Just felt the need to post this jerk. His name is actually Vladimir, and he's almost 13 years old. He has arthritis in his spine, and I think he's going deaf, but he still tries to sneak out if Im not careful...... it's been 13 years mate, you ARE an indoor cat!!!! Just accept it!
Ok, Aussie here so I want to get out there and talk about the Aussie Icon turned villain that is called Raygun. I'm assuming everyone knows the "story". She accidentally got "selected" to do break dancing at the Olympics, even though she mostly taught about the sociology of break dancing and it's social context in non white communities at university.
She was terrible at the Olympics. Pretty horrifying actually. Immediately became an Aussie Icon for having a go and making fun of herself afterwards. She could have floated along on that claim to fame and survived the very valid questions asked about how she got selected to participate in the Olympics when she was completely unqualified and there are very, VERY talented not privileged, not white female break dancers in Australia.
She could have embraced the memes. She could have embraced THE MUSICAL that was written about her. She could have continued to be an Aussie Icon for her absolutely terrible attempt at dancing at the Olympics and treating an opportunity that other people would have killed for as a joke.
But no, like every white woman that has ever been accused of cultural appropriation, she doubled down. She claimed she was being abused because people, very rightfully, made fun of her, and then used her position to SUE venues to stop comedians making fun of her in stage shows. She litigated to have the entire RAYGUN: THE MUSICAL blocked from happening. She refused to let her "likness" be used to raise money for charity. None of these are actually very Aussie Icon things to do.
So, we hate her. Bitch could have used her position to highlight very real, very apparent gaps in how Indigenous Australians (some of who are most excellent break dancers) are affected by racism, she could have let charities that raised money using her likeness to USE that money for charity. She didn't. She's the embodiment of everything wrong with privileged racist white people in Australia. And she can't take a joke.
So when you watch the Raygun doco on Netflix, the doco her management team spear headed to try and somehow make her imagine more palatable, please remember that Aussies hate her for very good reasons. She wasn't bullied, she wasn't threatened, she was legitimately made fun of because she can't fucking break dance and her "selection" for the Olympics was a joke that highlights some very big fucking problems in the way professional sporting bodies gatekeep access to the Olympics only for the people that can afford it.
Don't get online and tell us we mistreated the villain at the centre of the story, when she had the opportunity to embrace the absurd and chose tantrum instead.
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I want them so bad, but for the life of me, I can not get them to survive. I have a native garden which has grevillea and native grasses flourishing, and my kangaroo paws just.... melted?? I tried again with a dedicated garden bed and they just died (too much water, not enough?!?!)
Please give me your tips and tricks! At this point I will build them a custom made garden bed if needed, please help!
I haven't even read it yet because my last note to myself was to just re-read the whole thing when it updated 🤣
Go forth and enjoy my lovelies: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20972702/chapters/49868837
the ties that bind (have been broken)
KASE1248
Summary:
It's been twelve years since Deucalion. Since the Darach. Since Scott became an Alpha.
After high school, things start to settle down in Beacon Hills. Scott and Derek bring their betas together and form one whole pack to protect the Nemeton and its surrounding territory. Twelve years later, life is the most 'normal' it's ever been: the pack have made it to graduation, left for college, come back home, and are now forging lives and futures together.
That is, until a series of kidnappings turn deadly.
Highly recommend Sterek works by DaisyApples
https://archiveofourown.org/users/Daisyapples/pseuds/Daisyapples/works?fandom\_id=258526
Time loops- AMAZING
Compulsion? LOVED IT, broke my heart.
Just world building everywhere. Stiles kicks butt. Derek gets his shit together ❤️
So days after the whole network went down (dafaq?), I get a call from customer support. This lovely lady is so concerned, she's explaining to me that my phone IP is public, Telstra wants to help me because EVERYONE on the internet can see what I'm doing on my phone!
Look, I'm not proud of myself, but I panicked. I started yelling, asking if she could see my porn and if people were viewing my OF for FREE, and this lady.... she hung up on me!!
So fucking rude. I thought we were exchanging scary tech stories, you know? She lacked commitment to the unspoken agreement. Telstra- DO BETTER!
As suggested by the title, I've just purchased the second lot of our strata scheme and have started the process to have the scheme dissolved. If anyone has any tips or tricks to make THAT easier I would love to know about them! The strata in in NSW.
Secondary to that, the building insurance for both lots is due soon and I would prefer to NOT pay it. Since the two lots are no longer operating as a strata, we do not need insurance for third-party injuries in shared spaces. But, I do still need building insurance in case of flood, fire, etc etc.
Should I just pay the strata insurance and cancel it when the strata is dissolved? Or is there a way to insure buildings under a strata scheme without all the shared space liability? Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!
Good thing she's cute!
As suggested by the title, I've just purchased the second lot of our strata scheme and have started the process to have the scheme dissolved. If anyone has any tips or tricks to make THAT easier I would love to know about them! The strata in in NSW.
Secondary to that, the building insurance for both lots is due soon and I would prefer to NOT pay it. Since the two lots are no longer operating as a strata, we do not need insurance for third-party injuries in shared spaces. But, I do still need building insurance in case of flood, fire, etc etc.
Should I just pay the strata insurance and cancel it when the strata is dissolved? Or is there a way to insure buildings under a strata scheme without all the shared space liability? Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!
I know that sounds like the opening to a joke, but I'm not laughing!
I bought an Orange Spot and a Peppermint Bristlenose Pleco in November, figure I have time to figure out which is which and then March-ish I suddenly have babies.
Truthfully, I half suspect my Peppermint might be a Starlight?? I thought the tail stripe disappeared when they matured if they were a Peppermint?
Anyway. Babies. Now they are getting bigger they all clearly have spots. Some are orange, some are "bluish", some have a stripe all the way down their back. Are they all just "marble" now?
Thank you 😊