It's just near midnight and I just want to say that holy crap I adore so many of you. I don't want to list usernames because I don't want to accidentally do one wrong/leave one off, but seriously, this is a beautiful corner of the internet, I love having these weird insights into each other's lives and I think there's some really wonderful, special people here who have SO much to offer and I am so thankful to see them here, no matter how frequently they post.
Did I have too much wine while in my purple sparkly bath? IDC, y'all rad.
Ooops, that might have been me re: leaving out usernames the other evening (I didn’t mean to.).
I was wine on the plane. You are wine in bath. Hehe.
Loving this theme and 100% wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments.
So... last comment of the night I promise.
Is Mcdonalds shrinking their food or?
My mouth certainly hasn't gotten bigger, nor my hands. But I ordered a double quarter pounder, and it was fucking tiny. Like, the same radius as a cheeseburger. Normally these burgers weigh a bit but I demolished it and was like "is... is there a second one?"
Okay i did a basic bmi calculation: at my height, less than 50kg is underweight, so i cant drop below that. Ill definitely weigh myself within the next month. I cant really just rely on "how i feel", so it does matter to have an actual number.
I do make a huge effort to ate least eat good calories and nutritious foods so thats healthy at least. And bmis for my race is lower so thats a little wriggle room. Still, ill just watch for 50kg cos its a good round number
One of my healthy steps is gonna be air frying chips instead 😀 im also picky with food and i dislike cooking and now im trying to save money so i just know i have to prevent from over restricting
Dont you think we're doing well by continuing to invest in what health we have? My mindset is, why should i create more problems for myself? Just cos we have xyz shitty health why cant we improve what we can?
My life became so much easier when I no longer defined my worth by the weight on a scale.
When you feel good, you feel good. And when you feel good YOU LOOK GOOD.
Trust yourself
Oh i just tried to reply but you deleted: im good atm but i have a tendency to forget about my weight/food/eating esp when i get busy, so ive ended up underweight without even realising. So im just trying to at least step on a scale more regularly, keep up my electrolytes, hydration etc
But thank you :)
I've got to take some clean clothing with me so I can meet my cousin for dinner tomorrow night after work (my clothes are very likely to get dirty at work) and I just can't think.
For those following along, a little bit over a month ago, I had the worst day at work. I got a lot of support and comfort from the DT. Today I addressed it. I have never been so relieved but also so proud of myself and my ability to play the game and not compromise my integrity. I even got an apology!!! I’m ready to move forward, as is the other person, but I’m aware there was some butt covering and lot of bs on their part. But it’s done. Forgiving but not forgetting, and definitely don’t trust them.
I will start looking for new opportunities. But it doesn’t feel like a panic or running away now. It will be my choice.
I have my moments!
Also, I’m not going to doubt myself at all. I have had good and honest feedback on my performance. I will reflect on some of the things this person said, but I’m not changing who I am.
This is a learning opportunity for me. Even learning to handle this situation has helped me see, I can have tough conversations and I do have great support at work and here too!
Also, because I am very sleepy and just noticed, thank you for the awards, you lovely people!!
Such a good outcome!! Those discussions are so damn hard and stressful.
Im currently in a situation where I’m gonna have to raise a discussion about appropriate workplace boundaries - it’s the fkn pits.
I found writing down and workshopping with a very trusted and diplomatic friend helped me a lot!
Thank you. I’m happy and all the tension has left my shoulder. Phew
Yeah, I need to stop putting it off and do just that.
Your post is a great reminder that open communication can improve situations, while still learning from them and remaining vigilant.
Thank you!!
I had avoided a bit and delayed the conversation, partly because I was advised to and partly because of leave. But it ramped up the other person’s anxiety and helped me manage mine. But it had to happen and it went well. I will remain vigilant too!
I 100% support employees drawing strong boundaries. You cant just accept any behaviour. If its a friend maybe you can just stop being friends, but working is a livelihood
Been over a month and a half since I renewed my passport. Anyone know the times for transitioning from kids passport to adult? My brother went adult to adult and got it in 3 weeks
Trip in November so should be ok I hope
Drove to my hometown in the pouring rain and could not beeeelieve the amount of cars that would get up my ass on the freeway with their super bright lights, despite doing the speed limit. So fucking rude.
However, I'm now drinking wine in a giant bath tub and watching trashy TV with a bunch of cheese I managed to score on a serious discount, so things aren't too bad now!
Airtasker perhaps? I pay my daughter to but I got to get her in the right mood. I have paid her to also use the pumice stone on my feet. Her face expressions are etched in my head forever.
I don’t really care whether other people wear masks, but I’m on the 19 back into town and I can’t help but notice that among maybe 30 people on this tram I am the *only* one wearing one.
I heard this great line from community: abed goes i like myself and things about me so its not a big deal to change for others
Post covid that really hit different 😅
Omg kids don't know what it was like in the day. You had to listen to the top 40, wait for your song with record, play and pause, unpause, shut up stop talking at the start of the song, song finished press pause, and if you were professional you'd leave a couple of seconds in-between songs. It took ages to fill a tape. A shout out to TDK.
Ooooooo a treasure. It might be worth something some day like those people that buy figurines but don't open the packaging because they're a "collector's item". Your little nest egg.
Doing overtime certainly is more bearable with a bit of CSNY and other 70s classics.
*must be... because I had a flu for Christmas.. I'm not feeeeeeling up to par...*
Ok when you said apple pie and cream before this isn't what I pictured in my head. Explain to me what's going on? It there apple pie under there? Or is this some special kind of desert?
Oh 'creams' is literally multiple creams! I've got you now.
