I tell myself that I can't watch stuff until I've done my work, and then sit around for hours not doing anything anyway. The paralysis.
Back home - blood tests showed nothing abnormal except for higher thyroid which is unusual in a senior cat. They gave us some fluids and that seems to have helped - when I got her home she went straight for the old food that Zooks hadn't finished and then scarfed down the fresh stuff I gave her three mouthfuls at a time - didn't finish it all but spread over three saucers probably a full saucer. So fingers crossed.
I survived the electricity. I woulld like to thank my rubber soled shoes. I'm not sure if that's a myth but so far still kicking.
Cultures not back yet. One vet was willing to give Melbcat the stronger pain meds but another has decided against it, so the compromise was giving an extra dose of her existing medication.
They’re saying results will probably be in on Tuesday so baby girl will be going the weekend without antibiotics and only pain relief. She’s got fussy and peed on stuff tonight so I gave her the last dose of the strong stuff.
She will no longer eat wet food if it has extra water so maybe I can try some tuna juice or weak allium free broth.
Here's a song a sung and played on guitar a few months ago.
I recorded it on my phone and uploaded to Google drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FI8qtfdfadLUlvtPVNzRJ-v0Eq9dJtny/view?usp=drivesdk
I fuck up in the middle for a sec lol
Ok, after an hour's lie down I've recovered a bit and making myself go in to watch the film. I likely won't have the opportunity to watch it anywhere else, and it's good to expand one's horizons and get out of one's head. Especially prior to a holed-up weekend of reading and rewriting (as now my proposal is somewhat different)... Wearing a mask to at least slightly reduce the chance of getting some new shitty infection. Can't afford that this weekend!
Still here: they were running behind because of an emergency.
Nothing obvious but they're concerned that she's dropped half a kilo since her last visit. Waiting on some blood results as I type.So this is the set up we have going. 2 boom boxes synced together on opposite sides of the room. When they die the big boys go on. 2 Philips hue overhead light globes in disco mode synced to the music. Microphone connected to the old computer speakers. Lyrics on the TV. I could get more flashing lights going but I don't want to. It's like a comfy night club for old people.
This is one of the computer speakers.
2 nights ago I noticed some loud rumbling sounds in the kitchen. Was listening to music so thought it was a neighbour dragging heavy furniture.
Today it happened again. But I didn't wear headphones this time.
The culprit?
Our cat attacking the draught stop. She used all her strength to try to rip the thing off, resulting in the door, concrete wall, and the kitchen window 3 meters away to all rumble and rattle loudly.
Since seeing Deadpool wolverine recently, fam wanted to watch all the X-Men movies. We started two weeks ago and have made it to Logan.
Haven't seen it since 2018 and remember crying at the end.
Looks like those feels are gonna come back tonight.
On the bright side we'll be watching the first Deadpool flick tomorrow so that'll alleviate the sads
All Hail HypnoCat https://imgur.com/a/Ycqjywn
I am currently taking my break away in another team’s work room since I seemingly cant take breaks at my own desk.
Been gifted a Lindt chocolate ball by a kind resident team member.
Shame though that I’ll only have my phone to enter myself but better than nothing.
Going to try and chill quietly and alone today with my coffee.
Things could be tense for awhile since the altercation this morning that I had with my co worker.
juuuuust ducked the rain to bunnings. I now have a post jack. No more will we fear the star pickets.
Movie Review. Kick-Ass.
Thoughts on an R rating for a movie about violence and force perpetrated and suffered by children.
In real life children can suffer all the same horrors as adults and too often do. I really do think we should put our effort in protecting children from real life violence rather than fictional violence.
And maybe fictional violence can help children understand the world around them better.
I don't like violence, doesn't mean it's good to pretend it doesn't exist.
This work week has been a GRIND. Almost there but I'll be crawling to the finish line. Then a week off next week, really looking forward to a short break. Thinking a second coffee is in order.
I'd like to thank yesterday's me for baking banana cake. Yummy.
Birthday party secret broken. Grump! He’s pretending to not know organisation wise. This is effectively the same as a surprise I guess?
