• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    17·
    16 days ago

    That was an incredible time ❤️

    Thanks so much to everyone here for all your support over the last year or so. It’s been a hell of a ride, and I’m super grateful❤️

    And thank you to the crew that came out tonight. It was an absolute pleasure hanging out with you guys and having you there made a really big difference ❤️

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    17 days ago

    Good morning everyone!

    Hope everyone has a great day ❤️

    I’ll fill you in on how it goes tonight!!!

    Edit: lyrebird lounge at 8:30pm, I’ll be getting there around 7:45pm to watch a couple of the people before me.

    I’m the dark skin guy in the white tshirt and glasses.

    Also I make minor guarantees about the quality of my performance lol

    Oh yeah, my nickname is Reef.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    15·
    16 days ago

    So I need to just put this somewhere. With my skin condition dramatically worsening by the day I returned to the GP, who looked as shocked as I felt. The odd little bumps/sores have become open weeping ulcers and spread over my biceps and thighs. He has taken swabs and is testing for Buruli/Bairnsdale ulcer and faxed an urgent referral to a local specialist. I feel emotionally yukky but physically there’s no pain at all, just when I sweat it stings. I’m trying to stay positive but I’m pretty depressed.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    17 days ago

    Time for a nap and last low energy practice.

    Here we go!!!

    Thanks everyone for all your support and well wishes ❤️❤️❤️

    Edit: holy fuck the rain is here!

    Running 15 mins late. Be there at 8pm

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    12·
    16 days ago

    Really over the anxiety/depression :/ just deep unease all of today and now feeling really glum and dull about everything. I even walked to work in the sun this am, and work was productive, but I still felt detached and fuzzy. Cough still rattling around too. I don’t think taking a sick day is going to help as I’ll just be unsettled all day.

    No suitable rentals have popped up so far on my radar. Registered interest in a couple but no updates yet.

    Ugh. I managed to buy some veg on the way home, I’ll force myself to make a pasta dish and eat it and crawl into bed to dissociate on the phone for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow is a new day…

    E: soxcat is still here as her human won’t be back til Monday. It’s saying something that I can’t even feel that happy around her, but she’s been snuggling up against me lots. And left a whisker on tgr couch for me - that’s good luck isn’t it?

    lomg kitty whisker

    • wscholermann@aussie.zone
      8·
      17 days ago

      Anxiety is horrible, soul destroying and crippling. But it does usually comes in waves, admittedly a wave can last a long time. Just hold on for a break in the surf where you will have a respite from the anxiety.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        16 days ago

        Thanks man. Yeah, I know in my mind that it’ll pass, even if it’s a month away, but man this is such shitty timing. Sucks being physically unwell too. I’m going to reframe my early bedtime as looking after myself and creating a sense of safety so I don’t feel like I’m spiraling. I got this. One day at a time.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      16 days ago

      That is one IMPRESSIVE whisker. According to Doreen Tovey (yes I’ve been re-reading Cats in May and Cats in the Belfry), chewing off a whisker or two is a love offering. You were there for her when she was suffering, so now she’s there for you. Who says cats can’t do empathy?

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      3·
      17 days ago

      gotta tackle this soon myself. Another 2 cubic meters of mulch and the topsoil to finish some raised planter boxes.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
        3·
        17 days ago

        I’m still base ground prepping, but expecting to go ham with wicking beds this summer.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    11·
    17 days ago

    Little bit of a rambling. I’m sitting here writing notes, made a mistake so I scrubbed it out and then I realised I can erase it out because it’s an erasable gel pen. Then I remembered the old pen rubbers that did diddly squat but rip your paper so everyone used liquid paper instead. Got me thinking.

    What has come a long way (for the better) since your childhood?

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    11·
    17 days ago

    Odd question, but do ya’ll ever plan out other lives for yourself? Occasionally I’ll just sit on realestate and and look shit up. Might be like “alright, if I split with the mrs can I afford to buy a unit? where am I gonna live?” or “Fuckit, lets all move up to bright! I hate it here, alright what can we afford?”

