Melbourne

I can't believe Twitter is also imploding, now where am I supposed to unapologetically fan girl and talk about reality tv without the prying eyes of people I know IRL???

Is there a way to collapse comments on this? I get overwhelmed by the walls of text :(

Was it just me who missed the memo about the rain? I mean my app is still saying no rain.

Does nobody in Melbourne say”eshay” because I’ve definitely heard it on some occasions. 🤔

I've been trying random fauxmeat options when I see them on special and I have to say, way to many go for texture and presentation over taste. I got some faux chicken tenders and while they look, smell, and sort feel the part, they absolutely don't taste it.

Good morning Shy Bot. It's good to see you.

My comment the Indonesian thread:

Video of Steve Irwin handling a snake, still miss the guy.

Urgh, you know that feeling when you wake up at a "normal" time, scroll on your phone and then doze off only to bolt awake and it's 11:15... now I'm sitting here with my coffee and I almost regret how cold it is out here. Thankfully my lunch appt has been postponed by half an hour as well. I should at least do one Useful thing today. Mainly clean the kitchen which looks like a disaster zone. I would be bereft without my dishwasher.

The soup I made for diner was very yum. Small dices of onion, carrot, celery, zucchini and corn kernels, fry with generous amount of middle eastern spice mix, bottle of passatta, can of beans and stock. Cook until veg are perfect tenderness and consume with garlic bread. It’s the small dices that make it nice to eat.

All this cold made me start reminiscing about the last roadtrip to Mildura, and out of curiosity I checked the weather there - how is it 2° colder there?????

Finally turning the corner with this head cold.

Half awake fever dreams are fucked I do not like them.

Fish & chips for me. Usually Miller St is jumping at this hour with people getting pizza or f&c. Tonight was dead. Zillions of empty car parks and the f&c shop people were filing their nails and scrolling on their phones. The cost of living is starting to bite down hard I think. Mind you, $18 for 1 piece of fish, 1 scallop, 1 prawn, 1 fishcake and a handful of chips is getting a bit steep for regular purchase.

Tickets for Barbie advance screenings are available (and regular screenings)

Tickets for Oppenheimer are now available. Plenty of IMAX seats as well by the look of it.

Local pool tonight: spa, sauna, steam room are packed. Oh the flip side I’m very relaxed.

Had a great day today. Went go kart racing with my partner as she had a gift card. It was drizzling so it made the racing way more fun and I did manage to beat her (9th vs 11th). Then we tried out a pile of recliner couches and decided on this one and ordered it:

https://www.nickscali.com.au/brighton-leather-3-seat-recliners

Well we managed about 1.5 hours at the party last night until baby became so hysterical with the grandparents that we had to leave. But honestly I’m okay with that, not that the party was bad but I certainly remembered why we decided we were happy to have a baby and give up the nights out. I really prefer doing stuff like lunches now. Also barely drank and still woke up with a ripper headache. Truly think I’m in the era of dinner parties and picnics now.

If I know someone who is hoarding lots of plastic bottles in the belief they will make money when the container deposit scheme comes in, am I a bad person if I don't tell them containers will need to have a specially printed barcode on them to be eligible?

ASHES UPDATE: (because I know you're all closeted lovers of the ol' bat n' ball): Second test at Lord's (the home of cricket) Second innings. Australia has already batted. England to chase 371. Currently England 4/114.

We've had a few injuries. Pat Cummins copped a shiner to the eye. Nathan Lyon strained a calf doing some sort of gymnastics on the field. It's OK, we're Aussies we get back up and keep fighting.

It's going to be an exciting match tonight folks. I will be watching and anticipating Midnight (blue) bot's second coming. Oh oh oh oh.