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FallenRedNinja

@FallenRedNinja@mastodon.nz

🖤 Tiny pocket pals | Will fight you if you deserve it | TERFS can fuck right off | Dark coffee, bright heart 🖤
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Pronouns: They / Them / Him

Successfully built & opened a theatre.
Back to freelance technician life
& mentoring

Toots will contain big feelings about #Theatre, #LiveEvents, #Music, #NZPol, #Books, #Cats & #Dogs, #Plants, being #Queer, & sporadic #Sports

Looking for friends, to learn things, and toots that make me say “daaaaaang”

Also dad jokes

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FallenRedNinja, to random
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Reissued an invoice with a very polite email saying “hey, I think my invoice got lost amongst the handover mess but I’d like some money please”

And have received one back that basically says
Umm. Too late. Why should we pay you?

So my polite but frustrated reply:
Handovers and periods of change are difficult, but my hours were recorded at the time for (event names) in June so they should have been oncharged. If you didn’t, we can talk about it.

FallenRedNinja,
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I did 40 hours in 4 days, with 25 of them happening in the second two.

I had two breaks across the four days, totalling less than an hour, AND I provided my own playback machine for one of them at short notice as the venue one was not up to it.

So yeah
You can pay me my “Ninja fixes many problems rate” for the hours worked.

And be glad it’s not the “Ninja saved our asses” or “Ninja thinks I’m a jerk” rates of +$10/hr and +$20/hr respectively

FallenRedNinja,
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The difference in rates used to be more pronounced, but I added an upper bracket of +$30 with a dickweasel modifier a couple of years ago.

And I’ve upped all my base rates except “Ninja loves me” over the last 12 months to reflect that

  • I’m pretty fucking great at what I do
  • demand vs the technician shortage
  • what other companies are charging
  • what mediocre white boys in my industry that aren’t as good or experienced as me demand (& get paid)
  • I need to eat even when work’s quiet
FallenRedNinja,
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And yes, if you want to discuss rates, shimmy into my DMs

ETNZ did a survey a few years ago, and it was fucking abysmal - we had a relatively low return, which skewed the data pretty badly, but even then it was still at like. 90s levels.
My dudes.

In the 90s I could buy a house for like $200k in welly - about $300k in 2023 money. The same house is worth $2mill+ now

Median tech wage was around $17k, or around $26k in 2023 money. 2023 actuals are between $36k & $60k depending on specialty

FallenRedNinja,
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@jonoabroad the much worse paying cousin, live events tech, despite needing a lot of the same skill set - programming in specialist languages which aren’t friends with each other; percussive maintenance; overengineering complex multi-level networks; cable management; answering calls where my first questions are “have you checked it’s plugged in? And have you turned it off and on again?”

I don’t wanna do IT phone support again, but it’s v similar a lot of the time

Viss, (edited ) to random
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how many times have you had covid?

(boost for reach! im genuinely curious)

FallenRedNinja,
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@Viss @Jforced Twice confirmed - once from a flatmate before they tested positive, and once from a festival because my last two masks broke on pack in day & I hadn’t had a chance to pick more up yet.

We suspect a third time recently, just outside the reinfection window, based on how crook I’ve been for the last month. But negative RATs right though, so might just be a real shit time

FallenRedNinja, to random
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Anyway in much nicer things, I won an auction for a bunch of metal spikes to stick into fabric and there’s enough there for my possibly incredibly silly embroidery idea and then some

So fuck yes

What’s a rad thing that’s happened to y’all this weekend?

FallenRedNinja,
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Oh yeah, and I turned my hair into punk rock mermaid like a week ago.

I’m pretty stoked - although the blue/green blend on the sides didn’t take quite as well as I’d hoped. But we’ll figure it out. Blending is hard

FallenRedNinja,
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@christopherd thank you! I’m pretty chuffed with how it’s turned out, especially when I haven’t done my hair in like a year

ifixcoinops, (edited ) to random
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A boosted "Hey it's getting dark and I'm getting blue, help me out with Seasonal Affective Disorder tips" post reminded me of how I deal with my own seasonal affective disorder, so here, a small thread.

Here's how it works for me: my brain tells me to be sad in winter and happy in spring. But, my brain is a gullible little noodle, and I can trick it into thinking it's summer just by shining a bright light at it. So, light therapy lamp!

EXCEPT: light therapy lamps are very expensive. If I'm to spend money on my brain, I'm going to do it the cheap way AND the silly way, and build a smegging light therapy CANNON

(edit: haha this angle makes my wrist look REALLY WEIRD lol noodlywrist)

FallenRedNinja,
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@ifixcoinops If folks are going for LED bulbs, look for something that emits between 4500 and 5500k - 5500 is the film equiv of high-noon, 4500 is more like a late afternoon sunlight.
Go for tunable for control across batches.

