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Met my future dog yesterday.
Long story, but the owner has breast cancer and needed to find a forever home for a staffy (my dream dog).
Spent about 2 hours with him yesterday making sure he’d be happy with me as his human. He’s very shy but we both fell in love.
Meet Adam the new love of my life 😍
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I’ll just pop that one in the treat bag for later
LOOK AT THE LITTLE BABY!
My favourite thing is naming pets with human names. Like my cats are Bob and Rosa (Bob was named after Silent Bob but I revoke it and he’s named after Bob the Drag Queen – he was named by my ex-stepdad. Rosa is named after Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn 99). Can’t wait to name a pet Greg.
I can’t wait to confuse people at work when I complain about him taking a shit on the rug
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And how is Maggie doing today? 😂
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Oh that’s even better!
Hello Adam. You are very cute.
🥺 can I have him instead please?
Quite the heart stealer already
he looks like a cute puppy 🤗
Really sweet and placid too. Think we’re gonna get along nicely
Awww the doggo!
I hope you have lots of fun times together.
Looks so cute sleeping like that.
Haiiiii Adam!
What a beautiful doggo.
Eeeeee!!! I accidentally found the cat’s cuddle spot!!! 😻😻😻 it’s much closer to the TV than I would normally sit but I decided to sit there while petting her and she CRAWLED ONTO MY LAP. I nearly died. I didn’t have my phone but when she got up for a bit I grabbed it and sat back down and here she is purring up an absolute storm. She hasn’t cuddled at all the whole 2.5 weeks I’ve been here - I’ll sit here all day long to feel her purring contentedly against me1. Oh please kitty cat don’t let this be a one time thing. We can chill any time. Any time at all. <3
prrrrrrrrrr
Meanwhile Teddy is passed out drunk because of the rejection :)
Teddy is adrift without the baby boy that usually lives in this house… (who probably just drools all over him at this stage tbh)
kitty head on leg is THE best feeling.
I could die happy right now, but then I might not get to experience this again tomorrow so no dying for me today.
Well fingers crossed if kitteh liked it she’ll want it again!
Aww so satisfying when they do this! The elation of being chosen! And a beautiful kitty 😍
Cats are so good at making feel like a piece of useless garbage but they also make you feel so special and divine when they choose to lavish their love upon you. No, I am not a battered cat slave, don’t send help…
The teddy in the background is in perpetual free fall!
Oh when she settles in you’re going to be pinned under her
She’s not at that stage yet. She prefers to stay mostly adjacent. I went to go feed her (I’m guessing this cuddliness was all a ruse…!) and now she’s back to ignoring me from the other side of the house. But if I can be cat trapped by her before I head back home that would be an accomplishment indeed.
couchrat says goodnight
aww good kitty.
Doubt it’s saying goodnight it’s wide awake with them eyes.
Photo id: grey tabby cat looking adorable
Hey just so you know, the image description for vision impaired users was actually already in the alt text of the photo in that comment (which you put in the square brackets when you use markup). That’s how image descriptions are meant to work. If you hover over the photo on desktop or long press to open the image in another tab on a mobile browser you’ll see the description.
Just fyi about accessible tech if you’re going to keep wanting to label peoples photos.
Ok well I use the safari version of Aussie.zone on my phone only, to me it just looks like it’s just the photo of your cat with nothing else. I tried long pressing and it didn’t do anything. Whatever the case, I must be the only person who didn’t realise this and apologise for adding the ID and I promise never to add an ID to any future image from anyone :) thanks for letting me know
Ok so I looked into this and amazingly enough the only way it seems that you can access the alt text on Safari iPhone is to actually turn on VoiceOver in Settings>Accessibility - which most vision impaired users (those would need alt text at least) would use anyway in order to navigate the OS, but sucks if you’re testing. When VoiceOver is activated, and my comment is read out (you can try it by selecting it with the image in Safari), VoiceOver does indeed read the alt text.
You won’t have the same issue with Chrome on iPhone, you can long press and see the alt text.
All good. Thanks for looking into and figuring how it all works. And patiently explaining it all
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Yum. I think I’m going to go and start my own dinner now, you made me hungry.
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I trusted you, Goddess. I could have hung up my laundry indoors last night, but I remembered your comment saying today was going to be 18 degrees. So I waited and hung out my stuff on the line this mroning and it dried perfectly throughout the day. So - thanks! I’m glad I held off instead of having clothes cram up my house. Cheers!
