Discussion Thread 🐞 Sunday 25 May 2025

Just had a friend and her little cat visit so the cat can suss out the place because I am gonna cat sit her for a month. 😻 And little kitty was very chilled out and at home so I think it's all gonna be ok. Yay! Cat aunt time coming up

Yay! I hope little kitty likes having her photo taken, we're going to need pictures 😻
yay 😹
That sounds like it'll be a great time :)

Soooo... This all happened very last minute because her owner is a bit of an unreliable/unpredictable sort but WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST IN DA HOUZ (for two to maybe three weeks)

e: tagging @Bottom_racer as very important information to be informed about

Hi beautiful! You'll be okay 🩷
- She's randomly hissed and panted at me out of nowhere twice but seems to be mostly just investigating and figuring shit out, definitely not combative, just on guard. The first night is harder now that her owner and I aren't in the same building and she can't visualise my place as an extension of her old home. It's her first time in this apartment too. But she'll settle down soon enough I think. As long as she keeps to gnawing cardboard and not my houseplants.
Soxcat! Baby girl!
SOXKAT!
- The one and only!!! 🕴🏽🐈 💕
Fluffy!!!!
Sox!
Hi Angel. 😘

Planning an interstate trip to see my best mates! Super excited.

Long story but these dudes are like my ACTUAL family. I've known them over 15 years.

Fuuuuuuuuuuck! So excited!!!!!

The converse box isn't quite big enough sadly

Hey listen, when we ladies get a little bit older we may not be able to fit into things we previously could. We know. No need to shame.
🌞
She’s trying so hard!

Couple more for ya.

Ooooooo I like the rocks!!!
- Those are thrombolites! Ancient bacterial (?) colonies that are still alive, they turn the air and stuff into calcium deposits
I have ancient life envy. 💖 So very very cool.
Beautiful! Where is that?
- These are from a couple of places between Mandurah and Bunbury

Hope none of yas have gotten caught up in that Norflands lockdown going on atm... E: which seemed to have been relatively short-lived. ~~Maybe 20 minutes.~~ I was wrong, closer to an hour, but took a bit of time to hit the news?

I only just woke up, checked it out, some sort of gang machete attack.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-25/northland-shopping-centre-knives-attack-preston-police-update/105334604
- All these people running around with sharp objects. Did their parents miss teaching them the don't-run-with-scissors lesson, or did it not sink in properly? I get nervous walking while holding anything vaguely pointy, running while holding a machete is definitely not happening.

I've been feeding Ted downstairs for the previous 3 nights.

This is Bill waiting at the stairs.

"I have had upstairs dinner but what about downstairs dinner?"

Ted's mane is truly something to behold.
- it's where he keeps his cheekiness
That coat! Bill looks like he's piloting a gundam of another cat.
- OMG hahaha I can't unsee that 😂😂😂
Tut tut… no second ~~breakfast~~ dinner

I’m a bit better off today. I’ll be better for a gym session

Mr fancy pants 😍

I had a terrible nightmare last night. I accidentally bought International Roast instead of Vittoria Coffee. It was a really big tin.

It's ok, you're awake now. So many hugs

Simultaneously doing a jigsaw, picking herbs, vacuuming, sanding a Freecycle mirror, brain designing paint for mirror, craving choc, putting away dishes, playing zombie phone game.... what attention span?

Ha, this sounds like me. If I persevere the tasks get done eventually
- Same.
- It might help if the cats ceased throwing jigsaw bits everywhere

Damaging and destructive winds are coming through tomorrow arvo. It's already getting a bit windy. Batten down your hatches.

these seagulls made me lol

each one is standing on a rock, many of the rocks are underwater making it look like the seagulls are standing on water

I wonder what would happen if a second seagull tried to stand on an already occupied rock. Would it by like when a person stands too close in your personal space and you back up and end up being walked across the room? I'm envisaging an ongoing chain reaction of seagulls moving from rock to rock to rock.
- I have no idea but I have been wondering why seagulls are so cranky all the time.
Great pic 😍
- nearly every seagull is on a rock ...lol

Rubbish out, vacuumed, washing is on.

Nap time lol

Vacuum done, mass cooking done. Still need to bring the washing in.
Chilling for the rest of the day!
- Perfect!

More sleep. Back later.

Edit: that's better.

Curb Your Enthusiasm is so wrong and so stupid. I can't stop laughing.

Thanks for reminding me of that show. Time to download.

Bought a pack of colesworth iced donuts. Ate one with lunch and just now ate one after dinner. Should I have a third? Umm yes i will.

20/50 was surprised to get that many right

The lift in my apartment building is full of confetti. It is a mystery

What a beautiful day, he says, as his shoulder twitches possibly leading to a migraine later lol

If anyone needs some self-compassion exercises link

That link goes to a Lemmy error page, which resulted in a sensible chuckle on my behalf.
- Me: "I'm gonna be okay"
  Brain: 404 not found
- Oops, I put the link in the text box! Now I know where links go with the formatting

I’ve hurt my shoulder again -_-

Edit: Cleaning spots on carpet (windows and wooden doors open to air out the scent) and Melbcat cheerfully walked through the wet cleaning product. She got upset when I wiped her feet.

She’s now stalking the magpies through the wire screens.

Beach time. 🙂

I listened to the whole audiobook of Two Pennies to Cross the Mersey yesterday evening.

I'm just so angry, and yet there were many people who were kind

and sadly I relate too well

It's such a sad story but yet the way she writes is like matter of factly.
- Like Gorky.
I found her parents, especially her mother, so infuriating!
- The epitome of a sociopath. She did not care about how her treatment of others reflected on her at all. Or maybe she liked being cruel. The father seemed to live in hubric denial.
  Not one act of kindness from the woman, not one, not even to her husband.
  It didn't surprise me they were all victim to slum lords and price gouging shop keepers, people can be so clueless.
  It wasn't the poverty that got me angry, it was the cruelty and hubris.
  Did it ever occur to any of them to read a fricken book on how to live, how to eat, how to manage money? Again, hubris. I know many very well educated people who think they know better or don't need to self educate about mundane things.
I read this as a teenager and it's really stayed with me.

Classic banger

https://youtu.be/na7lIb09898

I originally read that as classic burger.
😟

Does anyone know if there's anything to do around Craigieburn station? There's a bus near my place that goes straight to the station, but there's no reason to get off in between.

The boys love a bus ride but I need to fill in at least 20 minutes until the next bus

Tommy Emmanuel is extraordinary. He also played the best cover of Wonderwall I've ever heard.

Dude... I'm here now, night 2! He's an insane guitar god!
- There's playing the guitar and then there's playing the guitar so no part of the instrument goes to waste.
  The drumming he does is also insane. And the lighting... wow.
  One of the best performances I have seen in this lifetime.

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Ooh, a fancy dessert pls chef
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Cold sesame noodles and a lemon iced tea please!
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Some 85% choc please, orange or chilli
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