Housemates are fun. Especially ones whom work from home. Not. He's ALWAYS here! Haha. At least I go out to a workplace and HE gets the place to himself, but I rarely do! Anyway, I've shared enough to know pretty basic housemate ettiquette, I would think. At least he's clean. I never have to worry about that. He told me that yesterday would have been his 7-year anniversary with his ex-husband, but didn't even realise until Facebook told him. I was like, "That's a good thing, right?" Anyway, I asked him last night if he needed to kitchen to cook, as I was starving after work and he usually cooks around that time (you get used to each other's schedules even if he is home all the time) and he was like, "Nope it's all yours!" Cue me half-way through cooking and he's walking around me to grab plates and such in our cramped kitchen to cook his dinner ^insert Sideshow-Bob from The Simpsons reaction to stepping on the rakes meme here^. So now because of that, now, the next day, I'm awaiting the extra hour because he's sure as hell gonna be in there again, so I won't bother asking.
I'm on a Winter cleaning spree. I'm trying to Marie-Condo the fuck out of my room, and once I do that, the lounge. I'm going to completely ignore ChatGPT's suggestion on how to set up the living room, because I tried that, and it DOES NOT WORK. Geez, AI is good for some things, but others it's absolutely hopeless. This was after I provided it with three photos from different angles and told it it's suggestions were shit lol. So I will be using my brain instead. It will just need some sort of privacy between the kitchen and the living area, as it will be moreso facing the front door (but not directly), so I'm thinking maybe a plant or something. I also have too many books and need to stop buying more. I only have so many because I was in the midst of trying not to kill myself 2023-24 and bought every self-help book on the planet, and now I'm stuck with them. So a bookshelf could work, but I also don't want to add too much new furniture to this place, as it's small enough as it is. I'm also considering the bookshelf for my room and doubling it up as a TV stand, but every one I look at has a disclaimer saying "Do not put a TV on the top shelf" - lame. Mine's only a small TV, I think it would be totally fine. Plus the makeshift set-up that I've been using for years seems way less safe than that!
Mum's made it to Mt Isa. She told me the round trip there was $1300. I'm sure I've bitched about this before, but that is a flight within my own state. I could fly to fucking LA and back for that price, probably. I'm unsure how that blatant price-gouging isn't outright illegal, but it's a mining route and the two airlines that go there somehow get away with it. I think it should be a quarter of that price! There's talk of a Vietnamese airline joining our domestic flight routes soon, but I can't help but think it'll go the way of all the other airlines that have tried before it, and there's been plenty now. Mum's been posting a few photos here and there.
A bit political here, but I still hate Pauline Hanson, and think anyone who's thinking of voting for her is a complete and utter fucking moron. Sorry if you are! Which means I think my best friend is a fucking moron, because I have no doubt he is (voting for her, that is). The video she made 25-odd years ago where she's talking to the camera saying, "If you are seeing me now, that means I have been murdered" has been resurfacing a bit online. Maybe because she's a crazy cow. She wants a "mono-culture" in a country founded on, and full of, migrants. She only wants males and females and trans people don't exist. She's fucking delusional. She praised Paul Hogan (based off his role in "Crocodile Dundee") as a perfect example and he's come back and called her a "Pelican", which is hilarious. Our next election is 2 years away. The only good thing is apparently her pole numbers have dropped.
I noticed I was thinking in Mandarin a bit this morning whilst I was making breakfast. It was very basic, I'm still very new to this lol. It was like a basic sentence. I am trying to learn a little more each day, even if it's repeating things I've learned over and over. I'm finding when I do that, things seem to gradually stick a bit more. I have it on the treadmill screen while I'm at gym and I have a Chinese-only version of Duolingo which basically works the same, but it doesn't insult me if I haven't logged in for a day like Duolingo does. So I'm glad I'm sticking with that. I'm also noticing that I have less time to be anxious with my mind being focused on learning this, and that can only be a good thing, so I'll stick with it. I'm finding a few funny words and meanings across the languages, like in Mandarin there is a word they use for 'something/an object that wraps around' and the same word is used for 'wallet', as is 'foreskin' LOL. It all depends on how you say the tone of the same word. Yikes, wouldn't wanna stuff that one up haha.
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