Well, the Goddess of sunshine does have full control of the weather.
Not exactly full control…
You’re welcome
Tomorrow marks a week since I moved into the new place. I’m feeling so much better, and feel like I’m in a much more healthy place mentally than I was in the last place. And honestly, a lot of it is just the little things, like being home alone, and having access to knives, and administering my own medication
That’s fantastic. The environment of the last place didn’t sound healthy for anyone
Based on the sheer turnover of workers, I’d say you’re right
Awesome news Baku. A little peace of mind is golden.
It really is
You’re going to feel stronger and more confident everyday. :)
It’s already started! That European festival thing I decided to give a go, I wouldn’t normally do because of all my people anxiety. Who coulda thunk that healthy environments make healthy minds?
Love to read this!!
Awesome! 💯 So glad to hear it’s all happening for you after your hospital trip and all that stuff last week.
Thanks! Yes last week was a shitshow, and the anxiety about the move definitely didn’t help
Things are looking brighter for you everyday! You got this! You deserve only good things 💜💜
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So glad to hear.
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Glad to hear! Your list of little things is not so little, it must feel great to be entering a new stage of life where you are getting more autonomy.
I can’t believe this is winter.
Neither can I.
Bit windy but I’ve been outside for a bit today several times and it’s so nice to be out in the sun today.
This is all because we got a bullshit summer last summer.
I’m taking every minute of it I can outside!
I can’t believe it’s not butter!
I still can’t believe fabio was hit in the face by a goose on a rollercoaster.
Lol. Who downvotes a daily discussion thread?
I downvote when someone says they don’t put butter on toast.
I exist… we exist.
Went out…
16 bucks a pint.
can feed a family of 6 fo that.
obscene.
Ok, lunch is packed. Camera battery charged. I’m ready to head off for the day. Be good while I’m away, and keep your finger’s crossed that the rain holds off long enough this afternoon that I don’t come home a soggy Raven.
Quick the parents are gone! House party!
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Can you bring me back some ice cream please? I’ll be good.
I’ve been invited to fill in a survey on my experiences as a student. The email says I am from a “unique group of students”. I think this might be a polite way of saying “you’re really old for a student”.
I am amused by the phrase ‘unique group’. If unique, then by definition not a group. If they meant ‘small group’ why didn’t they say so. Fancy word syndrome strikes again.
I have a Melb Uni tshirt with ‘minimise sesquipedalian circumlocutions’ written across the front. I cherish it.‘minimise sesquipedalian circumlocutions’
I want one. A quick google search revealed that I can buy many tshirts with just the word sesquipedalian on it in a variety of fonts but not that tshirt :( can you still get them or no?
It was from the early 2000s. Doubt if MelbUni has them anymore. I got it from their shop on campus, even though I wasn’t a student.
Aw dang, thanks anyway.
old student is when your own daughter is older than the lecturer 😬
I do not have a daughter. Have I discovered the secret to eternal youth?! One weird trick doctors don’t want you to know…
Ending the week on a positive note. I wasn’t expecting it but I feel like I’ve finally made progress this week. Still lots on the list to do and learn but it’s nice to feel that I’m getting somewhere. 💪
i am going to splurge and get a tuna mornay for lunch today
Where from? Can I interest you in this Devour from Woolies, Coles or IGA.
Ohhh I will see of my walking distance smol Coles has it
As far as frozen meals go this is Elite. 5/5 yum yums.
You have inspired me to make this for dinner. Thank you, but I want to put an additional ingredient for a point of difference.
What could I add?
Blue cheese. Cheese in general. More cheese than you think is reasonable, and then a bit more after that
Peas, corn kernels, lemon, chilli flakes, herbs. Any of these will taste good.
Scallops 🤤
Fantastic idea, I hadn’t thought of adding another seafood element.
Sweet corn kernels were always my favourite in a tuna mornay if you weren’t already using it.
Maybe peas?
That’s good. I already put both in though.
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I love lobster. Is it me or you just don’t see that around too often?
we ate them all already
Water chestnuts for crunch. Just don’t chop them until they resemble fingernail parings, which can lead to domestic disagreements. Ask me how I know.
Is that you Trent Latham?
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Are you me?
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Someone forgot to eat vegemite toast after a big night…
Correct
Were you drinking wine?
Margaritas and a bottle of house-wine. I have only myself and power ballads to blame.
You said the magic hangover word “house wine”.
