Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Sitting here under two layers of blanket with an electric hot water bottle under keeping me nice and warm while I watch The Rookie.
Only thing missing is some snacks.
I really hate that when I try to study, I fall asleep. Holy shit, so inconvenient. Any suggestions for how to ease it?
sleep first get up early to study
Unfortunately it’s due to my brain chemistry more so then tiredness, because the topic doesn’t interest me and the questions confuse me, my brain shuts down as it’s always seeking dopamine and this doesn’t give me the dopamine I need. Lol. But I am going to try to go to sleep and wake up early to do more.
Can you trick it using something like Pomodoro where you get a little reward every 20 mins?
I used to listen to music or put on a movie for background noise while I studied.
Not for everyone though and I was always a night owl for those sorts of things.
My guest has overstayed their welcome. I don’t know how this fly got in but it’s been hanging around and popping up randomly in the last few days but I found it following me to the loo just now for a two-ey and I think that’s the last straw.
I say let the fly live.
They’ve made it this far :(
I’ve lost track of where it is. It lives for another day.
Hit em high hit em low hit em with the old Pea-beu.
Sometimes I love looking up where a period piece was filmed just because it’s hilarious to see how unremote a location is or how surrounded by modern amenities it is. I mean obviously things aren’t nessascarily going to be period accurate, but seeing a shopping centre or a main road is right round the corner feels so silly.
FINALLY. The toil is over! I can sleep soundly for the rest of this week. I’m driving across town to show my face in the office tomorrow because there are still colleagues I like and they’re doing a thing. But I think I’ll need some extra effort not to be battery acid level sarcastic with certain people…
e: the really good side of today is I had some unexpectedly lovely emails come through. I don’t feel like I spiral as much as I did before with confrontation or feeling patronised/ignored. I have a much better sense of self worth and inner peace now and I’m not quite sure where that came from
From the cat …
😻 the cat has all the answers.
All you need is cat, dum de dum dum duuum…
Offering good lead lithium and cobalt for the energy!
I’ll throw in a bit of snake venom for free.
So we’ve switched over to a better Internet provider than Optus. But for some reason some websites work and some don’t. Like YouTube is fine, but Mastodon just doesn’t want to work. Twitter kind of works, but like other streaming services don’t work. It’s very weird. I’m getting better downloads and uploads than I have previously, but this is so weird
Just out of curiosity if you use a VPN do the sites work?
Didn’t try it. We ended up going back to the Optus wifi. Apparently the guy is going to have to come back and fix stuff
Try changing your DNS to 8.8.8.8
My DNS is already that number. We went back to the Optus wifi. Will have to have the guy come out again to fix it.
So since we are a very international mob here let’s share some good and bad flying stories.
I think my fave flight was flying on xmas eve/xmas day, London-Singapore-Melbourne. The pilots came on board dressed in santa suits and we had xmas dinners and got gifts! Surprisingly the plane was half empty.
Another time, this was before 9-11, I arranged for young Miss Seagoon ( age 15 ), and her friends who were travelling with us, to visit the cockpit. They were allowed to experience the landing into Singapore, they sat in the cockpit. . ( and that’s a lovely airport at night , the harbour is so pretty with all the lights )
Melbourne to Toronto 14 years ago (via Sydney and Vancouver), ~28 hours all up. I was withdrawing from nicotine and couldn’t sleep a wink. It was a torture I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
Flying from Bali to Sumbawa about 20 years ago as a kid. 12 seater airplane. Takeoff was held up for half an hour while the pilot unscrewed the panels containing wiring behind all the cockpit controls etc and tinkered around in there for a while , which was in plain view😬
I don’t really like the mint and tea tree body wash these days.
After years of using multipack soap bars in cardboard I saw the recycled plastic bottle and thought to try it again… the smell isn’t too overwhelming but it’s weirdly moisturising with the feeling of a residue and even on a loofah or puff it doesn’t actually clean you well?
Using it up as shampoo on my hair.
Could be they might’ve changed the formula since you last used it? I noticed a few things in my usage of things whether moisturiser or whatever the one item that worked so well a company will just up and change the formula, screwing up the customers who liked their product before the change. I wonder if this might be the case for you?
Yes, they keep changing things.
The deodorant I used for years is now scented despite claiming not to be, and even then it’s much less effective. The sunscreen moisturiser I used for decades began causing breakouts and hives and now the replacement is too.
They’ve changed this shower gel to something overly gentle and slimy.
Yeah you’re going to want to stop using that shower gel. That makes even MY skin crawl when you said it’s slimy. Shower gels have no rights to being slimy. They’re supposed to be gel like hence the name 🤦♀️
ti tree is so over rated as a natural remedy and I just can’t stand the smell of it, it’s too over powering for me,
I’ve officially gone insane. I’m listening to the entire Tornado album by Yes. Look, I have a brand new appreciation for the legendary Squire/White combination, but even the cat is worried about me
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Why does air conditioning have to be soooo expensive. But I know this summer is going to be rough so I guess I’ll have to bite the bullet.
