The man brought home kebabs today and when the dude behind the counter called out "Muhammed" about 4 people answered.
Cheers little elves πΊ
Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
However, I am very overheated and tired. I am glad I've had a decent break from the phone, between ferrying people around for 3 hrs each way in 38C heat, clearing overgrowth on steep terrain, cutting and spraying evil prickly thistle in full sun, and random fever dreams in hot wooden cabins with no electricity or reception.
Did my semi compulsory 30mins attendance at my company Christmas party tonight. Had a cry on the drive home because I'd like to be able to stay and have a nice time and a few drinks but I just get too stressed out by the idea of the whole thing leave π
Today is fuckoff friday.
2 things for me.
Just got told by my aunt (bit of a matriarch) what to do for befores for xmas at cousins' place. Salami, cheese, crackers dips usual spread fare. Fuck off I'm doing gyoza and dumplings.
Just got told by the old man that the rest of the watering system I've been building for them he doesn't want to do because he's going to redo the fence in march next yr. It's 85% of the way there. It's just another 50m of drip line on top.
Every summer he calls up me and bro frantically trying to get us to go over and water. the whole point of the system is that the p's can go away for 2 months over summer and stress less (without having to drive back every 2nd day). But if the rest isn't done, then they'll still be stressing even though 85% is already in.
That can fuck off too.
Twas the fortnight before Christmas
And all through the town
Roadworks and roadworks and roadworks abound
In the city, the burbs, and on country laneways
The hi vis and stop gos are controlling the lanes
Iβm normally cool and I know itβs required
But itβs Fuck off Friday, and my patience is tired
So, I don't know whether it's Taylor Swift who is super smart, or she surrounds herself with smart people. I guess that still makes her smart. Lots of people want her concert video for Christmas. Only they can't have it. You can rent it for $25. That'll give you the show for 48 hours.
Then in January, she is releasing the concert on Blu Ray.
So here we are, contemplating giving a damn video rental code as Christmas Presents. But she still gets that Blu Ray money as well, because of course all those fans are going to buy it when it comes out. This is on top the πΊπΈ $250Million she's already made in cinema ticket sales that she isn't sharing with Hollywood studios because she produced the show herself.
Honestly, I'm impressed. I can't fault her logic at all. Millions of people are going to spend most of $100 (cinema, rental and then blu ray) and not even get real tickets to her live.
Received my first Christmas gift this year. A slab of Crown lager. Perfect for offering to houseguests lol.
Crownies are alright. They have to be bone chilling cold though.
Controversial opinion but the sun has no business being so bright at 7am. Who is that for? Madness. Someone should write a letter.
Or maybe I should just look into a way to block light better in my bedroom.
It could be worse: No Daylight savings here, so the sun as been up since 5am, It's been light since about 4:30.
I spent the last day at work today pulling apart Lego and chatting with coworkers all day.
Many of my co workers at lunch today trying to convince me that I should make the effort to spend Christmas with family and as much as Iβm resisting but I know they mean well and do they it out of love.
Iβm glad work ended on a chilled note today instead of being all hands on deck dealing with last minute dumplings of things. Meant I could do things at my own pace and not be stressed before going on leave till next year.
Now I have a homemade coffee. Yay!
And ants came marching one by one. Hurrah. This seems to be the weather where every bug wants to be inside
There's a small spider sitting on a picture frame . He can stay.
I leave spiders unless they're white tails being where they shouldn't
Haven't seen @just_kitten@aussie.zone around these parts for a bit. Did they melt in NSW?
Have you checked the Sydney community? Maybe they went native.
I am making banoffee pie for friend Xmas tomorrow. Iβm very excited to eat it. Cream whipped, caramel is on the stove, then itβs just an assemble job. Hopefully itβs a hit.
Unless you used, I dunno... pig cream... it's definitely gonna be a hit. Any complainers can bring their share over to my place.
I brought some doughnuts. Help yo self.
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So youβre totally not undercover thenβ¦
Getting back under the covers sounds divine.
I know I'm late for Hot Take Thursday, but: prawns don't have much flavour and they're too much work to bother with. Genuinely wouldn't be bothered if I never ate one again.
Gimme all the oysters instead.
Prawns straight from the boat are very very different to what you describe. I used to walk to Scarborough jetty (out of Brisbane) with my grandparents in the 80s, buy a couple of kilo from a boat that'd just come in, walk home, spend 15-30 mins deshelling, then prawn and salad cream (yes, it was a British thing) sandwiches for ever.
Gasp The thing is we get frozen prawns down here and by the time they defrost most of the juices have leaked out. Do yourself a favour and get these prawns from here. They are full of flavour despite the fact that they are frozen.
