Daily Discussion Thread: 🎸 🎤 🎶 Thursday, October 17, 2024

That was an incredible time ❤️

Thanks so much to everyone here for all your support over the last year or so. It's been a hell of a ride, and I'm super grateful❤️

And thank you to the crew that came out tonight. It was an absolute pleasure hanging out with you guys and having you there made a really big difference ❤️

Well done tonight!
Happy to have been able to give you some support.
- So glad you came too! It was great to meet you!! 💜 It would be great to catch up again!
So good! Hope I can catch a future gig
That was a very fun time. I really enjoyed it.
- It was so good to see you! Love to meet again!!! 💜
You did so well!! I'm so excited to see you perform again! You were beautiful!! 💜💜
You’re GOOOOOOOOOD

Good morning everyone!

Hope everyone has a great day ❤️

I'll fill you in on how it goes tonight!!!!

Edit: lyrebird lounge at 8:30pm, I'll be getting there around 7:45pm to watch a couple of the people before me.

I'm the dark skin guy in the white tshirt and glasses.

Also I make minor guarantees about the quality of my performance lol

Oh yeah, my nickname is Reef.

We need the place and time again I forgot :(
I have lemons to throw.
- Lyrebird Lounge, 8.30 pm. Just near Ripponlea Station. Will be there too - look for the red fedora.
Break a leg
I’ll be the witness to make sure you are telling the truth and the whole truth.
I might be there too.
- One of us one of us
Not my part of the city so can't get there but good luck
Have a great gig!
Awesome man! I can't be there but I'll be thinking of you. Rock the house!

So I need to just put this somewhere. With my skin condition dramatically worsening by the day I returned to the GP, who looked as shocked as I felt. The odd little bumps/sores have become open weeping ulcers and spread over my biceps and thighs. He has taken swabs and is testing for Buruli/Bairnsdale ulcer and faxed an urgent referral to a local specialist. I feel emotionally yukky but physically there's no pain at all, just when I sweat it stings. I'm trying to stay positive but I'm pretty depressed.

Oh gosh. I hope it gets sorted out asap. ♥
I'm so sorry you're having such a hard time. I hope everything gets better soon ❤️
Oh fuck, that sounds really worrying. I'm glad there's no pain but it sounds like an urgent case for sure. Fingers majorly crossed that they get back to you with a treatment asap...
hugs
Hopefully things will get better for you soon, especially with the urgent referral.
Please try and take care and glad you were able to see the GP again.

Spud and I have arrived. We are at the back.

I will have to attend in spirit form only. If you hear a soft rustling of wings or a quiet "caw" , that will be me. 🙂
- So that was you getting into the rubbish bins behind the station?
I'm about 15mins away. Traffic sucks

Time for a nap and last low energy practice.

Here we go!!!!!

Thanks everyone for all your support and well wishes ❤️❤️❤️

Edit: holy fuck the rain is here!

Running 15 mins late. Be there at 8pm

Good luck!!

Really over the anxiety/depression :/ just deep unease all of today and now feeling really glum and dull about everything. I even walked to work in the sun this am, and work was productive, but I still felt detached and fuzzy. Cough still rattling around too. I don't think taking a sick day is going to help as I'll just be unsettled all day.

No suitable rentals have popped up so far on my radar. Registered interest in a couple but no updates yet.

Ugh. I managed to buy some veg on the way home, I'll force myself to make a pasta dish and eat it and crawl into bed to dissociate on the phone for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow is a new day...

E: soxcat is still here as her human won't be back til Monday. It's saying something that I can't even feel that happy around her, but she's been snuggling up against me lots. And left a whisker on tgr couch for me - that's good luck isn't it?

- Thanks man. Yeah, I know in my mind that it'll pass, even if it's a month away, but man this is such shitty timing. Sucks being physically unwell too. I'm going to reframe my early bedtime as looking after myself and creating a sense of safety so I don't feel like I'm spiraling. I got this. One day at a time.
That is one IMPRESSIVE whisker. According to Doreen Tovey (yes I've been re-reading Cats in May and Cats in the Belfry), chewing off a whisker or two is a love offering. You were there for her when she was suffering, so now she's there for you. Who says cats can't do empathy?

