Melbourne

Dumpling review:
Good flavour - these were pork and ginger. Texture was lacking, but I blame my own cooking. I ended up kind of... Shallow boiling them, draining the water, then putting them pack on with a little butter (I don't really use oil). Let the remaining moisture evaporate as best it could and stirred em around a bit. Finished with soy sauce and la gan mao chilli crisp. Also had broccolini. They came out quite soft and tacky? Still good though.

I'd like to thank yesterday's me for baking banana cake. Yummy.

It's blast off Forco 🚀

Cheers Little Dumplings 🍺

So this is the set up we have going. 2 boom boxes synced together on opposite sides of the room. When they die the big boys go on. 2 Philips hue overhead light globes in disco mode synced to the music. Microphone connected to the old computer speakers. Lyrics on the TV. I could get more flashing lights going but I don't want to. It's like a comfy night club for old people.

This is one of the computer speakers.

This work week has been a GRIND. Almost there but I'll be crawling to the finish line. Then a week off next week, really looking forward to a short break. Thinking a second coffee is in order.

The kid came home yesterday from a function with a tray of food and the man said "I can take some for lunch tomorrow" and I said "No you can't. That's our dinner". I feel really bad now for being a cunt.

Sky pretty. Much pink.

I'm gonna share my Spotify playlist for tonight. Thanks for all those that involuntarily contributed. Hopefully I do this right.🤞

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5o6Ha7fZL9hUmDeLeYE73W?si=t5RtJ2JyQ3agdnOZga5rbw&pi=zryP3kwpTU-3o

Pakige…

Feeling really bad about buying from Amazon but it’s hard to find some things I need without it

Ok, after an hour's lie down I've recovered a bit and making myself go in to watch the film. I likely won't have the opportunity to watch it anywhere else, and it's good to expand one's horizons and get out of one's head. Especially prior to a holed-up weekend of reading and rewriting (as now my proposal is somewhat different)... Wearing a mask to at least slightly reduce the chance of getting some new shitty infection. Can't afford that this weekend!

juuuuust ducked the rain to bunnings. I now have a post jack. No more will we fear the star pickets.

I don't know what ratio? I should use to take a video and up load it. Anyway he's rocking out with us.

Cultures not back yet. One vet was willing to give Melbcat the stronger pain meds but another has decided against it, so the compromise was giving an extra dose of her existing medication.

They’re saying results will probably be in on Tuesday so baby girl will be going the weekend without antibiotics and only pain relief. She’s got fussy and peed on stuff tonight so I gave her the last dose of the strong stuff.

She will no longer eat wet food if it has extra water so maybe I can try some tuna juice or weak allium free broth.

Gonna fuck around and set up my gaming PC again to try Deadlock. Gave away my monitor, chair and desk, so gonna be an interesting setup for the time being.

omg, my allergies are driving me crazy, so itchy everywhere

Movie Review. Kick-Ass.

Thoughts on an R rating for a movie about violence and force perpetrated and suffered by children.

In real life children can suffer all the same horrors as adults and too often do. I really do think we should put our effort in protecting children from real life violence rather than fictional violence.

And maybe fictional violence can help children understand the world around them better.

I don't like violence, doesn't mean it's good to pretend it doesn't exist.

Heading to aldi, going to buy some of their dumplings for the first time, amongst other things. Anyone need anything while I'm there?
Edit: anyone know the best way to prepare the dumplings? I don't have a steamer. I was thinking I'd do them in a frying pan with a very shallow layer of water, lid on