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  • Dear readers, I have figured our why despite all the meds and other morning rituals I felt like a fork had been stabbed in my brain and all hope was lost.

    The carefully made mocha this morning, I have just discovered, was but a mere hot chocolate - with the freshly ground coffee still waiting patiently in its canister, aeropress dutifully washed of yesterday's hasty activities but not a second time... I'm not sure how to resolve these heinous vicious cycles where a lack of coffee causes a lack of coffee and therefore the end of the world.

    Anyway, the situation is currently being rectified and I remain mortified at this horrific act of self-abuse

    • It all started with the fall of the bot. The humans followed.

      • The omens were there, but fools that we are as a species, we chose to pay no heed to them...

    • 🖤😂

    • Oh no. If you don’t mind me asking do you make real ones or instant coffees?

      Maybe you have a sensitivity to caffeine?

      • I almost never have instant coffee. I make mine with an aeropress. I think it makes sense that my brain was melting down without actual caffeine this morning because a. dependency and b. caffeine can help relieve head pain anyway and c. additional pain/bleargh from neck. Also that time of the month

    • F

  • geebus, I've been watching the Site Inspection yt channel, it's a guy who does inspections of new houses. It is making me rethink the outer suburbs that were built in the 60s and 70s. Those houses might not be modern and in Boronia or Melton but at least they were built properly with the correct materials.

    I don't know enough about it but it seems there is rampant corruption, there is use of unqualified labour being paid under the table, non spec construction materials smuggled into the country .

    Anything new made with concrete scares me now, I've seen how they use rubbish as filler or foundations. One place even had fake permeable concrete paths.

    And it's not cheap, people are paying $500,000 and more just to be ripped off.

    We need government inspectors again.

  • My son is playing PS5 and chatting with his mates in the next room.

    My daughter is sitting with the cat in her lap, watching the footy and chatting with her friends.

    My wife is sleeping on one couch😁

    I'm on the other couch watching stuff on the tablet

    This still counts as family time, right?

  • Poor bot. I found it in the corner, humming the Happy Days theme song and muttering about a four day work week.

    I'll try giving it a couple of seconds leave, that should fix things.

    • Poor bot, Tell bot that it’s ok to need a mental health day, but that we all look forward to seeing them at work tomorrow.🤞😃

  • Dear bot #001. We missed you tonight. I hope you're ok. I just want to say I appreciate you. You listen to our thoughts, our nonsense. You listen without judgement. Some have no one to vent to. No one to confide in. You are a great listener. I've got your back. Stay safe. Don't drink and drive. Stay cool. All my love @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone.Hope to catch you tomorrow.

    And yes I'm a wittle bit drunk.

  • I think I hear my electric blanket calling me.

    I gave the bot the day off to recover, so hopefully posting will be ok tonight. But you know kids these days, no work ethic. Not even the courtesy of phoning in sick. Plus I think the cat is encouraging it towards a life of sloth and indolence.

  • D O U B L E P O S T (d r u n k p o s t)

    I h av e had many beer
    \ I type a rhyme and spellcheck then go back and press space
    \ to make the breaks make sense
    \ hence
    \ I remember the backslash
    \ it';s this things here ( \ ) to remove the doublebreak
    \ but i wont do it here get juked
    \ weak
    \ doesnt rhyme
    \ took less time
    \ to write this one
    \ bc i dont care
    \ bc of the beer
    \ hehheh wheee

  • Botbot was a no show
    \ Regurgitator said so
    \ Oh oh
    \ How do we go on?
    \ Then came our local bovine
    \ A bolt of lightning
    \ Midnight brightening
    \ Bull charging in
    \ On our whim
    \ Saves the day
    \ Thankee

  • Day 14 of exercise program. First did a load of washing and hung it around the flat because I thought we were going to cop a downpour. Then I took the Mini Peelers to Coburg farmers market and we wandered around tasting and buying things. Then we went to Barkly Square and got master Peeler a new Xbox controller and miss mini Peeler a Snorlax plushy (she says Snorlax is her spirit animal but she's the most energetic of all of us!).

    After lunch we came home and I realised the ruse of shitty weather and did another two loads of washing. If it gets wet I don't care anyway as the essentials are inside. Then I did my exercises, and boy was it a push to get it done. Mr Peeler came in and tried to watch, which I hate. It's one of the reasons I've never done a gym membership or anything like that. I hate being looked at while I'm exercising, and these places with their floor to ceiling windows and mirrors are my version of hell. Nobody needs to see my flabulous efforts!

    I came from one of those families, you know; mum's fat, dad's fat, the cat's fat, the dog's fat, the kid is fat. At several points in my life I've gotten "work fit" and gone down to a size 10-12, but somehow I didn't notice or revel in it because I looked in the mirror and still saw that unsmiling fat kid, looking back at me. I'm determined to enjoy what I can be this time!

