Griptread

I’m approaching my job with a dual mindset

Firstly, with the knowledge that I’m always replaceable

Secondly, with the knowledge that it would take at least three people to replace me

I’m waiting for an electrician to arrive at the house today. I’m not sure exactly when they’ll turn up, though I’m quite confident that it will be at the same time as I’m on the toilet

Or some more tissues lol

My streak of constant nosebleeds stands at almost two weeks now

Lol… I think my brain is trying to eject itself

we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him

I picked up an illness from others in my household

Now I’m achey, exhausted and overly tired, while simultaneously too uncomfortable to sleep

Grrrrrr, it was my one day off this week too

In all seriousness though, manual labour and aging are poor bedfellows

I should probably look for another job, especially now that my legal travails are behind me

As much as I hate to admit it, because I certainly don’t look it, I’m technically middle aged

Which means my job, which requires intense physical labour, results in me being in constant pain

Saves me the cost of a gym membership though. So there’s that

More money for paracetamol lol

Her: “How are you so good with children?”

Me: “I’ve been one for longer?”

It’s downright impossible for me to be calm when every day I see pictures of dismembered Palestinian children being lovingly cradled and reassembled, so they can be buried as a whole person and an accurate tally of the dead can be recorded

How can anyone be calm in the face of genocide?

Starting over from scratch and rebuilding is probably not something one should be doing in one’s middle age

But I’m renowned for my lack of self-preservation

Canberra, Australia

Happy Mother’s Day!

I hope you day is filled with flowers, pancakes and chocolates

Magnificent lol

I am more or less held together by strapping tape, deep heat, and paracetamol

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Deep Heat is amazing!

Just me and the corroboree frog, waiting in the parking lot until the kiddo’s jazz/tap class is finished

My first school athletics carnival as a parent. I’ve discovered some new kind of emotion, somewhere between “all these kids are so adorable” and “I’m so proud of them!”

I think I need to install a large, child sized, hamster wheel in my home

Something an irrepressible five year old can conceivably run on, should she choose to do so entirely of her own volition and without any suggestion from me

Maybe connect it to a battery too 🤔

“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case “We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.

“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western New York.

I made the mistake of mentioning my personal circumstances to a friend I hadn’t seen in some time

I’m talking about a very VERY brief précis here

And they went completely silent on me lol

Yeah, so maybe I just keep myself to myself next time. No need to ruin anyone else’s day lol

Howard, Abbott, Turnbull, Dutton’s seat all no longer held by Libs.

Amazing.

Sometimes it’s just nice to drive around in the cool autumn evenings, listening to jazz and admiring the changing leaves

Tonight I’m out at a cocktail bar, for the first time in a looooong time

The music is still the same though lol

Snuck off to see the first Thunderbolts screening of the morning

Is there any role that Florence Pugh cannot excel in?

Just got offered my first free bowel screening. No, it wasn’t from the government. It was from a local guy named Glen. I think he’s a hobbyist or something

“Patience and kindness” are what I tell myself to show… despite knowing that there are some awful people out there who deserve anything but

Anzac Day is for veterans what “Awareness Raising” is for charitable causes

You have to care a whole lot about power, and fuck all about everyone else, to see the appeal

I understand and appreciate your kind words

Thank you

Actually, they also made me laugh

Because, for a boxer/human punching bag, literally keeping one’s chin up is terrible advice lol