Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 14°C, max - 25°C. 95% chance of no rain
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Phew. Finally some okay news about mum’s eye, pressure is way down. If that continues good chance vision won’t degrade more. Not really much hope for it getting better but I’ll take not getting worse.
Been so tense in the lead up to this appt. (people having a go at each other about unrelated things which wasn’t good), but I think there’s a communal sigh of relief here. Except for bro and sil because they’re cunts.
Sending good wishes to all the Racer fam. 😘
I’m getting a drink with one of you tonight. Does this person know I am meeting up with them? Maybe! But I like the idea of you all checking behind your doors and in your fridge just in case I’m hiding there with a 6 pack waiting to jump out and introduce myself.
This will be the first time I meet a DT-er. If I’m never heard from again I expect a reality tv show game like the Mole to identify my killer. My only clue is: They are among you!
The only fridge here is a bar fridge, if you’re in that I’d be impressed and frankly a little horrified.
Bring pizza shapes please.
you’ll get BBQ and you’ll like it. Or cheddar. Like like cheddar too.
Urgh fine.
Pray for Mojo
If it’s me can you bring extra beer plz
Pray for mojito.
Who can it be knocking at my door?
Make no sound, tip-toe across the floor
If he hears, he’ll knock all day
I’ll be trapped and here I’ll have to stay
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Duh duh duh DUHHHH duh
We see you.
I call this “The Pretzel”
She’s a bad influence on me. I need to get out of bed.
Cats are so soothing and have the ability to keep you happy and calm to be around.
I envy you.
Chucked that sickie today after it hit 9am and I felt no desire to move. No regrets. Definitely feeling better than yesterday but I think I just need a day of rest entirely to myself to fully recover. I do need to do the laundry but that’s about it. Oh, and pack for my trip…
Will spend today driving home. The holiday has been great, but we’re about ready to sleep in our own bed.
Facing a 6 hour drive in the morning - better get some sleep!
Drive safe! So jealous of the road trip, long drives are one of my absolute favourite things to do. Gotta wait till April for my next one.
maccas stop 3 hours in?
We saw a rock instead. Had lunch there.
Not that we’d go there, but there were no maccas anywhere on the route until Perth. We were going to drop into Yummylicious 30 minutes into the journey, but it turned out they didn’t open until 10 and we weren’t going to wait around an hour for that.
And so the time has come.
The blackmarket vapes are fucking my lungs.
To the chemist to buy some patches and gum.
These next few days won’t be much fun.
If you’re seeing a doc, you can get a prescription for a legal vape.
Good luck. 🤞
Be careful combining patches and gum. I use gum and the nicotine hit can be pretty strong. It’s a stronger effect than smoking. Remember to park it in your cheek instead of chewing or you’ll get a tummy ache.
Thanks for the heads up!
get the nicotinell, they’re cheaper and work much better ime.
don’t mix with gum, you’ll get horrible heartburn
Walked back from the shops in my quest for eggs and I melted under that sun. Doesn’t matter if it’s 25 degrees, direct midday sun in January bites. And good news, I secured the goods.
Mmmnnnn … pork & chive dumplings laced with soy & worcestershire sauce. I am a contented woman.
Yum!
Speaking of nightmares, I saw Nosferatu on the weekend, a remake of the 1922 silent film.
With Robert Eggers directing, you know you are in good hands and this one does not disappoint. The story is the one we all (mostly) know and is straight forward and uncomplicated. So based on this, how can Eggers set it apart from the original, (or even the hundreds of other vampire films) ?
He has a real knack for the period piece. If you watch his other films (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman) the historic details are so flawlessly portrayed that you become immersed in a way that they almost disappear.
But my absolute favourite thing about this film is the cinematography. The whole thing looks like a Doom metal album cover. It’s Goth. It’s creepy. It’s claustrophobic and beautiful. I’ll share an excerpt from a movie critic:
“The force of the monster’s unknowable malevolence seems to distort the movie itself, making it shudder and break down. It’s made with the most modern filmmaking technology but feels like an artifact from another century,”
That pretty much encapsulates my experience
5/5 plague ridden vermin🐀
I’d love to make time and catch this one. I’ve only seen The Witch so I’m keen on the rest of his work too
Sounds cool. I might go see it at the imax .
I’m still a bit feverish, with a bit of a cough and sore throat. I managed the heroic effort of mixing some jelly and am now exhausted. I’m really not enjoying this whole sick thing.
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Hey - hugs. That’s shithouse. I have had similar nights and it’s exhausting and makes it very hard to rest. Especially when you are finally safe and your brain decides “hey are we safe now? Cool, I can start to process some of this old junk!!” Like, no man, give me a break for just a moment.
Sharing only so you don’t think you are alone or that this is something forever - it will settle (noting everyone has different traumas and timescales). And so I can share a couple of triage things that have helped me.
