• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    1 month ago

    Me: gets home. “Giiiiiibsoooooon”. Silence.

    “Giiiibsoooooooon”.

    Faint meowing

    Look around

    Loud, sad meowing

    Open the blind

    There’s Gibson outside looking very unhappy.

    Rescue Gibson from the cruel outdoors. Is somehow both happy to be saved and annoyed I’m carrying her.

    Once inside, hassles me for treats in .002 seconds

    Note to self: replace the fly screen on the bathroom window.

    The culprit in her natural habitat

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    11·
    1 month ago

    Traffic over the westgate was horrible this evening. Three and a half hours to get home. I was very happy to finally get to the toilet after that. The nice bit was that I got to see all the sky pretty today - sunrise over fog, hot air balloons and the lights of Melbourne this morning, sunset with both pretty colours and the light illuminating clouds from below on the way home.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    8·
    1 month ago

    Movies/shows/music where someone involved is a shitty person but their art is great?

    I’m watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and I almost don’t want to because Matthew Broderick hit and killed two people and only paid a $150 USD fine.

    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      Arthur C Clarke’s science fiction. A damn fine scientist and science communicator - a thoroughly nasty human being. Love his books, but I don’t want EVER to meet him in real life.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      Hard to watch anything with Kevin Spacey in it (especially because I find it weird his accusers died 👀), but I’ll still watch Se7en because I love Fincher films and that one is in my top 10.

      I loathe Taylor Swift. I dislike the lyricism of her songs, they feel so “I’m 14 and this is deep”, she smears her exs in her music while having them sign NDAs, she’s dating a known moron and MAGA supporter, giving up the façade of being a feminist.

      And she’s a billionaire. I think billionaires should either be forced to give up their wealth or face execution by stoning.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        41·
        1 month ago

        I don’t loathe Taylor Swift, I just find her lyrics very young teen and/or also mean spirited, they don’t appeal to me at all

        on the positive side she’s a good philanthropist and a very good boss

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 month ago

      Oprah, she was good in The Color Purple but she is a nut case that has done a lot of harm with dangerous new age ideas and backing pseudo doctors

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        3·
        1 month ago

        it was that or be disappeared like Zhao Wei ( who was as famous and influential as, for example, Emma Stone. )

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    Feeling better today. Back to the norm which works for me.

    Have an appointment next week to review what’s happening with sleep and what can be done to deal with it.

    The night I have a full nights sleep, I’ll be going out to celebrate the next day lol

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    7·
    1 month ago

    Why is it that my security camera sometimes fails to miss things like a person walking up to the door but today it has notified me of a crow on the driveway?

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    7·
    1 month ago

    another day of resting so my back can get better , just to be safe, I really hate this 😔

    in good news I have been reading books all week, I’ve been buying books the past few years I know I want to read so now I can just go to my home library. I’ve read some short books on Australian landscape painters ( am further motivated to start art classes ) and am also dipping into Past Imperfect, History According to the Movies, which is fun, interesting and informative.

    and today the weather is beautiful and mild, the sun warm and the sea breeze smells nice 😊

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 month ago

      The side of my back is hurting too. Not sure if it’s because I kept my right foot elevated too high in relation to my body.

      I’m with you on the rest. !

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        3·
        1 month ago

        gentle hugs

        any change can cause back pain, injury any where else on the body, new shoes, a new chair, bed, change in habits , anything that can cause a change in posture or gait

        and now I am going to the sofa near the big windows to read a book and get some sun

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    7·
    1 month ago

    Lots of running (driving) around for gifts and things today. Used to be so much more excited about hunting down truly local gifts from Melbourne but idk these days I haven’t got the energy.

    Leo’s in Kew is apparently closing down - after the Heidelberg one was shuttered - so that’s a big loss of random imported fancy groceries. Gonna grab my Monsieur Truffe for the last time in a long time I guess…

    sigh I came home for a pit stop that lasted 45 minutes but it’s time to get my arse in motion again before traffic becomes deathly

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 month ago

      Leo’s in Kew is apparently closing down

      Heard that :(

      Will become apartments I guess.

      I will miss the in-house pizza things they do.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        1 month ago

        It makes sense to put apartments there but boy the traffic is going to be even more heinous. I guess they were planning on shutting the place down anyway, it’s so dingy and unrenovated, and all the other shops in that block have progressively closed down (first the vegetarian restaurant, then Laurent, and I suppose the $2 shop is next)

        I hope this doesn’t mean the excellent (in terms of range) Kew Woolies doesn’t start enshittifying because they have less competition. And that toscanos can up their game.

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 month ago

      Damn, we’re losing both Leo’s? When I lived in Heidelberg during the height of the pandemic I’d hit that place up all the time. The bottle shop was really good too

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    6·
    1 month ago

    I’ve bought more imitation cheeee

    spoiler

    I’m really annoyed that currently my options are very processed expensive products but the more whole food options cause me issues or I’m intolerant. I love vegetables and legumes but cannot digest them. At this point I’m just trying to find anything I can eat.

    More tofu has also been boughten and maybe I’ll invest in a blender.

     

    Game censorship

    I’m really disappointed that Mouthwashing (Warning! implied NSFW, graphic images of injuries) is among the games being cracked down on. It’s a confronting horror game with heavy themes but not cheap shock value at all.

    The violence, severe injuries and implied (offscreen) sexual assault are a commentary on workplace safety and the lack of accountability in abusive work environments.

    It’s a mature game in every sense of the word.

    Edit: It’s also ironic that this brouhaha is just spreading the content to wider audiences. I didn’t know what half of these games were before the Steam crackdowns invoked the Streisand effect

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
    6·
    1 month ago

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    6·
    1 month ago

    When the Sirena Tuna ad comes on and it’s just me and the dog, I like to serenade him with the tune.

    🎶 Just the two of us we can make it if we try. Just the two of us. Just the two of us.

    He gives me nothing back.