Sympathy for the Sober

Was it a fun night for you?
Speeding down I-5, no cops on the map
Screaming out, “I’d die for you”
But after all the stops and starts, crashes and carnage
I’m just carsick

I’ve mentioned a couple of times how you get more sympathy for some things when you’re sober – some rightly so and some perhaps a little harsh. Some, like running your car up on the kerb – way more sympathy when you’ve done it because you’re anxious AF about something (finding a new rental in this case) than if you’ve been drinking – are extremely fair. Some like having an emotional meltdown gets less sympathy if there’s alcohol involved, even if many times it’s just tipping you over the edge of things that are there and crap regardless of your commitment to sobriety.

Done two mornings of supervision – the two English papers. Long mornings on my feet, being responsible. Only a few bad dreams reliving my own HSC. Caught the bus and the train. Which is okay, but doesn’t give me the freedom for anything outside of there and back. I’ve masked on the public transport, but didn’t in the school, so that may be where this snuffle is from. Hopefully it’ll resolve over the weekend and I’ll be good to go for an 8.15am start Monday for the maths exam, I’ll probably even be able to drive in as the brake pads just arrived. Along with a heap of porridge and dog treats that were on sale on my wishlist so I ordered them.

Albo has mentioned poverty on twitter 8 times from 2011 to 2021. He hasn't mentioned it since https://t.co/r7LfuzERIl

— melissa (@ArtistAffame) October 17, 2024

Antipoverty week is coming to an end. Very few mentions from the politicians, a few from the Greens. No use of the word poverty on Twitter by Albo since 2021, despite protesting in 2019 that the LNP wouldn’t say poverty during Antipoverty week

34 mentions of Labor. Zero mentions of poverty during Anti-Poverty Week. https://t.co/yZeosHdFcj

— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) October 13, 2019

But then, Labor still had ambition in 2019.