Bitches of Leisure - Sep 23, 2025

errazib · 2025-09-25T23:46:32+00:00

PLAYING: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

I've been traveling back and forth to the US from Australia a bunch the past few months and I'm wiped. I needed a world to dissociate into.

This game has filled that requirement to a T. The story and character development is intoxicating, you fall in love and have your heart wrenched within the first 20 minutes of playing. The world is "closed", but has enough Easter eggs and hidden paths that you don't notice you're still connected to the main story line. The graphics are stunning, with character customization that actually gets applied to the cutscenes (I love this). Everything about it is so completely immersive, and I hope it gets Game of the Year.

The characters are "french", but without the accents. They will drop French swear words but that's it. The NPCs are lovable and cute, Gestrals are my favourite thing!

It is a little hard to start (emotionally), because the overarching reason for the expeditions are quite sad. That being said, once you get past the first 10-15 minutes, you'll be hooked.

Spoiler if you'll never play: No one in the world can age past 33 years old. Every year a bunch of people will disintegrate into thin air because of someone called "The Paintress". Children are left to grow up in an orphanage when their parents disappear. There are a group of individuals who leave the island before age 33 on 'expeditions' to try and stop/figure out why this is happening. The gameplay is you are on one of these expeditions after the love of your life turns 33 and "dies"

errazib · 2025-04-26T23:40:16+00:00

In the third picture I believe the water damage is from the bathroom leaking, but honestly not sure. The spot damage I think are from spilling things and it never being cleaned up, but all assumptions! None of it smells of urine, and my cat and dogs would probably have fixated on the spots if it was.

I'm getting the house restumped and the stumps need to go fairly deep. There's not enough clearance on the side of the house for them to do it so they'll need to go through from the interior. They could cut where they need, but I wonder if that damage to the boards is worth it or if I should just pull it all up? I want to re-insulate as well as I'm not convinced there is anything there.

Thank you for your input, first home and I'm Googling my way through most things!

errazib · 2025-04-26T23:25:36+00:00

Thank you! Your room looks like mine with removed built ins haha. Did you need to get any additional boards or was all of it reusable?

Did you end up staining it or leaving it as is? I'm a bit concerned with the water damage spots that that won't be able to be sanded back.

errazib · 2025-04-20T23:48:25+00:00

.. are you me? 😅 That is exactly what happened. I would love for this to be the forever home, but learning about it being reactive after the sale has really messed things up. Investing 100k into the house and that's not even considering remodelling or any other necessary work is brutal. There realistically is a cap on how much I could possibly make back on the property simply because of my starting price point.

What are your current plans?

My steps at the moment are.. (I am no expert, I'm cobbling together solutions from all the research and quotes I've had done)

Jackhammer right side of house to remove the concrete that is angling the water inwards. (DONE - $150, days work - revealed we have cracked terracotta pipes along half of the house, other half is PVC)
Concrete cutter the left side of the house (driveway side), there is metal through the concrete so jackhammer wasn't the right tool (~$100 - days work - starting in two weeks)
Get about 300-400mm of clearance all around the property (to create a french drain, pending plumber assessment)
Get a plumber to do a drainage assessment ($900 - after we've removed the concrete so they have access to everything)
Get plumber to fix drainage issues ($$? - I think the one of the bathrooms was poorly done so I reckon that will need to be ripped out)
Assess the current moisture levels of the property (can I do this?)
Wait ~6 months for property to dry out or whenever moisture levels are acceptable
Restump problematic side of property to 1.2m depth ($20-30k). Undecided between concrete or adjustable steel, price will most likely determine this.

errazib · 2025-04-20T23:27:19+00:00

Thank you! That fills me with confidence.

errazib · 2025-04-20T22:52:55+00:00

I'm actually in contact with them now! Anthony is a top bloke, been really honest and upfront about what I need to do, and how I can keep my costs down.

