I was very brave and did not buy the pyrography kit in Aldi. Even though my brain was screaming: FIRE ART!

I passed a garden and saw a gnome riding a unicorn. And, excuse me? Everyone knows gnomes ride on a fox and fly on a goose.

Playing on the shop radio: olé olé olé we're all part of Jackie's Army...

Do I want to try for tickets for the one kpop concert Ireland is getting? I know of the group, but don't know the group, if you know what I mean.

I see the singer who was married to the disgraced author and implicated in much of the horribleness is touring. But under the band name, perhaps they're hoping people won't associate the band with the scandal?

Now that I am threads I get to see the viral internet a bit more. I understand cheesecake gate. I am duly frustrated by the netgalley review that goes off on how the book is too woke and exposes the reviewers homophobia and yet they still give it 4 stars.

I'm doing the draw this evening, so there's still time to subscribe...

I'm going over my college notes. And they are so erratic. 5 questions. Traverse! Practice Melatonin foot patches And then a list of early BTS songs I like

I am absolutely here for @oliver.ie 's motion at tonight's Cork City Council meeting (referred to a relevant committee).

i bought two little watering globes for the planters in the porch. Very cute, one is shaped like a mushroom. Today, the sun is shining. I thought, I'll fill the watering globes, like a good plant parent. Friends, it set the planter ON FIRE.

I was innocently drying the dishes and BAM, stabby eye pain. And I fumbled what was in my hand and broke a bowl. And, damn it.

Cached UK/IE #KindleBookGiveaway: 5 copies of Guards! Guards! (Discworld Book 8), by Terry Pratchett, which I have, and have read, and have given away before. Because this is a #UKKindleBookGiveaway, you MUST have an amazon.co.uk Kindle account to claim one! #GNUTerryPratchett

Boss: I'll call you later to discuss. Me: *stays in office waiting for call*

Look, I think it was the lion king soundtrack in '94. But I got 2 albums Christmas '95. Boyzone and Robson and Jerome. In protest to the former 12 y/o me put it on volume up, locked my door and took the dog for a walk. The latter I loved.

Every three minutes on Bluesky today: oh that's a delightful name for a town! Dudly-on-Friendton. I see they have voted for the Murdering Orphans party.

Wish I were in Belfast this weekend. Hope everyone enjoys the con. ❤️

Today's earworm: Beeswing by Richard Thompson

I think ... I think I should stop here. Nice round number and let's not think of the hours of my life I'll never get back.

Had time to stop in Douglas on my way home from work, Decided to side quest some namjooning and saw some local art by @edelrh7.bsky.social . Would recommend.

I need to find someone who does their big Dunnes shop every other week. Because I only do the big shop every other week and i end up with no Dunnes vouchers.

How is it only Wednesday?

Me out loud and in my head forevermore after discovering a new song: I'm a butterfly. flutter flutter flap flap. Your problems are not my problems. I am a f#$@ing butterfly. Flutter flutter flap flap

Learning is a difficult and slow process. There are no shortcuts. And it is this process (reading, thinking, engaging) that makes analysis itself possible - to suggest that the heavy lifting can be outsourced in this way fundamentally misunderstands, and indeed undermines, the purpose of education.

This week my brain is asking why can't I go ahead and make the app I wanted to make 10 yrs ago? What's stopping me?

I give you rat-dog doodle. From many years ago. Because I just found it in my 'shred at a later date' box. 😃

It's taken over a month. But I think I'm finally only one step away from swapping my sim card to my new phone.

Ah, so Highlander *is* in the localish cinema this Monday. But only in the evening. Booo. I'd have gone to an early showing.

The sad thing about this Revit course is the fun bit* is an afterthought. * Animating the construction in navisworks.

Nearly at the end of yr 1 of this course and I am beginning to suspect my true reason behind doing it is not to get a better paying job, but rather so I can eventually build a little house. Not that I can afford land.

Cork city is offering €4 flat-rate parking at Paul Street this Friday from 5pm for First Fridays, with a packed night of culture, markets, and free film. csalert.ie/zWAMLG

@edelrh7.bsky.social I assume you are on top of where to find open call but fyi if you've not seen it.

Still haven't watched the Meg 2. But I am all caught up on High Potential. And for me the minute an episodic procedural introduces a multi episode story arc I lose interest. I prefer small Easter eggs that you don't always pick up on the first watch, that lead to 1 to 2 a episode story, and no more.

Work wifi reaches the car park but not my office? Make it make sense.

Me to myself as I attempt to sleep: Relax your eyes. No. Properly. Relax your eyes. Relax your damn eyes. Oh, ffs! Now your jaw's clenched. Why can't you just relax your bloody eyes?

I have 39 of 40 of my maths continuous assessment for this semester. And though I am amazed at this result. I am irrationally angry at myself over that 1%.

As a woman of a certain age, I'd just like to say, perimenopause can fuck right off.

It is a travesty that Alpro don't do chocolate almond milk anymore*. *That I can find.

Should I try and read a book this evening or watch The MEG 2

I'm a bit annoyed. The screen protector on my new phone is chipped and I've not even been using the phone properly..

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I was at a confirmation today and the bishop was all 'do you swear to renounce Satan and his false promises' and I was like: 'i don't know, what's he promising? ' And it was at that point I knew I probably shouldn't have been in that church.

It saddens me to say, but I have not won the euromillions and I therefore need to abandon all plans to live as an eccentric recluse on a quasi-tropical island in the sun.

I thought I was done with this headcold last week, but the needles of pain in my ear says otherwise.

There is a place in Cork city called Daunt Square, and for as long as I can remember I've called it Dawn Square, and not one person has corrected me. However, when I called Bishop Lucey Park the Peace park recently someone not from Cork corrected me.

Small toddler toddling around the shops eating a stick of butter. And I wonder how often cashiers get half eaten sticks of butter to ring up.

ai slop on insta: queen Elizabeth 1st use of lead based makeup made her sick and die .. Dude she was 69. she had already outlived many of her contemporaries. She had serious problems with her teeth rotting and I doubt the royal diet, even a liquid one, was designed for post menopausal women.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of death i shall fear no evil, for I am death, and this is my valley.

I have divested my Instagram of kpop and musicians and started a new account so I can have Threads. So I think my Speirgorm will also be going back to Scifi cons and related nonsense content.

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