• calhoon2005@aussie.zone
    16·
    4 days ago

    Heading to Flaming Lips tonight, should be fun. I’m guessing they haven’t installed aircon at festival hall…?

    Edit. Feels like there’s fans, but it’s still really quite hot.

    Edit. There seems to be no fans. I was mistaken.

    Edit. My god, I’m drenched already.

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    Second set … I’ll ease off now 🙂

  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    4 days ago

    I bought a portable air con from Appliances Online. Rare delivery fail - didn’t get notified until the guys actually rocked up to deliver. First time this has happened to me.

    Mega dramas hooking it up to the outside to vent (we all gotta vent from time to time). At the moment it’s held in place by repurposed cardboard and the magic of duct tape, which will do until it rains. If it continues to do well over the next few days, then will invest in a proper window fitment.

    Unit works well - has shrunk the temp in my bedroom from 30 plus to 23 over 1 hour. Methinks this was money well spent.

    Will be keeping an eye on the power bill, but my last one was $45, so I think I can splurge a bit on personal comfort.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      8·
      4 days ago

      Definitely worth shelling out to not boil in this horrid heat. You’d have spent so many decades the “hard way” with wet towels and ice cubes and what not. I’d only experienced that in my childhood overseas and that was enough for me.

  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
    14·
    4 days ago

    Out for a walk and brunch before the weather gets too hot. Now home for washing and relaxing.

    Love this space on the internet and glad for all those who are or were part of it.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      7·
      4 days ago

      I know. 🥹 I feel so lucky and grateful to have all these wonderful people share their everyday lives.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    10·
    4 days ago

    Gutters done. Always like doing them down here because:

    Worth the risk. Lovely up there. Doesn’t look anything like that from ground level.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    4 days ago

    Rolled outta bed late and dehydrated but still managed to hoist myself out to do the needful:

    ⛽ Car filled up

    🚘 Car given a long overdue clean and vac - tired of Monday’s gunk

    🌬️ Car tyres pumped although I still get the tyre pressure warning…

    🥕 Bought fruit and veg at my old shops on the way back (almost drove back to my old place out of habit 💔)

    🍲 That includes a shit tonne of vegan snags and easy cook shit at the Fancy Woollies which I miss DEARLY despite the shitty parking

    🍦 Grabbed half price ice cream and cheap chips from the shops across the road

    🧹 Vacuumed the joint

    🚿 Had a shower with hot water coming out of the cold tap, as usual on hot days, because this place sucks that way

    ❄️ Aircon on

    🍽️ About to have a late lunch

    That’s it. Staying PUT until Monday. I have plenty of food options. Window shades on my car windscreen because I’m not going anywhere. Need to buy a dash cover.

    So many Severence theories to catch up on and then time for this week’s The Pitt, then I’ll need to tackle the dishes and get round to reading Juice tonight.

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    10·
    4 days ago

    I didn’t mean to, but I also bought a copy of War and Peace today.

    I guess I know how I’m spending the heat

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    9·
    4 days ago

    Might watch Se7en now. I’ve been looking at what Cinema Nova’s been doing for their anniversary parties and following that

    Edit: was good, but holy shit

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      2·
      4 days ago

      I’d love to check out more of their events like that. It would be so good to watch those classics on the big screen properly

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    4 days ago

    I wish I could do gaming on the PC sometimes but after sitting and staring at a monitor for 40+ hours at work i just can’t do it.

    #consolepeasent

    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
      4·
      4 days ago

      Boyo finally got to see me have a gaming meltdown tanty after struggling with a POE2 boss just earlier. I’m not proud

      I’m a PC and console gamer. Depends on the game. I do agree that sometimes sitting down to my PC to play after being at work all day makes me question life and I play a lot less these days… mostly because it makes my evenings go too quickly!!

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        I would love to setup a pc in the loungeroom connected to my large 4k TV and just use a controller.

        Just being able to have mods is insane!!!

        I don’t play during the week otherwise I’d play all night lol. I only play on weekends.

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      3·
      4 days ago

      I use a controller with my PC if I’m playing a game like Dark Souls.

      I guess the switch is easier for me because I have a couple of hours between work and gaming with the boys’ evening routine

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        That makes sense. For me it’s the sitting position. I play guitar sitting on the floor because I can’t hack sitting in a chair again lol

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      4·
      4 days ago

      I think that’s understandable if you’re feeling that way and able to make that link.

      Means you need a break from the computer screen.

      Time to chill and do other things if you ask me.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    7·
    4 days ago

    I feel like I’m missing something fundamental in my life and I don’t know what. Perhaps it’s boredom and sense of fulfilment, because there is so much I can do with ice on my face for most of the day. I’m trying not to see the future as scary, but as something with hopefully some sort of excitement.

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      I think it’s normal to see the future as a bit scary. It’s the unknown.

      Edit: Maybe that’s one of the most exciting things about being alive. You don’t know what’s around the corner.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    12·
    5 days ago
    Cat medical

    The Melbaby got a day to decompress and then we went to the usual vet yesterday… her blood pressure kept climbing from stress so the next thing is a home visit. Hopefully that’s easier on her so we can get an accurate read and do something.

    I’m told that her eyes seemed ok or at least the things told to me seem better than the emergency doctor presented them. And she’s eating. Avoiding obstacles. But I’m still noticing some vision problems. I had to move a shifted water bowl back into position in front of her and audibly tap the edge. I’m not seeing her usual quick curious glance.

     

    Housing

    I’ve been told of another housing option but the organisation has a bad reputation. From my observations of the local place “run” by them it’s well deserved. And reviews mention them not addressing prolonged violent antisocial behaviour against other tenants - which is what I’m trying to avoid.

    I don’t know that I trust them. I’m not trying to uproot my whole life only to end up in the same situation or worse.

     

    TW suicide

    I’m struggling with how hard and unforgiving and never ending life feels and really struggling to function in a basic capacity. Wishing I had the guts to end it. Been feeling that way for a long time.

    Melbcat is my rock and my anchor. I’m not going to be able to handle it when she passes especially having to make that decision. So I think that is going to be a really high risk time for me.

     

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      7·
      4 days ago

      so many hugs

      and get a kitten. Melbcat will have someone to teach cat things to and to care for, it will be her cat legacy ❤️

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        5·
        4 days ago

        I think she’d be really stressed with a new cat, and she has chronic cat flu that she could transmit.

        It’s a shame. I did think about fostering kittens for her to play with but it’s a gamble and I’m actually not sure about my capabilities anymore or about bringing them into my situation.