I hope you're ok mama @Seagoon_@aussie.zone ♥

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I’ve been wondering how Seagoon is going, too. Hope she’s ok 💛

Today's gonna be painful

And the just joey is full tilt

gotta tackle this soon myself. Another 2 cubic meters of mulch and the topsoil to finish some raised planter boxes.
- I'm still base ground prepping, but expecting to go ham with wicking beds this summer.

Certainly a day of it. Almost there though.

bit more mushy compost on top then off to the physio.

Odd question, but do ya'll ever plan out other lives for yourself? Occasionally I'll just sit on realestate and and look shit up. Might be like "alright, if I split with the mrs can I afford to buy a unit? where am I gonna live?" or "Fuckit, lets all move up to bright! I hate it here, alright what can we afford?"

I find it really therapeutic for some reason. These alternate lives I'll never live out.

I've definitely planned out what to do with large lotto wins I will never have. Looked at moving overseas or interstate. I've considered moving into a unit right in the centre of Melbourne so I can enjoy all the activities there, or moving to a big block of land in the middle of nowhere and fixing up a rundown place.
I think it is a healthy thing to do, as long as you are not doing it with rose-coloured glasses and making yourself unhappy with your current circumstances. If you are doing it realistically it often ends up highlighting things that are important to you - things you would miss if you made different choices, and sometimes things you really want that you are actually able to do now.
- I do the lottery thing regularly. I don't resent my current life, but love to imagine what it would be like to not worry about bills and just live life.
  Personally I'd have a place in like Daylesford or similar. Trees, pond, dogs, fireplace etc.
  Doing nothing would be blissful.
I sometimes wonder what it’s be like to be a dog or cat when I see them.
I always thought dreams were my alternate lives in the multiverse. That's how I look at it anyway
- Frickin hope not. Cause my alternate selves die a ton and also have a bunch of orgasmless sex.
I sometimes find my daydreaming self inserting myself into works of fiction - such a Sherlock Holmes, the Vorkosiverse etc. Probably a symptom of deep psychosis.
- I am OFTEN on the bridge of a warship protecting the earth. Usually heroically telling the crew to abandon ship as I fight impossible odds bravely sacrificing myself.
  Good to know its not just me.
Looking at houses in locations I'd love to live in but can't afford is a real one. Also, I was deeply fantasising about moving to NYC when I travelled there a couple of years back, asking people I met there about their experience in moving, even though I knew deep down that I'd never do it. It's nice to dream!
I’d be surprised if anyone doesn’t occasionally entertain alternative lives. Very Sliding Doors.
Pretty sure we’ve all wondered where we might be if we’d picked different doors.
- I creep myself out when I go too far down that path. All of the things that have happened to me worked together to make me who I am, and at a certain point in my musings I realise that by changeing the things that happened to me I am effectively erasing myself from existance entirely.

Little bit of a rambling. I'm sitting here writing notes, made a mistake so I scrubbed it out and then I realised I can erase it out because it's an erasable gel pen. Then I remembered the old pen rubbers that did diddly squat but rip your paper so everyone used liquid paper instead. Got me thinking.

What has come a long way (for the better) since your childhood?

Photocopiers. Like, we have photocopiers now. They were revolutionary. Don't start me on what life was like before them.
Hot water services - no more stuffing the 10 gallon chip heater with briquette fragments and wood chips before doing the washing up or taking a bath or washing hair. And stuffing it again if you ran out of hot water.
- just reading this made me flash back to the smell of mimeograph ink.
  mmm. purple.
pastel highlighters
- Yass.
  Now they just need to update MS Word. Who the hell invented those highlight colours, anyway?
- Yes! Officeworks is like a lolly shop now.
Liquid paper tape so much better than the fluid with the brush and the liquid paper pens.
Mechanical pencils are way better now.
- So many girls used it on their fingernails then coloured them in with texta.
Those pen erasers have come a long way. The guys driving around on purple plates use them to fake their rego book entries. Looks like real pen, erases fully.
- Right. The trick is not to press too hard on the page. Works like a dream.
Tights & stockings. They used to get runs in them on the first wear but now they last for years.
- I remember being able to get different colours like maroon and purple panty hose. Why? I dunno.
Engine oil
- How so?
Dentistry.

