywhere, art stuff strewn higgledy piggledy. Haven't even transferred files and shut down my old computer yet. It's a dust bowl in here. I am sick of frozen dinners. Recovery can't come soon enough . Another 2 weeks to go .

They're finally tearing down the apparently sinking central pier in Docklands. Zoom on my phone isn't the best but there is a claw digger thing ripping off the walkway at the moment.

Wonder what the condos that go up there are gonna look like.
Obligitory 'ripping off the walkway comment' because no one walks there anyway zinggg.
- I used to go to the club at the end of the pier every week. Forget what it was called, pretty sure it began with an A. It doesn't seem to show up in Google Maps, even as a permanently closed business. They did Salsa dancing there on Thursdays. Great crowd. Pretty good venue.

About to meet 20 or so people in the consulting network that I’ve joined for lunch. Nerves are kicking in. Schmoozing these people is important for getting work from their networks. Fingers crossed they like me!

I tried a tropical Tang V i Saw for cheap at nqr, because I thought tropical would be nice. To be fair, the tropical part is nice! But the "Tang" tastes like burnt sticks or something. I can see why it was at nqr

I wasn't able to make it to my usual butcher this week and ended up buying my meat from Woolies, and ugh. How is home brand either the same price or more expensive than my butcher while being vastly worse quality?

IKR? I used to buy meat at Woolies as well, just laziness/convenience on my part I guess. When I switched to a local butcher who seems to specialise in chicken it was a revelation. Quality you can see, smell, feel and taste. Then when they closed for a short break over the holidays I had to do Woolies again and.. ugh. This year I'll be smarter and stock up the freezer for when they are closed, that's for sure!

In honour of the Hot I have decided today is the day to make ice-cream. The vanilla base has been made and is cooling in the fridge, to be churned with a strawberry swirl this afternoon.

Hell yeah. 🍦🍓

Watching Brasilien tv shows has given me more travel bug , ( really just reminded of what I was thinking precovid )

Manaus, the river and the jungle look amazing. Sail the river from Santarem and go on tours to national parks.

I bought a wifi enabled light globe and now I'm adjusting the brightness and hue from my phone.

I feel ridiculous.

Do disco lights. You can probably sync it to Spotify as well. I know we can.

The Void has been for his annual stab & poke. Recovery hugs & treat administered. But not too many, he does need a minor diet.

Many traumas = many treats.

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

Orange glazed pork belly please
- 🍊🍯🐖
Sydney rock oysters and an alcohol free sparkling white wine
- 🌉🪨🦪🍾

On my phone, on the home page I can access the weather and I don't know who is giving me the privilege but lately when I press it, it will say its 17°c and raining. I go outside and it's not raining nor 17°c. I've come to believe this is the default "I've shit myself. I'm gonna make something up now".

24 here
- Thanks. I'll turn the air con off soon.
My ac says 22 outside. Apple says 24 bom says 23. As always the truths probably somewhere in between
- Survey says.....

why does rolling a tennis ball under your feet feel so good after sports. its the bestttttt

Try a golf ball if you want something firmer.

Ahoyhoy

Watered so many plants last night, fingers crossed the hot wind doesn’t wreck their leaves

My strawberries have been taking such a beating lately :(
- My strawberries are for the black birds anyway. :(

got the boxes/blanket over the study window, sealed the place up as much as I can. ACs are both on (one on each end of the house), solar is cranking out juice. Now we play the waiting game.

The waiting game sucks let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos.
Shut all the doors to rooms that you wouldn't be using.
- done! only problem is both toilets are on the western wall, so everytime you gotta use the bathroom you enter a sauna.
A/C got put on at 9 to pre-cool the house. Shutters are down, doors closed, Jeebus take the wheel!!
- I had no idea the AC could go that low! Tipping doing so would outstrip what my solar can produce unfortunately.

It's too warm 😭

Ughhhhhhhh

lovely evening for a walk :)

Let's get this heat and this work out of the way. I'm working on a project that restarts every month, so thank God for the leap year giving me an extra day to work on it

You've got this tommo.
- I managed to get some version of things out yesterday. Now I can have a bit of a break and finish things off this month

Anyone know when the cool change is due to come across?

BOM overlords sayeth midnightish (according to the app anyway)
- 😩
This morning the radio news said it's still predicted to be 30 degrees at around 11pm.
- Your kidding, right?! Far out. Guess the dogs are sleeping inside then.

Selamat malam.