Things I discovered during the pack small stuff, put in car, drive, get out of car, unpack, repeat routine today: I have too many video tapes. I had too many video tapes last time I moved (kinda), three years ago. This has not been resolved. Actually I have too much of just about everything. And ... [More]
My very own mountain of boxes, ready for packing On Saturday I signed the lease at the new house, then I went box hunting. In this day and age of recycling, it should come as no surprise that most shops these days are exceedingly efficient at crushing boxes and piling them up for collection almost ... [More]
I thought my credit card balance was looking far too healthy, so I took my car in for a service today. I realised when I got into the car how filthy it looked… how embarrassing, taking it to the service place in such a state. Ah well. So I dropped it off and went into ... [More]
Buying shampoo seems to get more and more difficult, at least for us blokes. I went into the supermarket the other day to buy (among other things) a new bottle of the shampoo I’ve been using. One of those Herbal Essences ones, which I like despite the wanky advertising. Apparently it’s got mountain spring water ... [More]
The neighbours downstairs moved out today. Three of us left. I spent some of the day looking at rental properties. Place#1 – very nicely renovated. With a fridge cavity far too small to fit my humungous fridge into. Place#2 – not renovated at all. Big and roomy, but cold, damp and dark. Yeuch. Place#3 – ... [More]
A gentle knock at the door just after dinner. It was the real estate agent handling the sale of the block to developers. He wondered how my moving out plans were going, if he could be of any assistance, basically quizzing me about when I’d be out so the renovator guys can move in. I ... [More]
Wednesday night was the blog meetup, at Kookoo. Interesting venue, I haven’t been there before. In fact it’s through these meetups that I’m seeing a few different night spots around town. No more will I be confined to the Lounge, Hairy Canary, Spleen and that mysterious place on Swanston Street that I don’t even know ... [More]
After seeing a bloke on the train yesterday morning reading a Superman comic, I won’t feel ashamed for watching the kids’Thunderbirds DVDs anymore. Speaking of which, I discovered the other day that episode 6 of this series "The Mighty Atom" features a nuclear accident in Australia, and for a time it looks as though Melbourne ... [More]
In my little bit of the train home this afternoon, two of us were reading the paper, one was asleep, and one bloke was trying unsuccessfully not to be noticed reading "Melbourne Kink Scene", which appeared to have a picture of a (clothed) woman in leather gear on the front. Hmm… hokay… fair enough…
So apart from Sunday’s Big Clearout Episode I, what else did I do over the weekend? I swear, I was going to go for a nice long bike ride. But, uhh, it was raining. Actually I got caught in the rain on my bike last weekend, and it wasn’t too bad. It wasn’t pouring down, ... [More]
I think I may have let the dishes go for a bit too long… Ah, that’s better. 11am. I have declared Sunday to be Cleanout Daniel’s Flat Day. It really needs to happen – I need to get rid of the junk I don’t need, otherwise moving next month is going to be an absolute ... [More]
I spent some time last night re-editing the VCR destruction video. It’s punchier, faster-paced, and with that oh-so-dull second scene with the washing-up liquid edited out. Yes, it’s How To Destroy Your Video: the Director’s Cut. Ah, it brings back some fond memories. The agents for my current place haven’t got back to me, so ... [More]
11am. The real estate agent handling my current place just rang. They wanted to know when I’m moving out, and what date notice had been given. I didn’t have it in front of me, but I had written the due date in my diary. "It was just after ANZAC Day, and it was 90 days, ... [More]
Last night I decided to check out the video shop down in South Caulfield, which according to legend will rent you out a video or DVD for no more than $2.50. In this day and age, when that Blockbuster mob are charging closer to $7 or something ridiculous like that, that is a bargain which ... [More]
I did a lot of driving on Saturday, probably more than I do in the typical month. One trip to Geelong, one across town, both into uncharted territory which had me – at some stages – continually checking the Melway on the passenger seat to verify where I was. Suddenly I can see the point ... [More]
Okay so here’s where I’m at with the house. This is probably all too hard to explain without figures, but I’m not particularly keen to splash around details of my economic position. For one thing, it would only take the curious real estate agent seconds to look up my name on Google, find my diary, ... [More]