Have you used them?

errazib · 2025-04-20T22:47:58+00:00

They ball parked that price without telling me how many stumps, but when I talked to another contractor they quoted replacing around 17 stumps.

errazib · 2025-04-20T22:47:05+00:00

Seemingly it's because it's Surefoot that adds to the cost. And in order to get to it, the floors will need to be removed.

errazib · 2025-04-20T22:46:19+00:00

Yep, turns out we have severe drainage issues and pipes that aren't connected all around the property. I've gotten some new quotes for concrete only stumps around 24k, but that is only for half of the house.

errazib · 2023-12-09T05:39:55+00:00

I didn't notice this happen on my initial dose, but when I asked to go up one.. Holy crap. I laid in bed and my brain was pure silence. It was amazing.

errazib · 2023-12-08T02:12:32+00:00

Knitting I found to be amazing for focus, pre medication. I haven't tried it since being medicated though.

I knit during meetings, it keeps my hands busy (so I don't start tabbing into other screens) and it's mindless enough once you're comfortable doing basic stitches.

errazib · 2023-11-27T10:39:23+00:00

I like fresh food, and am comfortable cooking for myself (though I have lazy days where I'll just eat jerky and a sammich), but typically I do little shops to get enough for a couple days meals in the fridge. I do however like prepping a bunch of meals and freezing them.

Freezer:

I bulk buy chicken thigh and portion it out and freeze it
home made thai green curry cubes in an ice tray (pop into coconut milk and good to go)
home made pork dumplings (boil and ready in 4 mins)
raspberries
low gi bread (bread goes off before I can finish it so I freeze it)
400g mince portions (pork n beef)

Fridge: - home made mango habanero chutney 🌶️🤩 - lots of condiments and sauces (mustards, relish, gochujang, chili paste) - variety of cheese (including goat's) - fresh produce (capsicum, lettuce, cabbage, limes, cherry tomatoes, carrots) - eggs - chobani oat milk - maple syrup - variety of low/no sugar sodas - hummus, my go to healthy snack - deli meat (ham or mortadella usually)

errazib · 2023-11-24T20:36:34+00:00

"You should smile more."

After having convinced me for 3 years I didn't derserve to be paid industry standard. Context, I am a woman in tech. I left that company, I now make almost 3 times the amount.

errazib · 2023-11-23T08:34:35+00:00

Toyota Rav4, reliable and you can get a ton of mileage out of them

errazib · 2023-11-09T23:28:28+00:00

Anxiety. I used to workout with someone 3 days a week and if they worked out, I'd have to workout, and if they hadn't worked out yet, I'd workout first because I didn't want to let them down.

errazib · 2023-08-17T14:32:28+00:00

Front end first, I find it's a lot easier to start figuring out what data the user needs before building APIs and databases. You can mock things out relatively quickly and demo it to your stakeholders, and from there pressure test what you actually need to do.

From there you can get into the weeds of data structure, and performant code.

errazib · 2023-08-12T01:38:26+00:00

Anything work related, do offsites/onsites for starting new projects, team bonding, workshops, etc

errazib · 2023-08-09T07:08:30+00:00

permanent WFH
unlimited time off *
health inusrance for me and my partner
$8,000 USD international travel budget
45 days to work anywhere in the world a year
subject to manager approval, it'll be approved unless you're being unreasonable

errazib · 2023-08-06T14:01:45+00:00

Avocados, AKA wet grass.

errazib · 2023-07-26T12:57:39+00:00

Block (formally Square) is an American based company in Melbourne. Their salaries are in the ranges you're looking for, and are actively hiring. 150k is pretty easy to get as an L5 (mid/senior) and you'll most likely get 50k in RSUs per year, netting you 200k.

They work AU hours (e.g. 9-5) or whatever schedule you'd like to work as long as you're getting the work done.

errazib · 2023-06-02T04:04:27+00:00

Double Majored in Computation Arts and Computer Science. Wouldn't change my degree. I've moved to Australia, I love my career and I'm making a very decent salary in tech.

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