Moon tonight:
Perfect half moon.
First quarter tonight, with my period all nicely synced up with it too 🙄🤦🏼♀️
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!
I bought a ticket to see Tommy Emmanuel today. Gonna be incredible.
For example - Here he is playing Classical Gas
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.
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.
DAE?? You would struggle to find someone who disagrees with this take.
Some people I’ve met (the ones who make the posts) would disagree.
I use it as a basic digital CV and to contact people in the industry if I don’t have any other way of approaching them. The social media stuff i pretty much ignore.
LinkedIn is trash IMO. I’d rather eat out of dumpsters than whore myself on there.
Yep!
I’d rather whore myself out on OF and make some proper cash than have anything to do with LinkedIn and the corporate ladder
Agreed
Anyone looking for a 9ft alien statue?
already got one
she’s miss seagoon’s nana
That’d make a great prank, put it next to the bed of someone sleeping and see their reaction when they wake up.
Dammit, I just bought one
Dreaming
Hahaha down from $10k 😂😂😂
Hrrmm, got a birthday in the family coming up …
Yes please. Does it eat yukkas?
I’m pretty sure if it ate yukkas it would be worth a lot more. It would make a great business.
Fuck yukkas.
That sounds like a very unpleasant way to spend the evening.
true dat.
An ornamental hat rack.
Covet!
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNd4eocq2K0I 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.
Not particularly inspiring pics:
Kidney beans I can use in other dishes, but man I have a lot of urad dal to go through.
I’m not too familiar with what sort of grains are needed for what but I heard some kind of dal is used for dosa and idlis? Some recipes use urad dal and they seem to use dehusked.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2FhCWIBlOWc&pp=ygUJI3VyaWRkaGFs
Great to hear about the cashew cream. Most of my “dal” is based of 1kg dry pulces and 150g spice mix. Sometimes add veggies, sometimes add chicken/stock.
A diced apple or pear and some microwave’d pappadums can zhoozjh it up a bit.
Also, the Instant Pot absolutely smashes out the dry pulces for no fuss cooking.
Hard no on the fruit but the pappadums definitely help. Had a more flavourful side of zucchini dry curry that lifted things up.
I really wanted to get an instant pot but there’s no space in this tiny unit - I barely have space for a microwave; I have to keep putting my rice cooker away and I’ve never even used my toaster since moving here.
When I move to my next long term place I’ll definitely be getting one given how many pulses I eat.
But yeah. Cashew cream for the win. It’s really easy to make too, just hot water, cashews, 15 mins soaking time and a blender.
Nothing still beats my favourite masoor dal though :) the easiest and tastiest, my comfort food
If the rice cooker dies, replace it with an instant pot. IP does great rice.
I should really read some dal recipies and make something specific rather than the flavoured pulces that I’m living off.
I discovered with microwave pappadums is that if you give them a light painting with oil then they come out a lot better. It’s like they’ve been deep fried. I use the small ones because they’re quicker.
My cousin uses a quick spray of oil before microwaving them and they definitely come out primo.
that looks delicious 😊
Freeze?
Have already packed away half of today’s big cook up in the freezer. I don’t have much space though… and I’ll need to eat this stuff up eventually. I aim to be out of this place by the end of July. So over all the road noise and dust and not having my outdoor plants…
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!
I’m stoned for him and them!
🗿
Omg 😂😂😂 I’m leaving it!
cool
everything is coming up studspud 😊
Hell yeah! That’s incredible. Good on him :)
New favourite t-shirt - 80s synthpop plays in background
I remember the days.
Oh daaaaym 😍 that is the most rad of shirts!
That’s ace!
This is bound to mislead the Australian consumer
Is that not BigW?
No, it appears to be a drop shipping site.
Faark. That’s not ok
BigW online has somewhat sold out and is hosting a 3rd party marketplace, like bunnings, you gotta turn it off in the settings because it’s basically temu2.
I clicked on the link and it lead me to a website starting with F and there was no more mention of “Big W”.
Impressive how they managed the o colour change the top and everything else in the photo is exactly the same, hair, folds of fabrics…
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.
(((cats))) (((personal floofball)))
(((((ZONK)))))
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.
Oh man, such garden jealousy/fomo right now. I really wish I could afford a garden atm! My aunties garden in WA has been commandeered by my manchild uncle so even if I go there for a few months there’s not much I can do. Absolutely love those poppies. So striking!
You would know that famous little nature strip at the corner of Walpole and Malmsbury - owner replants seasonal flowers without fail - it reminds me a bit of that.
Ooh I do know that one!
I tried asking the council if I could plant shit on mine but they said no :( Something about visibility and lead (Pb) which I thought was silly.
Ask for forgiveness instead of permission? 🤔 I see people quietly adding plants around street trees all the time.
With the visibility thing, I think if you stick to stuff under 0.5m you’ll be good. There are some councils that allow nature strip gardening and specify the heights. Maybe Port Phillip?
That looks amazing mate 👍🏾
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.
My favorite there was a good few years back - skinny longhaired teenager playing New York State of Mind on transparent vinyl bagpipes. And he did a stompin good job of it too.
