They let me go.
I know why, but under probation they don't have to give a reason.
Got a few interviews this week so that's good.
Gotta keep moving forward.
They let me go.
I know why, but under probation they don't have to give a reason.
Got a few interviews this week so that's good.
Gotta keep moving forward.

I sneezed. Chaos ensues.
Almost enough ladders, gutters and downpipes for today. One more thing to do.
Not a chore if there's a view

Interest in a games specific catch up? My place doesn't do big groups well, but things that by nature spilt into 3or4...

I'm keen!
You know where, we need a when
Ooh, ooh, me!!
Pass from me. Not that I don't like a good meet up, but games as such are a bit beyond me.
Poo. Some other time ๐บ
Indeed. Would welcome a pub meetup and book discussion at some time. I have a sneaking suspicion that we share a taste for speculative fiction. Particularly the more unhinged variety of the genres. What are your thoughts on werewolves? I have a great fondness for werewolves .... Vampires not so much.
I have a thing for not sparkley vampires. Warrington does romance, Lumley does NOT. Were-creatures my library tends more towards mind bonded animals rather than directly turning into.
I have a bit of a problem with mind-bonding animals - it seems to me to be a trope for slavery in it's more modern manifestations rather than lurv. But I do love werewolves that do their own thing in accordance with their own biology. Patricia Briggs does excellent werewolves, as does Tanya Huff. Must try Lumley - who has not previously come up on my radar. Thanks for the tip(s).
Briggs rings a distant bell. Shall look up.
Warning: Lumley gets into tentacle rape territory Very not sexy vampires.
Zero problem. I have read the ancient greeks. They don't hold back on the darker side of human existence. Briggs is a delight - I strongly recommend her website where she discusses the practical side of making silver bullets. Turns out that this task is a LOT more complex than most fiction authors would have you believe. The economics are also atrocious. Vampire/werewolf hunting in 20/21 century is a VERY expensive business.
I'm keen!
My arm might be twisted...
Lentils are so good.
And my new freezer cube meal prep is paying off. I had some extra tomatoey marsala gravy from a previous curry and so I froze it and some leftover coconut cream from previous meal.
WFH day today so lunch was cube of marsala gravy, small portion of the coconut cream, portion of onion-celery-carrot mix, portion of frozen spinach. All dumped in the instant pot with lentils, a stock cube and water. Served over defrosted rice portions.
So so yum and so easy. Thanks past me!
Everything sounds grand except the rice. I've always found frozen rice to have a weird unpleasant texture. Have you a trick?
This pit in my gut,
Like carrying a thousand kilos of air;
Unbearably heavy but nothing is there.
Back on OPERATION DOWNPIPE CLEANING FURY.
I am determined to foolishly not pay anyone to do this or fall off the roof.
Starve the beast.
Good mission name - I need to do an OPERATION DOWNPIPE TORRENT too this weekend.
I have to cut the bum off one of ours and direct it into a tub with a 12v bilge pump (weirdly I actually already have all these parts and the battery / panel ready to go) because it turns out it goes absolutely fucking nowhere .
We're gonna smash up that pathway and redo it anyway as it's rooted to shit, and put in a proper line and drain then but still. Annoying.
Cleaning rambles
Cleaning out the fridge. Threw out old dried up bottles of girlieโs medication, the homemade broth she didnโt finish and kitten formula she didnโt wantโฆ the open wet food and pumpkin baby food are already in the bin and the opened bag of her dry food has started being fed to the black scallywag before it expires. The plain yogurt she didnโt like anymore can go. :(
Old bags of flour. Bin. Cordial I wonโt drink. Out to whoever takes it. Cocoa powder that might be stale. Bin. Cat milk mini cartons. See if vet or shadowy visitor wants. A freshly opened tin of powdered kitten formula with a condensation damaged label that probably wouldnโt be accepted by a shelterโฆ Move sealed tin to freezer in case of random surprise kittens I guess?
Going to run the emptied containers through the dishwasher twice because it doesnโt clean some things well but Iโm not up to hand washing everything. It doesnโt rinse very well either. I used a utensil without rinsing it extra under the tap and the soap residue burnt my tongue.
