@Seagoon_ Wanted to head out today, but ended up staying in.
Still have a blocked nose and want to rest up.
God fucking dammit fuck
oof that is a strong line too… you got it real good
Sorry to hear that mate! At least you can snuggle with Mickey. Does your partner have it too or just you?
Both of us tested positive immediately. We’re currently groaning while brewing some soup lol
First time? Internet soup delivery 🍲
Possibly third, but the second confirmed infection
oh no.
Big speedy recovery.
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All of those veggies our in our couldron brewing. Lamb instead of chicken tho.
Thank you for the tea 💜
oh noes, so many hugs take care, rest up
It’s certainly around again. Hopefully its short and sweet.
Damn. I hope you’re not feeling too bad from it.
How long did it take for the line to pop up?
Anyway get plenty of rest and lay low for the next few days.
Get well soon!
It was an immediate line, no delay or faintness at all, for both me and my partner.
It’s definitely not as bad as the first time: was out for two weeks. This time it’s just like a really nasty cold. We’re both very whiny and whiny about it lol, but can move about and do stuff with effort.
Just made myself a honey tea, but forgot to get lemons lol
Virtual chicken soup on its way to you - 🐔🍲
It’s such a cold night.
Stay warm everyone.
Melbcat is tucked in next to me with a hot water bottle. lol
Ha I managed to avoid most of it. Fell asleep at 9ish with the electric blanket on high. That translated to my dreams taking place in northern WA with the temperatures hitting 49°. It was fantastic. Although I did wake up with hiccups and feeling like I hadn’t consumed any liquids in about a week
I’ve accidentally learned to play piano.
So, I use a keyboard to play melodies on my PC to make songs. Usually playing one finger on each hand, like how some people type lol
Tonight I wasn’t really thinking, just noodling away and realised I can play with all fingers on both hands!
Still awkward, but it blew me away.
Hey, I’m one of those people that only types with one finger on each hand :(
So is my GP. It concerns me
My GP is a fucking machine when it comes to typing. He has to type at like 200WPM
I blame phones though. I learnt to type on a phone, and it’s a bit awkward to use more than 2 thumbs typing on a phone (at least with the size of them these days), so I think I just sort of applied that logic to computer keyboards but with my pointers instead of thumbs
That’s a very dirty look!!’ My cat is terrified of my piano. Feel guilty when I start to play and she runs out of the room
Anyone seeing any Eta Aquariids out there?
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Rice with fried egg and sardines please
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Let’s eat Grandma!
You have a cavalier attitude to expiry dates I see
sniff test
Only if she’s rich and builds a very expensive house.
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May I please have a raspberry smoothie and a SpaceFood stick
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Well I shan’t be needing lip balm for the rest of the day
People who do this shit should get eaten https://www.domain.com.au/news/200m-project-australias-most-expensive-ever-residential-build-chittering-western-australia-1281253/
If we wish to save the planet “eat the rich” is definitely the right dietary choice.
Australia has such a terrible gambling problem.
It’s shameful it’s been allowed to happen.
That was a fun read, some of the players commitment to getting their tag target was legendary!
Yesterday was Lucha Fantastica day and we absolutely loved it! It was at Collingwood town hall and we got there early, so first we went around the corner to Raphs for a coffee and snack, a nice tiny cafe that Mr P said did a great moussaka.
The kids could get right up close to the wrestling ring and my eldest (the keen wrestling fan of the family) was particularly enthralled. He was very interested in inspecting the setup of the ring and how it was put together. I never thought I’d spend a Saturday enthusiastically cheering a wrestling man dressed as a giant taco but there I was. Captain Chipotle chugged Valentina chilli sauce from the bottle. Chico was a crowd favourite, throwing lollies into the crowd throughout the show. I hear during the later adults show it’s tequila getting poured into the crowd ringside. One dude was wrestling dressed as an alien 😂 Mr P was happy there was Mexican beer and a margarita which was surprisingly strong, it really slapped. It was the kind of light hearted entertainment I’d been missing. At the end they had a couple of pinatas for the kids to have a crack at (some of those kids were swinging for Australia lol). An all round excellent day.
That sounds like so much fun actually
Walked to Moon for some cruller treats and stopped at Eddy gardens for some dog watching on the way home. Surely this makes up for rotting in bed all day yesterday?