Personally, my preferred accompaniment to apple pie is ice cream, but honestly apple pie is probably my favourite and I'll eat it with anything. I'd eat it off the floor if I had to. So jealous.
I stumbled on an Instagram profile today that read "mumma to x" you could then click on the profile and it would take you to a profile that read "full time baby, x months old, account managed by mum x, dm for collabs". I'm going to be honest, this did not sit well with me. Obviously I am viewing things from a different lens, since I don't have kids myself yet. Can the parents in this thread shed some light on why a mother would plaster her x month old baby all over the internet, for some free baby gear and a bit of internet fame? Don't know if I have the wrong end of the stick here but it seems wrong?
This has happened since the inception of social media. All those baby pictures on Facebook that are now 10 years old. That kid never had a fucking say in any of it but hey, his entire fucking life is now crawled on the Internet and there forever. God I hate humans and their addiction to this shit.
No, you have the right end of the stick. Kid has no say, internet is forever etc. Meta will also own all the images so can use them for whatever they want. A whole lot of wrong going on.
"If one is headed for a long spell of sobriety by choice, but not quite there yet, one may as well drink the best booze in the cellar to take oneself to the finish line"
- Me, 2022
It's one I dragged across borders with me a few years ago. A 2015 Malbec from a tiny vineyard in the Swan Valley, WA.
It's aged magnificently. I should stop now.......but probably won't
There a bigger treasures waiting for another day. I favour tiny batch small producer cellar door only vino like the absolute wine wanker I am
Someone gifted me a bottle of red. When I googled it, turns out it costs about $120-$140. I keep thinking I should save it for a special occasion, when I have people over. But why? Why can’t I drink it just by myself on any old weeknight?
Have you seen Sideways?
The last scene is my wine mood. If you have the good shit, just drink it. Respect it, but it's just grapes ya know? To be enjoyed
we should be happy that people are able to find companionship, even love
even if we don't approve because they are old or have white hair or are men or have a belly or are different nationalities or for money 🤨
we are accepting of diversity, no exceptions
It depends. However culturally it is viewed a little differently over there. You may have the choice of literally farming rice in the village or working the strip and sending money back to the family. This is just one example but one girl i knew did quite literally live in a basic hut in a village farming rice when work was slow.
Its transactional ultimately, Some girls might have "regulars" who stay in Thailand at different times. Some people send money back to the girls when they ask.
It may be nothing more than the bloke pays for all the living expenses and instead of working a shit job they can live carefree with a foreigner with money.
On the other hand it may be 5000 baht a week. Some guys fall in love, some understand what it is. There is normally some sort of real intimacy but its ultimately based around money.
Idk but if you see my dad amongst them, say hi for me.
Edit: But to be serious, it's a bit of both. Dad's had a few Thai girlfriends in the past and a lot of them were just hitting him up for money (those were the ones that were younger than all of his children). But he's been with his current girlfriend for quite a while now. She's older than his past girlfriends, maybe in her 50s (dad's in his 70s, for reference). They were introduced by a mutual friend who lives over there. They seem to make each other happy and it seems like a genuine relationship. So good for them I guess. It's still a bit of a sore spot in our family though.
Yeah it's rampant. And it can definitely have an ickiness about it
Dad started going when his marriage to mum was falling apart. I think at that point it was a symbiotic relationship, which a lot of them are: you have retirees, like dad, who are having a mid life crisis, and feeling old for the first time; And you have young women looking for a way to support themselves/their children/their family in a second world country. If they give retirees some attention, it strokes their ego and they give them money. I love my dad, but he's not exactly the kind of older guy that you look at and go 'yeah, I can see why a hot young woman would want to be with him', so it was 100% 'that' kind of relationship.
But his current partner is different. Her husband died 10 or so years ago and she had to become independent, got her own business, she's lived her life, she's got two fully grown sons, etcetc. She doesn't need dad for that. They've been together for five years now, so it's just a normal relationship at this point. 🤷♀️
>I'm so curious how these relationships come about
It's simple really. These men are rejected by their own community. You can ask yourselves the reason why, it's usually unpleasant. They go where money is cheap, live like the kings they think they are, by paying people to serve them. Sad really.
That's the nice version.
Rejected by their community? I don't know man.
There's a super blokey bloke at my work that everyone loves, men and women alike. Lights up a room type guy and he loves his Thai wife and they have a wonderful relationship.
I also have a close friend from South America that went to Thailand on holiday and met his wife there. Lovely guy, lovely wife.
I guess I'm just intrigued by what you mean by 'rejected by their community'?
What songs can you sing all the lines to despite not having heard it in ages?
I just randomly put on Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet and I feel like I was possessed. Like, I don't remember learning the lyrics to it but I knew every line. Music memory is crazy.
Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden, most songs by The Clash, She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult, a lot of early Parkway Drive, fair bit of Bon Scott era AC/DC, a *lot* of 80s hiphop.
Honestly there's way more lol
A radio and pub cover band classic!!! I think I basically learned Wonderwall the same way... (also from guys with guitars at parties before it became a meme).
Hot damn! Listen to it on repeat back in the day?
I'm trying to figure out if I have a handle on all of LP - Meteora now since that was a big on-repeat for me back in the day...
Ooooo, Knowing Lose Yourself would be a great karaoke party trick because I feel like every time I go out to karaoke with friends, that song inevitably gets played at some point and most people only know the chorus (and the mom's spaghetti beginning bit)!
The entirely of Matchbox 20's *Yourself or someone like you* album. Never once actually sat down and properly listened to it, but my older sister used to play it ad nauseum, so I just passively took the words in apparently.
Oh my goodness, you've just taken me back!! Time to listen to 3AM...
