Today is Juneteenth and also the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    17·
    9 months ago

    I’m officially Simon. Yay? Lol

    Had an interview this morning which went ok I think. Will find out if I go to the next stage tomorrow.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    16·
    9 months ago

    ok all you mofos stuck in horrible cold shitty rentals come over here where there’s whole house heating to 20c and there’s cats and beanbags and I’m making muffins and we’re on a hill so we can buy rifles and snipe your slumlord bastards.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      7·
      9 months ago

      Maybe they see you are more responsible to be in a hotel than the other person? Bonus, you’ll hopefully get to enjoy better heating during this cold snap! Hope they sort it out and you can get back to your home soon.

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    12·
    9 months ago

    I ran a short story competition at some schools for the kids to win copies of my books and I’m reading through the entries today and man, kids are morbid. It’s kind of funny how wild their imaginations get.

    And one of them had a genuinely sad and depressing ending. It was a story about a girl and her mum and it mentions she doesn’t know where he dad is and how she wishes she had a sister and then bed creatures attack her and kill her mum and she runs away but theres more monsters and she runs back into the house and lays on her bed ending it with ‘why should I save myself. I’ve lost everything I’ve loved.’

    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
      6·
      9 months ago

      Wowww that’s brutal. How old are the kids? That’s a cool competition though! How will you select a winner?

      • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
        4·
        9 months ago

        Primary school age. I don’t have any details on them aside from name (for obvious reasons) but I’d say they’re grade 4 and up.

        Well, picking winners was easy for 2 schools. There were going to be three winners from each school. One school submitted 3 stories and one submitted one so they win by default. I’m currently writing each a personal letter congratulating them and some thoughts and writing advice.

        The other school submitted 10. I haven’t read them yet but I’m gonna feel bad for the ones who don’t win. I’m almost considering giving them all a copy.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Oof, I remember writing some real grim stuff when I was in primary and highschool lol. Scared a couple of my English and Literature teachers.

      Kid’s imaginations are wild, untamed places lol

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    11·
    9 months ago
    it's this kind of morning, apparently

    (Pardon the mess, still working on the built in wardrobe so the linens and dross boxes are stored down my side)

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
      6·
      9 months ago

      Pinned by cats, what a terrible way to wake up. One of mine was even under the covers with me.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
        4·
        9 months ago

        Punkin was an absolute “crawl under the doona” boy. And I don’t mean like the other two, who are “tent your legs peasant bitch and make me a yurt” he would literally spoon. Big or little, he didn’t care.

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
        2·
        9 months ago

        My tabby is under the doona most nights, and usually demands the middle. Greedy little bugger.

        • Eagle@aussie.zone
          2·
          9 months ago

          Foxy is in the middle, claws pointed towards the other half. Then he kneads the air just to make sure he’s not disturbed. Little fuckers.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    10·
    9 months ago

    Just got rid of a whole lotta concrete at the tip. Nearly died when they were trying to charge $151. Got it for $31.50 instead.

    But that was very satisfying throwing it on the pile, loud noises breaking shit. Threw one bit up the top of the pile and caused an impressive concrete avalanche.

    But jeez the matress disposal area… most of those were better than mine.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    9·
    9 months ago

    It’s too much of a bleah day, and the second night in a row I can’t use my shower because the landlord messed up their emails telling me it was gonna get re-caulked or something yesterday (and I just rolled over and said OK even though I had basically zero notice and can’t use my shower for 36 hours). Too peopled out to ask a friend to use theirs. Just retreating to bed with a cuppa and a pitiful mood and gonna have a yarn to my auntie interstate to feel a bit more at ease

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    9·
    9 months ago

    aargh, my local optician couldn’t fix my glasses, after half an hour of mild cussing seems rayban uses unique screws for their frames and they don’t stock rayban. Couldn’t even wire the hinge as it’s a concealed screw hole. These were fairly expensive.

    from now on it’s cheap ass glasses and lots of them

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      3·
      9 months ago

      Ugh, what a pain! I’m sorry they can’t be fixed. After an unfortunate incident with Versace specs (hence my advice yesterday to wire them together) I buy the cheap $40ish ones from Specsavers, and keep one for going out and one for work. I have to; the work ones get filthy with flour and passata and potato water lol, you can never 100% clean that gunk out of all the little grooves and nose pads so they just get thrown out every so often. The going out pair gets put to service as a work pair and a new going out pair is obtained.