I sent another care package to my friend. They have atypical pneumonia, I havenโt been able to see them and Iโm a bit worried.
::: spoiler Sorting Melbcatโs stuff
Iโve returned Melbcatโs unused meds to the vet because someone else can use them. There was an entire box of medication in there that hadnโt been opened yet and the vet specifically asked for the return of the second bag of fluids if they didnโt get used. (There may be a shortage.) Iโm still deciding whether to wash and donate the Aerokat.
Still feeling absolutely shattered about losing her and am sleeping holding her urn at night the same way I used to hold her. It was so sudden which makes it really hard to accept. She was such a part of my life.
:::
::: spoiler Black cat has returned
The black cat is back and was sulky about my disappearance. I caved and started patting him again so Iโm back on the disinfection treadmill and fretting how to deal with it. Also finding dead birds which I hope was the heat spell and not himโฆ one was a magpie and I hear a kookaburra I donโt want to get eaten. All of this would be so much easier if this cat didnโt have ringworm.
There is one neighbour I might talk to about if anyone owns him. I did give the vet a found poster and am waiting on a cheapie chip scanner to see if he even has a microchip so it would be safer to take him to the vet. If he does have a chip and an owner I could possibly abduct him into the vet for their collection. The hissing though. I wish these vets were authorised to contact owners directly rather than send them to the pound with a collection deadline.
:::
Life is so fucking hard. Iโm desperately trying to fix something in my godforsaken life and unshittify my surroundings by a tiny amount but everything feels so painful and pointless.
The premise: a rubber car tyre developed awareness and psychokinetic powers to kill people
The actual experience: Pretentious absurdist French shite.
Maybe some people like it, but I certainly did not. And yes, I will take any opportunity to shit on this film. I wasted 82 minutes of my life, twice, on this poop film
Two that I can think of. Moulin Rouge. Didn't get passed the first half hour. Don't know what it's about still to this day. And Mamma Mia. I did watch it all and then slapped myself.
Oh my lord do I love watching The Room, it's just so perfectly quotable!
"Anyway, how's your sex life?" ๐ And that awkward scene where he fucks her dress? Or the sheets? So delightfully unhinged.
I actually read the book Greg wrote about how he met Tommy and how the movie got made, production etc, also delightfully unhinged. And the Disaster Artist movie was great too.
You're not missing out at all. It's crap. My gf at the time got upset at me cause I didn't the movie emotionally compelling (i might have clapped when Winona's character died) and we shouldn't see each other.
I liked how dumb it was. Like at the start the guy lists a bunch of movies and includes JFK, then says 'no one knows why those stories happened, they just did.'
I have a Mubi subscription and have watched a bunch of weird stuff. I may have been more used to pretentious French expressionist cinema at the time too
I may have treated this ringworm inadequately and spread it to the sheets and my ankle. It could be irritation from the perfumed antifungal laundry rinse but with my immune system Iโm not taking any chances. Treatment will recommence and endless hot wash and dry laundry continues.
I may have to wash the last two blankets that might still smell of Melbcat and stink them up with scent.
I donโt seem to be progressing at anything, the house doesnโt look any cleaner, my wrist hurts from slamming my hand into the wall, I spend every moment of every day feeling hollow and like I want to cry.
:::
I figured a good way to read books is to take them with me on the train, ( audible is only good for me when I listen to fiction ), but for that I need a bigger bag. Totoro bag has been taken out of retirement ๐ซ
I've downloaded Diablo II and have started leveling a necromancer. I called him Old Mate.
I still have a soft spot for DIII because that was my first Diablo game and I got the box as a gift from a Xmas casual job I was doing (bauble painting at Knox City lol). We we're right outside EB games, and my manager George bought it for me as my Xmas bonus. Fond memories ahhh
I'm loving DII, I've played before with my partner, but this is my solo run.
I've never played Majora's Mask, or many Zelda games at all really. I did play the DS one that was a train? Spirit train? And Breath of the Wild.
I'm playing the recompiled version. People made a native PC version based on the Super Mario 64 source code leak from a few years back. It has improved framerate, widescreen support, and mods.
One great QOL improvement it comes with is your main masks and ocarina are mapped to the D-pad and you can skip the cutscene of putting the masks on. I think in the original they had to be part of your 3 item slots.
You can get it here, you still need a ROM file but they're easily acquirable if you need one:
There's also recomp versions of Super Mario 64, Ocarina Of Time, Mariokart 64, and Banjo Kazooie that I know of. These recomp versions are the way to play these games now they exist.
