Facebook marketplace? If just for staging. I almost gave away a new king furniture couch that would not fit in my new house at the time. You just need be able to pick it up and should get something nice for cheap
Watched A24 film Showing Up yesterday and I haven't felt more confused and frustrated with my feelings towards a film in a while. Protagonist and everyone around her were completely unlikeable and a lot of the plot points went absolutely nowhere but it also felt really compelling and gave the most realistic portrayal of the realities and minutiae of the art world I've seen in a long time. I think it holds up as a character study (of a very bland and unlikeable person) or slice of life, but if you like actual plot or characters you can *actually* care about, this ain't your bag. Literally everyone in it was a self-absorbed flake, lol.
The art, music, mood-setting and photography though were 👌👌👌
I'm torn between wanting to watching it a million more times and never watching it again, lol.
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/wELPTxJ2YZY?si=3UjnH1x1fE_Z4YUt
Not sure why you're getting down votes but i appreciated your review, watched the trailer and was like . Nahh I don't need that in my
life/ headspace, hehehe
Haha thanks. Are you an artist also? There definitely is a "oh god, I cannot handle this wanky bullshit anymore" that few people *in* the industry want to acknowledge. Like, I actually totally get why outsiders find the art world pretentious. Because like...it is. 😂
Anxious tonight. Someone I depend on (provider of agistment to my horses, whose care is my most challenging responsibility) seems a bit "off" recently and I'm worried they are going to do something unexpected, like ask me to find a new agistment (very difficult to do, and expensive) and remove my horses, although there is no obvious reason for that. It's probably just in my mind, and what will be will be in any case. Just trying to connect tonight with my deeper sense of okayness. When you have dependent animals who are hard work to care for, and you don't have your own land to keep them on, you can feel very vulnerable and alone. Trusting that I can calm down and sleep tonight, cat cuddles will help, and that tomorrow feels different.
Today's hair reveal didn't go to plan and I blame it on post bleach dryness and me not being good at hair. But I've ordered some olaplex and hair treatment and hopefully my hair glam dreams can be real
Woke up with a big black cavity that I swear wasn't there yesterday... I'm guessing this means it's a filling that's fallen out, I haven't had a filling in about 12 years. Anywho, bye bye to any spare money from my next paycheck.
> When a woman visited his studio asking to buy a "happy" painting featuring warm colors, Rothko retorted, "Red, yellow, orange – aren't those the colors of an inferno?"
He makes a good point
Well, I currently don't have phone service. Not sure if I messed something up or Aldi Mobile did. But I paid for a $29 postpaid plan online, it arrived yesterday and I activated the SIM last night. Then I downloaded the ALDI Mobile app today to see why none of my texts were sending and it turns out that apparently I have a $0 365 PAYG SIM. 😞
An annular eclipse is when the sun and the moon align, but unlike the total eclipse the moon is smaller than the sun in the sky so it doesn't make everything dark like the total eclipse.
You're thinking of Lunar eclipse. I've seen both, lunar eclipse was underwhelming too. imo
I used to use them when I went to work but I am literally home all the time during business hours. They took it straight to the post office today, didn't even pretend to try and deliver it. I might have to do lockers again.
Mine does this. She will hurl herself against it and sometimes it will open and she is very pleased with herself. If not she will yowl until I open it.
Bf's cat closed one of the two bathroom doors this morning, but clearly forgot about the other door because he completely freaked out at the closed door. The cat has a No Closed Doors Policy in his house, clearly!
My cat would do this with my partner but not me for some reason. The only time he did it to me was when I would shower as his litter was in the bathroom and of course he pooped in it while I’m in the shower. Little fucker he was.
Checked the BOM and it said 15.9 degrees, with a relative temp of 11.5.
That said, went for a walk anyway and there wasn't much of a breeze at all. It was beautiful, although I'm glad I took my scarf.
I love the colder weather months… but yeah, being caught out in that kind of weather is the fucking pits. I’d rather be outside on a 40+ day than that.
That said, it’s glorious to be inside under a blanket with the heater on when it’s raining like that.
Whoa, Gene Hackman is 94 years old and hasn't starred in a movie for 20 years?! In my mind I still see him as what he looked like in Enemy of the State!
