G'day all! Time to sit down with my dinner and read back through your day, as I do when I've been too busy to Lemmy. I look forward to reading about your adventures!
sheesh, a long day today. About to go home, but first gotta drop the fact my new short story released
Couch came mid afternoon, delivery guy obligingly carried it into the lounge (would have been bloody hard for me to get it in on my own.
Zooks was already sitting on it upside down when I was putting the legs on, and purred for a solid hour once it was all put together.
We're now happily stretched out while I watch random stuff on YT.
Newcouch Zooks tax? 🥺 I love it when cats glom onto new items and take prompt ownership of them
Yes I wasn't sure about it at first since the walls are kind of a light sage but the Ishka cushions I have have green in the pattern so it ties in well.
It’s not the shopping, it’s not the cooking. It’s thinking what to cook and cleanup that tires me. I know someone that eats the same meal on each night, eg pasta Monday, taco Tuesday etc. Planning is easier sure but I think the boredom would kill me. And the endless life chore of dishes is soul sucking.
this is why I got a giant freezer. When struck I make ALL THE THINGS
when meh, I pull a lasagne or bolognaise or curry or dumplings or whatever out of freezer and cooketh.
I don't like it but I don't hate it, I don't think about it, just do it. Which I suppose is a way of coping with doing doing something tedious and ick.
I get this. I feel like I just washed up and then… Where did all these dishes come from?
Go to Aldi and look in the freezer dept. There's a shit load of stuff in there to give you ideas. Pair freezer stuff to fresh stuff.
I keep a google sheets list of things I know how to cook. then fill in the blanks with youtube shorts that look interesting enough to tackle.
there have been studies!!
It's not boring to eat the same food.
It helps reduce stress as there is one less choice to make a day and people learn to enjoy a reduced menu.
Can confirm. I was the subject of a focussed study where I cooked and ate green chicken curry every night for 12 months. I loved it. Still love it. Probably couldn't do it again though on account of family members I've picked up since then saying things like I don't like it, it's boring, we had it last night etc....sigh
Whoa, 365 nights of the same meal?? I love green curry chicken, but that sounds horrific! I think I’d be an exceptionally bad candidate for those studies. I need variety.
Do the dishes bit by bit. Rinse and stack, then wash a few when you make a coffee. Makes it less of task for me at least.
My husband I each have a couch facing each other and he likes to fart up a storm on his side lately so I have told him if his filth breaches international shores I'm gonna unleash my nuclear power aka lavender spray. Tensions have eased today since it's Friday. A ceasefire if you like.
I've seen the kid come in to the room and go "nup" and back out.
It's been a really really long day of talking and meetings but mostly worthwhile. Some genuinely thought provoking stuff. But it really, really stretched out the day :/ At least I get paid for the extra hours (or take it as time in lieu). Having two g&ts and walking home helped take the edge off a lot.
On my way back I also reported an expensive fancy car that was half jutting out onto the footpath of a main road because two other cars were already tandem parked on the driveway. I usually never bother, but eff it. These are rich people in an expensive area, it isn't some back road, they can cop a fine for being lazy shits.
This weekend has some social stuff but also a lot of financial decisions. Got my bonus and tax return today - yay 🤑! Now come all the expenses 💸... Energy bill came in - big jump in use, 9.42kWh (~$3) day. Need to organise replacement of radio in car with android auto. Need to organise car service. Need dental clean. Need drs appt after like 7 months. Need to rebuild savings. Need to plan how much longer I'll continue working FT...
But I think about where I was just over a year ago and so many years prior, and I'm SO grateful that I have all these choices now.
Apparently it has been a year since I last changed power/gas companies, so I have just been through the whole energy compare thing again. It is annoying how much of our lives we have to waste on this stuff, and it sucks that we effectively penalise people who can't do this. People like to call it a "lazy tax" to put the moral responsibility on individuals, but in reality it is primarily a penalty on people who struggle because of literacy issues, disability, age etc. A civilised society should be able to manage a fair distribution of essential services, instead we have created a system designed to take more from the most vulnerable people.
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A civilised society should be able to manage a fair distribution of essential services
No. That's communism.
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::: spoiler spoiler Jokes. Agreed :::
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Was just shaving and noticed a HAIR protruding from one of my nostrils! NOOOOOO I'M NOT OLD YET!!
Yanked that mofo out of there. Now for some sweet sweet denial.
I've had to stop plucking the greys out of my eyebrows or I'd have no eyebrows left. Not a single grey in my hair though.
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It's insane to me that there isn't an age cutoff of the standard retirement age for the highest-level job in the country.
If the party steps him down now, it'd be the responsible thing to do but it'd show weakness and go back on everything they've been saying (that he's fine) and they seem too arrogant to do that. Plus the fickle media/voters would probably label the party as unstable (which maybe they are) and lose them the election.
If they leave him on and he dies soon, the party looks stupid for not standing him down sooner and if he dies after winning there would be a lot of talk about the intention of getting the VP in as president without people voting for them.. another issue with their entire system of voting for the "president" and not the party/policies.
If they leave him on and he keeps kicking and wins, you'd have to trust that serious people are actually running the country and he's just rolled out to flub through speeches and shake some hands. If he loses then they have 4 more years of a cartoon-supervillain president assuming he lives through them.
I don't see a way back for the USA from the crips vs bloods level of division their people are in plus their need to make politics into entertainment. The hero-worshipping of their politicians is baffling to me. They're politicians!
