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Whew… Finished up at 7pm, well past when I’d hoped to finish at 5pm, and there’s a couple of small outstanding but non urgent items. But I got through the worst of it - all the yucky stuff that made me renew my deep dislike for humanity and was very much due. Dobby is free!!!
…From one job, at least - next two days are gonna be real candle burners as well with the huge backlog from work trip last week and my not being available the next two weeks. I love that place though, so I’m kind of looking forward to getting stuck into it to help the team out.
48 hours to go before I’m on the way to the airport, yippee. For now, is dumplings time (swapped from lunch), and this week’s episodes of OMITB and Slow Horses :)
I wish we had a competent party that would keep labor on their toes.
But no, we have a dipshit that looks like a fucking potato.
I truly hate the politics here.
From my observations it’s the same or worse everywhere else. At least we can vote people out without violent riots.
Well that was a relief. All made it.
Person on public transport was playing music on phone at full blast. Then looked up and started loudly yelling at passengers. Luckily got off after a few stops. I’m used to occasionally seeing this kind of thing, but today I wondered, does the mentally ill person know they are mentally ill? Are they aware they are frightening others, including kids. What are they feeling when they do these things? I guess whatever is in their heads is logical. I hope to never experience it.
Today at southern cross there was a dude going absolutely crazy at random passers by as well as kids too. Seen a fair bit of it in the CBD over the years but this was next level crazy. I understand we need to throw more resources at mental health but those kids shouldn’t have seen that.
There’s a guy like that around where I live. Really scary outbursts of swearing and threats, sexual harassment and intimidation, homophobic rants or slapping things to the ground and throwing lit cigarettes around bushes and wooden fences. Occasionally sleeping on a bench outside my window or sitting there for hours.
It’s unsafe for me to try to help him, police can’t or won’t do anything because he won’t accept help, and outreach services always have some limitation that means they can’t help.
Melbourne is cooked.
Saw a similar outburst today. I can only imagine it’s like some kind of brain storm like a nightmare in their real life. It’s horrible.
I was given the present of love. Baklava.
I am deeply jealous.
I 🧡 baklava
omg, that is the best
Just watched as the local daddy magpie gave a swark at someone who overreacted, swung around and started jogging…so Maggie gave them a bit of a swoop. Guy jogged off shaken and then I went up to the magpie and got a swark too. Said my normal “hello Maggie”. We had a few quiet words and swarks back and forth and I wandered home.
Not gonna lie, I feel a little bit special as a chosen maggie friend.
Oh poo. Thought I had the afternoon off tomorrow but the client is back sooner than we all thought.
I just hope they haven’t discharged her too soon…They have always discharged them too soon.
Totally forgot I own a train engine biscuit cutter. One miniature women’s weekly special added to the schedule 🚂
toot toot
This should totally work, yeah? Two layers of engine glued together, then mini loaf carriages
Dinner has been eaten. Just some left over pasta amongst an entire day of eating cakes and cupcakes.
Time to relax for the night and out my feet up.
Weather was also delightful for most of the day as well I might add.
You know in 10-20 years time we’re gonna regret not asking Martin Sheen to take a crack at being the president IRL. Its worked out ok for Ukraine so far…
I read that as Martin Short, and thought, yeah if I was American, I’d vote for Martin Short. Steve Martin as his VP.
Martin Sheen is a close second choice 😂
He was asked and declined :)
Personally I’d prefer someone who didn’t start out as a celebrity in the first place.
Oh man really?! Missed opportunity :-D
Got a pigeon nest in the tree outside my guest window. Loving her dedication sitting there in the wind and as the dogs run past. Must’ve been a shortage of good options this year cause its barely 1 meter off the ground in a tree that sways pretty dramatically in the wind.
Sometimes it seems pigeons choose nest spots based on a dare.
certainly feels like it!
I have a lot of tedious, unfulfilling work I REALLY don’t want to do today but need to clear by COB before I go on leave. I’ve had a slow start to the day and a battle of Feels. Thankfully, the sun is shining so that makes it easier to stay on the good side for now
Today’s strategy:
- keep reminding myself of the reward after getting through today
- remind myself efficiency is a good thing too
- enjoy all the good food - today’s medicinal carb is a Woodfrog bakery croissant. Dumplings for lunch
- go out and weed my planter boxes at lunchtime for some serotonin 'n shit
- blast all the feel-good 70s/80s pop rock. Currently on Toto, next up is classic Chicago
- celebrate the end of the day by calling/messaging people I love
I got this!..
e: busting out the ELO now. Thanks to this Russian dude who uploaded 2x 2h complications!