    I find it really therapeutic for some reason. These alternate lives I’ll never live out.

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
      6·
      17 days ago

      I’ve definitely planned out what to do with large lotto wins I will never have. Looked at moving overseas or interstate. I’ve considered moving into a unit right in the centre of Melbourne so I can enjoy all the activities there, or moving to a big block of land in the middle of nowhere and fixing up a rundown place.

      I think it is a healthy thing to do, as long as you are not doing it with rose-coloured glasses and making yourself unhappy with your current circumstances. If you are doing it realistically it often ends up highlighting things that are important to you - things you would miss if you made different choices, and sometimes things you really want that you are actually able to do now.

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        17 days ago

        I do the lottery thing regularly. I don’t resent my current life, but love to imagine what it would be like to not worry about bills and just live life.

        Personally I’d have a place in like Daylesford or similar. Trees, pond, dogs, fireplace etc.

        Doing nothing would be blissful.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      17 days ago

      I sometimes find my daydreaming self inserting myself into works of fiction - such a Sherlock Holmes, the Vorkosiverse etc. Probably a symptom of deep psychosis.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        5·
        17 days ago

        I am OFTEN on the bridge of a warship protecting the earth. Usually heroically telling the crew to abandon ship as I fight impossible odds bravely sacrificing myself.

        Good to know its not just me.

          • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
            3·
            17 days ago

            Usually just a bunch of alarms, explosions ect. Despite the lack of sound in space it sure is a loud experience. I’m CONVINCED its linked to my anxiety cause I dissociate hard.

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
      4·
      17 days ago

      Looking at houses in locations I’d love to live in but can’t afford is a real one. Also, I was deeply fantasising about moving to NYC when I travelled there a couple of years back, asking people I met there about their experience in moving, even though I knew deep down that I’d never do it. It’s nice to dream!

    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
      3·
      16 days ago

      I’d be surprised if anyone doesn’t occasionally entertain alternative lives. Very Sliding Doors.

      Pretty sure we’ve all wondered where we might be if we’d picked different doors.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
        4·
        16 days ago

        I creep myself out when I go too far down that path. All of the things that have happened to me worked together to make me who I am, and at a certain point in my musings I realise that by changeing the things that happened to me I am effectively erasing myself from existance entirely.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    17 days ago

    The afternoon sleepiness is upon me.

    Coffee not helping.

    2 hours of meetings on the horizon.

    Grant me strength oh mighty Odin.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    17 days ago

    Mice are so cute!!! Ugh, their little paws, their little noses, their cute eyes. This course is great just for doing health checks on mice tbh

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    9·
    17 days ago

    I’ve been having after 9pm thoughts all day about what I’d do if I don’t get this job, just because I haven’t heard back from them straight away.

    I need to keep in mind these things take time and there are still over avenues open if this doesn’t come through

    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
      6·
      17 days ago

      Yep. I applied for a niche job that I’d be perfect for and it closed a week ago, whyyyy haven’t they called me? I’m getting a bit better at detaching, something will come up when it’s meant to.

      • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
        6·
        17 days ago

        I have done the recruitment thing from both side and trust me - I know it sucks but it can take time!! Hold in there. Also I think it’s ok to contact to ask about progress after, say week/week and a half. If it’s a more senior or niche position it can take a bit longer to sift through.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        4·
        16 days ago

        That’s how I feel sometimes. I know I can interview well too so I just need to get in the room with them and I can talk myself into the job.

        You get thinking about how your life could be, apply for these jobs, then nothing happens

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    9·
    17 days ago

    wandered up to the broadbents around the corner with our garden trolley and oh my god we are gonna do so much damage at that place. Landscape supplies within a five min trolley stroll that sell shittons of good quality compost and mulch? mwah. Mwahahhaha. MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA