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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Postie has the hump now the ombudsman and auspost are making him do his job and keeps repeatly ringing the doorbell until we answer and snidely handing us every single package regardless of whether or not it needs a signature. For some reason he seems to think this is vengance.
Bless the little idiot.
Woo, got a call back for the job I applied for. Interview week after next. Still feel numb about it but it's something! Not getting my hopes up but it'll be good practice and a relief to shut up my brain that thinks I'm unemployable after 7 weeks of bumming around
Cat tax
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Ted is obviously scheming about biting your bum again.
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Déjà Vu. They've changed something in the Matrix.
I’ve been slowly befriending a lil black bird in my yard and today he felt comfortable enough to hop up towards, flick some leaves in my direction, and hop on 20cm right past me instead of flying a further distance to get around me.
Pretty chuffed.
The last earthquake I felt actually fixed the shower screen door that used to stick. Nature's own handy man.
I've fed the dog and he still tries to hustle a meal from other family members. Fucking scammer.
I can't get Vegas to eat his food today. He just keeps whinging for a treat (he has these chicken milk stick things he loves) but I said this afternoon no more sticks until he eats his food and I meant it.
I did treat him with a little bit of roast chicken at lunch time though..
My good next door neighbour is having work done on his house today. Asked me if the tradies can use my driveway to park and set up. I agreed. He just dropped a case of Coronas at my house as a thank you.
At least I'll have something to give to guests now :)
I'm awake so I'll do the new thread.
A picture of the guy whose been tricking people into sitting on him with fake seizures.
He needs a big Tongan guy and his mates to hold him down. Scumbag.
I'm surprised. Was looking to spend quite a bit of dollarydoos on a new trench coat. I had specific design details that I wanted (not all trench coats are the same) and I saw one (online) that I'm assuming was last season's stock (all sold out). By chance I went into the store and asked. They had one left and it was 4 sizes bigger (I was looking for oversized) and I wasn't sure it would work, but the lovely store person made it work! I'm so chuffed. (It was also missing a small bit, but not bothered.) From looking at spending 4-something (it was also originally priced in that range) to less than 70.
In fact, I love it so much I'm sitting in it typing. Haha.
I've bought bigger sizes before thinking I could get the oversized thing to work, but I don't think it works with all pieces of clothing.
This is for @melbaboutown. I was reading about how you're worried you can't focus because you keep looking at new things.
Looking at new techniques and materials is awesome, not a fault. NOT A FAULT.
What I was taught at art school is to do projects. Every new student is encouraged to choose a project, every week they are guided in learning and practicing technique and materials for the project. More than one project is encouraged.
So focus on the project but at the same time your interest can drift in all kinds of directions, and the drifting can all go towards achieving the project.
A project is typically something than can take a lot of hours of research, reading, testing, thinking, learning, practice, actually doing. A project is a work of art.
My daughter has been invited to study (online) some sort of science subject at Southern Cross University in Queensland in which she maybe offered a scholarship later on. She will do the subject but will not take the offer for said scholarship.
🤜ARISE. G O FORTH AND FULFILL THINE DeSTINY🤛
I arose, went forth and put my recycling bin out. Was that my destiny?
Um, ultra nit-picky grammar correction here. THINE refers to a proper noun. If you want to attribute ownership to the destiny you have to use THY.
So either - "ARISE. G O FORTH AND FULFILL THY DeSTINY" or "ARISE. G O FORTH AND DeSTINY wILL BE THInE".
Either one works. Not both.
Also, the whole THEE/THY/THINE thing is the intimate mode - for use between close friends, lovers and family members only. Think "tu" in French. The YOU/YOURS is more formal - suitable for strangers, grown ups and the government. Think 'vous' in French. Though calling a government (any) grown up is a bit of a stretch.
Last remnant (or nearly) of this sort of distinction in English.
Your typesetter appears to be drunk
Got confused, fulfilled density.
The delivery driver is a gosh darn legend. He rang me to ask if he could leave the bike instead of taking it back to the depot.
Tassie truly is a different world. Took me a week after getting back to stop saying G'day to everyone, cause they all looked at me like I was crazy.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Okay. I am up
I was up. Then I fell up the stairs and bashed my shin against the sharp hard concrete and now I am regretting my life choices (i.e. getting up). :-(
Moobeans was super reluctant to eat her medicated wet food tonight... she jumped up and banged on the wardrobe door which is the 'feed me wet food' signal while the bowl was right next to her. She relented and ate some after I put a blob of plain cat food on the edge but she's hiding in a cardboard box cubby, obviously not feeling well. It's possibly from the antibiotics, not finishing her pain meds, or being constipated/being given stool softener I guess... It's jarring. She hasn't done this in quite a while. I'll let her sleep.
I found a Kmart $3 clearance acrylic paint set that seems close enough to what I need and includes a few brushes. 🤔 It sucks but I don't want to buy professional supplies.
Not even remotely embarrassed to say I bought an ungodly amount of soap because it was on sale and the scent is a limited run. It just smells so fkn good, and the little bits in it that make it abrasive are doing wonders for my chest eczema.
Meeting in a cafe. It's rather nice to do my meetings this way
My cat has engaged Velcro Kitty mode. He's been a bit standoffish this week, so I guess we're overcorrecting by demanding affection. Its a tad annoying when your trying to work, but I'll take Velcro over Speed Kitty any day of the week.
My dog is sunbaking outside. It's embarrassing that the birds drink from his dish while he snoozes.
