Submitted âšâš3â© âšweeksâ© agoâ© by âšYarraByte@aussie.zoneâ© to âšmelbourne@aussie.zoneâ©
Hello! Been a little while since I posted, I was o/s for a couple of weeks. Got back yesterday and slowly adjusting to normal life again.
Woke up before sunrise as I was in bed by 9pm last night, completely totalled from the flight home (got the row behind the loud & crying toddler, lucky me). Have been tackling some life / business admin and washing this morning. Then will go for a walk to bask in the winter sunshine and need to fill my very empty fridge with food.
Welcome back, hope you had a wonderful time and arenât suffering from jet lag at the moment.
Welcome back to a cold Melbourne!
Petrol is jumping in price, you might fill up on the cheap still.
I thumbtacked it to see how it looks before I start building rails.
I reckon it looks nice. This house is devoid of decoration so itâs nice to have something up.
ee massive.
This place isnât the nicest man, and Iâm here a lot. It Defs needed some colour.
Iâve got a bunch of other canvas prints as well Iâm going to put up. It adds a bit of life to this place.
landscapes are awesome , you can look in them and lose yourself
Wow. Looks great and itâs big!
Happy National Meat Pie Day đ„§
Alright! Downstairs are fine to start paying for my car parks theyâre using (I have two car parks, and have been letting my downstairs neighbour use them for free for ~2 years).
But if/when I get a job, Iâll lower or cancel the payment altogether.
But at least if things take a little time, my rent increase will be covered lol
Iâm glad that worked. Every little bit of breathing room is good
Itâs a bit of a relief tbh! They were very thankful for the time they got it for free, which I think helped breaking the news lol, and payment wonât start until August, so thereâs time. đ
Iâm thankful the rent increase isnât awful! Iâm quite lucky to have a REA that is real nice and chill - nicest RE Iâve ever dealt with!
One day I will manage to bake without creating a flour bomb. Today is not that day.
At least you have a go at it.
I really do try! The bloody stuff always Houdinis on me anyway.
salmon and eggs on toast for brekkie. dogs walked. market marketed. fire going. soup bubbling away. roast veggie lasagne baking. feeling pretty satisfied that I can justâŠpotter around for the rest of the day.
Youâre doing good!
Would you have any soup to spare, by any chance? I was hoping for a bowl of Vietnamese noodley goodness from chef, but the witch told me to Pho off, itâs all hers.
No reason why you canât have your own bowl, just keep your mitts out of MINE! (itâs too good to share)
you know what, my wife had actually made a batch of pho stock! She has a cheats recipe that is actually pretty passableâŠ
Itâs such a nice feeling getting the things done early then relaxing. Iâve been tackling life admin and about to start some batch cooking
Had outing to Bunnings and Officeworks today đž Both Minipeelers like drawing, especially Miniest, and it was time for some new textas and sketchpads and stuff. Needed some plumbing supplies and I bought myself a hanging fern for the bathroom. I really love it, it adds so much life to the room and looks really cool. Somehow I managed to fit in a book, The Community by Christine Gregory. More crime lol, this time set in a small Australian country town. I was lucky in that this one was a real page turner, and the characters were diverse and interesting and kind of familiar.
Look south. Geomagnetic storm is here.
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imma gonna look
Pantry is cleaned and scrubbed and rearranged. I did not actually find much evidence of pantry moths larvae so itâs all still a bit of a mystery. But I threw out some old stuff and some stuff that mightâve been eaten a bit. Luckily most things are already in jars. Itâs neat and clean now though. Time for a shower and dinner.
I still havenât dealt with the ones I saw⊠they donât seem to be around anymore though so maybe the cat ate them
Good melbcat. I am hoping this was just a freak incursion in something I bought recently. I really needed the push to do a clean out so thatâs good
My useless talent is being able to listen to a song, in pretty much any language, and be able to sing along to the chorus after a few listens. It always shocks my partner, which pleases me.
Whatâs your useless talent? Discuss.
Bonus question: whatâs your favourite non-English language song?
Iâm pretty much ambidextrous. Itâs sounds more useful that it actually is, although I can write with my non-dominant hand if the other hand is occupied
estimating the time of day
I can usually tell within a few minutes
also estimating how long things take to do
Iâm pretty good at guesstamating measurements. Iâll measure whatever it is Iâm guessing up against the real thing and Iâm usually spot on.
Iâm good at knots. It has very little real-world application. But if you need to lash sticks together to make dodgy camping furniture, or to make a long rope shorter without cutting it, hit me up.
Neunundneunzig Luftballoons is a banger.
