Melbourne

real life stuff, because this is the stuff that counts

Listening to a bunch of LPs from the opshop.

First up was the soundtrack album to The Gadfly, conducted by Khachaturian himself. Really good.

The Original Inkspots. Such sweet music. If I Didn't Care is the 10th top selling single ever, selling 19 million copies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_VzbtRGr0

The next record ( so old it's a shellac ) is The Left Bank Bear Cats playing Dixieland recorded live in Paris . 1958. Sounds pretty hep so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nv48zs4HGA omg, this sounds so much like Shorty Rogers 😀( the guys who did the Three Little Bops )

Warm bad. I need to wake up early to make phone calls but don’t see myself sleeping soon.

sky pretty

This job has given me a Dell laptop, I had a Dell at my old job as well. I wouldn't think there would be much difference between laptops these days, but these Dells are so heavy and have terrible battery.

I've had a HP previously and that was quite nice, but it seemed like a high end model. And I've also had thinkpads which are just reliable and the battery lasts forever by comparison

Felt quite gluggy when I woke up this morning so I'm working from home. I have a bit more of a cough and a runny nose now so I'm sure people appreciate me not going into the office

One pet peeve and one adored thing:

1. Chia Seeds getting stuck in the sponge.

2. Alicia by Greenland

This song and clip… Every now and then I just get the sudden urge to watch and listen to it. It’s just so… wistful?

Oh that's nice. Woke up to a notification from my camera. 7:13, somebody I've never seen before walked down my driveway and then down to my side gate. I don't know if they opened it and went beyond there

They look dodgy, maybe homeless, but not really robber material. Sleeves that went beyond and covered their hands, baggy half fallen down pants, and dirty shoes. Their face wasn't covered, and it doesn't look like they stole anything. Only stayed 20 secs or so

I don't necessarily think that they came to cause harm. But it still freaks me out. My side gate doesn't fully close, either, but I'm waiting on it to be fixed. Some rusted metal has pushed part of it out, so the latch can't be put into place, so I can't padlock it. But it does close somewhat if I push it enough

today I will cry about america, i love it so much , it didn't deserve this

tomorrow i will be angry and let that energy motivate me into action

Whaaaaat, catch.com.au is finally shutting down after being around for so long. Barely used it but I wonder why, I guess they can't compete with the likes of amazon/temu etc