I just made an amazing contact!!!!
My uber driver is a semi retired senior project manager and he's given me his number to catch up for coffee and he said he'll keep an eye out for any account management roles!!!!!
HOLY FUCK!!!!
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I just made an amazing contact!!!!
My uber driver is a semi retired senior project manager and he's given me his number to catch up for coffee and he said he'll keep an eye out for any account management roles!!!!!
HOLY FUCK!!!!
That's awesome and I hope that it pans out for you, just remember that despite the excitement you don't know this person and to stay safe.
I love this little community. 💜
This is pretty much one of 3 websites I look at. It's incredibly sweet here.
My favourite corner of the internet!
Good morning
Goooood morning. Such a lovely day. Mega shopping trip for household staples, and maybe a cheeky brunch on the way back planned.
Morning. I will get up now. Eggs. Coffee. Saturday quiz.
Trying round 2 for ze comet tonight. C'mon little guy you can doo ittt show us ya tail!
Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather...
I'm feeling a zonk coming on real strong right now...
Melbourne thoughts.
I went to the Carlton Gardens yesterday evening to see if I could see the comet. There was a homeless person sleeping on a stone bench, they had a pillow and blankets, their belongings in a supermarket trolley. I wondered if I would be able to do anything if I were a member of local government.
This morning I give money to a crying beggar on Bourke st mall, He seemed ashamed and kept on apologising.
Walking through the gardens again on my way home from the cbd I see more homeless, this time sleeping under trees.
What could I do? As much as I would wish it if i had the power I wouldn't be able to help instantaneously.
I reckon so many people in gov really do want to help, they have ideas but those ideas would get shot down.
My idea. As a temp stop gap until systems are in place use old warehouses as dorms , have them fitted out as well as possible, have many social services available.
But I can hear it now. There would be people who would object. They let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
old warehouses as dorms
This is why I think covid was a wasted opportunity. Building / converting quarantine quarters near support services and re-purpose them for homeless and disaster (flood / fire) victims. Wouldn't win too many votes though.
Love walking near my window freaking out thinking that the heater underneath it has accidentally been turned on, only for me to realise it's the heat coming through my blinds 🥵
So funny how people lie, in life and on the internet. It's not even hard to pick up on, they always get something wrong, be it their age or the timeline of events, symptoms of a disease or mental illness, their work or experience, even what they do day-to-day. Even how they talk or type.
There are so many valid reasons to lie, I certainly do. I lie to my family about being okay because I fear trauma dumping, and I'd hate for them to blame themselves.
But to lie about illness or experience? I find that so weird. I have to imagine they feel lonely or unvalued, unworthy, unless there is something "special" or "unique" about them. A deep desire for validation that twists their initially good intentions into a gross facsimile of the reality.
I find it foul when "influencers" lie about having a mental illness I have. They always get something wrong about it, the details don't make sense, the symptoms don't match their behaviours. They dupe the naïve into giving them money and sympathy.
Tik Tok is the worst for that shit, Facebook, IG, Xhitter, reddit too, even lemmy. Any social media platform really. It's a performance and it shows.
/Endrant
I agree. Using the emotions of innocent people to keep a bizarre fantasy alive is honestly sickening.
People are a strange bunch.
I'm tired boss
It's up to me to fix my problems and I'm fucking tired of it.
If I want a close relationship with dad, apparently I have to initiate that. He certainly isn't going to. But why should I? Who's the fucking parent here?
I've already had to fucking parent my own damn mother, now I have to be the one to reach out to my dad!? Fucking fuck fuck! It fucking hurts when my partners parents call him, or his siblings, just to check in, because of course I'm fucking jealous.
Dad can just be dad to my fucking cousins as always, as it's always fucking been. I give up. I give up on this. They're all so damn successful and supportive of each other, what the actual fuck have I done wrong!?
I dream of just packing a backpack and fucking off by myself, throwing my phone away, deleting everything about me and starting elsewhere.
But I can't... Of course I can't. I have my partner to support and Mickey to love and feed.
I'm resentful.
so many hugs, I'm so sorry
Your partner and Mickey are your new found fam.
