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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Sneaky resident magpie stealing my chip just before.
The resident mudlark rocked up but this magpie just goes to town on it. Tonight mags did exactly that but still holding the chip in its beak. So lucky that bird and I are on very good terms. So highly aggressive but just not to me. Dogs, cats, other birds, people she doesn't recognise it just goes flat out at them. I like her. She's the protector. She earned that chip.
Magpies are the mob, that chip is the protection money you paid her
I sent my biggest new client proposal today (in terms of dollar value) since starting this little insignificant business of mine. I thought it would take years before I'd be pitching for work of this value, but a few things lined up to get this opportunity. Spent hours thinking over the pricing to quote, resisting the urge to quote super cheap just to get in the work. I'm not about being the very cheapest, because I take pride in what I do and doing it well. But also I'm a one-man show so I need to be realistic on what people are going to pay for me vs bigger businesses. They probably come to me expecting cheaper. Thinking of pricing for my work sucks.
Fingers crossed they go ahead! It will keep me busy for a bit.
Just grabbed a 2nd amp so I can have a stereo guitar setup!
I promise, this is very exciting lol
I think one of your Gibsons may be a little... unhappy?... if you tried to connect them to an amp :D
Well, your committed now
Greetings from an Australian residing in the USA. Happy Monday. :-) 10AM on a Monday here and probably the early hours of Tuesday for you.
Popped into the new QV Five Guys. First of all, I can't believe Americans eat like this. There were enough fries in their smallest serving to comfortably feed a family of four, with leftovers for the next day. It looks expensive compared to other burger places but it's probably fairly equivalent if you price it by weight. The fries and Cajun seasoning on them were so good. The burgers come with two patties; it took all my strength to push through the meat sweats to finish the last 20% of mine.
Overall, the fries were definitely a winner. I'd choose Huxtaburger over this if I was really craving a burg, even if the serving size there is smaller for the same price. I might be tempted to return for a milkshake or hotdog but maybe after a week or two recovery period. In the mean time think I need a shower. ๐ฎโ๐จ
Ordered one mystery pizza for tomorrow.
Have to remember to pick it up and I hope itโs got stuff I like on it!
Fingers crossed! ๐ค
It's been an absolute shit of a day except for getting the amp.
Thank fuck for music to de-stress.
What's your rig look like now?
This guy is five today! He is getting a batch of biscuits when my sister is done with work. I think they have cheese and peanut butter in them. Will attempt to get the recipe from her.
Happy birthday Golden King
I went to Coles deli today and because I don't go by weight I usually just say "a big handful of that thanks mate". He was a dude with giant hands and I came out with 434gms of chorizo salami. It's really good chorizo though. No complaints.
Been awhile but it looks like Iโve got lunch with my dad on Thursday.
Maybe I didnโt plan it out so well since I had planned to do my grocery shop that morning.
Itโll be good to catch up with him. Havenโt seen him in months.
Big news. The deep sinkhole around the Telstra pit next door is finally getting fixed - three years after the plastic board was bolted to the ground. Nice bloke doing the fixing said that Telstra has QUADRUPLED the number of contractors hired to fix problems, and increased the managers that allocate/organise fixes from 7 to 26!!! Apparently if you SnapSendSolve a problem it'll be done within a week - faster if someone has tripped or fallen. I will be very interested to see if this outbreak of efficiency lasts.
One out of three stressful things done - training and exam (that I didn't study for at all, but I use the stuff frequently at work and excel at multiple choice exams so I'm confident I'll pass).
Also finally got my licence photo taken after procrastinating till the last minute. Don't want to acknowledge how much older and more stressed out I look after ten years ๐ฅฒ my old photo is one of the best ID photos I've ever had.
Next up: last day at lesser job tomorrow with lots if tidying up and handovers. And on Wednesday, big uni meeting for which I have not prepared at all and am more anxious about than today's exam, but I simply have no energy to look at today. I will not overpush myself. I'm going to go for a walk now with my journal and find some grass to lie on while it's still bright, although lomgcat is absolutely lovin' on me right now and mashing her face into my jaw.
Praying for some restful sleep tonight.
You can do the things! ๐ช
My somehow my last licence renewal used the old photo which is awesome. I am so young in it now! I don't want to give it up either.
I got my hair cut and beard trimmed today so I look normal. My dad was always telling me to get it cut and there's too much at stake, so I don't want anything being a potential obstacle to another job.
And I think I might look alright? I've lost some hair and pretty much always had it tied back, so I'm not sure if I'd grow it out again when shit gets stable
I have a big fat jaw-welding chunky peanut butter sammich and for some reason the cats INSIST i have something for them.
They've sniffed it and disregarded the sammich, but persist in demanding...something
This pollen, be evil.
Indeed. I was a (minor) victim of Pollenpocalypse in Melbourne. I was still having breathing issues a month later. I miss some things about Melbourne, but the pollen and associated breathing issues are not among them.
Suffering here too :(
I don't watch any reality type of shows unless they're about finding gold or opals but this new Sin City Tow show on Discovery is my new little treat. I'm sure a chunk of it is staged but I don't care.
I hate reality shows mostly because theyโre so staged and thereโs manufactured drama or theyโre told to act a certain way.
Thatโs the opposite of it being an organic reality show.
Most of them total trash because of that.
Get excited about possible projects involving manual labour
Do a few chores and sleep for days
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Last vintage vinyl, made in 1973, was Rudy Vallee radio shows with various great stars of the 1920s and 30s.
Gershwin interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEOQlyacEro
Huston singing September Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mAT-4FdP4
Vallee was a truly disgusting person who was very charming once the microphone was on
he was much parodied by Fred Allen, Stan Frieberg and Hans Conried , who were radio and tv stars of the 50s and 60s . ( not the disgusting part, just the smarmy part )
It was wonderful hearing Bert Lahr do some of his vaudeville routine ( I couldn't find a copy anywhere ) , it was the same schtick he did as the Cowardly Lion years later on The Wizard of Oz. He was a very famous star and the audience at the time would have gotten all those old jokes he did. Us, we have no clue what he's doing, just that he was amusing and eccentric.
Got this unusual but instantly recognisable album Peter Gunn by Mancini. 1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHwTDzPECk&list=PLkAUJkbhd-RjTVT4CRg02EpwcVcW_gPgH
side 2 has some excellent finger snapping and also piano solos by a young John T Williams ( who went on to write Jaws and Star Wars etc )
booo. Woke up with my heart pumping and feeling anxious. I guess I need to start actively incorporating relaxation techniques again.
Working on clearing the shed this arvo, and a factory or something industrial nearby has a siren that sounds very much like our doorbell. Every time it goes off Iโm like, doorbell?!
(Our doorbell doesnโt sound like a siren; their siren sounds like an electronic doorbell)
I just want to shout out to the teenagers emerging from the bushes after a bit of "Fun" at the park yesterday. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who clicked what was going on, dont worry. I didn't see anything NSFW, but dude you cant stagger out like your 10 tons lighter and have your girl emerge 5 seconds later adjusting her dress. Man teenagers are idiots hey.
Came across the phrase 'inclusion navigator' at work - what/who is that? What do they do? Does anyone know? Context was occupation.
Think I might trundle down to op shop to see if they have any vinyls. ๐