Ah red wine my old friend
I’ve popped you open again
I am drinking and I am dying
Mickey is playing and is biting
And the sounds of the neighbours watching tv
Float up to me
Is less than silentMmm love me a smooth red wine.
Sox is being unbearably cute today. Cuts through the ennui a bit, even though I’ve been neglecting her, lost in my own darkness. I’ve carefully kept away her very long whisker from last night as a good luck charm for the weeks ahead.
kawaii
If you can, I highly recommend burying your face in her fur. It really calms me; just move away if she stops purring. As long as you don’t use your hands, may tolerate it. It really helps me stay grounded, the smell of mickey, his scent mixed lightly with the clean litter. They’re soothing animals.
Saving whiskers is something I wish I started sooner. But I’ve been collecting them now and keeping them in a tin container. I hope to make him a toy with them when I have enough because he likes to eat them lol. I think keeping soxcats whiskers is a good omen, a positive influence that cats (and animals) can bring to our lives.
Wishing you a chill, cool night, Kitten. 💜💜💜
Miss Meow was missing from the lounge room tonight, and I thought she might have been hiding in the sewing room. Nope, she was having a lovely nap in the wardrobe. Apparently, my underwear is quite comfortable.
Drank last night, drinking tonight (because I forgot my FIL was coming over from Perth, and always goes to the turf bar lol), prolly drinking tomorrow (races that FIL must do when he comes to Melbs).
If I end up depression-posting, remind me I’ve been drinking for three days straight please
I’m not gonna tell you about the perils of drinking but make sure you’ve got something in ya guts before ya start boozing ok.
I had a big feast of fish and chips just before lol thank you! I shall try to remember to remain hydrated!!
👍
Has one drink and immediately looks for Mamma Mia 2: Fernando on YT.
Nooooo. Listen to ABBA Gold instead.
DANCING QUEEN
YOUNG AND SWEET
ONLY SEVENTEEEEEEEEN AHHHHHHH!Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
There was something in the air that night The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me for liberty, Fernando
Okay, but now, like, be Cher and Andy Garcia doing a weird hold and step back while fireworks burst and magic,
Do you wanna be Cher or Andy?
I’ll be Andy for something different.
CHER
Finally a use for the front facing camera
Meow
Ermagerd Gibson!!!
It’s a Friday and I’m still feeling despondent and miserable in my bones despite every effort to cheer up. What a drag… At least I’m meeting up with a friend on Sunday as a reward for the mega-clean I gotta do tomorrow. Booked in 4 rental inspections for Sat, Mon and Tue. None are exactly ideal places but I gotta start inspecting at least for my own mental health.
I hope you find something suitable. What’s happened is really, really fucked up.
The power imbalance between landlord and renter in this country is insane. It breeds a contempt for renters.
Australia could be a paradise, but instead we’re desperately trying to find somewhere to live. For a 1st world country to be using housing as a commodity is repugnant.
Thanks mate. I agree that the obsession with real estate as investment and this rent-seeking economy has been deleterious to the fabric of society on so many levels. It is not good for anyone’s psyche…
I’m increasingly convinced that the only real way I’ll earn enough decent coin is to live with family for a while rather than upskill/work harder. Not easy living with them (and they’re interstate), but easier than sharehousing with strangers at this age.
It’s otherwise so futile, pissing away so much of my hard work just to pay someone else’s mortgage and taxes.
I hope you have some luck looking at the rentals this week.
At least looking might give you some options. Hopefully the pricing will be better too in light of that.
Relax and have a nice dinner tonight.
There is one place I just saw that I’m keen on, it is a bit further away but not hugely (15-20 min drive to work) and ticks every other box. Inspection tomorrow morning.
I’m prefilling the application so I can apply asap if it suits, although my latest payslip doesn’t reflect my updated annual pay (as my change in hours kicks in from next pay cycle), and I haven’t asked for a rental ledger from my current LL yet.
I’m worried that I won’t be a very competitive tenant given that I’m single and on a confusing PT wage but I just gotta try.
God work is over. I need sleep and maybe some uber eats.
Tbh I’m still buzzing.
When I first got sober, the guy I lived with had a friend who ran open mic nights in Brunswick.
He got me to go along to watch and I ended up doing them for about a year every week. Was probably one of the few things that made me feel good about myself in those early days. Where you try to figure out who you are and what the hell normal life is supposed to be.
Once it was my birthday and they brought out a cake which was probably the happiest I’d been in more than 5ish years.
I stopped when I got into bands playing guitar again, and with Tafe and work, just stopped singing in general.
