• PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    12·
    4 days ago

    Went to the zoo with Minipeelers and Mr P. We are trying to do a “family activity” together every weekend; so far things have been quite civil really. Saw the meerkats, seals, lions, Australian section, lizards and dingoes. Tried to see the animal that smells like hot buttered popcorn (Binturong; sounds like an Indonesian beer and it looks shattered, like it spent far too much time with extended family or small children, but it really does smell like popcorn!) but being a master of camouflage it could not be seen. I wouldn’t want to be seen either if I was an animal in the wild that smelled so deliciously edible!

    The popcorn scented Binturong we didn’t see.

    Then I bought myself a tshirt of Fry saying “shutup and take my money!”

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    14·
    4 days ago

    We went to the burlesque show for our Anniversary last night. There was a best dressed prize so I told my girlfriend to find something she’s never had a chance to wear and dress as gay as you can.

    My logic was you dress up extravagantly as you can because there will either be someone more dressed up as you, or you win a prize.

    And she won!

    She felt overdressed because most of the crowd was just old people, but that meant she was the clear winner, so she had a good time and it made the night a bit more special

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    15·
    5 days ago

    I got home incredibly late after a huge hyper focus session rewriting out my entire intro (this time with full citations) - got home past 1am and hugely apologetic to dear sox who was clearly a bit out of sorts having dislodged and chewed up a corner of a pizza box (there was plenty of dry food left for her to free feed on).

    Things have been so hectic I have two weeks of laundry built up and all sorts of crap lying around. So I’ve spent this morning getting that done, cleaning the kitchen, doing an overdue vacuum, tidying the place up before Sox’s human comes at 11. Now just waiting for the second round of laundry and… lo and behold I have been blessed with one last shnuggle.

    At least I get to enjoy this last bit of quality time 😭 🙏🏽 🖤🤍🖤

    E: also looks like the US has finally pulled the pin. Yaaaay… not…

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        7·
        5 days ago

        She’s astoundingly shiny regardless of what crap she gets fed by her human. Maybe she’s born with it (not Maybelline). I love her medium coat length too, it’s so soft but not as hard to manage as a long coat.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        5 days ago

        Her whiskers are truly astounding. I’ve collected a few over time and some are longer than my fingers. She’s such a baby. Spoiled her with a churu and more cuddles because she is going to hate being forced into the carrier fairly soon

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      3·
      4 days ago

      Aww you’ve worked really hard to do what you need to do.

      I’m glad you can relax with soxcat now

      I’m sure you’ll see her again.

      Also what did I just wake up to this morning?

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    9·
    4 days ago

    Question: Do you eat at the kitchen table or in the lounge room or other?

    We eat at the table but tonight I was a rebel and ate in the lounge room.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      7·
      4 days ago

      My dining table (which takes up a quarter of the lounge room) is usually half covered in craft stuff and school stuff because there’s nowhere else to put it, so there’s room for a couple of people to sit at the other end. There’s also the couch, where the Minipeelers usually sit for meals. Mr P lays on his bed (in the next room) and eats dinner on a tray. It sounds weird but we are all no more than a few metres from each other. I don’t invite people over because I don’t want people to see how I live.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        8·
        4 days ago

        I was meant to have friends over last night but they cancelled and I’m glad because my kitchen looked like a bomb had gone off. It’s all better today.

        Don’t be too harsh on yourself. You’re a working mum who puts her family first. You’re doing great in my book. 🙂

        • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
          8·
          4 days ago

          Thankyou! 🙂 I tell myself it won’t always be this way, and one day we will have an actual whole house to live in (or I will buy an apartment or regional home and piss off) but at the moment we’re living in a space that was built for one elderly person.

      • Eagle@aussie.zone
        4·
        4 days ago

        Our big table is currently hosting a lego build, towels waiting to be folded and a tub of cake decorating stuff from me decorating my mother’s birthday cake. There was still enough room for the three of us to eat dinner though.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      5·
      4 days ago

      The last time I lived in a house that was large enough - my last sharehouse - there was no kitchen table, but there was a small dining room (with dining table) and a lounge room (couches and fire). I usually ate on the dining table unless I felt like staring into the fire of a cold evening. Occasionally, I would eat in my room if I was working hard on uni/work.

      As a kid I used to hate eating at a table. I’d always eat in front of the computer or TV

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        3·
        4 days ago

        I have a gully kitchen and at the end sits my table and chairs. Technically that part is a dining room because it has carpet but there’s no wall separating the two.

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
      3·
      4 days ago

      We eat at the table. The table is far to big for the space since we did a kitchen renovation but I love it so it’s squished in a corner.

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      2·
      4 days ago

      I try to make a point of everyone eating at the table together now with the kids. There are occasions that’s not the case but they’re few and far between fortunately

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    9·
    4 days ago

    Alright, after some drama and use of a broomstick (not by me…) sox was bundled into her carrier and all her bits and pieces taken away. Made sure to eat something, finished up all the other house chores, stopped for an existential panic moment, then went to the laundromat and dried a huge load, and now I’m parked at the office willing myself to attack the method section (it needs to be dramatically shorter and replaced with some diagrams that I have on hand). I picked the easiest bit to do today because I knew the morning was a writeoff.

    Wish me energy and concentration. I’ve had my meds, a coffee, and now a tea with a biscuit, and I still feel like burying myself in bed. I’ll try and get out of here before 9pm at least and have a good night’s sleep before tomorrow’s new session of writing back at the uni library. I am at least relieved in the back of my head that I’ve now got clean clothes and a clean house again

    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
      9·
      4 days ago

      You can do this. Well done with the clothes and food while in the middle of it. That’s life sorted.

