Melbourne

Work from home, light day on the schedule at work, so I decided to do a cheeky bake session in the garage.

Guess who was looking at the wrong Friday, and has meetings all afternoon?

Go on, guess.

Oh.

Oh no.

As part of the sorting I redid the TV stand (we're going to eventually put the TV on an articulated arm up over the fireplace, with the cavity cabinetted out as a console nook), moved it out into His Lordship's office 'cos the little bugger has had greedy eyes on it since we started dating 20 odd years ago and wants it for his gaming corner (it's actually mine and predates him), then shufted the big ol' 78 record player over where the TV stand was and plonked the TV and accoutrements on top of it as a temporary measure.

Thing is, that's over a heating vent.

And Misha remembered she fits under it

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Image ID: A fat buttery cat wedged under a record player in front of a heating vent with no intentions of moving

I have made a terrible mistake

Dinner is served. The silverside did not fall apart.

I am the master chef, come at me bruh 🖐🖐

Day off today to celebrate Mr Smeg's birthday.

Then tomorrow is the day we pickup the dog

Not a bad week really

Apparently the Melbourne subreddit has been banned for "violating the Reddit rules"? Huh...

I do love the hubs but jesus I get a lot more done when he's not around. Dining room is 100% cleared, most of lounge, things getting squared away and navigable w00t w00t. Also I get to blare music like whoa.

one horrible upside to the housing crisis: It's real easy to get rid of packing boxes on your local buy nothing group

Dins:

Image is of spring rolls in lettuce.

Good grief! Just sat on the West Gate Bridge for almost over an hour, contemplated driving off the edge for a second there. 25 minutes home took almost 2hrs in the middle of the fkn night.

Whats on for the weekend all? Last night i went out dancing to a live jazz band which was lots of fun. Tonight is Fish & Chips and mead maintenance. Tomorrow is yoga/meditation at the Buddhist centre followed by my first date in 2 years, going to see Oppenheimer, excited and nervous haha. Saturday night going to see the Burnt Sausages and then we have a nice chilled out Sunday :)

I've been learning a lot about investing and making a few small investments in shares and funds over the last couple of years, and can definitely say that buying shares in individual companies is not my forte. For the most part the shares I bought have been steadily declining in value, against the trend of the market. Apparently if the shares drop enough the company can arrange to buy back the shares from small stockholders whose parcel of shares has become worth so little they don't meet the minimum trading amount to be able to sell them through brokers. Who knew?

I have had one success - Estia Health is being taken over, which means the shares I bought for them have seen a 43% increase in just over 12 months. Unfortunately I only bought $200 worth, and the profit from them is still nowhere near enough to make up for the losses on the others, but definitely better than nothing. I am definitely sticking with the index funds in future, I really don't have the interest or knowledge for individual companies. And the clear winner is my Super fund - I got around 13% last year, plus many tax benefits.

Ok, get the pitch forks out.

I don’t like sardines. They are too fishy. There, I said it.

kidcalhoon2 just skated to school for the first time, we were late, and i couldn't get Huey Lewis and the News out of my head the whole time..haha. just needed a car to skitch on

Cheers misfits and 'ave a bloody good weekend 🍺

I'm sorry to put a dampener on everyones friday night, but I'm not coping right now. I feel like my life isn't getting better I feel like the last few years I've been in this near constant state of fight or flight. I just wish my life would finally settle down. the last few years every time I think it has, something happens to cause chaos again. I'm just exhausted and stressed out and I don't want to be here any more.

I've taken today as well as part of yesterday off, but having spent most of today out of the house, I've totally lost my momentum and left a shit tonne of chores till tonight - as well as a plethora of packing after a month of sprawling out around here - I gotta be out by 9am tomorrow for an appointment.

It's feeling overwhelming but I'm using the washing machine and dishwasher running time to give myself a breather or time other tasks.

Driving on the Western was yet another shitshow today (even counter peak). Honestly there's a special brand of insanity out there. I think what took the cake today was seeing a white SUV with a custom plate doing at least 130km/h (actual), undertaking both lanes on the left by using the MERGE LANE that was just ending from an on ramp

This ongoing situation at work has me horrifically anxious. I am so done with toxic workplaces and just wish i could find a chill job to settle down in and probably return to study. My last job ended up being very toxic and now this one. I'm feeling pretty hopeless and terrified my next job is also going to be toxic. Man I wish i had a time machine so I could just relive the years 2011 - 2017 over and over again. Those were happy years with a great job.

