So I got a phonecall at 11:20 from the original guy at the auction place wanting to know if I was still bringing the furniture π€¦π»ββοΈ.
Thank God the car was loaded so I just had to drive there. Auction is this afternoon so π€π».
In other news, went back in my room and was hit with a blast of Eau de dead rat - checked and realised I'd managed to sprinkle bicarb soda everywhere except where it'd carked it. Google suggested bleach and I had some lemon White King on hand so I poured a good glug on it, opened the window and closed the door. Went in for something and all I could smell was bleach, so here's hoping that's sorted it. π
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Installation of split system delayed again!
Well I guess on the bright side I managed to do a couple of hours of more decluttering and cleaning.
I half moved some stuff already. Wondering I should just make the moving of furniture within the next day so I donβt have to do it in 2 weeks time.
Still though so frustrating with the constantly delaying. 4th time now I think
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Used in the Tron movies, such an awesome song even if the music video is a little bit comical.
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I think Iβm peckish but no snack foods.
Got 3 x $10 scratchies from my sister for my birthday. Didn't win a single dollar. I guess all of the luck is saving itself for the $40m Powerball ticket she also got me.
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I'm watching The Trojan Women, a 1971 movie from a Euripides play.
It's full of great tragedy. It's meant to be emotional, it was written to shame perpetrators of war. This is like Sophie's Choice x 10.
I think I watch too many movies that require concentration and empathy as I find my reactions just too intellectual.
How many murders a day do I see on screen?
The other thing is i keep on asking myself how they did a shot or what dramatic device is this that makes me think a thing. I find myself changing focus from the story to the how.
These ancient places that have such a big place in our own society's cultural identity, even if just in stories passed down onto us, these places were so small.
I have been to Troy, just drove past really, it's just a small place. A city state that used to be on the coast but is now inland. It had only 10,000 people. Their men and children murdered and then the women forced into slavery. The movie is harrowing. ( In modern times this is what happened to the Yazidi women of Syria. Their men and children were murdered and then the women were forced into slavery. )
A suburb is like living in a town, I can't help putting myself, my loved ones and my neighbours in the place of these characters. I suppose that's what makes it a great play.
5 Hobbits.