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I'm stuffed being out late arvo/evening, saw a movie with some of my favourite people! I have much to ponder, the movie was extremely awesome and thought-provoking!
I have a big day with the fam tomorrow in the SE. Gonna give dad those photos for him to scan with his scanner. He was stoked! He just forgot to reply and I so overreacted π so it will be good to try and date the photos with him, based on my age, and location!
Got the storage wall of the garage twintrack up yesterday, today was moving the bench we salvaged from the laundry, putting the doors back on and stocking tools.
Was. I very rapidly realised i was hot, pissed off and very very overloaded. So i went full ASD and grabbed my giant crate of screw packets and tubs and sorted sorted sorted while blasting DS9 in the lounge. Did i wash my hands way more than i "should"? Yes, but fuck should, today was about pandering to me.
And now it is brie and fat cats and ds9 s4. So there
I keep refreshing the BOM app thinking 29.3C at 11pm must be an error :| fuck me. So grateful for air-conditioning.
Really glad I took a break from fieldwork today, just chilling at home all day - although I'll have to go out during midday again tomorrow - and then a full day of work fieldwork on Tues and Wed π₯΅
Still 26 :(
More weekend tomorrow!!
I'm so, so fucking glad I have air con tonight.
Realised that not only I didn't leave the house today....I barely left the couch.
In other news Yakuza pirates of Hawaii is fun as heck
Have you done the Kaho side quest?!
Not yet. Don't spoil it please.
It's past my bedtime and I'm only just heading home π₯±π₯±π₯± it's so busy in the city. Don't these people like their homes and their beds?
It was pumping yesterday too. I think everyone's soaking up the last of the late night summer vibes. And maybe some people don't have aircon in which case I totally understand.
Cherry tart update: The tart was transported in the tin, and was also successfully removed and held up well to being sliced. It was very yummy, my sister and I split the leftovers. I just had another piece as a pre-brdtime snack.
awesoooome
i have never made cherry pies or tarts with fresh cherries, you have inspired me π
Depressed/struggling
I am really struggling. I have a sink full of half washed dishes and am unable to complete (or really start) anything of any kind of hobby.
The idiots online are outweighing the couple of chill friends I have and one of them has actually got fed up and dipped, deleting a lot of their posts. IRL Iβm surrounded by unstable dipshits. I no longer have the energy to draw.
Medication doesnβt help me (resistant) so all I can really do is keep pointlessly slogging on.
Do the dishes tomorrow. They can wait.
Log off and ignore the stupids. It's hard but worth it.
Give melbcat a hug.
Give yourself a hug.
Find something comforting to watch or listen to and just sail of mentally.
You got this.
Thanks. Iβm just plowing through them quickly so I can have clean dishes (cutlery went in the machine because no way) and will be buying more disposables.
The problem is logging off from the stupids leaves me with emptiness and the extra special stupids irl.
Iβm feeding and medicating Melbcat and will probably have to just Restavit the crap out of myself tonight to get some sleep.
The emptiness can be filled. Just need other distractions. It's not easy for sure.
So what's best for yourself.
We appreciate you.
Yeah! Iβve got independent hobbies but brain no working for some reason
Thanks. Iβll do my best
Getting back to yourself after depression or being knocked for a loop takes time. Remember: you can just stop anything you start, whenever and pick up whenever. Yes, even halfway through.
Just had a look at windy.com - there's a nice little batch of rain headed our way. Which the garden sorely needs.
It makes me sad how much it shrinks the closer it gets to the bay π but I'll be grateful nonetheless.
It's oppressive tonight! Help, help! I'm being oppressed!
Urg. Doubted the rant so it's gone. Still feel yucky. Time for some vodka.
Hello I am new to lemmy!
@Grubbi @briongloid welcome! I am reading you from Mastodon, but I also have a Lemmy account, I just like to say hi from Mastodon occasionally to remind people it's possible π
Howdy and welcome
Welcome!
Hi there! ππΌ
G'day mate, welcome to the idle chatter corner. Share your wins, losses, thoughts and whatever.
Hello :)
Welcome!
Welcome!
and a good day to you.
Hey there π
mickey 17 is a lot of fun
Finally found a gap in the packing/unpacking/cleaning schedule to redye my hair. Feel a zillion times better for not being a faded out drab! The grey eyebrow bits still have much to answer for.
that one time i decided to dye my eyebrows at the same time, just a gentle smear of dye , right?
half an hour later I looked like groucho marx
after I finished my hair I got to work on forehead and eyebrows, I got it all off but it was so red from all the rubbing ( stop laughing ), was so embarrassed to go out
i just pencil them in now
If you ever do decide to tint them again, the 1000 hour one has worked well imo. I've used other dyes and they all turn out way too bold.
Thanks for reminding me, I do the 1000 hour one when I remember, I should get the black one tho
Hambam has had enough.
Took him to the dog park at 9am so not hot it's now 3pm and he's been in this state since we got back trying to find new patches of cold floor. Threw 3 balls chased them well enough, then he wandered off chasing another dog so had to go get him, twice (he doesn't care if you call him back, just in his own world). All up about a 3km walk. Intensity of the walk out of 10 would be a 1.
I love him.
He's hopeless.
He gets a lot of compliments.
But he's hopeless.
Heart of gold so he deserves a good life.
I got a new dog recently (not a puppy). He is even more stupid than my previous dog, and that says a lot. I didnt know it was possible for a dog to be entirely uncoordinated. Hopeless doesnt begin to describe him.
He is the very best boy.
Has anyone ever plugged their desktop pc into a large 4k TV for gaming?
If so, how was it?
Theres a game I want to play with friends but it's only on pc and I don't want to sit at my desk to play it.
Curious what other peoples experiences are.
Should be fine - https://i.imgur.com/6V69xZL.jpg
Holy crap lol
Cheers :)
I think it depends on your GPU being able to drive a 4k monitor. Might need to turn the graphics down on the game to get enough frame rate.
Iβve ever only done it via a laptop with a direct hdmi connection.
With my pc I had to use steam link which went through the network. Sort of worked but crashed eventually after playing around with it for a couple of hours.
Yes.
We have a pc permanently slaved to the tv for media and gaming. It's fucken awesome.
You do need to blow up the font sizes to be able to read system shit though.
hey, fellow kids. Been a while. How are we all? I see we are all making serious food decisions...
Anyone seen the Me We campaign going around? I'm very glad to see campaigns like this, and the consent one going around. Yeah we can't control other people's behaviour, but if some of society get exposed to campaigns like this, hopefully one day it will diffuse to people who are harder to reach.
I think there should be a more aggressive campaign to do with sun safety. Plenty of people around me are still glamorising tanning, and I still have gotten a couple of sunburns from being outside and forgetting to apply sunscreen.
My cherry tart is complete, now I just have to work out how to get it safely to my sister's place. I'm also not sure if it is going to be safe to take it out of the tin - the filling rose a bit high and has stuck to the sides a bit, trying to remove it could lead to a total collapse. At least the jar of vanilla custard should be stress free.
