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.
I loved it back in Canada, cause it was the norm. Streets were full of kids and adults. 90% of houses were decorated and people got into the spirit of it.
Here it seems to forced and unnatural. Which is why we hand out caramel covered onions to all the trick or treaters.
This is the best most multi-faceted accurate hot take of the day.
Fuck little johnny and the bite sized snickers he rode in on.
I've got no problem with the little Johnnys of this country. It's the parents who are pimping their kids out so they can gorge on the fruits for ron.
I find it an interesting opportunity to observe the different facets of human nature. I live in an area with lots of young families and I like seeing the hand crafted decorations that the family have made as a craft exercise. Who are the people who make their own, and who obviously spends way too much money on that stuff? Which children take only a small portion of treats, making sure there's plenty left for other children, and who grabs repeated handfuls of treats or even pours the entire treat bowl into their goody bag! Which parents dress up and get out there mingling with others in the pleasant early evening, laughing and handing out treats? Which parents put a bowl out and play possum? Which parents deliberately ignore the blatant greed of their children and fiddle with their phone, or actively encourage their children to take all the treats! It is endlessly fascinating for me to observe and I am totally there for it.
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. 🐈⬛🛞📦🛞
The adventures of the bum biter.
Bum Biter goes Beyond
Mad Bumbiter.
Be careful on rough ground - go slow. Cats can get motion sickness, ask misha how i know.
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 🤞
Crossing everything for you 🤞
🤞 and all the luck in the world for you!
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Fingers and toes are crossed for you <3
Digits crossed as requested. Also elbows and knees. Keep searching and applying though.
everyone's got the goddamn end of year crazies and it ain't even november yet
I’d ask for this year to end but they don’t seem to be improving do they
A colleague and I were just talking about this. Everyone’s burnt out way earlier than usual
Seem to have started early this year. Did some grocery shopping earlier and there's so much pointless aggression.
I think the cost of living shit starting to seep through to even the landlord class is having an impact (though in their case I want to emphasise that taxes on investments isn't a cost of living issue).
People are feeling under the pump. I've got half a mind to disappear to a monastery over the end of the year
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.
Kicking off a project on a Friday is a bad idea unless they're expecting everyone to think about it all weekend and not be in wind down mode that day, it's even worse to do it this specific weekend with a significant number of people having a 4-5 day weekend. The stakeholders are going to need a refresh on Wednesday, so might as well kick it off Wednesday.
Client insists. They've threatened to find another supplier if we don't do it.
I know it's going to fail miserably. I'm looking forward to the shit fest.
A little humility would do this client some good.
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)
I physically mapped a MUD in the 90s.
been having five guys for lunch the past three work days
is this addiction?
Sounds exhausting
too expensive for me to have that frequently.
addictions are costly
I wonder if I can get it delivered out here in the sticks..
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I’m pretty sure the city of Melbourne frowns upon cannibalism
yeah should’ve skipped the bacon
Was any particular one more satisfying?
they are all of them equally satisfying
Did you go all the way?
No I haven’t. Maybe I should.
I just ate 5 crunchy hash browns.
I’m happy now.
nom nom 😊
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.
Damn, that's a lineup and a half. I feel old as shit.
Ok, so I'm old. I only know the first five acts on this list. And Blink 182 is probably the only act I'd pay to go see.
I'd bet that if you know the first 5 then you know >50% of the others but have forgotten about them and their tracks <3
But... Offspring! Weezer!
Panic! with the whole band, not just Brendon and his solo act?!!
I’LL BE JUST FINE
I know 8, the others are utter mystery. 2 I’d pay for if they were convenient.
Simple plan and yellowcard are old as. Avril Lavigne as well.
what an awesome lineup
Holy shit, now how do I convince my partner to fly to the states with me for this?
Edit1: working on convincing my partner and friends, money is no object for that line up. Don't wanna go on my own though.
Edit2:
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.
If I know it's gonna be like 18+ later on, I'm wearing shorts in anticipation. I assume it would be same for dresses and such.
In any case, I bring a jumper. As long as my torso is warm I'm fine. My legs don't really get cold.
I can't really help as I'm menopausal: hot when it's cold and cold when it's hot. Also spending most of my working life in kitchens has messed up my body thermostat. I find I wear things like long shorts over leggings and short sleeved t-shirts over long sleeved ones and with my trusty light-but-just-warm-enough crappy hoodie, I'm ready for anything! 🫡👩🏻🍳🥔
growing up is was dress for the warm day and it didn't matter if we were cold in the morning
it might actually be a good thing to experience all the different temps ( within reason ) rather than live in permanent and unnatural 22°
I have a feeling that as a kid spring /summer/autumn had more warm days in the past, but I guess is am imagining it because climate records say otherwise. Maybe I’ve pushed the cooler days out of my mind because they weren’t as fun. I don’t think it’s unnatural to be permanently in a warmer climate, that’s where we evolved. We overcame it by inventing clothes.
