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[Slick]

I dance around in my underwear while I cook.  And I always have the front door open.  One day someone is going to come to visit while I'm cooking and I won't be able to get from the kitchen to anywhere with pants without them seeing me.

man I must have mentioned that time the nice jehova witnesses or menonite ladies or whoever they were knocked on my door on a saturday morning, and I met them topless & holding a french chef's knife?
Good times.

[JD]

Handling sharp knives when you have only 3 hours of sleep is in retrospect a terrible idea.

[Dimmukane]

I've learned that cooking bacon without clothes is not entirely safe.

[Dazed]

Yeah dude, boiling grease spatter is a bitch

[David_Dovey]

Recent posts in this thread have only strengthened my resolve to make sure we all move into a house together

[Johnny C]

ever since i've lived alone, i've been naked or worn nothing but underwear just about near constantly. sometimes i even do the patrick bateman thing where i catch myself in the mirror while working or lying in bed and then i flex in my mirror and give myself pep talks and stuff. while naked. life's pretty awesome in here

when i catch myself in a mirror & am any part of my body nude, the flexing, it does not happen. instead the body is to pursue a coveringe. post-haste

[Rizzo]

I got ANOTHER email from google. They want an absolute shitload of information about everything I've done in the last 3 years, work, life, study, EVERYTHING. Plus contact details for my referees.
This is a good sign but I must not count my chickens before they hatch. MUST NOT COUNT CHICKENS.

Also, unpacked all of ex-girlfriend's boxes from shipping pile. Turns out 80% of it was hers. I've got about 1m^3 to ship and a lot of that is air. I guess I live fairly lightly? If I'd had it my way I probably would have sold everything except my records, my synthesizer and the few bits of framed art. Still, all things considered it's turned out pretty well.

[Patrick]

My 4-track is starting to display this bad habit it has recently developed where it decides to crash in the middle of recording a take of a track

It is INFURIATING

[McTaggart]

Today while I was driving I saw something that I'm sure I've seen a hundred times before, but only now have I realised it makes no sense.

A ute cut in front of me on the freeway. It was a Holden ute, maybe two or three models old, driven by a 19 or 20 year old surfie guy. Here's the part that I don't get: Across the back window was a huge southern cross sticker and another small Australian flag sticker while on the tailgate the Australian Holden branding had been replaced with American Chevrolet branding (also fake 'SS' insignia but that's another topic entirely).

[Rizzo]

Aside from being completely lame and "bogan", what doesn't make sense about that?

[nekowafer]

I didn't understand a word of that post.

[McTaggart]

It just seems really odd that you would add all this patriotic stuff to your car and then change the branding to make your car more foreign.

neko: This is a Holden ute (short for 'utility'). It's a popular car for the sort of people who would probably be jocks if they were American (I am basing this on ideas I get form American TV). Holden is a GM company and it's popular to put Chevy branding on Holden cars.

[redglasscurls]

I actually spent about 10 minutes of my life reading urbandictionary entries for "bogan" to try and sort that out. They sound more like rednecks/trailer trash than jocks, but same general concept.

[Rizzo]

It just seems really odd that you would add all this patriotic stuff to your car and then change the branding to make your car more foreign.

Aaaaahhhh, gotcha. I just chalked the whole thing up to retarded and left it at that.

[Lunchbox]

People generally put Chevrolet badges on their Holdens when they have exchanged the stock Holden 8 to a Chevy big block.
But then idiots also do it so that people think they have the bigger engine when they don't.

Although the fact that they have paired it with the Southern Cross is frankly hilarious.

[scarred]

I just nabbed an internship at KEXP, the local indie radio station! That has offices in Chicago and New York, and has stages at Bumbershoot and SXSW. It's unpaid, but I may be able to get into shows for free if I do write-ups, plus I do album reviews, band bios, and maybe even interviews sometimes! I am kind of excited.

When I got there they were having a live in-studio with The Church, which was pretty random.

[Alex C]

Apparently my sister doesn't know that you can greatly loosen vinyl flooring adhesive by using a heat gun or clothing iron. I say this because I pulled up all of the hideous vinyl flooring in her kitchen today in a couple of hours that way while she was at work, since she had said that she had worked at it for a few hours on Monday and removed a grand total of 1 and a half tiles. I had time to walk her dogs afterwards, clean up and bring all my stuff back. So now I have a text message from her that says "R u a wizard? Srsly." I'm a li'l divided on whether to tell her how I did it.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

http://img837.imageshack.us/i/rtiholdenvzssuteyellowl.jpg

is this link some sort of terrifying virus/trojan/popup shit fucker for anyone else or am i just an idiot?

it was scary, i had to task manager it away because it wouldn't let me close it, and it tried to run some weird .exe and bunch of other garbage

[ummmkay]

ugh i hate my brain, i have this just vague feeling of dread and my heart is racing and i just want to be asleep, and i want to be able to go to sleep without having to take pills every night. i didn't take anything tonight so i am lying here wide awake feeling panicky about nothing.

