Ehh… wonky sleep.
I put my knockoff oodie on ‘delicates’ but accidentally washed it on 30 degrees instead of cold. Oops. The fleece has popcorned very slightly but a quick brush with the knockoff tangle teezer when it’s dry should fluff it up again.
I also saw my hair is longer than I realised which explains things. I’ve gone back to using a drop of oil through the ends/lengths before washing and that helps a lot. I still haven’t had an opportunity for a cut
Ps: Annoyed about the egg limits/issues as I was going to pass a lot of egg recipes on. Being as they’re a cheap good source of protein, cheaper than meat
Fuck me. I heard evacuation alarms coming that I thought were from the shops so I went out to film the response and then alarms started going off in my building. Fucking RIP the people on the 22nd floor. I got confused going down the fire escape from the 2nd
I’m outside now, not wearing any shoes, but I ain’t fucking dying in an apartment fire. So I’m just chilling half dressed outside barefoot. FML
Also this is the first time I’ve ever heard the “woop woop woop, evacuate now. Emergency” myself. Luckily common sense kicked in and I fled down the stairs. But I left my keycard in my room, so when they clear it I’ll have to get buzzed back in
Edit: apparently a fire sprinkler pipe in the car park got hit by a car and burst, which triggered the entire evacuation system. The fireies have to stop it from flooding without affecting the rest of the fire system before we can go back in. I guess flying out without grabbing a pair of shoes or my keycard was an over reaction, but I guess it means the whole "get out and do not grab ANYTHING they taught me in kinder and primary school worked
After having alarms go off due to someone cooking so many times, I simply ignore the alarm my apartment building.
That doesn’t sound like a great idea, but apartments are all built to fire resistance standards, so as long as the builders and building inspectors did their job, and your building was built this century, you should be safe, at least until the firies do a walk through and tell you to get out. In hindsight, flying out as quickly as I did was probably a bad idea. If there was a fire and it was in front of my door I’d’ve been pretty screwed since I was out the door before the door was even properly open.
Also I ran down the stairs, and I’d just polished off a nice big bowl of ice cream so I’m not feeling too great now
They should be built to fire standards, but the whole combustible cladding problem shows that’s not always the case.
do you have one of the systems where the guy saying evacuate now, emergency sounds like pete smith from the old copperart ads?
I don’t know what copehard or who Pete Smith is, but I’m pretty sure the alarm tones and voices are standardised across Australia. It’s the same one that the occasional uni and shopping centre evacuation videos posted on r/Melbourne had, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same one that was in the Bondi junction videos
That first link is the classic pete smith
I don’t hear the resemblance to the first one, only the second
true, but I know who pete smith is and am very very familiar with his voice being of A Certain Age. The “Emergency!” is dead on petey
Sky full of ice crystals - sunset should be fabulous tonight.
Last night was the first night post-solstice I noticed the sunset lasting a little longer. Thank goddess.
home and having some decaf
I think I need to invest in some decaf. I want a warm coffee but if I drink one now I’ll never sleep.
What’s the recommended brand for a washing machine (front loading) and microwave oven?
Best value for money, and looking at $200 for the microwave, probably $700 for the washer. Not a hard budget though.
I’d put in a bit extra for a Bosch washing machine. As for a microwave it depends on how big you want it and what you want it to do. They can last 2 years or 20 years so I’d go with one that fits in the space.
I spent like $30 or $40 on a second hand Samsung microwave oven 3.5 years ago and I’ve been very happy with it, not entirely sure the pricier ones make much of a difference. Washing machines on the other hand, definitely go for quality. I was cheap and got a Beko one that’s okay but it does sometimes unstick itself from the floor and get rather violent even when I haven’t overloaded the thing.
Thanks Just_kitten, will check out cheap options for microwaves. For washing machines, Bosch seems popular here so I’ll go with that, and avoid Beko 😅
Love my Fisher and Paykel front loader. It’s my first front loader and I’m really happy with the job it does. For a microwave, don’t get sold on all the extra stuff if you’re not going to use it. I use ours to defrost stuff, reheat meals and melt cheese so I got a basic Samsung. Go for decent wattage though.
Thanks:) you’re right about the microwave… Will go with a cheap one then, since all we do is heat food, never used the fancy features.
Happy with mine too. I would argue the premium models (with lots of cycles and buttons) aren’t a necessary investment. No matter the brand I think spin cycle speed is important for efficient drying, mine goes up to 1400 which is a great start for dryer or hang drying.
Bosch, Sharp.
