Matisyahu's Blog

Today was a good day, I was able to get a whole lot of tidying up the house sorted out as well as getting my kitchen better organised. I think I need to get into a habit of keeping things organised as I go rather than waiting for the weekend to get everything in order. It reminds me of the old policy when working in hospitality – clean as you go, don’t let it build up because it you spend so much more time at the end of the shift trying to catch up.

Mum came over and had a look at the garden shed out the back and what we decided is we need to get around 2m of 4×2 as a way of providing rigidity to the metal structure when we attach the door because the problem is that the metal is flimsy and the weight of the door isn’t properly supported by just the metal walls alone. I am tempted at some point to maybe construct a false floor or put something on the ground so then I have a dry foundation I can put stuff on the floor without having to worry about dampness. At the moment my furniture padding is currently inside but outside would be easier.

I went mum’s place for dinner and help her with updating the software on her computer and devices – she has a Chromebook laptop but her desktop is a Bee-PC and the phone is an iPhone 16 Pro. I’ve kept mum on iOS 18.7.3 because I’m unsure about moving her to 26.2 so what I’ll probably do is wait until 26.3 or maybe 26.4 but the concern is regarding whether the text is readable and the UI change isn’t too much all at once.

After dinner mum dropped me back home and on the way I did some grocery shopping and part of the ‘new year, new me’ the big focus is on making sure that those cupboards are full and there are no excuses for buying outside the fortnightly shop. The problem is when you shop outside the fortnightly shop is that you say to yourself that you’re only going to pick up a few items then 30minutes later you got those items plus a whole lot more. The other point is to make sure that I always have tasty nutritious meals in the house so that there is never an excuse for sneaking out to grab from the local store. Oh, and I found some anti-frizz spray which I’ve put on my hair and it has done a pretty good job – it is a ‘leave in conditioner’ and it has made my hair less frizzy.

One thing I am looking at doing is maybe getting my ears pierced, both of them, however I am looking for a local place with a good reputation for doing a good job. I’ll have a chat with my sister to see what place she goes to get it done. As for the type of earrings, I’d be looking at a basic stud like this:

I may get some black, dark blue and dark red ones if I can. One of those things you keep putting off and I’m at that moment in my life where I just want to go ‘fuck it, I’m going to do it’ after playing it safe.