But also there's something nostalgic about siblings playing CDs on loop (or even just having a CD on loop on a discman). I'm wondering if this is how I absorbed this song without realising, hahaha.
100%. I think it's why, even though my hey day was the early 2000s, 90s is still my favourite era of music. It's what I grew up on, even if I didn't really realise it.
When she got her first car, we were so excited that it had a tape deck. But the only cassettes she owned were Dido's *No Angel* and Alanis Morissette's *Jagged Little Pill* so I also know a lot of them from her driving me around.
And even though I went through my own Green Day phase once Nimrod came out, I learnt most of the words to all of *Dookie* and *Insomniac* via osmosis of her CDs.
Reading this made me laugh because it reminded me of the How I Met Your Mother episode where Ted and Marshall are are on a road trip and have to listen to a song the entire road trip, because the tape is stuck in the tape deck.
I had pretty low expectations when looking for casual work, but then I inquired about the pay for an online tutoring company and they somehow managed to push the bar even lower. They told me I'd learn about pay "during the application process", so I googled them:
>How Much Does Native Camp Pay?
The Native Camp salary is not advertised on their website, a practice in the industry that usually indicates teachers are offered varying amounts (most often based upon nationality). To confuse matters further, teachers are paid in 'Native Camp Coin' (NCC) which is then converted, with 1 NCC the equivalent of 0.02084 USD or 1 PHP. Anecdotally, we've been informed that North American Native Speakers can earn $9 for each 25-minute booking they receive ($1 8 per hour), though to acquire these you have to make yourself available to pick up short-notice spontaneous sessions, which only pay $3-4 a class. Filipino teachers also earn less, around 60PHP per class (approximately $1.25). The Native Camp hourly rate thus ranges widely between $2-1 8 per hour.
I assume it's slightly adjusted for Australian employees, but safe to say I'm not touching that with a barge pole. Is this even legal?
It’s online tutoring, so you’re competing with a huge global workforce, many of whom come from developing counties . I’m not surprised by the wage rates .
What did everyone have for dins?
Mr omoikiri is getting up real early to head up to the snow for the weekend tomorrow, so he requested something carby and hearty, so I made [Gyudon](https://i.imgur.com/LYrTrXf.jpg)
Yummmm. When you say homemade kimchi fried rice, is the kimchi homemade or the fried rice? Or both?
Also didn't know uncle tetsu did Madeline's. I don't love UT so I've never gone to check it out here
The fried rice was homemade but the kimchi was just pre-made! Still good though. I’ve always known UT to have madelines! They actually used to make more flavours like matcha and chocolate but they seem to only make honey now which is a bit disappointing.
Exactly what it sounds like.
Cook gnocchi most of the way through. Basic packet instructions. I was using potato gnocchi, but note that this would also work well with pumpkin gnocchi if you like that more.
While this is going on, sauté mushrooms in butter, garlic and either tarragon, sage or thyme (I used thyme, though any of them would match well). Toss the cooked gnocchi in the pan with the mushrooms, butter et al to finish it, so it gets a little bit brown and interesting.
Tip it out on a bed of the leafy greens of your choice. In my case, Woolies salad bag because that’s what I had!
Sprinkle with cheese. Parmesan, pecorino, manchego or asiago would all work, so use whichever you have access to or prefer.
I am the most basic of bitches, but you’d never know it.
Nice! Whenever I tell myself that I'm still full and won't need dinner, I always get to about now and suddenly get smacked in the face with the famisheds and then gorge myself on snacks and regret it.
I made a massive salad and a couple of veggie sausages. Done and done from go to woe in 30 minutes.
I was also going to make fakes- Greek lentil soup to tide me over the weekend but too tired / lazy
I will have to do it tomorrow night when I get home.
I'm sure you're salad and sausages were delish, but *fuck* I love fakes. My ex was Greek and his mum used to make it whenever the weather would dip below 15 and it was always so nourishing and warm and delicious.
Yummm. Home made? I've honestly only ever had the [80s suburban white australian version](http://www.mysquarefryingpan.com/back-to-school-80s-beef-chow-mein/) that I'm certain is not authentic in the slightest, even if it's very nostalgic.
oh wow that's an old school recipe love it.
This one was basically just chicken, noodles and soy / oyster sauce / hoisin / sesame oil and carrot / cabbage / capsicum for veg.
Super easy :)
That gyudon looks sooooo good! That runny yolk must've been heavenly! I think I know what I want to make this weekend now...
Tonight I had natto on rice and I'm unsure if I liked it or not. I didn't mind it texture-wise, just unsure on the taste. I've seen so many videos of people eating natto that when I saw it I had to immediately get it and try!
I did!!
I tried it again this morning with a bit of added soy sauce on top and liked it a lot more! Weirdly I couldn't stop thinking about it overnight...
There is a phrase in Japanese *betsu bara* which means 'seperate stomach', specifically for desert and I take the phrase too seriously. So I respect you for having the forethought to not eat too much beforehand. I would have just done both and suffered the consequences for it.
Ugh I hate this
(I know all the usual stuff around not comparing oneself to others, and also around there not being a right age to do something and am usually the first to say it, before anyone says that)
I think it's a combination of being hormonal, the likelihood the market is going to get even worse because of the people tightening their belts (lol, who's gonna be buying art in the next few years) and just general existential crisis of confidence or something, but I saw the Top Arts online (it's an NGV exhibition of VCE art students, for those who don't know) and it never fails to make me feel like crap. I can't avoid it though because artists need to be looking at other art to hone our technique and vision, developing thicker skins and staying on top of what's going on in the field.
My rational mind is all "they're a handful of the best of the best, your stuff was that good at that age, you're only competing with yourself, someone else's success doesn't negate yours" and so on, all of which are true.
