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I got the full story about that guy I've mentioned the other day.
Everything I've told him in confidence has been spread around. People I haven't met, know about my substance issues from the past.
I am so fucking angry right now. But, it will pass.
He's dead to me.
I'm so sorry.
I was thinking about what you wrote, how he was doing things to teach people a lesson.
That's just crazy, what would be the point?
It's really just sadism framed with words that blame the victim.
He's a bad person.
Is this the one who's been self destructing?
I'm sorry gibsy. I'm not sure this is the case, although it probably does feel like it but I'm sure you won't be judged about your past as much as it feels like you might. Those people don't even know you, they're probably not likely to pass too much judgement
Try not to let it affect your trust too much (which I realise is easier said than done). There's still good people out there, and speaking from experience, isolating yourself won't help
Is this the bloke who use you as an emotional crutch whilst he fucks away his life?
Maaaaan how pathetic do you have to be that someone respectfully tells you that they need space so you proceed to dump on them to make yourself feel better? Dudes done you a favor bro, hes made a very clear statement: "I'm a piece of shit and your time spent being my friend is wasted".
Also its 2024, if other folks dunk on you for overcoming a substance abuse issue that's just more trash taking itself out.
All this fuss about a baby at comedy show. In order to be effective some performances demand that noise in the audience is controlled. Would you take a baby to a classical musical performance or an opera?
And all these false equivalences to restaurants and cafes. It's really not the same. People go to those places specifically to converse and make noise so it's not a problem there (or shouldn't be).
She deliberately went into the performance knowing it might be an issue, and then is shocked pikachu when she got booted.
She 100% would be the person who takes their baby to the movies (to see a non-kids film). The entitlement is off the charts.
Ironically, Ms Faranda was politely asked by hosts of The Project to hand her baby to her partner last night after the child's crying disrupted the interview.
HA!!
Yeah, I took the kids out all the time when they were babies. Shops, markets, cafes etc. I never took them to a cinema or a show, because that would be inconsiderate.
I'm all about parental rights, and absolutely all about parental facilities catering to dads. But my rights end at the point where they impinge on yours.
I took little miss seagoon to see bambi when she was five, matinee of course, at valhalla
I also took her to see Cats when she was about 7
here's the thing, by considering the needs of the child the child will be content and happy and easy , any place where where the child is going to miserable you don't take them and that also works out for the other people there
I feel so bad for that baby in the news
The thing is when you make a mistake and everyone does, you say "I am sorry. I didn't mean to make anyone uncomfortable and I apologise" then you end it.
She deliberately went into the performance knowing it might be an issue, and then is shocked pikachu when she got booted.
Munchausen by proxy... sorta
used the child to get attention for herself
The "fuss" is just media hype bullshit.
Well I will be. The nice pest control ossifer that I rang up for this morning turned up almost to the minute. Will be removing 2 wasp nests. If wasps still present after a week, they come back and do it again. Could get used to this sort of service.
edit: Surprise of the week. One of the wasp nests wasn't wasps - it was bees. European honey bees. So that nest wasn't poisoned, but dug up and the nice pest control ossifer took it home with him in a bucket to add to his collection of hives. There may be some stray worker bees looking for it over the next few days but he successfully found the queen and two baby queens too. The nest didn't have much honey in it, so I freely gifted him with any that was there. He then reduced the quoted cost cos the quoted cost included the chemicals for destroying 2 wasp nests and only 1 lot was used. Shout out to him.
This is a story which makes me happy! I'm still peeved at my kids school because there was a bee hive/nest thing in a tree and they brought in exterminators who fumigated with toxic chemicals and killed all the bees. The kids said when they went out to play there were all these bees dying and convulsing on the ground π₯Ί I like how your story goes better: bees saved and taken to where they're useful, and wasps sent to hell in a haycart π
Welp I've booked weekend accommodations because I refuse to sit in my apartment for my birthday. I'll hit the road on Thursday and make for the border. Each of the 3 nights away will be a different town along the border (nowhere new.. I think I've been to all of the border towns now anyway) before I come back to Melbourne on Sunday for dinner with the family to cap off the long weekend.
Looking forward to hitting the road, a few nice dinners and chillaxing.
Well, there's another border apart from the Murray - try Nhill and the Naracoorte caves.
Hot take Tuesday. Whenever I'm scrolling on news sites or the other place and I come across headings like "What is this thing?" or "You'll never guess what someone found in their Big Mac?" I don't want to know. I'm not clicking.
Same.
I can't be bothered with teaser headings, that includes on news articles.
@Seagoon_ @CEOofmyhouse56 And more often than not, the answer is lame.
"You'll never believe what this '90s heartthrob looks like now!"
It looks like him, but 30 years older.
And I would believe it, because he was famous 30 years ago.
"You'll never believe what the kids of this celebrity are doing now!"
Going to uni.
Because they're in their early 20s.
Celebrities with lookalike kids. Yep. That's usually how it works.
i hate news headlines
"Ukraine will get its U.S. funding. But can that turn the tide?"
and don't get me started on "hush money" π‘
Piggybacking off from you I hate news articles that tease something then it ends with βClick here to find out!β
Pisses me off to no end.
