OOC Raves

Cooper

For the last almost 11 years in some form! 

Kyrra

I'm really struggling with things lately but the arts and crafts that I'm forced to do have been helping me. Even if it's just focusing on what I'm doing and not on everything else that makes my heart hurt.

I finished the bag that I was working on today and wanted to share. Picture quality isn't great but the original is massive. I didn't think the quality was that good, to be honest, but I've been getting a lot of positive comments.

Sobriquet

My mates film has just been identified as the biggest grossing Indie film of the year. Bloody good effort lad.

Kyrra

While Ashtan was busy getting raided at 6am (my time), I ended up logging right back off and was applying to a couple of jobs online while I was having my breakfast.

Two hours later, I got a phone call that I had been shortlisted and I have an interview next Tuesday.

Tahquil

I was lucky enough to have the honour of being a bridesmaid for my wonderful friend's wedding. It was gorgeous and a lot of fun and I am so happy for the both of them. Guess which one I am.

Torinn

Ummmm the one drinking?

Nazihk

The shortest one?

Cooper

Plot twist: she's the dude on the left leaning against the tree.

Exelethril

Enjoyed reading this really well-written article about one of the scummiest organizations on the planet.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american-bubble-machine-20100405

Sobriquet

Tahquil said:

I was lucky enough to have the honour of being a bridesmaid for my wonderful friend's wedding. It was gorgeous and a lot of fun and I am so happy for the both of them. Guess which one I am.

Did you not notice the guy in the white vest in the background going for pee up against the tree? Unless of course THAT is the plot twist and the answer to your question.. 

Aralaya

The dehumidifiers are all gone! No longer is there a constant dull roar outside the bedroom. Of course the walls and floor need to be replaced, but the water damage is mostly cleaned up

Tahquil

Torinn said:

Ummmm the one drinking?

Bingo

Nazihk said:

The shortest one?

Awkwardly enough I was a couple of inches taller than the other daintier bridesmaids and the bride so in the group photos I look terribly out of place.

@Sobriquet Jeez, it really does look like a dude taking a piss on a tree... but it is a kid with a white backpack doing... something? It's a very populated park so he'd be super bravo to be chucking a slash in the middle of it.

Kyrra

I nailed my interview so damn hard.

Now I have to wait until Monday to find out if I have a job. Waiting kills me on so many levels.

Nazihk

Tahquil said:
It's a very populated park so he'd be super bravo to be chucking a slash in the middle of it.

"Chucking a slash" may be the most Australian sounding thing I've ever heard.

Tahquil

Well I'm not here to fuck spiders, mate.

Trey

Tahquil said:

Well I'm not here to fuck spiders, mate.

Or... or -are- you?

Tahquil

The fuck.... ?

Blujixapug

___________X_______

a line has been crossed

also Trey would clearly fail the Australian Citizenship Test

Kyrra

Blujixapug said:

___________X_______

a line has been crossed

also Trey would clearly fail the Australian Citizenship Test

I only got 14/20 on that  Unquestioningly and unapologetically Aussie, but also kinda touristy.

Xaden

Blujixapug said:

___________X_______

a line has been crossed

also Trey would clearly fail the Australian Citizenship Test

So many words I've never heard before...

Tahquil

16/20. Winnie Blues.

Trey

You are Fosters Blue!

To most of the world, you're Australian, and you'll find yourself at home in the irony laden hipsters bar of the inner city. But are you true blue? Yeah, naaah.

Blujixapug

@Xaden I hope you've been studying, because it's time for

Fair Suck of the Sav: The Ridgy Didge Australian Vernacular Challenge

Answers are in the spoiler tag at the end. G'donya mate

1. "Yeah, nah" means:
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. I don't know

2. Which of the following is not found in an Arnott's assorted pack:
A. Kingston
B. Monte Carlo
C. the orange one
D. Tim Tam

3. Which of the following is not a term of endearment:
A. Ripper
B. Drongo
C. Grouse
D. Fair dinkum

4. To "have a few 'roos loose in the top paddock" refers to:
A. Having a messy hairstyle
B. Being mentally deficient
C. Northern states being beset by asylum seekers arriving by boat
D. Farmsteads being attacked by belligerent marsupials

5. If a person is "flat out", they are:
A. Busy
B. Dead
C. Drunk to the point of falling down
D. Small-breasted

6. A "dunny" is:
A. An alcoholic beverage
B. A foolish person
C. A close friend
D. A toilet

7. Australian soldiers are colloquially known as:
A. Bushrangers
B. Jolly jumbucks
C. Diggers
D. Galahs

8. The best thing about voting on election day is:
A. The sausage sizzle
B. Checking out all the ridiculous tiny senate parties you've never heard of before on the enormous senate ballot (hehe, Australian Sex Party)
C. Participating in your democracy, so that once the new Prime Minister stuffs it all up you can complain that you voted for the other one
D. All of the above

9. The mascot on Australia's flag is:
A. The kangaroo and the emu, two animals unable to walk backwards
B. The dingo, stealer of babies, because we're a nation of thieves and convicts
C. The frilled-neck lizard, chosen as a joke by England's ambassador
D. The platypus, a creature sewn together from parts of all different animals, to represent the Federation of Australia's seven states and territories

10. If a person informs you of "dollar pots down the local", you should know that:
A. The nearest gardenwares store has a sale on terra cotta
B. The nearest pool hall has cheap games of billiards available
C. Your local government representative has been attacked by someone - or something - named Dollar
D. The nearest drinking establishment has cheap beer tonight

1. B: No. (Rephrased: "I hear and understand you, but I disagree") 2. D. Tim Tam. 3. B: Drongo. (Typically shouted from the driver's window of a moving vehicle.) 4. B: Being mentally deficient. 5. A: Busy. 6. D. A toilet. 7. C: Diggers. (Historically from miners in the Eureka Stockade civil rebellion during the Victorian gold rush era; subsequently for their skill at digging trenches in the Boer War and World War 1.) 8. D. All of the above. 9. A: The kangaroo and the emu. 10. D. Cheap beer. (A 'pot' is a half-pint beer glass.)

Lyrin

18/20.

I am offended that the Veronicas are described as iconic.

Antonius

@Blujixapug I feel like that one was easier than the other one linked (which I gave up on almost immediately because I didn't even understand most of the questions). I managed to get 6/10 (questions 2, 6, 7 and 9 are the ones I got wrong), which doesn't seem awful. Most of those answers were pretty easy to guess.

Siduri

And I finally have a job again!

Ryzan

Speaking of jobs!

Got a job last week as a stockboy because I had too much free time in the summer as a med student, wage started off at 12 dollars/hour.

Got a pay check today for a wage at 15 dollars/hour because I busted ass to work with the retirees we have in the back of house.

Im a supervisor starting tomorrow!

feelsgoodman, #blessed

Ismay

About 3 weeks ago, I found out the company I was working for was closing. They gave us a week's notice. Actually, I only had a 5 day notice cause corporate showed up on my off days. 

I spent a good couple days crying my eyes out and generally freaking. Then here comes this little short fella who walks in and says "I'm here to hire you!" Talk about luck.

Anyways, I'm now making more money than before with much better benefits. My hours are better - days instead of evenings. And the people I work with are awesome. Just goes to show how things tend to work out for the best.

Sobriquet

As someone with redundancy looming, that was good to read

Kyrra

Guess who is starting their new job at 8:30am on Friday morning?!