Melbourne

I'm gonna go on a little rant about Halloween. Kids, pets and even adults dressing up, meeting your neighbours having a bit fun. I'm all for that. Decorate your house inside and out. Great.

Now here's the thing. People take this shit way to far. Instead of just walking a few streets with your kids, meeting new people, it's now "let's go and collect as much shit as possible from strangers before others get there".

How do we do that? We will drive around in our people mover looking for houses because Facebook mums have posted where the best streets are for little Johnny to collect his treats and he's only 3 and the size of a small hippo and he can't walk far.

It's now a car door slamming competition with a stampede. Aussies are great innovators. We take shit from around the world and we adapt them to suit us. Halloween is not one of them we do well.

Ted Cat's stroller has been attained, put together and tested with Ted sitting in it outside. He likes it. 😊 Tomorrow morning I will take him for a walk in the park. There will be pictures. 🐈‍⬛🛞📦🛞

This year’s Jack O Lantern

I did not get the nice place I applied for on Monday despite offering 15/week more. At least they told me quick smart.

I may have good news with the other place though, pending clarification of some weird half baked email I got that was missing attachments. It's painful how much I'll be paying relative to the size, and lack of greenery, and noise, but I'm reframing it as like a temporary apartment stay to finish my studies. Because I only need to commit till about mid next year. And that means FREEDOM.

I will have to cull a lot, but at it'll feel like I'm really committing to closing this chapter of my life. No more coasting along.

Cross all your digits for me DT! The sooner I'm done with this the better 🤞

everyone's got the goddamn end of year crazies and it ain't even november yet

Day was better. Went fairly quick.

Taking the Monday off for the long weekend. Some people are taking Friday as well... If I didn't have a project kicking off that day I'd do the same.

been having five guys for lunch the past three work days

is this addiction?

I just ate 5 crunchy hash browns.

I’m happy now.

Considering taping my fingers together so I don't flip the bird at WAY too many people here at work this morning, and it's not even 8:30 yet... :|

Goodnight from human and loooong cat ❤️

Is it really a computer game anymore when you have a notebook that looks like this?(ignore the maths, it's just scribble to prompt me at stages of the build)

Jesus that lineup for When We Were Young 2025 should come with a NSFW warning, sporting a semi in the office. Ok, thats a lie. But I did gasp and moan slightly.

That line up is... I mean... F me dead thats must of punk rock royalty right there. That is gonna go OFF! I hate festivals, but if that weren't in the states I'd be considering it.

Beautiful afternoon. But what baffles me is how many people are in shorts or dresses. When my day started it was a chilly 12c so jeans it was. Do people just freeze for half the day for the 1 hour of nice weather, or do they carry around a change of clothes for when the sun comes out. I’ve lived in Melbourne all my life and still can’t figure it out.

oh god, my head/face is so little i chose childrens glasses and didn't even know until i read the receipt just now , they look good tho 🤓

Here's to the midnight snack club:

Strawberries and cashews.

Dear Head Office,

STOP THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC IMMEDIATELY!!!

Sincerely, Me (and Everyone Else I Hope).

Lunch

Claypot with - sausage, onions, kimchi, rice cakes, egg, and some sauces. Coconut as the beverage.

Not gonna lie.....it's good as.

Update: It's all gone, and I'm regretting it slightly. Definitely nap inducing.

Haha! Just discovered what this mysterious un used piece in my recent Lego sets is for. I am an idiot!

I freaking hate Debian. I do not like not being the owner of all files nor given easy tools to take ownership of stuff. And I'm spending a lot more time in terminal than I would like. I understand why me accessing and replacing files in VAR is a bad idea, I get why you might wanna prevent that. But its MY system, if I wanna crash the fucker than thats my right! Not having access to files for apps I install (like plex) is insane.

Last minute ticket to Thom Yorke......! Holy shit. Let's go!

Made it down the bellarine again. Down here there's a place called Swan island where SAS train. Anyway the neighbour is ex-SAS. I've never really had a long conversation with the dude. Bumped into him as I was rocking up and he was walking his puppy said 'ello. I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED OF A KILLING MACHINE WALKING A PUPPY.

I regret drinking a coffee last night.

Now I'm tired.

Ticketing scum alert for buses around Footscray interchange

Need to do assignment.

Can only play ukulele.

Meal prep for the next couple of days is done. Now I can start on dinner!

At least dinner is a kit so won't take too much effort. I also made a few extra serves of oats and some burgers for the freezer so I have a head start on a few more future meals too.

sky pretty

Finished Coraline and all I can say is wow. Highly recommend if you don't mind a bit of scary.

The quiet little stick vac I was so hyped about is fine for quick touchups but struggling in the face of heaps of scattered litter and shredded cardboard… The other one is unreasonably loud so I keep it for the back room (away from the cat) and even then have to use earplugs.

It’s fine, with heavier stuff like this I’ll just sweep the carpet with the soft indoor broom. It’s more tiring and might kick up some dust but it’s silent. It’s really good for getting a lot of the pet hair as well.

I don’t really rate the Sabco carpet sweeper I bought. It is convenient in that it collects dust and debris as you go but the handle is too short so you have to hunch over, and you have to push it hard to get the bristles to sweep. It’s also hard to get into the corners.

Gym complete. I feel as though I’ve earned a nice lunch. Banh mi?

Ah, once again Melbcat has medicine stuck in her fur… I’d wipe it off right away but by the time she’s had it she really wants to nick off, and I let her go calm down. So it dries into her fur and the liquid sets like concrete.

I might buy a bib just for meds time. I think that will be insanely cute.