Pretty sure this is cheating
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This is my favourite doggy pose
Straight after his stretch he runs into the kid's room, jumps on her and runs out. π
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Wow it's like I'm seeing double π
Tomorrow's thread posted! I think I got the date right this time :)
Goodnight all.
Edit: realised Seagoon made one 8 minutes after me with pizza emojis. I like the pizza emojis better :P
Entered the new place today.
sad realisations
Oh man it is somehow a lot smaller and sadder than I remember. And the road noise is so much more noticeable than at my place. I'm not even sure my fridge will fit. E: I have gone back and measured and it will JUST barely fit. Thank fuck. ~~Like an idiot I didn't measure anything while I was inspecting (because it was tenanted).~~ I am really, really cracking the sads right now back at my current place knowing how much I have to give up. It just doesn't feel like what I've worked for at all... Fucking rental market...
Feels like I really am saying goodbye to a whole life in stages. Will any of it be worth it? I'm going to have to fast forward the chat with work about whether I'll be able to work primarily remotely after I finish uni. The only way I see out of any of this long-term is to move in with family to hyper save up a deposit. But the only family I can move in with is interstate.
I definitely need something to look forward to because after slogging it out for years to get residency and building a life for myself I'm really sad at having to shrink it so much. I'm ready to live more expansively. I've really sacrificed a lot to try and finish this degree and it's going so much worse than I expected...
And on top of that, couch guy has turned up only to find that it's too small for his car despite my telling him the dimensions ahead of time. So that's fallen through as well, arrrgh... what do I do now??? Pay someone on airtasker to take it?
Hugs. It doesn't matter if it's not perfect as long as it's clean and safe and you have access to all the things you need and can do what you want.
I do feel like I've got to shrink my idea of "doing what I want" down to fit the space, especially considering how much I have to pay to still live there. Never mind the plants, I realise I will be doing a lot less cooking here as well. Need to remember the big benefit of this place is I can leave once uni is done. I'm going to make the most of that choice, not going to let this bastard rental market crush me
so many hugs
sometimes I feel like we are living in Victorian times again , our choices have shrunk so much
I really feel for you. All I really have to say is that we're really adaptable critters, and I'm sure once you're over the shock of the move, you'll get adjusted to the smaller place pretty quickly.
Thanks 𧑠yeah, I think I'll find a way forward and adjust my mentality to just get through the next six months. I'm lucky to have my own space at least, and not with housemates from hell. I'm lucky too that I have a great job and plenty of field work options coming up.
It'll be a good impetus to work on what I want in life next instead of being stuck in a rut
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Blah. My internet is down. No cricket streaming :(
I didn't know I needed to know about these, but I do. stab proof jackets
Friday night in Thornbury just got a lot more interesting.
Ahhhh work notifications are off, auto respond email activated, told people I'm out for till next Wednesday.
Hello music, Ps5 and catchup!
Just saw an insta story of a group of friends together that Iβve hung out with a few times during this year (not super close with them but neither are they with each other). We have a group chat used in the past to plan catch upsβ¦ not this time though. Maybe itβs just a coincidence theyβre all together but canβt help but feel purposely excluded.
Wasnβt going to drink tonight but now I want one.
I'm sorry to hear that. You sound like fun to hang out with. β₯
Bit late to the pizza party and forgot to take a βbeforeβ pic, oops
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If Iβm standing there doing trade work letβs say, why do people think itβs ok to just stand there and watch me?
If youβre sitting there at your desk clacking away on your excel spreadsheet or whatever, and I saunter up behind you and just stare at you doing work, that would be considered kinda creepy.
I get this a lot when I make pasta in the shop or the girls are making gnocchi, but we are doing it expecting to be seen. It's performative and customers like to watch us do it because it signifies that what we're making is fresh or traditional. It's a bit different if you're not expecting to be watched by curious onlookers.
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Are people going through keyboards/mice like some sort of consumables?
I'm looking at reviews for a mouse, and something supposedly good about it is that it lasted some person four whole years. I've been using the mouse on my work PC for 15 years, it was the first Bluetooth mouse I purchased. I've been using this keyboard for 10 years, and the only reason I bought it was that I was no longer typing on my laptop keyboard. Side note: I would love to buy another one just like this one for home, but it doesn't exist any more.
10 years with no signs of slowing in the next decade sounds right to me. 15 years for the mouse and the only reason I'm considering replacing it is I'd like one that can switch between multiple devices and maybe do away with AA batteries. Do people really go through peripherals quickly?
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All I know is if Mr Seagoon ever started talking like in that book at various times verily I would laugh unto I cried.
I can't mention lebanese cucumbers without hearing "Why do you want them for when you got one right here.....". I fall for it every single time.
Thatβs actually hilarious π€£
He's proud of it until I try to grab the fruit basket then he apologises.
Pole, the brave maid wielded the pole against the slippery mouth monster wisely.
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I have watched Gladiator in preparation for the sequel tomorrow.
Are you not entertained?
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Finally I've made it home π»π»πΊ cheers!
Who's watching: Tyson vs Paul boxing tomorrow? Who's watching Jon Jones return to vs Stipe Miocic on Sunday?
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Neighbour's car won't start (sounds like a flat batter to me). It's a late 90s Commodore that's seen better day.
Old mate is swearing like a sailor in English and Croatian. Been going on for like a solid 30 minutes.
Ironically he fancies himself a handyman, and even my non-mechanical self can hear it's the battery.
flat batter
Trick is to keep the soda water cold and add some bicarb.
I'll let him know ;)
Damn. The new Cure album is really good. Feel like I need to watch the Crow or something.
a Christmas Turkey has been ordered π¦
I'm listening the "The Nightland" by WH Hodgeson. Don't know if I can stand the bondage and very sexual double entendres much longer. π«€ I thought this was hard core science fiction gothic fiction. π«₯π€―πΉ
They are quite long slightly weird involved chapters that seem to be perfectly paced and timed to rub one out ...lol
" and she did rub me very skillful and gentle for a great hour until I was all refreshed and in verity she was a lovely wise maid. And surely when I was come again ..etc etc"
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Going to ask the managers if I can max out or at least come close to maxing out my hours over the peak trade. Hoping they say yes! But they probably won't. I guess it will be worth a shot.
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