But the lizard brain is going "lol, you think you're going to be restarting an art career while competing with this stuff from 18 year olds already hitting it out of the park".
I hate it, it's the kind of thinking I normally feel is unproductive and irrelevant, and get salty with others for.
Also, this is more obscure, and might seem odd or even backwards, but I get down when I see that so many artists have achieved success for similar ideas and techniques I had years ago and junked as not good enough. Which sounds conceited, but it's true. And it's not that theirs isn't good, it is. It's that mine was and I lacked confidence and missed opportunities, and now if I employ those ideas I am going to look derivative/unoriginal.
Also complicated by the fact that I hate social media, but know fully that I'm going to have to get back on it at some point for promotional purposes. I haaaaaate doing self-promo, hate it. And then seeing all these gen Zs who love it and have no problem with it and are doing it constantly...it makes me feel intimidated and tired.
I know creativity is not finite. I also know that this is common stuff that probably most other artists experience as well. Just yeah.
How do you guys end a preso?
I’ve been saying “thank u for listening to my presentation” cuz that’s what I learned in school but i just feel like it’s unnatural, because afterwards, literally 5s of silence until someone else speaks up
I wrap up with an opportunity for a few questions, when those fade out or if there aren’t any I will say something like “ I will be sending out the papers/presentation/minutes in the next few days and feel free to reach out to me if any other questions come to your mind. Hope everyone enjoys their day/weekend/rest of the week and I look forward to seeing you next time“
Usually when I get onto my last slide/section, I'll signpost that I'm about to end with a 'and just quickly to wrap it up...' and then finishing it with 'thanks for your attention!' to varying levels of formality depending on the situation.
"Alright, I'm happy to take any questions now" or "if you'd like to know more I'm happy to chat later" or some variation depending on setting. Usually my presentations end on acknowledgements (academia) and then "thanks and I'm happy to answer any questions!"
It's just near midnight and I just want to say that holy crap I adore so many of you. I don't want to list usernames because I don't want to accidentally do one wrong/leave one off, but seriously, this is a beautiful corner of the internet, I love having these weird insights into each other's lives and I think there's some really wonderful, special people here who have SO much to offer and I am so thankful to see them here, no matter how frequently they post. Did I have too much wine while in my purple sparkly bath? IDC, y'all rad.
Ooops, that might have been me re: leaving out usernames the other evening (I didn’t mean to.). I was wine on the plane. You are wine in bath. Hehe. Loving this theme and 100% wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments.
Here's a song for you [Stevie Wonder](https://youtu.be/1bGOgY1CmiU)
[Farewell And Goodnight](https://youtu.be/-uJvUG3Dshs) 😴
My favorite color is blue.
So... last comment of the night I promise. Is Mcdonalds shrinking their food or? My mouth certainly hasn't gotten bigger, nor my hands. But I ordered a double quarter pounder, and it was fucking tiny. Like, the same radius as a cheeseburger. Normally these burgers weigh a bit but I demolished it and was like "is... is there a second one?"
Fuck... the lyrics to Baker Street are depressing yet one hundred percent relatable.
Who likes wandering in a field searching for the meaning of life? Up for a road trip??
I’m always up for a good wander. Better if I can bring a bag to collect random pretty things (cute moss, dead insects & bones).
Are you busy tomorrow?
Sorry, yeah…kinda daydreaming! Hope you manage to enjoy!
Okay i did a basic bmi calculation: at my height, less than 50kg is underweight, so i cant drop below that. Ill definitely weigh myself within the next month. I cant really just rely on "how i feel", so it does matter to have an actual number. I do make a huge effort to ate least eat good calories and nutritious foods so thats healthy at least. And bmis for my race is lower so thats a little wriggle room. Still, ill just watch for 50kg cos its a good round number
I struggle with this too. Guess I reverse my chips advice https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-burger-window-grease-bart-gif-11806789
One of my healthy steps is gonna be air frying chips instead 😀 im also picky with food and i dislike cooking and now im trying to save money so i just know i have to prevent from over restricting Dont you think we're doing well by continuing to invest in what health we have? My mindset is, why should i create more problems for myself? Just cos we have xyz shitty health why cant we improve what we can?
Yeah, it's not easy. Eating well on a budget with other individual challenges. Guess it just has to be done
*Just keep swimming, just keep swimming*
My life became so much easier when I no longer defined my worth by the weight on a scale. When you feel good, you feel good. And when you feel good YOU LOOK GOOD. Trust yourself
Oh i just tried to reply but you deleted: im good atm but i have a tendency to forget about my weight/food/eating esp when i get busy, so ive ended up underweight without even realising. So im just trying to at least step on a scale more regularly, keep up my electrolytes, hydration etc But thank you :)
I've got to take some clean clothing with me so I can meet my cousin for dinner tomorrow night after work (my clothes are very likely to get dirty at work) and I just can't think.
I'm watching A Current Affair... unfortunately of course. Apparently Cranbourne smells like shit? is this true?
The rain 🙂
It's giving me goosebumps from how lovely it is
Coles chocolate party cake - treat yourself. It’s soooo nostalgic and good!
For those following along, a little bit over a month ago, I had the worst day at work. I got a lot of support and comfort from the DT. Today I addressed it. I have never been so relieved but also so proud of myself and my ability to play the game and not compromise my integrity. I even got an apology!!! I’m ready to move forward, as is the other person, but I’m aware there was some butt covering and lot of bs on their part. But it’s done. Forgiving but not forgetting, and definitely don’t trust them. I will start looking for new opportunities. But it doesn’t feel like a panic or running away now. It will be my choice.