- Warm shower. Concentrate gently on breathing, your feet on the floor and the sensation of the water. Think of it literally washing away all that shit, those feelings and just stand there until you start to feel regulated.
- Breathing exercise - specifically humming breath. You can sit but my favourite is to lie down on the floor with my feet on the bed so my back is flat and have a heavy blanket on my chest. Breathe in and out normally (but try to slow it down and keep it regular). On your out breathe just hum quietly. Just to yourself. You can play with the pitch and try to feel where it’s vibrating in your body. Or just hum. This is amazing for calming your nervous system.
I know you did not ask for advice or help, so hope it’s ok to share. Hopefully it settles down soon and you can rest.
So many hugs.
This is exactly what having a night terror is. It’s an involuntary reliving through dreams of the emotional memory of a traumatic event and we live it as if it is real.
It’s just a dream, it isn’t real. It’s your brain trying to cope with bad events from the past.
Try not to get too tired as over tiredness makes night terrors more likely.
Emotional flashbacks are a real thing and trauma symptoms absolutely ramp up once you’re out of a situation/things become quieter.
I’m sorry dude, if you think seeing someone might help you could probably use the extra support. (But keep in mind not everyone clicks or has a useful approach for trauma so shop around.) Maybe try the Blue Knot Foundation or see if you can get some sessions funded through victims of crime. Berry st cuts off after 17 and waiting periods might mean becoming ineligible but give it a go https://www.berrystreet.org.au/what-we-do/trauma-services/therapeutic-services-for-children-young-people-and-families
Ps. Seeing the blue with closed eyes is due to phosphenes. There’s all this scary stuff on the internet but it doesn’t necessarily mean that anything scary or abnormal is happening. It’s a thing during meditation and might be more common under stress or with sleep disorders. Vertigo and dizziness are common in anxiety. It’s also possible to hear things as you’re falling asleep or waking, ie. hypnagogic hallucinations. This also may be more common under stress or with sleep disorders. Just in case those pieces of info are reassuring.
I hope tonight is a better night for you Baku <3
In a vast improvement on yesterday I have managed the whole day out of bed. It’s mostly been lying on the couch, but still an improvement. Dr Meow applied a purr poltice and I’m thinking I might even have enough energy to make some dinner.
Edit: nope, not enough eneergy. All used up feeding pets.
If there was a Lucky Cunt Award I’d be in the fucking running. Washing machine has sprung a leak underneath. Fuck Fuck Fuck.
In my experience, appliances wait until all service personnel are on holiday to break down. Then they magically start working again as soon as the ultra-exxy emergency repair person sets foot in the house.
100% correct. My washing machine did a fake death on NYE. Its ancient and owe us nothing, but still not the ideal time to die with a load of washing in it.
oh noes. after a few recent flooding events water truly scares me. turn the mains off. learnt the hard way there.
Nah it’s not a pipe issue because I haven’t had it on for days. I get the feeling it’s a seal on the pump.
yikes. Under warranty?
Nah it’s about 12 years old now.
damn not a bad innings! Bosch?
Miele
Oh nice yeah you’d expect a good innings from Miele.
went and got my phone repaired the other day. They are like “We will take it out the back and clean it” i was like “yeah i tried that, but by all means have a crack”. Meanwhile they have the new iPhones sitting on the table for you to play with and maaaaaaaan that display is nice! even gives you a “what would it cost if you trade your phone in” turns out yeah still 1600 bucks if I trade mine in. Nice display but we might wait for the new one to come out and buy the old one on the cheap
Also turns out it was just fluff in the charging port. The IT Engineer folks, how the mighty have fallen.
I have to get a fine sewing needle out and occasionally have a careful pick and scrape. It’s amazing the pocket fluffy that comes out.
yeah I use a sim tray ejector. Apple told me off for this though, they said it might damage the pins which is probably fair.
Toothpick would probs work as well with less chance of shorting the pins.
probably better yeah!
Dude you have no idea how many times I failed to realise it was fluff in the charging port. It keeps happening and I keep forgetting how I fixed it last time 🤣
Speaker ports on a phone can get blocked too.
If you’re careful and you use some bluetak you can also keep it clean that way.
I have a 12 mini. I got it when my eyesight was as better and I could read the screen easily. I took mum to get her phone checked out the other day and had a look at the new ones.
Nah, I’ll stick to the mini with the little screen. I love the compact form factor and I reckon that I will get a battery replacement and get another 4 years out of it.
Yeah if I do it it’ll be september when this ones 3 years old. Its fairly scratched and bitten at this point so for 1k I dont feel too bad replacing every 3 years if it lasts that long.
Going to be warm up hit the next 4 days.
30, 31, 32, 35.
Going to make sure I have cold drinks and stuff to cope with it.
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It’s going to be a hot week and a long hot summer ☀️
Oh lawdy. Well it’s one of those times I’m heading west and it’ll be cooler for once, I guess… Glad someone will be coming to water my plants but I’ll have to give them a big drink before I go.