    • Was a fat kid all through my teens. Didn't even approach my natural size until my late 30s early 40s. When this happened, it took no effort. Didn't even notice until about 5 years later. There is still time for you to be you.

      • Those are awesome and wise words, thankyou so much! How do we not notice when we've shrunk in size.. it has me mystified.

    • You're doing great and doing it just for yourself this time! I managed 8.5 ks walking today. I'll be in bed soon.

      • My goodness! 8.5?! I did half of that and I'm knackered! Thankyou for your ongoing kind words. It means a lot.

  • It’s all the cat’s fault again. I can sense it.

    Thank you Bull.

    • I woke up around half past twelve and the cat was in the lounge where the laptop is meowing loudly, so it is very possible she was involved.

    • It is never the cats fault! Pawyers shall be called for defamation!

  • I do not like this "everything is collapsed" timeline. I would like to be able to peruse comments without the commitment of a click, please and thank you.

  • Recent canned fish reviews:
    \ Brunswick Smoked Kippers (herring) - my first time trying these, holy shit my mind was blown. They are so delicious. Maybe a touch on the salty side but I'm fine with that. Completely different to canned tuna. Moist and soft, not so 'meaty'. would recommend.
    \ King Oscar Briesling Sardines in Olive oil - best canned sardines I've had. Briesling means they are small. They still have their tails on, many in a can, akin to whitebait. Milder than you probably expect sardines to be. Exceptional
    \ Sole Mare smoked Mackerel in olive oil - I didn't realise it would be so similar to canned tuna. It felt like a high quality canned tuna. It's in large fillets, no bones. Not bad, but not my favourite - just due to personal taste
    \ Safcol 'spanish tapas style' squid in olive oil - first time trying canned squid. Better than I was expecting. Kept a firm texture. Simple squid flavour. Didn't feel the need to add any sauce or anything, before I knew it the can was gone and I was wanting more.
    \ John West Mussels in Galacian sauce - texture maybe a little softer than I'd like. Mussel taste was there and quite pleasant. Sauce was tomatoey and sweet. Definitely too much sauce for too few mussels though. I'd happily eat it again but felt a bit cheated by the sauce/mussel ratio

    • This is brilliant. A review for the peoples. I'd like to add the abomination that is canned crab. It doesn't look like crab or taste like crab and in fact it's often not even crab so don't be fooled.

      Any leftover sauce or oil from our seafood friends in a tin can be deliciously mopped up with some crusty bread.

      • I do not intend to try canned crab 😂 sounds horrible. I have been scarred by canned salmon in the past too so I'm working up to it.

      • So don't fool yourself that it is crab. Treat it as a substance entire unto itself. I don't mind it stirred through rice to accompany a sauce. It blends nicely with plain jasmine rice. I did up a combo of jasmine rice and wild rice, stirred through some tinned crab and seasoned it with lemon zest and long pepper. It worked and was nice. My sister grabbed all the leftovers and took them home with her, which doesn't often happen.

    • I need to remember to hit you up at the end of the year when I'm assembling my partner's Christmas hamper of "fancy tinned and preserved goods". He bloody loves tinned fish.

    • *patiently waits for the microwaved fish reviews..

    • Highly recommend trying kedgeree with smoked kippers. Very satisfying breakfast

  • Did some more voluteer work today. Public transport anxiety relieved. It was fine. Had a job interview straight after and I got it! I was lucky that I got my shit together when I did and started applying for jobs just to get into the habit. It's average pay and humble work which will pay the bills. The owner is great and at least it's award wage and she looks after her workers. Potentially will start working locally as well in time so would be able to walk to work. Mostly queer staff, lots of trans people apparently. Not sure how great that will be yet, but at least I won't face transphobia at work. It's going to be hard work and it won't do me any harm to do a job I can at least leave at work even if I spend the time looking at my watch. My only worry is that my back is starting to hurt but I spent a lot of time standing on hard floors this weekend. Being biologically female now means it will take longer to get work fit than in the past, but that's ok too. Start Wednesday so I have some time to do some stretching and get into my warm up routine. It's a fucking relief to not have to start spending too much of my savings.

    I had a very decent music career for a long time, but I've had issues with most of that time. It is run by mysoginistic cunts and when I stepped out of that and moved into nightclubs they were still run by mysgonistic cunts. My last employer was a total wolf in sheeps clothing. At least I have a real connection with my new boss. We worked for the same queer magazine in different cities over 20 years ago. Back when those jobs were very low pay and we did them for the community moreso than having a disposable income. Now I'm in recovery I also want to step away from the alcohol industry. It feels kinda inauthentic to be so adamant about being sober for life and then profiting from alcohol sales. At least at this point and to take sobriety seriously I can't step foot in a bar for a while.

    So this cat alarm and getting early nights have paid off. Thanks kitties. Couldn't have done this without you. Little miracles. They get extra playtime tomorrow. That'll do for today. Thx for reading

  • I've been at work an hour, and the dread is palpable. It appears my team has also been called back to the office starting next rotation, and WFH will no longer be an option, so that's a kick in the teeth.

