Melbourne

Ladies and gentlemen…

I did it. My bowls are free. And neither of them was sacrificed to the Great Smash

Jesus fucking Christ. It only took trying every-fucking-thing, on and off throughout an entire fucking day

I went on Bumble BFF to make some friends and I suspiciously have 40 matches in one day.

I have a sneaking suspicion that it's not just friends people are looking for...

Today's project completed: one large tote bag to carry my meals to work. The fabric is designed for outdoor furniture, with a lining of the type of fabric used for packs and sportsbags. This should mean it will last well - the old bag got quite manky because of the condensation formed by ice bricks. It did make it hard to sew though, both because of how thick it is and because the lining fabric was slippery. Miss Meow did her best to assist. Spoiler: it didn't help.

Had to purchase a new phone unexpectedly today. Booooooo!!

Had an interview and was asked for references straight away.

Made really good falafel and dips for dinner.

Got a free coffee from local coffee stand cause they made an extra one and they know me.

Good day, no?

Next month I turn 32.

One year closer to returning to pure star-stuff.

I live for this cool breeze ony face, through my hair, as I'm on way home home from work in a tram that seems to be going just a bit too fast

Alrighty. Final reference has been submitted. Ball is in their court.

My referee showed me what he wrote, and it's a fucking great reference. Really made me look good 🙂

I have gravely disappointed the Void. Usually the washing machine beeping signals an Outside Adventure with Bugs! And Grass!

I set up the airer inside. Shame on me.

Big scary meeting this arvo. Please send good vibes.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a teenager again, staying up late to read and make music.

Ah well. Joy where you can find it.

Oh for fuck’s sake.

I stacked one bowl on top of another and now they’re stuck together. I’ve wedged them somehow.

How do I disengage them without breaking either of them?

Bowls still stuck together. I give up

Heat has not worked. WD40 has not worked.

I’m genuinely about to sit the conglomeration in the dishwasher and run it through a cycle just to see

Operation Increase Kiddos Chilli Tolerance Without Them Knowing continues to be a success, with tonight's meatball mix having a good swig of yucateco.

This is called kafta bil khebez (meat in bread). It's basically kebab meat inbetween lebanese bread.

Now why I was laughing was instead of waiting for the meat to reach room temperature so it's easier to spread my man was standing at the table giving CPR compressions to the meat with both hands.

I like right-clicking an icon on my desktop and selecting "Run as administrator"; I understand what it does/what it's for, but honestly Im addicted to the pretend power-trip it gives me haha

"You will open and do the needful, and you will do it now!"

It's nice to be social but I've had my fill for this week. Need a lot of solo time to recharge.

Today is all about finding a farm stay for a mum-&-son weekend away in a couple of months, making tteokbokki for the first time and doing the ironing.

Loving this weather. Love this type of easy, light rain.

But first: coffee!

🤜⏰🤛 ker POW!

I was at Coles and there's a little boy about 3 years old complaining that it's cold to his mother. In all fairness she was dilly-dallying in the cheese aisle. She replied with "I asked you if you wanted your jumper and you said no". Rookie mistake mum. You don't ask the child. You pop it in your bag anyway and produce it on the inevitable request.

Anyway my tip is to make them work while in there "Grab that 2 litre milk there and put in your basket please" then they don't have time to whinge. Win win.

Kmart pakige arrived.

The magnetic laundry shelves stick well but the baskets are teeny tiny. They won't hold a few of the items I wanted to put in there. Photo mildly misleading. Still it's better than the suction cup hook I had holding the hand towel. The art supplies look good.

Edit: Oh and the resin platter I bought for wildlife water is nice and heavy but also teeny tiny. I need to actually check the measurements on these things. The amount of water in that would be drunk or evaporate fast.

It's such a lovely, cool, rainy morning.

My bins are full so I have to hide some recycling before the inspection.

why is Seek telling me to become a tram driver

Oooh Admin powers. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Yay, managed to get one overdue garden produce/kitchen task done - basil pesto (the damn things were flowering desperately and might not have lasted another week without harvesting. I had to chuck out about 20g of spotty/yellowed leaves...).

I have no parmesan or nutritional yeast, so I peeled extra garlic and quickly shallow fried the cloves in oil, added that with toasted sunflower seeds and a bit of extra salt - verdict: it's delicious! I don't miss the cheese at all. Cheap and easy. Just put most of it in an ice cube tray for future re-use. Somehow it's ended up a lot darker green this time, but I don't mind!

The other overdue job I really need to do tomorrow, before it warms up again, is give the curry leaf plants a big haircut (timing is really pushing it). Gonna make a big batch of South Indian-style curry leaf sambol/chutney with coconut and fresh green chillies also from the balcony, then freeze most of it. Might hunt down some frozen coconut since I think my dessicated stuff is getting kind of old, and I want this to be a smashing sambol

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It's going to be interesting to see how the City of Yarra will charge yank tanks extra.

You can take up multiple bays if your vehicle doesn't fit in one. So anyone getting a fine for not fitting in the space will just go to court and get it dismissed.

Charging different rates for different vehicles could also get parking classified as a tax, thanks to the EV case. Which local governments cannot do.

Armaguard has asked for a bailout.

Must not be any money in there. Maybe the bailout funds could come off the back of a truck.