Rant warning. Red paint. Everywhere. 🤪
Miniest made a storybook costume for today's parade a couple of nights ago and it looked great. She painted it red with acrylic paint and used her nans drop sheet (Nan's an artist) to protect the floor. All good, it dried beautifully, she put a cartoon face on it and it looked great. While I was at work yesterday Mr P decided it needed second coat of paint. He poured red oil paint all over it (over acrylic) and put no protection down. On the dining table 🤦🏼♀️I came home from work to discover tacky wet red paint all over everything (think light switches, toilet lid and seat, pale grey living room curtains, carpet, my mother's table cloth, children, fridge door, walls.. I mean everything). Paint on the little face she'd made. I said, "why didn't you tell him no?" And she said she did but he just did it anyway 🤦🏼♀️I said, "this has to come off because it won't dry on time," (it says on the instructions that it takes between a week and 6 months to fully harden) so we spent the rest of the evening sopping all that paint off; it took a whole double length roll of kitchen towel, a roll of toilet paper, most of a box of gloves and several newspapers. Elder Minipeeler was an invaluable asset in this. And it was still a bit wet in places! This morning I opened the dishwasher and discovered that he'd just tossed the paintbrushes he'd used in there on the top rack and turned it on🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ Now I have paint on the plastic containers, cups and glasses as well. Miniest wanted me to paint the words Once Upon A Time... on the spine of the book in gold, which I did this morning (it's fast drying gold metallic paint) and the red paint is still a bit wet in places 🤦🏼♀️So she's off to school with red painty hands and a very slightly damp in places project, but one she's happy with. I said, "don't stand near a girl with an expensive store bought costume whatever you do!"
I suppose I'll laugh one day.
Did I happen to mention that I'm allergic to mineral turps?
Am at the vet with Sammi - poor love has been vomiting on and off since yesterday and hasn't eaten more than a mouthful at a time.
Interestingly, she's been a lot calmer coming up since it was just her so I had her beside me on the passenger seat instead of behind me in the back seat like I normally do when I take both of them.
She was calmly sitting in her carrier watching the passing traffic until the practice cat came and now she's sitting up on alert. 😂This turned up on a different feed. Somewhat @RustyRaven@aussie.zone topical. End of the arvo to ye 😝
Actually raining out here where we normally don't get as much. Been feeling really shit today. Have movie on at 9:30pm in city but seriously having second thoughts. I'm so fucking tired
I'm crashing after my morning caffeine hit! Argh!
Got a reply from HG, suspicions alleviated.
I'm gonna share my Spotify playlist for tonight. Thanks for all those that involuntarily contributed. Hopefully I do this right.🤞
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5o6Ha7fZL9hUmDeLeYE73W?si=t5RtJ2JyQ3agdnOZga5rbw&pi=zryP3kwpTU-3o
watched the trailer for the final Grand Tour special and I'm already crying. I dont know if I'm gonna be able to get through it.
Belated Movie and TV Reviews.
**The Kingsman movies. **I like these homages to the Bond movies, the sound, the fast editing, the villains, the cold war, the cross the pond alliance, the costuming are all reminiscent of 60s Bond and the most recent Bond.
And like the Bond movies there is no blood and that bothers me. I know it's for the M rating but it bugs me. That train scene in Argylle should have been a blood bath. Literally 2 cm of blood on the floor and everything else spattered with blood guts and bone.
Also has running gags and scenes across all the movies, which is cool.
3.5 hobbits . -.5 because no blood
**Rings of Power Review by Charlie Hopkinson. **YouTube. Reminded me how much I hated the fucking Hobbits in RoP, especially Lenny Henry. And what they did to the greatest elf warriors is embarrassing, made them look like accountants.
here's Charlie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj2bn1Rvac8
4 real Hobbits.
Taken. Yes, that movie again. Having seen it a few times it's a really good exercise in seeing all the red flags/arsehole behaviour from lennie and her rich git husband that made the daughter disrespect her dad and make unwise choices.
The moral is be good parents, ay, teach respect or your kids will suffer for it.
3.5 hobbits
**The Union. **netflix. Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry
Pretty standard spyfi movie , the latest story lines in spyfi seem to of an organisation within an organisation and the old race to find files of names before the bad guys get it.
But it's really about people taking risks, pushing limits and achieving potential.
3 hobbits.
**Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. **
Loosely based on real events. Fast paced action , quite enjoyable. Nazis are bad guys.
3 hobbits
Dumpling review:
Good flavour - these were pork and ginger. Texture was lacking, but I blame my own cooking. I ended up kind of... Shallow boiling them, draining the water, then putting them pack on with a little butter (I don't really use oil). Let the remaining moisture evaporate as best it could and stirred em around a bit. Finished with soy sauce and la gan mao chilli crisp. Also had broccolini. They came out quite soft and tacky? Still good though.The kid came home yesterday from a function with a tray of food and the man said "I can take some for lunch tomorrow" and I said "No you can't. That's our dinner". I feel really bad now for being a cunt.
Heading to aldi, going to buy some of their dumplings for the first time, amongst other things. Anyone need anything while I'm there?
Edit: anyone know the best way to prepare the dumplings? I don't have a steamer. I was thinking I'd do them in a frying pan with a very shallow layer of water, lid onWent out with a work friend tonight. We end up at Yah Yah's. We walk to the bus and a guy who seemed off his nut is screaming in the middle of the street, so we cross the road. He follows us. We sprint into a nearby Maccas, and so do the people behind us. The police were nearby on the road perpendicular doing drug testing. I'm sure if they did dispatch, they probably wouldn't do anything until he actually went and hurt someone.
