Rubens Blog
Rubens Blog
Ruben Hillier
Hi I am Ruben Hillier. My handle, since back in the day, is tregeagle. My pronouns are he/him.
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I've been ramping up my running lately. It's a type of meditation. Sometimes I just run. Other times I run and listen to music or podcasts. Yesterday I went for a tempo run in the rain. I listened to the album, " Rave On Andy White " and...
Em piloting a rubber ring I may have edited this photo. Zaida loved floating down the rapids with us. My Ma recently flew home to chilly Totnes. I loved having her staying with us for the tail end of our summer. We had lots of fun...
It was the Saltwater Freshwater Festival yesterday. Suzy and I enjoyed it, we were volunteering to help out. Rodney and Agrippa took Zaida with them. I found myself hosting the tent for the tribal elders. A french woman kept coming into...
I am tired on these summer mornings. The hot days and the humid stuffy nights leave me lying awake in the pre-dawn, tired to the bone. For the first few minutes I don't want to get up and face the day. Then my bladder lets me know I have...
Which is scarier, Alien or ET? Agrippa and Choppy had been talking about the Alien movies for quite some time. Agrippa decided it was time for him to brave the terrors. Last night we stayed up and watched the first Alien movie. Agrippa...
I just murdered the four red chooks. They had been guilty of eating all their own menstrual waste and tearing the feathers off each others breasts. I rung their necks. The first one was patchy, she had lost most of her feathers to the...
Running shoes are wearing out. I'm dripping with sweat after a short (2.6k) run with Pippy. It was shorter than it felt. Listening to a Guardian podcast about AI. Nick Bostrom is worried super intelligent beings may keep us happy in the...
This is the third time I have sat at the computer to write this. The first time I ended up looking up information about kayaks and drones. I met with Dan Arden yesterday. We talked about drones and I wanted to send him a link I had...
2012 - A Family Snap. There were clues . Why do I feel like this? There appears to be no good reason. I feel like killing myself, there is no reason to be hanging around. For years I have used the spinning plates analogy to describe my...
Awoke after a restless night with an aching back. Lay in bed from two in the morning. My mind tangentially racing around pointless circuits. Exasperated I made the decision to get up at dawn and run to Villeville and back. As the sun...
The Brisbane summer has been hot and humid. Clothes sticking to sweaty skin and fresh cut watermelon turning sour within ten minutes of leaving the fridge. It started with the dog. She could not look at anyone and hung her head in shame,...
Left to right: Joe, Charlie, Zaida, Dan, Georgie and John Thirteen years ago I missed out on being in this family pic. Next year I hope to complete my Nursing degree and a year after that I hope to complete a Post Grad year. Maybe then I...
Crap Crap Crap A beautiful, fantastic young girl once gave us a fantastic, beautiful card for Christmas. It was many years ago and is still my all time favourite card. Much love to all our pals and families everywhere. Enjoy the shopping...
Our quails have been rooting a fair bit. The girls are popping out eggs without a care. Unfortunately, they are rather unreliable at getting clucky. Luckily Speedy , like many bantams, loves to keep eggs warm. Our new baby quail Today...
I found a series of photo's on an old back-up a few months ago. Which reminded me of my pal Simon. I'm going to post them here so that he can ask me to unpost it. I am quite an annoying old friend. Simon Wilson last seen 2001 I'm not...