Discussion Thread 🚲 Monday 2 June 2025

I am moved!

The moving guys were very efficient, and my sister was absolutely fabulous and kept Mr Woof out of trouble for me. He and Miss Meow are a bit perplexed as to what is going on and where we are, but doing ok. I will need to try to clear some boxes before dinner so there is somewhere to feed them. Also need to set up their water fountain and make my bed.

I still can't believe just how many boxes of stuff I have.

Hooray!! Congrats on the move! Now the unpacking joy! Enjoy your first night there!
Yay! Welcome to the new digs.
Yay. Congrats on your new home. May you and the Furry Ravens be very happy there. 😘
Yay! Enjoy your new home! So much to explore in Ballarat
Congrats!

The person at my old job that was getting away with doing fuck all just got made redundant after asking for a raise.

Karma can be so so beautiful ...
Was it the person who kept asking you for help after you had left?
- Yep lol

Today's edition of 'cats are not dogs'. Bit worried about kitty alone all day while I was in the office (my place is smaller than her normal home). Got home at five and had to go and find her in her little cubby hole. Not a care. Did get a cuddle and a purr though.

I sometimes worry about Gibson but then she basically sleeps all day lol
yeah cats are used to having members of their tribe wander off for days on end then come back like it's nbd

Bliss. Soxcat has decided to nestle on my lap in bed, for the second night in a row, of her own accord 🥰 even though the oodiecatbed is right there.

It will be sad to shuffle her off when it's time to sleep. For now, maybe I'll read an ebook...

Told off some ticket inspectors yesterday for not helping a little ol' granny get her pusher on the tram. They were extremely combative and aggressive lol. I've seen one of them before having a real go at a young foreign lady so it felt good.

Cowards who've been given a modicum of authority. Repugnant pieces of shit.
You'd think they'd be seizing every opportunity to tip the karmic scales in the other direction.
There used to be tram conductors whose job was to help people. The ticket inspectors are just there to collect money
- I truly believe part of the purpose of inspectors is to make passengers feel bad and frightened
  passengers who feel bad and frightened are less likely to demand a better service

Feeling a bit cold, have an electric hot water bottle on my lap keeping me warm now.

I have a self heating model. Comes with a purr mode that activates randomly.
- my boys only seem to recognise me when they are feeling hungry

These dog walks are such a mixed bag.

Today's highlight was going prone in the middle of camberwell road (again) and refusing to move because he saw another dog in the distance lol. I dunno how they do it but I swear dogs can make themselves heavier when they don't want to move.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Moving day. I am still packing.

I thought to start the day with coffee and realised I have packed my teaspoons. I was able to find the emergency teaspoon from my work lunchbag, so complete disaster was averted.

Miss Meow is currently chomping on her drugged breakfast. Wobbles and confinement to follow.

Hope it goes well!
- Thank you. We have survived the move, the removalists were both friendly and efficient and all appears to have indeed gone well.

Another beautiful sunset here 😊

Beautiful day out doing fieldwork in a large bushland area with no public access - I feel thoroughly restored and invigorated. Just as well because tomorrow looks like it'll be a bit shit... Must not forget to pack a thermos of piping hot water.

Goodnight all. The med reduction is making me feel odd.

Sleep well ❤️

take care

Well that was an eventful morning train ride. Packed in like sardines as Metro cancelled a train during rush hour, then someone fainted in the train. I pressed the emergency button as I was right next to it, and a group of us helped the person out of the train. While this was all going down, people on the platform were trying to cram into the train and those of us helping were yelling to back off so we could get the person off the train. The next train was coming in 5 minutes, the desperation of people to cram in was nuts.

That's a heck of a "Welcome Back" to Melbourne public transport!! Wow! Hope everyone is okay, that sounds super stressful.
We have zero chill when it comes to public transport.
- Have you seen some of the passengers?

Survived my first day back, but I was very unsure of myself for the first half of the day - even after just two weeks 😬

I think it's going to be an early night tonight. Mr Woof "helped" make the bed. The new bed frame fits around the mattress quite tighly compared to the old one, it should help to keep the sheets in place much better.

I had pretty much everything I need for the first night and tomorrow packed and labeled to make things as easy as possible, but completely forgot about my slippers. They are packed in a box with all my shoes, which I think is somewhere in the garage. Fortunately my parting gift from work included some nice fluffy warm socks with grippy soles to wear inside, and I know where that basket is.

First day back at work after 2 weeks off 😭

2nd stove top coffee. Let’s hope I can sleep tonight

bad Duenan!
- :(

Struggle street this morning, feeling a bit shaky and overly emotional. Crying over people and animals I’ve never met.

The first ride to work on the new bike went well. I didn't properly record it but it seems like it takes about as long, could be a little bit faster than the regular bike. I also didn't feel sweaty or the need to shower, so there's a massive time saver there as well.

Overall, I think this has been a good move and I'm really happy with it

What fuckery is this? My jigsaw has an extra piece.

That means someone out there is missing a piece. That someone wants their money back.
Better an extra piece than a missing piece!
- Well yes, but very confusing until confirmation it really doesn't go anywhere.
we need a picture
This has happened to me before. I felt blessed by the jigsaw gods.

I have found a few things on the beach just like all those youtube mudlarks ( people who find stuff on beaches and river banks ) . I am excite and have spent many hours researching on google just like a real mudlark. 🤓 It's all so interesting.

the brown and cream shard of pottery is 18th C agate ware.

the two tiles are Roman mosaic, probably around 400.

