Hi Everyone! I had a computer disaster on Friday, and had to replace my home computer. And then sign in again to the DT. Aaaaaannd I'd forgotten my password, so I had to re-register and therefore am now the Witch of Thornbury instead of Thornburywitch. Will organise cute ID piccy as soon as I discover one. Suggestions welcome.
Do not talk to me about resetting my network access password - there are some things that are better left unspoken. This includes Optus Customer Service - which falls into the three lies for the price of one category imo. On the good side, the nice people that sold me this device removed all the bloatware - I am deeply grateful.
While I do spend a bit more on energy working from home, the fact is it's still massively less than what I would have spent on public transport going to and from the office, to say nothing of incidentals that I might have gotten i.e. coffee etc.
And speaking of which energy provider is trying to jack up the prices by 30%. Yeah how about fuck off and sayonara. I'm already spending more this year despite the fact I'm using less energy compared to last year thanks to the split system.
Mrs and i went and drive around a new estate yesterday. There are hundreds of homes! I knew they were building stuff, but all you can see from the highway is half a dozen new places. All look at LOT nicer than our mid 2000's build, but they have no supermarket, no doctors, no daycare, nothing. Our block might be a bit smaller, and all the houses might look the same, but I think I almost prefer our "jack of all trades master of none" home than something really awesome 15 minutes drive away from everything.
EDIT: Super impressed to see how a house would jack off!
Can anyone fetch me a coffee? I'm pinned under a purring cat.
edit: it's more snoring cat than purring TBH
Edit 2: it's OK now, I accidentally hit play with sound on a video of a steam train pulling into the station, Miss Meow decided it was prudent to move out of the way of the train. I'm now back with both my coffee and a cat on my lap, currently purring (may soon morph back into snoring)/
I took Force's unwanted great day today and it was rather meh so I can understand why it was rejected.
Had a mix of running around to do laundry for stuff I couldn't do at home, and working from multiple places. The office was completely empty, which was weird and off-putting, but I was glad someone turned up at the end. Had my first in person conversation in quite a while. My body needed it but that has also now exhausted me, so I think it'll be an early night for me.
Tomorrow is the early start day. I dowanna... I also really don't feel ready to handle the drive again, after today's brief but awful time on the road, but I'll have to. At least I have my nice android auto unit to make it more bearable!
I think the next few days are still going to be slow. I am definitely not 100%. Stupid blasted night time cough be gone already.
I figured out how to export a list of the music people I listen to from Spotify and into a spreadsheet and I am having wayyyyyy too much fun with this.
I listen to 1,147 different people (on average that means each of them appear around 1.3 times in my liked songs playlist). Of those, 70 start with "The " (3 more start with "The" as part of their names, ie Thelma Houston)
I don't even know who like 70% of these people are, they just happen to appear on one random song I liked on May 7th, 2021, and now forever reside on my playlist.
But there's a JoJo, JoJi, Ruji, Bazanji, benee, war Paramore, Christian Wannerwall, 2 different doctors, 10 different dudes named John, and 3 little people (plus 6 lil people). One person is registered (®), one is incorporated, and there's 2 people with $ in their names. And don't forget Dan Andrews
I don't know why I'm doing this instead of sleeping, but I currently don't regret my actions
So I got the full story about the client today. A lot of history and some bad blood between the 2 organisations. Should be interesting once I meet them this week.
Also:
Cheese cat (excuse all the boxes, they're hers lol)
blarg, monday....
False alarm on the last comment, apparently it's some tradie dude measuring our fence to install a security gate. Would've been nice if somebody warned me so I don't prepare the battle stations and charge out as if somebody's casing the joint, but I guess not
No rain here. Think I will go out for a walk and do some shopping.
later 😘
Took the kids to Monsalvat in Eltham yesterday. The weather wasn't ideal but it was still a great trip, it feels like you've gone back in time to somewhere in Europe.
And I do like the idea of a self sufficient artist's commune
Ugh… the house is a mess and it’s hard to move.
Repair rambles
The embroidery thread I ordered off eBay was the wrong colour (that’s on me for going off memory) so I split some grey yarn I already had. Still a little thick so it might have to be done again if the individual strands are strong enough.
I found an old waistband from a pair of trackies I altered years ago but ultimately got rid of because they were far too low rise. They might do but the colour doesn’t match. I’m aware trackies aren’t a highbrow style but I want them to be presentable.
If it wasn’t for cost of fabric and the work I’d almost sew my own.
I wonder if my old sewing machine even works anymore.
Looks like the first pack I’ll get will be the Rock Mix for Beat Saber.
For reference if and you’d like to add an opinion. https://aussie.zone/comment/10764343
Nail in tyre in the non repairable zone. 😪
At least the TPMS is reporting normal pressure values in the past 4 hours. It should survive before a trip to Bob Jane tomorrow morning.
