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Interview went well!!!

Invited to meet the ceo in person next week :)

If i get this, I'm done climbing the ladder. This is the role that will keep me with a safety net.

Something else happened this week which was cool. I reconnected with one of my best friends that I lost when I went off the rails. I found him on Facebook and apologised for my behaviour and he actually messaged me back saying "... I know that wasn't the real you".

It's been 12 years since we spoke. Tomorrow he's going to call me so we can catch up.

I've been struggling with feeling isolated the last few months. Wondering if it's going to be like this for the rest of my life.

I'm so fucking glad he responded. We were inseperable. He taught me to play drums and I taught him guitar.

Healthcare CEO shot and killed I for one am STOKED to watch the US finally kick off the "eat the rich" portion of late stage capitalism.

I thought I'd share this story. I don't know why.

YASSS

Was about to head back to melbs.. look down next to my foot and there's a funny looking big XLR cable. Audio studio cables everywhere. Fuckn cable moved. Was a brown snake about 50cm long. Managed to get it outside thankfully it wasn't aggressive. I'm not very upset by snakes except the eastern brown snake. Those mfers will ruin your day. Sheesh.

Let me introduce one of the strays I've been feeding near my place. I'm really excited because one of them is starting to trust me. I've found them waiting around 8-9pm which is kind of cool.

Edit:

It's not really an interview but I am meeting a principal at a (Catholic) school about my placement on Monday. Chinos and a button shirt should be ok?

Shoes are gonna be a problem now that I think about it.

Hoping this Woolies strike continues into Christmas tbh. Make then feel it

Random memory: During the time Melbcat needed a lot of trips to emergency and before I had any help or the pram, a taxi driver refused to let her carrier in the car and demanded that she go in the boot. I can tell you that did not happen. I argued with the driver until he refused to take us, called another ride and then boycotted the taxi company.

This was for reasons of not wanting to put her in a dark claustrophobic airless space by herself, and separated from me. (There’s no reason the driver would have taken off with her but I didn’t want to even make that possible.) Also if the vehicle got hit from behind she would have been severely injured or killed. It was unsafe.

And now I see that what he was trying to push me into was illegal.

13. Transport Minimum standards

Adequate ventilation must be provided in the vehicle and travelling container or cage.

And

Travelling containers must be secured or restrained in the vehicle. Cats must not be transported in the boot of a car.

https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/livestock-and-animals/animal-welfare-victoria/pocta-act-1986/victorian-codes-of-practice-for-animal-welfare/code-of-practice-for-the-private-keeping-of-cats#%3A%7E%3Atext=Travelling+containers+must+not+have%2Cthe+boot+of+a+car.

Fuck that guy. My instincts were correct and even in a difficult situation I stuck to my guns and protected my cat.

I should have lodged a complaint but had my hands full and nothing would have come of it.

Be a Karen if you need to, people.

Welcome to the time of the year where I cry at the drop of a hat. This morning we’ve had because my eyeliner is wonky, my pants feel scratchy, a song made me think of my dog and IDK, just work in general. Today sucks.

Something positive to balance the post is that I received a package of “homemade” jams and sauces and omg the roasted capsicum ketchup is delicious. And they threw in a sample of their raspberry jam and I want to bathe in it.

Bought some cheese today

The daily Discussion Thread sounds shit. I dare whoever to make it The Melbourne chitchat thread. Creativity people. Let's be different.

Made it back to Melbs.

Caught the 109 home from southern x. 109 is usually a c class. 2 middle floor bits swivel as it turns corners. Anyway my backpack clip got caught in the gap as it turned and I couldn't get it out. Clip was just swallowed by the floor disc of despair. So there I am every corner the tram turned trying to get the fuckin thing out.

We got there though! Otherwise would've had to have waited until box hill and get the driver to help lol.

My good deed for the day is done: I picked the rest of the cherries from the tree & took them up to the food cupboard with a couple of kilo of parsnips. Walking up to the cupboard with Mr Woof seemed like a great idea, but carrying about 8kg whilst managing a dog leash is not the easiest of tasks.

I’ve hung washing out. Sheets and towels. So prepare for cool change and rain.

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gonna try this watermelon sorbet with some overly ripe watermelon. Wish me luck!

Hi, Indonesian here. Just wanna ask, is it true that Bahasa Indonesia are taught in schools in Australia? I talked to an Australian recently and surprised that they can speak a bit of Indonesian

Slept from 7pm-ish to 4.30am. I guess I had a sleep debt to pay lol

Edit: Actually who cares

Edit 2: Oh sorry for sending the wrong vibe, I wasn't venting, I just posted some dumb uninteresting banter.

I have spent $964.60 on coffees this year. As they've crept up from $3 to $4 to $5.30 over the last decade or so, I haven't noticed the difference it makes to overall finances.

If I had a club membership at the cafe where coffees were free, but annual membership cost $1k, I wouldn't take that up. Yet, it amounts to the same thing.

There was an arson attack near me today.

On high and vigilant alert now.

Today I am going to watch a boring, relaxing and information video on antique furniture restoration

Every year I used to do the pudding challenge which was buy a pudding, let it sit there and when the time is right attack. Can't do it now cos my diet has changed so much over the year. It's a good thing though. Just a little sad.

yikes look at that radar. incoming!

YouTube is starting to really turn to shit. All these short or auto play videos with very little substance that are basically TikTok

Edit: And the ads are absolutely relentless. (Adblock doesn’t seem to work anymore.) No I won’t be paying for premium

Police are outside. One of our neighbours had they car broken into.

😢

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I made another fly trap and this one is working. Thanks everyone here for the advice

A bit sweltery out there already. I managed to get the back garden area mostly weeded and did some cutting back of overhanging trees and the bamboo.

I had a parsnip and carrots self seed in there early this year, so weeding has yielded me a basket full of carrot and parsnip (mostly parsnip). I think I'll be taking some of the parsnip up to the food cupboard, I doubt I'll be able to eat it all myself. If I can find enough enthusiasm to brave the heat and pick some more cherries I might take some of those up too, but right now I think it's way to hot and icky to contemplate it/

The rain has arrived