The cost of a bánh mì at my local have gone DOWN 🫢
The apocalypse is nigh.
😮
Sometimes I think about running away to a foreign country and starting again with a completely clean slate.
Circumstances of late have forced me to think about old jobs and the horrible things I went through and it’s quite triggering.
Sounds like you’ve got a lot of the past to let go of. Speaking as someone who dragged the past around like an anchor for far too long. Even if you were to go overseas, you can’t escape from you. I hope you can one day find a way to let go of it.
It’s weird. Sometimes I’m good for 12 months, then something yanks me back.
Negative experiences (shit job, shit family, shit friends, trauma, abuse, etc) will cause triggers to manifest naturally, it’s the brain ‘misfiring’ doing risk assessments and memory recollection, similar to the way ptsd works. Something in the world reminds you of that time, and your brain treats it like a new threat rather than a memory, even though it is just a memory.
You can run away across the seas, but you will still have your brain reacting to triggers.
It may help to recentre yourself by reminding yourself of what you have achieved, your goals, that you are not ‘there’ anymore. That you have come so far despite your past experiences, and fuck those times where you were in a hard place. You persevered and you are succeeding.
Sorry for the rant and possible lack of help this supplies 😬
I think once certain things are resolved which at this stage looks like will take six months to resolve it will be better.
But I’m gonna break, I’m gonna break my
I’m gonna break my rusty caaaaaaage
and run 🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇
I’ll listen to that on the way to work. I always forget that album.
Then what are you going to do? 🍿
Eat your popcorn
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Dream: I went to Saudi Arabia for a something. It was worse than I could possibly imagine. I met an Aussie. We both remarked at how bad it was.
I had a dream a few nights ago about going to Cairns and it was pretty much the same story
fair to say you dont like sand?
Despite having a genetic predisposition to it, I find it incredibly annoying.
I was more going for a starwars reference. But cool to know you are of Fremen heritage.
Hullo
How are you?
I have completed the first part of the physical activity study I am part of, and have the first of my $50 Coles vouchers. I have been allocated to the control group, which means I am required to do nothing different to what I do now, and will be paid $150 for it! Can’t complain about that 🙂💰
This whole taking a break from working thing is doing wonders for my mental health and sleep but that sleep is happening at really weird hours.
Happy Cassowary Day 😀
Here is my photo of a cassowary from Perth Zoo
In honour of such an important day I share the one photo I managed to take of my own close encounter with a cassowary many years ago.
Straight out of Jurassic park
If you read their wiki they’re not nearly as dangerous as the internet makes them out to be.
They will remain Murder Death Birds forever to me
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋Any chance of a Phall today?
One phoenix’s gall here you go 🍵
Thanks chef! I tried googling that and got an amp and a gallbladder, I’m guessing either one is edible?
I’d rather use the amp though.
gallbladder is a kind of meat yes
I hear it is typically is only available with stones though; what’s the best way to cook the stones?
cast them into the fires of mount doom
Morningggggg!!! I hope your day is as wonderful as you are!
Can I please have some cassowary thigh steaks with a side of popcorn please?🪿🥩🍿
we used the second fiercest animal in the world to weaken the cassowary
The house cat?
Yes goose the cat
Do not goose the cat, he got into the butter and there will be unpleasant consequences!
Chef’s choice for breakfast this morning please.
🍉🍇🥝🥔🥞🥓🍳🍳🥟🍿🍯☕️
Zee lingonberry pancakes
🫐🥞
I know it’s an expensive import, but could I have some cobra chicken drumsticks and poutine, please chef?
Someone has eaten all the cassowary
🪶🍗🍟🍯
we transcend space and time
Everything at work is broken. Yay
as in IT wise? then yeah sounds like an early minute to me.
Sitting here for the first half of the article going “Please not my council, please not us” It wasnt, thank god. But thats honestly a surprise that it wasnt.
I thought we were past this as a country. 🫤 But there are always going to be extremist arseholes.
If you check any Australian reddit sub (cities, states, Australia or Australian, etc) you’ll find we are not past this at all. There are gross people all over, and they walk among us 😭
they are the minority and their loud extremism means they are noticed
good people are quiet in their goodness and go un noticed
I’m not surprised that it is mine 🫠
This is the third time in a row I have not had to pay for my coffee. Which means my husband has paid for 15 in a row and I’ve swooped in and collected the freebies.
Are you secretly my wife? This post sounds a lot like her 😂 She’s dropping our son off to uni at the moment and will probably claim her next freebie on the way home I reckon.
Is that not what he’s for?
He has other uses. He’s very versatile.
The time has come - I’ve listed my beloved car for sale. She’s been amazing fun, but I just can’t justify it anymore. Yes, I’ll cry when she goes. Of course, I adore my new car, but it’s a bit of a brat while my old car was a beast.
Tell me about your favourite cars? What did you love about them? Have you still got them? Or a a favourite car related story?!
I hated my 92 Pintara with every fibre of my being.
Aw why?!
My 1st car was a brown 79 Gemini, which meant independence as there was no PT where I grew up. Sticking to a theme, 2nd car was an 83 Gemini. Both were great but they developed wiring problems, which seems to be a Holden thing.
