8.4.26 - 106 - Things look up

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Yellow vented bulbul nest with eggs in the garden












Stitches today - looking good












Chinese Rojak at the new Woodleigh Mall

Well, life continues. Good news with the stitches. It has been sooooo boring but what can I do? I sleep and organise things as best I can. I miss doing stuff. I miss running and swimming. It's been a total nightmare that way. I miss taking Ma out. Having zero agency. But with any luck the stitches come out on Saturday, fingers crossed.

And then perhaps I can do some gentle walking... we will see. I don't know if I can swim after the stitches come out. Probably not. 

It was nice - Jac came a took us for lunch today and we went to Woodleigh Mall. It was lovely and it is a lovely mall - as far as malls go. Very mobility friendly. It received Ma's seal of approval. 

In other news, Trump has tacoed again - or folded. He is really the most idiotic person on the face of the planet. Having said he would destroy the civilisation of Iran, implying he would nuke it, he then said, noooo syke! I will not negotiate with the 10 point plan which they gave to me. I mean like wtf why not negotiate with it first. Although if I were the Iranians I would definitely not negotiate with him. Because he and Israel cannot be trusted. Also the people who are negotiating on behalf of the US are about as useful as a wet paper bag. I would demand that there be better negotiators and let everyone know that if anyone is killed during the negotiations, I would send rockets over Israel so fast and hard there would be no mistake that that was a mistake. 

If I were the Iranians I would say, the straits are open and there is a toll and if anyone fucks with us there are the rockets again. I cannot believe what these people did - I'm so glad that they not only dug in, but that they had the ability to dig in. And that also all of Trump's cabinet seem to be behave like marshmallows in a burning house. It really doesn't bear thinking about.

What has been Trump's greatest problem, apart from himself? That he has surrounded himself with stupid people - people who just suck up to him all the time. And then he actually says that - he says he prefers losers because they make him look good. He says that he doesn't care if someone is wrong, if they are nice to him he will like them. This is the behaviour of someone who needs to be in therapy. A truly insecure and unable person - and then that he says it out loud - well, that's the complete and utter lack of judgement and boundaries, which tells me he either is insane or has dementia. 

America's 'leadership' is now the laughing stock of the world. I suppose it always was - but now it really is the laughing stock of the world and I'd imagine that, like me, everyone is going to want to visit Iran now. To shake the hands of the people who kicked the US in the balls.

And those Lego videos - they are quality. And SO MANY. Who the fuck is making them? Is AI now on the side of the Iranians. I'd love to meet the creators of these videos. They are the unsung heroes of this past five weeks.

Five weeks, is that all it has been? It feels like it has been forever.

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