It pisses me off because Australian buildings were made cheaply without proper insulation necessitating all of these costs on the back end.
And to add insult to injury renewable energy wasn’t invested in, forcing people to take on the costs saved by shitty buildings and contributing further to climate change that will worsen matters.
Renters can’t even have solar panels.
If you had a bit of money to spend on a bed that you wanted to last more than 5 years, where would you go?
I’ve never bought a new bed before…
Frame is a decoration choice beyond stuff about bases & slats that others have mentioned already. I got an Ikea hidrasund because having almost zero acrylic content is important to me. It’s heavy and a smidge taller than usual. Don’t pick this if allergic to latex or need to be able to turn it by yourself. Do buy a mattress protector! Even the cheapest Kmart nonsense will do. Removalists don’t need to see your personal habits splashed everywhere
Currently rewatching Chef’s Table, and I’ve eaten at Osteria Francescana, but all I can think about is sardines
forgotten potato weeps in the corner
🥔😭
Been super aroused lately, smashing blocks of chocolate. Fuck me I’m a pig rn. 🤢
Fuck me I’m a pig rn
you’d need to find someone who’s into bestiality
Or a pig…
Anyone here have recommendations for a good yoga youtube channel for a beginner with very low flexibility, dodgy knees and a lot of fat?
I know this has been discussed in the Daily thread previously but I forgot to save it.
Thirding Yoga With Adrienne, she’s so sweet and positive and gives tips on adjusting postures that might not be working for you. She’s also got some videos about how to do some foundational poses that might be helpful if your new to yoga.
I’m waiting till I have the house to myself for the day. Then I’ll clear the lounge and have a crack. Thank you!
Yoga with Adrienne is pretty nice. But be sure to find a beginner routine and not jump into the mid point of the advanced planche series like a friend did.
Thank you! Will check it out.
I second this! Very accessible and down-to-earth, and the beginner sessions are great
Excellent! Will start looking tonight.
Fuck family are annoying. Mum still refuses to do some ten minute reads about having a trans kid so she still treats me like a fucking man. My son was asked to house sit for my sister for a fortnight, so she just plonked herself along. Now I can’t stand to see her because it fucks with my head so I’m missing quality son time, which I’ve been missing a lot, cos he’s terrible at messaging, but super present when we spend time together. He was the first person to know I’m trans and has been awesome.
Mum called me daddy yesterday and has a very, you’re a certain aged person when I was excitedly showing them how my baldness is receding, I’ve told her a dozen fucking times I’m a 14 year old girl mentally right now. Can you please show the same sensitivity? Acceptance of my new superficialities are nowhere near enough. Her and my sister have been very no, you tell us what you’re going through, even though I’ve explained multiple times that it’s painful to talk about the insensitivities they show. There’s so much support around for families of trans people, I’ve given them the advice and showed them how to access it. As I’ve stated again, multiple times, if I had autism or was blind, they’d be across it of their own volition, but this all comes across like they think I have some kind of choice over this. I’ve had so many shitty experiences with being trans in the last month and it’s starting taking a toll.
Journal entry no 311 dated 8/8/23 kthxbye
Put your foot down, seriously. 'cos she’s not gonna change unless you drop a very large ACME-style anvil on her head.
I mean I have, a few times now. Asked her to please reach out to other parents of trans kids. She doesn’t think it will help, but if she refuses again, I’ll take a leaf out of my sister’s book and find other people to talk to.
It sucks absolute arse, but sometimes you realise you’re looking for orange juice at the hardware store
but you don’t have the life experience or education of a 14 year old girl, this experience may be new to you but you have context and a grown up brain
just be you , big hugs ,
your mum will come around, she’s had fewer hours of contact time with you than you’ve had, you have 24/24, she has maybe a few hours a week
This is true, but I have almost no experience in dealing with female emotions, a noticeable cycle and the daily stresses of being misgendered, laughed at. I’m starting to hate the straight world. So many people say they’re allies, but they really don’t get it. Pronouns are a good start but most people ultimately won’t try too hard. Which is fair enough, everyone has their own shit going on. Lots of gays and cis queers don’t get it either and a lot of trans people gatekeep it and pick at others, generally projecting their own insecurities or expressing their envy toward the fact I’ve never shied away from indulging my femininity and they became toxic males to mask their own internalised transphobia.
My baseline happiness is a lot better than a year ago and I am making a lot of good choices now, due to yes, life experience and because I finally feel like I own my body.
Super big hugs. It’s never nice to be one of the hated. 🤗
I don’t feel hated. I feel deserted.
