Seeing the newly released Erin Patterson evidence, like photos of dehydrator with mushrooms in it, and mushrooms being weighed, and her trying to leave the hospital despite being told her life was at risk, and having zero concern about her kids being at risk; makes me wonder why the jury deliberated for so long. She knew what she’d done and confidently knew she hadn’t served herself or the kids any.
So my bet was she got off and I lost that one. I owe everyone 50c :(
They probably dissected every lie she told. That would’ve taken a hell of a long time.
I saw those pictures of death cap mushrooms being weighed today and I was thinking - did they mention that evidence during the trial reporting?! Because that seems like pretty damning evidence.
They did - the defence brushed it off as “she was just interested”.
Goodnight all ❤️
Night night!
Goodnight. May you have sweet happy dreams. 😊
It’s cold tonight, I can feel it.
Yeah, I could feel the draughts a whole room over 😭
Electric water bottle saves the day!
I went to Hobbiton yesterday. AMA.
Did you take lots of pics?
I’m glad you had a good time!
I took some pics. Not many.
Noice
Was Gandalf there?
No.
☹️
The spirit of Gandalf was there. 🧙♂️🥰
Did you go into a Hobbit house? Not sure I did that when I was there.
Yes, we went into a house, not Bilbo’s house but another. It was very beautifully made and furnished. It wasn’t that small as I think it was made for tourists, not as a film set.
What was your fav thing? Which part did you geek out over the most? Were the banquet staff in theme or just casual? Did it feel tacky or genuine? Was it crowded?
My favourite thing was the night walk with lanterns through the village.
Geek out? The biggest geek out was seeing how the paths of the location was designed to take good pictures .
And how props were just everyday things that were personalised for the movie. For example sets of kitchenware that were all different but painted to look like a set.
Banquet staff in casual.
Not tacky. I think the people who got most out of it were deep fans.
It was super crowded. We had four geeks in costume, I sat with them for drinks and they were so nice and so very very happy to be there.
I felt a little patronised but then I have to remember most people are not super geeks
the location itself is being slowly consumed by the New Zealand tropical environment
Was it cool and awesome?
Yes and yes.
And did get it eat a meal there?
We did. We had the evening banquet at the Green Dragon.
The mini pavlovas with cream and raspberry coulis were particularly good and I ate two. 🤤
Did you acquire a spoon?
No. I acquired a stein from the Green Dragon.
My German teacher was intrigued by the word Stein for a drinking vessel. Apparently that is not a term they use at all.
Acquired? Say no more.
They were given out to everyone. 🍺
I acquired a peg from somewhere we stayed. Came in handy to seal chip packets on the run. It’s now a momento.
I see what you did there.
Did you have a second breakfast?
Yes.
I always have a second breakfast. I wake very early and have a very light brekkie, then sleep again, wake and have a second brekkie.
Today it was a little cornflakes and milk then second was some toast.
“Oh hey, sorry I’m going to need the rest of the week off. My cat is having seperation anxiety.”
Edit: I had my first random endorphin rush today. And my first real laugh in a decade.
Felt great :)
this is awesome 😊
Was meant to catch up with a friend at 3. Last night she changed it to 3:30 because a new update for a game she’s playing is out. Whatever, that’s fine. I tell her to text me when she’s leaving so I can leave then. She’s fine with that.
I decided to leave earlier and get there at 3:30, because I have a jazz playlist I want to listen to. But it hits 3:30, and she still hasn’t texted me saying she’s left. She sends me a picture of her game asking which option I liked more. I asked her if she’s left and she said no. She does live a 5 minute drive away from where we’re meeting, so I guess that’s not too bad. She is apologising profusely. Now it’s been 15 minutes since we were supposed to meet, and she said she has to brush her teeth and wash her face. She is nocturnal because of her (undiagnosed but probable) gaming addiction.
Am I overreacting? I am pissed off even though she’s going to be 20 minutes late, but it wasn’t because of something like traffic or PTV issues. She could control it. Last week she also pissed me off because she’s unemployed and using her dad’s money. She said, when buying food,
“It’s not my money. I don’t care.”
I need new friends. I downloaded Bumble for Friends today. Hoping I can get a group of people together and make at least one friend from there. I need friends that don’t trauma dump on me or are selfish.
Please report on how BFF goes! I just looked it up and am disappointed to be told I can’t be friends with guys. This is dumb.
I tried it and it was basically a free hook up app for gay guys. No one was looking for a platonic friend.
Sounds like Skout. Supposedly for friends but almost everyone just wanted to hook up and sell drugs.
Oh no. I think the experience is different for girls as guys a few were there looking for friends. I have a couple of acquaintances who met their close friends from there.