Then Iโm going to have to wipe this fridge out and give away stuff from the freezer.
more sleep please
So ready for the clocks to change
had more sleep ๐ I needed it
off to the beach for a long hike , might find shells, first time since knee bumps
then home for some light housework and gardening
cooking already done last night
so an easy day ๐
So I bought a salt rifle for the flies as recommended here. Lots of fun. One problem: Every time I go to use it after a few days the salt is too moist for it to work properly and I have to clean it out and use fresh salt. I am using Coles cheap iodised salt that I have on hand. Does anyone have a tip on how to keep the salt dry?
I don't have that problem. The things I do are: Not to have it cocked so there's no salt in the chamber and I lay it on its side under my coffee table away from sunlight. Laying it on the side prevents it from entering the hole. I use Aldi's table salt and I don't know if it's different from the Coles table salt. I wouldn't put anything else in there. I hope that helps.
Edit: Maybe try decanting some salt in a jar and throw some silica packets in there and only use that for your gun.
I was going to suggest trying salt with an anticaking additive but the Coles iodised salts already seem to have it.
Havenโt seen the guns in personโฆ Is the salt reservoir large enough to accommodate a tiny silica packet like the kind found in vitamin bottles? And would it interfere with firing?
You could mix in a small amount of bicarb to try and help keep it dry and free flowing /shrug
Edit: Found this. 3:53 onwards talks about humidity and salt clogs but it doesnโt address your particular problem https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NsFzz5kjFpU
the air is moist
Had a dream that Jisoo from Blackpink helped me fuck over an unnecessarily rude person by buying their house and turning it into an AirBNB farm stay. The house was in an abandoned school at the bottom of a mountain and Jisoo owned a 5* resort of the top of the mountain.
Saw PHM last night. Iโm glad I went into it having seen other comments about it not following the book exactly, as that helped me to let go of expectations and enjoy it as a different medium. Loved some of the visual interpretations though!
I lost laundry roulette
the flies down at the beach are driving me crazy lately, I think they are march flies, they stick
I seriously feel like Pigpen while I'm down there
apparently they like denim, ok, I will wear light colours and see what happens
It's the talk of the fly gun made me wonder if I could use one ...lol
It's March. March flies are allowed. Come April then we can complain about them.
Be careful carrying one around outside the house because they may fall under imitation firearm
it's ok, in oz pretty much noone thinks of guns
My ex housemate got in strife because he's an actor and had a prop cowboy style gun. One of the neighbours saw it on his bedside table and called the police. Turned into a whole fiasco.
Today's main activity will be making tofu. I made the soy milk for it yesterday, which involved an awful lot of mess and chaos, mostly because I used too many beans in the maker, had to divide it into multiple portions and then messed around trying different containers and methods of pressing the bag of mushed up soy goo etc. It was the complete opposite of a streamlined process. I decided to buy a press to make it easier in future.
Steam do not seem to want to refund Doom Eternal, not acknowledging the issue with the version I bought. As far as I'm concerned I own this game so I'll play it whether that's extra legally or not.
That being said, my Steam account is old enough to vote and this is the first issue I've had with them in a long time
Also, it's rather pleasant to come back to work after two days off and not be swamped with work and emails. I might use it as a soft reboot to focus on the things I've been meaning to do
Tomorrow I have to fill out my UnKaos schedule, so I can use my time wisely , to remind me of goals and work toward these goals.
also, I m so ready to go on a diet, totes sick of cooking and eating
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One Noo Yawk slice thanks hun
I forget how to spell it right now, cowboy eggs please, hot
Cabbage salad and creme caramel please chef. With coffee.
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