I have pikag coming today, but it's going to come right when I'm at the dentist. I can't ask them to leave it because apparently the sender specifically told them they're not allowed to. They don't usually get parcels to the post office until after they close, and the post office is a PITA to get to by PT, so I probably won't get pigak until Friday :(
They've been promising me for the last week that it will come on either Tuesday or Thursday, and it was just sitting in sunshine west all weekend, but no, apparently at 8:30 they transferred it to Melbourne airport and gave it to a van man at 9:02. The one time I'm unhappy about them being efficient ☹️
I tried a so called cooling memory foam pillow for six months. And while it wasn't terrible it just simply doesn't mould to your head and neck in the same way as a duck down pillow, so I've acquiesced and bought a good duck down pillow with 80% down 20% feather core.
Was it cheap? Hell no but I'm looking forward to improved and more consistent sleep.
watching the Vocalyst do reacts to John Farnham and honestly this woman is just lost in the sauce as soon as he opens his mouth. I don't know whether to laugh or be humbled by how much we just take farnsey for granted
Managed to pick the parcel up on the way back from the dentist. I also had another parcel coming from Amazon which apparently needed a password to be delivered, but my case manager put her number down on the order, so the delivery man called her and she gave him the code and he left it.
Had to get a filling today, and he anaesthetised my face. I dislike my face being anaesthetised, but it did mean i didn't feel a thing after the initial needle jab. I'm starting to regain feeling now. Apparently I need 1 more filling and then I'll be referred off to somewhere or rather to have my wisdom teeth removed. I'm going to see if I can have it done privately, because it'll be a year or more wait to get it done through the dental hospital. Also, they'll probably put me completely under (which to be honest I'm terrified of), whereas a dental surgery place will probably just use a ton of local anaesthetic (according to the dentist).
Either way it's going to fucking suck.
I also had a thought while I was at the dentist: if we ever discover scary unfriendly aliens, we should just mildly sedate them and make them go to the dentist. The dentist is terrifying, even when it doesn't hurt.
Morning all. Hope you had a great weekend.
I was in the mood for a horror movie set at camp and found a couple. I watched one made in 83 called Camp Sleepaway. It actually wasn't too bad, has some out of date thinking around some issues (won't say because it's a spoiler) but the special effects are surprisingly really good, especially for the 80s.
And how good was 80s fashion??
Also I've noticed in the older movies, kids sound whiny as. Think how Luke Skywalker sounds at the start of a New Hope. That high pitched whine when he can't go to Toshi Station.
But the real star of the show was this guy. The total package and screen stealer. I laughed for a good five minutes at this part.
Good Morning. 😊
The birds are singing.
I recommend watching this 10-minute highlight reel of this morning's Matilda's game before it is inevitably removed by Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8zzn91jc6k
Such a roller-coaster of a game.
I'm watching The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain... This is the perfect silly British 90s comedy I needed for tonight. I don't care if they're a bit exaggerated but I loooove singsong Welsh accents 🥰
"Maps, dear Betty, are the undergarments of a country"...
E: that was thoroughly heartwarming and lovely. 100 hobbits (only because it's truly a hobbitty vibe). Now I've got to read up about the crazy true story it was based on!
Um my cameras sent me a notification that they detected someone (5 minutes ago, which I only just saw), and I checked the footage, he walked halfway up the driveway, saw my camera, then started looking at all the windows and staring at my camera
What the fuck
He wasn't holding anything (so not a delivery person of any kind), he didn't even come up to the door, he only came halfway up the driveway, looked like he was going to go out of the side gate (but that's padlocked now), then presumably left the way he came in
I don't recognise him, and he looks like he's late 20s or early 30s, so probably not one of old mates drug friends, and I'm not expecting anybody......
Ok so I need some opinions on these music backs for Beat Saber.
I’ll one day pick them all up but what priorities should I put them in?
I’ve picked these because they appeal to my musical tastes and seem like fun to play around with.
Below are the packs with what songs are in them.
Let me know what you think!
Lady Gaga
Alejandro, Bad romance, Born this way, Just dance, Paparazzi, Poker face, Rain on me, Stupid Love, Telephone, Edge of Glory,
Rock Mix
Born to be wild - Steppenwolf, Eye of the Tiger - Survivor, Freebird - lynyrd Skynyrd, I was made for login’ you - KISS, Seven nation army - The white stripes, Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana, Sweet child O mine - Guns N’ Roses, The Pretender - Foo Fighters,
Queen
Another one bites the dust, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy little thing called love, Don’t stop me now, I want it all, Killer Queen, One vision, Somebody to love, Stone cold Crazy, Where are the champions, We will rock you,
Edit : this is frustrating. The formatting on my phone app is all stuffed up.
