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]
Top CDs/songs to play really loudly when you realise you no longer have neighbours to annoy, and even if you did annoy someone you can’t be evicted because you’re moving next week anyway: Hoodoo Gurus: 1000 Miles Away Paul Kelly: Deeper Water the Edge Of Darkness soundtrack Most of Who’s Next, obviously and Led Zeppelin ... [More]
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The house and the money pit
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]
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And then there were three
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]
5:something. I’m awake. Why am I awake? It’s way too early to be awake. Go back to sleep. 7:15. Alarm goes off. I wake again with a start. Damn morning. Shuddup alarm clock. Hit snooze. 9 minutes more. 7:24. Alarm goes off again. Argh. Do I really have to go to work? Eventually. Snooze again. ... [More]
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They’re keen
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]
The real estate agent called… finally the vendor made a decision on the house. The decision is… no decision. She won’t sell for the amount I offered, and she wants a heap more money. Fat chance. I mean, it’s a nice place, but I think what I offered is possibly stretching what it’s worth. If ... [More]
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Raindrops keep falling on my head
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]
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Books and stuff
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]
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On the train
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]