This conbined with the bowel steroids I am on, gunnae have me fully bunged up (;A` )

It really does. Any time my dad has occasion to go in the loft he spits blood about how absolutely overloaded and unmanageable it is but until now no decisions have been taken to just get rid of stuff, so I am trying to press on that for a resolution now. It is making life complicated for me too.

My parents never pressured me about grandkids, fwiw. They were clear that it isn't expected and is my choice. But I can't help feeling guilty and disappointing anyway. I don't think it will happen or can happen. So, maybe good to donate/throw out a million toys for toddlers and draw a line under it.

I think my folks held on to way too much stuff because of sentimentality/attachment, and maybe some material value too, but they also kept lots of our toys and stuff on the basis that maybe there would be grandchildren to enjoy it some day. That's quite a complex and sad thing to confront...

thx! things are progressing ok for now, the corticosteroids aren't without drawbacks but they seem to be helping me significantly. so keeping everything crossed that I can achieve remission by the time the course finishes and avoid longterm maintenance drugs. it's a fuck but it could be worse.

Also doing my whole phone music library rejig the week before was perfectly timed as I now have lots more I want to listen to while I do it~

It was all jumbled together ... a job that has been avoided for so long just because of how much work it is to put right. But, need space. It was literally being stored outside in a woodstore cuz nowhere for it inside. Could have been stolen. Then need to find a way to sell it all.

Nice. I have heard and liked some other songs of theirs but I haven't heard any albums. May do one day. This one's an instant classic.

I think so. It isn't about the money, I often can afford things. I could buy my dream PC today if I wanted. It's about value-for-money and about whether simply giving into desires and impulses actually culminates in greater life satisfaction.

I have been told I am not living life - how could I be, without buying more products? Or that I'm dumb because "inflation" so I may as well spend. It's a weird attitude to me. And I mean, I am British: I already won the lottery of life. I just don't have the "keep up with Jones's" gene I guess.

Sorry not sorry if me being relatively speaking a tightarse yet still managing to be satisfied in life causes you some uncomfortable self-reflection. Literally not my fault if you have to ride the neverending carousel of consumer churn in order to feel safe and valid.

whoooo 💫 🌈 I like these

I actually just ended up replacing Mario Kart 64 with the official OST because the recordings are cleaner/mastered anyway. lole. There are probably other cases like this, to be honest.

I did not realise that the official OST included the B-section of the race results music. Cool and unexpected.

Yes, all of that is important.
Spice only emerged in the marketplace as a formerly legal alternative to prohibited cannabis, despite being orders of magnitude more dangerous. It may never have existed otherwise. Personally I am optimistic that spice use would decline with reformed cannabis laws.