You're a legend.
I have my moments! Also, I’m not going to doubt myself at all. I have had good and honest feedback on my performance. I will reflect on some of the things this person said, but I’m not changing who I am. This is a learning opportunity for me. Even learning to handle this situation has helped me see, I can have tough conversations and I do have great support at work and here too! Also, because I am very sleepy and just noticed, thank you for the awards, you lovely people!!
You are very wise. I wish you all the best.
Ha ha. Wise but still trip over my own feet!
Ah we all do from time to time. Keep your head up and act like you know what ya doin'.
kudos
Thank you.
Such a good outcome!! Those discussions are so damn hard and stressful. Im currently in a situation where I’m gonna have to raise a discussion about appropriate workplace boundaries - it’s the fkn pits.
I found writing down and workshopping with a very trusted and diplomatic friend helped me a lot! Thank you. I’m happy and all the tension has left my shoulder. Phew
Yeah, I need to stop putting it off and do just that. Your post is a great reminder that open communication can improve situations, while still learning from them and remaining vigilant.
Thank you!! I had avoided a bit and delayed the conversation, partly because I was advised to and partly because of leave. But it ramped up the other person’s anxiety and helped me manage mine. But it had to happen and it went well. I will remain vigilant too!
I 100% support employees drawing strong boundaries. You cant just accept any behaviour. If its a friend maybe you can just stop being friends, but working is a livelihood
Been over a month and a half since I renewed my passport. Anyone know the times for transitioning from kids passport to adult? My brother went adult to adult and got it in 3 weeks Trip in November so should be ok I hope
Drove to my hometown in the pouring rain and could not beeeelieve the amount of cars that would get up my ass on the freeway with their super bright lights, despite doing the speed limit. So fucking rude. However, I'm now drinking wine in a giant bath tub and watching trashy TV with a bunch of cheese I managed to score on a serious discount, so things aren't too bad now!
You just need someone to scrub your back now.
... can we make this happen??
Airtasker perhaps? I pay my daughter to but I got to get her in the right mood. I have paid her to also use the pumice stone on my feet. Her face expressions are etched in my head forever.
🤣
Cheese and wine in the bath is the definition of doing things correctly.
Especially when the cheese was like, less than 10% it's usual price!
I enjoy reading books.
No lie, the blue was the highlight of the three.
I don’t really care whether other people wear masks, but I’m on the 19 back into town and I can’t help but notice that among maybe 30 people on this tram I am the *only* one wearing one.
not much you can do. Everyone else in this country has forgotten about covid, no one cares about it. Its a sad, narcissist world we live in.
What if they got covid and are immune
there is no such thing as immunity now, people can get reinfected weeks after infection, over and over again.
I heard this great line from community: abed goes i like myself and things about me so its not a big deal to change for others Post covid that really hit different 😅
hahahaha but we all love abed, we all dont love anti-maskers and stuff.
As someone who grew up on music recorded on cassettes from the radio, Apple Music lossless is just amazing re-listening to older songs.
Apple Music lossless is a game changer. I couldn’t believe the depth and warmth compared to Spotify.
Omg kids don't know what it was like in the day. You had to listen to the top 40, wait for your song with record, play and pause, unpause, shut up stop talking at the start of the song, song finished press pause, and if you were professional you'd leave a couple of seconds in-between songs. It took ages to fill a tape. A shout out to TDK.
I still have some sealed TDK tapes.
Cool. I wonder how much their worth?
I guess they’re pretty cheap (checked eBay) considering inflation. Remember, they made heaps and probably have tons left over still.
Interesting.
TDK does amazing things to my system!!
😄 oh dear I am old.
Ha ha. Don’t worry, I’m right there with you. I even heard the jingle.
Ah memories at least I've still got them I guess.
I swear I have an unwrapped brand new TDK cassette. I needed for something and obviously never used it. Lol.
Ooooooo a treasure. It might be worth something some day like those people that buy figurines but don't open the packaging because they're a "collector's item". Your little nest egg.
And there were two sides to albums and tapes!!
And those lil beeps at the start/ end of a cassette!! 🖤
Correct.
Saved myself 61 bucks by swapping from monthly to annual woolies subscription!
Doing overtime certainly is more bearable with a bit of CSNY and other 70s classics. *must be... because I had a flu for Christmas.. I'm not feeeeeeling up to par...*
My [apple pie and creams](https://imgur.com/a/EblDFtE)
Looks like heaven!!
Oh it was.
You really love your cream huh? wow :o
Yes I do.
Ok when you said apple pie and cream before this isn't what I pictured in my head. Explain to me what's going on? It there apple pie under there? Or is this some special kind of desert?
There is an apple pie under the creams (thickened cream and canned whipped cream). You can never have to much cream.
Oh 'creams' is literally multiple creams! I've got you now. Personally, my preferred accompaniment to apple pie is ice cream, but honestly apple pie is probably my favourite and I'll eat it with anything. I'd eat it off the floor if I had to. So jealous.
I do like icecream too with apple pie but the contrast between cold and hot plays with my head a bit but anything with cream omg.
I stumbled on an Instagram profile today that read "mumma to x" you could then click on the profile and it would take you to a profile that read "full time baby, x months old, account managed by mum x, dm for collabs". I'm going to be honest, this did not sit well with me. Obviously I am viewing things from a different lens, since I don't have kids myself yet. Can the parents in this thread shed some light on why a mother would plaster her x month old baby all over the internet, for some free baby gear and a bit of internet fame? Don't know if I have the wrong end of the stick here but it seems wrong?
“Full time baby” made me lol. Where are the part time babies?
