More cleaning today, job made way harder by biodegradable bags exploding into a billion pieces of confetti and getting on everything and breaking down at a touch when picking them up.
Looking forward to some chicken that I seasoned last night and let sit in the fridge overnight, going to see if that makes a difference in flavour.
Anyway more spaces cleaned up for the moment, will resume tomorrow and hopefully I can start to move some furniture around pending vacuuming of stupid left over bag confetti.
I’ve gotta go and buy a dress today. Looking on line and I discovered I’m more picky about clothing than I am about food. I don’t want black, prints, lace, too much polyester, bright colours. I don’t want to look like a bridesmaid or someone who came from the set of The Handmaids Tale. I like jumpsuits but don’t wanna get half naked just to have a piss.
I need something I can wear with my ankle boots because I don’t wear scrappy shoes. And I’m gonna need a handbag. I’ll probably come out with 3 handbags and no outfit. Pray for me.
The man needs a shirt and he doesn’t give a shit what colour it is. Urgh.
https://www.sheike.com.au/collections/dresses (for going out I like the Tornado one , Impression, Camila. In winter wear a stole/wrap ) )
a lot of them are pretty day dresses
that brand is soooo cheap and looks really nice
I put out a dozen empty clean maccona jars in the courtyard for any neighbour who might want them. Gone in 5 minutes.
Weekend highlight: Finding a Philippino take away/burger place that does an ube (purple yam) flavoured dessert.
Incredibly sweet, but delicious.
Interesting. There’s a place on Lygon street that does similar. Beku Gelati. I should try a different flavour every week.
Did I ever tell you how much I dislike cleaning barbecue gas ports? Should be a Jim’s franchise for this shit.
There are BBQ cleaning services available that will do a thorough clean of the whole BBQ for you.
Cool thanks . I’ll put that on speed dial for next time.
We need a Rate my Fairy Bread thread.
Not exactly what you requested, but thematically related…
Dog? Dog with pups? Dragon? Armadillo? Please explain.
Dragon with eggs and coins if I recall correctly. It was a lockdown silly bread.
Rather fun though. I particularly liked the armadillo like back ridging.
That reminds me, I should rewatch Cronenbergs “Naked Lunch.”
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Can I be the fairy?
Yes.
Wheeee! ✨🌈 🪩 ✨🦋
10/10
@Seagoon_ @melbourne Ugh. It’s Monday tomorrow. Why do weekends have to be so short? 😔
There’s a huge workload to get through, and I’m stressing about it already.
On the upside, I’m taking Thursday and Friday off.
And there’s a concert that wifey and I are going to on Tuesday night 😊
I gave her the tickets for Valentine’s Day. I haven’t been to a concert since the pandemic.
Also, I have a song by HER stuck in my head: https://youtu.be/_iKxR-daLCo?si=X7mcQHhCZHoN2UWn
you don’t have to @ my name or melbourne for comments.
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Eeep!
I’ve been posting from Mastodon to Aussie Zone, rather than directly on the site, which is why the extra @ are there. (Hopefully it still all works without them!)
oh, then don’t worry :) we’re happy to have you here anyway you can :)
The Peelers and I are going to Lucha Fantastica, the Mexican wrestling show, next weekend. Should be a blast! The drama! The costumes!
Went there in the before-times and it was fantastic! Youre gonna have so much fun!
Box icream sandwich review: Fuck these are too sweet! No presentation points for me.
Nothing much to say about the biscuit bit. Maybe use the half frozen log trick for a neater result? The icecream part makes way more than necessary and the chips tend to skink. Not awful but even Boyo thinks the sugar is excessive. Coat in 80% bitter for crunch & flavour correction?
Thank you for your sacrifice
they look delicious, I might add some chocolate ripple biscuits
would definitely eat
turn the freezer colder and it will taste less sweet
Good job 👍 nice review. These things feel so wrong, uncanny like. Definitely worth a crack though. How much did it cost?