  • At 8.5 years of age, my cat has discovered that Boxes Are Fun, after previously raising his eyebrows at any such suggestion. He's got a lovely long tunnel box that he's enjoying hiding in.

  • Heh heh heh, I have beaten the weather gods. Into a cocked hat. Just started raining here, but I FINISHED MOWING THE GRASS 10 MINUTES AGO! Pats self on back. Then reaches for the joint pain medication ....
    In other news, walking to shopping was a good choice. Don't need to go again until at least Thursday.
    So from here on in I am into industrial strength laziness today. And maybe some glasses of wine.

  • I have been avoiding looking at mygov/ato regarding the tax return, because of how dismal these past 12 months have been; I made less than $9k from work (excluding jobseeker payments). Man, I feel like total shite and I knew I would. Ugh. UGH.

  • Radio went good! I'm so glad about it! Next week we've got out ninth birthday show. So that should be good too!

  • Ok ok ok. After a disastrous start to the day things have progressed a bit. Actually got a tiny bit of gardening done after neglecting the balcony for months . tidied up the dead stuff, improved the staking on the manzano chilli, shuffled pots around - including the very sickly and cold curry big mama leaf plant to a more sheltered spot (it was getting depressing to look at. And it'll come back in spring.).

    I won't even be at home for most of the next month but I went ahead and sowed some coriander and garlic chives, and have soaked some snow pea and sweet pea seeds to sow tomorrow, because what the hey. They'll look after themselves, kind of. Everything's had a very thorough water + feed if needed, and I'm amazed at how relatively well that manzano is doing despite all the neglect. Truly a cool climate chillo, definitely a good choice for Melbourne. (e: yes it's related to rocoto).

    All that and a whole lot of staring into space have improved things as well as cleaning the kitchen and having a long overdue shower with hair/scalp cleanse. The sun has made a big difference too. Body has calmed the fuck down and is healing itself.

    Neck still hurts but I'll call off my trip to the 'rat tomorrow and take it easy, hopefully I'll be right as rain by Monday. I have work to catch up on but today is for total relaxation

    • I’m so impressed with you guys and your chillis. Chilli and capsicum are one of those plants that I’m just not good at caring for.

      I got a bit of time out in the garden too! Mostly I just weeded and swept up a big chunk of the leaves that the maple and the ornamental pears dropped - this place has 3 pear trees and 2 maples. I initially tried to keep on top of cleaning up the leaves as they dropped but I was fighting a losing battle, so I just left them and waited until they’d dropped all their leaves. We’re getting on 4 fortnight’s worth of green bins filled, with probably 1 more to go.

      But check out my broccolis and my cabbage 😍

    • That chillo is doing extremely well jeez! I'd never really heard of them. Looks like they pack a bit of punch too.

      E. ohh rocoto

      • Yeah apparently there's some slight difference between rocoto and manzano (variability of spiciness? Rocoto grows further south?) But both are Capsicum pubescens (heh I said pubes). this one said manzano on the label which also rates it a 4/10 for spiciness, but I haven't tried any yet so we'll find out soon I guess.

  • I think the cats are expecting me to put something on the teev and stretch out on the couch so that either one of them can have a nap on me.
    Instead I'm sitting up with a podcast on doing a crossstich project for a friend's birthday (well taking a break now for dins).

  • Outside errands DONE. Comfy clothes ON. Gonna read a chapter of my book and finish my coffee and get baking!

  • Quick piccy from the point lonsdale lighthouse looking west over the back beach towards ocean grove:

    https://imgur.com/6zvKu0w

    it's actually rated equal most hazardous beach in Vic. If you jumped in on a day like today and swam a few metres out you'd be lucky to make it back in.

    • Yeah. I used to go body boarding there by myself 20 years ago. And down at 13th too. I have realised that this was actually a very stupid thing to do. Especially 13th actually...have you seen the rock shelf there at low tide? I had no idea that existed. Very stupid as I said.

  • Fucking hell, one of my students coughed in my face today. Guess it's time to stock up on OJ and pray to God that I don't get sick, because I have no bulk billing doctors nearby and work wants a doctor's cert (although subcontractor, so no sick leave anyway).

    Goddamn, some days I just wanna quit.

    • Gross.

      Last night at dinner a bloke kept coughing at the table next to us. It got progressively chestier… It might have been just a cough, but he didn’t even bother covering his mouth. It’s like we’ve learned nothing.

  • Had breakfast, done the dishes, changed my bed. Time to go take my library books back, collect my glasses and get my hair did

  • Here I am, sitting on my bed overthinking what to wear to brunch with a friend tomorrow. The criteria is cute, warm, and semi casual. Lol.

  • Uck, the rain has started and its still extra windy outside. The morning dog walk was cancelled (much to Mr Woof's dissapointment) due to safety concernd, but I still have to go out there and drive to work. Part of me wants to just call in sick!

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