• just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    Well DT, I got the place… and at the original rent no less (thanks, sloppy REAs!). Payment has gone through so it’s official.

    I’m relieved but also… now that it’s real my heart is also filled with incredible, crushing sadness. I know it’s going to be good for me to downsize and cull and open up my life to new options but I am so, so, sad to have to let go of my comforts here under such ugly circumstances. I can’t even bear to look at my plants, it breaks my heart. Such is life though, isn’t it. Change does not always happen the way we want it to. (and this isn’t by far the worst experience I’ve had having to leave a house)

    My plan for tonight is to just make a meta-list of tasks so that I don’t feel too overwhelmed, but after that I’m going to just let the emotions flow through and watch an episode of Shrinking and take it easy. No stiffer up lip tonight. The work will start tomorrow. I know I’ll get through this, there is joy on the other side. ❤️‍🩹

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      I can’t even bear to look at my plants

      Honestly again I’m more than happy to look after them in the interim until they either follow you and/or for when you find them a new home (I promise I won’t eat them).

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        I appreciate the offer! But many are not long for this world anyway (biannuals/annuals that i didn’t bother replacing).

        I’ve got several offers of good homes for the big plants from friends and colleagues (helps when most of them are into plants heh). Could even take the manzano to the office courtyard. I’m pretty fond of that lil dude

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      I’m so glad to hear you were able to get a place but sad for your plants.

      I’d offer to take them up but I’ve have not had a good time with plants myself and I’m sure they don’t like me back due to neglect.

      Celebrate tonight and over the weekend.

      I hope you’re able to sleep better now that you don’t have to worry about a place.

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      Sending you my love, I am glad that you have a place to move to.

      I’m sorry about your plants, it’s difficult to let go, especially when the circumstances are so lame. But there will be a time when you will have plants again to pour your love and care into. This is a temporary stop on your journey, and you have already proven yourself to be capable, intelligent, and motivated. Trust yourself, you are awesome.

      Wherever you end up, you’re always always welcome in the DT here. And we’ll always be here rooting for you and waving our flags for you 💜

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      What kind of plants and what sort of setup? (Not asking for anything doxable, just an idea of what you could be working with in the new place.)

      There’s a lot of creative ways to have plants, even ones that are just indoor plants. There are also small hydroponic indoor garden kits that could fit on a bench top or windowsill for herbs, bonsai, or air plants.

      (I’m so sorry, I’m not good with emotional support and tend to be a fixer but I understand if this is not helpful or wanted)

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    Count down til xmas when the young Seagoons come to back to Aust and stay with me for a month 🐱

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    I just could not be fucked going out to get some beer, so I found some vodka, plopped some ice in it, and a bit of orange juice.

    This is acceptable

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    About to walk to the shops down here on the foreshore and I reckon I’ll get 13 ‘hellos’ Gonna count that shit then when I get back to melbs in a few days going to say hello to randos and I’m going to compare how miserable we all are.

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    In the news today: It’s official. Pauline Hanson is a racist.
    I nearly made a post about it - but I decided it wasn’t actually news to anyone.

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      Today? She always has been… I thought this was well known to everyone thats ever heard a word leave her mouth.

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      it bothers me how when she first started she was mocked for being a woman, for being a red head, for being working class, for having a working class business

      and then people wonder why she got votes 🙄

      few people reported on or cared what she was saying, nor that what she was saying was normal LNP party policy

      there are few good guys in that whole fucking drama

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      dont really need a ruling to confirm that. I’d call her a c word, but that seems an insult to genitals.

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        Lacks the warmth and depth. She’s a douche. Claims to fix a problem that doesn’t exist and is actively harmful

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      I do wonder if she did good potato cakes though (not that’d I’d buy one but I’d eat it if it was free).

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      It isn’t, but it’s like when you have someone that everyone knows has ADHD who finally gets a diagnosis. It’s good for everyone that it’s finally on record and they can get the support they need.

      Actually I don’t know if that last bit will happen for Pauline 🤔

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        why are you making shit up, I never said I agreed or supported her

        I am saying how she was reported and what the public response was

        it pissed me off how the LNP lied when they said they weren’t racist and that Hanson doesn’t represent them, she exposed them all as being racist. She was originally a LNP candidate.

        Hanson was quoting the policies in the members handbook the LNP gave her

        the racist LNP were angry at her for exposing their hidden racism, the city middle class mocked her , this is such a fucking classist country

        the news did not focus on her racism and nativism, just her class

        I hated Fraser but at least he wasn’t a racist cunt like Howard and the rest

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    😂 I just realised last week that I didn’t have to do that crappy xmas dinner in July shitty deal. MIL#1 really wanted me to cook a xmas dinner and have all the celebration but without presents. So last year I did, I made a lovely three course xmas dinner then made everyone watch two different Scrooge movies so they truly understood the meaning of xmas. They did not expect to celebrate the meaning of xmas, they just wanted a fancy dinner and to be fashionable. They did not like the Scrooge. They have never mentioned xmas in winter/July again. 😄

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                Ah, it’s frustrating that I loved Heavensward and Shadowbringers the most. Will also still put in those many more thousands of hours yet to play though! And nice to meet a fellow player, hopefully we’ll randomly match in a roulette and you can watch me YOLO tank haha

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                  I started playing just before Endwalker came out so I basically played everything through together all the way through to the Endsinger, so didn’t really have proper separation through any part of it. Dawntrail is my first experience of playing a single expansion at a time (and it sucks, I want to mainline more MSQ dammit, none of this waiting another 2 years for a new expansion!)

                  I main healer so I’ll get to keep you alive if you YOLO tank 😊

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            I did last year before I sold my old ps5.

            The story was fucking amazing. Wish the combat outside of the massive fights was a but more interesting.

            If it had the new ff7 combat it would have been probably my fave game of all time.

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      Pfft. If you’re lame I’m lame but to fix that we’re certainly not lame!

      Its perfect normal!

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      I’m spending the weekend filling holes i spent the past month digging, redefine lame

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    Have discovered a fantastic little cafe near my work that does the most amazing toasties. The first time I had one I had my mind blown, thought it could have just been a fluke, but nope, 2 different toasties later, tis confirmed delicious place, completely with excellent vibes! Anyone near Moorabbin Airport needs to checkout Milhouse!