Melbourne

Expedition 33 spoiler:

Sidenote: Boyo is playing Dune and absolutely loving it!! I'm meanwhile pouring another glass of pinot noir.

Goodnight all ❤️

Finally watching s4 of preacher and it was filmed in melbs and they are very obvious about it being filmed in melbs and it's doing my head in a bit

I caught public transport because I wanted to drink and while it did take a fair bit longer it's pretty peaceful not having to deal with traffic and parking.

I've played the best guitar in my life in the last 3 months. Getting off of suboxone was the right move.

The emotion to muscle memory connection/loop is so clear and strong its nuts.

Mr P was supposed to go to a mate's place for a weekend of catching up with old friends, and we were all looking forward to it (me especially). But it fell through when someone Mr P doesn't like (for good reasons too lengthy to say here) kind of wormed their way in. So Mr P decided he wasn't going. Sigh. I mean, we've been getting along ok lately, but he's always here. I was looking forward to him not being here for a night or two at the start of the school holidays. I need a good night's sleep without someone going for a smoke/pee/snack every so often during the night. It's impossible in this damn place.

Neighbours are renovating, so it was banging and sawing and drilling all day. Then we ordered Maccas and they got the order wrong. No matter which Maccas I order from, or when or what I order, they always get the order wrong. It's a treat for the Minipeelers but it leaves me pissed off every time.

Now I'm relaxing in bed in a quiet darkened room sighs with contented relief. We're going to the library to return some books tomorrow so I'm looking forward to that, the calming quiet, minimal people and the smell of new library. Anyway, thanks for listening to my whinging!

I wish I was rich. I’d buy a nice big house, withdraw from society and fill it with cats.

It doesn’t feel bone chillingly cold outside tonight for a change.

Pasta bake for dins, had some frozen leftover meat sauce and making the meal more interesting by adding a copious amount of cheese and baking.

I have made rice to go with butter chicken, yum yum!

This jerked chicken is declared Do Not Touch Eyeballs or Cock. I repeat Do Not!

Some pics from the local museum and the beach ( I'm starting to feel gouged by museum prices )

My lips are getting so dry.

I picked up one of those tinted lip balms to try and it’s quite moisturising …but I didn’t look and it contains castor oil. Which can be very drying and is a known irritant for me. DOH

Has anyone played the board games Heat or Wingspan? I heard they were good and they were on sale at EB so I picked them up. I want to make sure they don't sit on the shelf for ages and actually get played

Goregous, perfect day out there side from the occasional bouts of insane wind (amplified in the CBD wind tunnels). Had a perfect sleep in, no headache this time, and spent the day with a friend - treated to a lovely vegan restaurant for lunch and a nice long walk after then hojicha latte and a decadent slice of cake - came back to a tidy home that got properly aired out and gosh. What a difference the sun and a bit of warmth makes! My mood is fabulous, my nerves are calm, my body is happy and relaxed and life feels great. And the place is lovely and refreshed and I don't feel like I'm behind on life or anything. 💜

I didn't look at my phone all day and was enjoying watching other people on the tram - kids asking innocent questions, young people eagerly discussing their lives, blokes going on about the footy - rather than feeling annoyed and wanting to hide from the world. I even received a lovely compliment on my hair colour from an old lady who I thought was squinting at me weirdly because I was wearing the wrong thing or something... she was just trying to figure out what was going on with my hair. ☺️

Chilling out with PBS at home and gonna make some headway on this library book I've started (very promising so far); tomorrow will be a great big meal prep day. Jambalaya with vegan chorizo, roast fennel, what else...

Red Rooms (2024) movie review

A French Canadian psychological thriller (horror?)

A story about a woman’s obsession with an extremely disturbing murder trail. The accused is a man who tortures and kills young girls while live streaming on the dark web.

It’s a hideous and creepy pretext for a horror movie, however there is absolutely no gore, or jump scare, or boogie man under the bed.

It’s a story about Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy). A very smart and attractive woman whose entire life starts to revolve around this trail and her fascination with the killer, the victims family, other serial killer groupies and true-crime junkies.

She is cold, calculated, and technically proficient. A cross between Patrick Bateman and Lisbeth Salander.

In the end, Kelly-Anne is able to facilitate some modicum of justice, but at a sadistic cost. The real mystery here is not the killer in the courtroom but what Kelly-Anne’s motivations are.

This isn’t a movie with clear answers and that might turn people off. It’s a slow burn. It’s ambiguous.

And I’m still thinking about it.

4.5/5 Bitcoin

Let's see how long it lasts