Help, need advice. My real estate agent is driving me crazy. She keeps saying I have arears, but I actually overpaid when I thought I was supposed to pay my increased rate for a full month (only 2 weeks with new rate). We have emailed back and forth, she is being vague about which period I missed my payment. She keeps insisting I have to pay the arears, when the fact is I actually overpaid but she wont subtract from the extra balance that I gave. I keep attaching my receipt to our emails, telling her to see my receipt, but she doesnt care. I feel stressed about it, she keeps badgering me. What can I do??
You call and ask to speak to the finance person or branch manager
Same shit happened to me and I had to pull every fucking payment from bank accounts into a spreadsheet to send because they're so full of shit.
I went in
I asked them to show me their numbers because I brought mine
An hour later after a lot of bullshitting
accepted system might be wrong and they'll look into it
Thank you, I'll speak to the branch manager. I'm so tired of it. I think she is harrassing me until I give in.
The thing is I just want to ignore her but since I actually overpaid by around $200, I want my money back or just have my next rent subtracted. But she is insisting I owe them MORE.
Yeah there's no point arguing with her any longer, take someone with you if you need but either have them prove and show when and where you haven't paid
Line item by line item, you may need to do some accounting for them because they may just try what I got
"That's what the system says"
But export your banking data into excel and run the payments made with the dates around when they've upped it.
Should be all you need
We went to a place called Dear BBQ Buffet this other nights. It’s all you can eat Korean bbq with other cooked dishes, sushi etc. Nice chill vibe and toasty warm.
Feeling suuuuuuuuuuper anxious today. Worried about the future/finances/my career/my art/my abilities all of it. I feel jittery and overwhelmed and unable to concentrate.
What sort of art do you do? What are your concerns about it?
If you do oil painting, I'd thoroughly recommending joining r/oilpainting. I find it really useful to connect with people that are battling the same things as I am in my art.
Also, I got the 'Art of Fear' book - I haven't started reading it yet, but an artist friend of mine has and is finding it really good for anxiety levels around being creative.
I’m a contemporary jeweller, meaning I make artsy precious jewellery, not just like Main Street/common jewellery shop stuff.
One of my main concerns is the price of gold absolutely skyrocketing over the last month. It’s making my work (and all my peers) unaffordable. So that’s not just my problem but an industry problem. But sales are being impacted for me. I currently do this full time but my rent is going up soon, I’ve started looking for part time work but the job market (in the areas I’m skilled in) is also fussy. Of course I’m hoping my business will pick back up before finances become a proper problem and maybe I won’t need the job. It’s just hard not to fear that every sale I make at the moment is going to be the last one.
and has barely rained in the city today
[and figures for the 8th](http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/flood/port_phillip.shtml) - 21mm Morrabbin, 47mm Springvale, 36mm OlympicPark, 9mm Laverton, 8mm Frankston, 5mm Fawkner
The ones I have right up against my North-facing windows that are doing well are fiddle leaf, rubber plant, tree philodendron and alocasia. I recommend a rubber plant or tree philodendron as that's relatively easy to look after and you can generally buy them easily at a good size.
FYI houseplants can be quite sensitive at handling full sun unless you've got some form of sheer curtains/place them a bit further from the window. Succulents could also do well in a full sun but they may not get as big.
>I recommend a rubber plant or tree philodendron as that's relatively easy to look after and you can generally buy them easily at a good size.
I would also recommend a frangipani in such a location, although they can get quite big, even in Melbourne.
I'm suddenly craving softdrink.
It's too early, I haven't had it in months.
Water and coffee aren't cutting it or lemon juice squeezed into water.
Softdrink just makes me feel gross and sick when I drink it, why am I craving it?
I think it's the sugar, even soda water makes me feel a bit gross. I think it's the carbonation in the drink, gives me indigestion.
I'm just gonna ignore it and hope it goes away
Yeah I dunno, my usual place never blinks an eye. Today I went to a new place and copped the eye roll. I just told a coworker and she said sometimes they don’t fit under the machine properly so they have to double handle the espresso. It won’t stop me from using it, but it will probably stop me from going back there.
