Melbourne

The psycho drunk housemate has left!

I took his blankets away to wash and now he's not happy

I really need to vacuum his bed and his spot but I don't think he's going let me.

oh man that relief when your ear finally pops after being blocked for like 12 hours. Even swallowing was starting to hurt!

Ted Cat pics. I'm trying to get him into a routine so I bring him downstairs everyday at around 3. He really loves the sun.

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Finally got the inspiration to start writing music again. Fuck it's been a rough couple of weeks. Worst feeling when you sit down in the studio and the only stuff that comes out is derivative bullshit.

In other news, Gibson loves the new spinning butterfly toy I bought her. I went on a spending spree at a pet shop so we are all stocked for enrichment stuff. Now I just need one of those kitty hammocks that sticks to the window.

I'm jealous of these magic swing things. We didn't have them as kids.

I don't think I'd trade the super fast metal slides and turntable dizzy thingy that actually go fast though.

My house is visitor clean. Some place are really clean now! So welcome! Just don't open that door. Or that door. And don't check that cupboard.

- camping, hiking, and an early morning run. Still going too. My legs are sore.

I have set up a post in !foodaustralia@aussie.zone called What's for dinner tonight? If you could post your dinner pics or descriptions of dinner in there I'll love you forever. Cheers

Why is it every single time I send an email or message to my loved ones or friends I am terrified up to the moment I press send, after I press send I'm resigned to the impending disaster. ie, rejection of my message or me. Opening replies is just as terrifying.

And yet there is never a disaster and reading back my messages they are never so fraught or needy or rude as I think they are. My messages are usually kind and sensitive and tactful .

Stupid inner voice from my ex family telling me I am really bad at social interactions, so bad I'm an outcast. Why did I believe it for so long?

Missing the kid today. Hes having a blast at daycare I know. But I'm looking forward to him coming home.

Next door's knockdown aka house removal is proceeding apace - guys were there early and got stuck right in.
So far there's already been one "whoa! crash" and one clanging noise "Nice work Andy, you fucking broke it!"
Get your bets down as to whether the house makes it out the gate in one piece, or at least the pieces it's supposed to be in.

Such a relief not having to worry about last minute surprises with the wedding stuff any more.

All that's left to do is look after bboi butters for a few days and that's that.

Also the DJ (who was also the celebrant) last night decided to drop darude sandstorm. Went down well for some people, not so great for others.

Also dropped a few 2step / uk garage choons which I'm keen on so I could flex my d-flaw(ed) moves

Ted Cat report. He enjoys zooming up and down the stairs.

He no longer frets too much . He does like company. He and Bill still aren't best buddies. I'm still a little nervous around him, he has scratched me once already and given a nip.

Will try to get some pics of him later when he comes down for his afternoon play and sit in the sun. 😊

I can be a bit of a space nerd at times, so quite excited to read about the successful return to Earth of a sample taken from an asteroid that's whizzing around the sun. The mission set off over 7 years ago sent a robotic probe to map the asteroid, collect samples and came back to Earth drop to them off by parachute in a capsule. The probe then turned around and is now heading towards a different asteroid. Cool.

Me climbing into bed at 8:15pm is the final signal that my mini-break is well and truly over. Now I'll not have another break until my big Christmas one, which has me in a terrible mood.

What also has me in a mood is the cat is going through a phase of thinking he owns the centre of the bed.

I just saw a video of the air conditioning vents built into the pavements in Qatar, which run even in the middle of the day when it's 46 degrees outside. Lol a completely ridiculous exercise in futility.

Reflux is keeping me awake tonight. Medication is barely taking the edges off it. I can feel that it’s getting better than it was but it’s a long road. I got diagnosed with a hernia after a recent gastroscopy, and the doctor said I need to do heaps of cardio exercise to strengthen my diaphragm. I’ve really upped my exercise but I can’t see big improvements and it makes me really anxious when I can’t sleep.

what the fUCK AM I DOING

who am i

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Welp, I was in a rush this morning and managed to leave my keys on the bench and lock myself out. I'm hoping that now that It's finally happened it won't happen again

Ted Cat zoomed up the stairs when I called him. 😊💗

another Ted pic.

