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Watched the other two Wong Kar-Wai films in the supposed trilogy. I think because I watched them back to back they feel closer together than In The Mood For Love.
I havenβt watched this much film for ages. Something about it hits different than my bouts of voracious consumption aka binge watching. I had to pay attention.
The Steven McCurry Icons at Seaworks is definitely worth a visit. If you go in the evening make sure youβre rugged up. Itβs a giant shed so it gets bloody cold.
The cold is finally gone. Can't wait to do some physical activity tomorrow. It's been almost two weeks between injuries and being sick.
I need my happy chemicals stat!
Also, bedtime π΄ goodnight everyone!
This is what we call the squint of approval
This photo of her being super pissed off, is my absolute favorite of all time
Help, the cat is rolling me out of bed
When I go to the other end to sleep she follows me and cuddle-shoves me out of there too
Just came back from Frozen Empire.
That was good in a way movies haven't been for a long time
Booooo. My landlord wants me to take off all my plants from the balcony because apparently a crack (that was already there long before I moved in) has gotten worse. Fair enough because they want to get it fixed. But it's a lot of plants to lug down two sets of stairs, and then across and up another two to put in the common area...
I don't know how long they will take to get the balcony fixed - in the meantime, watering and maintaining these plants is going to be a pain and a half. I absolutely can't be carting water from my unit to the common area so I'll have to use the communal tap π€·ββοΈ
What I'm worried about the most is if they say I can't put any plants back on at all. I'll be absolutely fuming if that's the case. Let's hope they'll be reasonable. I know they've appreciated seeing the veggies and flowers on it and I know several of my neighbours have appreciated them too.
Trying not to spiral into negative thinking and assume they'll up the rent after this fix as well >_< mustn't jump to conclusions...
wants me to take off all my plants from the balcony
ouch.. hrmm.
I was visited by a new fren :)
Apparently it visits our yard every few months. I fed it some ham and it stayed for a while then walked to the fence gate, meowed, then walked off down the footpath
It has gorgeous eyes
Look of concentration... It's memorising the location of the ham
Works for me, I'd be quite happy if it visited every day π
It knows this.....
They are bastards.
Don't call my new friend a bastard :/
So fluffy!
Seriously! I thought it was a chonker at first, but no, 95% fluff!
@Seagoon_ Feeling a little better after seeing the Hawks win against the Doggies π
Iβm sad that my Cats lost and they I tipped a few upsets and I got them wrong this round :(
@Duenan Even the invincible Essendon side in 2000 lost a game.
It's better if it happens in May than September.
Thatβs true, better to lose now than to lose the prelim.
I didnβt expect the team so be so rattled from the pressure though. Maybe a good wake up call.
Having spent a lot of time recently on Facebook groups about retirement and superannuation I think I can safely say about 60% of the content consists of three posts:
These three posts in multiple variations are on repeat multiple times a day, and always filled with comments arguing about who should be entitled to what. I'd be willing to support a Universal Basic Income being introduced just to get rid of all these tediously repetitive arguments!
I would also like to tell all of the people asking for advice on their self managed super funds that if you have to ask for advice on Facebook about how to manage it you should not have a self managed super fund.
I would also like to tell all of the people asking for advice on their self managed super funds that if you have to ask for advice on Facebook about how to manage it you should not have a self managed super fund.
Fully agree. They should ask their accountant(s). Sorry, registered financial planner as you need to have a licence to give advice on superannuation.
Mind you, my boss when he was a commercial law student asked his tutor for a quick 10 minute run down on how super worked. His tutor rolled on the floor laughing.
And a truly wonderful Tandberg cartoon came out in the 80s - two suits sitting at a table in a pub - one says to the other "Yeah it's a social thing. We get together on a Friday night, have a few beers and change the laws on superannuation". Says it all. I think I still have a copy somewhere as I had that stuck on my screen for years.
All for a measly 25k to people who have millions and millions in property and super.
Greed knows no bounds.
I'd rather those without independent wealth have a larger slice of the pie than old mate and his partner with 3 paid off properties and a million or 2 in super get any more.
People are obsessed with their pensions. People with large Super balances generally don't recognise that they have received and continue to recieve, more benefits in the way of tax exemptions on their Super than people on the pension get. Many seem convinced they will somehow be better off with less assets and the "free government money".
I personally think all of our welfare payments - unemployment, aged pension, childcare subsidies etc. should be paid regardless of income to anyone in the right category and keep a progressive tax system (that charges people with more means a higher percentage) with no tax-free threshold and higher taxes at the very top. Get rid of HECS - if the education leads to higher wages then those wages will be paying higher tax anyway, there is no need to double dip! People on high incomes would still be paying much more in tax than they receive back in benefits and the reduced time wasted on bureaucratic compliance and assessment procedures would probably free up enough working capacity to change everyone to a four day work week.
Obviously it would be difficult and destabilising to actually bring in such a major change, but when I become Supreme Leader of the world that is what I intend to do. Along with mandating that pets count as family for workplace leave policies.
More roast fennel adventures! Today I made a "creamy" base of broad beans with finely chopped celery, leek, and a couple of chillies sweated for 10 minutes. Then threw in some roast garlic that was in the oven with the fennel, finely chopped fresh rosemary and some dried oregano and thyme, plus stock powder. Then blended it all together (thinned out with copious amounts of pasta water), and threw in the roast fennel, a tin of tuna, a handful of nutritional yeast, and finally some cooked risoni/orzo pasta. Topped it off with some fresh chopped parsley.
An interesting mix of textures and maybe orzo wasn't the right choice (will it all congeal into a slab tomorrow?), but certainly tastes alright. If I had some capers or olives for a bit of extra briney bite, this would be ππ½
e: I also bumped into some friends in the shops, got invited around for a spot of tea, that was extremely wholesome and lovely :)
Iβm exhausted, but should probably eat something. Do not want to cook.
Eggs on toast? Easy dinners are great on Sunday nights.
Saw a woman at the butcher spend $250 dollars on wagyu steak, and bought another 2 kilos of lamb cutlets. Not everyone is feeling the pinch!
I don't even buy meat. Only exception being homebrand cat food for my pet
Wow. How much steak was that?? There's a dude at my local farmers market that does four grass fed porterhouse for 30 bucks and that plus a pack of snags or some mince does me for a month or more (I am mostly vego).
I suppose when we start eating the rich we will know they were well fed at least...
I could go some wagyu-fed, free-range billionaires right about now. Got my tummy grumbling!
From memory it was something like 6 pieces of wagu steak.
I might rewatch Soylent Green this week.
A kid in Miniest's class at school wants to be a butcher when he grows up. No wonder!
Christ. And here am I deciding on 6 sausages instead of 10...
10 sausages, how profligate of you π