Thanks:)
I didn’t make it to Fairfield, but I did go to Hawthorn and probably spent a bit more than I expected to - picked up frozen tempeh from Grand Laguna because few places have the proper stuff, splurged on some mapo tofu flavour packets (I don’t use doubanjiang enough to have it in my fridge), got some tofu to use and some to freeze (I hear it has a good texture when frozen and defrosted), bought a bougie Flinders lime, and… most excitingly of all…
…dropped $13.50 on a 30-pack of frozen Osaka Ohsho veggie gyoza from Japan. I cooked up 10 just now, but I have leftover oil in the pan and dipping sauce, so the only right thing to do here is make some more. What a travesty 😩
Gratitude thread!
I’m grateful for giving myself grace for royally fucking up at work that will cause a headache tomorrow (fuck the shape of 50 cent pieces for jamming the cash machine). It’s not the end of the world.
I’m grateful for being able to catch up with a friend yesterday to celebrate my birthday.
Was nice to get out and be social but it was still deathly cold.
Those orchids are beautiful! I’m grateful for the abundance of movies, tv and books available so easily without leaving home. It’s nice to chill out at home on a Sunday afternoon and pick entertainment on a whim.
I bought some jonquils yesterday and they’re like little patches of sunshine throughout the house, brightening my mood. I’m also grateful for lazy Sundays, crosswords, tea, and blankets.
Since it just happened so is fresh in my memory, I guess I’m grateful that my building is on fire and the firies cleared it in about 10 minutes. But that feels like cheating, so I’m grateful for the views up on the rooftop, and having a Barbie and a chat with the old LT up there
I too am grateful for firemen, but perhaps not for the same reasons as you 😉
Lol I swear I did write “isn’t”, my phone often tries to tell me I mean "don’t when I really mean “do” or vice versa, but changing “isn’t” to “is” is new
Ah, the phone did it/jk. In recent years someone bought a firemen calendar for the boss as a secret Santa/joke gift, and I swear some people checked the calendar multiple times a day but could give no answer when asked the date lol.
I am grateful for savlon antisceptic cream.
Over the last few weeks have been so uncoordinated in the gardn, kitchen, moving stuff and sharpening knifes that 100yrs ago would probably need some sort of amputation.
I love savlon so much. I use it to calm my rosacea, I use it on my hands when they are getting a bit worn from house work. On every cut.
I’m grateful to have got some decluttering done and cleared quite a few boxes from storage. I have a hard time parting with stuff for a number of reasons, so this was a big deal for me. Still heaps to go but it’s good progress.
I’m grateful for gyoza!!! And for tram drivers that dgaf if you fare evade for a couple of stops. And for the tax return I did yesterday… and this little pack of Victorian grown hojicha that a colleague gave me.
I am grateful for off the rack premade clothes. Sure beats processing hides, spinning wool and making clothes myself.
I’m grateful for finding an unused Brother colour laser printer for $100 on Gumtree, and lunch in the sun with a friend at friends of the earth on Smith st.
Woah, that is a very good find indeed.
Also the cheap replacement inks are about $80 for a set of four.
Grateful that my headache is gone for the moment
For fluffybutt
And for the 4 interviews I have this week. With any luck, on Tuesday I’ll be grateful to have a job
I’m grateful for the roof over my family’s heads and for generally being a calm person. Elder said the other day that he misses me being around during the day “because you’ve got this aura of calm around you.” 🥹This is one of the nicest things he’s ever said to me, to anyone.
bloody hell. Good days work there, considering how hard I went yesterday.
Concrete pile moved, future food garden area cleared to the point where I can take out the last of those bloody stupid brick and concrete dividers, both green bins filled and a spillover barrel. 10K steps well and truly in, so I’mma gonna eat a giant bag of chips and watch a shitload of WWDITS w00t w00t
Beautiful day for some gardening. I love to work through all the things that are pissing me off with a few hours’ hard work outside, and a full green bin is very satisfying.
oh we have so much clearing to do we literally had to order another green bin as we work through it all. Once we’re set even the green bin won’t get much use, but there’s just too much to deal with atm
Whoopsy fingers slipped and I bought some more art, this time two canvas prints of the following:
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1609446726/sage-green-bauhaus-exhibition-poster
I’ll calm down after this and stop buying art for a while.
YOLO
I was looking at bauhaus art the other day. I reckon I could make a stencil of the face and spray bleach on a black T-shirt to make one. I’d leave out the circle, circles are a drag to make look crispy sharp… unless anyone has a laser cutter. https://99designs-blog.imgix.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1920px-Bauhaus-Signet.svg.png?auto=format&q=60&fit=max&w=930
I have a cricut, what were you thinking for stencil medium?
No idea tbh, I used to use slip sheeting which is kind of like the black square of plastic that came in the bottom of the original green bags but for warehousing. Being able to use a weak spray glue to stick the fabric to the stencil was best for sharp edges.