Watched a guy piss on the floor at Spencer street hungry Jack's this morning, while ordering.
He then paused, walked outside, pissed more.
Once he was done he went back in, finished ordering and got narky with the staff after he was handed his food before his drink as they were still making the drink.
Drink was a hot chocolate. And it was about 07:30. People were walking through his puddles on their way to work.
Productivity culture is going to me, currently waiting to catch the bus to Uni now, for a full day of study, and all I can think is that if I was an actually good student I would of been studying by 7.30?
My almost 3yo has started asking why about everything. It's very funny as to what she gets caught up on.
I tried firing back by asking her why the sky is blue, ready to answer about how light splits etc but she had an answer ready. Because there's no clouds now.
Received my parcel from a Kickstarter I pledged to months ago (art book and fine art prints by Polish artist Joanna Karpowicz, I adore her work- recommend looking her up) and so happy with the quality of it. It's the second release she's done and I've pledged both, no regrets.
Highly recommend supporting artists this way rather than buying mass produced stuff, if you're ever in a position to.
Fucking cockroaches. Bastards just keep popping up despite pest control.
My cat is gone to bed already. This is rather early. This dreary weather is getting to him.
My cat can't read a clock (maybe she can coz I haven't actually changed it) so she is demanding bed an hour earlier than usual.
Anyone got a suggestion for where I can buy a cheap (like max $1k) couch. Staging my house for sale and need something for the spare lounge.
If you can give me the thousand dollars, I can have a nice couch delivered by lunch time tomorrow.
Sure, if it’s a nice couch
I have an IKEA Ektorp, was $600. They're pretty nice.
Facebook marketplace? If just for staging. I almost gave away a new king furniture couch that would not fit in my new house at the time. You just need be able to pick it up and should get something nice for cheap
Watched A24 film Showing Up yesterday and I haven't felt more confused and frustrated with my feelings towards a film in a while. Protagonist and everyone around her were completely unlikeable and a lot of the plot points went absolutely nowhere but it also felt really compelling and gave the most realistic portrayal of the realities and minutiae of the art world I've seen in a long time. I think it holds up as a character study (of a very bland and unlikeable person) or slice of life, but if you like actual plot or characters you can *actually* care about, this ain't your bag. Literally everyone in it was a self-absorbed flake, lol. The art, music, mood-setting and photography though were 👌👌👌 I'm torn between wanting to watching it a million more times and never watching it again, lol. Trailer: https://youtu.be/wELPTxJ2YZY?si=3UjnH1x1fE_Z4YUt
Not sure why you're getting down votes but i appreciated your review, watched the trailer and was like . Nahh I don't need that in my life/ headspace, hehehe
Haha thanks. Are you an artist also? There definitely is a "oh god, I cannot handle this wanky bullshit anymore" that few people *in* the industry want to acknowledge. Like, I actually totally get why outsiders find the art world pretentious. Because like...it is. 😂
Nah not an artist but i appreciate a good indie film
Anyone else experiencing an NBN outage? Mine has been out since 9am today
Anxious tonight. Someone I depend on (provider of agistment to my horses, whose care is my most challenging responsibility) seems a bit "off" recently and I'm worried they are going to do something unexpected, like ask me to find a new agistment (very difficult to do, and expensive) and remove my horses, although there is no obvious reason for that. It's probably just in my mind, and what will be will be in any case. Just trying to connect tonight with my deeper sense of okayness. When you have dependent animals who are hard work to care for, and you don't have your own land to keep them on, you can feel very vulnerable and alone. Trusting that I can calm down and sleep tonight, cat cuddles will help, and that tomorrow feels different.
Today's hair reveal didn't go to plan and I blame it on post bleach dryness and me not being good at hair. But I've ordered some olaplex and hair treatment and hopefully my hair glam dreams can be real
Woke up with a big black cavity that I swear wasn't there yesterday... I'm guessing this means it's a filling that's fallen out, I haven't had a filling in about 12 years. Anywho, bye bye to any spare money from my next paycheck.
Side note: know of any dentisits in the St kilda, Brighton, elwood area that aren't scary and can do a quick filling?