Or commit to the "daylight" bulbs and chuck some theatre gel (high temp cellophane) in front of it in a frame. It's pretty cheap now, & we're used to shipping weird cuts all over the place

rain, to random
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If you've like me, you've found the "how much pain are you in on a scale of 0-10" question annoying to answer because everyone's 0-10 varies so much. Well, I wanted to share the new DVPRS pain scale, which defines 0-10 by how much it's impairing your life.

https://www.health.mil/News/Articles/2022/10/13/DVPRS-pain-scale

FallenRedNinja,
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@rain @dave in which we learn that my average pain level is not in fact a 2ish but between a five and six, which honestly explains A Lot

Thank you

FallenRedNinja, to random
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Please
For the love of all things holey (my gut)

If someone has requested a specific milk in their drink, and you’ve run out, don’t just sub another alternate milk in there and not say anything. Just ask.
Or at least tell

Related
This is a hell of a time to have run outta migraine medication and have a doc that’s refusing a repeat without a visit for a medication I’ve been on for a decade

FallenRedNinja,
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Here’s hoping I’ve caught it early enough that the maxigesic will chomp it to just a shitty headache, ya boi does not have the resources for a full trip today

FallenRedNinja,
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I hope everyone else is having a much better afternoon

Please send photos of your favourite thing today so I have a feed of nice things to come back to?

FallenRedNinja, to random
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I forget how healing a tattoo is like when I have a psoriasis outbreak

It’s itchy as fuck
If I scratch it, I just make things worse
I have weird potions that kinda help right up until I forget them
Sometimes it oozes a little
Itchy

FallenRedNinja,
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@jpm genuinely, and it’s a nice reminder of my various adventures and friends ^^

FallenRedNinja, to random
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Sometimes I really feel sorry for the people who have chosen to be my friends.

I’m staying with a friend in Rotorua for mahi. He’s a bit of a slob but his heart is good. This evening I have terrified him by saying

  • it puts the hot sauce on the coconut and eats it all up (fake bacon)
  • wash your dick hands before you touch the potato
  • it’s cheese. We’re absolutely commitin to the shittin
  • have you ever thought about how juicy fruits are neither juicy nor fruits?
FallenRedNinja,
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@jpm That's kinda reassuring - you'd think I'd turned into something from children of the corn from the way he's reacted to all of them hahaha

McNJules, to random

Already tired of discussing election politics with my North Shore friends who think that people with 3 houses aren’t rich 😩

FallenRedNinja,
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@McNJules Ahh I think your north shore friends and my north shore friends might be the same set of bougie folks - it’s gunna be a fun election cycle 😬

T, to random

Am reading:

(from The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: the Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers)

FallenRedNinja,
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@T @Rexpanse @craftygardennz @dave the tech squad are currently discussing if we can buy a giant bag or two to share 😂

And also taking our first steps into collective hydroponics, which has turned into aquaponics along the way. Coz. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing

FallenRedNinja,
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@dave @T @Rexpanse @Powareverb @craftygardennz Obviously with the ol Toyota bugger dog making a guest appearance as a nice easter egg

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    FallenRedNinja,
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    @derthomas Awwh

    I mean I’ve heard it has to happen to all of us eventually

    jonoabroad, to random
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    I JUST WANT HEADPHONES THAT DONT HATE MY STRANGE EARS.

    • Over the ears make them sweat
    • In ears fall out unless I'm perfectly upright and utterly still.
    FallenRedNinja,
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    @jonoabroad ahh I have the same problems!

    You might find that an open back over ear, rather than on the ear, with foam rather than leatherette pads, and luxe or deep pads will be a goer.

    I’m using the sennheiser PXC550s as my dailies, which do get a little bit of sweat on but fuck all compared to my previous couple. And they don’t squish my ears.

    Otherwise over the ear induction headphones might be worth looking at, if timbre isn’t a consideration

    FallenRedNinja, to random
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    There is an active shooter in central city

    This is down by Britomart

    The area is cordoned off and a request to avoid it completely has gone out. If you live in the area please stay inside if you can.
    If you work in the area, not this morning you don’t.

    RNZ and Stuff are posting live updates

    FallenRedNinja,
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    If you’re a user in , expect significant delays and cancellations this morning.

    Ferries that come into the central terminal have been cancelled.

    Busses have been diverted, although I haven’t seen a post on exactly where.

    Trains are currently running as scheduled, with the entrance in and out of Takutai being used for passengers.

    The AT website or app will have the most up to date info

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