• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    15·
    7 months ago

    So it’s the cats bed and I get to use it sometimes. Thankfully I lure her over to that white doona with treats and she snuggles under it during the night.

  • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
    9·
    7 months ago

    @Seagoon_ Morning everyone.

    So I still have a nose that alternates between being blocked and runny.

    Yet I’m feeling less hungover than last week?

    Sleeping in has worked wonders ☺️

    It appears that drunk me not only did a load of washing last night, but also put it into the dryer too!

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    8·
    7 months ago

    I have been watching various movies, readings and videos of Beowulf and about Beowulf. ( I read the book a long time ago, before Heaney’s translation ) Here are some.

    Beowulf by Robert Zemeckis. Whyyyyyyy. It could have been awesome but it looked like crap. 2 hobbits

    Beowulf , documentary by Michael Woods, 4 hobbits

    History documentary by some academic poetry chap, 3 hobbits

    Beowulf 1998 animation with Derek Jacobi, 3 hobbits

    The Hobbit , for following Tolkein’s texts on Beowulf and the book The Hobbit and for general awesomeness in heroic story telling, 6 out 5 hobbits. I love it even more now,

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
        3·
        7 months ago

        The 1998 one is 30 minutes and on youtube ✅

        the series with William Hurt was so bad I didn’t even review it

        I yelled at the zemeckis movie, what a waste of actors

        Michael Woods is always good, it made me want to travel all over England and see these places

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Monarch of the Glen by Neil Gaiman (a novella in his short story collection Fragile Things) sort of includes Grendle. It also serves as a small sequel to American Gods. I like his take.

    • shiny_idea@aussie.zone
      1·
      7 months ago

      Is “Bea Wolf” on your radar?

      It’s an illustrated children’s book about a children’s party in a treehouse.

      But apparently somehow it’s an adaptation of the ancient epic?

    • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Apparently Grendel Grendel Grendel is awesome but I’ve never been able to find a copy.
      EDIT: it’s now on Prime.

  • Railison@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    7 months ago

    Ok so in my dream last night I had an epiphany. Countdown Scrabble.

    In these rules, each round someone has the job of picking how many consonants and vowels.

    Then everyone has a time to work out the highest scoring word on the board.

    Whoever finds the highest scoring gets the points and places the word down.

    Any unused tiles go back in the box and used again.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      2·
      7 months ago

      In these rules, each round someone has the job of picking how many consonants and vowels.

      there would need to be two boxes

      Then everyone has a time to work out the highest scoring word on the board.

      Whoever finds the highest scoring gets the points and places the word down.

      Highest scoring move or highest scoring word?

      there needs to be a timer

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
        1·
        7 months ago

        it would be a strange game.

        In ordinary scrabble a player can win by having the best average word score but not having any very high scoring words. In countdown scrabble every move is the highest score amongst the players. A player with a good average but no highest scores would never get a turn.

  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 months ago

    Got a heap of gardening done today, so I’m feeling very accomplished. Green bin full, and several tubs full lined up ready to go. Now a friend is over and we’re watching ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ at her suggestion. Perfect way to spend a Saturday!

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 months ago

    I haven’t been practicing. I’ve been feeling sick all the time, too depressed to stick with anything, and any good art I post would just get scraped for AI.

    Edit: I’m slowly sipping some tea and moving over to shapes because trying to shade lightly and evenly with cross hatched ink is driving me spare

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      6·
      7 months ago

      So sorry you are going through this. A hobby should be for enjoyment, so do what you can, in shorts bursts, without any notion of how much time you ‘should’ spend on something. Each new technique will take time but be rewarding. You are probably far more skilled already than you give yourself credit for. I reckon I would struggle to draw a stick figure. I would be supremely impressed by anyone who could produce something even close to those shaded examples!

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        1·
        7 months ago

        Thanks. I just get discouraged and the health problems are unreal at the moment. I might just stick to casual practice without putting the pressure on

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 months ago

    Solid sleep in till 10:15am. What a whirlwind week it’s been. I don’t know that I can handle full time hours for long, but for now I gotta push on with it and recharge the coffers.

    I can’t complain though, I’ve had some really lovely social interactions - I’m absolutely spent right now, but I think a lot of it is just lack of practice after years of mostly remote work and latterly not working full time. Not used to being seen, being accountable. Once I rebuild those muscles it’ll be easier.

    I’ll have an option of going down to 4 days a week total in a couple of months so that’ll be a relief.

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    6·
    7 months ago

    Been rushing around all day and in grumps mood but sky pretty at the moment; so I’m taking a breather to appreciate the beauty. It’s the simple things sometimes.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      4·
      7 months ago

      I decided to get up, get dressed and do mild housework. That often works to gently stretch sore back muscles. I think it worked, I’m feeling quite a bit better.

      I can’t see the evening sky from here.

      Simple things. All my orchids have flower buds, will move them upstairs where I can see them better later in the week. :)