Yes. Ship is OoC. I'm playing the MM version. They could be separate teams though, I think the Majora's Mask people want to do their own recomp and put it in the same program
They're like different types of getting hooked. Modern games make the gameplay loop so fluid you can just keep going. In old games you're stuck looking for that one thing you need to do to get to progress the game
Need to find cheaper SIMs for the three offspring. Currently on Optus through AussieBB at $25 / month each ๐ฐ Loving AussieBB support but that's expensive for kids' phones. Anyone got any telco recommendations for / against for cheap mobile plans?
Don't do what I did: get a job, upgrade phone to a pixel, lose job, be stuck with $100 monthly bills for 3 years.
I have a few months left on my contract, and am honestly highly considering doing what my partner did and just getting a "dumb" phone. My only gripe is Nokia isn't making dumb phones anymore, and my partner's Telstra one is a shitty piece of plastic.
I'm sorry I don't have any actual advice to give you lol
How long is a piece of string? I usually get 365 day plans with around 100gb of data for around $120. But I'm on wifi most places I go and tend to use about 20gb of mobile data annually. EDIT: I buy my phones outright, but you're asking about SIMs. If your kids go through the 100gb of data quickly, you can always buy another 365 sim, possibly with a larger data amount.
88 Comments
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 148d
Internal job application successfully submitted. Applications close Thursday so I'm hoping I'll hear by next week ๐ค
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
Good luck ๐ค
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
GET ITTTTTTT!!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
YASSSSS GET THAT WORK LIFE BALANCE
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
๐ค
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Fingers crossed mate ๐ค๐พ
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 148d
It's official.
I am now having random cat dreams.
My status is now cemented.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
One of us.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 148d
Ooh some fisticuffs b/w tradies next door.
That's exciting.
I going for the one in hi viz (nothing against tradies, just the yelling). They're all very quiet now lol.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 148d
Did they take their shirts off? ๐
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 148d
Stupid society. I feel like such a creep going next door and picking up the carton that got misdelivered. It's MINE, I promise!!!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
May as well make a show of it right? Tip toe over to it, furtive glances, the whole 9 yards lol
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Damn it, absolutely missed opportunity. Pretty sure the old guy across the way was watching.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
Next time dress up like Sly Raccoon ๐
Edit: okay I swear he was called Sly Raccoon but it's actually called Sly Cooper. I feel like this is some kind of Mandela effect shit or smth lol
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Tea leaf! โ๏ธ
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 148d
I have the front door open and I'm still sweating.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 148d
Iโm on the couch under a throw rug.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I envy you
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
I'm alternating between the oodie and a hoodie.
My Bermuda triangle of sweat (nose and upper lip) is very sweaty however lol
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
it's sooo humid
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 148d
I sent another care package to my friend. They have atypical pneumonia, I havenโt been able to see them and Iโm a bit worried.
::: spoiler Sorting Melbcatโs stuff
Iโve returned Melbcatโs unused meds to the vet because someone else can use them. There was an entire box of medication in there that hadnโt been opened yet and the vet specifically asked for the return of the second bag of fluids if they didnโt get used. (There may be a shortage.) Iโm still deciding whether to wash and donate the Aerokat.
Still feeling absolutely shattered about losing her and am sleeping holding her urn at night the same way I used to hold her. It was so sudden which makes it really hard to accept. She was such a part of my life. :::
::: spoiler Black cat has returned
The black cat is back and was sulky about my disappearance. I caved and started patting him again so Iโm back on the disinfection treadmill and fretting how to deal with it. Also finding dead birds which I hope was the heat spell and not himโฆ one was a magpie and I hear a kookaburra I donโt want to get eaten. All of this would be so much easier if this cat didnโt have ringworm.
There is one neighbour I might talk to about if anyone owns him. I did give the vet a found poster and am waiting on a cheapie chip scanner to see if he even has a microchip so it would be safer to take him to the vet. If he does have a chip and an owner I could possibly abduct him into the vet for their collection. The hissing though. I wish these vets were authorised to contact owners directly rather than send them to the pound with a collection deadline.
:::
Life is so fucking hard. Iโm desperately trying to fix something in my godforsaken life and unshittify my surroundings by a tiny amount but everything feels so painful and pointless.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
so many hugs
when things are easier thru all your hard work then I think you will enjoy life more , the pay off is in the future ๐
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I really hope so. Unfortunately I think when all the work is done Iโll just collapse into deep depression or incapacitated anxiety
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
i get that sometimes
it's just echoes of people from the past who used to make me feel bad when I had good things going on my life
so hard to get past that feeling
I should be angry and tell them to go fuck themselves, ( in my mind ) I suppose,
and focus on the praise and kisses I get from mr seagoon
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Iโm just overfunctioning trying to claw some control back and outrun my grief
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
hugs
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 148d
Worst movie ever watched?
