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the_siobhan) wrote2022-09-09 11:38 am
the_siobhan) wrote2022-09-09 11:38 am
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land of one thousand stances
Got my second shingles shot today. The nurse told me the reaction to the second shot will be stronger than the first, so I anticipate feeling like hammered ass all weekend. Fortunately I have no social obligations after I visit the Old Man today. (Although I should do something about the absolute disaster that is this house. The housemate doesn't do housework unless I drag them into it so it's not like it will happen without me.)
My appointment was earlier than I usually leave the house so I hit the streets at dog-walking o'clock. I got to watch a bunch of my neighbours meet each other for the very first time because their dogs really really wanted to make friends with each other. I guess at one time having small children used to serve the same social function? Anyway, I thought it was amusing to see it play out so many times in the hour I was out.
On the subject of dogs, we have a surprise dog in the house. It belongs to the housemate's girlfriend and they are dog-sitting for two weeks. The cats are Extremely Unimpressed. I am... nonplussed.
Every time I walk through Parkdale I can never get over how much it's changed in the years I've lived here. The street that was once a row of Portuguese hardware stores and Vietnamese karaoke bars is now all high-end gastropubs and shop-by-appointment boutiques. The strip club has been replaced by an "anti-aging spa" that doesn't really do anything to stop you from aging, but will inject questionable substances into your wrinkles. I guess it works about as well the traditional method of bathing in the blood of virgins, so who am I to judge.
I also passed this place, which is so new I couldn't find any reference to it online. I gotta say, I really appreciate the 80's boombox facade.
Right, time to head over to the hospital before the immune system takes me out.
My appointment was earlier than I usually leave the house so I hit the streets at dog-walking o'clock. I got to watch a bunch of my neighbours meet each other for the very first time because their dogs really really wanted to make friends with each other. I guess at one time having small children used to serve the same social function? Anyway, I thought it was amusing to see it play out so many times in the hour I was out.
On the subject of dogs, we have a surprise dog in the house. It belongs to the housemate's girlfriend and they are dog-sitting for two weeks. The cats are Extremely Unimpressed. I am... nonplussed.
Every time I walk through Parkdale I can never get over how much it's changed in the years I've lived here. The street that was once a row of Portuguese hardware stores and Vietnamese karaoke bars is now all high-end gastropubs and shop-by-appointment boutiques. The strip club has been replaced by an "anti-aging spa" that doesn't really do anything to stop you from aging, but will inject questionable substances into your wrinkles. I guess it works about as well the traditional method of bathing in the blood of virgins, so who am I to judge.
I also passed this place, which is so new I couldn't find any reference to it online. I gotta say, I really appreciate the 80's boombox facade.
Right, time to head over to the hospital before the immune system takes me out.
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hope you don't feel too bad after your vax.
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A side-effect and that man are not even remotely friendly.
The dog effect is crazy. People *never* approach me in public. I take a dog for a walk, and suddenly children and old folks love me.
How long have you been in the Gin Palace now? I'm going to guess the better part of 20 years?
[Also, I also love that boom box, but "Public Butter"?]
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Public Butter is a used clothing store, it's been around for a while. No idea where they got the name.
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Time for a Jubilee!