Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    17·
    10 months ago

    I took his blankets away to wash and now he’s not happy

    I really need to vacuum his bed and his spot but I don’t think he’s going let me.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    14·
    10 months ago

    oh man that relief when your ear finally pops after being blocked for like 12 hours. Even swallowing was starting to hurt!

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
      6·
      10 months ago

      I have noticed you’ve set up Aussie frugal living and I’m going to contribute as much as I can. If you could direct people to Food Australia I think we can make a great partnership. (Yes that was a cricket reference)

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        4·
        10 months ago

        I did yeah, I keep forgetting about it because I dont get notifications for it. Happy to add you as a mod too.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    13·
    10 months ago

    Ted Cat pics. I’m trying to get him into a routine so I bring him downstairs everyday at around 3. He really loves the sun.

    spoiler

    spoiler

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    13·
    10 months ago


    I’m jealous of these magic swing things. We didn’t have them as kids.

    I don’t think I’d trade the super fast metal slides and turntable dizzy thingy that actually go fast though.

      • Nath@aussie.zone
        1·
        10 months ago

        I used to ride on the swings with them when they were babies. By the time the younger one was 18 months, they were riding without me:

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    12·
    10 months ago

    Finally got the inspiration to start writing music again. Fuck it’s been a rough couple of weeks. Worst feeling when you sit down in the studio and the only stuff that comes out is derivative bullshit.

    In other news, Gibson loves the new spinning butterfly toy I bought her. I went on a spending spree at a pet shop so we are all stocked for enrichment stuff. Now I just need one of those kitty hammocks that sticks to the window.

    • zik@aussie.zone
      5·
      10 months ago

      Here’s a random tip I heard about music inspiration: if you’re in a rut do something completely differently from how you normally do it. Do something the opposite way from how you usually do it or start using a different approach from usual. Maybe give yourself an arbitrary restriction like “no thirds, use more sixths instead” or pick something you normally do and do the reverse. If you normally start writing songs with chord progressions try starting with a melody instead. Or start with a rhythm instead. Just do something different so you’re forced to have a fresh take on composition. Hopefully that’ll help you see things in a fresh light.

  • Ntcc661@aussie.zone
    11·
    10 months ago

    My house is visitor clean. Some place are really clean now! So welcome! Just don’t open that door. Or that door. And don’t check that cupboard.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      3·
      10 months ago

      Taking the kids to the Royal Show tomorrow. I might post results of that. I suspect I’ll be keeping you company.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 months ago

    Why is it every single time I send an email or message to my loved ones or friends I am terrified up to the moment I press send, after I press send I’m resigned to the impending disaster. ie, rejection of my message or me. Opening replies is just as terrifying.

    And yet there is never a disaster and reading back my messages they are never so fraught or needy or rude as I think they are. My messages are usually kind and sensitive and tactful .

    Stupid inner voice from my ex family telling me I am really bad at social interactions, so bad I’m an outcast. Why did I believe it for so long?

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      7·
      10 months ago

      Stupid ex family kicks them in the shins Be nice to yourself. You have decades of lies to unlearn, and some of them got their hooks in you at a very early age.

      You are awesome and they are arseholes.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        7·
        10 months ago

        thank you 😭

        truly, I am the luckiest person in the world to have such wonderful people in my life, not a one has ever said or done anything to warrant my feelings. All the feedback I’ve ever gotten from others has been so positive.

        I just don’t understand why my ex family would tell me such awful lies that hurt my life and soul .

        • Taleya@aussie.zone
          5·
          10 months ago

          The most horrid thing is you’ll never get an answer that will give you closure.

          You just won’t.

          Voice of experience here, the best you will get is understanding that there is just something…broken or missing in them, that is not in you. You’ll learn concepts like emotional immaturity or generational trauma or maladaptive habits or projection or a whole bunch of other ones but they’re just puzzle pieces you constantly juggle around, there’s no one piece you can one day point to and go AHA! THAT WAS IT!

          Because it’s not you. It was never you. It’s them. And you can’t process another person’s psyche.

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    10 months ago

    Next door’s knockdown aka house removal is proceeding apace - guys were there early and got stuck right in.
    So far there’s already been one “whoa! crash” and one clanging noise “Nice work Andy, you fucking broke it!”
    Get your bets down as to whether the house makes it out the gate in one piece, or at least the pieces it’s supposed to be in.

      • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
        8·
        10 months ago

        Apparently so! It was built in the twenties or thereabouts so the plan is to cart it away elsewhere and build another house or houses on the block.
        Hopefully I’ll be out before that really gets underway…

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 months ago

    Missing the kid today. Hes having a blast at daycare I know. But I’m looking forward to him coming home.

  • bananafungus@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 months ago

    Me climbing into bed at 8:15pm is the final signal that my mini-break is well and truly over. Now I’ll not have another break until my big Christmas one, which has me in a terrible mood.

    What also has me in a mood is the cat is going through a phase of thinking he owns the centre of the bed.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 months ago

    Ted Cat report. He enjoys zooming up and down the stairs.

    He no longer frets too much . He does like company. He and Bill still aren’t best buddies. I’m still a little nervous around him, he has scratched me once already and given a nip.

    Will try to get some pics of him later when he comes down for his afternoon play and sit in the sun. 😊

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      3·
      10 months ago

      try and squish the nervous, he’s gonna pick up on it and decide he should be nervous too, and if the only things about are the two of you, he’s certainly not going to decide he’s the one to be nervous and get bitey about /catlogic.

  • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 months ago

    I can be a bit of a space nerd at times, so quite excited to read about the successful return to Earth of a sample taken from an asteroid that’s whizzing around the sun. The mission set off over 7 years ago sent a robotic probe to map the asteroid, collect samples and came back to Earth drop to them off by parachute in a capsule. The probe then turned around and is now heading towards a different asteroid. Cool.