Melbourne

Tonight's dins:

Was beef in lemon and yogurt and stuff on a stick.

Guys!! My other half won Powerball! He split the winnings with me and now I’m $10 richer. Drinks are on me!

My daughter found an photo (hard copy) of my old old cat from when he was a kitten.

From memory this photo is exactly 30 years old.

Photo of a black and white kitten

Hello, I am alive. Still. Heheheh

I am still trying to log in on my phone (jerboa app and chrome mobile browser), but I am not getting a reset password link. I also cannot reset my password on PC (where I am typing this from) without remembering my old password... which wouldn't be necessary if I could remember my old password haha. I will keep trying, but if I am unable to reset my password so I can log in on my phone, I may set up a new, even more starchy, account.

Anyway, I am currently working from home, smashed out a busy day today, never once looked at my phone until after work, when I saw I was summoned by my good friend PeelerSheila :D <3

I will be available tonight on my PC :) I may need to work tomorrow, to help a colleague so I won't be able to reply tomorrow (I need my monitors for work lol), but I am here now my fellow DTers, my favourite people. I truly love you all

Edit: sorry if my tone is off, im kinda still in work mode bleeeeheheeheheheheehe lol

A black cat wishing you all a fangtastic Friday 13th

https://imgur.com/a/yit1RN4

Just realised it’s Friday the 13th! May the superstitions of this day help all your curses succeed! (Please use them for good not evil)

My iris is flowering 💐

His Lordship and I have decided to have an absolutely over the top compliment day. Made a cuppa? Oh what rapturous divine beverage crosses my lips you truly are a credit to teamakers and all their arts! You have fed those felines with the grace and deftness of Apollo himself!

It's delightful.

I just impulse bought a large bar fridge. It is red.

Tonight I introduced the man to one of my favourite snacks. His beady little eyes lit up.

That is buttered simit, peanut butter and a cheese to cleanse the palate.

His words were "omg omg omg" (more than once) "I think you're on to something" and "I need to buy some peanut butter to take to work".

Volatile neighbours at it again. Seriously, fuck them

Today's shite

Only meal I ate today: rice with furikake, soy sauce, fishy olive oil and hot sauce, with soft fried eggs, and Portuguese sardines.

Sooo a doordash driver either stole or forgot to deliver my drink and apparently doordash support is worse than basically anything else I've ever seen

"Please allow me a moment to transfer you to the correct department"

"Your chat had been disconnected. Thanks for using doordash! How do you rate this conversation?"

Edit: after several escalations (9 transfers!) Old mate Kimberly told me I'll receive a refund of $11.50 in 5-7 business days, even though nothing in my order was $11.50 and that's certainly more than a bottle of coke, then said ""have a nice day"" (she quoted have a nice day) and disconnected

I’m so tired I almost want to cry

Maybe it’s just this bleary Friday but feeling in a definite work rut of late. So I apologise for probably the deepest/longest post I’ve ever made online.

I’ve been in my (IT/AV/technical) industry 25 years, and at my current job almost 10, but due to some SERIOUS imposter syndrome am still pretty much doing the same work now that I was doing back in the day.

Around 15-20 years ago I was doing much more technically complex work than I am now and climbed to some higher leadership levels, but HATAED managing people so quit that job and dropped right back to the coal face where I’ve been ever since, with pretty much zero progression.

My boss’ boss - we were both at the same level when I first started. My manager, I trained them when they joined as a junior, helped them rise up to a role at my level, and then eventually supported them to go higher and they’re now my boss.

I’ve been approached by other groups over the years to join/help out/move up, but I’ve pushed back every time because I can’t help but think “I can’t do that”, “they THINK I know more than I actually do”, “if they find out I’m actually crap I’ll be unemployed with a family to support”, "I've hit the limit of what I'm capable of".

GAH. I wish I could just appreciate what I’ve got, but I come to work completely on autopilot, can’t remember the last time I actually had to use my brain for anything, and seem to just be the guy everyone turns to for help/advice, train new staff and to help further their own careers. Imposter syndrome blows. Wish I had the kind of personality that could fake it till I make it.

OK vent over, time for more coffee.

Ted Cat chirped again. He will be ok 😸😭

( I also opened Ted's door, Bill ran in to steal his food. 🤬

Anyone else here given blood and not been able to fill the bag? I gave blood and followed the normal procedures (like drinking all of the water, having snacks beforehand etc.,) and yet I couldn’t completely fill the bag. It got close but the flow pretty much dwindled down to drops. Normally my body freely gives blood but this time around it was like “nah bruv, that’s as much as I’m willing to part with”.

I have managed to wrangle my week such that I have NO meetings today, all deadlines are met/things are on track, and all I need to do is sit down and read a whole stack of papers (academic articles, not student papers). I'm sure this sounds boring AF to many of you, but it sounds like my perfect Friday!

What happened to starchy potato the starchy one? I’m not paying attention.

should i take a nap, yes or yes?

I feel like this yo-yo weather is making all my houseplants sad. Don't worry guys, I feel just as wilty and confused as you do right now! On the plus side I think the humidity is helping some of them...

Have to take the train from city to Pakenham this afternoon.

Wish me luck on the "long" journey lol.

Someone shouts you a free drink and a counter meal at the local. What are you getting? Me. The fisherman's basket and an ouzo & raspberry.

I haven't made miso soup in so long that the last remaining bit I have has dried up and gone flaky. I've put it in the hot stock to slowly dissolve anyway. Let's hope it's still good for my gut.

Long time since I've had Japanese. Made asparagus goma-ae (sesame dressing - hand ground the seeds but i think I added too much soy sauce), rice is cooking, miso soup will be plain and I will just have some TINNED FISH (the last I have atm) as a side. Maybe soak some shiitake overnight for a side protein tomorrow.

Watched “Asteroid City” last night. Still processing it lol🫠 I will say it’s the most Wes Anderson thing I’ve ever seen haha.

i just woke up from a nap, but i genuinely have no memory of drifting off to sleep. i was lying down, tired but awake, next thing i know it's an hour later and i'm waking up with a start.

Ugh, COVID is running rampant with PAX (I mean there is PAX pox but now with COVID...). I just hope I don't get it for the 2nd time, I'm already dealing with possible long covid stuff from last year (though I will say, that I took the risks so I only have myself to blame it just sucks).

Aaaaand the dreaded merge feature on iOS Safari has disappeared my 300 odd tabs. Coincidentally, yesterday I was chatting about how when past you does something that future you pats yourself on the back for. Well, I found that I had somehow bookmarked a lot of the same tabs almost 12 months ago.

Go past me! The other tabs… Oh well. I’m awful at having too many open and it’s bit me the arse more than once.

Aim for today is to leave the dwelling and venture out into this uninviting weather.

Q: What dishwashing liquid does everyone use? I’m pretty sure I’ve been a Morning Fresh faithful forever, but lately I’ve just found that no matter how soapy, I’m still find grease on some cookware.

Edit: Oops I just checked. Looks like Palmolive. Maybe I do have to return to MF.

Morning. I got back to sleep eventually

Fank fuck it's Friday.