I know how you feel.... My Dad has chosen to not be an active participant in my adult life. He's met my son once in 11 years. He only lives 20 minutes away, in the same town as my mum (his ex wife). It's taken alot for me to get over feeling like I'm not good enough for him. He has a great relationship with one of my brothers but not me and the other two. Many of my own therapy sessions have determined he is probably neuro diverse but that's not an excuse. In the community people speak highly of him, but we haven't had a conversation in 20 years. I'm a good person, who does good things and I'm worth his time and effort, but apparently I'm not. But I've got to be okay with that. We'll survive this, and worse, because we know our worth, and we give love freely unlike our fathers.
Did the usual laundry/dishes thing, then went out with the Minipeelers and got some essential supplies. Also got nonessential supplies such as cheesecake and brownies from a local cafe, because cheesecake and brownies. They had a pistachio cruffin left and gave me for free🤤 Got home and had a beef sausage in a fresh roll with German mustard (it comes in a mini stein. I love that kind of thing). Going to watch something with the kids and do more laundry. After I eat the cruffin!
nonessential supplies such as cheesecake and brownies
Joy is an essential supply
Goodnight everyone. I hope you all have a great night ❤️
Washing done, toasted cheese and ham linch done, aircon on! Stovetop coffee done!
I’m all ready for a Saturday!
Scoffing a chocolate hot cross bun… Yummo.
Fanged down to Apollo Bay, again. Hot damn this weather has just been absolutely glorious.
I honestly think this is the best Summer season we have had in years.
Motorcycle man strikes again. That’s two 5am wakeups in a row from the starting & revving. It sounds like a chainsaw is going off.
Feeling like crap from lack of sleep but trying to enjoy the day. About to go for banh mi / viet iced coffee and then a swim afterwards.
No comet again. luckily nice sunset again.
Pretty happy that I didn't succumb to screens for too long this morning - woke up feeling better (probably less dehydrated...) and after about an hour of increasingly distracted scrolling I snapped out of it, changed clothes and hoisted myself to the Gleadell St markets. Proud of myself for walking 15 mins there, and then back with heavy bags rather than driving - saw not one but three! kitties, two were spooked by these scary dogs just behind me but I got to pet this friendly fluffball:
First time at this market.
ramblings and haul
It's ok, I don't think I necessarily saved much relative to quality (except on the capsicums - Toscanos always has rapacious prices) and I've always wondered how much actually goes back to the farmers with these inner city markets. Don't think I'd make it my primary source of veggies.
But, it's a good supplement that's close by and a nice change for when I want to be around people and enjoy the experience (incl futzing around with cash). The back streets are lovely too... fun and diverse architecture, lots of lovely shade trees, dense but not overwhelming, diverse people. Just have to not think too hard about how I could never afford any one of those places 😂
I did get a couple unusual things this time at least - a huge 2kg daikon radish longer than my forearm, and a bunch of fresh amaranth leaves! I've been yearning for stir fries these days so I'll definitely do a big daikon stir fry and maybe wilted amaranth with garlic or ginger.
Today's haul for $26.50:
Still craving snake beans and tempeh though... Maybe I'll head to Laguna later today or tomoz. Thinking what to do with all that daikon. Stir fry a good chunk with carrot, pickle a small amount, and maybe do a Chinese style braise for the rest.
It's warm out there.
If you like cooking shows/competitions, check out Culinary Class Wars on Netflix. It's in Korean, amazing chefs, really high production value. I'm five episodes in and have been hooked from the start!
Memories of watching iron chef stoned suddenly float to the surface...
I've been watching iron chef since I was a little kid and it was on SBS at like 8pm
Sitting around with my mates absolutely smashed cheering in front of the crt TV is a memory I hold dear lol
Gonna sneak a sausage into the last of my curry
A much needed and very lazy morning. Not even out of my PJs yet, but shopping to do and boyo's family to visit soon. Meant to be having dinner with a friend tonight but struggling to bring myself to confirm it with them.
Yeah, I woke up and then decided to go take a nap basically immediately lol
I woke up feeling really sad and bad today. I don't know where it came from, I was okayish last night
Went out to see comet. So many buildings and trees in the way, kept walking west , still no view, always a building or tree in the way. Went back home when I realised I'd have walk to melton to get a view.
I think I went out too early to see it.
I feel this. I live on the fourth floor, but my apartment faces north. The windows in the shared hallway face south, but there is a new apartment building and the entire city in the way.
I hope someone here (bottom racer I'm looking at you) can get a sweet pic! Id love to see it!