[StaedlerMars]

I just nabbed an internship at KEXP, the local indie radio station! That has offices in Chicago and New York, and has stages at Bumbershoot and SXSW. It's unpaid, but I may be able to get into shows for free if I do write-ups, plus I do album reviews, band bios, and maybe even interviews sometimes! I am kind of excited.

When I got there they were having a live in-studio with The Church, which was pretty random.

KEXP does the Song per Day thing which is one of the few podcasts I subscribe to (it's not really a podcast is it?) and listen to! Awesome!

Also, they did a couple of free shows in New York when I was there over the summer, so I saw Black Moth Super Rainbow then, that was pretty neat. Good stuff!

[nekowafer]

ugh i hate my brain, i have this just vague feeling of dread and my heart is racing and i just want to be asleep, and i want to be able to go to sleep without having to take pills every night. i didn't take anything tonight so i am lying here wide awake feeling panicky about nothing.

To be blunt here, what do you gain by not taking these pills? Yes, it sucks to have to take something to do what "normal" people can do with few problems. But does it really benefit you right now to not take them? All you get is a sleepless, awful night.

Weaning yourself off them by handling whatever the problem is (of which I know nothing, so if this isn't possible, I mean no offense) makes more sense than not taking them once in a while and making yourself miserable.

This is assuming kind of a lot so if this has nothing to do with you, ignore me.

[ummmkay]

@neko - i don't have any diagnosed sleep disorders or anything, i just suck at falling asleep i guess. i've gotten in the habit of taking something to help me fall asleep and i guess i just feel like i shouldn't be dependent on medication. plus nothing gets me as melodramatic quite as quickly as being tired and unable to sleep, so there's that too.

and of course just now the on-call phone rang so that immediately gets my adrenaline pumping. that means a few more episodes of arrested development while waiting for sleep to eventually grace me with its presence.

[nekowafer]

Have you tried other remedies like Melatonin? I haven't tried anything like that myself but would like to. I may talk to my doctor about Ambien or Lunesta though. I suck at falling asleep too.

[jodizzle]

Except for Jodie, obviously. She's rad.

She's Australian Noah, chosen to repopulate Australia with derby chicks.

<3

[McTaggart]

http://img837.imageshack.us/i/rtiholdenvzssuteyellowl.jpg

is this link some sort of terrifying virus/trojan/popup shit fucker for anyone else or am i just an idiot?

it was scary, i had to task manager it away because it wouldn't let me close it, and it tried to run some weird .exe and bunch of other garbage

Really? It didn't do that to me and I thought imageshack was legit. Sorry about that, I guess it's back to using imgur even though they can be slightly unreliable.

[ummmkay]

Have you tried other remedies like Melatonin? I haven't tried anything like that myself but would like to. I may talk to my doctor about Ambien or Lunesta though. I suck at falling asleep too.

i've heard it recommended but haven't tried it myself either. perhaps i'll try that next! and off to google i go...

[pwhodges]

http://img837.imageshack.us/i/rtiholdenvzssuteyellowl.jpg

is this link some sort of terrifying virus/trojan/popup shit fucker for anyone else or am i just an idiot?

I got nothing unexpected </IT manager>

[Allybee]

I love living in disasterville

in other news, thinking about doing a zen buddhism retreat, possibly with a few of my housemates. sooo exciteeed

also probably not going to study abroad and feeling very sad about this - just doesn't make sense for my majors, most probably. oh well.

[Spluff]

Today we:

Snapped a mattock in half
Ordered 10 times too much bluestone/lilydale topping
Tipped over the Dingo digger
Accidentally rear-ended the car parked behind us with the van at lunch
Overfilled a wheelbarrow causing the tire to burst

I think I may have been cursed

[Lunchbox]

Tipped over the Dingo digger

How did you actually do this?

[jhocking]

I love living in disasterville

Living in Chicago makes it an amusing and bitter experince to hear people back East complain about snowstorms. You see, the way the weather moves means any snowstorms you get, we got two days ago.

Hey fuckers, you didn't give a shit then, I don't give a shit now.

