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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
I listened to the audio books of the Helen Forrester autobiographies a few months ago, recommended by CEO here. ( TY π½ )
I just can't stop thinking of them. The books have truly changed how I see poverty, how people talk about poverty and my life too.
sadly, in the family described by Helen the excuse of poverty was fake, cruelty and selfishness was the point , I know this is not normal for poverty, what Helen described was financial abuse, child abuse, not poverty
The mother made me so angry, such an infuriating person!
infuriating? She was a cruel psychopath who only stopped starving her children when threatened with prison by doctors working for the government . The mother was getting fat and the favourite children were healthy
Huzzah got the soundcard and HDDs. Place I got the HDDs from threw in a tiny (9g) packet of jelly babies lol which was a nice touch.
Will finally have a functional studio again. Can't wait to make some glorified synthesised fart noises with 2.5ms latency.
Today I am listening to an LP of The Kingston Trio. ( they influenced the Beach Boys, a bit )
Their version of Greenback Dollar is good too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvGxZD-HNCM.
IIRC original by Hoyt Axton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfqgSEciqCM
I've tidied up a playlist of albums from 2022 I want to listen to and now it's 1 song from each album, so I can scroll through the list easier and go to the album to add to my queue. There are 125 tracks in there, each representing a larger album. I should probably do this for my other playlists as well.
That being said, the way we have to track and group music through streaming is terrible and this interface shows how the platforms are trying to kill the album. On Youtube Music you can't even sort things by release date, which is bullshit because alternative Youtube Music frontends let you.
I swear to god, if a streaming service offered something like album shuffle, or album playlists I would switch in an instant.
I need to make playlists again. After I fucked Spotify off because of its endorsement of AI music I havenβt setup Apple Music properly.
I think eating much less dairy ( I might have one thing a week ) and no bread has made me lose weight. I'm not complaining.
It's great being able to play Silksong on a laptop as I can do it in the bedroom when the kids don't settle properly, but I think I should save some of the harder stuff for the big computer. Silksong has an uncapped framerate so maybe the extra responsiveness of the big monitor might make a difference. Plus, the game looks gorgeous in 4k
This southerly wind can go kick rocks.
Yesterday I was falling asleep in the waiting room. Came home completely exhausted and slept. The glands are really swollen in my neck and under my arm so either Iβm sick or have a quietly simmering infection.
In the (daylight) morning Iβm just going to shove everything into the other room and do a quick sweep. Crack the door for some fresh air, put dishes to soak in hot soapy water, change bedding. Clean litterboxes.
lots of hugs, just do what you can and rest
and tomorrow see if you can get home help from the council or state gov
Dream Theater are coming to Australia in February. Just helped my dad buy tickets.
Oh my god I forgot about them like, 10 years ago
Got the vet time mixed up and they came before I managed to really tidy up -_-
I should have done the sweeping first rather than pacing myself and washing all the cat stuff. At least this way the stuff will be fully dry and I can find the floppy fish Melbcat doesnβt want.
Her blood pressure is a little bit high and there may have to be a meds increase
Work is just under 14km away and the bike says it can do 15km on the lowest assist setting and 8 on the highest. Lets see if i have to do some manual pedalling on the way to work today
Got in with some power to spare. I've taken to charging the bike at work so we don't even have to pay for the electricity to charge it
Found this nice docu-gif about a St Kilda pidgeon lady. https://i.imgur.com/jeg1LqE.mp4
That's so wholesome and educational.
I thought it was going to be about someone like the pigeon lady from Home Alone 2. This is better.
Goodnight everyone, sweet dreams π½
time for another coffee and some more sewing rasks
9am work starts may even be worse than my late shifts that start at 1145... Always packed trams is really bothersome to me
thankfully I basically set my own office hours on days I'm in. Usually at my desk by 7, leave at 2. Avoid most commuters that way (even when I'm on my bike!)
This is why I take PT after 9am on days I go to the office. By then it's mainly uni students on the train and much quieter, but still higher frequency. I'm not an early morning person so going after the morning rush works better for me. Same with driving in, I leave 9am once school has started. Leaving between 7:30am and 9am adds 10 to 15 mins to the trip.