I actually have stencil material, but it feels kinda like very thin silicon. Can cut stuff up to and including balsa tho if you want choppy choppy, just sling me the pattern
Alternately i actually have iron on vinyl and fabric pens i can load in the fucker to just draw directly on a tee (works with light colours)
Hmmm. Now I’m wondering if i can 3d print an adapter to fit a bleach pen to the head and draw with that…would probably wick like a mofo though…
There’s a wide variety of refillable graffiti pens. Those folk like to use custom really hard to clean ink.
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A Tomahawk steak with mole sauce and a mojito please
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Bam. Mole sauce is another flavour I’ve been missing.
Glow worm soup please.
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Wonderfully glowy thankyou. I shall feed some to my headight and hope it get its mojo back.
Sky pretty
Is anyone here into modern spirituality stuff? Was supposed to go to this cool thing in Brunswick today, like an expo, but I can’t because of the migraine.
Been really trying to find that community and I’m pretty heartbroken that I can’t go to this expo 😔😔😔
Not my thing but I noticed these events get suggested pretty heavily on Facebook and Eventbrite. If the thing in Brunswick has a Facebook event all the suggested events should be pretty similar.
There are also these witchy markets on semi regularly, but they move around. There might be one on near you soon
Awesome! Appreciate it mate. That’s one of the reasons I want to move back to Brunswick after 30 years away. So much interesting stuff to suss out.
Living here has been amazing, couldn’t recommend it enough tbh.
I miss it so much, but got priced out a long time ago. If this job comes through, I’ll be moving back asap.
I too would love to know what modern spirituality actually consists of. There are plenty of options on offer out there. My problem with what passes for modern ‘spirituality’ is that the people that do it can degenerate into candle-waving idiots very quickly. Ripe for exploitation by influencers and other profiteers. I very much distrust anything that requires me to buy something to be ‘spiritual’. I’m including christianity in this list, and it’s a long one.
I guess the operative word here is community - cos we all need at least one as we are pack/herd animals at a very basic level. Community is worth seeking out but comes in a lot of different flavours and uses a lot of different jargons. I’m all in favour of researching the topic personally, but would encourage you to keep your brain cells engaged while you do so. There will be other events like this expo - there are too many fools out there ready to spend their money on shit.
I was just interested in gaining a better understanding of it myself. I’m aware of the “woo-woo” crunch insanity that proliferates in those circles. I’m agnostic, and the only people who I can find that are of a similar persuasion tend to collect at those sorts of events.
Before the “fall”, that used to be my community. I can’t say I belived everything that was popular in that world, but I enjoyed the open minded-ness of the people I met through it. I ended up engaged to someone from that world.
The “Metal Community” here is pretty fucking racist, despite what some may say. So I don’t do so well there. That’s the only other subculture that I would like to be a part of.
The new age hippies are pretty chill when it comes to race.
As it currently stands, I belong no-where. And I’m capable of sniffing out snake oil salesmen/women.
Sensible. The open mindedness is a major benefit of the alternative mob. Sounds like a plan.
My mum is extremely spiritual, I grew up learning how to do tarot readings, which crystals have certain energies, aura readings, palm readings, etc.
I don’t believe any of it, all it did was exacerbate her schizophrenia lol.
There is a crystal shop on Sydney Rd now though, and I bought a small garnet because they’re pretty. My inner magpie loves crystals and stones. If you have a specific crystal in mind, I can have a look for you! Let me know!
blue carbon cubic
That’s fancy as! I don’t think they have that. Maybe a jewellery shop will. But I’ll check this week anyway; I tend to go for walks along Sydney Road so I’ll check :D
I’d like something green to go with my big amethyst and citrine. Just a colour thing.
They have malachite, Moldavite, and serpentine, from memory. Ill pop down this week and see what they have in stock. I guess it depends what kind of green lol
@Gibsonisafluffybutt @Seagoon_ I am vaguely Quaker. Humanistic agnostic and very moderate, but still believe the universe is a mystery. My wife is lapsed catholic and dabbles in psychic and magic practises.
Ahmadi, Sufi, Wahabi, Shiite, Sunni are all denominations of islam I believe. I heard the call to prayer a few times, but even if we’re to revert to Islam, it would be as humanistic agnostic progressive lukewarm sort of Muslim. “Almost Muslim” would be a new denomination I think.
“Almost Muslim”? You can’t be half pregnant mate.
@CEOofmyhouse56 a “Almost Muslim” is an emerging new denomination indeed. I saw an episode of ‘insight’ on SBS where people identified as non-practising Muslim or cultural Muslim. I guess it is to be expected in liberal democracy that moderate and progressive beliefs are tolerated to some extent. The Sydney mardi-gras had a christian float recently. religion can and does change over time. The scientific calender etc.
