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I'm getting a drink with one of you tonight. Does this person know I am meeting up with them? Maybe! But I like the idea of you all checking behind your doors and in your fridge just in case I'm hiding there with a 6 pack waiting to jump out and introduce myself.
This will be the first time I meet a DT-er. If I'm never heard from again I expect a reality tv show game like the Mole to identify my killer. My only clue is: They are among you!
The only fridge here is a bar fridge, if you're in that I'd be impressed and frankly a little horrified.
Bring pizza shapes please.
you'll get BBQ and you'll like it. Or cheddar. Like like cheddar too.
Pray for Mojo
Pray for mojito.
Who can it be knocking at my door?
Make no sound, tip-toe across the floor
If he hears, he'll knock all day
I'll be trapped and here I'll have to stay
If it's me can you bring extra beer plz
We see you.
Phew. Finally some okay news about mum's eye, pressure is way down. If that continues good chance vision won't degrade more. Not really much hope for it getting better but I'll take not getting worse.
Been so tense in the lead up to this appt. (people having a go at each other about unrelated things which wasn't good), but I think there's a communal sigh of relief here. Except for bro and sil because they're cunts.
I call this "The Pretzel"
She's a bad influence on me. I need to get out of bed.
Cats are so soothing and have the ability to keep you happy and calm to be around.
I envy you.
Chucked that sickie today after it hit 9am and I felt no desire to move. No regrets. Definitely feeling better than yesterday but I think I just need a day of rest entirely to myself to fully recover. I do need to do the laundry but that's about it. Oh, and pack for my trip...
Will spend today driving home. The holiday has been great, but we're about ready to sleep in our own bed.
Facing a 6 hour drive in the morning - better get some sleep!
Drive safe! So jealous of the road trip, long drives are one of my absolute favourite things to do. Gotta wait till April for my next one.
And so the time has come.
The blackmarket vapes are fucking my lungs.
To the chemist to buy some patches and gum.
These next few days won't be much fun.
If you're seeing a doc, you can get a prescription for a legal vape.
Mmmnnnn .... pork & chive dumplings laced with soy & worcestershire sauce. I am a contented woman.
Walked back from the shops in my quest for eggs and I melted under that sun. Doesn't matter if it's 25 degrees, direct midday sun in January bites. And good news, I secured the goods.
Speaking of nightmares, I saw Nosferatu on the weekend, a remake of the 1922 silent film.
With Robert Eggers directing, you know you are in good hands and this one does not disappoint. The story is the one we all (mostly) know and is straight forward and uncomplicated. So based on this, how can Eggers set it apart from the original, (or even the hundreds of other vampire films) ?
He has a real knack for the period piece. If you watch his other films (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman) the historic details are so flawlessly portrayed that you become immersed in a way that they almost disappear.
But my absolute favourite thing about this film is the cinematography. The whole thing looks like a Doom metal album cover. It’s Goth. It’s creepy. It’s claustrophobic and beautiful. I’ll share an excerpt from a movie critic:
“The force of the monster’s unknowable malevolence seems to distort the movie itself, making it shudder and break down. It’s made with the most modern filmmaking technology but feels like an artifact from another century,”
That pretty much encapsulates my experience
5/5 plague ridden vermin🐀
Sounds cool. I might go see it at the imax .
If there was a Lucky Cunt Award I'd be in the fucking running. Washing machine has sprung a leak underneath. Fuck Fuck Fuck.
In my experience, appliances wait until all service personnel are on holiday to break down. Then they magically start working again as soon as the ultra-exxy emergency repair person sets foot in the house.
I'm still a bit feverish, with a bit of a cough and sore throat. I managed the heroic effort of mixing some jelly and am now exhausted. I'm really not enjoying this whole sick thing.
In a vast improvement on yesterday I have managed the whole day out of bed. It's mostly been lying on the couch, but still an improvement. Dr Meow applied a purr poltice and I'm thinking I might even have enough energy to make some dinner.
Edit: nope, not enough eneergy. All used up feeding pets.
spoiler
I had a terrible time trying to get to sleep last night (for the people who have already slept: Sunday night). I couldn't shut my mind down, and I kept having flashbacks to a few years ago, not long after I'd been moved to Melbourne. They weren't traumatic per se, but I felt EXACTLY the same as I was in the moment. The helplessness, terror, anxiety, dread, loneliness, panic
I don't know what brought it up but it was really shitty. I put on a YouTube video which is my usual approach to dealing with those thoughts (even though this was a lot more extreme than usual), and I stopped thinking about it, but I got really bad vertigo and dizziness and I think I was hallucinating. I could just about see blue lights swinging around even though I had my eyes closed and light off. Phone screen was off and upside down so it wasn't that, and there was no light in my room
Now I'm kind of feeling a little scared to sleep again. Well, not scared exactly, more so dreading it. The emotional response it all brought up was awful, and I don't want to have to deal with it again
Hey - hugs. That's shithouse. I have had similar nights and it's exhausting and makes it very hard to rest. Especially when you are finally safe and your brain decides "hey are we safe now? Cool, I can start to process some of this old junk!!" Like, no man, give me a break for just a moment.
