Today is World Rainforest Day!

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    13·
    8 days ago

    Me and the gang just hanging out

    House is clean. Time for dinner and some relaxing time. Tomorrow and Monday are study time for the Tuesday interview. For the IT folks, it’s API’s and SQL this time.

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    12·
    9 days ago

    Don’t tell my kids, but I don’t really want to get up at 7:30 on a Saturday to go and watch them play hockey. I’m tired, it’s cold, wet and I’m not really having fun.

    I might be getting my first new computer in 14 years later today, so I have something to look forward to.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      5·
      9 days ago

      Lol don’t worry. I only just got around to having a shower and getting dressed, and I only did that because I have a visitor soon. If it wasn’t for him, I would still be in bed

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      3·
      9 days ago

      It’s been a very slow start for me, if that makes you feel better! I have tons on next week so I knew I had to get some things done today or I’d be punishing my future self when she’s more tired and cranky.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      2·
      8 days ago

      Ii think I’ve been worse. I woke, had breakfast, chatted in the phone then went for a nap and that’s my day :/

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
    11·
    9 days ago

    Spent this morning redoing my resume, and have now sent two applications with cover letters. I think that will do for today. Main part was ending the procrastination and actually sending out some applications. Feeling accomplished

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      5·
      9 days ago

      Good onya, that’s not an easy thing to push through, but it feels so good once the initial inertia has been shoved out of the way. I need some of that energy with my chores today! Here’s hoping your efforts are rewarded with a better job very soon :)

      • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
        3·
        8 days ago

        My gonads have recessed and are shrivelled by the cool water of the plunge but they’ll drop back down with my voice, once I’ve earned it

    • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      Good luck ! The cover letters have been the hardest and most troublesome part for me.

      How anyone can crank out and personalise more than one a day (let alone 20) is a complete mystery.

    • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      It’s hard to believe that they have any bones at all.

      If I tried to sleep like the cat does, I’d end up with backache for the next century.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    8 days ago

    I have returned from the Lightscape thing. I haven’t walked that far or up so many hills for… way too long. I am very sore.

    Event was a nice family-friendly affair where we’re shuffled through the gardens like cattle. Some of it was kinda meh but other bits had really cool effects. Pretty great food and drink options. Not as blatantly expensive as it could have been for that stuff. I was there with my sister, bro in law and niece.

    Pretty pricey tickets though. A little cheaper on a weeknight.

      • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        8 days ago

        Yeah as a social event I think it’s worth it. If I went by myself I probably wouldn’t think so. It’s a cute couples/family thing, good memories together.

        • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
          3·
          8 days ago

          Ah, cool. Had a look and I don’t think it’s my vibe, but I might go sometime before it finishes. I think I’m keen to go to firenight, which seems to be in a similar vein, except it’s fire and free

          • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
            3·
            8 days ago

            The Docklands one? It’s pretty shit lol My apartment looks down on where it’s held and each year I pop down purely to say that I did but just keep your expectations real low.

            It is indeed free so might as well check it out if you’re not doing anything, even just to say you did.

            • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
              2·
              8 days ago

              It was actually the first event I went to after moving to Melbourne. I went in 2019. I honestly liked it, but there’s probably some rose tint on my glasses.

              But I’ll be going with a friend, so worst case we can always just spend the whole night shit talking the event and eating overpriced garbage food

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    10·
    8 days ago

    I smashed my free amazon prime membership for a month then cancelled it. Thanks for the postage suckers.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      5·
      8 days ago

      I do this every time it comes up too. Stock up on inconvenient stuff I know I don’t need immediately but might as well get while I have free shipping. Stuff like a big roll of tough double sided tape suitable for outdoor use or copper tape for snails.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    10·
    8 days ago

    6 jars of marmalade made, 3 plants repotted, 1 load washing done and put away, another load in the machine

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      5·
      8 days ago

      What do you typically have marmalade with, other than toast? Not having much of a sweet tooth, I can’t imagine how one gets through even a jar of marmalade in a reasonable time, let alone 6.

      • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
        6·
        8 days ago

        Topping for cheesecake, glaze for apple tarts, anywhere where the intense sweetness plus fruity tartness and a bit of bitterness makes a nice contrast. Marmalade can be melted, sieved and the liquid used as a sauce on vanilla icecream too. Adding a bit of arrowroot & water to the sieved liquid sets it to a firm gel, which goes pretty good as an icing substitute on a plain pound cake. A small spoonful of marmalade is a nice addition to a stir fry sauce too along with soy etc. Try it with cauliflower or broccoli. Bearing in mind that a jar of marmalade for toast only every day is usually gone in a week, so 6 jars will last maaaayyyybeee the worst of the winter.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
          3·
          8 days ago

          oh yeah, it’s good in icing for carrot or banana cakes

          my last jar in the batch has less peel and is more like jelly and that would definitely be good with desserts

          just want to add I chopped and seeded about 100 cumquats to make 6 jars

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        5·
        8 days ago

        I use it in marinades for roast chicken , I give a few jars away but I mostly have it on toast , one jar lasts me about 3 weeks

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
    10·
    9 days ago

    an unintended consequence of having a day job is vitamin d deficiency so now i am rotating outside in tshirt and shorts

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    9·
    8 days ago

    Decided to take the kukri (further sharpened today on a silicone carbide stone) to the lemon tree for the first time as it needed pruning. Turns out to be a good fast tool for that work. Hit those little branches at 45 degrees… straight through.

    Ended up with 22kg (!) and heaps more to go :)

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    9 days ago

    World Rainforest Day

    World: from Proto-Germanic *weraldi-, a compound of *wer “man” (Old English wer, still in werewolf; see virile) + *ald “age” (from PIE root *al- (2) “to grow, nourish”).

    Rainforest: apparently a loan-translation of German Regenwald, coined by A.F.W. Schimper for his 1898 work "Pflanzengeographie

    Day: Old English dæg “period during which the sun is above the horizon,” also “lifetime, definite time of existence,” from Proto-Germanic *dages- “day” (source also of Old Saxon, Middle Dutch, Dutch dag, Old Frisian di, dei, Old High German tag, German Tag, Old Norse dagr, Gothic dags), according to Watkins, from PIE root *agh- “a day.” He adds that the Germanic initial d- is “of obscure origin.” But Boutkan says it is from PIE root *dhegh- “to burn” (see fever). Not considered to be related to Latin dies (which is from PIE root *dyeu- “to shine”).