Woo Hoo!!! Bot progress.
A few more tweaks before I can do the daily thread reliably, but the main hurdle has been overcome. It’s alive!
So update to the eye patch saga - my bf came to pick me up for dinner last night wearing a pirate hat. Love his sense of humour. I then wore the pirate hat to work this morning, just to really lean into this. It’s been a great laugh, thankfully my eye is already feeling much better and the hat is now just a decoration on my desk.
my eye is already feeling much better
Fortunately! Or else not only will you have to wear a pirate hat. You’ll have to surgically replace your left hand with a hook.
Q: Why is pirating so addictive? A: They say once ye lose yer first hand, ye get hooked!
If people ask what happened you should say you lost an eye in a game of gin rummy. Eye eye.
So far I’ve claimed shark attack, Toby finally losing his cool and also just “Dragon.”
Reading through my second full draft of my thesis. And you know what? Sometimes, sometimes I can be really smart.
I also won $500 presenting my research yesterday, which was great. Promptly had to spent $200 of it on petrol and two (2) make up products, which was not so great.
Was hearing stories of people ‘queuing for 10 hours’ for Taylor Swift tickets only to realise they meant somehow queuing online for that time? You know *back in my day * I camped outside the ticketek office overnight to get Nine Inch Nails concert tickets - ah how times change!
Hah… My glory days story is camping out for Neil Young tickets at some random chemist/Ticketmaster outlet in the north. Ended up 5th town centre at the Myer Music Bowl and it was the jam. That and happening upon a free ticket to RATM as I walking around Festival Hall. That was a life changing show …
It was a simpler time! I remember my housemate had came home from a night out and I convinced her to stay up and queue for last release Big Day Out tickets at 6am. I think she regretted it once she got there but she ended up getting a ticket and we all had an awesome time so - worth it in the end! Pretty sure it was when Beastie Boys were headlining.
Oooh, I remembered another one. I went and saw Tool (at Festival Hall I think), then went straight to a formal-ish house party/dinner party afterwards in swanky multi level place in East Melbourne. I stank, my shirt was ripped, I had one shoe on, and I couldn’t hear a thing so was talking really loud apparently. I was not a hit at the party.
That was a great show. I saw some incredible bands at BDO - White Stripes, Beasties, Franz Ferdinand, Polyphonic Spree, the Hives, Evermore, Eskimo Joe, Sleater-Kinney, the Grates…good times.
The Grates! I once met the leader singer (Patience?) at Ding Dong Lounge in the toilet. I was drunkedly looking for something on the ground and she came up to me and was like “I don’t know what it is you are looking for but I really hope you find it one day…” That has always stuck with me.
wandering through Myer to find the ticket outlet tucked away in one weird corner at the back…
I remember lining up at Eastland in the very early hours of the morning for tickets to Green Day. The Ticketek counter was on the top floor of Myer. You had to go to the weird 3rd floor mezzanine and wait for Myer to open that one particular door and then rush up 2 or 3 escalators to get to the top floor. It was madness.
Strangely, you listed two of the best concerts I’ve been to. Which year did you see Young?
It was the Greendale tour which was 2003 I think. Second set started with an epic intro to Like A Hurricane…I remember seeing a keyboard being lowered from the roof for a perfectly timed solo.
I saw that tour back in Toronto. Absolutely amazing. Did he do the whole stage show behind him during Greendale out here too?
Yeah. First set was Greendale, and very amateur theatre night! It was great. Second set was 2½ hours of back catalogue.
I think he started the 2nd set with Rockin in the Free world and the entire arena went absolutely off. Good change of pace from an album that probably no one listened to.
Almost home town show in Toronto would have been epic
My sister got into those tickets but it timed out early so she wasn’t able to buy them in time! So close but missed out!
So today I got a pay rise and am celebrating with ginger beer for grown ups while I wait for the grocery delivery. Am feeling very grateful, fortunate and appreciated.
You might think you’ve had struggles in your life. And I’m sure you have. But they’re nothing compared to the agonies of a spoilt cat who only gets fed three times a day and isn’t getting attention right at this minute.
I think someone should go over to reddit dt and recruit more members for the fun dt (here). Someone sober. Really sell it them.
Doodles in the sun - now time for some lunch
Just wanted to report in and say my #2’s are finally back to normal.
Been almost 3 weeks. You have no idea how happy that makes me (and 4kgs lighter).
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heh yea in this case definitely.
What was the problem hard or loose?
Extreme loose. Every minute of erry day.