For me: Rubber (2010), dir. Quentin Dupieux.
The premise: a rubber car tyre developed awareness and psychokinetic powers to kill people
The actual experience: Pretentious absurdist French shite.
Maybe some people like it, but I certainly did not. And yes, I will take any opportunity to shit on this film. I wasted 82 minutes of my life, twice, on this poop film
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Two that I can think of. Moulin Rouge. Didn't get passed the first half hour. Don't know what it's about still to this day. And Mamma Mia. I did watch it all and then slapped myself.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
Agree with you on Mama Mia. I think it was popular because of the abba songs, but take that away itโs a nothing much special.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I think they're gonna make a third and I don't know why they made a second one.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I liked Moulin Rouge but I watched it as a teen and had a massive crush on both Ewan, Nicole, and the guy that sings Roxanne ๐
Hard agree on Mamma Mia, and I love ABBA ๐
tone212_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Objectively it has to be The Room, but what makes it so bad also makes it great.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
Oh my lord do I love watching The Room, it's just so perfectly quotable!
"Anyway, how's your sex life?" ๐ And that awkward scene where he fucks her dress? Or the sheets? So delightfully unhinged.
I actually read the book Greg wrote about how he met Tommy and how the movie got made, production etc, also delightfully unhinged. And the Disaster Artist movie was great too.
Can you tell I love The Room? ๐
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Movie I have sat all the way through. Most bad movies I will stop watching.
Survive!
I saw this at the movies with my frenemy
it was so bad I laughed, she was really upset I laughed
true, the story was serious, but a serious story is different to a well made movie, which this was not
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survive!_(film)
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
TIL about the Tarantino connection/reference. Awesome thank you.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Never heard of it but I clicked the link to see what made it serious. How bad must it have been if it ended up a comedy ๐
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 147d
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 147d
::: spoiler it has a worse score than the room ๐๐๐
:::
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I loved that movie lol.
I always read it as satire of a particular genre of film.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I'm starting to think that perhaps the issue is me ๐๐๐
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Autumn in New York - Richard Gere and Winona Ryder
Shlockfest about a younger woman falling in love with an older man, and then she gets sick (or is sick) and dies near the end of the movie.
Ended a relationship over that piece of shit.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
I haven't seen that tbh, but the premise reminds me a little of City of Angels, with Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage. That film makes me very, very angry
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
You're not missing out at all. It's crap. My gf at the time got upset at me cause I didn't the movie emotionally compelling (i might have clapped when Winona's character died) and we shouldn't see each other.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I saw that movie.
it was very very cringe
very nithing, I just didn't care about a single character or event
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
Everything was forced and a cliche.
Just pure slop
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
The trash taking itself out, especially over a shitty movie lol
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
I liked how dumb it was. Like at the start the guy lists a bunch of movies and includes JFK, then says 'no one knows why those stories happened, they just did.'
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Omg you've seen it? I don't think I've met another person who saw it too ๐ TBF that was pretty funny, I'll give it that lol
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I have a Mubi subscription and have watched a bunch of weird stuff. I may have been more used to pretentious French expressionist cinema at the time too
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Ah fair I saw it a thousand years ago on I want to say netflix maybe? I'm not sure I've tried to forget ๐
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 148d
Back to hospital :(
Edit: get to go home thankfully.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
noo
sending effective healing vibes
the last lot doesn't seem to have worked
ใฐ๏ธใฐ๏ธใฐ๏ธ
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Oh no. Hope you are ok.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
Seems to have worked โค๏ธ
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
The opposite of white coat hypertension?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Nah. I've been getting pain on the left hand side of my chest since the hospital thing.
It gets worse when I'm exerting myself. Like going for a 90 Min walk.
They did a blood test and there's no damage which is good. Will see a cardiologist in the next couple of weeks.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 148d
Itโs unfair that itโs effortless to make mess and takes 10 times as long to clean it up. Plus needs extra motivation.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
This is a perfect analogy of life
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 148d
::: spoiler Complaining
I may have treated this ringworm inadequately and spread it to the sheets and my ankle. It could be irritation from the perfumed antifungal laundry rinse but with my immune system Iโm not taking any chances. Treatment will recommence and endless hot wash and dry laundry continues.
I may have to wash the last two blankets that might still smell of Melbcat and stink them up with scent.
