lil bit confronting today ol' girl is in poor shape.

tm is a new day so focus on that.

A moderator (in their private capacity) posted a comment in the other place's DT about the Middle East. I'm all for that discussion in the appropriate places, but I don't need to see it in every subreddit, I'd rather see 100 loud bangs posts.

I politely said I don't think the subject really belongs there. They immediately blocked me. I edited my comment to say I was blocked, and it has now been removed using moderator powers.

Classy.

I said the word cheese and this happened

One of the nice things about winter is the orchids are in flower.

That's some weird weather out there. Windy and warm?

Don't look at Tuesday and Wednesday though. Wednesday in particular... 11C maximum... big weather system coming in from the west. Ughggh but if it means rain in areas that desperately need it I'll tolerate it

So last week my micro manager sent me an email and tagged senior leadership about some bullshit task he wanted me to do, which I'd been doing the whole time.

I responded, let's say, confident in my response.

Since then, he hasn't said a word to me all day lol

I will win cock head and you will lose lol

Meow

And also

Fuck yeah!!!!!!

This cold is treating me very badly - the congestion is not terrible but the brain fog is. I just did an online grocery delivery order and trying to make decisions was very hard.

I think I'll take the next two night shifts off and try working again next week. I really need to get the energy to take the washing off the line that's been there a couple of days already - at least it should be dry if it hasn't blown away. I might try to wash some towels too.

aw man, I procrastinated big time this morning checking things about super and rescheduling appointments and shit. Now it's quarter to 9, and I have a stinking headache, and the results section that I really thought was gonna be easy, has been SO HARD because I fucking hate stats and don't understand any of it and I've been having a long back and forth with chatgpt to try and understand how to describe differences and shit and my brain HURTS. This is the part about academic research I loathe the most. I hate stats so much. Gaaaaaaah! Even when I think I understand I DON'T!

Hours and hours just to output three measly, but crucial, paragraphs for a total of 476 words... the discussion is gonna have to be a lot more streamlined, I've not even started on writing out full sentences 😭 However, at least I now have a much better structure with which to concisely discuss the various findings (and merge things together in a sensible way), and also much more academically sound points (not just the equivalent of "yeah I reckon", but "look at the shape and statistical significance of shit").

Plus, I did a much-overdue data cleanup that I thought I'd give up on but really was better to do and not cleverly hide, so at least now I can confidently say my methods section is 99% (missing a couple references I can find at the last minute), and my results is 100%. Intro still stuck at 75% from Saturday...

Imma need some real powerful concentration juice tomorrow to (a) not procrastinate and (b) write that discussion section like I'm on fire before losing a lot of time in throwing in references and then reading up on that stupid paper so I can finish the 25% left of the intro. For now, I think I'm going to call it quits and go home before this headache gets any worse...

Starting to feel better re: getting off that medication I mentioned.

Today so far has been a good day and it's been really nice to have a fairly energetic, focused day :)

45 minute combative meeting across from someone with bad breath. Oy joy. I wasn’t involved in the combative-ness, but as a people pleaser it was awful.

Slogging my way through crap chores. I wish something encouraging would happen

Ooh rain! Nice to cool off a bit, today was a stinker

Mods please remove if this is a duplicate.

Sky pretty 😍

le sigh

I voted in the Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Songs of all time. It's very Triple J coded with the songs you can vote on, I had to manually add Shit on the Liver by King Parrot. One of the greatest Australian songs and music videos of all time.

I've been researching smart watches and they all say the best position for accurate readings is above your wrist bone. I tried it and it felt so wrong. I can't do it. I've gone back to wearing it on my wrist bone.

CD review. George Michael Older.

this music irritates me

the 60s Brasilian style backing music sounds like a Hammond organ , which might not be a bad thing

except Michael just doesn't have the rhythm or voice or skill for it, so it sounds bad

it's discordant

I think I will just do slow housework today and maybe some shopping for hiking boots

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Brisk repointing (well, gouging out the old shit) noises occurring under dining room floorboards. Felines are intrigued.

bit windy out there 😬

I tried the Cerave tub. It was… fine? A bit mediocre.

Barely noticeable sting which is probably my barrier being compromised. A tiny bit more emollient than the tube, but it’s still very thick and dry. I put on one heaped fingerful and then another trying to get it to moisturise as even a lot doesn’t go very far.

It kind of disappeared leaving a thin waxy residue behind which felt a little stiff and uncomfortable. It feels like you need something more hydrating underneath and this would seal it in.

Honestly I rate the Vaseline Dry Skin Rescue body lotion higher and it’s more economical but my skin suddenly started stinging and breaking out from that when it hadn’t before. (Same bottle.)