In non America/Baku news I'm drunk and have just completed day two in a row of after-work outings. This one was beers and burger, no complaints. Also my probation review went great, was told unless I majorly fuck up/change behaviours I'll pass no worries. One more after-work outting to go tomorrow, actually looking forward to it.
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2025
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Perfect night to cuddle up with fluffy and a book.
Nice view out there as well
Goodnight all β€οΈ
sky pretty
Beautiful.
Goodnight. π
So nice!
Just realised I'm crushing hard on a regular hookup guy at the moment. It'll sting when things inevitably change and we can't meet anymore. But accepting the happy chemicals and swooning a little in the meantime. π« π₯²
That's very cute!
I miss having a crush, but at the same time, it's oddly peaceful not having one.
There is a blender full of underpants on my kitchen table
okay. Interest is piqued.
Tell us more. ππΏ
Other evidence suggests Boyo went on a packing spree after I left for work. Or maybe house elves broke into the catnip stash.
Perhaps Boyo ran out of clean jocks and was prepared to do a turbo wash before realising that's not such a good idea.
Do you ever come across an object and think "I wonder what that's from"? So you keep it thus occupying both physical space and brain space because you know if you do toss it you'll work out what it's for a week later once the big bins have been emptied. Yeah I hate that.
Wires mostly. I have stuff going back to the old vga cables.
Sometimes I canβt work out if itβs a micro usb or one of those weird proprietary cables with fits into almost nothing.
All. the. time .
Absolutely. I'm looking at one right now lol
Tonights' wave:
That almost got my phone heh
Today was an odd day. I got anxious yesterday which continued to this morning, but I just couldnβt put a finger on it.
At least it wore off as the day went on. (Probably the whole IKEA debacle helped. Funny that.)
Group hug for DDT. π€
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little wins
Diet is slowly working. habits are changing. I have to take in some pants that are just too big now.
Getting rid of some "old lady" clothes too and soon will be buying some better more tailored and younger stuff. yay π
Love this for you.
Iβve been so bored with fashion lately, I am considering sewing a few of my own things this year.
Wow. I joke and act chill but lately both my anxiety and sleep have been absolutely unmanageable. -_-
Plus I have to get this grumpy tooth checked out again.
I think it might be time to take a quarter of an otc sleeping pill between midnight and 2 to try and get at least a few hours of sleep at an appropriate time. (Taking any more than that is a roulette of it either completely not working or making me so groggy I sleep right through the next day.)
so many hugs, this weather hasn't helped, it's made the whole city grumpy too
Spent a good chunk of the day applying for roles in different departments. There's 3 I am super keen on, wish me luck.
I guess if they pay you 3 salaries, you can do 3 roles. Sounds exhausting though!
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good deed done for the day. Someone on reddit wanted a postcard from aus so just got that done. Jesus my writing is appalling.
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Boring work thing:
Found a great Web app to organise all my work. Will make life so much easier!
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Could've done a bit longer today but solid day out in fantastic weather. Definitely feeling the happy chemicals along with the mild soreness. Now time to salvage this shitty leftover gluggy jasmine rice and make fried rice with it. NEVER again am I falling for that nonsense with 1:1.5 ratios on the packet...
I is a 1:1.5 person :(
Maybe that works when on the stovetop but it was a mess in the rice cooker :(
I do 1:1.5 for basmati rice (sometimes 1:2 depending on variety)
I find with jasmine rice you need about 1cm or 1.5cm of water level over the rice to cook it nicely either on stovetop or rice cooker I think from memory.
Has been a very long since Iβve done jasmine rice but it used to be my go to rice variety.
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Anyone got a recommendation for a knife sharpening method that's not a wet stone? Seems I'm terrible at the sharpening steel method. Will be mainly for global knives.
I have used the Lansky system for a number of years. They give you the same angle every time. I canβt be fucked with that anymore and just pay someone to do it.
Oil stone. Sorry, not helpful. The steel doesn't exactly sharpen a knife, more tidy it up. If you aren't comfy using a stone, take them to a pro. Many kitchen supply stores have links to a service. It's not expensive, just make sure you transport the knives in a legal way.
Out of curiosity, how do you legally transport a knife for sharpening?
Thereβs a sharpening service I can get to but Iβm leery of taking a knife on the train to get it there (might have to put it in a box and beg a lift)
how do you legally transport a knife for sharpening?
That's a good question and it's a bit unclear on that. There's a whole bunch in legislation about a 'reasonable excuse' but no mention of transport for sharpening.
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Wrap in a tea towel and tie it closed was the recommendation for those who don't own chef wraps last place I used. I also took a photo of contents and sharpen booking just incase.
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No cheesemares to report, but evidently, I need to stop playing Slime Legion on my phone because I was definitely sliding little monsters in my dreams.
Now to just the nightmare of my work day.
How good is this weather? I'll be school shoe shopping today with the kid where she'll complain that they're all ugly and it's hard to choose between ugly and ugly.
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Iβm going to the museum in a bit. I could do with a nice chill day
Was the previous daily deleted by accident?
Edit: Baku's account isn't showing up.
The server returned this error: couldnt_find_person.
Following some research into yesterday's thread, which I still have access to minus Baku's comments which were deleted by their account at around midnight, it appears this is American election related.
I have no issue with free discussion and civil disagreements, I have no intention of over controlling discussion on this forum.
My main concern here is how the history of this groups previous dailies may have been impacted as a result of a user who had been posting the daily and I will need to start considering more appropriate means of posting dailies to avoid this kind of issue going forward.
As some of you may have noticed, I'm not too talkative most days and I mostly just check in at midnight if I am awake to make sure the previous daily ends and the new one begins. I don't have any reports to action, but I will need to have a look at the threads I personally have access to some more. But most importantly I am going to have to consider how to ensure a more consistent daily thread that is less likely to disappear, whether I can return it myself or not, etc.
Additionally, it's about time I start investigating Lemmy's bot mechanics, I was waiting to complete my current personal server migration to a complete hypervisor solution rather than utilising one of my already overworked Raspberry Pi's, I'll have to get on to this matter more quickly.
Edit2: It's starting to look like I will be unable to return the posts that where deleted as a result of Baku's account nuking, I do have personal access to all of them without their comments as it was actioned by me in featuring them, but the posts themselves where of the account that is now no longer available.
This makes it clear that I need to make some changes going forward in how the daily functions.
It really really should be posted by a specific account or something. Could maybe set one up and give regulars the password on request? Only allow dt threads on it and revoke access for misuse?
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yay, the small indie supermarket had eggs
I've been lucky in that the fruit and veg shop I go to near work had a plentiful supply. I like going there anyway because of the freshness and prices, but also because they had the balls and sheer audacity to set up right next door to the Woolies. It's led to staff from the Woolies going in there, checking prices and going back and marking down lol, it's really obvious when they do it too.
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