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Apparently I'm a monster because I closed the bedroom door while I re-strung my guitar. Strings are very pointy at the ends, and would easily hurt a cats body or in particular, their eyes.
You would think I was actively torturing a rather small cat if you heard the wails. So dramatic.
I googled how to increase my blue tooth range and it said to put them closer together.
I'm slowly tidying and cleaning after months of being pretty bed bound
Donโt overdo itโฆ.
Grinding Subnautica today ๐๐ ๐ซง๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ชธ๐คฟ
I've tried to play that game so many times, but the deep sea scares me in ways I find difficult to verbalise.
Sometimes, I just skate across the top to the islands and scream because I don't know what's below me, and what if they're all chasing me just under the surface.
What's your favourite bits of the game? :)
Family visiting this weekend and I whipped up a proper lunch for everyone around my table. Realised it's the first time I have cooked for a group in this new place. And it worked well. It's a small apartment but everyone fit and chilled and it was really nice. I needed that. ๐
The sun is getting very tardy about rising these days, most disappointing. Mr Woof insisted I get up at 6am this morning and now he's gone back to bed and I'm sitting on the couch looking out at darkness.
Here's a weird one.
Neighbour dropped off some chocolate yesterday out of the blue.
This guy complains about my leaves on the nature strip.. cuts his lawn with hand shears. I've only spoken to him maybe 3 times.
He's an odd dude.. but..
then he said which uni degree which I did well over a decade ago.. How the fuck would he know that.
Major stalking vibes.
Don't eat the chocolate.
And next time refuse it. Don't take gifts from weirdos. It might feel like the more dangerous option to refuse, but assholes may treat is as you owing them some kind of debt.
It's in the bin heh.
test the chocolate on a mouse
The Sydney Road Street Party is on, and this is great. Chilling on my balcony with a coffee and getting some free live music. ๐ค
I am made of regrets,
Of atoms and silhouettes,
A life repaying the debt
Of a misspent youth.
Trashy and uncouth,
Nothing to show for
For the years on show for
A man who didn't know what he had to lose,
While he lost, now I'm a loser too.
Not forewent.
Well spent.
Expreience is cumulative
This is why we live.
I watched "The Fall" 2006 today. Such a beautiful movie, visually and the story too. Can recommend. It's only available on YT and it's free, no ads.
Just finished season two of The Bear...wow that was some good television.
Took Minipeelers to an optometry appointment, which I cleverly scheduled when the Brunswick Music Festival started. I love local festivals! I just had the nicest salt and pepper calamari I've had in years, and the fish and chips swoons. It's a great vibe down here and it's only going to get better! I encourage anyone who can to get down here and enjoy the day, there's going to be so much free music and street performers, plus I've already bought something from a couple of street vendors, there's heaps of stalls. Don't mind me I just love this kind of thing!
The days seem to be flying by so fast. Does anyone else remember that old ad of Jimeoin repeatedly sliding past the camera in his jocks yelling "Monday!" "Tuesday!" ...?
Thought I was going to try Jack fruit tonight. Turns out this tin is less than 10%. A exercise in reading labels better. ๐พ
How is it nearly 1.30 already
I made plunger coffee today. Sorry I french pressed the coffee today. I haven't done this since maybe last century and it worked first go. I will be drinking coffee all day and be thinking about a nice coffee cosy to make.
Once you get it right and learn how much to use youโll find out how wonderful it is.
Itโs a little bit more grounded and intense I find via a plunger but it does taste quite nice like that.
Hope you enjoy!
Oh I am enjoying. Thank you.
Breakfast ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅญ๐๐ฅฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฅฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅจ๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ง๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ชผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅฎ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅง๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐ต๐บ๐ถ๐ฅค๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ท๐ฅ๐ธ๐น๐ง๐
I'm currently in preserving mode. Yesterday I bottled some potatoes and put some zucchini in the dehydrator. This morning I ground the dried zucchini to make flour and cut a load of tomatoes to dry. I plan to do some zucchini pickles today (and maybe marinated capsicums) and have plans in the next few days to smoke some chillis and start on jam making.
Dad turned up with a new kitchen gadget for me. A new, cripple proof kettle that I donโt even have to lift to use.
I donโt need it - I have two perfectly good, fairly new kettles already, the second of which I initially bought specifically because my parents argued my first (basic stovetop) kettle wasnโt safe for someone with my balance to use. I havenโt asked for it. It solves a problem that for me at least fundamentally doesnโt matter/doesnโt exist.
But I have a new kettle nevertheless. And heโs stashed both my old ones on a high shelf I canโt reach, because itโs the only cupboard or shelf space my kitchen has left, so I canโt even change it back.
Itโs a good kettle, donโt get me wrong. I just donโt quite know why he decided to get it for me.
Maybe someone else recommended it, and he acted on that recommendation. Which is fine as far as it goes. I figure it's a bit rude to just show up with it and re-configure your pre-existing quite satisfactory arrangements though.
New sleep spot:
Enjoy your day everyone ๐
This box was made for me,
These clothes are my bed, you see?
As the old saying goes,
If I can comfortably fit
Both my nose and my toes,
Then within it I must sit!
