Melbourne

An old mate is coming to stay for a couple of weeks in December!!!

I've known him about 20 years. We spent some crazy years in Brunswick sharehouses in the early 2000's doing some hectic things lol

He's one of those friends that I only see every few years, but we pick up where we left off.

He's actually been a good influence in my life, even in those crazy days. He taught me rock climbing which has been great fun, how to ride a motorbike, took me camping for the first time and taught me all that stuff. He's an absolute legend!

Fucking stoked to see him!!!

I wish I was dead sometimes.

Driving home tonight with the sun setting, sunroof and windows open, cruising on the highway, perfect temperature, good tunes playing, for a moment I felt at peace.

Goodnight all, the weekend goes too quickly but I've had enough of today 🫡

I didn't exist yesterday. Today, I am drinking with my second cousin (dad's cousin). She is a riot, and will drink us all under the table, just like her dad lol. She is one of my favourite people, and I only see her every few years when she comes down from Brisbane.

I can't believe I'm related to this beautiful, smart, witty woman. She is my inspiration 🙌🏼💜🙌🏼

Alright, I'm getting there. Spent the whole day carefully going through every last drawer and cupboard for stuff to donate. No time for fb marketplace although I could've made some decent coin off some of these - especially a couple of vintage bakeware items and an almost new vintage Corningware dish. I got em all for free so some op shop will benefit instead.

Two carloads later, between those and the remaining plants/pots, and the big shit that won't fit in the bin, and pillows/towels for the RSPCA - and the tables sold on FBM - that's a lotta crap gone. Gotta love these Honda hatchbacks with Tardis-like volume and the magic seats 😀

Now to pack the remaining stuff for the movers to take tomorrow, mainly the kitchen stuff. The end is in sight...!

I'm starting to think I'll remove my pic and change my name to Simon when I'm applying for positions in bands.

I haven't achieved much today but I've turned black bananas into banana choc chip muffins and they're delicious.

Dinner's ready! Lasagne and a stupidly large amount of salad.

geebus, just got a hate letter from a neighbour in my mailbox, not against me but against my really nice Asian neighbour who does furniture making as a hobby. ( he occasionally uses power tools but not often, maybe a few times a week and only for a few minutes ) Coward didn't even sign their name. Hate letter that didn't sign their name or implicitly asked for specific action, just did rumour mongering and appeals to self interest.

I don't know what it was about this week's episode of Fisk but it was one of the best in the whole two seasons. Fantastic penultimate episode. I'll miss it after next week!

I feel surprisingly good today. At times there's a bit of post birthday blues, but apparently not this year!

Also I forgot I had a car so when I open the kitchen blinds, I was like "oh yeah! FUCK YES!"

Ended up having a really good music sesh as well before I went to bed which felt awesome!

Thanks again for all the birthday wishes, and support over the past year ❤️

Edit: Fluffy and I are going to laze around today I think. No responsibility, no thinking, just rest and recreation :)

I've trained the sparrow to land on my shoulder or arm now. 🙂

Choc chunk cookies are in the oven and the Xmas tree is up. I am back in favour with my kids once more 😆

Dinner tonight was an unmitigated disaster.

and we laughed…

I thought things would get easier with sunny weather but they’re still really hard. My mood is dipping really low and I’ve not been sleeping well. It’s bad.

I’m noticing the zucchini are wilting a bit in the heat. Makes sense. They’re growing fast but their roots aren’t reaching down to the bottom of the big pots yet, so they would be getting a bit dry.

I was thinking of some drip spikes or terracotta pots used as ollas but that requires ordering stuff. I don’t really want to get it delivered in case of theft and don’t want to pester someone to get it for me. I did see buried plastic bottles with pinpricks in them used for the purpose so I can make do with what I already have. It’ll also be a lot cheaper.

G.B.H. gig this month. I can’t do it. I can’t watch crusty old dudes trying to re-live in glory days. Doesn’t matter what band it is.

I finally put on some Mystery Science Theatre after hearing about it for years and I'm both surprised at what it is and understand why it has such a cult following.

One of the guys from the Flophouse podcast was involved with the recent run and it make perfect sense why now.

It feels like the sort of show where you need to watch like 10 episodes to get into the groove and you can just enjoy it from there

Last day/night in old place. Shed a few tears in the morning...

Alright. Big girl pants are on. Feel-good bossa nova station is on. To-do list for each room. Fridge unplugged, washing machine drained and let to dry. One more FBM pickup this morning. Everything else to cull/donate is leaving my house today (except The Couch Of Doom).

I have planned a couple of rewards to bring some joy and goodness into this.

• Started process of booking a week at my bolthole out in NSW over the xmas/new year period.
• Gonna buy an instant pot (maybe second hand) so I can get through my pile of dried legumes
• There will be pizza once I finish this move
• Gonna ask work to book me in for some field work next couple weeks

If you look hard enough at the hero's of history, you are likely to find some unpleasant things. Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Winston Churchill. I could go on.

Don't be delulu about human nature. There's good and bad in everyone, it's just a matter of degree and hopefully most of the time there's more good than bad.

I dropped the pill cutter and half an antibiotic tablet has disappeared into thin air…