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Oh man, I'm so embarrassed. It was my birthday yesterday and many beers and cocktails were had. In my drunken stupor I mistakenly texted the word 'fuck' to my mother-in-law in the UK. I was mortified when I realised but it was too late, she'd already seen the message. I am cringing just typing this.
Quick! Send one with "removed" so she forgets about the message saying fuck!
I'm a Problem Solver!
Follow up with
"ing happy birthday to me!"
edit: but also happy bday :)
Happy Burfday !! May you enjoy continued orbits around the sun☺️
Goals for today
Chuck a sickie - done
Grab coffee and pastry from Lebanese bakery
Purchase new Assassin's Creed game
Get high and play new game
Have my start date for the new job!!! One last fuck you to my current head is taking a week of annual leave and peacing the fuck out.
I has done a pizza
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Was hot only got half way through rest is for tomorrow.. had jalapenos, that bullseye sauce and some home fermented habanero sauce.
Hawt.
Don't even eat meat but I gotta say that looks very very well made. Do you have a wood fired oven?
fermented habanero sauce....
I'm sorry, but what? Where can I find that?
Made about 5 litres of the stuff 2 yrs ago.
Bit similar to the byron bay chilli co. sauce you can get from woolies.
There's a guy I work with whose lunch becomes a community experience very often.
He's Korean and his wife is an excellent cook, so the transition from "his lunch" to "Food For The People" is swift
Holy shit....it's only 1030 and my goals have been achieved.
I fucking rule
The "no" voting reply guys are relentless and, call me paranoid, it's hard not to conclude that we're being subjected to some kind of large scale attack.
And could we just be the testing ground for disinformation campaigns that will really kick off for the 2024 Presidential election?
I feel like this happened before with the gay marriage referendum? Or is it worse?
I tend to tune the background noise out
I was quite involved in the marriage equality campaign, it was nothing like this! This referendum is way, way worse.
I definitely don't remember the same amount of no propaganda in public/publicly visible areas with the marriage equality campaign. Fucken stickers pasted on the inside of one of the trams I took today - someone had torn as much off them as they could but it was all "urban Aboriginals getting more handouts" and "this will divide Australia". Nothing that vicious and pervasive for the marriage equality thing
Have a look at their account age and posting history, I reckon there's totally a disinfo campaign going on. Mostly I blame the evangelicals but there's a lot of people who benefit from conservatism enough to maintain it.
The point isn't to change the vote, the point is they are creating social division.
Voter manipulation is already a thing. Have a look at the Cambridge analytica documentary, The Great Hack, on Netflix. In one country, they did a campaign to convince young voters to not vote out of protest (now if you apply the tiniest bit of logic, not voting is the worst way to protest anything, you are letting the opposition win unopposed). But people fell for it and it swung the election against the targeted demographic. Victory for the manipulators. So yeah, it’s real. Aspects of the no campaign are using similar tactics with ‘don’t know vote no’, convincing people to give up their participation. Be very very wary of people trying to convince you of staying ‘unknowing’ or throwing away your vote. On any topic.
Today turned to shit. I'm going to sit in the sun until I feel better
PSA: Today I found out how to cook easy peasy cheesy crusted crumpets. And they are YUMMM. Strong recommend. Perfect with a light fruity white wine, or possibly a crisp light beer.
Well you can't post that comment and then not share the recipe/method, come now.
OK, if you insist. I only have a flat surface sandwich press, so don't know if this would work with a ribbed one. Probably would.
Put crumpets on heated press base side down until underside is crisp. Flip and do other side until golden brown. Remove, butter lightly, and top with a couple of slices of pickled gherkin, and then about 1 cm thick of shredded tasty cheese (or two slices thick of sliced tasty cheese). Put back on sandwich press, cover tops with a strip of baking parchment paper and put the top of the press down and leave for at least 5 mins. The cheese melts, and forms a beautifully crispy top to the crumpets and another crispy cheese frill around the base of each crumpet. When it starts to smell ALMOST burned, remove with spatula, and devour. Even the drips are tasty. And there are lots of drips so plate/napkin/apron is essential. Next time I try this I'm a gonna put some hawt sauce under the cheese and pickles.May you be blessed for the rest of this life and all those to come for your guidance - blessed with delicious cheesy crumpets especially. This is a genius idea getting the cheese to go through the holes but also stopping the top from getting burnt or stuck! I'll have to try this some time soon for an indulgent breakfast.
Praise to the deity that invented parchment paper! I am merely the conduit for this eternal wisdom.
I saw a young asian man today wearing a red robe (silky or satiny) with a thing black belt and a silver or white cirular embroidery of a dragon or Phoenix design on the front. It was over his normal clothes.
I was with my son, in the car, on the way home from his martial arts class. We both noticed the man and decided he looked like a mega cool modern warrior monk. Going shopping (he had his phone and a personal pull-along shopping trolley).
Maybe he was going to or from some traditional performance or practice. Either way, he looked cool, triggered our imaginations and made our day.
Shoutout to the 2 people at woolies just then who were displaying majestic coinslots looking for pasta sauce on the bottom shelf and the horrified older couple walking past. You made my day.
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Also this Pelargonium thing is in full swing
I wanted to say something important regarding aliens and climate (we're fucked) and shit but I think my true belief is in carbohydrates I need these carbs.
Ohhhh i hate the idea of alien saviours so damned much it's just hanging our species' 'daddy save me!!' issues on another hook
If aliens existed they probably would come as pest control, to prevent us spreading this bullshit through the galaxy and destroying more planets.
Tried talking to my parents about how shit my mental health is.
I only got to talking about how I feel, not some of the things that were bothering me and was met with,
"Grow up!"
And
"Oh no, is an ant crawling on you again,"
And
"Just get off social media," (which I have reduced my intake of)
So I don't know if I'm just bad at communicating how I feel. I think it's because I got emotional, and that made them might’ve made them feel threatened.
Some parents are not going to be a good choice to talk to about mental health. It’s hard to process this about someone you want to share stuff with, but it’s better to accept it. It can worsen mental health if you try to open up to someone and they belittle you. Do you have other people who you can talk to?
many big hugs
it's not you
one would hope expressions of feelings would be responded to with empathy and caring
I don't have good advice here but for me I understand what you're feeling. It's rough.
Cats are dying, to avert tragedy I better dash to the supermarket to get their favourite food
Taking a jolly tram to my appt this morning, trying to feel a bit more Yay Melbourne and less depressed than yesterday. The tram drivers changed over and were so relaxed and cheerful, and the new driver somehow fixed the PA system so it stopped saying "Th' nkkrd ... p.. s... sr.. str..." There is some sun out. It's relatively relaxed and calm at this time of the day. The people are diverse and friendly. There is a vibrant range of eateries and shops on Bridge Rd (it's a bit quiet but still cool). OKAY BUT THE SENSE OF SAD IS STILL OVERWHELMING AND PERVASIVE
E: I paid too much for a coffee and breakfast bagel but NGL it has improved my mood temporarily. Gotta pop into Kmart for one of those shower squeegees and I might walk all the way home after that, 3km is a good bit of walking