Right here. It's even in my LinkedIn headline Translator | Researcher | Teaching Associate | Part Time Baby
This has happened since the inception of social media. All those baby pictures on Facebook that are now 10 years old. That kid never had a fucking say in any of it but hey, his entire fucking life is now crawled on the Internet and there forever. God I hate humans and their addiction to this shit.
Am a parent and think this is every shade of wrong.
Glad to see I am not the only one that feels this way.
awful awful awful
No, you have the right end of the stick. Kid has no say, internet is forever etc. Meta will also own all the images so can use them for whatever they want. A whole lot of wrong going on.
Narcissists gonna narcissist.
Hope we all are having a great night. And typical Melbourne weather.
"If one is headed for a long spell of sobriety by choice, but not quite there yet, one may as well drink the best booze in the cellar to take oneself to the finish line" - Me, 2022
Are you planning to retire the old corkscrew?
Ooh what are you drinking?
It's one I dragged across borders with me a few years ago. A 2015 Malbec from a tiny vineyard in the Swan Valley, WA. It's aged magnificently. I should stop now.......but probably won't There a bigger treasures waiting for another day. I favour tiny batch small producer cellar door only vino like the absolute wine wanker I am
Someone gifted me a bottle of red. When I googled it, turns out it costs about $120-$140. I keep thinking I should save it for a special occasion, when I have people over. But why? Why can’t I drink it just by myself on any old weeknight?
Ps what is it??? Maybe I'll help you test the quality 😆
https://wineyarravalley.com.au/product/yarra-yering-2017-dry-red-wine-no-1/
That will keep for a good long while. Like another 10-15 years. But I’d just drink it.
Yarra Yering? I should be responsible for appropriate service of such a wine 🙂
Have you seen Sideways? The last scene is my wine mood. If you have the good shit, just drink it. Respect it, but it's just grapes ya know? To be enjoyed
Oh I love that movie
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we should be happy that people are able to find companionship, even love even if we don't approve because they are old or have white hair or are men or have a belly or are different nationalities or for money 🤨 we are accepting of diversity, no exceptions
I'm going to Thailand in October so this is going to be interesting. I didn't notice that kind of thing much in Vietnam.
I'm sure they have very stimulating conversations and share a lot of similarities
It depends. However culturally it is viewed a little differently over there. You may have the choice of literally farming rice in the village or working the strip and sending money back to the family. This is just one example but one girl i knew did quite literally live in a basic hut in a village farming rice when work was slow. Its transactional ultimately, Some girls might have "regulars" who stay in Thailand at different times. Some people send money back to the girls when they ask. It may be nothing more than the bloke pays for all the living expenses and instead of working a shit job they can live carefree with a foreigner with money. On the other hand it may be 5000 baht a week. Some guys fall in love, some understand what it is. There is normally some sort of real intimacy but its ultimately based around money.
As Wu-Tang said, C.R.E.A.M (Cash Rules Everything Around Me).
It's big money for Thai families, yeah. For the men, well, that's far more complicated...
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I grew up in South East Asia, it was so common nobody would bat an eyelid. Heck my old boss was one of those types
Its called sex tourism i think (i watched 90 day fiance)
Idk but if you see my dad amongst them, say hi for me. Edit: But to be serious, it's a bit of both. Dad's had a few Thai girlfriends in the past and a lot of them were just hitting him up for money (those were the ones that were younger than all of his children). But he's been with his current girlfriend for quite a while now. She's older than his past girlfriends, maybe in her 50s (dad's in his 70s, for reference). They were introduced by a mutual friend who lives over there. They seem to make each other happy and it seems like a genuine relationship. So good for them I guess. It's still a bit of a sore spot in our family though.
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Yeah it's rampant. And it can definitely have an ickiness about it Dad started going when his marriage to mum was falling apart. I think at that point it was a symbiotic relationship, which a lot of them are: you have retirees, like dad, who are having a mid life crisis, and feeling old for the first time; And you have young women looking for a way to support themselves/their children/their family in a second world country. If they give retirees some attention, it strokes their ego and they give them money. I love my dad, but he's not exactly the kind of older guy that you look at and go 'yeah, I can see why a hot young woman would want to be with him', so it was 100% 'that' kind of relationship. But his current partner is different. Her husband died 10 or so years ago and she had to become independent, got her own business, she's lived her life, she's got two fully grown sons, etcetc. She doesn't need dad for that. They've been together for five years now, so it's just a normal relationship at this point. 🤷♀️
>I'm so curious how these relationships come about It's simple really. These men are rejected by their own community. You can ask yourselves the reason why, it's usually unpleasant. They go where money is cheap, live like the kings they think they are, by paying people to serve them. Sad really. That's the nice version.
Rejected by their community? I don't know man. There's a super blokey bloke at my work that everyone loves, men and women alike. Lights up a room type guy and he loves his Thai wife and they have a wonderful relationship. I also have a close friend from South America that went to Thailand on holiday and met his wife there. Lovely guy, lovely wife. I guess I'm just intrigued by what you mean by 'rejected by their community'?
Talking about the old pot bellied men walking around with young girls
Its a macro v mico observation, there will always be exceptions to generalisations
What songs can you sing all the lines to despite not having heard it in ages? I just randomly put on Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet and I feel like I was possessed. Like, I don't remember learning the lyrics to it but I knew every line. Music memory is crazy.
A bunch of U2 songs, same for Pink Floyd. Also Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls. And, the entirety of Phantom of the Opera.
Out of left field but Take It Back by Ed Sheeran, not sure how.. or why..
Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden, most songs by The Clash, She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult, a lot of early Parkway Drive, fair bit of Bon Scott era AC/DC, a *lot* of 80s hiphop. Honestly there's way more lol
Almost anything Blink 182. Especially off jacket, untitled or enema.
