Melbourne

Someone at work sprayed lynx on themselves while on the floor. Several of us had to run to the loo to chuck.

Should be an illegal substance, like it should be classed as a war crime under the Geneva Convention.

Update:hmm. The 100% lead paint wall may...not be? Tested that and spritzed the pink swab with vinegar as a control test and it cleared.

grr face

Then i dug up a lead fishing weight and jeeebus schneebus, that pink positive swab did not change one iota after i blasted it with vinegar

Did an at home yoga sesh (thanks YouTube) for the first time in far too long. I am humbled but gonna stick with it and look forward to feeling more in tune with my body. It currently feels like I’m operating a mech suit.

So I'm trying to learn to cook better, so by the time I leave the nest, I can actually make some nice meals rather than simply feeding myself in survival mode. It would be nice to be able to cook for people confidently and perhaps host a dinner party. Will be starting very simple with one new recipe a week. First recipe is shakshouka.

The recipe called for tomato paste. My mum is vehemently against tomato paste. My grandma puts it on everything. Debate ensues. I will be following the recipe.

Sunset Series starts tonight. Back is spasmodic, neck and shoulder are doing their chronic injury thing... Good times

spoiler

Just had my first ever CT scan. The technician was utterly lovely while I had a cry.

A rather large huntsman has moved into my lounge room. Probably a good thing, I've seen a few people complaining about a lot of white tails around at the moment.

OK, it's been 3 days. Monday I went to Kmart and bought a mini rice cooker. Rated for 1-2 serves. I do have a large rice cooker, but its fuckin useless for one serve of rice, being mostly useful for stews or stock or large quantities of rice. Like, 3 cups and over.

So far, I've been pretty impressed with the mini rice cooker. Does 1 asian serve or 2 anglo serves very very nicely. Have yet to give it a real smacking but so far it's a winner. The eyewatering mint green enamel is a minus, but if it cooks up good I'll forgive that aspect. Def worth a place on the countertop when living alone. Yes, I did try cooking poached eggs in it and it did pretty damn good.

Arrived at co-working this morning with all of the stuff on my desk moved, obviously someone had decided to make it their home. I go to connect my laptop to my monitor and the HDMI cable is gone. Whoever was here decided to take a little gift with them as well. Thankfully the staff here had a spare cable I could use. But still, who is that low to steal a cable that clearly belongs to someone? Like they yanked it out of the monitor, you don't just walk away with the cable by mistake!

On a lighter note, currently staring at my through one of the office windows is a cat that someone brought to work. I love it, even though it might be stressful for the kitty?

cat in question

I had a bit of a sleep before. Just tired.

I must be getting sick. I had a bowl of beef noodle soup for breakfast and I didn't finish it 😨

Hmmm. Apparently the lead test swabs we are using may be false positived by lime and whitewash. (High ph)

...and a quick check is to dip in lemon juice, if it corrects, you are good.

I got one section i know 100% is lead (upper laundry cupboard) for a control , and a garage full of uncertainly lead painted render. Gonna get my science pants on tomorry

I just got home and saw there is a big concrete pump a few houses down that I think is the 3D house printer. I will definitely have to walk down for a sqiz once it's cool enough this evening.

Tv show recommendation: Pantheon. I noticed it’s now on Netflix. Don't know how to describe it without giving away the plot twists, but it’s an sci-fi animation set in a timeline where computing power has developed enormous capability, and the consequences of that. It’s a very creative exploration of what defines a human and consciousness. What happens with unchecked unethical tech development. It’s a real mind bender, recommend it if you like the kind of shows that make you think. Bit of a slow start but worth it.