Spent the night playing guitar, and it was worth it. The new pedal is absolutely incredible! Managed to write a new song for open mic in a few weeks. Was it worth the insane price? I tell myself: yes! Yes it was!
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How many hours are you getting out of it? X$ might seem large to begin with but compare it to any one time fun cost like cinema and I'll bet you're well ahead
That's a great point! It cost 33 movie tickets and I've already gotten 15 movies worth out of it lol
Rock on ๐ค
this is the way
I find estimating cost on a per day basis to be a good way to think of big expenses
Glad the pedal is working out!
I always amortise the cost / use in my head for big ticket studio stuff. Makes me feel better and helps me sleep.
That's a great way to deal with it lol
I mean, at least I'm making something with it that gives me emotional catharsis then it's worth it.
Even though it's only 2 effects, the algos are incredible and many have multiple effects in one which helps.
I have one more on layby:
Wmd geiger counter pro. Look it up man. It's insane lol
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Doing some work on a Sunday (boo) - client issue came up just before the long weekend, which has been on my mind and needed the calm of a weekend day to work through it. Email prepped and ready to send out tomorrow morning. Now I can relax.
Final day of Cyclethon and Pokemon Community Day! Yay! I know I'll cry when they cross the finish line.
If sunday isn't for sitting in bed, reading and napping then when is?
Edit: Glad I have a spare amp in the bedroom. Sleepy cat, guitar, iPad to read SCP's and my phone playing some tunes is perfect.
Monday when you chuck a sickie
Hmmmmmm
Packing continues today. I have "packed" my strawberries into new tubs, all divided up, topped up with soil and a new layer of mulch on top.
I've got 5 or 6 more big rectangular tubs (the old recycling tubs, for those who remember the pre-wheelie days) and a bunch of pots to put other things into. It's the perfect time of year to be moving plants, which is why I chose now to move. I just need to find somewhere to move to...
I got an Amazon parcel today with my name and address, but I did not place the order. It had a $20 Shrek picture storybook in it. I'm going to assume it's a joke birthday present from one of my silly friends, but a tiny part of me wonders if it's someone from my past trying to call me an ogre. Either way, how bizarre.
There is a scam where they use your address and a different name to deliver very small items and then send a huge expensive thing once the address is 'validated'
so they are setting up a history for purchases before they make the big scam
Yep! Turn them away if you ever get eyeballs on the delivery persons and complain if you don't so there is some record
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Boyo once received a pack of toothbrushes from Amazon that no one had ordered, but apparently it's a scam, but not to the receiver but a way for the sender to get themselves fake reviews for "legit" sending of a "purchase". I'm sure there's a better way to explain that.
Oddest thing was that boyo had had dental surgery 2 days beforehand.
Damn, every time I leave this place I delete the memory of how disgustingly huge cockroaches get, and then every time I come back I get a rude shock. ๐คข Loathsome creatures...
And the white stuff that comes out when you thwack it with your thong shudders
My mum is vehemently anti-killing to the point that she won't even relocate bugs off her treasured curry leaf plants that are constantly under attack - I've never seen the insides of a roach and don't think I'm in a rush to ๐ฌ
At my old place I'd catch them under a cup and throw them outside. My mum puts kitchen gloves on and grabs them just like that which freaked me out massively as a child and as an adult
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In Sydney I had ones that had been poisoned so many times they stopped dying and grew curly wings ๐คฎ
My friends had ones that learned to run upright on their back legs to keep the poison offa their mouth-hand-legs.
Theyโre genuinely invincible
Oh god, flying cockroaches are the end boss nightmare. Ewwwwwww
Probably far too late, but do not play RE2
Reminds me of Super Mario Bros where there are those flying turtle things as you progress through the levels
Round 4 paint stripper. Wheee!
Is this the first puffer jacket day ?? I do need to venture to the outside
Fashion advice : banana print oodie, striped pj pants and ugg boots. Just because you recognize the existence of the outside, that does not mean that you necessarily endorse it.
Good advice indeed. Unfortunately I have now showered and washed that tangle on my head (turns out there was hair in there) and so I shall pretend for a few hours to be a member of society (have my floppy comfy jeans on though)
Now for the drive back to Melbourne. The boys are feeling better so I hope it's better than the trip away
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