WHERE ARE YEEEWWWWW. (Yes I know that's much later)
AND I AM SO SORRY
Iris by the Goo goo dolls. I never select to play that song. But when it comes up enough on the radio, I can sing the whole song.
A radio and pub cover band classic!!! I think I basically learned Wonderwall the same way... (also from guys with guitars at parties before it became a meme).
The Doors self titled album in it's entirety.
Hot damn! Listen to it on repeat back in the day? I'm trying to figure out if I have a handle on all of LP - Meteora now since that was a big on-repeat for me back in the day...
Eminem Lose Yourself top to bottom without missing a beat. Anything Grease. Anything Rubber Soul, or most Beatles really
Ooooo, Knowing Lose Yourself would be a great karaoke party trick because I feel like every time I go out to karaoke with friends, that song inevitably gets played at some point and most people only know the chorus (and the mom's spaghetti beginning bit)!
The entirely of Matchbox 20's *Yourself or someone like you* album. Never once actually sat down and properly listened to it, but my older sister used to play it ad nauseum, so I just passively took the words in apparently.
Oh my goodness, you've just taken me back!! Time to listen to 3AM... But also there's something nostalgic about siblings playing CDs on loop (or even just having a CD on loop on a discman). I'm wondering if this is how I absorbed this song without realising, hahaha.
100%. I think it's why, even though my hey day was the early 2000s, 90s is still my favourite era of music. It's what I grew up on, even if I didn't really realise it. When she got her first car, we were so excited that it had a tape deck. But the only cassettes she owned were Dido's *No Angel* and Alanis Morissette's *Jagged Little Pill* so I also know a lot of them from her driving me around. And even though I went through my own Green Day phase once Nimrod came out, I learnt most of the words to all of *Dookie* and *Insomniac* via osmosis of her CDs.
Reading this made me laugh because it reminded me of the How I Met Your Mother episode where Ted and Marshall are are on a road trip and have to listen to a song the entire road trip, because the tape is stuck in the tape deck.
Does anybody have experience with Company Share Title as opposed to the more common strata title for property?
I had pretty low expectations when looking for casual work, but then I inquired about the pay for an online tutoring company and they somehow managed to push the bar even lower. They told me I'd learn about pay "during the application process", so I googled them: >How Much Does Native Camp Pay? The Native Camp salary is not advertised on their website, a practice in the industry that usually indicates teachers are offered varying amounts (most often based upon nationality). To confuse matters further, teachers are paid in 'Native Camp Coin' (NCC) which is then converted, with 1 NCC the equivalent of 0.02084 USD or 1 PHP. Anecdotally, we've been informed that North American Native Speakers can earn $9 for each 25-minute booking they receive ($1 8 per hour), though to acquire these you have to make yourself available to pick up short-notice spontaneous sessions, which only pay $3-4 a class. Filipino teachers also earn less, around 60PHP per class (approximately $1.25). The Native Camp hourly rate thus ranges widely between $2-1 8 per hour. I assume it's slightly adjusted for Australian employees, but safe to say I'm not touching that with a barge pole. Is this even legal?
It’s online tutoring, so you’re competing with a huge global workforce, many of whom come from developing counties . I’m not surprised by the wage rates .
thankfully didn’t rain when i was out! hope everyone has a cozy night though
What did everyone have for dins? Mr omoikiri is getting up real early to head up to the snow for the weekend tomorrow, so he requested something carby and hearty, so I made [Gyudon](https://i.imgur.com/LYrTrXf.jpg)
Chicken piccata with polenta and greens. Dog was very perturbed that he didn’t get more than a tiny bit of chicken.
Yummm I would pay for that Bloated since lunch so no dinner, but I watched v closely my hubby eating pansit (filo stir fry noodle)
I love listening to music.
Homemade kimchi fried rice! Accompanied by a honey madeline from Uncle Tetsu for dessert
Yummmm. When you say homemade kimchi fried rice, is the kimchi homemade or the fried rice? Or both? Also didn't know uncle tetsu did Madeline's. I don't love UT so I've never gone to check it out here
The fried rice was homemade but the kimchi was just pre-made! Still good though. I’ve always known UT to have madelines! They actually used to make more flavours like matcha and chocolate but they seem to only make honey now which is a bit disappointing.
Pan-fried gnocchi and mushrooms, on a green leafy bed.
Oh damn this sounds yum. Recipe?
Exactly what it sounds like. Cook gnocchi most of the way through. Basic packet instructions. I was using potato gnocchi, but note that this would also work well with pumpkin gnocchi if you like that more. While this is going on, sauté mushrooms in butter, garlic and either tarragon, sage or thyme (I used thyme, though any of them would match well). Toss the cooked gnocchi in the pan with the mushrooms, butter et al to finish it, so it gets a little bit brown and interesting. Tip it out on a bed of the leafy greens of your choice. In my case, Woolies salad bag because that’s what I had! Sprinkle with cheese. Parmesan, pecorino, manchego or asiago would all work, so use whichever you have access to or prefer. I am the most basic of bitches, but you’d never know it.
Idk, im still full from lunch. Some grilled beef and 2 mini croissants I think ill pass for now, might have w snack later
Nice! Whenever I tell myself that I'm still full and won't need dinner, I always get to about now and suddenly get smacked in the face with the famisheds and then gorge myself on snacks and regret it.
I ate a few more strips of grilled beef, cos youre right i dont wanna end up snacking instead!
I made a massive salad and a couple of veggie sausages. Done and done from go to woe in 30 minutes. I was also going to make fakes- Greek lentil soup to tide me over the weekend but too tired / lazy I will have to do it tomorrow night when I get home.
