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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
last nights' go at the SMC
Didn't realise the dew was gonna be so bad so only used 12 x 5mins exposures instead of the 24 I took. Shit happens. Will probably end up using only 4 and will have to take another bunch another night. Good to see the equipment still works though.
Throw open that door, bask in those well needed vitamin d rays and sneeze yourself senseless for the rest of the day.
Anyone following the Collins St Falcons - the babies are hatching!
Mama birb's bum is firmly on them, but #2 hatched about 40 minutes ago.
Oh my goodness look at the wee things π
It took a bit of time for our lady to settle in this time as she's been away for a year and hates the carrier - bit of hissing and swiping at her human before he left - but nothing a bit of churu knockoff can't do to lift a kitty's mood.
First point of order was bathroom, followed by a general investigation, then of course food (while I was rushing around tidying up and making my own dinner) - guaranteed cutest meows whenever food is involved - but I forgot then that I have to keep her out of my room if I open my closet, because she loves hiding in it and refusing to come out and there was more swiping and angry huffs as I tried to coax her out.
She's pretty settled now though, headbutts and trills and all, and keeps coming back to sit on/near my socks, so I feel rather honoured π
soxloaf and soxfloof
CW: mother
A dark thought creeps
Across my mind
Strange tendrils seep
Across my waking hours,
Where previously they were confined
To the cold and late hours.
This thought brings no warmth
With it's freezing touch.
My heart quickens, beating faster.
So I roll it around
And savour it too much,
A bitter morbid desire:
That perhaps it would be easier on me
If you had died all those years ago,
I could have taken this time to grieve,
And I wouldn't hold on to so much hope
That you'd return to me
With your laughter
Ringing in my ears.
But now your just another zombie
In the shape of my mother...
But I have no other...
So I hope you're doing well,
Wherever you now dwell,
That you don't see a demon in me,
When you look at photos of your baby.
I hope my cousin is a better daughter
To you
Than I could ever be.
Net hugs.
Whilst I prefer the red trike as it's pretty stable with a lot of weight at the back, it is currently out of commission so the new shopping goon and snack mobile (for now) is the unicorn basket bike:
Doubt the kids are going to laugh at me now.
"Can I have a chip"... "No". "Can you buy us some booze"?... "No".
#W A S H I N G
I did not know if you put a hash tag in front you get gigantic letters. I will leave this here
Bunch of ticket inspectors sitting at arts precinct on St Kilda rd... Like ten of them.
Even more boarding northbound on swanston st at Collins st
Omg even more boarding Collins st going to docklands. They're everywhere today
yeah, the warmer weather brings out all sorts of parasitic species
They were all gathered together for an early morning trust fall session.
Team connection glue day, all WFO
Forcefield test! Can this wire dome thing prevent cat aquiring bacon?
In my experience, NOTHING stands between cat and bacon. It's a scientific fact.
Got a bit shitty at work over being lectured about fucking image formatting (fuck Word, seriously) but got over it thoroughly by (a) having walked to work and back - big tick, (b) absolutely SMASHING through the backlog, and (c) clocking off on the dot - because I have much more important things to attend to very shortly! Everyone else can fuck off!
Also managed to survive nearly getting collected by some fuckwit speeding through Kew Junction after the cars finished turning, a good 20 seconds after the lights had changed and I was halfway across the pedestrian crossing. People do be getting stuck in dumb situations there. No death for me today, though - thanks, but nothing will get in the way of hosting my VIP guest!
Got home in time to do some last minute gardening (now). How good is it having the sun still up when I get home. Home - which has been nicely aired through all windows during the day. It's a great feeling.
I got'em on the telly now
And yep that looks like a dead relo
I'm gonna play with some buttons on here now because you never learn if you don't fuck around with stuff.
Going to be a warmish night tonight.
Low of 14 tonight.
Out and about today.
Had to travel to Keysborough to pick up something then finally I'm back at at Southland treating myself out to a coffee and chilling at a cafe inside.
Have to do a lot of food shopping and was thinking of maybe picking up some spare clothes since the buttons on all my of sleep shirts seems to have all popped off.
Thankfully it's a bit quieter here today compared to last week.
Hope it's a fairly painless process today.
Anyone ever tried Kava?
Recommended, yes no?
Yeah. I've had it. A small buzz that tastes like diluted clay water. You gotta try things once.
yea. For me little bit relaxing and mouth went slightly numb. Wouldn't rate it for the taste though.
I'm thinking of giving it a go out of curiosity.
Yeah, with my islander mates. It was fun and mild. There's a bit of a ceremony thing we did which was fun but probably unnecessary. Having the nitrous wear off and feeling not returning to head was novel. I rolled the lads a joint with a scrap of dmt in it so we got nice sparkles too. Good times at bush doofs.
I've got a couple of weeks off coming up and am starting to make plans. Hopefully I can get a bit more stuff sorted to sell. I'm down to bigger and more difficult stuff to sort out - heavyweight camping gear, tools & random shed stuff, and some outdoor cupboards. Once that's gone I am pretty much decluttered and just down to maintenance work to make sure the clutter level stays low. Feels pretty good to have space to move.
I also need to do a bit or gardening, hopefully the weather will cooperate.
Itβs Trust Fall Fursday!
You canβt make me, Iβm on leave πΊ
π«₯ ok, but only with mr seagoon
The company culture building teams will be chosen by AI
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^fake^ ^a^ ^sniffle^ ^a^ ^day^ ^early^ ^then^ ^call^ ^in^ ^sick^
But first..the mandatory 2hour OHS safety briefing with 150slide PowerPoint presentation
With robotic voice and eighteen different types of thing to click on to prove itβs connectively interactive
Ok I think I'm done.
You have now been promoted to head of IT
Today's weeding done:
About 3x that to go FML.
I'm going to have to ninja it into other people's green bins at 3am for a few consecutive bin nights (they won't mind).
60 mins to go. Come oooooooon.
Science says I need more sun than others due to darker skin.