I love knots also! The best thing about them isnât learning how to do them, but figuring out what the right knot for the occasion is.
In my weeaboo days I used to love listening to Japanese language music. Somehow a hook / chorus in pop music transcends understanding the language. It actually helped me learn some Japanese.
I can wiggle my little toes without moving the others. Taught myself after reading Dune as a teen and misunderstanding a line.
Engel or Coisich A Ruin or Agolo. ⊠all too different to pick one
Sounds more like a Kill Bill reference to me haha
Sky very pretty
Room very cold
Too early to be this wide awake.
Head turned to the sky at the witching hour
Counting the stars as they fall like flowers
Thereâs power in their sparkling forms
That fade away at the break of dawn
Wow, itâs June already
yeah
Right?!?!!!
Updating my diary and playing with stickers and coloured pens while playing music. Good way to spend a Sunday night. Bought some packs of random Mofusand stickers and I absolutely love them.
Thanks for reminding me. Iâm supposed to be writing regularly in my diary.
Just had a nice little gaming session with my friend who currently is sick with COVID.
Been awhile since weâve played a game together and we just talked on the long e while doing it.
Tough to find time to do these things these days.
This dog cracks me up. Yesterday, I saw him lower his arse down on the remote control which was sitting on the floor, it lights up and changed the channel. No paws were used.
Today he tried to barge into the YLâs room (he stands on his hind legs and pushes) but itâs shut properly so he slid down sideways clawing at it as he goes down. Repeat.
I fixed the smartplug issue. Turns out I had the grinder plugged into it, not the coffee machine. Good thing I figured that out before I had a certified Dad With Technology Moment
Just watched Inception, and it was a bit of a mindfuck
It looks like the mountain trails near my place might be feasible. I could take the new bike up those trails, cut out some annoying intersections, and hopefully save some time as well.
Either way, the council is working on a park and connecting those trails officially right now, so later in the year there will be this nice public space and more ways to get around
had a good sleep in
early lunch done
then off the beach
then finish painting
do a few loads washing
cook a big amount of dinner for the week, it will be garam masala spiced burgers
and the usual amount of daily organising and cleaning
That leaves the rest of the week mostly open for reading and studying đ
That sounds lovely.
I slept in too
Beach walk
Bought a couple of things from the shops
Lunch of fresh bruschetta mix
Now to find where those little pantry moths are hiding and eliminate them.
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checklist
sleep in done painting done beach done cats looked after cooking done
now to finish the washing, clean the dishes and do some writing đ«
Iâm having a bad day and am tempted to rant but itâs probably not a good idea -_-
All I can say is Iâm getting increasingly sick of other people
Me too.
You can rant all you need!
Nah, it involves experiencing sexism and harassment. So not unless I can turn my inbox off to prevent random messages from aggrieved incel arseholes.
the new method of brushing then drying rolling furniture is working well , no streaks đ
Iâve been thinking itâs just a couple more boxes needed for about four boxes now, and the kitchen cupboards still arenât empty đ
And once I finish the kitchen I still have a laundry cupboard, the bedroom and some shed/garden stuff to do. I think I underestimated how much physical effort this takes. When I was younger and fitter I could have got this done a lot quicker.
Oh yeah, I still have to do a final clean of the fridge and freezer too.
Itâs always more boxes than you think. I really was almost furious at myself the way I kept going and going and going when I moved out of my last place. How TF did I accumulate so much shit in just 4 years?! I ended up having to cull more than I thought, and it was all hurried and anxiety-inducing.
it always takes more boxes than you think
I have absolutely no idea how all that stuff possibly fitted in the shelves and cupboards, I am convinced everything must expand as it goes into the box.
All the gardening gadgets are going outside. The mower, whipper snipper, leaf blower and the favourite, the edger. Iâve chucked him a coffee. Iâm soooo nice.
Fluffy bludger makes a good point.
I should chill in bed and make music on the ipad.
Whereâs the quiz :(
Have we done this one yet?
Yeh :(
Hasnât appeared on the abc website yet.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Good gig last night. Speaker rig was one of the more impressive ones Iâve heard for DnB, pretty much custom built for the genre. Pretty rare to hear it that loud with clarity which was nice.
Shitload of security though. Probably a legal requirement, but there were security dudes standing on boxes in each corner just watching the d-floor. Not really the sort of music that attracts trouble but I guess itâd make a few people feel safer.
Got home at about 1:30am to hambam sitting at the front door waiting for me with sad eyes :( Felt bad so cooked him up some mince to make it up to him.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Such a glorious beast! I think DnB has a bad reputation. Or maybe they were expecting something else? IDK.