I GOT MY PASSPORT 🎉
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Yay ⛵
Yay, time to celebrate with lamb shanks!
And a nice bottle of wine.
Yay! Where are you off to?
New Zealand for a few days in hopefully November then next year Japan.
Congrats, crazy C-dog! How many times did it go between sunshine west and Melbourne airport?
I have no idea mate. I got a sms on Friday to say it’s been dispatched then it arrived today by my trusty local postie.
You don’t stalk your parcels???
I didn’t have a tracking number. Is there a way to do it without a tracking number?
Oh, I thought the passports were sent with tracking. If you got the notification it was being delivered, then it probably was being sent with tracking. If you don’t have an auspost account, it can be worth creating one because it’ll try and use your details to match parcels to your account if the parcel is eligible for tracking, even if you were never informed of the tracking number. It uses your name, address, email, and whatever else is on the parcel to try and link it to you
Oh. I will do that. Thank you.
I had my care team meeting today. I think it went pretty well. It was fun watching the shitshow of blame games, as well as the external people who just seemed shocked this happened at all. It looks like my org will reimburse me for the security camera and door alarms though, so that’s useful. It didn’t actually cross my mind that I could probably either make them buy it, or to just reimburse me for it later. One of my support people in the meeting was just like “so let me get this straight: you purchased cameras and alarms to keep yourself safe, with your own money, even though it’s their fault you have to worry about your safety in the first place?”
From tonight there’s no more overnight workers which means I’m on my own again. I’m not feeling unsafe or scared anymore, I feel like even if he does come back, I can handle it. But after thinking on it more, I don’t think he’s the type who would come back. I mean, he broke into my room while I was away and only did it before he moved out, even though it’s probably a logical fallacy on my part, that kind of just seems like cowardice. Plus, if he was planning on coming back, he probably would’ve by now
I really hope someone gets fired for this
If you were an adult, I’d tell you to go to the ABC with this clusterfuck. Save it for when you’re safe, though, this crap needs to be exposed ugh.
I’m glad you’re feeling better and safer. I hope things keep improving for you! You’re incredibly kind and smart :)
So is there any accountability or changes coming out of it?
Hmm… Well, I’ll see the area manager tomorrow afternoon, he’ll probably tell me he’s sorry for what happened but also it’s not actually his fault at all and in a roundabout way, it’s actually my fault. But that’s probably about it
My daily rant as an old person.
Using the words Processing and Unpacking when speaking or writing of thoughts.
I truly dislike these words because it turns people into machines, into objects. It’s how a psychopath wants you to think about yourself and events. They want to define how you think and feel.
People reflect on events and feel emotions, they don’t process. When you use the wrong word/idea you distance yourself from who you are.
People think about their lives and events, they may or may not think in an analytical way, they don’t unpack. I unpack my groceries and when I do I’m not analysing what they are, how and why I bought them, the origin of the groceries, I’m not trying to make a narrative that makes sense, I’m not relating my groceries to other groceries. I’m just picking them up and putting them away.
When unpacking I usually circle back, touch base and re-process, re-pack then if the synergistic ducks are in a row it’ll be all blue skies.
Do you navigate all your problems like that?
The only time I use process is when someone tells me some really big news and immediately wants an answer. I’ll reply with “um give me some time to process that”.
I unfortunately use these kinds of words as a result of working at a community organisation that was run by an interlinking system of committees. There used to be a lot of meetings, and people padded out their conshy sounding contributions with the sort of language that adds absolutely no meaning. Honestly the joint was a bit like a cult and it took me a long time to deprogram myself.
Agreed! So much more is involved in reflection than just “unpack/process”. I’m not “putting away” my thoughts, nor am I “processing” them like a warehouse. Sure, one can make a metaphor for how the brain stores memories (short and long-term, and how that can be disrupted, the effects of such disruption, etc) to how a warehouse stores stock or moves it. But as with all metaphors, they are lacking in a fundamental way: they discount the humanness of thinking and memories. The process of remembering and mindfulness is less a straight line of “A follows B follows C follows D…”, and more akin to “A reminds me of F, and I feel X about that, but maybe I should think about D and how it relates to L and I can use that if I encounter G…”.
Thinking of us as machines, well, dehumanises us lol.
I might do a little rummaging around to find out when that terminology first arose and who is responsible and why.
I admit manipulation of language and beliefs bother me.
> Using the words Processing and
> Unpacking when speaking or
> writing of thoughts
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> I truly dislike these words
> because it turns people into
> machinesI feel the same. Same thing also with the word “content”. If I write something, like an article or whatever, I did not “produce” anything, and certainly not “content”. Even this little mastodon comment here, silly as it may be, is not “content”. It’s something I’ve written where I (a human!) expressed some thoughts.
@Seagoon_ it’s possible that you’re unaware that “unpack” came into this kind of discourse as a term from the 1988 essay “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” which is about deconstructing white privilege
https://admin.artsci.washington.edu/sites/adming/files/unpacking-invisible-knapsack.pdf
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Made it in for a bit but was too much got out straight away:
Wasn’t the size of the waves but the power in them was impressive. Zero people walking their doggos heh.
looks scary
Through to an interview with second preference job, Friday lunchtime. I’ve already done online testing with great results and submitted a five minute video. I’m hoping this is more of a formality at this point. I am a great candidate
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Damn straight you are! Fuck yeah!
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Good luck!
You’ll smash it!
Good luck! 🤞🏼
The incoming rain looks awful.
Pray for me.
is it coming from the south? thats strange.
The polar mass is upon us!
Yeah, coming up from the south. I saw yesterday there’s two low pressure systems out south to south east.
Ngl “the low pressure south east” sounds like a kinda cool name for a band
Dammit, I wanted to do some gardening this arvo
I could wear make-up and curl my hair,
Commence my glow-up and start to care,
I’d colour myself amongst the rainbow,
But what for and why? I don’t know.I want to be pretty like the girls on the net,
But I feel quite petty when my eyes set
Upon my face and the way it exists.
But what for and why? It just is.Is it the web that makes me feel so bad?
All the cute girls on the street, I feel so sad.
I’m sure if I tried, I’d look like a queen,
But what for and why, so I could be seen?I don’t crave attention, I’ll promise you that,
I like staying home with my coffee and cat,
Should I do it for me, and try to be pretty?
But what for and why? Now I sound petty.
Peets on feet
Gibson has the cutest little white cheeks 🥰
Work all week. Spend weekend recovering from exhaustion. Repeat. Life not very satisfying ☹️. At least my cat naps on the bed with me.
16 tons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkRYuMqw-B0 written in 1946
I just accidentally replied to a work text message in all caps. Realised just as I hit send. oops. Maybe I can blame the cat.
Blame the Dems, everyone else does.
It’s ok, turns out they were too distracted by the typo in their own message to notice me yelling at them.
I’ve bought Melbcat a treat tower - trying to give her some enrichment.
You’re a good cat friend. 😊
Gym achieved. Now to undo it with fancy iced coffee
Easy come, easy go.
Back to it… Lunchnotes - theme by kidcalhoon2
Woke up to 6, got ready for work only to realise it’s Monday and not Tuesday (my in office day). About to have a serious midday nap
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Hey g, what doing?
Hey Baku! Was up early - I am going to a virtual conference in USA time later this week and trying to get myself to wake up at 3am for a few days as training. Hope you have a mre settled week this week 🤞🏻
Ooh, what are you confarsing?
It’s an ecological conference in the states ( I do quite a bit of environmental work as part of my job). Am looking forward to lots of ideas but not the 3am starts