About a fiver. You’ll also need 1 egg, a smidge of butter, and a mug of milk. I now need to find a use for the other hall of this milk because apparently the tiny cartons don’t exist anymore.
Movie review
Coda. A short and sweet romance movie. 3 hobbits. What’s best is you can see katie is awed and likes patrick in real life, that or she’s truly a very good actress
The Bacchantes. Old Italian movie based on the Euripides play. It seems to me the story is about bringing civilisation and humanity to society. It’s interesting that the gods want above all else human experience and human experience can only come with mortality so they adopt a human form, I suppose because mortality makes it more precious. The sets and costuming is so good. The dances, just like in the old paintings. Everyone did their homework. I give this 4.5 hobbits.
I was just reading that the cost of a passport is going up about $50 on 1 July, so anyone planning on getting a passport soon would be advised to do it before then.
Are you for fucking real? The cost was already obscene.
My lymph node is swollen, wtf. Am I going to die??
Eventually
Speaking words of wisdom
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Any Muppets, or variations of, I adore. This is such a good punny song!
I can hear a rave/dance party going on from my apartment in Fitzroy North and I can’t figure out where it’s come from.
Not that I would go anyway as I’m a boring adult who has a job to go to tomorrow ☹️
Underground rave fuck yeah
#yolo
Is there a website that I can put in a hallmark number and it would tell me more about an object?
You mean silver?
Nah it’s a candlestick holder. Made in England. Possibly brass.
Marches and protests without a specific, achievable demand.
End violence against women. I agree and think it’s a good a idea but taking to the streets probably isn’t going to convince wife bashers. It’s also a very general demand doesn’t point any specific government policy response. And I noticed that Jacinta Allen was in the crowd anyway so…
Similar to Palestine protests in Australia. Israel and the American government which essentially props up their military do not give a fuck. Protesting in Australia does nothing.
A protest that works is something that is a specific demand where what’s required is clear. For example Vietnam War protests that demanded the end of Australia’s involvement. It’s clear what is required and obvious as to how to achieve it.
It’s the real life version of updating your Facebook profile picture. It’s about being seen to care and being part of a group. I think it also probably helps people feel like they are doing something when they feel powerless and don’t know what to do, but that doesn’t make it effective.
Part of the problem is that a lot of people feel disenfranchised from government, so they don’t believe actions like writing to their local MP will do anything.
Combined with that we have been putting more and more power in the hands of private companies and telling people to exercise political power by choosing what products to buy and from who. So instead of being able to lobby governments to introduce stronger standards on the media’s depiction of women (as an example) we have media outlets “self-regulating” and are told if we want things to change to just stop watching things we don’t like.
We have a great system of government where every person gets to have some input into who makes the decisions and rules over us, and as a society we have done everything we can to negate that by taking as much power as we can away from government (which in its own flawed way is goverment by the people) and instead giving power to corporations. All supported by a pretence that “consumer power” and being able to pick which brand we buy (out of a selection that are mostly made by the same company anyway) is somehow giving individuals more power.
It’s strange. The way we handle serious issues has really changed the past twenty years. Loss of tolerance, loss of compromise, loss of action.
No discussing an issue. No compromises. No solutions asked for or sought. No running for elections or interacting with politics in a real sense. Telling people what to say and think, or else.
@Seagoon_ @RustyRaven @melbourne Here’s something from the early '90s that shows just how much things have changed over the past 30-odd years.
Here’s a clip of the prime minister at the time, Paul Keating, debating tax policies with the opposition leader, John Hewson.
As in, going right into details. Hewson wanted to bring in a GST, Keating opposed it.
And they debated on national TV.
On A Current Affair.
As in, the TV show with all the dodgy tradies used to cover important national issues, like how the tax system should work.
That was the year I became old enough to vote. I grew up with that sort of debate as normal, if you read the newspapers you would have the same sorts of things. Now it’s all name calling, slogans and picking a side like it’s a game of football. We used to at least pretend that social issues and making the world a better place mattered, now it seems to be just about winning no matter what.