Also I had to look up the interview news about the baby and The Project.
Sky news and News.com.au have the headlines of the βhost mocked for interviewβ
Most other news outlet are neutral with their headlines but the vitriol of sky news and News.com.au is disgusting.
Sitting in a city office, after having spent 2 hours getting here. Wearing a with mask, listening to all the coughing around me. Doing work that I could do just fine at home. Wearing headphones with music on to block out the noise from all the other people on teams meetings, so no βculture and collaborationβ is happening. How has the world come to this absolute bullshit of βreturn to office, Covid is over, back to having no lifeβ?
Landlords, micro managers and boomer managers enter the chat
I have lost this game of bedtime chicken. Hopefully not see you until breakfast.
Goodnight mate!
I fear I may have developed a chocolate pudding addiction. I have had chocolate pudding with custard for dessert 3 nights in a row, and now I have some in the oven for lunch. If this continues I may end up having breakfast pudding.
Made grilled chicken with mash and Brussels for dinner, but also a casserole to simmer away. It smells bloody lovely and I can foresee a second dinner being partaken of π
Also I ripped out a molar which has been giving me the shits for a while, rotting away right up the back there. It feels great! I feel strangely fantastic! I can smile without something jabbing me in the cheek! I can eat without accidentally chomping down on an out of place tooth!
I'm gonna become a gamer tomorrow. I've got the Nintendo Switch juiced up. I found a game called Warshmellows. It's a shooty game but fun with cute and violent characters. I'm gonna see if there's a cricket game too. Just waiting for the "technicians" to hook me up so I can practice today.
I've never played the Switch before. Should be fun.
Ugh only got 4 hours of sleep from stress, did not pick up car last night due to poor communication from them around payment methods. Got in a really foul mood and threw aside my people-pleasing tendencies to let the seller know how disappointed I was that they wasted so much of my time after already having spent so much time on this and giving them a frankly better price than they deserve. Fuck it, I knew it made them uncomfortable and I dug in because I'm tired of always being the one copping it.
Thankfully the husband at least gave me a ride all the way home and I found a friend who's kind enough to drive me back down tonight. I cannot wait for this saga to be over!!!!
My husband is on holidays. We declared tomorrow "Operation Special Biscuit Day" while the kid is at school. We are trying to think of everything we may need so we don't need to leave the house. So far on the list is chicken nuggets.
Finished Fallout. I've played 3 and 4 so the revelation wasn't a MASSIVE surprise. But I like how effectively everyone stuck to their game roles. Bad guys were bad, morally grey guys were grey, and nice smattering of wasteland just to make everything a touch more complicated. My only complaint was we saw a more Fallout 4 Brotherhood than a Fallout 3 one.
Quiet on set.
This is The Rest of Your Life, take 1
π¨πͺπ»π°πΆπ΅!!!
Enter stage left: Me
Big smile, wave, trips over mic cord and splats on face, hits funny bone and tries not to cry...
...cut to commercial...
OK already - I'm resting as hard as I can. How much more do you want?
all hail melatonin
Must get around to trying that π§ π§
After my last disastrous attempt at picking up this spare number plate, I'm trying again. There's a teacher's strike on, so I have a rare opportunity during office hours for this.
We left home at 7am, just got to the department of transport just now. It opens in 15 minutes. 8am on a Tuesday morning is obviously a busy time, since I'm 36th in the queue.
Don't know what's better. A screaming junkie, or those Jesus pushers outside Footscray station that stop you so you have to take your headphones off.
Why stop? I just hiss at them and keep going.
When I was young and edgy, I'd tell them "nah I can't step foot in a church, sorry, I burst into flames; I've tried."
Now I just say "no thanks" and move along lol
I do a couple of sneaky deprogramming interactions. π€
"You must really miss your family"
"What did you used to do before you did this?" "That sounds awesome"
"Where do you see yourself in five years time?"
A quick and polite 'Hail Satan' moves them onto another target.
For some reason reading the news from overseas is particularly painful.....just so so parochial and petty bourgeois.
Electrical Safety guy came from Smart house. Everything is good! Which means my broken microwave can be returned to the Good Guys haha! If it wasn't the magnetron that died, I would give it to my Opa to fix, but knowing him he'd irradiate himself or something π€¦ββοΈ
Had a lovely chat with the tech, though, apparently Detector Inspector has bought Smart house lol. See how that pans out, considering Detector Inspectors schedulers are in Manila, and we all know my feelings on scheduling being outsourced to another country (they don't realize how long it takes to get across any of our cities π, not blaming them of, blaming the companies that outsource like that).
Quitting smoking is going well, was super cranky last week due to not having it and also having that inspection. Luckily they didn't spot the parts of the carpet that the carpet moths got to, but I blame the LL for installing wool-blend carpet - stupid fuck. Besides, if we stay here long enough, we could prolly chalk it up to wear and tear lol.
The cat has come out of hiding, and is begging for a cuddle. I must oblige him.
