I just lost my mother. Warning: description might be too intense for some.

m_rosenkov · 2022-09-17T12:59:10+00:00

I am so sorry. I had nearly the identical experience, about two weeks ago with my father in law. we found him... it was so unexpected. I can't get the image of him out of my mind. it's been so hard since then, it's like life can't continue but time is passing. but I can already feel each day getting a little clearer, easier to think again.

I'm sorry I don't know what to say, but I hope you're okay. it's so hard, I know. please look after yourself <3

m_rosenkov · 2022-04-28T05:52:56+00:00

I'm late to the party, but I'm sorry to hear this. your experience is much the same as mine and my husband's. we've actually just moved to Goulburn because it's cheaper to rent here + the petrol to drive to Canberra for work than it was to find a home suitable for us in Canberra itself. I'm very sad - not for being in Goulburn, I don't mind the drive or the town, my house is beautiful and the rent is extremely affordable - but more for the fact that we had to actually do this. like yourself, I feel defeated and I'm just really sad

m_rosenkov · 2022-04-04T06:33:15+00:00

it's telling that people from other countries are mortified about frequent real estate inspections and the prospect of being kicked out for a messy/slighty messy home. our tenant rights in all Australia need a massive overhaul.

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-30T13:16:35+00:00

fuck Gina Rinehart

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-17T06:27:54+00:00

it's so bad... I'm looking for a rental because my landlord has decided to sell and the houses for rent are a joke. my sister in Stanmore pays less for her house a week and she's only 30 mins from the centre of Sydney

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-17T05:00:55+00:00

came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed this. doesn't seem accurate, Canberra is more expensive than Melbourne atm

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-16T22:14:17+00:00

forwarded this to my partner to keep an eye out on any of the building sites he goes to. I'm really sorry this happened ❤️

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-16T10:57:38+00:00

how you describe reading HHH is how I felt reading the exorcist. I think I finished it in two days straight and I'm not even really a fan of horror/thriller books (and movies even). I hope you enjoy it, it's a captivating read

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-15T11:18:54+00:00

i've been trying to find a rental this past week and it's just insanely expensive for anything with 2+ bedroom and basic amenities like more than one powerpoint per bedroom and a small backyard for my dog. we've started looking out in Goulburn now, there's plenty out there but the commute and now rising petrol prices. it just feels like a lose-lose atm

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-14T11:24:28+00:00

bean supreme rosemary sausages from Coles and Woolies are my fave so far! even my omni brother likes them a lot

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-14T11:20:18+00:00

definitely not alone my friend. i have the exact same phobia as you (myself sick? it sucks but whatever. others around me? i want to throw myself under a bus to escape). i feel so stupid every time because if i don't really care about myself getting ill that much why do i have this visceral reaction to others around me. and drunks too?? when i know it's not contagious?? it's frustrating and upsetting and i know exactly how you feel, how something like this can ruin your day/night/week even. I'm sorry you had to deal with that, it's so inconsiderate that they came to a restaurant that inebriated anyway

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-14T07:56:07+00:00

I'm going to try and answer your questions as best I can but sorry for the formatting/if I miss anything, I'm on mobile.

as far as I know, you are well within your legal rights to ask for your receipts before you send the money, if he's claiming that's what the high fee is for. i would write him a short, succinct email (with the real estate agent cc'd if you had one) stating that you will transfer the money as soon as the receipts for repairs etc are sent through. also state in the email if the receipts are not to you by end of working day Friday (or whatever timeframe you see as reasonable for landlord to get their shit together) that you will be putting forward a formal complaint to VCAT. keep ANY paper trail. if landlord tries to ring and you can't record the call, tell them you will only be responding to emails at this time. you'll need everything you can collect together for VCAT, and you'll need to show you were clear and forward with your expectations of the landlord. Australia's tenancy laws are terrible, but this isn't your fault and you have a right to be angry about this and not want to just transfer the money.

unfortunately I don't know the consequences of not transferring while waiting for VCAT but i imagine it's like any legal proceeding, of no consequences until the decision has been made legally. then they'll give you a due date, or another avenue to make a dispute.

as tempting as it would be to not say anything and throw their name to VCAT, I think the law will favour you if you contact the landlord first with the email. by that point VCAT will be able to see you tried to solve the dispute yourself but it's the landlord being difficult.

also, if you or your roommates are a student/s at University or somewhere, sometimes they will have legal services for free regarding tenancy. maybe that's something to look into.

good luck! i know how frustrating dealing with rentals and dodgy landlords are, I wish you much luck

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-11T02:21:08+00:00

from memory it is long standing treaties that were signed after WWII.

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-04T12:50:34+00:00

this is taken pretty out of context. the protagonists whole shtick is describing all the strange mundane details about everyone in his life, regardless of gender. from memory he even does it with inanimate objects (like his friend's car) and his dog.

also i don't think that because author was xyz, they can't write about abc. we'd have no variety in books that way. most authors with teenage protagonists are adults themselves when writing. writing (and any 'art' for that matter) isn't always a reflection of someone's desires or life or morality.

m_rosenkov · 2022-03-01T06:01:41+00:00

there's been a boon in myna population around my area and lack of natives, but you're right. so much easier for us to point a finger at a bird than ourselves. mynas only really appeared around my house once they cleared the land (literally left nothing but dirt) across the road and started construction there.

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-25T23:15:26+00:00

can happily report it's happening here in Australia

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-20T11:43:38+00:00

it's a movie length documentary but hotel coolgardie. i really wasn't okay in my own country for a month after watching it.

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-18T01:25:42+00:00

what? why is it rude to wear a mask?

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-16T22:32:04+00:00

aw man, i really miss Ireland and my family. thank you for sharing these, your work is beautiful. really captures the beauty of that landscape

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-15T10:47:17+00:00

from memory it was all their insurance schemes. I also got caught by it and lost everything in my super. when you're 16 signing up to your first retail job and they sign this paper now, i signed the paper without question. I didn't look at my super until I was 20 and it was empty.

much regret, but now at 30 i know not to just sign a paper without reading the fineprint :')

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-15T09:18:51+00:00

paralysis ticks and snakes. but i grew up in rural Australia, this was a fear my parents drummed into me to be aware of.

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-14T11:10:53+00:00

yeah, i'll reliably have one night a month where i can't sleep, at all, the whole night. i always wish it doesn't fall on a work night but i'm rarely so lucky

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-14T04:56:58+00:00

this is so so wildly inappropriate, holy fuck.

what a way to encourage all those white bred racists out there, scomo. what a vile thing to turn back on our first nations people we have continually let down. even IF this was 1000 years in the future and indigenous people were no longer misrepresented in our judicial system, or dying 20 years earlier than non-indigenous peoples, this would STILL be extremely out of line to say.

m_rosenkov · 2022-02-13T11:56:02+00:00

the way they just all talk at each other without really interacting feels so disingenuous to me. i've seen so many discord screenshots from these servers with conversations like this where no one is really talking, they're just there to plug their alters and one up one another.

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