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Here I am, sitting on my bed overthinking what to wear to brunch with a friend tomorrow. The criteria is cute, warm, and semi casual. Lol.
I have successfully removed my old mattress from the bed, moved it close to the front door to easily pop outside for the recycling people, put the new box mattress on the bed and managed to flip it up the right way. Which was a bit harder than expected. Turns out when they recommend using two people, it’s for a reason.
My son is playing PS5 and chatting with his mates in the next room.
My daughter is sitting with the cat in her lap, watching the footy and chatting with her friends.
My wife is sleeping on one couch😁
I’m on the other couch watching stuff on the tablet
This still counts as family time, right?
That sounds lovely - the modern day equivalent of reading & chatting on the phone, separately but all together
Oh, I’d bloody take that in a heartbeat, since it’d still be an upgrade from my hundreds of kilometres away from any family situation. It counts.
Big narstie - 100 bars of pain cannot not share this
I am a language professional. We tend to believe firmly in descriptivism. Language is fluid and you can do whatever you want with it. There is no right or wrong. Nothing really upsets me except for when people say ‘an historical X’ or ‘an horrific X’ but even then it just makes me scrunch my nose up.
But there is one thing that I cannot accept. One thing that makes stop what I’m doing and just want to scream in disgust ‘WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU YOU CLOWN??’
And it’s when Americans refer to pasta as ‘noodles’
Especially if they call it a ‘lasagne noodle’
Well they call thier brains the “old noodle”. It’s noodles all the way down.
I hate when they say tuna fish. The fish part is unnecessary. Barramundi fish, snapper fish, trout fish. See it just sounds stupid.
toona fish tacohs
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Tuna fish
Americans saying fucking Tuna fish
As opposed to what? Tuna bird? Tuna insect?
Fuck that
In japan, it’s sometimes referred to as ‘sea chicken’
We should all just adopt that instead
I mean we have bin chickens, and certain watery places in Melbourne basically are bins it’s the logical next step
Bin chicken is slang for ibis.
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It irks me when people say ‘aks’ instead of ask. I know it shouldn’t, because maybe that’s just what they heard growing up or have trouble pronouncing ask, but gee it makes my eye twitch when I hear it.
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I did 23 floors, 10km and 13k steps today, according to the Fitbit! I thought Saturdays were meant to be for rests
A pretty shitty mental health day made easier in the end with laksa, Xanax and bingeing game of thrones from the start again. Cat was very comforting today and let me snuggle into her fur a bit when I was sad. Now she’s dreaming and making little snores.
Recent canned fish reviews:
Brunswick Smoked Kippers (herring) - my first time trying these, holy shit my mind was blown. They are so delicious. Maybe a touch on the salty side but I’m fine with that. Completely different to canned tuna. Moist and soft, not so ‘meaty’. would recommend.
King Oscar Briesling Sardines in Olive oil - best canned sardines I’ve had. Briesling means they are small. They still have their tails on, many in a can, akin to whitebait. Milder than you probably expect sardines to be. Exceptional
Sole Mare smoked Mackerel in olive oil - I didn’t realise it would be so similar to canned tuna. It felt like a high quality canned tuna. It’s in large fillets, no bones. Not bad, but not my favourite - just due to personal taste
Safcol ‘spanish tapas style’ squid in olive oil - first time trying canned squid. Better than I was expecting. Kept a firm texture. Simple squid flavour. Didn’t feel the need to add any sauce or anything, before I knew it the can was gone and I was wanting more.
John West Mussels in Galacian sauce - texture maybe a little softer than I’d like. Mussel taste was there and quite pleasant. Sauce was tomatoey and sweet. Definitely too much sauce for too few mussels though. I’d happily eat it again but felt a bit cheated by the sauce/mussel ratioI need to remember to hit you up at the end of the year when I’m assembling my partner’s Christmas hamper of “fancy tinned and preserved goods”. He bloody loves tinned fish.
This is brilliant. A review for the peoples. I’d like to add the abomination that is canned crab. It doesn’t look like crab or taste like crab and in fact it’s often not even crab so don’t be fooled.
Any leftover sauce or oil from our seafood friends in a tin can be deliciously mopped up with some crusty bread.
Thank you english rain you have fucked my Saturday night cricket.
