Discussion Thread 🛵 Sunday 1 June 2025

Good gig last night. Speaker rig was one of the more impressive ones I've heard for DnB, pretty much custom built for the genre. Pretty rare to hear it that loud with clarity which was nice.

Shitload of security though. Probably a legal requirement, but there were security dudes standing on boxes in each corner just watching the d-floor. Not really the sort of music that attracts trouble but I guess it'd make a few people feel safer.

Got home at about 1:30am to hambam sitting at the front door waiting for me with sad eyes :( Felt bad so cooked him up some mince to make it up to him.

Edit: and he's been staring at me all morning:

Hello! Been a little while since I posted, I was o/s for a couple of weeks. Got back yesterday and slowly adjusting to normal life again.

Woke up before sunrise as I was asleep by 9pm last night, completely totalled from the flight home (got the row behind the loud & crying toddler, lucky me). Still not feeling 100% though, there's a big sleep debt to catch up on. Have been tackling some life / business admin and washing this morning. Then will go for a walk to bask in the winter sunshine and need to fill my very empty fridge with food.

I thumbtacked it to see how it looks before I start building rails.

I reckon it looks nice. This house is devoid of decoration so it's nice to have something up.

Edit: I just realised that temu order was my first ever online purchase. Damn I've been out of the loop lol

Happy National Meat Pie Day 🥧

One day I will manage to bake without creating a flour bomb. Today is not that day.

Alright! Downstairs are fine to start paying for my car parks they're using (I have two car parks, and have been letting my downstairs neighbour use them for free for ~2 years).

But if/when I get a job, I'll lower or cancel the payment altogether.

But at least if things take a little time, my rent increase will be covered lol

salmon and eggs on toast for brekkie. dogs walked. market marketed. fire going. soup bubbling away. roast veggie lasagne baking. feeling pretty satisfied that I can just....potter around for the rest of the day.

Goodnight all ❤️

Head turned to the sky at the witching hour
Counting the stars as they fall like flowers
There's power in their sparkling forms
That fade away at the break of dawn

My useless talent is being able to listen to a song, in pretty much any language, and be able to sing along to the chorus after a few listens. It always shocks my partner, which pleases me.

What's your useless talent? Discuss.

Bonus question: what's your favourite non-English language song?

Too early to be this wide awake.

Edit: more sleep because why not.

Sky very pretty

Pantry is cleaned and scrubbed and rearranged. I did not actually find much evidence of pantry moths larvae so it's all still a bit of a mystery. But I threw out some old stuff and some stuff that might've been eaten a bit. Luckily most things are already in jars. It's neat and clean now though. Time for a shower and dinner.

Look south. Geomagnetic storm is here. (Try again later tonight if there is nothing)

Try with phone or real camera if your eye cannot see it

Updating my diary and playing with stickers and coloured pens while playing music. Good way to spend a Sunday night. Bought some packs of random Mofusand stickers and I absolutely love them.

Had outing to Bunnings and Officeworks today 💸 Both Minipeelers like drawing, especially Miniest, and it was time for some new textas and sketchpads and stuff. Needed some plumbing supplies and I bought myself a hanging fern for the bathroom. I really love it, it adds so much life to the room and looks really cool. Somehow I managed to fit in a book, The Community by Christine Gregory. More crime lol, this time set in a small Australian country town. I was lucky in that this one was a real page turner, and the characters were diverse and interesting and kind of familiar.

This dog cracks me up. Yesterday, I saw him lower his arse down on the remote control which was sitting on the floor, it lights up and changed the channel. No paws were used.

Today he tried to barge into the YL's room (he stands on his hind legs and pushes) but it's shut properly so he slid down sideways clawing at it as he goes down. Repeat.

I fixed the smartplug issue. Turns out I had the grinder plugged into it, not the coffee machine. Good thing I figured that out before I had a certified Dad With Technology Moment

Just had a nice little gaming session with my friend who currently is sick with COVID.

Been awhile since we’ve played a game together and we just talked on the long e while doing it.

Tough to find time to do these things these days.

had a good sleep in

early lunch done

then off the beach

then finish painting

do a few loads washing

cook a big amount of dinner for the week, it will be garam masala spiced burgers

and the usual amount of daily organising and cleaning

That leaves the rest of the week mostly open for reading and studying 😊

It looks like the mountain trails near my place might be feasible. I could take the new bike up those trails, cut out some annoying intersections, and hopefully save some time as well.

Either way, the council is working on a park and connecting those trails officially right now, so later in the year there will be this nice public space and more ways to get around

Fluffy bludger makes a good point.

I should chill in bed and make music on the ipad.

Edit: She's a bad influence, I've been napping all day. Apparently this is a temporary side effect of reducing the anti depressent.

I've been thinking it's just a couple more boxes needed for about four boxes now, and the kitchen cupboards still aren't empty 😭

And once I finish the kitchen I still have a laundry cupboard, the bedroom and some shed/garden stuff to do. I think I underestimated how much physical effort this takes. When I was younger and fitter I could have got this done a lot quicker.

Oh yeah, I still have to do a final clean of the fridge and freezer too.

the new method of brushing paint then dry rolling furniture is working well , no streaks 👍

I’m having a bad day and am tempted to rant but it’s probably not a good idea -_-

All I can say is I’m getting increasingly sick of other people

All the gardening gadgets are going outside. The mower, whipper snipper, leaf blower and the favourite, the edger. I've chucked him a coffee. I'm soooo nice.

checklist

sleep in done painting done beach done cats looked after cooking done

now to finish the washing, clean the dishes and do some writing 🫠

Where's the quiz :(

I've spent way too long over the past couple days looking up the curious case of an orange oily substance coming out of my uh, rear end recently. Long story short, apparently it can be caused by some kinds of white fish - and I did eat an unusual one on Wednesday - but it's not going away, so I'm starting to wonder if it's a pancreas thing.

Ah well, enough Dr Google - real drs appt it is on Wednesday, hopefully it won't be $60 out of pocket just to be told it's stress...

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Poor Melbcat seems fussy and is a bit ‘backed up’, still seems painy, and still cries after peeing :( She also seems unusually hungry for wet food.

I’ve been giving her osmolax + extra water in her wet food and am taking her back to the vet Monday. The uti might not be resolving even on the hardcore antibiotics or she might need to have her thyroid checked again. Or perhaps it’s her kidneys worsening 😣

I also haven’t been trying to apply the dental gel because I don’t want to upset her.

Edit: I’ve given her a spot on treatment and used the oral gel. I am a mean abusive mumther