Melbourne

Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone. Haven't been around much, life eh? But hope you're all doing well and wishing you a wonderful 2024.

Hey look.. it's Mystery Island and exactly how close I get to be to Mystery Island

I just walked home from the dentist and tried to smile thanks at a driver who stopped for me to cross the road. Unfortunately I currently can't move my face, so instead just gave her a blank stare.

Real Estate agency has mass texted their entire database an aggressive accusation of not paying rent over the holidays. Rude, unprofessional, inaccurate, and utterly uncalled for. One can only assume the managing partner concerned is both a raging narcissist and very, very drunk.

lol woke up again but this time just dripping with sweat. Changed t-shirts and side of the bed again so it's dry. What a rollercoaster. Feeling a lot better though besides the sniffles but according to the internet I'm in for at least a couple of days of this fever so who knows how I'll wake up next.

Wheeeeeee! 🎢

Drank myself into a stupor last night and paying the price today. I feel like I got it out of my system. Did a heap of applications on Seek and LinkedIn, but I'm guessing most people aren't back in office for another week or so. And so it goes.

Hey look...it's raining.

I've been binge watching Schitt's Creek off a recommendation and at first I didn't think it was for me but I've grown quite fond of it. David is probably my favourite character, he just wears it all on the outside.

just scored 3 marble and two lovely terra cotta planters off the kerb 👍

Since I didn't finish my drunken rewatch of all the Harry Potter films I'm finishing them sober before the housemate returns, and I have to say I will always be of the opinion that half the characters were far more interesting than Harry ever was.

Have eaten way too much pasta.

Almost feel like falling into a food coma right now.

After doomscrolling on the couch for nearly 5 hours I peeled myself away while I had a carshare still available to go stock up on some plant goodies.

1. It was like motherfucking Queensland outside, gross
2. Does anyone do 80 in the reduced speed section of the M3? I was very confused.
3. Can't fucking recognise Bulleen Road after a year, holy shit. The roads are HUGE. The big old tree in front of the servo didn't avoid the chop, huh. I need to update myself on this whole project.
4. It's criminal how easily I can hand over my money to BAAG
5. Visited new Preston Bunnings as well and kinda like the new vibe compared to the dustiness of the old one; very happy about the plant pot dropoff, have excitedly cleared my balcony of accumulated pots

Tomorrow I want to doomscroll a lot less and get some major gardening going after months of mostly bare minimum. A lot of repotting, massive soil refreshment, resuscitating dried out potting mix, desperately need to move the manzano somewhere more sheltered, and I'm gonna try these basil seedlings in the hot big planter box and hope I repeat my success from 2 years ago and get half a litre of pesto out of them.

I really should do something today since I've done nothing but lounge about almost the entire time I've had the house to myself, but this weather is really not inspiring me. I will add in my own defence that my fucked leg isn't helping, since I can't drive or walk for long, which are the two things most of outdoor hobbies need me to be able to do.

Feeling and movement is slowly returning to my face, but my chin is still numb. It is also itching horribly and I want to scratch it, but I can't because it just feels like a lump of meat stuck to my face. ☹️

Edit: full feeling has now returned. I even managed to eat lunch. 😁

Smoked salted butter on toast this morning and now my mouth feels like I've used it to put a fire out. Interesting.

I really fucking hate my garbage eyesight sometimes. And I've thought about laser surgery problem is they can't guarantee glasses free from that point onwards and you could well be wearing them again in a few years (and I've known a couple of people where his has happened to).

The move to the new computer is nearly complete. 👍Just installed tor 😎 and if I remember years ago I wrote a bit of code to personalise it so I'll have to grab that too.

Getting really sick of people setting of fireworks at random times most nights

I have no natural light in the bathroom. What are some plants I can get for it?

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Just went to the local RSL bistro for lunch with my MIL and the Minipeelers. Jeez it's a bit pricey for a members club.. or maybe I'm out of touch, I haven't been there for a while. A lemonade was $4.20 and most mains were around $35, for meals that were slightly larger than a kids/seniors meal and just average, nothing to write home about. Last time I went to an RSL it was the one at Ocean Grove, and the meals were on the pricey side but absolutely outstanding and totally worth it, awesomely good food. The Minis were happy though because Elder got a Tassie Devil plushie from the claw machine and he got Miniest a Scooby Doo (those machines are shit and rigged, how TF does he do it‽) I figure regional/coastal town RSL experiences are different from urban ones?

Finally finished my Harry Potter marathon, and I gotta state for the five millionth time I really really REALLY hate the romance it's just so abrupt (ok it's less abrupt in the books) and horrible. I mean even in the books I wasn't happy. I think the ending movie/book wise was a case of someone forgetting sometimes letting your readers/watchers make their own conclusions on characters futures is better.

Baby won’t sleep so I’m sitting here reading reviews for my dream car. No knock on the new Kia; In sports mode it makes a surprisingly good case for itself, but it’s an auto suv. It ain’t gonna set the world on fire. They call the new model “a bit more emotionless” and the manufacturer says it’s “grown up”. God I hope they fix that in the next 7 or so years cause I am so so excited to have one parked in my carport!

So um when is summer going to start?