• StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    9 days ago

    So after a solid month and half of severe depression, I am starting to feel a bit better. Have a few more doctor appts coming up to hopefully figure out some things.

    Applied for a few jobs yesterday, and already have an interview at a place in Hoppers Crossing on Wednesday. In industry, NOT a call centre lol.

    I have crossed all my digits, knocked on all the wood in the home, and trying not to get my hopes to high 😅

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Loool I got some nice cat-grade mince (looks pretty good tbh), and Mickey has been gassing up the place like he’s trying to make a new gas giant.

      Every time I pick him up I end up squeezing a fart out 😂💀

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    10 days ago

    I had a dream that a wise old welsh speaking cat was stirring soup for me on the stove and the only weird thing was that we were about to eat it on a slightly warm day.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    10 days ago

    I finished the book Piranesi the other day. I saw a trailer for an indie game and comments were saying it looked inspired by the book so I checked it out.

    The book is well written, not because the prose is overly flowery or well done, but because it is so straightforward and the language of the characters infers so much. The plot isn’t entirely gripping on its own per say, but more because the whole setup of the book is so stripped back and so minimalist you want to see where it goes and what happens.

    In a way it reminded me of the book ‘The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle’ because it’s about a person in a rather elaborate situation, but I didn’t like how Piranesi explained so much. I would have been fine with a bit more detachment from the ‘real world’.

    It’s a short and very engaging read. There’s nothing overly triggering in it so it’s a good one for anyone that likes a hint of fantasy in their writing.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Alright, if anyone wants a very super chill game about being a wildlife photographer in East Africa, then do I have just the game for you!

    Seclusa is that game. No timers, no competition, no stress. It is being updated consistently, and isn’t too exxy.

    10/10 do recommend

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    10 days ago

    As a followup to my other post, I started the book Katabasis last night. I downloaded it first, before I had even heard of Piranesi and the cover said it was similar, so I thought that was serendipitous since I was looking to scratch that similar itch.

    And wow, is it a badly written book by comparison. This book might be inspired by the plot of Piranesi, but it completely misses with execution. Where Piranesi was stripped back, told you very little and had you infer things from the characters, Katabasis just drops everything in front of you with an omnipotent narrator that just spews exposition at you. I can also see all the tropes in the first chapter; singularly focused protagonist that needs to learn to chill out, enemies to lovers forced buddy situation, ‘naturally gifted’ expert who it turns out things aren’t so easy for, and macguffin plot that won’t be realised by the end because of the inherit flaw of the main character pursuing it.

    These differences really stand out after reading Piranesi and Get Shorty previously. This writing breaks all of Elmore Leonard’s rules and is worse for it. Leonard even says his rules are guides and can be broken, but his books are so readable and enjoyable without being overly flashy or feeling dumbed down.

    I’ll give Katabasis a bit more of a chance, but I can’t see myself getting through the 800 odd phone screen sized pages of this book compared to the 300 of Piranesi.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I enjoy the occasional ‘cheese’ novel. Having said that, if it’s 800 pages, I’ll give it a miss 100%

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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        9 days ago

        I put it on my phone so it wouldn’t actually be that long, but I don’t think I’d go the distance when I just read a much better, shorter novel

    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      Susannah Clarke is an infinitely more gifted storyteller than R. F. Kuang.

      There’s a delicacy and deftness in Piranesi that’s very hard to get right

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      10 days ago

      After reading tv and movie reddits for a while I can see there would be a readership for that kind of book. There are so many people who really do need and want everything spelled out. You can’t even show people things, they actually need it to be explained verbally.

      I do like stripped back noir 😺

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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        9 days ago

        I was talking to a guy years ago who said reading takes so much mental capacity that he can’t focus on anything else or have hard to read prose. I totally get that, reading doesn’t come naturally to everyone and some people want the book equivalent of an Amazon TV show that explains everything for the people making spaghetti at the same time.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Daughter’s friends came over to play board games.

    Good mix of dudes and dudettes.

    All the lads are super respectful and lovely.

    They’re also apparently scared of me.

    Do I play it up?

    Oh yeah.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      That’s so nice. YL’s friends come to play games here and know I’m already weird. Here it’s chill compared their own chaotic households.

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        9 days ago

        I’m half a bottle of whiskey and like 2 joints worth of weed, in tonight.

        And yet, the complete gentleman with zero attitude.

        • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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          9 days ago

          I’m half a bottle of whiskey and like 2 joints worth of weed

          Sounds prime for challenging one of the lads to a few rounds of BJJ.

          • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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            9 days ago

            We’ve had a lot of new dudes recently that are just a tad too arrogant. Confidence from watching instagram videos does not translate to mat skills.