I don’t want to set the tone with my own experience so I preface this with a disclaimer that you can be as miserable as you want.
Mines been nice, woke up a bit hungover but nbd. My partner isn’t used to it being light out when she gets up for work so she panicked and thought she was late. We had a bit of a laugh over that. Kinda mosied around a bit before delivering a floral arrangement she made. Smelled wonderful and was very pretty. It’s designed in a donut shape so an urn can go in the center. Getting saudi coffee now before I finish my research paper today :3
I hope everyone is well
Good, lounging around this morning after sleeping in to recover from a long work week. My partner made me cookies for my birthday a few days ago so I’m snacking on those. Currently have a big fluffy cat in my lap too
Happy belated birthday!
And sent cat pics if you have any :3
I had Friday and will have Monday off, so on Wednesday I had an impulse decision and bought cheap flights from Spain to Romania and then from Bulgaria back to Spain, so I’m having a long weekend out. A nice friend of mine joined, so now we’re riding a train in Bulgaria (had to wake up at 5 tho).
Yesterday I rode a train from Romania to Bulgaria, which went through the lower Danube flatlands. I’m used to Spain being kinda a mountainous region, so I was beyond bewildered when I experienced the endless farmlands of southwestern Romania:
The mere sight of such incredibly flat and endless farmlands sent me on a 2h NATOpedia trip looking at the historical names of the region, agricultural production, etc. It was a pretty awesome experience, highlight of the trip so far.
Bonus pic: I’m extremely mad that I forgot to pack this amazing drink I bought in a Bulgarian convenience store and I forgot it this morning at the hotel, I was beyond excited to try it :(
Wow, Romania :D
Always to visit the Balkans. You gonna visit an castles?
Visited a castle in Bulgaria, in the town of Vidin, next to the Danube. Not that impressive to be honest :P but the Danube is crazy, unfathomable amounts of water
My dad is doing a bit better, he’s still in the hospital, but that he’s feeling more himself makes me more at ease. Gonna fart around today and stream some stuff.
Glad to hear it 🫂 I was worried when I saw your posts the other day
ty yeah I was stressing too
Crap. I have developed some kind of itchy rash all over my hands, I did my laundry and hung it out then it started pissing with rain (don’t have a tumble drier), there is a really bad smell everywhere which I think is coming from next door and has permeated into all my clothes and things, and my financial situation is stressing me out.
arms outstretched in offer of a big hug
thank you
I hope at least one of these things improves 🫂
thank you
Depressed and anxious as every day lately is.
Had a slow start to the day. Its rainy and cold out, which paired well with my breakfast of coffee, toast (with blueberry preserves and butter!), and rasin bran. Therapy has been brutal in a constructive way but family has been on my mind a lot recently. A funeral, then thanksgiving, then christmas have been looming over me. I’m hoping to be able to put that down for at least a little while today.
I’m going to suit up for a run, I have been neglecting excercise since classes started. Later on theres a queer event in town that I want to drop by before spending most of my evening on coursework.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Went to see a play with my boyfriend today, came out of the theatre and it was nice and gloomy, just how we like it.
Tomorrow is my mum’s birthday so we’ll be going to my parents house for brunch.
currently walking my dog. fixed a broken tent in my yard this morning, played a bit of fetch, bid on some jobs, deposited $500 on my debt, listening to a YouTube lib watch conservative comedy that isn’t funny and say “this isn’t funny” over and over, feeling very chill. it’s a good Saturday.
I just woke up. Had a 9 hour closing shift last night, got home about 6 hours ago and got 5 hours of sleep. I desperately want to be cuddled back to sleep because I’m very tired but I’m also familiar enough with my own body to know I’m not getting any more sleep alone lol
Oh, what’s the research paper about?
Doing a bit of gaming this weekend.
I currently have a cold, so Im feeling a little wonky but otherwise I’m doing fine.
Trying to get to bed on time these days
It’s about the role of Eucalyptus in the colonial environmental engineering of Algeria :D
Specifically I am trying to represent the boom in Eucalyptus planting as a sort of grift based on speculated use-values that, through the profiteering of international individuals, contributed to the development of the imperial relationship.
I hope your gaming is good. What game?
It’s about the role of Eucalyptus in the colonial environmental engineering of Algeria :D
Specifically I am trying to represent the boom in Eucalyptus planting as a sort of grift based on speculated use-values that, through the profiteering of international individuals, contributed to the development of the imperial relationship.
That’s so interesting, if you have any content you can share I’d love to read it. In the Pampas region of Argentina something similar happened in the second half of the nineteenth century when president Sarmiento imported Eucalyptus. As to be expected, in his colonizer mentality the tree was another tool to “tame a desert” land already populated by natives and criollos (non humans for him, thus still a desert). Specifically calling the Pampa “tabula rasa” and a “solitary widow waiting for her new husband, the Eucalyptus”. I swear I’m not making this shit up. As the tree was associated with Australia, it was a symbol of progress and a “sanitary hero”.
In israHell the same pattern repeats, eucalyptus and european pines are planted for colonization purposes.
dude yes it was a worldwide thing. This guy, Ferdinand von Mueller, made some claims about the properties of Eucalyptus that are exaggerations of its actually abilities and, because of climatic and disease theory at the time, implied that it would be crazy useful for environmental engineering. I got news papers from Buenos Aires, Madras, South Africa, Paris, The US, Melbourne, and Brazil all writing about how Eucalyptus is gonna, basically, get rid of disease and turn deserts into productive farmland. One guy, Trottier, who was an algerian settler, argued that it could GET RID OF THE SAHARA. Shit is crazy, projects for planting it pop up fucking everywhere in the latter half of the nineteenth century. funny enough, palestine gets brought up regularly.
I’d be happy to share my writing when I am fully done with it at the end of the semester. currently it is just a rough draft and I am not entirely happy with it.
Lol it was even more widespread than I thought! Good luck with your paper, I’ll wait for it.
Just found out even japan was getting in on this lol
I played an hour of (4x game) Age of Wonders 4 earlier but I might switch to (economy focused grandstrategy game) Victoria 3 and try to get a better understanding for that.
i’m having to stay home all weekend bc i hurt my back a little. i always struggle around this time of year when it’s cold and dark, and this isn’t helping (proof: 😔)
i spent £10 of the £16 i’d have spent on bus fares and subs on a maxi skirt and a warm jumper from vinted. i need more clothes now that i’m going outside more, and i’m still kind-of £6 up, so i guess it’s ok to let my inner consoomer have this one. i borrowed a book but don’t have the energy to start it, and everything on my to-do list feels too hard. i suppose i’ll scroll and watch slop for the rest of the day and hope that tomorrow is better
i’m glad that you’re having a good day - that all sounds lovely
I’m in hella pain due to a wart treatment I got. It’s really big and on the bottom of my big toe, so I have to limp around to walk. The only physical sensation I can feel is the burning blister. It feels like my toe will pop like a balloon. I’m lucky I’m not doing anything today.
I feel numb and just existing from one work shift to the next. Trying to dopamine, but nothing is working. One of those days. Ho hum.
I’ve had better, lots of stomach pain last night and this morning. Hoping it eases as I move around. Just hoping my hands don’t start to hurt too bad from work today.