If they leave him on and he keeps kicking and wins, you’d have to trust that serious people are actually running the country and he’s just rolled out to flub through speeches and shake some hands.
This is essentially the scenario if Biden wins. He's been in politics long enough to know how things work and what can be done through which channels. He's good at putting experience people in the right positions in his cabinet. He's got contacts and is still very much a 'Statesman'. I doubt he has a strong guiding hand in many of the policies, but rather acts in an advisory capacity.
Trump is the exact opposite, where he has no idea what he's doing BUT wants to be involved.
Best case scenario, Biden wins, governs for a while, resigns and Harris is Pres until end of term. Her legal background might make her much ruthless than Biden in dealing with Trump and his ilk.
I can't imagine wanting to do a job that big at that age. If I make it to 80 I would like zero responsibility thank you, time to potter around or travel or whatever fun looks like in the moment. Not running a bloody country.
fuck the dems are shit at campaigning
the team should be spending their time attacking trump and the gop, not infighting
that will leave Joe to run his own campaign
and when joe wins after a year or so he can resign and kamala can take over
I've never been interested in American politics but this one's a doozy. I don't think Joe's gonna make it which leaves the clown in charge. Again.
the problem as I see it is Trump could have a stroke on stage and his people would still vote from him. President Biden sadly cant rely on insanity of his supporters, the downside of being the "good" guy I suppose.
You don't keep the tired player on the field. You send out the fresh legs to kick the winning goal.
Yeah true but I wanna see someone competent to whip his arse in the election. I wanna see sore loser.
I think he would go more bonkers if he loses to Biden twice. Losing to another person won't hurt his ego as much.
Is it normal to be fatigued by antibiotics? I went to bed at 11ish last night and woke up at 2:30pm which is super weird.
I guess it depends what you’re fighting against as well but the antibiotics could be hitting you hard.
What are you playing on the iPad?
This game called Breach Wanderers which is like slay the spire but heaps better.
Also trying out pubg, cod and warframe.
Any recommendations?
Hmm depends what you’re looking for or like.
If you like slay the spire type stuff there’s one called Monster Train, it’s a little bit different though.
I play Honkai Star Rail so there’s always that.
Cheers! I'll suss em out. I try not to play games on my studio PC and leave it only for music, but it can run recent games quite well. So it's a struggle lol
They can both be played on iPad. Honkai Star Rail is free but it’s a gacha game at its heart.
Monster Train is a paid game on the ipad
Just wanted to say I'm really enjoying it! Thank you for mentioning it, I've been playing it quite a lot the last few days! :) just wanted to pass on my thanks
Edit: breach wanderers, that is lol
Just wait until you unlock the 3rd character that uses their own damage as a weapon. So damn good!
aww shittttttttt
when out for my daily stomp a month or so ago I noticed something that looked very very promising being built on Cochrane's road. From an open door of a recently sold warehouse I spied what looked an awful lot like a looping indoor track under construction. "Wah wah you're crazy" the husband said "wah wah it's the tile area, probably the conveyer track for marble cutting or something"
Well the signage is up and who's wah wahing now my friends? HA!
Wife and I discussing about a piece of furniture on Facebook marketplace.
The listing has a photo of their dog. So I joked about buying said dog.
Hey mate you've been resting on the machine for 5 min fucking around on your phone. Either exercise or get off the machine.
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Just got a message that the couch I ordered, original estimated delivery 17th - 22nd, is out for delivery today.
Cue mad cleaning and rearranging I was going to do over the weekend.
I've only been awake 4 hours and its dark. Early night I think to let the antibiotics do their job.
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My tax return processed this morning. Right on time, wasn't expecting that.
Finally going to upgrade the GPU, but I'm a bit concerned about the ram clearance, so I want to properly measure it out first.
I also bought a security camera today and some door alarms. I'm not sure if that was a wise use of money though, because I mean he's moved out now, and my doors and windows are all locked. If he was to come back and try to break in again (which seems less likely with each day that passes), he's probably going to get in by smashing a window. In which case an alarm probably won't do much. But I guess it'll make me feel safer, so it won't be entirely useless I suppose
Edit: I also followed up with the crime investigation unit handling my report, but they didn't really give me any new info. I gave them the serial number for my MacBook though, hopefully that helps
My tax return processed today as well, 5 business days from when it was lodged - very happy with that turnaround and the return!
Can you reuse the security camera and alarms? Never know when they'll come in handy...
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I lodged mine 10 (normal) days ago. Completely forgot about it until 2 days ago when I was like "hey, I lodged my tax return a little bit ago, I should go see what stage it's up to" and it was on settling accounts or reviewing accounts or something like that. Then the next day it was pending.
Yeah, I can reuse it all. I got door sensors and alarms, so I can use the sensors to automate things too (they think the primary use is turning on lights). If the camera is good quality (it was only 50 bucks), it could be good to reuse once I move out, although I might go for something hard wired and with a roof mount instead
I noticed mine came in today because I was checking to see that my pay came in, saw my bank balance and thought I'd been overpaid, only to see it's my tax return. Yum.
If you can reuse it all then it's not a waste of money. You never know when it might come in use again esp as you're handy with this stuff. Good investment 👍
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I'd bought a couple of games on steam just before the "summer" sale ended at around 12:30am. I limited myself since I didn't want to waste the last of my money so I just got a couple. If I'd known my tax return would come literally 10 minutes later (12:42), I would've waited and gotten a few more. My bank didn't notify me when it came in either like they normally do which was odd. I just went to make sure I had enough in my main account to buy a coffee this morning and had a nice surprise