I stayed home from work today because I'm losing my voice and my job is actually me just talking the whole day SO I thought it would be bad for my almost-gone-voice. I'm not entirely absolved of responsibility today though! I have a to do list. This is my to do list.
Read MoreI've just spent the last week in Queensland and let me tell you how glad I am to be back home in Melbourne: very glad. I love visiting my family and seeing my wonderful pals, but there's nothing quite like being naked in your own house, not talking to anyone, and sleeping in your own bed! I spent all of yesterday and this morning in bed/on the couch playing games because I have been so drained and couldn't even be bothered to shower #depression. This is going to be short because I want to clean my house, so here's the thing~ I'm going to write a post about one of my very favourite things right now: Animal Crossing!! Nintendo just released their new Animal Crossing Pocket Camp game and it's so cute and wonderful and I want everyone to play it. (If you've downloaded it, let me know so I can add you!)
Read MoreLast week, I did something HISTORICAL. I went to Headspace - I made an appointment and I followed through and I for one am absolutely shocked. For those who've stuck around as my friend for a while, you might already know that over the last 6~ish years of diagnosed depression/anxiety, I have tried like........ very many times to start seeing a psychologist and only once made it to the stage of actually seeing a psychologist. I try really hard to be open about my mental illness and my experiences dealing with it, but I don't think I've ever really documented it beyond a vague post here or there. I was going to write this all up as one post but it's becoming way too long so I'm going to break it up into parts. This is part 1.
Read MoreI went to the show over the long weekend & it was good but it was also soooooo bad. I had a lot of fun because J and I always manage to make our lives together fun by singing and dancing and eating corn at every possible chance we get, but there was sooooo much stuff that was upsetting hint hint animal agriculture and animals used for entertainment. The animal stuff did put a weird sad cloud over the whole day, but I'm not gonna go into it too much because I can't be bothered. Anyway, besides sad and weird, there were some highlights! One of my faaaaavourite things we saw was the spook castle. It was your regular spooky haunted castle ride but it was literally just called SPOOK. I am having major regrets about not going on Spook castle. What made it even better was that there was a guy dressed as the grim reaper on the top level and he was SOOOOOO OVER IT. He was so bored and stressed and the least enthusiastic person about being alive. You could tell he was dying (ha ha!) to get out of there. When the spook coasters came by he just tapped the riders on the shoulder with his machete in such an apathetic way, it was incredible.
Read MoreDisclaimer: This post is my opinion, only my opinion, and does not reflect the views of my employer or anyone other than myself. I've been sitting in front of my laptop for about an hour now trying to write this blog post. While I am sitting here pondering how I can structure my argument so that it is educational, easy to read, and not a huge raging mess, I'm beginning to realise that I don't really care if people on the other side of the argument find it unreadable. BASICALLY tl;dr - if you think that a cashless debit card is a good idea for a community, then you hate poor people. It is that simple. You can find a million ways to try to deny that statement, but deep down inside of your tiny tiny miserable heart, you do not care for people less fortunate than you, you do not care about their job opportunities, and least of all do you care about their health and their "drug and alcohol habits."
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