Some sad news. A neighbour found the corpse of Mr Magpie. He and Mrs Magpie lived in the big gum tree in the roundabout at the end of the street and raised several families there. Presumably the hot windy day last week knocked him off his perch.
However, in slightly more cheerful news, Mrs Magpie fronted up for feeding time at another neighbour's place this morning, bringing another Mrs Magpie with her. Very very Thornbury.
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Rightio.
Shopping is done.
House is clean from top to bottom.
Washing is done.
Cat is brushed and fed.
Time for some reading in bed, and Mass Effect 3 later on.
I forget how great I feel when the house is spotless. Feels so peaceful.
just woken up from impromptu nap
I must have been tired
Itβs been sometime since I was in a bar with carpet quite this sticky π
That's how you know you're in the right place
They also had ouzo which is the other way I pass judgement
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I've asked the man to keep it down out there while he mows because I'm about to have a nap. AITA.
Please consult local council guidelines regarding noise disturbances in your area
YTA. Nap at a reasonable hour. Sunday afternoon is for chores
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I am so sick of my toxic boss. I just want to quit my job but i'm not having much luck on the job hunting front. I feel so trapped and I don't know what to do. maybe i should just off myself. honestly feels like the only way out at the moment after months of trying to find something else.
Hey there. I understand how you feel, I promise I do.
I know things feel really bad right now, but it's not always like this. As the commenter below suggested, get out of the house for a bit and go for a walk to clear your head. Maybe listen to some music.
I went through the toxic boss thing recently, to the point where I almost threw away my 8 years of sobriety. I'm also looking for work and have had little luck so far as well.
Things will get better. No one gets to make you feel that way. Fuck them.
Do your best to switch off when you're at work. Nod and smile, and keep looking for a new job.
Something will come through soon. You got this!
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Please don't. Have a big glass of water. If you can go outside right now and stand in the sun. Close your eyes an breathe. Name all the things you can hear.
List some things you can do to help minimise the fallout from your job (even minor like make a good lunch to look forward to each day). This is how it is right now but it will not be forever.
Thank you i'm at the laundrette right now doing my washing now and the sunshine on the walk over was pretty good. I also have left over spag bol to look forward to for dinner. Sorry for the ideation. My boss just triggered me today and it cemented for me how she has absolutely zero empathy. And i just feel very done.
No need to apologise. Better to vent it out somewhere. Good luck!
On a train. There is an over abundance of short shiny dresses and facial glitter. Must be a Spice Girl around somewhere.
Please count how many times the word literally you hear and report back.
Back from the other side of the city. As soon as I was on Chapel St waiting for tram, some middle aged lady asked me from a ciggie. Every time I'm there, which isn't often, I get asked for a smoke without fail.
Every street and suburb in Melbourne has a culture; I love this city.
Oi anychance I can bum a durry off youse too please.
It's not for me it's for me mate daz.
Ow can oi botta ciggie off ya ploise luv? Ta. And a loight?
I'm out adventuring and listening to my audiobook. Embrace the majesty of the mighty vanilla slice. Also, this is the very first photo I've taken with this new phone (loaned from Microsoft).
So many Taylor Swift fans, the tram was packed as. Wtf. A group of them looked at me and laughed? I'm not in HS anymore, their giggles mean nothing lol
It's so weird when the Teenage Mean Girl phase persists past high school.
Don't move. Swifties can sense movement but not sound.
Is that wise though? You might get slapped with a friendship bracelet.
I have decided to try cutting out caffeine for a while. I've been reducing my intake for a couple of weeks, with the intention that after today I will not have any more. The temptation to have another coffee is very real.
You've succeeded where Iβve failed.
Making myself throw out all my pc part boxes, I don't know why my lizard brain is so obsessed with keeping them all. Have also organised all my little screws, cables, and whatnots into labelled parts tubs.
I have the equivalent of maybe 3 big removals boxes full of cables. I feel your pain.
Good work.
If you need something else to organise I have an extensive button collection you could make a start on.
I don't think anyone but me appreciates my organisation style lmao
Question?
Are there screaming meth addicts in the middle class and posh suburbs too?
Is brunny considered posh? Come to the woolies on Albert Street and hear their mating calls hahahha
I presume there are screaming addicts in all suburbs. The posher the suburb the higher the likelihood they are screaming inside large properties where they are not as noticable. Possibly they are also more likely to get addicted to classier drugs with less adulteration, leading to a lower scream to addict ratio.
Omg this made me laugh
leading to a lower scream to addict ratio.
A lot fewer, but yeah I does happen. I am also noticing more rough sleepers, more camped vans, and general mental health distress ( not necessary meth heads but people not having a great time of it) round here.
(Source: I live in a previously working class but now posh area. )
there are people living in tents in the Carlton Gardens
Yeah I have seen. And I can't see how it gets better - rents round here have gone from ok to bit pricy to utterly unbelievable in a couple of years (and this was always the affordable side of the city.)
Well, it wouldn't be a train trip if I didn't get abused by someone at least once. I'm not sure what he was going on about, all I caught was him calling me fat or some variation of that about a dozen times and then screaming at me about white people and slavery. Not sure what I did exactly, I was just crossing the road and he started yelling at me. When I ignored him enough he started going off on the next closest people who seemed to be copping it harder than I did
The tram is about to come so I assume he's about to leave, buuut for now I'm holed up in the corner of a KFC, which probably wouldn't make him very happy
I'm sorry bro. Perhaps the unhinged screaming dude from my area got relocated to yours
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I was coming home from work one day last year, and this old white dude was screaming racist profanities to a SE Asian couple and their young kids. I got between them and told him he was less of an Aussie then them, and how their English was better than his. He almost punched me but instead realised I am a chick and said he wouldn't punch a girl. I said he's never even touched a girl hence why he's so mad lol.
So not recommend doing this, you did the right thing. Anything else (including what I did) is likely to earn you a punch to the face. It's okay, just remember there is nothing wrong with you, it's 100% their problems.
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hugs
Off to Prahan, just for one thing but it's like an hour each way. Good thing I remembered my earphones, would have been quite upset otherwise haha