Sharing only so you don't think you are alone or that this is something forever - it will settle (noting everyone has different traumas and timescales). And so I can share a couple of triage things that have helped me.
I know you did not ask for advice or help, so hope it's ok to share. Hopefully it settles down soon and you can rest.
i thought he was all bark, no bite, but he is some bite
Love that first one.
"No, you see, I've already eaten its hand and suffocating it so when's breakfast".
Going to be warm up hit the next 4 days.
30, 31, 32, 35.
Going to make sure I have cold drinks and stuff to cope with it.
went and got my phone repaired the other day. They are like "We will take it out the back and clean it" i was like "yeah i tried that, but by all means have a crack". Meanwhile they have the new iPhones sitting on the table for you to play with and maaaaaaaan that display is nice! even gives you a "what would it cost if you trade your phone in" turns out yeah still 1600 bucks if I trade mine in. Nice display but we might wait for the new one to come out and buy the old one on the cheap
Also turns out it was just fluff in the charging port. The IT Engineer folks, how the mighty have fallen.
I have to get a fine sewing needle out and occasionally have a careful pick and scrape. It's amazing the pocket fluffy that comes out.
Dude you have no idea how many times I failed to realise it was fluff in the charging port. It keeps happening and I keep forgetting how I fixed it last time 🤣
It appears that if you wake up at 1pm, falling asleep at 10:30pm, even with a sleeping pill, is impossible.
Lame.
Just dropped the computer stuff to recycling, but weirdly feel even more guilty. Even though it was old (tower and laptop) they looked kind of brand new compared to the stuff that was being thrown out.
But… I put my adult pants on. Maybe this is one of the reasons I am so bad at throwing stuff out.
laughs nervously in hoarded ewaste
Edit: my problem is stuff that packed it in before I could do a hard reset or wipe the memory in any meaningful way. How much of mine and my kids personal info is still on there. Probably irrational worry.
Back from the shops. If any of youse want anything I'll grab my little time machine and get it for you. 🙂
Finally remembered to flip the calendar page over. New firefighter & kitten. They all have a slightly odd plastic look. Not sure if dodgy makeup or overzealous photoshopping.
All the toxic chemicals they are exposed to, turns them into plastic.
I gave myself nightmares last night and I know I didn’t sleep all night.
No more horror movies for me.
What did you watch? I was actually going to watch one then i chickened out.
I can read horror, listen to it, but watching is a whole other issue.
Fun fact - we're in week 2 of 2025
I was chatting the other night about things that you buy and actually get a lot of use out of. I have these small folding tables that have literally served as dinner tables/laptop tables in front of the idiot box for years. (I’m actually using one right now.)
I try my best not to buy crap, but Kmart does suck me in occasionally. I love how their giant ice cube trays are so cheap (MM I’m looking at you for charging $15 when they’re near identical and $1.75 at the big K.)
That said, I bought these chip clips (from Kmart). Yes, exactly that. Four in a pack. Two shaped like corn chips and the other two shaped like crinkle cut chips and I love them. These silly clips bring me such joy, being able to clip a plastic corn chip to a Doritos pack.
In saying that, does anyone else keep their chips in the fridge after they’ve opened them? I swear by it. When I started doing it years ago it was a complete game changer when it came to chips going stale.
Anyway, LOL, whoever said money can’t buy happiness. For that dose, $1.75. Hahahaha.
Oops, looks like they’re on clearance. I think I better get a few more.
I got some LPs and cds from the op shop.
First two were some Joe Jackson. I dunno but they just did not sound good on this player.
The cd of Buckwheat Zydeco is cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsSgO-QYzA
We get the worm.
Nobody likes me everybody hates me I think I’ll go eat worms Long ones, short ones, fat ones skinny ones, Ones that squiggle and squirm
Movie and tv review.
The Dead Don't Die. A fun zombie movie. 2.5 hobbits
Picket Fences, episode , Be My Valentine. 1993. 3.5 hobbits
I watched this series when it first aired, so long ago it was on a crt that had a cabinet and legs.
I remembered this particular episode as being one of the few shows that gives me that creepy feeling you get when you see someone or see a situation that is truly psychopathic and dangerous. I wondered what it was about this that made it like that.
Firstly, this series is about life in a mid western town , how eccentrics and life challenges are found every where, not just the cities. The show looks bright , lots of sunshine, indoors are always well lit, wide open outdoor spaces. Unlike city shows that are dark by comparison. This is what makes the scary episode stand out from the other soap opera episodes.
Why is it scary. Really good actors as the scary guys. Really good. The set up was long and the twist unexpected. The scary moment was the reveal that the guys were not "normal yet violent', but were scheming and sadists, laughing and enjoying the fear and pain of their victims. Did I say really good actors? These guys were intense.
How is it tv actors are different to movie actors?