Mice are so cute!!! Ugh, their little paws, their little noses, their cute eyes. This course is great just for doing health checks on mice tbh

They smell and they shit everywhere. That's why cats were invented.
- Hehehe yeah it shat in my hand, but it's cuteness made it worth it

The afternoon sleepiness is upon me.

Coffee not helping.

2 hours of meetings on the horizon.

Grant me strength oh mighty Odin.

wandered up to the broadbents around the corner with our garden trolley and oh my god we are gonna do so much damage at that place. Landscape supplies within a five min trolley stroll that sell shittons of good quality compost and mulch? mwah. Mwahahhaha. MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA

I've been having after 9pm thoughts all day about what I'd do if I don't get this job, just because I haven't heard back from them straight away.

I need to keep in mind these things take time and there are still over avenues open if this doesn't come through

Yep. I applied for a niche job that I'd be perfect for and it closed a week ago, whyyyy haven't they called me? I'm getting a bit better at detaching, something will come up when it's meant to.
- I have done the recruitment thing from both side and trust me - I know it sucks but it can take time!! Hold in there. Also I think it's ok to contact to ask about progress after, say week/week and a half. If it's a more senior or niche position it can take a bit longer to sift through.
- That's how I feel sometimes. I know I can interview well too so I just need to get in the room with them and I can talk myself into the job.
  You get thinking about how your life could be, apply for these jobs, then nothing happens

If the rain and wind could hold off until say 9pm that'd be great. I'm meant to be doing outdoor cooking with kids this evening.

Spoilered in case you don't want any more comment.
- Thanks. I’m just kind of in this mindset that every dollar I don’t spend on luxuries is another dollar I’ll have to withstand the next unexpected financial hit.
- Can I just say: Fuck yeah!
I remember reading when you got the squishmallow. The boys were given really nice super Mario plushes for their birthday last year and they're almost so good you don't want to do anything with them. Especially something plush where you don't know how it will turn out after a trip through the washing machine.
I hope you can find a way to enjoy it and make the most of the TV you have. It sucks when our plans don't work out the way we intend
- Thanks. I think I’m just not in a good frame of mind lately and am doing little anxiety spirals
Nah fam. This is not a fault on your end. It's a problem at a societal level.
I totally get the micro management to claw back some feeling of control, but fuck the blame.
- I know. Oh I am very critical of the societal factors.
  I’m just kind of trying to stay ready
It sounds like you're doing the absolute best that you can. I'm sorry you're having such a hard time at the moment ❤️
- Thanks man

Still awake then Duenan... :D

Sadly yes :(

feeling OK today. You know that scene in the last air bender where Aang opens up his chakras? felt very similar (embarrassingly) to that. I'm not sure I believe in that stuff but its just what it felt like. First time I sort of bounced off the "avatar state" (or whatever the fuck the end goal of whatever this journey my mind is trying to take is). But I tried again and sort of got that connection. Was nice.

I just had this voice in my head go "Be brave, dig deep". The music hit the right note and I just sort of fell into it.

Sadly, no sign of any bending abilities.

I absolutely know what you mean man ❤️

I had so many things I was going to do this morning, and here we are after Noon and they remain undone.

Ditto here except now it’s 4:30 :(
Where had my day gone?