      Here’s a sleepy sun kitty to help

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        6·
        4 days ago

        I wanna join sleepy sun kitty and bury my face in that glorious sun-kissed fur (even if only for 0.1 seconds)!

        But no, I shall stare relentlessly at Microsoft Word

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      4·
      4 days ago

      Good luck with your work tonight.

      You’re getting there and nearly done I hope.

      You can do it!

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        4·
        4 days ago

        Thanks. I’d say I’m past the 50% mark overall but still a lot of work to do to get to the 90%-complete level where I can send it to my supervisor. At least i feel like some major blockages have been cleared. I think I won’t push myself too hard tonight because I need to sustain momentum for a few more days rather than burn out too fast.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    6·
    4 days ago

    Well, after feeling insanely sleepy for a good few hours there, at some point something kicked in and I have powered through to 10pm and my methods section is pretty much 95% complete!!!

    The intro is about 75% after yesterday’s efforts - held back by the very late-stage discovery of a key paper that throws a whole bunch of things out and I have to incorporate into the intro and discussion. So I’m going to have to prioritise reading that, but…

    …my discussion section is a total shambles.

    shambles rambles

    I really have neglected it completely and it’s just a bunch of half-finished sentences and disorganised dot points. Really, this is the important bit of the paper so I shouldn’t be rushing it, but at this point I’m going to have to summarise a lot of it as:

    • Wow, the results of A, B and C were really obvious! just like X and Y said!
    • But these things weren’t so great, possibly because of the phenomenon described in Z
    • Still you should totally use C because A and B alone aren’t enough
    • Also here is a scenario model which proves my point
    • But also it has 35930940249 assumptions lol
    • Future research could address all of that, but anyway, at least this thing gets the ball rolling
    • kthxbai

    I think my game plan for tomorrow is to seriously flesh out the discussion section, references be damned, and get the main points/flow of discussion correct. Because I simply won’t have anything even remotely submittable without that. THEN I can get into that stupid paper and figure out how much I need to wedge in and try and finish that remaining 25% of the intro…

    Sigh. I was hoping I’d be done by end of Monday but I’ll have to accept spending my birthday still working on this stupid thing. If I can finish by the end of Tuesday at least then I can luxuriate!

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      4 days ago

      I am just like 😐 at your analysis of how you work and of your work.

      pretty awesome

      at least this thing gets the ball rolling

      I think this is the key, yes? To get into a flow state.

  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone
    10·
    5 days ago

    Quick mostly spoiler free movie review:

    28 Years Later is really a family drama interspersed with terrifying fights for survival. Although there are some jump scares, It’s not so much a horror, but a thrilling and curious dreamlike adventure into the heart of darkness (with gorey bits of bone, flesh, and blood spattered about)

    The tone is medieval and fairytale like, reminiscent of the movie “Men”, (another Alex Garland project) or even David Lowery’s “The Green Night”.

    There is a folksy, cottage-core vibe here, interspersed with artistic camera flourishes and heart racing terror. Some very effective freeze-frame kill shot camera work add to memorable chase scenes. (Apparently quite a bit was shot on iPhone)

    Various classes of zombie inhabit this world from fat, hippo-like slow crawling worm eaters to muscular 10 foot tall alpha males. All of the infected are suitably terrifying and deliver the goods.

    The main actors played their parts dutifully with Ralph Fiennes being the most notable. He played a doctor and curious hermit covered in iodine. A kind and sympathetic man with the fortitude to live on his own, but, also deranged enough to spend years building a shrine to death itself.

    The soundtrack is really cool and is used effectively throughout. Written by Scottish progressive hip hop group, Young Fathers. It’s dreadfully creepy and sounds similar to The Haxan Cloak. I found myself playing in the car later in the day.

    I do have some issues with plot and storyline but won’t go into here, as not to spoil story.

    I brought MissGod with me and she rates it highly.

    8.5/10 skull monuments💀

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      5·
      4 days ago

      That’s an interesting take on it. Very nice description actually.

      I know nothing Bout the film other than being a zombie film but the way you described it was way off mark of what I originally thought it was going to be.

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      4·
      4 days ago

      I felt like there could have been more exploration of the anarchistic commune and everyone’s role within it but we don’t get those kinds of stories

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      4·
      4 days ago

      Thank you! I’ve seen some reviews that say it verges on a comedy at points. This confuses me. Will probably big screen it but am not in a rush. Love Days, have a hard time remembering Weeks 💀

      • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone
        7·
        4 days ago

        There are indeed some moments of levity causing the entire theatre to laugh out loud. Not quite “Shaun of the Dead” funny but more humanistic and relatable.

      • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
        5·
        4 days ago

        I love how you wrote your review 🤣🧟‍♂️

        I was planning on going yesterday with a friend but it fell thru. Now I don’t mind waiting a few weeks for more empty cinemas

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
      3·
      4 days ago

      Thanks for the review, will have to check it out. I’ve realised we should probably watch the first one before seeing this one for a bit of context, too

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    10·
    5 days ago

    It got down to 5°c last night but I did it for the team. Made a few wishes for youse so now you have to wait to see if they come true. You can thank me later for your good fortunes.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago
    • towels washed
    • Pantry cleared out
    • slate pile moved (we wanna put tanks where it previously was)
    • Site prepped for workers tomorrow
    • Naan dough rising
    • burgers et

    now to make some burritooos for freezing, then roll out the cheesy naans (also for freezing)

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    8·
    4 days ago

    One of the stranger things I’ve noticed on beach walks is the food that gets washed up. Whole fruit and vegetables. Maybe they fall off boats and ships and are not eaten by fish. Yesterday I saw a whole perfect pomegranate on the beach. odd

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    8·
    4 days ago

    Managed to sleep in way too late.

    Woke up to a tv that was on, is it haunted?

    Now to figure out food and coffee.