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Cool change of RELIEF, there is some positive headway at work after I pushed back (I think - at least it's less aggressive/antagonistic than before)

And I am proud of myself for very slowly getting through several roadblocks in upgrading my hopelessly outdated ROM after 7 years, which has had half arsed root and all kinds of other mods chucked in over the years. So far I have:

• Backed up all photos
• Backed up all apps and data with Titanium Backup
• Figured out how to get that backup onto my PC (no SD card slot in phone)
• Flashed a new version of TWRP - bad idea. Panicked as phone would drain completely flat if it tried to reboot into recovery
• Panicked further as fastboot wasn't working
• Had a cuppa and deep breaths and figured out how to update the drivers (after some force close voodoo). Got fastboot to work, yay.
• Excavated the internet, found a 2017 dated release of TWRP and flashed that. Worked, thank fuck.
• Turned the house upside down looking for an USB OTG drive that I swore I had, to do a nandroid backup. Finally found an adapter
• Now trying to troubleshoot why TWRP can't detect the USB. Doing a full format of the drive
• Found out I had FIVE previous nandroid backups on my phone's internal storage from 2017 wtaf, deleted those and have enough space on internal. Nandroid backup DONE.

...now to do a full wipe + factory reset, flash the latest stock ROM, hope to fuck that works then try Lineage 20... and if all that works and I can restore my apps and data I'm home free! 😅

Went into the office at 10:30am for a 11:15am coffee catchup with a colleague. Was on a tram heading home by 12. Went for a little ride on a rental scooter because the sun is out and now I'm home. Hybrid working is alright.

Ah work let me wfh today, despite this being just my 2nd week. Least I can still earn some cash while my stomach and bowels gurgle and gumble lol

Did we have a cool change at 11 AM? Strange.

31,838...is it bedtime yet?

Temu item disapointment today, I received my plant propagation kits and the clear plastic dome on top is not the higher version promised, it is exactly the same as the other ones I have. While I was out I figured I'd pop in to NQR, which was also a bit disappointing. I did grab some toothpaste and some frozen pies but that was it. Happily though my seed order was delivered while I was out, so not everything today is a disappointment.

Sun outside is hot already. I didn’t expect by it to be 20c by 10:30am, it was getting a little bit toasty out there in the sun so I bailed.

Time for brunch!

My pup is at the vet today getting neutered… going to be a fun few days keeping him quiet. Pool noodle collar will be used instead of a cone.

After not handing in my first two assignments for the two subjects I'm currently studying, I then didn't hand in the next two assignments...so I wasn't going to pass anyway. Once I have my adhd diagnosis I'm going to get a letter from my psychiatrist stating that I've had severely reduced capacity due to adhd and work stress and that led me to being unable to do my assignments. It's really hard to explain the feeling of it all, but I'm just going allow myself to rest and reduce the pressure on myself.

In the scary part of everything. Phone is completely empty except for the last version of TWRP I could get to work (serves me right for having it on Android 7 for way too long).

Can't flash last version of stock ROM (Android 10). Tried the Android 9 version, still no dice. Let us try Android 8. Ooooh, it's doing something!!

edit 1: Alright, managed to seemingly successfully flash stock Android 8 zip, but it was stuck on the loading screen forever, tried again in twrp a few times and then realised for some reason the system partition wasn't mounted. Now it is, and the loading screen does its thing... Let's see if this works :/

edit 2: HOUSTON WE HAVE LIFTOFF. I tried flashing stock Android 7 and FINALLY that worked!!! I have somewhere to start from! Now to incrementally try and get to stock Android 10.......

edit 3: After a lot of going around in circles, I've made the monumental upgrade from Android 7 to 8! A WHOLE NEW VERSION!! I must remember to always reboot into recovery first and wipe everything before booting into the system... now to try and get to the last version of 8, then attempt going up to 9.

edit 4: needed to do a painful slow version by version upgrade to get to the last version of 8 (some big changes in between I guess). Now to try and get to 9. Watching Good Omens s2 while I wait for things to flash. Naked Jon Hamm is always a selling point

Today shall be a day of food and gardening. Unfortunately back to work tomorrow, so I need to organise meals for that. Gardening will be planting and digging, plus the next Science of Gardening subject starts today so I will probably make a start on that too.

I have my fingers crossed that the case for the new phone arrives today. I'd like to start using it, but it is very slippery and I feel like I'm constantly on the verge of dropping it.

Hey @Nath@aussie.zone when you get time today can you please put a tiny jar of Vegemite next to Food Australia so we stand out a bit in the list of communities. Thank you. I'm starting to recruit now.

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you know when you start watching something, and you know it's shit, but you have to keep going even though there's more than one season??

that's happening to me

Grandparents food yesterday doesn't like me at all today. My toilet loathes me right now.