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I think I hear my electric blanket calling me.
I gave the bot the day off to recover, so hopefully posting will be ok tonight. But you know kids these days, no work ethic. Not even the courtesy of phoning in sick. Plus I think the cat is encouraging it towards a life of sloth and indolence.
Don’t worry. We got the bot covered if it needs another day of rest….or if your cat does something sneaky.
Did some more voluteer work today. Public transport anxiety relieved. It was fine. Had a job interview straight after and I got it! I was lucky that I got my shit together when I did and started applying for jobs just to get into the habit. It’s average pay and humble work which will pay the bills. The owner is great and at least it’s award wage and she looks after her workers. Potentially will start working locally as well in time so would be able to walk to work. Mostly queer staff, lots of trans people apparently. Not sure how great that will be yet, but at least I won’t face transphobia at work. It’s going to be hard work and it won’t do me any harm to do a job I can at least leave at work even if I spend the time looking at my watch. My only worry is that my back is starting to hurt but I spent a lot of time standing on hard floors this weekend. Being biologically female now means it will take longer to get work fit than in the past, but that’s ok too. Start Wednesday so I have some time to do some stretching and get into my warm up routine. It’s a fucking relief to not have to start spending too much of my savings.
I had a very decent music career for a long time, but I’ve had issues with most of that time. It is run by mysoginistic cunts and when I stepped out of that and moved into nightclubs they were still run by mysgonistic cunts. My last employer was a total wolf in sheeps clothing. At least I have a real connection with my new boss. We worked for the same queer magazine in different cities over 20 years ago. Back when those jobs were very low pay and we did them for the community moreso than having a disposable income. Now I’m in recovery I also want to step away from the alcohol industry. It feels kinda inauthentic to be so adamant about being sober for life and then profiting from alcohol sales. At least at this point and to take sobriety seriously I can’t step foot in a bar for a while.
So this cat alarm and getting early nights have paid off. Thanks kitties. Couldn’t have done this without you. Little miracles. They get extra playtime tomorrow. That’ll do for today. Thx for reading
Congrats on the new job! If you are on your feet a lot, I can recommend spending whatever you need to get shoes which are a good fit and comfortable for you. A lot cheaper than physio and back pain is terrible.
Yeah I have shoes I used for work where I’d be on my feet for 8 hours and I also invested in a new pair. Hopefully they’ll be ok on harder floors otherwise, yeah, will buy really good ones. Thanks for the advice!
Insoles girl. Invest in some good insoles.
Congrats on the new job.
And once again, it’s a pleasure and a privilege reading about life.
Thank you
Thanks, I hadn’t thought of that but I do own some which cost $50 a few years ago. Also thanks for your kind words. The journaling I do here has become a really important part of my journey through this time of reinvention. I liked the idea when I thought I would do it of publishing it to a small audience for feedback and to keep it real without divulging specific names and places etc. It’s been a rewarding challenge. I’ve never kept diaries.
Gosh you are amazing! Everything is coming up Hongo and I so very much love this for you! You deserve this! Congratulations on the job, you’re gonna smash it! <3
I’ll be sore. It’s definitely nice to start from the bottom of the food chain again.
Went and visited a friend I haven’t seen or spoken to since early 2017 this afternoon. It was nice to see her 😊
Good on you maintaining those connections! I have a few old friends that I don’t speak to heaps but when we meet up it’s like we just saw each other and pick up where we left off. Unfortunately they live across the world so that happens less and less often these days.
I do not like this “everything is collapsed” timeline. I would like to be able to peruse comments without the commitment of a click, please and thank you.
I second this amendment
Fucking hell, one of my students coughed in my face today. Guess it’s time to stock up on OJ and pray to God that I don’t get sick, because I have no bulk billing doctors nearby and work wants a doctor’s cert (although subcontractor, so no sick leave anyway).
Goddamn, some days I just wanna quit.
Gross.
Last night at dinner a bloke kept coughing at the table next to us. It got progressively chestier… It might have been just a cough, but he didn’t even bother covering his mouth. It’s like we’ve learned nothing.
Oh yeah ready to watch new Mission Impossible tonight! Bring on the mindless explosions and action scenes!
I literally just read your comment and then bought tickets. Thanks!
