Rising up from within, the toll of evolution,
I am not without sin, but I’m not here for procreation.
These rolling waves of pain, the tides of boiling crimson,
Turn into red stains, fuck you menstruation.Get me my chocolate! Get me my wheat bag! Cancel the meeting! Not leaving this seating!
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me…"
“Bom, bom, bom, bom…”
“So help me! So help me! And cut. We’re still working on it, it’s a work in progress but, hey, we need ushers.”
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Gotta say, we timed our Queensland getaway well this year. Definitely not summer temps up here, but it’s also not ridiculously cold like it seems to be down there…
Frosty morning but with the sun out and still air it’s honestly very pleasant right now. I’ve taken off my jumper and switched off the heater in my north facing study
agreed - just went for a walk at lunch, and itbwas beautiful outside. cracking winter day.
I think I will finish tidying the terrace, sweep and then it’s done. 😄
North facing windows, you fancy pants
I specifically picked this apartment because of the aspect (technically northeast). And I’m hoping and praying they don’t bump the rent for a while because I really don’t want to be forced into a darker place if that’s all I’ll be able to afford.
Wait until summer … grins evilly
How are your plants holding up?
Haven’t checked on them tbh, but I suspect they’ll be okay… I’ll have another look tomorrow, I think they’ll need a water soon.
Got the lenses in my glasses replaced. They made really unpleasant dashes above and below strong light sources like headlights. It got to the point I almost didn’t want to wear them when driving at night.
Turns out the transition coating is quite heat sensitive. I did some driving back in November when it happened and it must have gotten really hot in the car when it was parked because it was alright when driving. Well, I’ll just keep these glasses on me when not in the car
I got some news about the other kid. Apparently they are actually fully decided on moving him elsewhere. Their original plan was to move him out tomorrow, and have me move back in later tomorrow, but that didn’t end up happening because their plans fell through. So instead I’m staying in another hotel until Tuesday morning, and he’ll be leaving on Monday night.
Also, kind of ironic, but the hotel I’m now staying at is the same one I lived in for a few months in 2018 after getting kicked out of another place in the country. Ironically in those days I was being moved close to every week and basically toured the entire west and south west of the state. Then I moved into this hotel and things started to settle down.
I’m in a different room on a different floor, but it’s really interesting seeing it from a different perspective. 6 years ago I was still me, but so different it doesn’t even feel like I was. I was never expecting to come back here. I’m also loving the irony that despite how many places I’ve been at, and how much has changed in the world, system, and me, I’m still moving around every week. That doesn’t really make me sad though, because at least this time it’s a mutual thing and I have some say in where I’m going and when. Last time I was here I was only here because somebody declared that I would be, and that was the end of the story. Also I could’ve chosen somewhere else, or another Airbnb.
6 years ago? Dude! WTF!
Try not to think about 2016 being 8 years ago and 2014 being a full decade ago then. Because that sent me into a spiral at the start of the year
It was more about how young you must have been to still be a minor now. Some People suck.
11, to be exact. I entered the system 9 days after my birthday
My kids are 9 and 12. So you’d have been in between them in age. The idea of either of them being set adrift, alone, in a hotel is setting off all my daddy instincts.
I am sad that this was your childhood. As he’s probably a bigger train nerd than you, I see a lot of parallels between you and my eldest.
You’ve clearly managed to navigate the state system. So I guess we need to recognise also that something in the system is working. I worry about your support system when you turn 18. Do they just set you adrift and wish you luck in life on your birthday?
I wasn’t alone back then, I did have support workers (contingency hotels in Vic are run under more or less the same conditions as resi, so 24/7 workers and such).
I wouldn’t really give the system that much credit, because I know a lot of people it hasn’t worked for, the other kid who moved in is probably one of them. On my end, all I can do to get my needs met is being proactive about sending emails and text messages, and pretty much harassing people on the daily until they get things sorted. But that only works because the people within my care team are all receptive, have a good relationship with me, and do their jobs. If my case manager decided she didn’t want to follow something up for me, then it wouldn’t matter what I said or how often I said it, it would never happen.
It used to be the case (as recently as a couple years ago) that the day before your 18th birthday you would be kicked out. Nowadays it has changed a bit, and there are more support options. I’m eligible for a service that some other people aren’t (which I don’t really want to get into, it comes down to personal reasons), which offers subsidised housing (although operates differently to the housing commission). There’s about a 9 month waiting list for that, which I only got onto recently. In the meantime though, I can stay in my current space until I’m 19. They’re not huge fans of that, and as soon as somewhere comes up, the expectation is definitely that I take it and move out ASAP, but the option is there to stay around until I turn 19. I will lose most of my support network once I move, but in their place, something else will take it for a few years.
I don’t know what the “standard” pathway is for moving out, so I also don’t know what the backup is if my current plan falls through for whatever reason. But prior to this extension and moving into lead tenant, my plan after moving out was to live in a car
The Car thing should be your fallback plan to keep you off sleeping on the street. It’s only a step up from that, and certainly not something you should be planning for. YouTube videos make it look a lot more glamorous than it actually is. I slept for a week in a van while I drove around in New Zealand. It was fully kitted out with kitchen, actual bed, power, water, the works! And a week was long enough - I would not have wanted to live like that longer term.
