Nice morning walk before getting ready for work.

Thought I stood on a sharp rock, looked down to see this bad boy sticking out of my shoe.

Now I have to work out if I need to go to the doctor for a shot…

When this curl refresher was discontinued years ago, I bought all I could afford while I searched for a replacement. I still haven't found anything I like as much. Today I decanted the last of my last big bottle into the mini bottle I use on a day to day basis. Just as I closed the bottle, the whole thing cracked in half. Now I have none left.

Neighbors either got evicted or moved out and left a hell of a mess. This is after cleaning it up a bit to make the sidewalk and entryway walkable, and one of those mattresses had been laid directly over my front door. There’s much more along the path, entryway, and near the dumpster that I couldn’t fit into the pictures. They also dumped a couch and some other furniture in the parking lot, blocking several spaces. The office was closed yesterday for July 4th and today since it’s Sunday, so there’s no one to call about it until tomorrow.

Edited to add: To make it extra clear, this is not trash from the people who moved out of my unit, but from the neighbors the next unit over. My lease started 2 weeks ago and none of this trash was here until yesterday. Also the patchy paint on the next building over is because they are repainting all the buildings. They started that building on Friday but didn’t finish before the weekend.

Edit 2: It’s now Monday morning and maintenance is here cleaning it up. I didn’t even call yet (office doesn’t open for another half hour) so it was definitely a case of them being aware, they just ran up against a holiday weekend. They’re also continuing the painting on the adjacent building, for those of you who were super worried about that 😉

He doesn’t even pee on the lawn strip grass just poops there from time to time and I leave no evidence behind but the video of him pooping on their ring cam. They think it draws other dogs to then come pee there. I’m curious what their version of “you’ll find out from the police department” is gonna be.

Edit: By lawn strip I mean the grass between the sidewalk and street, which is part of the public right of way or easement. Whatever you wanna call it, in my town, it is not private property. And yes, I pick up the poop, I thought that was abundantly clear.

Why would you wash the flavour off?

At least the floor is VERY clean now. Double mopped, double wiped the walls.

Photo: close up of JBL bluetooth speaker in outside pocket of backpack. Clip from JBL ad specifically about hiking speakers.

The National Park Service specifically notes that blasting music or continuous artificial noise is not an effective or recommended bear deterrent, as it can actually prevent you from hearing animal warning sounds (like a growl or a huff).

rangers explicitly advise using your human voice (clapping, talking loudly, calling out "Hey bear")

I know this is a long-time pet peeve in hiking forums. I find myself seething when I encounter it on trails. I cannot comprehend being into the outdoors enough to want to hike, while being deeply inconsiderate of the creatures that live there and the other people trying to enjoy the hike too.

If you gotta have your tunes, they make these cool tiny personal speakers called headphones or ear buds. Perhaps these people have heard of them?

Some of us have good hearing and don't feel like hearing faint whispers of their musical tastes over the sound of SILENCE and rustling leaves and a river flowinb below the switchback... "Just pass them" doesn't solve anything and still doesn't solve the problem of it annoying and scaring the critters that live there. I guess some people don't even appreciate the hikes they go on. Yeesh.

If only there were actual valid reliable sources of information about being safe when surrounded by nature and large carnivores.

There is zero official guidance, standard, or professional advice advocating for playing music on speakers in nature. They actively preach the exact opposite.

I’m heartbroken…

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1930 square feet. How much avocado toast must one give up to afford this million-dollar Home Depot showroom?

The event is in a different wing of the school. It’s not like they even need to be over here, that’s why I was scheduled to work on this now. I was on a ladder trying to put a vent back on the ceiling. “Hey can I use this one??” Frustrating.

Everyone in this story is between 26 and 28. My husband and I have had our friend C and her husband B over to our apartment twice since knowing them. We've known them since Fall 2024 but have really mostly hung out with them in larger groups settings or at restaurants.

Halloween 2025 we had a small party of 8-10 people at our one bed one bath apartment. The only two men there were my husband and B. After B used the bathroom I went in and noticed our bath mat was soaked. It sits right where your feet would be if sitting on the toilet. I also noticed there was pee all over the toilet seat and lid and around the base of the toilet. It was disgusting. We had to throw out the bath mat and sanitize the bathroom as soon as the party ended (very briefly after the peeing occurred). We never mentioned it to C and B because we figured B was probably just drunk and missed or something. It happens. Don't need to embarrass the guy.

Now today we have them over for the first time since that party. B goes to the bathroom. My husband goes in shortly after him and messaged me privately that he did it again. The bath mat is wet, there is pee on the seat, and the base of the toilet is wet. Sure enough everything smells like urine again. We had to throw out another bath mat because of how soaked it was. We didn't say anything in the moment again but maybe we should?

Like this man is almost 27 and he can't aim this poorly? Do I say something to his wife, C, since her and I are a lot closer than anyone else in this situation? Do we end the friendship over this? How would we bring this up politely and productively? What could possibly cause an adult man to be this bad at using the bathroom?

Edit to add: We did try washing the first bath mat but when we did whatever material it's made of warped in the machine and it didn't lay flat anymore and still smelled weird. We ordered the same mat again because we did like it so we knew washing the second one would probably have the same result.

How do I clean this lmao

I wish I could upload the video so you can hear me scratching it. It’s like rough jute.

My feet have never been so soft thanks to the cheese grater carpet everywhere. But it is so painful to walk on, kneel on….ugh.

I wanted to see a movie so I booked my seat early, and I booked exactly where I wanted to sit. I was alone and it is none of your business why. These six entitled jerks came in and thought I should move despite me having booked early.

there is even old food in there I saw microwave breakfast sandwich down here

EDIT: for the people saying “just clean it op!” I tried once he came running out of the house and nearly slammed the car door on my hand and screamed at me about staying out of his stuff.

The ice cream is cape byron by Norco, if you are in Australia you would know. Its good tho