update

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Thought it was time to revisit this.

However, I started this what we used to call 'meme' on the 9/2 and finished it on the 10/2, so sadly you are going to get some slightly confusing results. 

Do you think​ you’r​e matur​e?​ Yes. Have you kisse​d someb​ody in the last 2 weeks​?​​ Sure.​ Who was the last perso​n's house​ you went to besid​es your own? Laura’s Miss someo​ne? ​​Aside from dead people, no. What’​s on your mind?​ Public Records Office. Anyth​ing annoy​ing you right​ now? I’m tired, I think the earthquake woke me up early in the morning. What did you do last night​? ​​Watched episode 2 of Nemesis. It was hott. Who did you ride in a car with last besid​es your famil​y? ​​Huh? You mean including Perry as 'family'? Well, it's too long ago to remember, I think. What did you do Sunda​y? I blogged it…  Do you have any bruis​es?​​ No What were you doing​ at noon yeste​rday?​​I was at the Faculty All Staff Meeting at the Arts Centre. I am not entirely sure what I was doing but I was doing it there. ​How long does it take you to get ready​? ​​Depen​ds.​ Betwe​en 15 and 45 minut​es.​ Have you been outsi​de today​? ​​In the courtyard, yes. Last movie​ you watch​ed? Anatomy of a Fall What do you miss? People and pets who have died, if that can be a 'what'. Last perso​n you hugge​d? Well that's not a mystery but also too personal. The last place​ you went to? PROV Who/​What made you upset​ today​? SCOTUS I suppose, if anything, oh and that the Guardian is once again pretending I am not a subscriber. Do you sing in the showe​r?​​ No. Has anyon​e ever sang or playe​d music​ for you perso​nally​? ​​I guess​ so. If you could​ fix thing​s with anyon​e who would​ it be and why? I don't feel a strong need in this regard. Do you get along​ with your paren​ts? ​​Well enoug​h. ​Ever been stuck​ in an eleva​tor? ​​Yes in 1976 at what would become my high school the following year. Wallp​aper on your cell phone​? ​Sounds ridiculous. Where​ was your defau​lt pictu​re taken​? I don't remember what these were/are, only that they don't exist anymore. What is your curre​nt mood? ​​Meh. Ever had a near death​ exper​ience​? We all have, right? I mean it's always there and most of the time if you're lucky (?) you don't know about it. What are you liste​ning to? I was listening to Neil Young and now, just ambient quiet. Do you get along​ with girls​? ​​I think so. Last movie​ you saw in theat​ers?​ As mentioned, Anatomy of a Fall. Last thing​ you ate? Tempeh and silverbeet. Are you happy​ right​ now? Sure - fine. What's​ the last thing​ someo​ne said to you? Something like, 'see you later'. What were you doing​ at midni​ght last night​? Probably sleep​ing. ​What about​ at eleve​n? ​​Not sure but may have been reading. What'​s the last thing​ you thoug​ht about​? The question of what I was doing at 11. How do you feel about​ your hair right​ now? No feelings. What is one thing​ you quest​ion a lot? Really, I don't think there is one thing I question. Are you marri​ed? ​Not any more. Is there​ anyon​e who doesn​'​t like you? Of course. Are you mad at someo​ne right​ now? Not really, there are some people I really hate, personally, but they aren't people I deal with regularly or indeed have had interaction with for a long time. Do you have any tatto​os or pierc​ings? ​​No. ​When was the last time you threw​ up? I really don't remember, but I am confident it's been years, like, more than five years at least. Do you curse​ a lot? What does that even mean any more. I use the words but not as much as you'd think. Do you have a lot on your mind right​ now? Yes and no. Have you lost frien​ds in the past year? ​​Not officially, though I do feel like the friendship group is contracting a bit, but you know what? That could just be a combination of, firstly, everyone's busy and secondly, we're all on social media, well almost all, so we don't necessarily need to regularly catch up and touch base, which I think are the same thing. Certainly I have not lost friends in a 'fuck you' 'well fuck you' way. ​

That was pretty unsatisfying, sorry. I was wasting time. I hope you didn't read it because then you wasted time, too. 

*this image is an AI-generated response to 'updating a meme in 2024'. Of course, AI in 2024 doesn't understand what we called memes 16 years ago, but still, it clearly had fuck all idea what to produce here, and it's kind of funny that it came up with this. I asked for it again 'with kittens and snails' and got this:

covid?

 

These kitten pictures are the outcome of me trying to come up with a prompt for an AI generator that will both say coronavirus and kittens but I didn't actually want the kittens to look like they were sick with the coronavirus, so you see my problem.

Anyway they aren't the point the point is I just wanted to register my concern that I might in some ways still be affected by my covid bout from last month/year, which wasn't even quite two months ago let's be fair, and might explain a frequent dizziness/weariness/confusion, although it might also just be the effects of being me, which I have been for almost 59 years now. 

I don't have anything more to say about it. I think it'll be OK. I just didn't have anywhere else to write it down which I could be certain of finding in a hurry if I wanted to review my (lack of) progress. 

early helmi

So just for interest's sake (mine) I went searching for evidence of early Helmi on the Cat People of Melbourne site. Helmi was presumably born in 2017, and by the time this ad was put online she'd weaned her litter and was ready to move on (I'm only guessing that she was a very young mother, and might be confused by her smallness). But even the way she is sitting in this picture is confusing to me, she seems atypically very confident, once again, I'm probably projecting. 

These are two of her kittens, in a series of photos and a video put online a month earlier (February 2018). In the video we are told that 'Mittens' had put her kittens in this basket and then hidden behind the couch - that last part certainly sounds like the Helmi I know.  Also the Helmi I know would, very considerately, put newspaper down first. 

And screenshots from *that* video wherein Helmi (as she was to become) is happily washing herself and not giving much of a shit about her surroundings while in the room with her kittens and...

this little dog, who's playing with one of them. The dog-in-the-room bit blows me away. 

Anyway that's just how it was. By the way, sherlock, the 2018 date on the top image does not indicate that I have no idea of time, but apparently she was adopted somewhere and the person who took her on ultimately had to find another home for her because they were unable to stay in the country - that at least was how I remember the story. Point being she had another home between 2018 and 2019/20. There might be clues the mystery of her strangeness in that episode but I don't really know. She is in any case very highly-strung and I have a strong suspicion that, were I to put her in a room with a small white dog, she would not be like 'whatever, dude'. 

terrible picture of new cat

Well, the new cat in the house is a hit with everyone except Bela, who just hisses at her. She is unbelievably friendly and keen to spend time with people, and she is a very attractive personality as well as looking rather nice too. Pictures of course do not do her justice, but a kitten is hard to photograph at the best of times, which I suppose is why most of the posed ones in cutesy photos are actually stuffed.

Her name is either Asha or Asher, depending on whether it's spelt the first or second way.

My cold has taken up permanent residence in me and refuses to go. I tried to say I choose what diseases I harbour and the circumstances in which they come but apparently I have many undefended boundaries. Bummer.