Hey. Just wanted to say thanks for all the comments yesterday. We’re still in a fragile place but committed and still in love, so hopefully that’ll count for something. Counselling this morning - we’ve been going regularly for a few years now - sometimes it helps, sometimes we don’t talk for a while afterwards. Hoping today will be a productive and considerate session. Anyways, thanks y’all.
Tomorrow is my 20th anniversary of arriving in Australia.
Boy it’s been a ride.
Happy Aussiversary!!
Cheers cobba
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we’re lucky to have you 😘😻
Tell that to the local BJJ community…
Hey now. Trained today and managed to submit a higher belt by pure will and strength.
That’s so incredibly sweet. Thank you. I’m actually blushing
every New Australian is a blessing
here’s my fave welcome to australia movie scene . This is swanston street and the pub across from flinders street station
That kind of sums up Australia. Except Aussie beer being the best in the world. Not even top 10 in my books 😁
I must say, the local jargon takes a while getting used to.
By now I’ve managed to get a good handle on it.
Congrats!
I bought myself a market trolley today. Why did I not arrange this years ago?
A nanna trolly thing? I’ve had one for years and it has been brilliant. Almost essential purchase for inner-city apartment living.
It doubles as a normal trolly for boxes and other large things (but not anything crazy heavy) by taking the bag off.
Heck I’ve used one and an octopus strap to do a Vet run when the car wad broken.
nanna trolley? having a trolley is like a badge of honour for inner city living
Have had breakfast yet because I am being held down by my cat……
Please blink if you have no arms free. May send drone with spoon
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Some bad shit going down in Bondi Junction. Hate to see that sort of news. At least it seems to be resolving with shoppers being allowed to leave after the centre locked down.
Current updates are that the offender has been shot and killed by police, 7 people including a baby were stabbed, but the condition of the victims hasn’t been released
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-13/westfield-bondi-junction-evacuated-after-alleged-stabbing/103705022 (live updates)
Edit: 5 people have been killed
omg
Watching some of the updates. This is so distressing.
I made the mistake of looking at some of the footage as it was being posted. It wasn’t a good sight. But the bloke who blocked the knife man with a bollard is an absolute hero and made a shit day slightly less shir
I’ve got channel 9 on at the moment. They seem to be running coverage about it and probably will for the next few hours.
I think they said there were 8 injured as well who were taken to hospital.
I heard they were harrassing all the poor people coming out the second they walked through the doors. Are they still doing that?
I’m not sure. There’s a lot of press conferences happening now.
They did interview a good number of the public from what seems like earlier recounting all the details of the ideal and what they saw during the event.
They were, yes.
Hate to profile, but the bloke looks like some dero shit cunt (I’m allowed the say that, cunt stabbed a baby the therefore that’s what he is). Anyone wanna put money on he was known to police?!
We have GOT to do something about mental health in this country. And we’ve gotta stop letting personal freedoms trump your risk to the greater public.
Holy shit what the fuck
Yeah seems like some really deranged fucker going around stabbing people out of nowhere. Including a mum and baby!
Thank fuck he didn’t have a gun
Bloody hell
That sounds awful :(
So beautiful!
Love you mum
Despite being a lab, he’s not motivated by food.
Milo functions exclusively on cuddles
My love is unconditional
Nobody says brunch is the most important meal of the day, but, they should.
Delightfully sinful.
Pray tell what is this awesomeness I’m looking at?
French toast w/mixed berry, drizzle of maple syrup, and powdered sugar
Mmmmm yum. Thank you 🙂
Digging away at Operation Sort Shit after it being suspended due to the lurgie. Finally starting to think I may just get it done.
Anyway entrance to Mum’s old room cleared and photos of Nana’s old wardrobe and china taken and sent to the second hand place. Now having a breather and a coffee before I start again.Memory I did not need: 60+ teenage women simultaneously deploying Incense deodorant after PE
School corridors filled with incense deodorant also triggers me.
We did have showers, but no doors so nobody used them. Gosh.
Public transport is a sensory nightmare also
Yeah. I’m short enough to end up in people’s armpits.
The smell of Reef Tan and any kind of Impulse body spray for me
ooh impulse, there’s a memory
I have decided I am going on a holiday at home. Imma just gonna read books and do minimum around the house. There are a dozen antique travel books I haven’t read yet, aka a Baedeker holiday as my Belgian neighbour used to say. The science and stuff books can wait.
Will have even more frozen food than usual. Might even get a cleaner in.
Today is an incredibly packed Saturday of chores. So many clothes and so much cooking. One item is a hand pounded chilli sambal that is gonna make my weak and flabby arm fall off (not possible to get the shallots right without pounding - mums recipe and I promised I’d make it for a family lunch tomoz). I’m en route to an event I signed up for months ago that I don’t feel ready for but am going to anyway because I gotta live a little too… and I still have car and job things to sort out. Alright, I can do this, I can do this…
Meanwhile, local incoherent screamy guy has taken to high st today. I am surprised the bougie locals haven’t agitated to have him moved to different housing yet. Unless he has, but he’s decided to come visit.
Last week there was a different dude up the street yelling at “fucking Belinda you fucking lying cunt”. I suppose that’s why the owners haven’t upped my rent this year… that side of things is mostly quite manageable in the cool weather with the windows closed though.
I love my in-laws, I do, but every time they vist I’m reminded how awful tv is. Why are we watching the morning show and teleshopping shit?
Tvsn is the funniest shit on tv. Trying to convince the 3 people watching that they need to be quick to purchase the most ugliest jewellery for a half an hour live on tv is comical.
wife is away for the weekend, so I am home alone. It’s by choice - I need to catch up on some work, needed some quiet time etc, but am feeling a little melancholy. Went for a long walk in this morning’s beautiful weather. Now feeling a little lost.
Nothing at all serious - I am perfectly fine, just… having a moment.
Order pizza, get drunk, jerk off. This is the way.
well, my equivalent is probably a long bath with a book and a cup of tea, but yes, I understand the principle
today my non chic older women’s outfit is a black skirt with a peasant print, from dangerfield, a black knit top and a marle vintage knitted jacket with embroidered leaves ( that might be a little small )
i still have longish black hair
You are totally Morticia in my head. This description only reinforces that image.
Thinking about heading to a park bass music rave (think DnB etc.) tonight but it’s a 3-4hr round trip commute by PT (bus… so no guarantees there) with 40mins of that walking hrmm… on the fence but they’re always good times…
For reference it takes me 3hrs on PT to get to queenscliff on 3 connecting services which is 120km away. This thing is 10km away (kew to bulleen) and 2 services… crazy.
Maybe you should come over to my hood then lol. There’s some sort of event happening at the park. They’ve been blasting doof doof since 4 o’clock, complete with lights and all the works. No clue what they’re playing all I can hear is UNTZUNTZUNTZ which occasionally stops for somebody to yell and then everybody screams
Where do you find out about these events?
It’s basically all fb.
But park parties are a bit rare these days.
