Melbourne

Moon tonight:

Turns out someone else likes dim sims.

She's so sneaky and brazen but never pushes the limit.

She ignored the wine thankfully that is off limits.

FUCK IT FEELS GOOD TO PLAY GUITAR!!!!

It's been a week. Any question I had about needing music making in my life is answered.

Wooooooooooo!

DAE think LinkedIn is kinda stupid? My sister has networked with people through there and had job offers as a result. You do have to sell yourself when you go for a job and LinkedIn is like a digital CV. However, it just seems like a glorified form of social media where people are obsessed with climbing the corporate ladder and flaunting themselves. The posts, man, the posts. Also the company that verifies users' identities, Persona, are operating from a dodgy part of SF and are known for ghosting applicants late into the recruitment phase.

::: spoiler rant I used to know a guy who I let have so much power over me. Now I feel sorry for him, because his life for the past few years has been climbing the corporate ladder by working unpaid overtime and sucking up to people in order to pay his mortgage. Yes, you've got to work hard and kiss some asses along the way, but it shouldn't have to be that way. I realise that him having power over me allowed him to be just like how school bullies might have their parents bullying them, and then they do the same to other kids.

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNd4eocq2K0

I put out some marble plant pots on my porch 3 days ago.

They have not been stolen!!

Inspired by the aldi camping sale this weekend I was looking up gear because I want to get a basic camping setup (ex had all the gear when we got together and I left it all with him). Aldi was a good start but then I made the mistake of looking on Facebook marketplace and now my internet experience is just tents all the way down....

I made the dal makhani after 7 hours of soaking and an hour of boiling the pulses. Alas, it didn't really turn out like I expected - granted, it's not a dish I grew up with or ate enough of to be really familiar with. Neither do i have much experience with these ingredients. Bought the wrong kind of urad dal (no skin) and followed recipes with too high a ratio of urad dal:kidney beans to my tastes. The end result was a bit too mushy and bland for my liking although it was no fault of the cashew cream, which I can report to @dumblederp worked well despite all the other problems. It reduced the slimy texture of urad dal and gave it a lovely creamy mouthfeel.

Ended up adding way more spices and eating it with copious amounts of lime pickle. Would try cashew cream again but need to change a few things if I try this dish again.

Kidney beans I can use in other dishes, but man I have a lot of urad dal to go through.

So I woke up at like 1pm. One beer and two glasses of prosecco last night and I was out like a light.

I feel good though today, not depressed or anything. I could still sleep, but I'm having a coffee and cuddle with Mickey :) all is well.

On another note, I am so proud of my partner: his first week at his new job went really well! And he discovered that the building his new work is in, his OLD workplace has moved to as well! So he has reconnected with a couple of people from the call centre he used to manage! They're stoked that they can hang out with my partner during lunch! I'm stoned for him and them!

New favourite t-shirt - 80s synthpop plays in background

The litter of cats have all been fed. I've doubled the amount of dry food for the strays, so now they have 2 fairly large containers.

My personal fluffball has had her afternoon treats.

Time for some zonk and hoping the crack head next door doesn't yell and scream all day and night.

Edit: cops were just at her house for some reason. Maybe that'll keep her quiet for a day.

Flower patch update:

Kinda worked out better than I thought it would. Pretty much hands off, only taken out 1 weed.. did it all by itself.

Crossing the road at Bourke Street Mall:

• A man in an Australian flag shirt holding an Israeli flag shouts at the crowd waiting for the tram
• Magician busker asks people to stop to watch him perform so he can go home and sleep
• Homeless man shouts UGLY BITCH at no one in particular
• Violinist busker plays Ludovico Einaudi. He is the only one getting any attention.

And that’s on top of all the usual leaflets people

It never gets boring.

I'm going on an adventure to Footscray. Haven't been for years. I hope I don't get killed. 💀