The little terra cotta dish looks like old Gallo Roman ware from the 8th C.

👍 🤭

I forgot to post the picture!!!

( um, this is all modern stuff. 🤭 I'm just doing a pisstake. )
- I was fully ready to believe you!

Ughhh. Why am I such a pack rat. I need to find the energy or the discipline to get more organised.

Might go through a storage bag of ‘nice’ (aka seldom worn) clothes and cull most of the dresses. Inexpensive Kmarget brands and possibly a little dated but they’re still fairly new and nice enough in style that they might be taken by somewhere that gives women clothes for work.

There are some gardening books about building garden beds but quite honestly I don’t think I’m physically up to diy right now. A friend’s kid might like to have them (grandpa could help).

Shredding of paperwork will continue.

I’m mentally earmarking some other things to sell.

It took me a month and an extra shredder to get rid of my paperwork. The horrible filing cabinet is now at the tip.

Anyone seeing the aurora? Last year when this happened I could see it through a camera in my backyard, this time no. I think yesterday was stronger but it was too cloudy.

very light pink in the sky to the south

Dream:

Moved overseas to do music. Met someone. Singing along to one of her originals.

Woke up suddenly and realised it's a Ben harper song I haven't thought of in years. Write it down to cover.

Went for a lunch break Pokemon Go stroll and caught a shiny Chansey!! WHEEEEE!!!

Amazon is evil but I am not going to get around to sawing the litterboxes down… I managed to find some with a really low side entrance made for senior cats. Fingers crossed that helps.

We’re going back to the vet soon to get a urine draw to figure out whether these antibiotics are working.

How do you get the cat into the carrier to go to the vet more than once
- I’m really lucky that she’s pretty docile. She does go and hide in an awkward spot when she sees it come out and try to back out of the carrier when being put in, but it’s thankfully not the ordeal it is with other cats. (For those cats I use trickery.)

You used to be able to look up the images on pillreports.com to check for strength.
MDMA is a little neurotoxic so try to take it a few months apart to allow your brain to recover.
You should just be able to take half and still get a pleasant tickle. Fun for cuddling, dancing, fucking, massage, showers, playing with the pets.
It will show up as meth on a drug driving swab for, say 12 hours.
I prefer my drugs in the morning, 10-11am, so I can enjoy the day, maybe nap and get to bed sober.
Should last 4-6 hours max, more likely 3. You may spew, don't fight it, just get it out of the way.
This is all assuming you've got MDMA/molly pingers.
Take it orally, eat it, rather than snorting it or sticking it up your bum.
If it is a patterned pill, ie has a logo, take a photo before hand for good OHnS if there's any issue.
More reading: https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/mdma.shtml
- or sticking it up your bum
  :( There goes my w/e plans.
  +1 on the half at first. Too often I've seen first timers think it's not working, take anothery and end up in eye wobble land and worry about it.
Don't have any advice for you, as I've never done them before, but I found this a bit amusing.

It's too early in the morning.

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- Thanks chef. A little ray of sunshine is what I am not rn.

Ahh insomnia, just because I forgot to take my wafer ^{(say it with a french accent like *a wafer thin mint*)} doesn't mean you get to rear your fat head again ugh.

Maybe I pull an all nighter and have a smol nap and go to bed at a reasonable time to tomorrow she says knowing she'll prolly sleep all day 🤦‍♀️

Can you set your Son to extra loud

Lovely warm day, the breeze was nice.😊

I was very happy with myself for actually getting out of the office for a short stroll at lunch time, it was lovely outside!
I actually got out and did some gardening - it was so nice outside today

so today I found out that Give a Crap broke ties with Lauren Dubois for "Antisemitism" i.e: Calling what's happening in Palestine a genocidal humanitarian crisis. We have successfully politicised bum towels everyone.

There’s a joke in here about opinions… 🧻
- dumped her as a partner

Currently watching James May: Our Man In......Japan, Italy and India. This is not your typical travel show. He doesn't do tourist spots. He does the unusual and interesting places with lots of facts. It's on Prime if anyone is interested.

I watched a few episodes and came to the conclusion that as much as I like James May, he just doesn't have enough charm to carry an entire show by himself.
It's good how they avoided the main stuff and off the beaten path though.
- I think he does alright. He's definitely a lot more relaxed in the Italy series.

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I wish to return the sausages consumed from a different establishment yesterday
- You may return the sausage but we do not provide refunds.
One packed lunch please.
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Coffeeeeee and a potato of hope
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i dreamed i was dreaming

You are still dreaming.
- nooooo

the tide is low, time for beach walk 🫠

2 glasses of warm milk later

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Edit: You know I should have just harvested the pumpkins while they were various colours in order to paint a picture of them. Sleepless thoughts.

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Youtube Music suggested an artist called Phyllomedusa to me this morning. At first I was skeptical it was AI as he's put out 6 albums this year alone. He's on Encyclopedia Metallium and has been at it since 2007, consistently putting out multiple albums a year in the 'froggrind' genre, of which I think he's the only member.

It was alright, snare was a little pingy. It makes you feel like you're doing something right if the algorithm recommends something so weird to you. Better than all the regular artists they push on you.

‘froggrind’
That's definitely a term right there
- There's a real frog and nature theme running through his work. I wonder if he's like a biologist or something and just makes harsh noise goregrind on the side