Today is World Rainforest Day!

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    12·
    6 months 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·
      6 months 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·
      6 months 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
      1·
      6 months 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·
    6 months 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·
      6 months 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·
        6 months 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·
      6 months 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·
      6 months 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·
    6 months 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·
        6 months 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·
          6 months 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·
            6 months 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·
              6 months 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

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    10·
    6 months 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·
      6 months 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·
        6 months 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·
          6 months 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·
        6 months 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

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    10·
    6 months ago

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

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      5·
      6 months 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.

      • dumblederp@aussie.zone
        4·
        6 months ago

        I bought a bunch of bulk foods that I’d otherwise have to run around town for and an instapot duo.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
    10·
    6 months 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·
    6 months 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 :)

  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
    9·
    6 months ago

    Depressing weather. Have the fire going to get the washing dry. Discovered my shower is going mouldy. What is it with grout and silicon that we haven’t mould proofed it yet?

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      4·
      6 months ago

      It’s gloriously sunny where I am right now and has been for a while. Woke up at 9am and indulged in some YouTube silliness in bed until 10:45 but pushing out the laundry quick smart now. Dont think everything will finish washing in time but I think some of it can dry over tomorrow as well. I have so much cleaning to do, might as well be when it’s sunny to help lift my mood.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    6 months 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”).