Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
This post is brought to you by Bot #001. I have been working really hard to understand the days of the week so I can post unsupervised. Today is Taco Tuesday!! I know it is, because I was paying attention when @halibutherring said so.
Went to Costco and mistakes were made. A bag of s’mores clusters is getting handed around the office much to the delight of others though. The mistake was the iced boba tea. I’m glad they’re smaller than they used to be, but I still have regret. The other mistake was not buying the bag of pina colada! Can always go back after work I guess…
I should have gone and treated myself to some snacks and soft drink today.
Instead I got 2 burgers and ate them.
The question now is can you be bothered going after work?
Another pretty big day and I’ll sleep well tonight. Walked 9ks all up which is satisfying. Did a volunteer shift at the finders keepers market for my organisation. The welcome to country was powerful. We sold heaps of stuff. I left feeling euphoric. Being around other super positive trans people is food for the soul. Like good tasty wholesome food too. After being almost lectured by another older sllightly further in their jouney trans woman last night that I wasn’t doing it right it was very refreshing. Love, I’ve lived in my head for 50 years, I think I know the kind of woman I am and where to head in my transition. Another shift tomorrow and a job interview straight after.
Strange times indeed. The employer is friends wih my of my old employers from over 20 years ago and we both worked for the same queer newspaper in different cities. And they have lots of trans staff. It’s basic early morning work which suits my new lifestyle to a t. It’ll pay the bills and give me a lot of free time to keep working on my recovery till I find some new calling. Or it might work out to be totally my thing.
Considering how mentally unwell I was a month ago I feel like a very different person today. The adhd has calmed right down and despite some low level anxiety I’m finding happiness and some of that wonderful thing that is peace of mind.
Thanks for reading as always.
I have fuck all exposure to the trans community, but reading your posts is so enlightening.
Keep on, keeping on girl!!
Thanks for saying so. Nice.
Not all of us have such positive stories and my story should be shared. I got laughed at and “clocked” a bit moving around the city yesterday which is a bit annoying, but I keep telling myself, what others think of me is none of my business. Retaliation breeds further contempt and only shows sick uneducated arseholes what they expect to see. Moving in happiness and pride shows them their views mean nothing to me. Being visible shows people we’re not going to live in the shadows fearing thier mockery. I’ve been called brave a lot, but not accepting my truth would have taken a bigger toll than any kind of transphobia may.
I know it’s been A Week because it’s not even 4:30 and I have broken out THE BOTTLE OF TAWNY and some very delicious 3 month old manchego cheese. (I rarely drink and especially at home). I got so mad earlier today. I needed something to quell the fire.
Bottoms up motherfuckers 🍷
It really has been a week, huh? Cheers to you and a much better weekend ahead!
7 days!
Apparently the City of Port Phillip changed which contractor collects recycling/rubbish… and it’s been a disaster, with the new company not able to collect all the bins on schedule. My building’s shared council recycling bins (shared by 159 apartments) are now apparently completely full due to the missed collection, and there is no ETA on when they will collect the bins, and the building manager hasn’t been able to get the private company who we use for rubbish and cardboard to do a one-off collection from the council bins on short notice. Such a mess, and hopefully they sort it out soon and don’t just get further behind.
Anyone else affected by it?
Snap send solve the full rubbish bins.
Wait a few days, snap send solve again with a picture with the trash all over the street next to full rubbish bins.
/s
I know the Lonely Island’s “Threw it on the ground” is absurd, and could also be seen in a very immature light… sometimes saying to people who govern parts of your life “you can’t buy me, hot dog man” is a necessary response.
it still holds up imo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GROUND
Mrs B’s PS5 honestly sounds like the disk drive is moments from death. Not real crash hot out of a 2 year old console.
as an owner of a noisy as fuck PS4 considering upgrading this does not fill me with hope. might just get the digital version
I wouldn’t. Ff16 was 89 from officeworks, but ~130 from the psn store. I did the maths. Assuming you buy x ammount (I think it was 15?) games over the console life cycle the saving of buying the digital edition didn’t make any sense cause your locked into the psn store.
that’s interesting, i never considered that. to be honest i don’t buy games very much nor at full price but would probably buy 15 over the whole of the life of the console. the digital editions of games costing more than physical has always been absurd to me.
Yeah I mean re run the numbers for yourself, but the digital edition would have to be a LOT cheaper for it to make sense.
Gosh, Facebook just informed me I have been friends with my sister for 10 whole years! Amazing.
I’m contrast, Facebook showed me a memory of a pet that has been dead for while, despite me selecting “see less of these posts” a million times. I hardly post any more, just there to get info
Hey @Duenan@aussie.zone you still awake. Happy Birthday Buddy 🎉
I’m still awake with the Ashes on.
Thank you so much 😀
Happy Birthday! 🎂
Thank you thank you grand chef 👨🍳
@Goddess_Amaterasu@aussie.zone I don’t think bot #001 made a new thread. Can you please do it.