Ha almost sounds like my day, I’m on leave at COB and on a plane first thing in the morning, but have a STACK to get finished here at work.
Downsides for me are being onsite in a windowless dungeon (yay for IT getting the least habitable spot on the site…!) and not having the awesome music!
Plus-side, I have some kickass leftovers from last night for lunch - I’ve been looking forward to today’s lunch since I finished dinner last night!
5 hours 18 minutes to go…
I am infinitely grateful to be wfh on a gorgeous day like this, ngl. Blasting the music and regularly getting up from my chair when I’m bored/frustrated has been helpful. How are you going with the work? I’m making progress, bit spotty but I’m 30% of the way through the shitty reports. If I can get all the worst done by 2pm leaving just banal easy work for the rest of the day, I’ll be winning.
Also what leftovers are these?! I love a good lunch that you can look forward to.
I’m so jelly of the WFH! I’m on track to get everything finished on time thankfully. It’s just annoying that there’s heaps I could have had done already were it not for the dragging of heels by others!
My wife’s pasta, sauce, and killer meatballs (all home-made of course or her Italian mother would disown her!), will surely put me into a food coma for the latter part of the day however :D
Hahaha, I only have myself to blame for this backlog (procrastinating on the unpleasant stuff - bandaid being truly ripped off today). It’s much more frustrating when the delay is caused by others!
And that does sound like a very sumptuous meal to look forward to (succulent, even) - I definitely hear you on the food coma though! Leave the easier stuff to after you get that in your gullet :D
That’s the plan! In fact I’m just about to tuck in to my meal! My Succulent Italian Meal! :D
Edit: ELO are awesome. That is all.
Yass! You have! ✨
You can do it!
You have to put on Eye of the Tiger, it’s just a good rev up song for me.
Please look after yourself!
This upcoming break couldn’t come sooner, although it’s unfortunate timing for work as it’s a busy period with all the storms and shit. Thankfully they have never made me feel bad about leave as I generally tend to deliver otherwise.
Fried my brain last night by staying up like a teenage gamer but binge watching after I couldn’t assignment any more.
Slept like the dead, though.
Out to feed the face, but not enjoying this wimdy.
I literally stayed up until 4am, watching a YT video on a wild af Doom Map (MyHouse.wad - Inside Dooms Most Terrifying Mod) essentially someone took House of Leaves and made a Doom Map inspired by it. Complete with a google drive of journal entries lol.
I just woke up and hour ago.
Haha, YT is the devil. The devil that I love. Just. so. much. random. content.
Also, that is freakin’ cool.
Here’s the link to the video -https://youtu.be/5wAo54DHDY0?si=2dEnW3vjbL1wnQF0
He explains why the mod is just weird AF, in all the good ways. And how it is a feat of technical prowess to make such a thing on the Doom engine.
My favourite yt content is a tie between 1-7 hour long video essays on a niche interest or an investigation, and videos on the degenerates that plague social media (personalities that air all their drama and addictions and nastiness on their platforms, and then bitch and complain about trolls 😂).
I wish I could say what my favourite content is, but I just can’t. I’ll watch almost everything and off the top of my head: lawn mowing, rebuilding watches, building/architecture, vehicles (building/driving/riding), mystery docos/random internet mysteries, serial murder content, court verdicts, pranks/scares, oh lawd pimple popper, surgeries, reviews, lifestyle/fashion/travel, other documentaries, how things work, end of life vlogging etc.
I think armchair people watching… Pretty much voyerusm, haha.
LOL, welcome to a day in my brain. How have I survived this long?
I watched about 30 minutes of that doom video. Strangely compelling.
That map looks fucking awesome lol
I watch Premodernist. Today it’s 115 minutes of vexillology. 😀
Bit of a red flag that.
😐
Melonball on a warm-ish day going down a treat. I purchased this melonball as it was on sale and regular sliced watermelon was not. It’s sweeter, tastier, and you get more fruit from it because the skin is pretty thin.