Promite >>> Vegemite

Are you trying to start a riot?
- Just staying facts.
  I tried all the 'mites' apart from the UK Marmite, and so far prefer Promite.
- we ARE going to gather at dusk
YES!!!! F'ING YES sir I will follow you into battle on this one. 100X the spread that Vegemite is!
- We're happy little promites, as happy as can be .... nah, doesn't scan.
I love all the mites except Promite because that comes from Satan's ear holes.
- I get that
And my axe
Yep. But I do like vegemite too.
- I like Vegemite too.
Shots fired.
I'm a Mighty Mite enjoyer personally

Lunch notes are go!

It costs about $400 to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Bit exxy. Worth it?

I don't know if it's worth it or not, but if you do the climb you would have to change your username. HighExperience2090
- I'm almost convinced for this reason alone.
Very much worth it. You get a full historical guided tour and of course the views. We paid for photos as well which came out great.
I guess that would cover the safety gear you have to wear and the guide etc. Understandable, but worth it? Dunno. I'm told the view is amazing.
It seems both an expensive and reasonable price. I'd pass on it.
That actually strikes me as quite reasonable pricing, you're not getting that experience from anything else

Well in my local elections I had a choice between a greens candidate who seemed ok if a little bland and an antivax cooker. So that made it easy.
Saw the candidate list for city of Melbourne today though. That is just BONKERS.

I really need to work out an easy way to protect my seedlings from snails during that vulnerable time, I swear they can smell the new sprouts. Clear plastic tub as a makeshift hothouse might be the go.

I can’t eat the produce myself but want to grow some food for a friend.

Ordered some more kitty treats… they’re expensive due to allergies. I wonder if there was spare energy I could make some at home

Jewish space laser? Dunno if they cant set it low enough and you might have to call in some favors but surely they need some good PR at the moment?
I've got the seedling pots in a tray that comes in and out each day.
- I used to do that but it’s a lot of bending and my place is kinda small. Melbcat is also looking for chances to abscond each time I pass through the door…
  I was thinking maybe I could just take the lids off in the morning and put them back on each night
Beer traps work for snails and slugs.
- They will be nicely marinated for the escargot - served with the greens they tried to pilfer and the leftover beer
Copper tape has always worked well for me. A lot of people swear by chamomile as a repllant companion, and i gotta say i have never seen snails in my chamomile pot, not even in the new place where they're practically having plant pot snorgys
- Chamomile is nice
Could you do something to lift the trays/pots up and create a moat, like a glass jar in a takeaway container full of water? If it is a square tray you could do one on each corner, then you just need to make sure you top up and tip out to remove mosquito larvae periodically. Add a couple of floating sticks or cork and you have a safe water source for bees too.
For seedlings in the ground I've had some success cutting soft drink containers to create little circular fences around them. They need to be secured with a peg (a piece of wire coathanger bent over works well) otherwise they get scratched out by birds (or removed by mischievous puppies "helping" in the garden!).
- I could, but the water might be a bit heavy so mosquitoes 😭

this weather is perfect

Work in indoor windowless dungeon, wouldn't know :(
- sending a knight and a white horse over 🥷🏻🎠

Showers increasing, says the BOM app.

No they're not, says a look out the window.

nvm here they are

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I don't typically eat breakfast but I am curious to know what those cylindrical batteries taste like? I've only ever tasted the square ones before you see
- 🔋
- A little bit salty. A little bit lemony.
I could smash 5 Guys
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Ooh, breakfast truck! I will have a bacon souvlaki please.
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Microwaved potat with butter, cheese baked beans and hot sauce please 🥺
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I need to go and pick up my car from being serviced. It will either work out well, or I will be caught in a storm half way through my walk and come home soggy. 🤞

Good luck! I’m going to quickly take out the bins before it rains!
- i survived with only slight dampness.

I had a really rough day and crashed out, was too late in getting the tub over the seedlings so another got quite chewed.

I don’t know why I keep trying to do stuff that requires consistency and follow through. But what else to do? Nothing?

Radical acts of defiance and persistence
- At this point it’s out of pure bullheadedness. I am not getting anywhere