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currently on the tail end of a sinus infection

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[–] kimagurevenus@beehaw.org 3 points 16 hours ago

Recovering from the flu. I'm just glad I can breathe again.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 17 hours ago

My kitten has grown into a cuddly snuggle bug. I love her so much.

[–] UrLogicFails@beehaw.org 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I finally finished all my Christmas cards and got them sent out today.

I always forget how much work it is to use the vinyl cutter and how annoying my printer is, but I think they turned out well in spite of several technical issues.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] UrLogicFails@beehaw.org 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They were a lot of work, but I'm quite happy with how they turned out.

A small stack of Christmas cards, a small stack of envelopes with the back facing the camera, and a single envelope with the flap facing the camera. The cards have a round grey cat holding a dead mouse with a red bow on the mouse in the cat's mouth. The cat is standing in front of a gold and dark green striped background. The words "Merry Christmas" are printed on the card in maroon cursive. There is a white border around the edge of the card. The envelopes have parallel squiggly stripes diagonally covering the envelopes. The stripes are a repeating pattern of thick light green, medium thickness light yellow, thin light red, and medium thickness light yellow again. There is a path of paw-prints walking across the envelope in the same light green as the diagonal stripes. The envelope with the flap facing the camera is printed with the same pattern and reveals the flap to be a flat-edge flap with rounded corners.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] UrLogicFails@beehaw.org 2 points 1 hour ago

TYSM ❤️

[–] ManithaNeyam@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Y'all, I was witness to a weird crashing of the old guard and new guard of governance. I was in the process of passport renewal in my country, and this has two stages. Stage 1 is where you submit your proof of address and proof of birth documents physically, and stage 2 is when the police come to your residence to verify your address, as well as redo the document verification. Now, one might think that this process is a little redundant isn't it? If you have to submit your documents physically, why are the cops verifying it again? And you would be right, but it gets even more stupid than this.

So, I go to the passport office for Stage 1, and I swear to god, I have never seen a government organization move so quickly. There are three sub-stages within stage 1, and each stage took not more than 5 minutes. Everything was digitized, and in case you missed your token number appearing on the numerous screens, people will call out your name specifically and direct you to the specific counter you need to go to. All the while, you wait in an air-conditioned room with a refreshment shop as well.

In contrast to the absolute dream that was stage 1, the police first refused to come to my home, made me go to the police station, and then proceeded to do the friendly interrogation thing for 15 minutes. Now, if you're not familiar with this method, the idea is to ask pointed questions and delve into the most minor details, but never in an accusing fashion, the intent being to make you uncomfortable enough to pay for things to be smoothed over. Hell, I was even micro-aggressively fat shamed. Luckily for me, my father used to work high up in governance so the cop was a little placated, but in the end he would not let me go until I paid a "service charge".

Wild stuff, folks. Take care out there.

[–] rozwud@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

The last couple of weeks I've been feeling like I could barely stay on top of things, but I'm finally feeling like I can breathe again.

[–] bownage@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Got a lot going on and I'm ready for xmas break. Watched jodorowsky's the holy mountain yesterday, wtf was that lol

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My response when asked about it immediately after watching: "It was good, I think?"

[–] bownage@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

Tbh there was a certain tipping point (about 15 mins in) where I realised I'd seen enough bizarre shit on screen that I wouldn't be surprised by anything else anymore. After that, I mostly just laughed. Especially the ending was very monty python-esque to me.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

Meh. Almost done with llthe last of my sewing stuff to complete a contract. Won't take any more from them again. The expectations don't match the pay.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bit of a hit and miss kind of start so far:

Took my TLR camera on a walk and got a really awesome shot with it but missed focus on one that was awesome too. Basically the in focus shot was unsettling and creepy to quite a degree and the one with the missed focus was depressing and heartbreaking to the same degree... Or at least it would have been if it was in focus.

Then today was a rough one at work as I was informed my paperwork I fill out everyday was changing. Specifically it was being changed as of today so I had to figure out the changes AND get all my other shit done without OT. I got it done but that was by no means an easy task.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sucks about the new workload. I hope the changes help make your life easier in the future to make up for the inconvenience

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 hours ago

Unfortunately it's made my workload bigger but there is good news from it, it keeps me busier on the slower days at work lol

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I found what you lost. I'll be looking for antibiotics tomorrow.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope you feel better soon!

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Well, the drugs have kicked in, and in no longer feel the need to drill a hole in my sinuses to release the pressure! Yay! 😉

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 3 points 20 hours ago
[–] primscha@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hope you make a complete recovery soon!

Winter break is about to start! ⌯’▾’⌯ And I'll eat sushi today with a couple friends as a reward for all the hard work.

I'm excited to pet my dog. (-◡-◍)

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

Enjoy your winter holiday break!