[Jace]

So I keep being mean to my girlfriend and I realized that it is probably 95% because I am so mentally exhausted from working like 55-60 hours a week and never having any full days off. I guess this is affecting me more than o thought. It is our ten month anniversary and I work 9am until 10pm. It is only 1030am and I was already mean. Also I am dreading that I do not have a day off until possibly another week and a half, if my work decides to give me a Saturday or Sunday off next week.
Hopefully I get this new job I applied for. Would make more money working less hours.

[SonofZ3]

Have you tried other remedies like Melatonin? I haven't tried anything like that myself but would like to. I may talk to my doctor about Ambien or Lunesta though. I suck at falling asleep too.

i've heard it recommended but haven't tried it myself either. perhaps i'll try that next! and off to google i go...

Melatonin works great for me.

[Katherine]

I've had issues with insomnia for a few years now.  My primary care physician recommended I take Benadryl to help me sleep as it is non-habit forming.  He also lectured me on my current approach to waking up in the middle of the night which is to lay in bed angry that I am awake instead of sleeping. If you can't sleep, get out of bed and do something relaxing - read, watch TV, whatever - until you feel sleepy and then get back in bed.  Don't lay there angry! (I still do, though.  It is so comfy under the blankets!)

Melatonin works as well but I think it makes me groggier the next day.

[Allybee]

I love living in disasterville

Living in Chicago makes it an amusing and bitter experince to hear people back East complain about snowstorms. You see, the way the weather moves means any snowstorms you get, we got two days ago.

Hey fuckers, you didn't give a shit then, I don't give a shit now.

dude that storm was like a week ago, everyone got it at the same time

I just live in a 150 year old house where the roof might actually cave

so

shut up

[valley_parade]

A sushi place opened up in town this weekend.

Guess what I just nommed for lunch.

[ackblom12]

I love living in disasterville

Living in Chicago makes it an amusing and bitter experince to hear people back East complain about snowstorms. You see, the way the weather moves means any snowstorms you get, we got two days ago.

Hey fuckers, you didn't give a shit then, I don't give a shit now.

dude that storm was like a week ago, everyone got it at the same time

I just live in a 150 year old house where the roof might actually cave

so

shut up

Also we get nearly 3 times as much annual here

[Patrick]

I just realized I've been latching onto a bit of Albanian culture that I totally forgot I even learned. It's the 'having a coffee' milestone. In Albania, having a coffee with a female means that the two of you are interested in pursuing a relationship. Lately, I have not been having a whole lot of coffee unless it's with old friends with whom the subject is never even thought of. But I've also been refusing to engage in a lot of hangout opportunities that might just wind up being awesome.

I am not really looking to be a dick, but I just got so accustomed to feeling uncomfortable in certain social situations that I just totally rewired my brain to lump said situations into the "DO NOT WANT" category. So now, in order to avoid hurting people's feelings, do I (A) stay the course and silently avoid one-on-one chats over coffee, (B) explain that such a meeting would be uncomfortable for me because of the customs of a place I once lived in, or (C) fucking sack up and deal with it?

[redglasscurls]

C

or just make it getting tacos or something if that makes you less awkward

[Tom]

I love my Mum, she's not a racist but the possibly Indian/Pakistani/Sri Lankin/Tamil/whatever, indignant taxi driver from yesterday clearly deserves to be called a curry-muncher.

[Lines]

Pat, maybe a bit of both of B and C. If you really do want to do something, maybe say that, "Hey, I'm still adjusting from customs from the other country I used to live in, so if I'm weird when we hang out, I'm sorry," and then go hang out and try to forget about why it's awkward. Maybe that might help?

[Tom]

As you guys have probably heard (or haven't) Mr. Abbott said something to the effect of shit happens in response to the unpreventable death of an Australian soldier in combat. The comment was insensitive and demonstrated again Mr. Abbott's clear inability to be an adequate state person. It's not really worth 7 and 9's big media brouhaha but it has demonstrated a clear divide between some of Australia's largest media outlets or, more precisely, just between 2GB and everyone else.

Now, this is where shit gets personal. My eldest youngest brother wants to join the army so, by the time I found out about this event he'd already formed his own (extreme) opinion on the matter deciding that Mr. Abbott should go "hang himself" for his comment and that his was no more than "1/8 of the man that soldier was." He posted this on facebook and was then promptly told to remove it by admins. When I found out about this I told him that his comment was just as, if not more insensitive than Mr. Abbott's and that one cannot take the high ground via the low road.