I donโt seem to be progressing at anything, the house doesnโt look any cleaner, my wrist hurts from slamming my hand into the wall, I spend every moment of every day feeling hollow and like I want to cry. :::
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 148d
before you do all that I think you should see a doctor about it, don't take the chance
because it does not help to work so hard and have such anxiety when you can't possibly be sure
and keep a pen and paper journal everyday but like a Japanese journal, write some positive observations, write about other people and things
and so many hugs ๐ซ
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
I will but will probably just get it again unless I can sort the visiting cat. Which is not simple. But unfortunately I canโt bear to ignore ๐ซฉ
This time of my life is just really bad. I just want to go back to how it was. Me and my girl.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
hugs
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
I figured a good way to read books is to take them with me on the train, ( audible is only good for me when I listen to fiction ), but for that I need a bigger bag. Totoro bag has been taken out of retirement ๐ซ
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
Oscars frocks starting to appear link
I like the first one a lot. the others not so much.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Picked up Majora's Mask again after the save game surgery and was up super late dealing with the esoteric puzzles of the temples again
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
I've downloaded Diablo II and have started leveling a necromancer. I called him Old Mate.
I still have a soft spot for DIII because that was my first Diablo game and I got the box as a gift from a Xmas casual job I was doing (bauble painting at Knox City lol). We we're right outside EB games, and my manager George bought it for me as my Xmas bonus. Fond memories ahhh
I'm loving DII, I've played before with my partner, but this is my solo run.
I've never played Majora's Mask, or many Zelda games at all really. I did play the DS one that was a train? Spirit train? And Breath of the Wild.
Do you emulate it?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
I'm playing the recompiled version. People made a native PC version based on the Super Mario 64 source code leak from a few years back. It has improved framerate, widescreen support, and mods.
One great QOL improvement it comes with is your main masks and ocarina are mapped to the D-pad and you can skip the cutscene of putting the masks on. I think in the original they had to be part of your 3 item slots.
You can get it here, you still need a ROM file but they're easily acquirable if you need one:
https://github.com/Zelda64Recomp/Zelda64Recomp/releases/tag/v1.2.2
There's also recomp versions of Super Mario 64, Ocarina Of Time, Mariokart 64, and Banjo Kazooie that I know of. These recomp versions are the way to play these games now they exist.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
Is this like the ship of harkonan thing?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Yes. Ship is OoC. I'm playing the MM version. They could be separate teams though, I think the Majora's Mask people want to do their own recomp and put it in the same program
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Different game but also up super late playing cult of the lamb. 20 mins turns into 2 hours super easily.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
They're like different types of getting hooked. Modern games make the gameplay loop so fluid you can just keep going. In old games you're stuck looking for that one thing you need to do to get to progress the game
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Cult the lamb is on my list (when it's on sale)
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
You'll love it, it's great! The best of both rogue-likes and town building/pop management.
Plus it's made by a Melbourne dev team, Massive Monster. I feel lucky I got to meet them at pax at a few years ago lol
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
good night
take care everyone, sweet dreams ๐
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
Should put a wetsuit on or something, the air is basically all water now (I mean, molecularly it is, but it's more now lol)
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 147d
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 148d
first
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Beep Beep ๐
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Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Enchanted beef shank inside a cave of mashed potato please
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Cheese & vegemite sanger please chef.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
Toast and jam please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
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duncan_bayne@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 148d
Need to find cheaper SIMs for the three offspring. Currently on Optus through AussieBB at $25 / month each ๐ฐ Loving AussieBB support but that's expensive for kids' phones. Anyone got any telco recommendations for / against for cheap mobile plans?
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 148d
Don't do what I did: get a job, upgrade phone to a pixel, lose job, be stuck with $100 monthly bills for 3 years.
I have a few months left on my contract, and am honestly highly considering doing what my partner did and just getting a "dumb" phone. My only gripe is Nokia isn't making dumb phones anymore, and my partner's Telstra one is a shitty piece of plastic.
I'm sorry I don't have any actual advice to give you lol
duncan_bayne@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 148d
I'm currently running a Pixel 4 with LineageOS; I'm hoping it lasts long enough to buy a Motorola with GrapheneOS.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-motorola-grapheneos-partnership-2027/
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 148d
How long is a piece of string? I usually get 365 day plans with around 100gb of data for around $120. But I'm on wifi most places I go and tend to use about 20gb of mobile data annually. EDIT: I buy my phones outright, but you're asking about SIMs. If your kids go through the 100gb of data quickly, you can always buy another 365 sim, possibly with a larger data amount.
kruetz@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 148d
ALDI might have some good prepaid and/or plan SIMs. They use the Telstra network so coverage is better than some of the other cheap options.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d