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Last night out west, as much as I have enjoyed blobbing out and being fed like a queen, and the quietness, I'm ready to go back to Melbourne and my independence (despite the toils that come with it) and my friends.
Won't push myself too hard when I return to work on Wed but from next week it's time to ramp up
WHY AM I AWAKE
Keep dreaming about cars the last couple of nights, so I googled if you still gotta "run in" a new one. "1000 miles, vary the RPM but keep it under 4k, and for christs sake stay off the boost". Well. Fuck me. Reckon i can pay extra and get the dealership to do that for me? There is no way in hell I'd be able to drive off the lot and not light up the turbo, only been dreaming about this (so far) for 15 bloody years! And before you say "but TinyBreak, just drive up and back to Sydney". they specifically say no long highway drives. So you gotta take it up the hills and NOT play with it. I may need to recruit the mrs, though not entirely sure she'd behave herself either.
Tw rape, current events
I found a rusty 12 foot ladder and looked. I regret it and should have just… not. Next time I won’t.
But I know the details now and while they are allegations they do not sound made up. It’s too familiar. Too consistent. Involving vulnerable women he could get a hold over. It sounds like a plausible pattern of slimy manipulative and predatory behaviour.
I’m deleting my previous comments because while not intended to they might vaguely sound like I’m defending him. Yeah, fuck that guy.
Please excuse me while I go scrub the floor and my brain.
I feel this. It is too familiar for those of us who have been victims of such people before. I have difficulty believing those women are lying, the details are too real to me.
He grew up in scientology, I hope they grab him and have him scrub the floors of their sea org boat for the rest of his billion year contract.
He's not getting any of my money any more. He's dead to me.
Stupid day to have the grumps.
Got a hairy from the teaching school which yes, I know the risks, but this time they really didn’t listen. It’s the first time I’ve actually felt a bit pissy about it in years. Normally I’m just like eh it’s hair, it’ll grow back, but I realised I’ve been maintaining this semblance of a style and now it’s all been straightened out. I’ll get over it. Privileged problems.
The other one was $70 for 5l of isopropyl alcohol. (No I didn’t buy it.) Some cleaning suppliers are a rip. Even Kryolan was selling for $20 cheaper.
/eog
I really can’t be bothered doing the big clean up today. I should have planned my week better.
Went to a gig at The Forum last night and it is a stunning theatre. Could not see much because short and squished, but was a nice night of music. I hope to go see more live music but local acts next time, and I might actually be able to see the band.
Back home and it's unsurprisingly several degrees hotter than outside; started sweating after a minute inside... Might need double melatonin to help myself conk out asap tonight. Kind of good to be back. Looking forward to seeing my colleagues tomorrow
reading some posts on various discussion boards about western tv shows and so many people comment on how First Nations people of America have beautiful and cool names.
I think people have forgotten we have beautiful names too, we just use very old forms of our names so in everyday life we forget the true meaning.
In my circle some people's names mean:
Beautiful Maiden
Mercy
Beloved of God
Protector
Noble Born
Vigilant
Lover of Horses
God of Fire
Free Man
Bringer of Light
George Foreman named 4 of his sons George. One daughter's name is Georgette and I think a couple of his girls have George as their middle name. This makes me laugh.
I would call that narcissism. Would be different if other people chose to call their kids after him, but to do that to all your kids - guess who wants little copies of himself? Even the girls.
Ick.
Agreed. It's bizarre but it still makes me laugh.
My real name is the Arabic word for noble. Yay me i suppose lol
Gibson, derived from ol' english Gilbert, meaning bright pledge or shining hostage. Somehow I don't believe Gibson is the hostage in this situation.
Send help!
often the meanings of names are themselves archaic
in modern usage I would say gibson would mean holy promise, prayer, a dedication, a holy act of kindness
I too am noble.
I follow Saxsquatch on YouTube and I'm trying to figure out his livestreams. They must be old streams put together because there's no way someone could play saxophone for 18 hours
Nearly felt suckered into buying a couple of books at the airport store... but nope, as much as I like the feeling of pages through my hands and not staring at a screen, I ain't paying full RRP and I don't have space for more books anyway. And I had a $50 Amazon voucher so phone kindle it is.
How do you feel about e book piracy?
Because if it's positive, boy do I have google drive link of mine you might like!
Airports are pretty much the only place I buy books (except on Audible). Consider me a sucker 😭
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