I'm constantly warm lol
Dear Head Office,
STOP THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC IMMEDIATELY!!!
Sincerely, Me (and Everyone Else I Hope).
I can hear Mariah Carey thawing out now -shudder-
Here's to the midnight snack club:
Strawberries and cashews.
Haha! Just discovered what this mysterious un used piece in my recent Lego sets is for. I am an idiot!
It's to grab the flat pieces!!
I used to have this with my Lego bucket and always turned it into a slide for the houses I'd build lol
I got it in my rose bunch and thought it was some sort of stand piece. Ought use image search more!
That would have been useful when me and Miss Seagoon used to do big lego sets together when she was still a tiny seagoon😒
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.
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 🤓
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 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.
I deal with the Debian ecosystem (raspbian) regularly at home and while I've been doing it for 20+ years, I'm just more comfortable in the RedHat world. So, my laptop/tablet run Fedora. It's one of the less popular distros for some reason, but it's so comfy!
Gym complete. I feel as though I’ve earned a nice lunch. Banh mi?
What did you end up eating??
sky pretty
Finished Coraline and all I can say is wow. Highly recommend if you don't mind a bit of scary.
Just make sure you don't sew on the buttons.
Ticketing scum alert for buses around Footscray interchange
Ty for your service
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.
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.
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.
Need to do assignment.
Can only play ukulele.
I find that I have an urgent need to clean the bathroom when a deadline is pending
More organisising has been attained. Eyes checked ( they are meh 😔 ), new glasses ordered , bank kerfuffle fixed, stress from computer and phones a bit better.
Music is on. 😊It's a daft punk kind of day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8&list=RDEMni3jl65KF37F9JYsJM8DGg&start_radio=1
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋Banana chips. Who are the weirdos eating these and why?
I mean they're pretty tasty. I don't buy them because I eat too many.
I enjoy dehydrated foods now and then. even banana. Try it on pizza
But they're sooooo good! And they're not even that bad for you - depending on the brand/variety you get.
Just heard a fairly decent US election joke. What's orange on the outside, hollow inside and should be thrown out in early November?
I feel like I am just not getting any wins here. In fact the cosmos is laughing at me for trying.
I went to the free food market today and now I have way too many cucumbers. I still have plenty of pickles so I'm not sure what I'll do with them all.
I also got lots of cabbage so will be making a batch of sauerkraut. Summer fruits must be starting too, as I got some peaches - they are all bruised so I will cut them up for overnight oats (along with some apples which are also quite bruised and a punnet of strawberries).
I'm in love with that stupid "viral" cucumber salad. I hate that it's actually that delicious.
Latest coles magazine has a recipie for smashed cucumbers, which might be fun to try. Uses 8 cucumbers smashed cucumbers paragraph 3 on recipie
The last lunch ride of Biketober. I've enjoyed ducking out and going for these rides, they've been a great way to break up the week
Today has been brutal. Lots of hard work and annoying strokes of bad luck. I’m in pain and it will be worse tomorrow.
I also fixed something simple (in aid of solving another problem) but screwed it up in another way that’s hyper specific to the point that internet guides are hard to find for it.
Wasted precious time and energy unsuccessfully trying to fix it 👍
Hope tomorrow brings some grace. Hugs
Thanks 🤞
Applying to some jobs and one asked for a knock knock joke. I had a book of them as a kid, but the only one I remember is:
Knock knock Who's there? Orange Orange who? Orange you glad I didn't say bananana?
I'm thinking of doing this one:
“Knock knock!” “Who’s there?” “Cows,” “Cows, who?” “Cows go MOO, not WHO!”
Any better suggestions, please speak now or forever hold your peace.
Knock knock! Who's there? Boo. Boo who? Please don't cry - it's just a joke.
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Employee
Employee who?
The employee for you
This one wins
Knock Knock, who's there? Ice-Cream. Ice-Cream who?
Ice-Cream, you scream, we scream for Ice-Cream
Knock Knock, who's there? Cargo. Cargo who?
Cargo beep beep!
Busy day today. Wheee
Anyone here into KDramas? I just finished Crash Landing On You last night and adored it! I've watched a few in the past year and it's funny - the things that would turn me off English dramas I give a pass to in KDramas, like forever lingering stares and hilariously obvious product placement.
I've only ever watched a Korean Movie I think, Train to Busan?
Ooh, I wouldn't be able to watch that, I can't cope with zombie movies. I would recommend Parasite though!
My favourite!
I've been desperately trying to get a message across on reddit , does anyone know of any site probs
I love Veridis Quo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZaHf8RP6g
good disco is very good 😊
A great song. The album this is from (Discovery) is excellent.
Meeting complete. Quick snack and then gym
Goodnight from human and loooong cat ❤️