Melbourne

I'm officially Simon. Yay? Lol

Had an interview this morning which went ok I think. Will find out if I go to the next stage tomorrow.

So apparently child protection have taken note of the troubles they caused and have decided I'll be spending the next week at a hotel. Odd decision, seems cheaper to just move the new one out and then everyone would be better off, but I'm not going to complain. It seems like a flashy one and has an indoor gym.

I get to escape the chaos of this place and the weird workers they've put here (that's a whole other rant, but some rando who refuses to talk to you sleeping on your couch is kind of uncomfortable). And if I put a water jug in my fridge, it won't go missing!

ok all you mofos stuck in horrible cold shitty rentals come over here where there's whole house heating to 20c and there's cats and beanbags and I'm making muffins and we're on a hill so we can buy rifles and snipe your slumlord bastards.

Loaf mode activated 🍞

Am sad. Work getting worse. Procrastination for job seeking continues.

I reckon I'm gonna use the peace and quiet to have an early night. Tomorrow's DT is all yours goonsy 😉

(Or whoever else wants a chance in the spotlight)

The winter solstice is in 2 days. On one hand, sad, but on the other, things will only be on the up and up for the next 6 months

I ran a short story competition at some schools for the kids to win copies of my books and I'm reading through the entries today and man, kids are morbid. It's kind of funny how wild their imaginations get.

And one of them had a genuinely sad and depressing ending. It was a story about a girl and her mum and it mentions she doesn't know where he dad is and how she wishes she had a sister and then bed creatures attack her and kill her mum and she runs away but theres more monsters and she runs back into the house and lays on her bed ending it with 'why should I save myself. I've lost everything I've loved.'

Happy Dance. Fairy Wrens have returned to my little terrace garden. 🥰

I'm going to bed tonight at 10:30 and I'm going to shut my eyes and not be tempted to use my phone.

I have a few words to say

That is all.

Just got rid of a whole lotta concrete at the tip. Nearly died when they were trying to charge $151. Got it for $31.50 instead.

But that was very satisfying throwing it on the pile, loud noises breaking shit. Threw one bit up the top of the pile and caused an impressive concrete avalanche.

But jeez the matress disposal area.. most of those were better than mine.

aargh, my local optician couldn't fix my glasses, after half an hour of mild cussing seems rayban uses unique screws for their frames and they don't stock rayban. Couldn't even wire the hinge as it's a concealed screw hole. These were fairly expensive.

from now on it's cheap ass glasses and lots of them

Today's society seems to consist of an awful lot of whinging over either current or historical matters.

At some point whinging needs to turn into action.

Gotta love it when your children start making dinner. Almost seems worth it. Almost.

It's too much of a bleah day, and the second night in a row I can't use my shower because the landlord messed up their emails telling me it was gonna get re-caulked or something yesterday (and I just rolled over and said OK even though I had basically zero notice and can't use my shower for 36 hours). Too peopled out to ask a friend to use theirs. Just retreating to bed with a cuppa and a pitiful mood and gonna have a yarn to my auntie interstate to feel a bit more at ease

I dropped a 1kg tub of greek yoghurt onto the kitchen tiles. So much yoghurt. Should've stayed in bed.

So I'm watching YouTubers that are travelling in northern Australia. At one particular site (Tom Price Tourist Park) they paid 80 dollars at a campsite for the privilege of pitching a tent.

In many SE Asia countries you could get a very nice 4 star hotel room for that price, usually with a nice breakfast included.

And people wonder why folks don't do tourism in Australia.

I'm blaming the cold for why I went back to bed at 7:30. This non insulated house sucks ☹️

(I took these photos on the 7th while I was away, intending to post with a joke but never did. So just pretend today is the 7th)

Even when I'm in literally the middle of nowhere...

I will never forget my Melbourne roots!

It's a shame your shit music isn't enough to pay for a taxi, Justin.

Weather has cleared to a beautiful day but it's doing very little to dent my absolute disdain for humankind today. Greedy, shortsighted, self-absorbed, no thoughts for anything other than their own convenience and comfort. So many of our species don't deserve planet Earth. I truly wish I could send a good chunk of people off to another planet with no pesky insects, grass, trees, water courses, and other such outrageously offensive items, and they can live surrounded entirely in man made constructs and sheer rock.

It's -1.9 here. Feels like -3.8. No thank you. The cat has jumped into bed with me and neither of us are moving any time soon.

🏔️🏔️

When I'm alone upstairs at work and so can crunch on my food as loudly as I like without feeling guilty, yisssss. Eating pork crackle, so not hard to get a very loud crunch happening.

It's 0.4 degrees here, and the BOM app says it's feels like -3.2 ❄️

The cat makes a good case for going back to bed. Smart kitty.

So so cold. So cold. I have to go outside todaaaay. Whyyyy

My brown fat is generating so much heat this morning but I'm still putting 2 sheets of toilet paper on the toilet seat before jumping on to ease the pain. I know it's wasteful but we must do what we can to survive this icy blast.

God dam there were a lot of sirens and ambulances on the morning dog walk. Like a dozen different background wails, I saw three ambulances with lights on down Police rd.

Am alive. Whatever that stomach thing was it can fuck right off. Apologies to those I grossed out on the tram the other day.

Anyone else follow the Farside Lemmy? The cartoons by Gary Larson?

My dad has two of his books of comics and I used to read them all the time as a kid. The Lemmy for it is so damn nostalgic lol

Melbourne, why so cold?!
Anything fun on in the city today? We have some time to explore on foot, assuming we don't freeze.

... I'll ruminate
On the state
Of my mind
And I find
That it's all in my head
So instead...