I’m guessing a cultural Muslim means you pretend to practise for the sake of the family. That doesn’t make you a Muslim. Unless cultural Muslim means something else.
My husband was born a Muslim. He does not practise Islam nor does he identify as Islamic but he respects their beliefs.
@CEOofmyhouse56
I guess the meaning of ‘Cultural Muslim’ depends on your intention. My wifes family are Cultural catholics which I understand to mean they are raised in the culture of catholicism with all its history, language and practise, but they are not church regulars.
What do you think modern spirituality is? Philosophically, stoicism and buddhism have all the answers I need.
I’ve found a big part of the spirituality community is guru-type guys trying to spirituality their way into young girls pants and a bunch of women burned by said guru-guys. Eg, confest creeps, anyone ever met a guy who goes by Quoll?
I have ZERO time for reiki, tarot, psychics or anything to do with crystal energy. I think it’s nonsense and avoid getting to know “believers”. I’m not interested in debate with someone so off the deep end of reality, I feel they’re akin to flat-earthers.
These days the whole eat healthy food --> crunchy parents --> right-wing nutjob pathway seems very prevalent. Many of my loose bush doof friends have started talking about satanists taking over and the need to protect ourselves from the government. One mate called the whole Trump trail a false flag because Trump was going to reveal the truth about “how it all works”. The anti-government / right-wing view come thick and strong.
I’ve grown up Buddhist but have left the community. I’m fine handling my relationship with the universe on my own terms. There’s no shortage of self-directed study material. I have zero belief in an afterlife.
As I replied further up the thread, it’s an investigative process. I used to be a part of that community a very long time ago before I chose to throw my life away for about 10 years.
I grew up in a muslim household, and if people knew what went on in those families, they would understand when I say I don’t generally associate with that crowd. Similar to how you feel about Buddhists.
I can’t speak for the predatory behaviour, because back in the early 2000’s it was all bush doofs and lsd. Or maybe I didn’t notice.
I’m surprised to hear that a portion of that community has turned towards the right wing. I hadn’t heard that before. That’s actually fucking insane. Maybe they’re not as anti-racist as I had assumed.
As for the “woo-woo”, I don’t particularly subscribe to much of that, but I am agnostic, and find that crowd at least willing to discuss things around that idea. Can’t say I’ve had any luck finding people into that sort of thing in the circles I’ve travelled the last 8 or so years. I don’t subscribe to Identity Politics, so I’m generally unwelcome in Progressive circles despite being left wing myself.
Appreciate the info though.
I’m surprised to hear that a portion of that community has turned towards the right wing.
I think even they don’t know it themselves. The podcast “Conspirituality” is pretty good at investigating this stuff, from what I hear. I think it’s a distinctly post-Trump thing that went into overdrive with Covid. Distrusting the lockdown and vaccine measures opened up huge swathes to hardcore rightwing communities that were ready to suck them in and provide them with a sense of community in a time of crisis overriding rational thought (which was unfortunately the basis of many hippie groups in the first place tbh).
Not subscribing to identity politics is also a hard one with progressive circles as you mentioned.
Every “scene” has its downside tbh, especially if you have a difficult past and/or are not white. It’s an everyday task to rewire the brain to allow moments of belonging and areas of common ground to sink in, vs the sometimes disproportionate amount of attention given to the moments of not-belonging. Hard to not be hyper vigilant and to trust. Trying to seek a community in that frame of mind is difficult…
I have ZERO time for reiki, tarot, psychics or anything to do with crystal energy. I think it’s nonsense and avoid getting to know “believers”. I’m not interested in debate with someone so off the deep end of reality, I feel they’re akin to flat-earthers.
You’d hate my mum hahahah! I do! 😂
Butt frozen
Sunday! It’s quiz time!
45/50 - best ever score due to some lucky guesses.
I uhhh… Got 5/50
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I got 10/50. At least the bald bloke thinks I’m good at other things though
15/50, ouch. No idea about sports.
30/50 oof
Also 30, my guesses were not as lucky.
30/50. I don’t do well on aussie knowledge
35 oof damned sports questions
45/50 here too. The UN question got me!
I disagree, it should be a day as that is very important in world history
I heartily endorse your NOMination.
Mr P has finished remaking his bed out of bits of the broken/destroyed bed plus other timbers, and there was much swearing and insults while trying to get it into the house. Hey, don’t get shitty at me, I’m not the one who constructed a thing too big to fit through the damn door! We ended up putting it through the living room window and it just fit through. He hasn’t done too bad a job, but I’m not praising it on principle because he shouldn’t have smashed it up to start with.