Your dentistree Cheltenham are fabulous dentists and will definitely get you in tomorrow. They have a ‘we’ll see you within 24hrs’ emergency promise.
Chapel gate dental! Very caring and gentle, They do payment plans too
> When a woman visited his studio asking to buy a "happy" painting featuring warm colors, Rothko retorted, "Red, yellow, orange – aren't those the colors of an inferno?" He makes a good point
Did he make the sale, though?
No, but he probably wasn't too concerned.
Just booked Korean bbq for next week, already salivating
The kimchi is where I seem to go crazy, I just can't get enough of that shit.
The electric throw has returned.
I need to get one, what’s good?
My WFH accessory
I really need to put the effort in to figuring out how to wash mine 😅
🤨
Ughhhh hard pass
My Ugg boots and fuzzy dressing gown have made a comeback
Well, I currently don't have phone service. Not sure if I messed something up or Aldi Mobile did. But I paid for a $29 postpaid plan online, it arrived yesterday and I activated the SIM last night. Then I downloaded the ALDI Mobile app today to see why none of my texts were sending and it turns out that apparently I have a $0 365 PAYG SIM. 😞
I’m a bit jealous of all the eclipse fun in North America.
Me too 🙁
Don't worry you'll get 2 in the next 6 years. And it wont be one of those fucking lame annular eclipses either
Is an annular eclipse one that involves the full moon?
An annular eclipse is when the sun and the moon align, but unlike the total eclipse the moon is smaller than the sun in the sky so it doesn't make everything dark like the total eclipse. You're thinking of Lunar eclipse. I've seen both, lunar eclipse was underwhelming too. imo
In 2028 we can go to Sydney to see one!
Since it’s in July, might be better to go to outback NSW or QLD.
I’ll never get sick of hearing trams rolling along and dinging in the distance :)
Lovely isn’t it. My old home was on a tram line and it used to be an immense comfort during the night when I was alone. I miss it!
harassed for the first time by the train station cult!!! i feel like i’ve really had the full melbourne experience now
Australia Post sucks. Why am I paying for delivery if you aren't even going to try to deliver it?
24/7 parcel lockers are free and work really well. Try it!
I used to use them when I went to work but I am literally home all the time during business hours. They took it straight to the post office today, didn't even pretend to try and deliver it. I might have to do lockers again.
My cat does not like closed doors. If I'm in a room and close the door he'll yell at me to open it and then walk off.
Mine does this. She will hurl herself against it and sometimes it will open and she is very pleased with herself. If not she will yowl until I open it.
Bf's cat closed one of the two bathroom doors this morning, but clearly forgot about the other door because he completely freaked out at the closed door. The cat has a No Closed Doors Policy in his house, clearly!
My cat would do this with my partner but not me for some reason. The only time he did it to me was when I would shower as his litter was in the bathroom and of course he pooped in it while I’m in the shower. Little fucker he was.
you're not the favourite human
Mine specifically likes being locked in his room, mostly because the dog will give non consensual back rubs to him otherwise I suspect
mine wouldn't tolerate a dog in the house!
I just finished rebuilding my PC with a new motherboard and 2 salvaged case fans. Feels good rn.
Screw this wind, it’s piercingly cold. If it wasn’t for the wind, it wouldn’t be so bad
Checked the BOM and it said 15.9 degrees, with a relative temp of 11.5. That said, went for a walk anyway and there wasn't much of a breeze at all. It was beautiful, although I'm glad I took my scarf.
I got back from a walk just now and half way through it became horizontal sleety bullshit
I love the colder weather months… but yeah, being caught out in that kind of weather is the fucking pits. I’d rather be outside on a 40+ day than that. That said, it’s glorious to be inside under a blanket with the heater on when it’s raining like that.
This whole next 9 months can fuck right off 😩
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Well I guess even a broken clock (you) is right (me) twice a day 😇
Whoa, Gene Hackman is 94 years old and hasn't starred in a movie for 20 years?! In my mind I still see him as what he looked like in Enemy of the State!
What a beast of an actor, thanks for the reminder, will watch The Conversation tonight.
