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  • Because I'm a VIP at the casino I'm staying in, they gave me a VIP line pass which I hadn't used yet. I just came downstairs to get some breakfast and there was a line of around 8 or so people waiting to be seated. Then next to them was the empty VIP line.

    You've never seen so much a smug swagger as me waltzing past the peasants and being seated immediately. They even called out that they have a VIP over their little radios.

    I've made it, ma. This is the good life I said I'd find when I took off with nothing but my bindle on my shoulder and a dream in my heart all those years ago.

  • While we're brain dumping I just want to say: I got another snarky email from the boss this evening; it was a legitimate comment, but said in quite a condescending way that really is just laughable coming from a manager, not to mention incredibly hypocritical given how poorly they've handled things for months now.

    And readers... Despite the exact text being exactly one of the worse things my brain has flagellated itself with for years, i.e. a nightmare come true, I actually, finally, DIDN'T spiral, or feel the need to distract myself.

    I just rolled my eyes and pretty calmly kept on with what I was doing without missing a beat. And then I found a good break and am having dinner. And I still don't feel a burgeoning anxiety - I feel calm, and confident, and safe, and relieved that most of this will be over soon. Because I am no longer trapped. ⛓ ⛏

    Unrelated: Sox's blood test results came back. Frustratingly, her results were borderline, but also highly suggestive of an ovarian remnant (>2x the usual level). It makes sense that it was borderline by the time she came back from the vet she was pretty much back to normal so it would've been at the end of the cycle. However, the options are extremely expensive... Surgery is like 2.5-3k 😿 and her owner is gonna struggle a lot to get that kind of money given how much he's already spent on her. Right now her cycles are very inconsistent, so maybe he might just have to put up with her being an absolute pain for 2-3 weeks every year. And save up a contingency fund in case the cycles do become more regular.

    Anyway, I just want to say FUCK YEAH I GUESSED RIGHT.

  • Shitty busy week coming to an end. I swear if some fuckwit at works irks me today there will be consequences and repercussions.

    Non-violent ones of course, but the thoughts of violence will be strong.

  • I just completed the first survey of the A2 milk study I am on. Lots of exciting questions about my digestive system, including one rating my last bowel movement. With pictures for reference. The things we do for free milk 🤣

  • Super keen to hear Chaka Khan and Chic in concert. But I don't want to pay. Anyone else keen to sit on a blanket outside the fence and just listen? We could also dance. We've all seen bands and light shows and those people are old. They'll be amazing and it's the jazz fest so I'm hoping it's disco with jazz flair. Cos seriously chic although paying a shit ton of my bills over the years are done to death. Chaka Khan on the other hand could sing the fucking phone book and I'd be balling my eyes out at AB.

    My apologies for ranting a lot this week. I have had serious doses of both misogyny and misgendering from people who really should be better recently and this place is my journal and vent. Still, I understand we don't come here just to complain. I don't want to offend men or sound like a basher, all the guys here are great. So again, I'm sorry if my misandry has made anyone feel isolated or frustrated. Its unfair to paint every man with the same brush and the last thing I should be doing here is creating any kind of tension or division. Because misandry is as bad as misogyny and we all should be looking at ways to reduce both. nuff said I think.

    I just passed six months on hrt and did myself up really nice to go to dinner with a new friend last night. She couldn't make it and I waited 45 minutes for her, drove for an hour between home and fitzroy and back and of course spent two hours prettying myself up for the affair. I still felt absolutely amazing anyway and she really needed to spend time securing a safe place to live. Gender euphoria is reported less than than all the bad stuff and bad press about having a gender incongruence, but it's a completely beautiful natural high which can last moments or hours. Last night I didn't want to go to bed as it was one of the times it kept giving. My physique is changing more rapidly now and it's pretty fucking fun and so rewarding. thx for reading. Yesterday and today are real milestones in my journey.

  • Started a new exercise program this morning, a bikini abs one. While I have no desire to wear a bikini (I'm too lazy for the required landscaping) I am interested in toning a bit around that area. I've made visible gains since I started this whole exercise thing.. my daughter told me this morning that my improvements looked "epic!" I feel so proud about that!

  • It's now finally Friday. So close to wrapping everything up... Anxiety popping its head through but I KNOW I will smash through what's required. It's all going to be alright.

    Unrelated, but I tried making this unusual potat recipe tonight and I highly recommend it - extremely easy, simple, cheap and quick (you can let the potatoes boil/steam while you prep other things). I definitely recommend pan frying the smashed potat though. And add a bit of smoked paprika 👌maybe a small touch of dark soy sauce. @Bottom_racer for your next late night potat snak.