The reason why our oysters taste good is because they come from Tassie. Much fresher because they don't have to travel far.
If I had to choose I'd go oysters too.
I have had my senses of taste and smell stolen from me, just in time for Christmas. I have booked an expensive lunch for Christmas day and need to decide today to cancel if I want a refund.
Holy shit Potato Gratin for prime minister. Every frozen thing I've tried from Aldi (I admit that isn't many things) has been severely underwhelming but these thickened cream & cheese potato gratin things are actually incredible. Like little personal potato bakes.
I initally thought you were getting in some early campaigning for Dutton.
one of us, one of us
try the spinach and ricotta one too
the mushroom one is also very good
Pakige arrived! My rolls of stain ribbon are here, ready to start their new lives in the horticultural industry, where they will be serving as drawstrings in my fruit protection bags (or does that make them part of the security industry?)
I'm just reading through Pornhub's 2023 Year in Review (I probably shouldn't link to PH here, but you can find it) and it's actually fascinating data.. and they have a lot of it!
Spoiler: Australia's PH viewing drops 17.2% on Australia Day. I think that says a lot about people getting together with friends and family rather than spending the day alone and it's actually quite nice. Also Australia loves lesbians.
How come the lyrics on Spotify are synced on my phone but yet when mirrored onto the telly they are not? It makes karaoke hard because I gotta make my own words up. Lucky I know all the words to Tubthumping. I should send an email.
*mirrored may not be the correct terminology.
Anybody else have this irrational fear when flying that one of the engines / wings is just gonna fall off?
The hot air balloons were so close, just 200 metres away and loomed so large. On camera they look like tiny dots.
stares longingly
Pakige
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Boring and gross cleaning stuff
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The ants are gone but there were yet more flies... another round of swatting and disinfectant and a quick vacuum of the main area. I don't want flies touching my cat's bowls or things in the kitchen.
The air is smelling ok now. Maybe having those little wooden possum nests around would keep possums from entering the walls but unfortunately I don't have anywhere to put one and I think the possums that get into walls go there intentionally to pass. And this unit seems poorly sealed. If I could safely get up there I'd seal the place up.
The blankets that went to the cattery are mostly clean now but there's still a faint odour. They really just let Melbcat hide soiling in her carrier the whole time, with the pooled stains drying into the cloths and her wetting over it again... Neglect. Regret for allowing her to stay there. I'm surprised because the reviews were really good?!
The cloth parts of the carrier itself are still soaking in biological cleaner but perhaps it would be best to buy a new pet pram. And locate or make a boxy waterproof liner to sit inside as a normal puppy pad just gets pulled up.
Also Melbcat loves the Sherpa fleece blankets but they're so delicate, matting and clumping quickly when washed. From now on things need to be more practical. The fluffy things will have to be minky fleece which washes better, and the carrier cloths will have to be white towels which can stand up to heavy repeated washing and even bleaching.
I've also noticed dust flying when I vacuum. The cheap light stick is much easier for me to use but next time I buy one it will have to have a decent filter.
All in all the house is fairly clean but I do need to declutter, and after removing the flies, disinfect the kitchen. π€’
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no meteorites from my patch of the sky
sky pretty though
Meat pies made with left over curries for dinner tonight.
Day's tasks have gone well. Hair done, mani pedi done, lots of tidying and cleaning done. Watched a foreign language movie. π
this day is dragging something fierce!
Whinge warning..
Ugh. Toothache. I think it's going to have to come out. I'd like to have all my teeth ripped out and replaced. I haven't had nice looking unproblematic teeth since I was in primary school.
Speaking of school, I had to order Elder Minipeeler's books for next year by today, and they must be paid for in advance, no option for payment plans or anything. I've managed to get some pre-owned ones but you still need to purchase a reorder code for access to the digital component at a cost of $25 a pop. Even though I spent some time sourcing the stationary from elsewhere at a substantial saving, I was still up for half a grand. This time of year! I feel pretty Grinchy ATM.
Still, elder's primary school graduation was last night and was genuinely entertaining.
Has anyone used any of the UV bug zappers from Bunnings? Apparently they get flies and some claim to do mozzies as well (thinking ahead)
Edit: Hopefully the legion of flies drops down to a dull roar soon so I got a cheap little attractant trap for those, and a $30-40 mozzie zapper that had slightly better reviews. A few packs of moth traps because why not.
Spiders
Hopefully avoiding sprays will also let the spiderbros do their part.
The annoying part is we did have a huntsman here a year or so ago but he was a little bit dumb. Instead of chilling in the upper corners he kept coming down the walls and crawling across the floor, so Melbcat had a few goes. He eventually had to be escorted outside for his own safety.
Ok Dan, If you insist, Iβll get on the beers.π»
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