Before Sunset thoughts: ahhhhhhhhhh
That was a nice little distraction.
4/5 Hobbits.
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they are nice movies π
Goodnight everyone, I'm tired as. Gonna do my usual and fall asleep now and wake up in the early hours..
not too warm here, brr
Started making dinner at 7pm, bad idea. Just sat down after getting through dish mountain and cleaning up around the place. I made chicken katsu curry for the first time, will be adding that to my stale dinner rotation.
Iβm honestly exhausted. I think itβs bedtime
I've achieved my dream finally.
Playing drums to my own guitar tracks.
I can't explain how fucking cool this is, even as a fairly shit drummer lol
Hey good on you! You don't have to be John Bonham to enjoy making music.
My advice is more cowbell. It's not great advice though.
Went into Aldi and forgot to buy apple strudel. The shame! The shame!
Iβm going to try but Iβve run out of freezer space
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JC. You had one job.
I watch and read a lot of essays and pods and stuff about movie and tv and one thing I notice is that writers like to effusively write about all the influences and all the references to other works, books and movies and art, in a movie or show.
I would love to sit and discuss with an average real person who doesn't make tv or movies and we can find all the artistic and literary references they have spoken or written that day in the course of their everyday life.
because art is every where and in everyone's everyday lives, they just forgot
The tissue box next to me has a printed marble pattern on it. Marble has been used to beautify objects and spaces for thousands of years. Itβs expensive so itβs used by the wealthy and thus associated with luxury. The echos of that art have traversed thousands of years to be printed on a tissue box.
I decided to take a deep breath, steel myself and have a look through my supervisor's revision - half the intro was basically rewritten but it does at least flow better and the points made aren't substantially different. The discussion needs a big boost though. It's doable. But I'm leaving it to tomorrow. For now, I am going to have a nice hot dinner of paratha and some super spicy prawn curry, have a hot shower, and then burrow in bed to do some nyt word puzzles with brown noise until I fall asleep.
Tomorrow's game plan is 1. Finalise my slides with the improved logic flow from thesis; 2. Rehearse slides to make sure I'm not way over time; 3. Do some writing and reading if I have time; 4. Presentation of doom; 5. Continue writing
There's some real gremlins in my brain playing the old classics on repeat from bad academic experiences of the past but I ain't giving them a voice today. There's work to be done once this is all over, for sure.
Deadline is technically Monday but supervisor also thinks I can get this across the line before COB Friday so we're gonna fucking do it and I can truly relax on the weekend
sounds like your supervisor is on your side π
Sometimes I wish I wasn't studying and could go home like the rest of my family and just relax. I just want to get this shit done and relax for two weeks.
The course I'm doing is known for being "easy" academically, but I'm on track to failing a subject unless I get 85% in one of the assessments. I'm submitting everything late, if at all.
I guess there's no point in worrying now, and I just have to power through and cross the failing bridge when I come to it.
Tip: Apply for extensions before the due date.
I've gotten the maximum extensions already π¬
Bummer.
You are going to pass because you are intelligent , hard working and you want this.
I remember when I was at uni studying chinese language and art at night , I loved it and was working hard and doing well . Then the fam started booking fam events on the nights when I had school and would tell me to drop classes. I said no and the only one backing me up was miss seagoon who was here on holiday. I went to classes.
Why would they even do that?
Thanks Seagoon, I hope so.
That would've been frustrating to deal with. I'm glad you went to those classes :)
it's not so much frustrating as demoralising and sad , these people are fam and supposed to be telling me I'm good and should be working toward my goals
it made me happy that miss seagoon was on my side and showed I was right in my feelings
hugs
I can feel the freezing air coming through the window of my home office. It's very gentle but it's there. I think it's more obvious today because of how cold it is and maybe the direction of the wind is the right angle of south as this is a south-facing room. Must counteract with heating ($$$).
I got 2 callbacks from applications I put in yesterday!
Fuck yeah.
Hell yeah! Simon is a wanted man! How did the CEO chat go?
It was OK. He's a nice guy but he's too far up to relate to what's happening in middle management.
We'll see how these interviews pan out.
I really didn't want to start another goddamn probation but here we are.
Nice!
Go you!
Oohh thatβs good news!
yay π
weather took me by surprise, had the wrong coat on, no hat , no gloves, thankfully I had on a big wool scarf
shopping went well, I got some boots that are pretty roomy so should be good for hiking in nzπ
( new make up palette did not work out, the silver eyeshadow looked so shiny and bright and light, put it on and it was a dull grey that really accentuated the dark rings under my eyes π΅βπ«)
and today I saw a gentleman wearing a bowler hat and a bespoke english cut suit
I own a bowler hat. I've never worn it but I have one.
Glad your outing was successful π
That is cool. π
Got my first offering from the local wild magpies today in the form of a finger lime.
Looking for any tips on how to teach them what credit cards look like and why they're a better offering. Should I pretend to eat a credit card next time they're here or something?
Eat oyster
I'd prefer yours to those delivered by magpies, despite the Santa debacle.
Magpiesβ are the freshest, straight from the ocean as the pie flies
Finger limeπ I love those things! Maybe I can teach corvids in my area to bring me some π€
They might do better with diamonds. They're meant to like shiny things, it's just convincing them to share nicely.
Diamonds are worthless though when you try and resell, you only are offered the weight in gold of the ring they're on. First hand experience.
So I'd need to train them to pull off the worlds greatest diamond heist of all time to steal an actually rare one. Any tips on that?
teach them what $2 coin or bank notes look like π
Even I don't know what those look like anymore
Had ticket inspectors on the tram do our tickets, get off at Anzac station, then a new crew of em got on at the next stop π€£ be careful on st Kilda Rd today guys!
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