Cheers you bohemians 🍺🍺🍺

If anyone wants to do a recruitment drive now is the time. Head to r/australia. Lol

It was a rest day for me on the exercise front, but not at work! Peeled 40kg of potatoes and then cleaned and cleaned and cleaned some more! Gave the floor a really good going over with the deck scrubber and got into those annoying corners and crannies, moving prep benches and scrubbing where the legs usually go. Moving supplies and stuff and cleaning underneath. Cleaning underneath chest freezers and moving stuff around. Scrubbed out the whole sink area and underneath the dishwasher, which is in an awkward corner and is a bastard. Flour, pasta, various sauces and egg is a shitty combination to clean off anything, let alone a tiled floor. The floor, especially the grout, has been scrubbed so much and worn down in places over time which means it collects more crap. I love my cleaning times at work though, it's really satisfying! Now I'm tired, which is also satisfying. We had Fatarse Friday and now I'm blobbing out in bed.

Why are most of the men's trunks/boxer shorts so thin and synthetic? No one wants sweaty nut sack and crack. That's bizarre.

r/melbourne banned from reddit 36 minutes ago.

Ban message

Possibly for being unmoderated?

Edit: This is a double up, see @[email protected]'s post.

Just perusing r/BannedSubs for clues. Multiple subs got banned and returned. No explanation given yet.

Just quietly I think University is quite often a bit of a scam.

This came up on the abc - a guide for journalists for using the platform formerly known as twitter

ran until 3am last night for work and since I wfh I'm basically just a vague seatwarmer today. If shit catches fire, I'll deal with it, otherwise I'm gonna fart about the house singing earworms from Subspace Rhapsody.

If I worked from the office, they'd be invited to go fuck themselves.

Tonight's party platter

Image of a square plate of smoked cheese, cocktail onions and Spanish black olives, philly cheese and sweet chilli sauce, bread roll and simit, spanish smoked mussels, dry biscuits and a shadow.

Got up early this morning to take my partner to the hospital. I saw some apple cider vinegar on the bench and heard it's good for you, so I proceeded to take a 20ml shot before we had to leave.

Hoo-lee fukkkk

r/Melbourne’s back now lmao

Question for the DT: if you're in some kind of online community like this one, a Facebook group etc, and someone posts asking if anyone has a specific book, do you think replies of "have you tried the library?" are a) fair enough or b) NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I DID ? I see these posts often and people always respond with the library advice, and sometimes the OP will reply and say yes I already tried the library but they don't have it hence me asking.

When I see someone asking for a book title, I assume they have, you know, CHECKED THE LIBRARY.

10 minutes after opening and the top floor of China Red is full. Not sure about downstairs. Amazing. I ordered a raspberry lemonade from the touch screen when I sat down and the lady delivered it literally within 30 seconds. I love this place.

Springers for dins then sneaky chips.

No airfryer, pure unadulterated oil like the creator(s) intended.

I'm incandescent, bioluminescent,
Seeping into your thoughts and dreams
And out of the holes between the seams.
I'll occupy your mind, a light in the dark,
Solace you'll find, I'll be your spark.
Memories reminiscing, how fitting,
I'll warm myself by the fires in your heart,
If you let me in we'll never grow apart,
Give me the word, and I'll make a start.
Stoking the fires of your heart,
I'm transluscent, luminescent,
Your consent is a requirement,
Oh let me be your firmament
I'll fill your nightskies with my stars,
I'll be your Venus if you'll be my Mars.

Friday night in the CBD is a colourful scene.

Thank god the work week is over.

Been a rough week with everything and being cash strapped. Decided to hold back on cheapie sort drinks and junk food this time.

Treated myself to a couple of cheap tons of sardines just to get a feel for what they’re like. I think. I’ll be combing them into pasta or on bread.

They were basic 90cent tins from woolworths.

If they’re good I’ll get more in the future but herring has definitely changed how I think about them and I may need to stock up on them since I love them way better than tuna.

I've been trying out the Sync app, and whilst overall it is quite good there are two things that are really annoying. For some reason it shows most pictures really big, so it takes up most of the screen but only shows the edge, not the full picture. Plus the line break
doesn't work. So if you'e on Sync you would just see a \ where there is supposed to be a new line. Very bad for poetry and lists.

Jerboa also has some giant pictures and does not allow the split screen view I like, but I have just discovered animated gifs don't work there so that is one big bonus. Still waiting for an app that fully suits me, but we're getting closer.