The band I was mainly concentrating on, and had an album recorded, gigs lined up etc died when lock downs happened.
Last night was a real big step back into live music. Thanks again everyone for all your support over the last 12ish months.
Means a hell of a lot ❤️
/rant
I’m really regretful that I didn’t come. It sounds like you were amazing and that everyone had a lot of fun!
We surely did! Be there or be square! (showing my age here)
All good! I’ll be going every 2nd week I reckon as it gives me time to learn new material. So if you ever feel like it, hit me up :)
Anyone experiencing issues with Bank of Melbourne / VISA credit cards?
Can’t tell if it’s an issue with the weather or I’ve been hacked, but my credit card got declined and the website says balance unavailable.
Tried contacting them, but after 8pm that’s a no no apparently.
I’m Bof Melb here - but there’s been an outage with St George and Westpac (Bof Melb is part of that group) so no surprises if there is. Fourth outage this week apparently.
Ahh, I seem to have missed that until now. Thanks for letting me know!
Down detector shows they having some problems being reported. Half of them were to do with credit cards.
Damn some lowlife has put a cigarette lighter to every single intercom camera on the apartment buildings along my street. Some people really fucking suck
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my long son
Beautiful 😍
Such a sweet boy! Gibson is a very, very different type of cat lol
As a fundraiser, the school sent us to a website where you can view some art your kid has done and then order it as a pillow, tote bag, calendar or a bunch of other options. Only this website lets you look at every piece of art that every kid in the school has done and pick any art any kid at the school has done. You just say I want this kid’s art on my $15 tote bag, thanks.
My dilemma is my kid is not the greatest artist in the school.
If you want to send a message to encourage art improvement, get another kids art on a tote or framed lol
“This could be you one day. But for now, it’s little Tommy in your class.”
As a parent you’re obligated to get your own kid’s art.
Without a doubt!
Yeah, we will of course. His artwork is even pretty good - particularly for him.
Maybe if you want you can ask him if he wants to pick one out as well.
Sounds like a copyright nightmare. Did you sign some sort of release?
who cares? its made with love. trumps any kind of artistic talent any day of the week.
You go the cheapest option available with your own child’s artwork and you will love it because it’s the best artwork ever.
Ps. Can you please approve Seagoon’s new login details.
There are no new account requests waiting for approval.
Well, there was one, but it was some spam about roof repairs in Canberra and I rejected that one. Now, there are none waiting.I’ve sent a message to her.
Say to the kid ‘hey you can do ANY of them! Which one you like?’
I’m not sure what the dilemma is? You afraid nobody will buy their artwork?
@Duenan has hit the issue right on the head. 😆
Oh right, I thought that was a given that you would buy one. Shit, I’ll buy one
For a few months now we’ve been experimenting with soju. The aussie soju is like Black Douglas and the South Korean is like Johnny Walker double black. The difference is very distinctive.
I do like soju a lot - any recommendations (of the south korean ones)?
These are the brands we’re drinking tonight
There’s another brand called Good Day which is good. As long as it’s South Korean and not Australian it should be good. The Aussie ones are rough imo but the SK are smoother. Strawberry and watermelon are my favourite flavours.
Hey so you all know my body is giving me an extremely hard time with eating/food and I’m still in a very long process of finding out why.
Would it be weird if I kept contributing to the Tucker Time thread/wherever with things I’ve had in the past or look good?
I’m trying to get the Aussie corner of Lemmy more active
No it’s not weird and I’d love you to contribute.
Sweet, I’ma check if chicken is still cheap (I know there’s a limit on eggs) and post a nice simple chicken doner I saw
Edit: Food Australia instance, that’s what I was thinking of
Finally got food into me.
Not feeling too great today. Was out grocery shopping and felt a wave of dizziness and, ears felt blocked and I came down with major sweats.
If I didn’t have a wall or trolley with me I would have needed to sit down right then and there.
Anyway I did manage to do my shopping and I am home now.
Going to maybe get another sandwich and coffee and sit down for awhile.
Maybe grab some cold and flu tablets just in case
Ill take some panadol and nutafen for the moment just incase since that’s all I have.
I’ve literally sat here doing nothing except the laundry ever since I got home.
I had about 3 hours sleep last night, so that sounds like a great day lol
Not really to be honest. Feeling a bit rubbish after my episode today.
How come you couldn’t sleep last night? Too wired from last night?
Way too wired. Just feeling real positive and in a good mood! I’m not saying I’m unhappy a lot, but it’s a nice change from the norm.