Eerrrrggghhhh. Late to the party this morning. We had some excitement opposite me in our street last night - 3 am firetrucks and cop cars. Cops carefully saying nothing, but the firetrucks were all hooked up to the water supply, and lots of firies everywhere in gas masks. The houses opposite and me and my next door neighbours all got woken up and asked to leave for a safe space up the street. Presumably a gas problem/leak of some sort I reckon as no smell of fire. After an hour or so they let us back home and the trucks packed up and left. PSA: Oodies and ugg boots are fantastic for evacs of this sort - pocket holds all sorts of things and very very warm. They did offer us blankets but I didn’t need one with the oodie.
Ugh! As somebody who doesn’t typically clothes at night this would be very extra. Upset cats stuffed in boxen and no pants. 😝
I’ve always been worried that the one night I tried to sleep without clothes, my house would catch on fire. Or I’d get up at 2am for a dunny run really tired and forget I’m not wearing any clothes
I am over the worst of the cold but pretty fatigued and have a lovely hacking cough… I am getting really depressed about the state of my home though - haven’t had the energy to tidy/clean/cook much or generally adult all week.
So give me your best tips for focusing and moving and cleaning when you don’t feel like it!
(and I will rest but the mental health impact of the clutter is bigger than the physical illness plus I think moving will help clear the snots)
Close your eyes, click your heels, and say ‘I wish the goblins would take you away’
Will that make David Bowie turn up too? I could live with that
Those pants and a set of washing up gloves would be quite the outfit
My 🧠!! Under pressure, Queen vacuuming, David in rubber gloves, a high power water washer…
that’s probably my fave Queen video. I want to break free
Now add the scarlet YSL codpiece from Word Up
That’s a separate incantation involving red shoes and dancing the blues
First I would have something to eat. Next pick up any rubbish and dispose of that. Then dishes. Then I would tidy the lounge room because that’s where I spend my time when I’m sick. I just do a bit at a time.
As per PeelerSheila - sort the problem. My prioritised list would be - kitchen (including washing up and countertops but not floors), bathroom, bedroom then living room. In short, do small bits with big impact, then work down through the list. The floors can wait, the washing up can’t due to microbiology. A big area like the living room - find a dump zone (eg tabletop/sofa), then put all clutter there. Then straighten up the furniture (and floor if you have the energy) then depopulate the dump zone item by item into its proper place. There’s a hundred ways to do this - it’s finding one that’s doable for you right now.
When I’m super super sick, it pays to differentiate between “untidy” and “dirty”. Deal with “dirty” first, and take frequent rests. “Untidy” can be done any time after that.
My washing machine runs for about an hour. I pop on a load and then use it as a timer: I’ll clean until the washing’s done. Might not work as well for a slow front loader!
Some upbeat music or an interesting podcast helps too.
I use this tactic too. Doesn’t matter how shit I feel, if I have something else running in the background (washing machine, dishwasher, even the rice cooking) my brain will be more likely to get stuff done in between. Music also helps.
I think the inertia for me comes from this sinking feeling that the work is unending. having an inbuilt timer in the form of the background machine activity, and the music, helps me trick my brain.
Pick the thing that’s making it feel the most messy, eg kitchen. Then do the dishes and wipe the benches and make it tidy. If you have no more energy for anything else doesn’t matter, the worst is done and the place will feel enormously better.
Watched the other two Wong Kar-Wai films in the supposed trilogy. I think because I watched them back to back they feel closer together than In The Mood For Love.
I haven’t watched this much film for ages. Something about it hits different than my bouts of voracious consumption aka binge watching. I had to pay attention.
The Steven McCurry Icons at Seaworks is definitely worth a visit. If you go in the evening make sure you’re rugged up. It’s a giant shed so it gets bloody cold.
I am now at a point where I have lived more of my life in the 21st century than the 20th.
I knew it had to be close to that point and was thinking I should have a “half life” party to celebrate the occassion, but apparently it was nearly 2 months ago so I missed it.
Are you counting from January 2000 or 2001? I remember there being debate at the time over when the century starts. Either way, I have a bit to go.
Am never going to make it until I get a telegram from the king.
Which King though? Sausage fingers seems unlikely to last.
With boyos in the next generation and the one after that, bound to be one or other of them. I’m not fussed as to which.
If we are lucky we will be a republic. 🤞
Oh crap what a great idea. Except I’ve missed mine too (about 18months ago apparently). That’s wild.
Three years to go!
I hit that achievement approximately a second after I was born. You’ll get used to it /s
You just need to find the secret of eternal youth and then you can celebrate yours some time in 2101! or hang on, is that 2201? math hard.
TIL there’s a mini metro/motorways knockoff called mini airways. It looks quite fun, if you’re one of those weird people (like me) that enjoy games that raise your BPM by about 300
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2289650/Mini_Airways/
Playthrough: https://youtu.be/DnT2SvFaVlY