    Xi'an Cumin Potatoes

    • ooh, I have some smoked paprika. I'll get some little taters for it. 🤗

    • ooh that looks good.

      • Can confirm they taste great the next day too. Definitely would use baby taters rather than the alternative of large slices of big potate, the texture is great.

  • Dang it all, in the hustle of getting kids ready for school I forgot to put my lunch in my bag. Thank goodness I've got an emergency stash of mandarins and Corn Thins at work. Crisis averted!

  • 5 pm the pizza shop opens - I can hear a marinara calling my name.

    • Oh you lucky duck! Wish my local pizza shops were decent! Mine's either the scantily topped overpriced "gourmet" type or the soggy glugfest of excessive oil :(

      • They do a cherry bliss one with 3 different kinds of cherry toms on it - pity it's vegan as I reckon anchovies would be a considerable improvement.

  • To summarize:

    THE HILLS ARE ALIVEEEEEEEE
    With the sound of mewwwwzziiiikkk
    With sardines they have sung for a meowsand years
    The hills fill my fart with the sound of mewwwwzzziiikkk

    My fart wants to sing every songggg it reeeeks
    My fart wants to beat like the splash of a turd.
    That flies from the cake to the bees

    My fart wants to sing like a crime
    That cries at a church on a priest
    To laugh like a crook who let’s rip

    And shart over thrones on its wings
    To sing through the fright.
    Like a shark who is lurking two days

    I go to the pills when my fart is lonely
    I know I will tear where I torn before
    My fart will be caressed to the sound of mewwwwzzziiikkk
    And I’ll shitttttt oneeeeeee smoreeeeeeeeeee

    @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone

  • My partner's ex-coworkers have invited us out to the pub tonight. It'll be good to see them, and I do want to ask if one of them would be interested if I ran a D&D one-shot, as he was part of our old group.

    But, I guess this means I have to shower and look presentable. Lame.

  • Sooo uhhh… we have apparently recreated the necessary conditions to induce the alleged anomaly that occurs on a Friday night with results recorded as negative and inconclusive.

    Thus, with the the scientific methodology exhausted for today ,may I suggest a more esoteric method ?

    Ghost phone… we need to use the ghost phone.

  • Going to learn to knit so I can make all the knitwear I love so much in my period shows. I can already loom knit (well circular loom knit), so how hard can actual knitting be.

    • I find crocheting easier because if you drop a stitch it's easier to pick up. They both have their place though.

      • My mother is an avid crocheter and spent many an afternoon/evening attempting to teach me and I could never get the hang of it.

  • That pre lunch moment when everyone in the office has the same take away joint website open, trying to decide what they wanna have :D

  • Say I was to make some QR code stickers that lead to a link that is not under my admin, would there be a way to track how many times it's accessed through the QR code?

    • Do you have a web server you do control?

      I would achieve this by pointing the QR to one of my own web servers, with the link being a redirect to the customer site. You get a log of the number of people who accessed the QR code, customer gets their impressions, and the user has minimal impact.

      You could even do it more than once and track stats on individual campaigns - charting their success.

    • Most short URL generators can track "click" counts. Shorter URLs make for smaller QR codes as well.

  • If anyone wants a green bin full of compacted grass and oxalis that I've just pulled it is all yours.

    I don't like this weeding biz one bit.

    • I wonder what they do with oxalis in green bins. Has to be a very hot compost to kill that shit.

      • I think the green bins for the stuff you pull probably just dies.. you're not hitting the bulbs.

        The landscape 'designer my arse' who did a bit of this place introduced so much of the shit from some shitty landfill/wherever it's crazy.

        Here's my poor neglected pre season chilli patch:

        Scooping all of that out tm (burying that shit no green bin) and starting fresh.

        Pollinators do love it though so it's a bit conflicting.

  • Fat cat is making very angry biscuits next to me. She's super tired and super upset at the world.

  • My little handroll with the hawt chicken dins collapsed (ish) :( I will do better next time.

    Should've stuck with the bun.

  • I'm excited for the Grand Final, only because of the day off. I don't care about footy (I mean I have a team I barrick for but that's it).

    • I'm so glad the long no-public holiday period is coming to a close. And to think we used to have to do this until November (and even then only for those within the city... unless they changed Cup Day to be state wide?)

      • I think cup day only affects us city-slickers. But yeah the June - September no public holiday drought was doing my head in.

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