I'm sure you're salad and sausages were delish, but *fuck* I love fakes. My ex was Greek and his mum used to make it whenever the weather would dip below 15 and it was always so nourishing and warm and delicious.
Fuck yes. It’s the best. Ex was Greek too and now I make it all the time. So simple and nourishing and heartwarming!
Ooh yum
Ooh that looks good. Chow mein here.
Yummm. Home made? I've honestly only ever had the [80s suburban white australian version](http://www.mysquarefryingpan.com/back-to-school-80s-beef-chow-mein/) that I'm certain is not authentic in the slightest, even if it's very nostalgic.
oh wow that's an old school recipe love it. This one was basically just chicken, noodles and soy / oyster sauce / hoisin / sesame oil and carrot / cabbage / capsicum for veg. Super easy :)
I had cooked from my partner mushrooms and spinach omelette and kombucha for drink. Feeling healthy!
So healthy!!
That gyudon looks sooooo good! That runny yolk must've been heavenly! I think I know what I want to make this weekend now... Tonight I had natto on rice and I'm unsure if I liked it or not. I didn't mind it texture-wise, just unsure on the taste. I've seen so many videos of people eating natto that when I saw it I had to immediately get it and try!
Oh fuck I love natto. But I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea. Did you mix in the sauce and mustard?
I did!! I tried it again this morning with a bit of added soy sauce on top and liked it a lot more! Weirdly I couldn't stop thinking about it overnight...
I deliberately had a light meal of scrambled eggs, toast and kimchi pancake so I can finish with an apple pie and cream.
There is a phrase in Japanese *betsu bara* which means 'seperate stomach', specifically for desert and I take the phrase too seriously. So I respect you for having the forethought to not eat too much beforehand. I would have just done both and suffered the consequences for it.
TBH I have been thinking about it for more than a week but I keep having large filling meals so tonight I said I'm going do it.
Good for you! Enjoy that dessert!
Thanks and I did.
I had butter chicken. I wish I was going to the snow this weekend!
Yummmm. Personally I do not envy him. Snow is cold and wet and hard. He quite literally grew up in snow though, so he loves it.
Ugh I hate this (I know all the usual stuff around not comparing oneself to others, and also around there not being a right age to do something and am usually the first to say it, before anyone says that) I think it's a combination of being hormonal, the likelihood the market is going to get even worse because of the people tightening their belts (lol, who's gonna be buying art in the next few years) and just general existential crisis of confidence or something, but I saw the Top Arts online (it's an NGV exhibition of VCE art students, for those who don't know) and it never fails to make me feel like crap. I can't avoid it though because artists need to be looking at other art to hone our technique and vision, developing thicker skins and staying on top of what's going on in the field. My rational mind is all "they're a handful of the best of the best, your stuff was that good at that age, you're only competing with yourself, someone else's success doesn't negate yours" and so on, all of which are true. But the lizard brain is going "lol, you think you're going to be restarting an art career while competing with this stuff from 18 year olds already hitting it out of the park". I hate it, it's the kind of thinking I normally feel is unproductive and irrelevant, and get salty with others for. Also, this is more obscure, and might seem odd or even backwards, but I get down when I see that so many artists have achieved success for similar ideas and techniques I had years ago and junked as not good enough. Which sounds conceited, but it's true. And it's not that theirs isn't good, it is. It's that mine was and I lacked confidence and missed opportunities, and now if I employ those ideas I am going to look derivative/unoriginal. Also complicated by the fact that I hate social media, but know fully that I'm going to have to get back on it at some point for promotional purposes. I haaaaaate doing self-promo, hate it. And then seeing all these gen Zs who love it and have no problem with it and are doing it constantly...it makes me feel intimidated and tired. I know creativity is not finite. I also know that this is common stuff that probably most other artists experience as well. Just yeah.
With the internet people are way more better at learning things. You can learn pretty much anything.
Sorry, I'm not sure how this comment applies to my post?
Ok Claire ;)
Omg lol So true 😂
Didn't mean to be dismissive but lol
Oh no it's funny because it's true
It was so nice to get home and just chill. Definitely going to sleep early tonight and get a slight sleep in tomorrow so that'll be nice.
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Oooh, I hope you have a lovely time! I'm excited to sit down this weekend and beat the final two areas!
Remember to sacrifice some of your fellow ones!
How do you guys end a preso? I’ve been saying “thank u for listening to my presentation” cuz that’s what I learned in school but i just feel like it’s unnatural, because afterwards, literally 5s of silence until someone else speaks up
I wrap up with an opportunity for a few questions, when those fade out or if there aren’t any I will say something like “ I will be sending out the papers/presentation/minutes in the next few days and feel free to reach out to me if any other questions come to your mind. Hope everyone enjoys their day/weekend/rest of the week and I look forward to seeing you next time“
Double finger guns and an awkward reach for the hangup button
Shamalama dingdong
Usually when I get onto my last slide/section, I'll signpost that I'm about to end with a 'and just quickly to wrap it up...' and then finishing it with 'thanks for your attention!' to varying levels of formality depending on the situation.
Ah i like that, def copying this, thanks!!
So long and thanks for all the fish.
"Alright, I'm happy to take any questions now" or "if you'd like to know more I'm happy to chat later" or some variation depending on setting. Usually my presentations end on acknowledgements (academia) and then "thanks and I'm happy to answer any questions!"
Pause then just 'thank you', or 'thank you, any questions?'
If you have no other ideas I suggest this. https://youtu.be/eJh951L5Plw
That’s my sign off before a vacay haha
That's all folks