When Mum found out she was furious for a different reason. William had taken issue with dearest Tony where he had done no wrong of any kind and was thus above criticism and that he had done so on facebook/in public, of all places. I told her that I'd talked to William about it and had given him my reasons, I also so said that this was another example of how Mr Abbott lacks the political clout or able statespersonship to be head of a major political party let alone Australia's PM. I was then blamed for putting these thoughts into William's head and that I too was a victim of the left leaning press. I then told her to lay of off 2GB for a little while, this offended her a great deal and though cutting was a most likely in poor form.

Mum also told me that I don't like Abbott because he's Catholic and his stance on abortion. In response I said: I don't like Abbott because he has shown himself incapable of keeping his beliefs out of politics and has racist, classist and and misogynistic leanings. Her response was that I don't like the Liberal party so of course I said: I don't like the Liberal party under Mr. Abbott and neither does the Liberal Party.

[David_Dovey]

Thank you for making me feel slightly relieved that no matter how crazy conservative my family gets, they still have the good sense to see that Tony Abbot is fucking bonkers. Sorry about yr family issues, though.

[Inlander]

I absolutely despise Tony Abbott and as far as I'm concerned the sooner he retires from public life the better it'll be for Australia.

But I also absolutely despise media beat-ups that take the place of real news.

Here's the video of Abbott's "shit happens" comment for those who haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv7KjYFqxgA#t=1m50s. Abbott says that the comment's been taken out of context, and he's absolutely right. The problem is that, as with so much else in the English language, the phrase "shit happens" is ambiguous and heavily context-dependant: it can mean either "get over it", or it can be a pithy, weary observation of the utter powerlessness of humanity in the face of the vastness and complexity of the universe. It's clear that the latter is what Abbott meant: he'd gone to Afghanistan under the impression that the Australian soldier had died because of a fatal lack of equipment and support, something which could have been easily avoided, but once on the ground he'd been told that that was not in fact the case. That in fact sometimes people die in war, and there's nothing that can be done about it. That sometimes shit just happens regardless of how well equipped or prepared people are for it.

[Eris]

See, that is how i felt about his comment. But then there was the fact that when a journalist asked him about it and he just stared at them in silence for what, 45 seconds? Staring and nodding slightly before finally saying he has said all he wanted to on the situation. That is not how the leader of the opposition should be acting. He could have at least cut the person off after he made his statement. What if he does get into power, is he going to freeze like that every time someone asks him a hard question?

[Tom]

Everyone remember that Kerry O'Brien interview from last year. I do. Wasn't the resulting spin something like: I'm so honest and authentic because I can admit that what I say on a regular basis can neither be fully trusted or believed.

[Allybee]

I just saw this post rock band play at our chapel (caspian? I hadn't heard of them) but they were SO GOOD


AND I saw my grad student crush who I see like, once a semester. he is my physical ideal. I wish I had the balls to talk to him/knew who he was

[Inlander]

See, that is how i felt about his comment. But then there was the fact that when a journalist asked him about it and he just stared at them in silence for what, 45 seconds? Staring and nodding slightly before finally saying he has said all he wanted to on the situation. That is not how the leader of the opposition should be acting. He could have at least cut the person off after he made his statement. What if he does get into power, is he going to freeze like that every time someone asks him a hard question?

I dunno, I kind of think that staring in contempt at people who ask stupid questions is how everyone should act.

[Spluff]

I have no real problems with Abbot's comment, beyond the fact that for somebody who makes a career out of public speaking it was incredibly poorly phrased. Surely he must have been aware that saying that would end up on the news. I completely detest the guy but this isn't one of the reasons why.

Tipped over the Dingo digger

How did you actually do this?

It's actually a pretty common thing. I wasn't the one driving it this time but I've seen it happen several times before. It happens when you've got a full bucket that is raised too high off the ground when you go over a bump or a hill, causing it to tip forward.

[Patrick]

Guys, we do remember the debate between John Kerry and G.W. right? It's not exactly new territory, politicians can be complete fuckheads and get away with it.

I just had a fat Rick Blaine moment, minus the pining and the awesome pianist. Heard from an ex I wasn't expecting to hear from, and whom I wasn't particularly excited about. Sucks thinking back on that whole thing, I like to pretend it was just a bad dream. No harm done.

Went out taggin' shit today. Place called the toy wall. Lots of people practice there. Some good, some ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. There's some really phenomenal pieces up there though. I threw a little tag up there. Nothing in 6-foot letters like some of the others, but enough to get my point across. My point: 'qifsha.' The thing I want to say to the world is an Albanian swear word.

Oh man fuck now I hope somebody covers that.