I will!
I thought you can be friends with guys. I’ve seen some on there.
She is apologising profusely.
But not actually doing anything about fixing her behaviour? That’s crappy, you deserve better than that. Even if you had waited for her to text to, she’s still leaving you waiting when agreed on a time and then chose to game. And the rub salt in the wound by sending you a picture of said game.
Sorry, that makes me very angry on your behalf. You are not overreacting, she is not respecting you.
Next time I will wait for that text before leaving, but the fact that she sent a time.
FYI https://www.reddit.com/r/bumblebff/comments/1bhy7xz/this_creepy_man_wont_give_upkeeps_making_new/
Be careful as you don’t know who you’re meeting. Anyone can pretend to be anything on the internet.
Also still be cautious as even if the person is a girl looking for friends, because there’s a reason some of them don’t have any.
Cheers. That is true.
I think a lot of the time, at my age, people fall out with their friends or just become more isolated, as everyone goes their separate ways after studying. I know a couple of people who met some of their closest friends from there and they’ve just gone overseas together. But I will be cautious.
I’ve had friends like that. They alleviate loneliness in the here and now, but it doesn’t pay off down the track.
Yeah absolutely.
I’d be pissed as well.
Excuses excuses excuses, I can’t really be ok with that
Her attitude is basically if it’s her skin or responsibility then she can shrug it off and do whatever she wants.
“It’s not my money. I don’t care.”
omg, this is like the opposite of what an average person would think and say
does she earn her keep at home or is she a princess?
because a lot of people, like me, don’t work but work their butt off at home to earn their keep
Yep she helps her dad out with his business.
We ended up playing video games, and one of them I am especially bad at. She enjoys spending time with me just hanging out, but if she plays with someone who has a lower skill level, it works out better for her.
What are your hobbies? Can you find hobby groups and then friends within that?
My hobbies tend to be more solitary and at a beginner level. I’m thinking of joining a run club once I get better at running. Also want to try DnD.
DnD is a great place to make friends. Try to find a group of your peers. Many Uni’s have role playing clubs as well as a bunch of options around town.
I shall look into it, thanks!
Good luck, I hope you find a nice group. It’s an accepting scene so a few dick heads slip through the cracks. I think I’m twice your age, my connections might be a bit old.
Muting people on my Insta excessively posting about being in Europe. I’m happy for them and all, and yes I’m jealous, but I don’t need to see daily stories & every-other-day profile posts about your trip.
Got the details for the funeral for my old colleague. I’m going to go, even though I haven’t spoken to him in years and years, since before COVID even. He made working at Computershare tolerable - guaranteed to make me cry-laugh with the jokes and witty comebacks he had for the micro-managers there😂 taught me how to handle those managers when I took over his role.
It’s the least I can do I think, pay my respects and remember how he made me laugh so hard.
That’s a really lovely to go about it. Hopefully there are lots of great stories and laughter shared.
Good news: test results came back, i am not a pencil
Bad news: noro
No longer a lead-ing citizen so?
hugs from a distance
I suspect young mr seagoon has had noro, he is miserable
There is a package waiting for me at my front door. Now I just have to wait 9 hours until I can go home to get it!
Edit: now there are two packages!! What an exciting day.
Someone used just about all of my butter in the work fridge! I’m probably more annoyed that they left the tiniest little scrape in the corner instead of just throwing it out the container.
How rude on both accounts!
I stupid forgot about the rice being in the rice cooker being on warm and left it all night.
Least to say 1 serving of rice was lost :(
I know how to describe what’s happening.
My life feels neglected while I was taking suboxone. Now I’m awake and it’s like “where is everything?”.
It hurts a bit.
deep thoughts for 7am which may or may not be relevant
Maybe what you’re feeling is grief for the time spent on suboxone - grief for the wasted time. But taking it may well have been a higher priority at the time, and so should not be regretted in the overall scheme of things. Feel the grief, and move on. This takes courage, which you have in plenty.
EDIT: Like a broken leg: you go to hospital and a plaster cast is put on, then when the bone has healed the cast comes off and your leg is shrunken and muscle wasted, so you do physio to get back function in the leg. Then you can put away the crutches and walk forward freely. In this analogy, the cast was was suboxone, the grief is the physio. Eventually you’ll walk forward freely. The physio is not wasted - it’s a necessary step in healing.
Thank you ❤️
It makes sense and the analogy is accurate. There is a panic to make up for lost time as quickly as possible.
Which can’t be done, which then turns into frustration and sadness.
You’ve given me a lot to think about, thank you :)
Just catching up with some world news
😞
What a horrid day to have to venture outside.
