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Just finished watching Baby Reindeer. Thereβs no spoilers below but just in case:
musings
This show is heavy. Each episode leaves you thinking why is he letting this happen to himself. But doing things you know are bad for yourself, day after day, maybe for years, is something that happens to people. And then the shame of the self destruction is intense, so itβs rare for people to talk about. I have never seen it depicted with such rawness. Baby reindeer nails it.
it's a pretty horrifying series
The Young Seagoons have been living in NZ for a while now and have been telling me stories of their visits to Hobbiton. It's so adorable and awesome. π€π§ββοΈπ§ππ§ββοΈπ§
It's on my geek bucket list
Well here's an ANZAC story from my fam.
WW2 my gramps went to tubruk as a doctor. Aus captured a bunch of Italians late jan '41. The Aus docs and Italian docs that they had captured apparently really hit it off, let them out of captivity for a bit, drank / smoked together and shared advice on battlefield medicine.
Gramps was very quiet about his experience but to my old man he did say a few stories (which to me are only second hand).
He never marched in the parade, never watched it apparently. The blinds would come down when us kids asked about it.
So I think today means something different to everyone.
I always reflect on my grandparents stories.
Grandma's barn (Europe) was hit by an errant shell back in 1941 a few minutes before she went to milk the cows. Livestock died, she survived cause her parents were giving her a taking to for sneaking off with a guy....my grandpa
Same grandpa was captured by the germans twice in a span of 4 weeks, and managed to escape both times.
Neither ever elaborated on the stories and we never pressed them.
Can I just say my sinuses have really cleared up in a tropical climate.
I often find at night in particular in Melbourne I do suffer nasal congestion. It's like the tissues themselves in my nose swell. And I've done all sorts of things to keep on top of it which to be fair helps but it's not bullet proof.
I regularly change bedding. I regularly thoroughly vacuum. My floors are not carpet. I don't have pets. My pillows are relatively new. I've tried shutting the window at night.
And given this problem has gone away in a tropical climate I can only deduce I'm constantly surrounded by pollen and dust in Melbourne.
But... but... the HUMIDITY?
Yes it's unfortunate that it comes with an unbearable climate.
Perhaps the universe is telling you to move to a tropical island?
Hmm I'd still prefer a drier climate. Maybe Perth or Adelaide.
@wscholermann @Seagoon_ my sinuses cleared up when I stopped living in Melbourne most of the time - I still visit very regularly, but I live rurally and the difference has been dramatic. Not tropical, far from it - but I'm originally from Perth, and I developed a few different health issues when I moved to Melbourne. I think it's unfortunately got pretty poor air quality generally compared to many other places in Australia.
@kudra @wscholermann @Seagoon_ Same here.
Every time I return to Melbourne, I get hayfever within the first week.
It clears right up when I'm away.
I think it's just the weather and the pollen in the air?
@ajsadauskas @wscholermann @Seagoon_ I think it's a combination of different things, pollen, dust, weather, pollution: all of which may be somewhat more localised?
@kudra @ajsadauskas @wscholermann @Seagoon_ someone told me that it's partly to do with the interaction between the prevailing wind from the west and the Dandenong range to the east. also all the evil london plane trees
@luciedigitalni @kudra @wscholermann @Seagoon_ The plane trees makes a lot of sense.
Every time I'm in Melbourne, within a couple of days, I get hayfever. Then when I fly up to Sydney, it clears up within a day or two.
I would be seriously surprised if Sydney has significantly less air pollution than Melbourne.
Sydney has the Blue Mountains, the Royal National Park, and Ku-ring-gai Chase surrounding it on three sides.
So just by process of elimination, that leaves the temperature and pollen from some local plant as potential culprits.
There should be a campaign to change Victoria's number plate slogan to something along the lines of "allergy capital"
Tomorrow is a sickie I reckon. Fuck that its obvious
Well I'm actually legitimately sick now so you can most definitely borrow my sickness to take an extra day off.
Yay. Beer o'clock starts early π
Apologies for giving you Covid
Whoβs gonna help me turn the wheels of progress?
@Force_majeure123 @Seagoon_ @melbourne That's a nasty cough you got there, Force majeure. Sounds to me like a severe case of fakenitis. You don't want that spreading across your workplace. Time to see Dr Howlong to get the day off, I say...
I'm feeling really good for an unknown reason and my first thought was "shit what's wrong" lol
Yay: car! public holiday! picked up some goodies today with ease thanks to both of these factors
Eh: insurance is a bitch to sort through.
Nay: my friend who drove me down to the seller's place last night tested positive for covid this morning π haven't tested myself yet but after an OK start to the day, definitely feeling poorly this afternoon, so I'm fairly certain I've got something...
Yay in the end: the goodies I picked up today were premade meals, I have enough to last me til Monday. Was gonna put most of it in the freezer but now I'm just grateful I have ready made delicious and healthy food to get me through the next two days so I can rest up.
I am finally taking advice from here and getting out of my relationship.
The boyfriend is doing exams. I didn't initiate anything for a few days. Heard nothing from him. Couldn't even fit in a five second text message in his day or a five minute phone call. It's like the relationship didn't exist. He knows how much consistency means to me as I have told him countless times. I understand being busy but totally disappearing off of the face of the Earth and me getting worried is not fun. I thought I was being unreasonable but I have needs and wasn't asking for a lot? My birthday is soon and watch him not even send me a message then as well.
I call him out and explain how I feel (over text but still - he lives kinda far). He replies saying he doesn't have time to deal with me and wants to put the relationship on hold for two weeks until he can see me again in person. Also that if I messaged him, it could only be bare minimum stuff and light-hearted. Great way to make your partner feel like they can't talk to you, particularly when they're constantly anxious! So I am detaching and treating this like a breakup, and then when I see him in two weeks, it will officially be over.
he doesnβt have time to deal with me
To me I'd have to say I really wouldn't like that.
it could only be bare minimum stuff and light-hearted.
I wouldn't like that either.
Exams are serious and it's not as easy as taking five seconds.
it's not easy because he has to stop what he is doing , change his thinking, then try to pick up where he left off
I suggest you , or he, set a time, the same time, everyday or every second day , so he can plan around it.
also, waiting for calls to come all day because it's random sucks, it creates worry
set a time so you can stop worrying
How would you have coped before telephones? You had to trust.
big hugs
It took a while, but the cat has finally discovered that cheese is Good For Cats. Little bugger tried to pinch my smoked cheddar (and gave it a good lick). Luckily he's much prettier than he is smart, it's not hard to outwit him.
Finally the cleaning job is done and Iβm tired.
Need to fix a few more things, had someone who came to help me today, grateful but missed most of the footy :(
Well, I just watched this entire thing, mesmerising...
How is it that I'm obsessed with art right now but can't buckle down and practice. Am I stuck somewhere or is it just struggling with pressure/focus π€¨
(I am practicing, cross hatching with a pen. It's just hard to stick at.)
it just takes hours and hours of study and practice,
for example, sometimes I do calligraphy for presents, I will study their name, get a nice translation, choose characters, choose the materials and style . All that still takes hours.
It's a free public domain book so very old, this exercise is meant to be done with a fountain pen (?) with ink that can be scratched off with a pen knife to lighten the value and even out the whole thing. I'm trying to do it with a biro and no knife