The dodgiest one-bedroom shoebox with a bathroom and toilet would be better than any car.
Very very rude words!
If you want a Mad Internet Aunt or eight you’re probably in the right place.
Make that 9… you’re a good egg Baku, and my mind boggles at what you’ve been through.
@[email protected] may or may not wish to assign Aunty Numbers 😝
Thanks eagle and catfish. I’ll probably reminisce and share some stories over the next few days as I collect myself and settle in.
2018 was an absolutely wild year. I got kicked out of 2 places, moved 11 times, and had to travel about 300km between each new place. I’ve only moved about 25 (I think) times since I was born, so almost half of them happened in 2018 alone
Was mentioning this is the first house i’ve lived in that hasn’t fucked me on a cold snap, and how when i woke up it was 20c and it stays 20c!!
Coworker overheard last part and tried to oppression olympics snipe me. Nosy bitch got a short, sharp lesson on exactly what growing up in a holmesglen concrete prefab special was like.
I ain’t wearing guilt, i’ve done my fucken time and then some.
She can fuck right off and so cal the bills needed to get this place out of single digits and me be able to tell what colour my skin is.
Ted the Fluffy Gargoyle is looking quite comfy
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I’m not sure which is fluffier. Him or the rug (?).
Anyone ever do that whole sourdough thing back in lockdown? I love sourdough, but paying 6 to 8 bucks for it at bakers delight isnt cheap. Was it worth it and do you recommend it? or was it a fad for a reason?
I don’t see the point in sour dough starters, if you leave normal yeasted dough for an extra hour or two between risings and punching down it gets the same sour taste, if that’s what you want.
Not sure I quite agree about the taste. But think part of the point is to not buy yeast. Worth the maintenance if you make enough bread. For a once a month hobby, packet!
I think that for the most part, it was a fad because people had a lot of time on their hands, with nothing to do during Lockdown.
Now that they have work and everything else going on, people don’t really have that kind of time any more.
I make sourdough all the time. it doesn’t need to be as much of a palaver as people make out. Starters are pretty hardy things, too.
I held off because I don’t need to eat whole loaves of sourdough. Toasted with lashings of butter, yum.
Butter and creamed honey this week.
Creamed honey is so delicious.
We’re making a dent in the jar, that’s for sure!
I see people selling old mothers on fb/gumtree.
What a sentence out of context.
I did a sourdough class a month before covid hit. I still make 2-3 loaves a week just for us. It’s a little bit of goodness I can do for my family and budget. It doesn’t keep well, only good as toast the days after but we like it that way. I avoid the social media sites about it, they get a bit militant and I’m not in it for aesthetics. It’s not rocket science or a beauty contest, it’s just bread. Very nice bread.
I’ve never bothered with making sour dough myself but have a friend whose starter is about 10yo. It is named Madam and sometimes behaves like one.
Stew on. House smells much warmer. Now we wait.
Faar out a Stew would be amazing hey. What are you making?
Dunno if it has a proper name. A ‘Chinese’ beef thing based around orange peel & star anise.
All those cold swims paid off last night.
I’m in a house built in 1910 with no insulation, sisalation etc. Slept with the windows open and felt nothing.
Would’ve burned through a lot of previous midnight snacks it’s basically cheating.
So in this weather we switch from steamed dims sims to deep fried dim sims because it’d be a health hazard if the blood wasn’t loaded up with stuff to burn.
So the science is true: Get in cold water = can deep fry shit.
Cold. Shit
I am very grateful for a WFH day - knockoff oodie+uggs FTW!
Absolutely glorious WFH today, I don’t want to return to it full time personally, but on days like today it’s perfect. No need to drag myself out of bed to brave the cold and a car that takes forever to get warm, get all the sun I need in my light filled study (with jazz on in the background to lift the mood even more) - even get to do a load of laundry while I’m at it. Knock off early, soak up more rays… cook dinner while it’s still light out… so happy I have this option.
yeah thats a bad combination cause theres little worse in life than a cold toilet seat on a bare bum.
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It’s done, all the terrace and balcony gardens are tended and don’t need anymore attention until early spring
Waiting to pick up the papou, having a mental bet if his social club is off and they forgot to tell me.
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Gratitude thread! What are you grateful for today? :)
I’m grateful for not cancelling my gym class booking today. Although I was tired and couldn’t give it my all, it was better than nothing. Also grateful for my mum being patient with me despite me being irritable.
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I am grateful to have insulation in my house. Seriously all those people who don’t, especially renters, my heart goes out to them.
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Mine needs insulation, and waterproofing like under all the tiled bits…
It’s my Friday! There are cats Boyo didn’t turn the freshly made bed into a burrito rolled dog nest in one day
So glad there are cats.
I am grateful for living in a nice apartment with nice little terraces I can garden on and I am grateful for living near beautiful parks.
And I am grateful to all the people who make beautiful movies and tv for us to watch. It truly is a gift.
I’m grateful for all the birds I saw today while enjoying the sunshine.
I’m grateful for this warm bowl of porridge.
I am grateful for central heating. And to have a roof over my head in this cold weather.
I’m also grateful to the ABC for streaming ER on iview and keeping me entertained.