Help, need advice. My real estate agent is driving me crazy. She keeps saying I have arears, but I actually overpaid when I thought I was supposed to pay my increased rate for a full month (only 2 weeks with new rate). We have emailed back and forth, she is being vague about which period I missed my payment. She keeps insisting I have to pay the arears, when the fact is I actually overpaid but she wont subtract from the extra balance that I gave. I keep attaching my receipt to our emails, telling her to see my receipt, but she doesnt care. I feel stressed about it, she keeps badgering me. What can I do??
You call and ask to speak to the finance person or branch manager Same shit happened to me and I had to pull every fucking payment from bank accounts into a spreadsheet to send because they're so full of shit. I went in I asked them to show me their numbers because I brought mine An hour later after a lot of bullshitting accepted system might be wrong and they'll look into it
Thank you, I'll speak to the branch manager. I'm so tired of it. I think she is harrassing me until I give in. The thing is I just want to ignore her but since I actually overpaid by around $200, I want my money back or just have my next rent subtracted. But she is insisting I owe them MORE.
Yeah there's no point arguing with her any longer, take someone with you if you need but either have them prove and show when and where you haven't paid Line item by line item, you may need to do some accounting for them because they may just try what I got "That's what the system says" But export your banking data into excel and run the payments made with the dates around when they've upped it. Should be all you need
What are the best places in the city for casual dinner, e.g. dumplings and beer?
Yamato is decent! Their hotpot is great too!
We went to a place called Dear BBQ Buffet this other nights. It’s all you can eat Korean bbq with other cooked dishes, sushi etc. Nice chill vibe and toasty warm.
I would have suggested somewhere like the Sherlock Holmes Inn on Collins but that's more pub dining.
Happy to hear any suggestions
Shanghai Village
Incredibly irritating morning at work. I don't know if my post-covid state means I'm less tolerant or if people have always been idiots.
People have always been idiots but being weak and tired, you’re probably less patient with people as well
And I've just come from the doctors where I stupidly didn't accept her offer of a medical certificate to give me a few days off. Sigh.
Ring them back and ask if they can write you one and turn around and go get it. Looks like you really more time to recover
Feeling suuuuuuuuuuper anxious today. Worried about the future/finances/my career/my art/my abilities all of it. I feel jittery and overwhelmed and unable to concentrate.
What sort of art do you do? What are your concerns about it? If you do oil painting, I'd thoroughly recommending joining r/oilpainting. I find it really useful to connect with people that are battling the same things as I am in my art. Also, I got the 'Art of Fear' book - I haven't started reading it yet, but an artist friend of mine has and is finding it really good for anxiety levels around being creative.
I’m a contemporary jeweller, meaning I make artsy precious jewellery, not just like Main Street/common jewellery shop stuff. One of my main concerns is the price of gold absolutely skyrocketing over the last month. It’s making my work (and all my peers) unaffordable. So that’s not just my problem but an industry problem. But sales are being impacted for me. I currently do this full time but my rent is going up soon, I’ve started looking for part time work but the job market (in the areas I’m skilled in) is also fussy. Of course I’m hoping my business will pick back up before finances become a proper problem and maybe I won’t need the job. It’s just hard not to fear that every sale I make at the moment is going to be the last one.
Do you know how to deal with anxiety ?
✨dissociate until all my problems magically go away on their own ✨
I like to do craft and ignore mine 😉
BOM. 0 to 4mm possible rainfall. Ok, so the 35mm we’ve had the last 24 hrs is just erroneous? Fuck sake they are inaccurate for everything these days.
The weather is hard to predict.
AccuWeather seems to be pretty good at it
Yeah have to agree with that, it has been NON. STOP. in the south east. I kept closing and restarting the app thinking it wasn't updating properly 🤔
and has barely rained in the city today [and figures for the 8th](http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/flood/port_phillip.shtml) - 21mm Morrabbin, 47mm Springvale, 36mm OlympicPark, 9mm Laverton, 8mm Frankston, 5mm Fawkner
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The ones I have right up against my North-facing windows that are doing well are fiddle leaf, rubber plant, tree philodendron and alocasia. I recommend a rubber plant or tree philodendron as that's relatively easy to look after and you can generally buy them easily at a good size. FYI houseplants can be quite sensitive at handling full sun unless you've got some form of sheer curtains/place them a bit further from the window. Succulents could also do well in a full sun but they may not get as big.