Best decision I’ve ever made though was bringing 3 rolls of glorious king size 3 ply away on that trip.
All hail the 3 ply.
PeelerSheila you have inspired me tonight. I was tempted to skip my planned workout and do a quick dodgy dinner, but thought to myself “if PeelerSheila can peel 80kg of potatoes, and manage to keep to an exercise routine, I can manage one dinner and a few sets of weights”. And I did, healthy dinner made & heavy things lifted repeatedly. 💪
Let’s talk about cutlery. I have my favourites. Some of them were lost during the Great Lockdown. Some have gone AWOL in the abyss which is the teenager’s bedroom. Some come staggering home wary from whatever horrors they’ve been a part of. Always to a warm welcome and a very hot bath.
I got told “You’re weird. Nobody counts their knives and forks”. I said “You’re wrong because Nana does”.
My favourite bit of cutlery are a set of japanese steak knives. They have a classy wooden handle and the blades are crisp 25 yrs on. Proper stainless steel. Zero rust. Precision engineering.
take a picture!
They sound absolutely divine. A good steak knife is a friend for life.
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i am a huge fan of teaspoons.
If someone gives you a knife they need to give money with it or it’s bad juju.
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Extra bad juju.
My ex bought me a San Moritz chef’s knife and we broke it off soon after :( Nice knife though.
You eat spaghetti for every meal or something?
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I have a Spork I love and this like small knife with flowers on it. We used to have two sporks but now we have one. If I lose the knife I don’t think I can live on…
(I joke but that knife is my fave).
Sets of thai bronze and ebony cutlery , some are bamboo style, some have an embossed temple goddess, some elephants, they are so nice to use I should use them more
for everyday I just use an italian stainless steel set .
I have a fave old german kitchen knife , hideously expensive, double edged so it cuts straight down , young seagoon broke the tip ( he busted a whole heap of stuff while he was here 🤔 )
I think forks are overrated. Most of the time I’d rather have a spoon
You’ve gotta use the right tool for the job. Spaghetti comes to mind.
Yeh but spaghetti is like the only thing you need a fork for
You maybe correct. If I cut food up before hand like you do for a toddler we could all use spoons. Saves on washing up. 💡
I use fork to eat cake. And always get given spoon. Fork for cake! (For me personally)
I have cake forks for this reason. My kid likes to use them for tuna cans.
How do you puncture potat tho?
With a spoon and a knife
Man out here spoonin potatoes. Get ur freak on woot.
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I will never fathom people who eat rice with a fork. What kind of broken culture is this
I had a very good knife, I got from Japan just mysteriously vanish.
No trace of its disappearance at all, and it wasn’t found during end of lease cleaning.
Cutlery were another thing I decided I’d replace when I moved. Woolies had a set and they are just fine. My son bought me a Victonox chopping knife for xmas one year though, which is awesome. Still sits in its plastic cover.
So caught the bouquet throwing at the wedding I went to and I’d like to talk strategy.
If the ceiling is low your best bet is being up the front.
Wow, I think I’ve finally established some kind of regular routine to life. What a fucking year it’s been. Looking forward to enjoying the regularness of a new life I worked pretty hard to set up, sober and female. My adhd seems to have settled down a lot now I’ve cut back on caffiene, no booze and better levels of oestrogen in my bloodstream.
I do aa, play with my cats, make food, do a little exercise and waste time on the internet. I need to start looking for work, but I have very few usable skills which don’t pertain the the music industry. My sister’s eap extends to immediate family and they do career counselling so I’m calling them on Monday. Jobs victoria also, and then try and get another look into doing one of these carer trainesships. I don’t want to have to become a cleaner or dishpig so someone who can identify my strengths would be excellent.
At least I’ve been active work wise while I’ve been on leave with all the volunteering. Meh, 15 years of two nights a week for a good wage and now I’ll be back to full time to get close to that again. I don’t think it will be a bad thing though, all that free time just led me to substance abuse time and again. Being trans has been such a great opportunity for complete re-invention and enabled me to look after and love myself properly for the first time in my life, so I’m gonna be ok. thx for reading, and thanks everyone for following my journey both here and before on reddit. I’ve felt such wonderful things and made a couple of new friends from the people who’ve replied and engaged. It even seems like my downvoters have disappeared.
Fat cat update. A spot has been found and she’s doing the Thriller dance in her sleep.
After spending most of the day today and the other day patiently watching a number of devices refresh every 10 seconds, my niece managed to get 4 tickets. You could say she is a little fucking excited.
