VegemiteGrrl's Home for the Absent-Minded

Fucked up twice today on automated callouts for supply teaching. Booked off for today, and at 10:00 this morning I absent-mindedly trashed the not-available request; immediately received a call to drive an hour for a half-day with a rough intermediate class. Turned it down, and I hate turning down work. Tonight, couldn't find my phone when the phone rang; it was off the charger and sitting on the recliner under a blanket. So I missed what was almost certainly a job for Wednesday or Thursday (already booked Tuesday/Friday). I'll likely get a call tomorrow night, but not guaranteed--if not, move this over to the expensive-stupidity thread.

My biggest door fail, many years ago, involved me:

-- Walking through a revolving door carrying a cup of hot coffee (yes, I know)
-- Hitting my head on the revolving door
-- Stumbling outside and pouring hot coffee over my crotch
-- Dropping my coffee cup
-- Reaching down to the coffee stain and accidentally punching myself in the balls
-- Pulling my fist away too quickly and poking myself in the eye
-- The end

― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, September 19, 2023 5:07 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

Missed this. Masterful.

Yes that is Jaques Tati level.

tbh I was disappointed Chuck didn't reel backward into the revolving door at the end

I found a pair of earbuds I really like. I left one pair on a train, so I bought another. A month later I left that pair on an airplane. The third pair's case has been painted with nail polish in the hopes that my eyes will register them before leaving a place. All this has happened within the space of a few months.

i cannot imagine having to hold on personal items with your volume and sequences of travel i would end up a property-less person

yeah same, i would need all my shit safety pinned to my coat like a kid being sent off to kindergarten

I was on a flight from Miami to Atlanta last week. It was chilly, so I put on my fleece. In doing so, I took off my glasses and put them on the empty seat beside me, then forgot to put them back on. When the plane landed, I realized in a panic that they were not on my head, and were nowhere to be found. After the plane emptied out, a flight attendant helped me. She said, "Well, when we land, everything moves forward," and found them on the floor like four rows ahead of where I was sitting.

mother's day is early this year (uk). i should go to the supermarket and pick up a card there rather than making a special trip to the card shop...

and i won't pick the usual abstract card or a floral one, i'll pick one with text on it for a change. and i like that font and the way that orange clashes with that dark blue... sorted.

get home and realise it reads 'happy birthday!'

(and i will probably forget / lose it before october)

I've been doing a better job of going to the gym on the way to work, but somehow like every other time I manage to forget an item I need in my gym bag - most often towel, belt, or shoes for work. A few times I've just given up on going to the office and worked from home due to this.

Whereas today I am beltless in office and just pulling up my jeans a lot, lol

Found this year’s and last year’s registration in my glove box today with the August 2024 tag still on this year’s form, that I paid for last August. A non-required front tag? Nope. Stowed the registration on purchase and have been driving with expired tabs since September.

H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y

you rule, despite certain lacunae that i shall not mention

Yes, happy birthday S. You are sunshine. Hope you have a wonderful day.

(the lacunae involve her failure to appreciate billy squier, just in case anyone took that seriously)

(i mean she *should* appreciate billy squier, but is kickass nevertheless)

thank you guys!

my lack of appreciation for billy squier is a feature, not a bug fyi imo iirc

hb to you vg!

Happy birthday and thank you for the painful joy that is this thread!

Happy birthday love!!

Mookie how do you feel about broccoli because she and I have faced off on this in the past

HB, vg. Whenever i see a show rec from you i take notice on account of the fact that . .. you're always right? Hope your day is lovely!

bewdy m8

There was a time before VG on ilx but I hope there will never be a time after.

you guyyyyyys <3

Remembering to wash your face: ⭐⭐
Remembering to take your glasses off first: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today was a ⭐⭐ day.

Outstanding! x

lol amazing

I've been reading a lot of articles about ultra-processed foods lately, so I've started checking the ingredients on food packaging more often.

This morning I noticed a strange ingredient in my organic muesli, "FLAKED AI MONDS", and for a few seconds I started thinking "AI monds? AI MONDS??? Has AI reached my breakfast serial too??? Is nothing sacred, Silicon Valley??????"

And then two seconds later I was like "Oh right, almonds."

(Not quite on topic but)

We're travelling at the moment, checked in to a hotel yesterday, then this morning showered there for the first time - the showers had the things you see in the showers in hotels, three near identical squirty bottles. After we'd both showered, we talked about how it was weird that the bottles were "Conditioner", "Hand and Body Wash", and "Bath and Shower Gel" - what's the difference between the last two? And then we both went quiet and looked over at the sink, and it turns out that we've between us probably half a dozen times washed our hands and not noticed we were using the bottle marked Shampoo.

(I'm sure they're mostly the same thing, it's just that we didn't notice)