Another sunset go

No one there(?) Should be packed this time of year.

Did a day out in the city today.

So many tourists. Was glad to help a group of American lads that were a bit lost.

They were super appreciative and wanted to tip me.

Also, the Canadian lady that works at Lids Emporium…you rock

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Back after a long but productive day out. Through sheer serendipity I managed to get out to North Melbourne and get my hands on some Small Batch decaf beans, can’t wait to try them!

This appears to be the first year where we’ve got some young neighbours round the back fully into the hottest 100. Good on them. The quality of their vocal renditions (with aluminium tray as percussive accompaniment) is heading very much in a downward direction inversely proportionate to their BAC. I hope they’re having fun.

^(as long as they please don’t continue past 10pm.)^

I just had a weird click moment.

In the Hottest 100 discovered via Rage thread there’s a singer called Maisie that I’ve only ever seen before on a viral tiktok that spread to youtube. The song on there is called Lost The Breakup. She sounds like Taylor Swift but there was something familiar about the voice. She’s using the babyish indie girl voice. While more upbeat it reminds me of Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star. Fade Into You

And apparently Nicki Minaj covered Barbie Girl?

Yep. Trends are cyclical. While Gen Z seems to be rediscovering a lot of 90’s and early 2000’s fashion trends the same may be happening with the music.

Ps. Was Fade Into You ever in Buffy? It sounds like it would have been played in the Bronze but don’t actually remember. Edit: Unbelievably it was not.

QLD is baking meanwhile we are having the mildest summer that I can ever recall having.

Hello Friends! I just realised I haven’t posted or logged in a much longer period of time than I thought. I hope you’re all well! For once I’m not here to vent or complain. Lol.

Palworld is going to eat up my whole weekend and I welcome that.

Ok all the hotels have been booked. Of course you never know until you stay there, but I think I’ve chosen wisely, and economically whilst ensuring good value.

But I will say that my gosh Ho Chi Minh City has become very expensive, pushing 1st world pricing at times.

I reckon if cats could make cups of tea and coffee they would be perfect

I forgot to put a picture of the mug. (First ever attempt at sketching with charcoal and very quick, be kind.)

The lines are a lot heavier and more defined than they should be, it wasn’t shaded in very lightly, gradually and increasingly accurately as it should have been. (You can see I put the bottom of the rim way too low at first then couldn’t lighten it with smudging.)

This is due in part to me sharpening the nib into weird uneven craggy angles by taking too large slices/inconsistent angles during sharpening and having to kind of press down to mark. I’ll watch a sharpening tutorial and try again when I feel like it.

Constantly hitting my hand and the end of the pencil on the easel rest and having to work around it at a weird sideways angle when doing the bottom was also really awkward.

Melbcat has also decided that she doesn’t like a flavour I bought many tins of and is refusing to finish her medicated supper, even with treats or bonito flakes on top. She just picks the good stuff off and demands something nicer. 😢

And yesterday I randomly came up in a few large hives which are now swollen welts. Must be from handling laundry chemicals

Can’t say I’ve enjoyed any of these songs so far.

Oh for fuck sake

I just remembered I have like $1500 play-cash in my backpack from my cruise which I didn’t spend because I was sick.

I could just go to the bank and deposit it back into my savings orrrrrr… the weather up on the border is looking pretty good for today/tomorrow.

I made these today

Following this recipe

https://www.recipetineats.com/fried-chicken/

They were crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside but fuck they were bland and too salty. Nothing like kfc. I’ll stick with korean fried chicken because they do flavour and spicy. I do not recommend unless you play around with spices.