Current car is an old commodore which will probably need replacing soonish. I love it, but it’s not economical to run and is starting to develop some issues. It’s a shame because I hate car shopping with a passion. Maybe if I hold onto it long enough it will become collectible and go up in value, lol.
Go the Gemini!
I used to have a gemini turbo diesel
My first car was an 82 blue Corolla which was my husband’s first car handed down to me. I got my licence in it. It was like a ride on lawn mower with a good pioneer and speakers in it.
My car now is a 2006 Corolla. A much better ride on lawn mower but with air con, mp3 and 6 speaker surround sound.
Gotta love a Corolla, so reliable!
My condolences. I’ve recently lost a beloved car too. I’ve had 2 favorites: A Liberty, and then an Impreza. Sold the impreza to due to family stuff and I miss it every day. But my WRX fund is at about 5% of its target goal and slowly growing.
I contemplated a WRX, but that would have lead me down the path that’s meant I’ve had to move this mustang (way too many mods). I test drove a BRZ and oh my gosh it was so fun.
Was it? all I ever heard was it was slow. Yeah I want her to be totally stock. Nothing special at all. Thats half the fun of it. Driving it as subaru intended.
My old 1972 VW Kombivan. Still miss him. Partner on many an adventure.
Oh, what colour?! That’s so cool!
White and red. Yes, he did have curtains on the side windows. No power steering and manual shift. Was a real arm and leg workout to drive. But beautifully balanced and could handle the roughest of dirt roads. Never had a stack or a problem with his innards either.
Fabulous!! Did he have a name?!
ahem, cough cough, Herbert. Well, he was a VW. Just a bit more formal …
1962 purple Beetle. Was my first car, and the independence it gave me! Many things I could fix on it myself, it was a great learning period of life. It was off the road for repairs more than it was on. My current car is a VF SS wagon. I love it and its one of my dream cars. I will keep it till I die, but I even have to take it to my mechanic to change a headlight globe!
That’s wicked fun!! What a cool car to learn on! The VF SS’s are beasts!
She goes alright, but I usually drive like a grandma!
Fellow wagoneer 🤙
One of the best looking cars around imo.
I discovered a low km Walkinshaw for sale in NSW for 70k. Very tempting. Colour is shit but still. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/holden-special-vehicles/clubsport/r8-tourer-badge/
Red 1988 Corolla sedan, unglamorous and reliable. It was economical to run and never gave us any trouble. When I (amicably) split up with that ex he bought out my share (I needed the money and he needed the car). As his first “I’m single now so I might go on a trip” activity, he decided to go to Mallacoota and Gipsy Point and chill out. On the highway near Genoa Peak a wombat waddled out onto the road, he hit it and totalled the car and the wombat walked away! He was thankfully uninjured.
Wow, so glad he was uninjured (and the wombat!). What a way for the car to go out, nice that you’d already been able to say farewell to it though :)
My 2003 Honda civic. Never skips a beat. plan on using that until it carks it.
On the posh side the old man’s newish BMW 440i. So much tech in that thing a lot of it is useless, like choosing how loud you want the engine start noise to be, changing colour of the led strips, the auto motorised seatbelt, changing the screen to sport mode to see how many g’s you’re pulling, using the centre console button as a touch mouse for the sat nav. Impressive and fun but ridiculously pointless.
Sometimes old school is just best! Although I do love being a passenger in a fancy car and getting to push all the buttons!
Idk about any of you. But $35 to get into the Royal Melb Show to pat and feed the sheep and goats was 100% worth the price of admission.
The piglets, deer, llamas, and rabbits were just so dang cute
photos
Aww man 🥰 I’ll have to make sure I take the kids and go next year 🤞🏼
It’s on until Oct 6 but it is terribly expensive. Best to bring your own lunch and snacks and look at all the animals and other competitions.
Yeah, we got Tix for 35 bc we both have Health Care Cards. Otherwise it is exxy as. Still is.
Didn’t get any food there, but did buy some coffees, checked out all the animals (ag shed, petting/feeding the animals) and went into most buildings. Got a show bag for Mickey, because they had a cat one, and he loves his new wand toy. And I bought a little cat ring heheh. Hopped on two rides. No regrets, and today was a good day as it wasn’t too crowded at all.
Oh my god the bunnies!
They didn’t say what breed they were, but I reckon they’re mini lops. You can tell by their size (a bit bigger than a guinea pig), and their ears are ‘loppy’ hence the name. Dwarf lops are bigger versions (like what PeelerSheila posted). They’re super common pets because they’re very friendly and docile.
I couldn’t believe they had actual deer! I did end up getting a photo of one!
I’ve never seen a deer in real life!
Fuck it I might go tomorrow lol
I survived the green cookie incident. I think I’ll stick to baking my own. Need to find a good salted caramel white choc cookie recipe ……
Do a salted caramel drizzle over white choc chip cookies?
apparently we are the only ape that will reject mouldy food, we also are not attracted to blue as food, blue is not food.
This is why bandaids in restaurant kitchens are always blue. No food is blue, so you’ll notice if you lose one
TIL.
