Dr. John A. KingIndigenous Australian. 100% Human. Neo-Noir Novelist. Poet. Speaker. Performance coach. More than a Survivor. Terrible Golfer, Awkward Dancer🕺

#43 Bloody windy. My undies are like putting on sandpaper

4 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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In this vlog‑style monologue Dr. John A. King describes an extreme outback day marked by fierce wind, dryness and pervasive dust. He explains how the conditions make routine tasks—laying tarps, fixing a water leak under a hoop house, and even washing clothes—practically impossible because the dust blows into everything. The dust also infiltrates his electronics, rendering his phone speaker and computer unreliable. While venting frustration, he dismisses Instagram influencers who romanticise outback life, asserting that real experience is far harsher. Despite the challenges, he ends on a note of appreciation, calling the day "beautiful" even as he likens the wind to a sand‑mop that quickly dries but instantly re‑dusts clothing.

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Bloody windy, bloody windy, bloody dry, and bloody dusty. It's tough to do anything. Like, uh, you know, you try and lay some tarp out or something to do something. I've got to fix some, um, I've got to fix a problem I've got over there with water getting under the hoop house, and you just can't— you can't even lay the tarp down. Takes 3 or 4 of you to try and do it, and the dust is permeating everything. My phone speaker's gone. Um, on this phone. My computer is giving me challenges already and it's just the dust, so it gets in everything. And, um, so, uh, yeah, I look at all those bloody, uh, Instagram influence, it's like, fuck them, you know. Time— come and have a proper time in the outback, you know. Anyway, day's good. That's just beautiful. It's beautiful. It's just bloody windy. It's like a sand mop. You wash your clothes, eh? You wash your clothes and like in about 15 and a half seconds they're dry, but they're red again and they're filled with dust. So you wash them because they get all dusty and then you like, what's the point? Whatever.