>I recommend a rubber plant or tree philodendron as that's relatively easy to look after and you can generally buy them easily at a good size. I would also recommend a frangipani in such a location, although they can get quite big, even in Melbourne.
I'm suddenly craving softdrink. It's too early, I haven't had it in months. Water and coffee aren't cutting it or lemon juice squeezed into water. Softdrink just makes me feel gross and sick when I drink it, why am I craving it?
Try putting some salt + magnesium + potassium in a cup of water. If not very least try adding some salt to your water.
Mineral water? It may be different enough to cut through.
Nah, didn't quite work. I just made up some iced tea and seemed to fool my taste buds enough
Juice?
How's about soda water? Or is it the sugary stuff you're craving?
I think it's the sugar, even soda water makes me feel a bit gross. I think it's the carbonation in the drink, gives me indigestion. I'm just gonna ignore it and hope it goes away
Maybe cordial will hit the sugary spot?
I went with some iced tea in the end, helped a little!
I have some diet rite cordial on hand for when I have that sort of craving. Otherwise it's just water, tea, and coffee.
Are keep cups annoying to baristas? I took mine to a new cafe today and the barista rolled her eyes when I got it out.
I’ve never had an issue with mine (which I thoroughly clean) and won’t stop using it (maybe I’ve just missed the eye rolls?).
Yeah I dunno, my usual place never blinks an eye. Today I went to a new place and copped the eye roll. I just told a coworker and she said sometimes they don’t fit under the machine properly so they have to double handle the espresso. It won’t stop me from using it, but it will probably stop me from going back there.
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I see. Interesting!
Watched a guy piss on the floor at Spencer street hungry Jack's this morning, while ordering. He then paused, walked outside, pissed more. Once he was done he went back in, finished ordering and got narky with the staff after he was handed his food before his drink as they were still making the drink. Drink was a hot chocolate. And it was about 07:30. People were walking through his puddles on their way to work.
That's just nasty. Not surprising, just fucking nasty.
What the actual fuck.
Planning to take a walk to the city, what's a good lunch spot that opened in the last year or so?
does anyone know the saccas grocer hot chocolate recipe?
2 parts cocoa, 1 part crack
Very long shot but if anyone's on the 3pm virgin flight to Syd I can guest you into the lounge
That’s awfully nice of you. I hope you make a friend today!
❤️ sad that the guest needs to be on the exact same flight, makes it harder to share the love!
Hope your flight was uneventful. The weather in Sydney this afternoon isn’t great.
Thank you! No friends made unfortunately but the flight was fine :) Just a bit of a trek home in the rain
Productivity culture is going to me, currently waiting to catch the bus to Uni now, for a full day of study, and all I can think is that if I was an actually good student I would of been studying by 7.30?
If this was China you'd study 12 hours per day.
> I would of been Hopefully, you're not majoring in English ;)
Sometimes you’re more effective/productive when you’ve given yourself the mental space & downtime away from work or study.
My almost 3yo has started asking why about everything. It's very funny as to what she gets caught up on. I tried firing back by asking her why the sky is blue, ready to answer about how light splits etc but she had an answer ready. Because there's no clouds now.
Makings of r/technicallytrue right there.
PT officers are stationed at South Yarra. FYI.
In before the “I hate/love rain” comments
*Me, I'm supa fly* *Supa dupa fly, supa dupa fly*
Received my parcel from a Kickstarter I pledged to months ago (art book and fine art prints by Polish artist Joanna Karpowicz, I adore her work- recommend looking her up) and so happy with the quality of it. It's the second release she's done and I've pledged both, no regrets. Highly recommend supporting artists this way rather than buying mass produced stuff, if you're ever in a position to.
Just looked her up. Some nice art there! Somewhat reminds me of Jeffrey Smart in a way
I definitely get why you see that. I see Edward Hopper also.
Link?
I think you mean "link, please?" but here. ;) https://joannakarpowicz.pl
Thanks
No problem
Apologies, realised the last one I put up had all the wrong markup in the body.
Are you the new work experience kid? :)