• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    13·
    3 days ago

    Off to a gig tonight at the croxton. 3 hand built nose bleed decibel speaker systems. Two playing in synch in one room which will be dub / reggae, another system playing DnB / jungle. Don’t normally fork over $40 unless it’s a DnB international but these guys spend an inordinate amount of coin and time on these things so it’s worth it just to keep the scene alive.

    Also hambams on his walk / run today ran into a mum and her kid (probably 3yo). He was so gentle w/ her. He might not be all there upstairs at the dog park but around the very young kids he changes and is very mindful. So credit to hams.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    My wife surprised me with a bottle of whiskey. Peated from England. Also cask strength, nearly 60% strong.

    Is nice

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    12·
    3 days ago

    Just a few more hours and I’ll be finished up working in my current office. Twenty years with some of these people, it doesn’t feel quite real yet to be leaving.

    There has been a lot of food and some lovely gifts. All warmth themed, as befits a move to Ballarat. Plus an ice scraper for the car windscreen!

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    8·
    3 days ago

    I’ve been reading more books! In between working, doing laundry and going to the donut festival I’ve been reading a couple of Lin Anderson books, a Joshua Moehling book called And There He Kept Her, and started a couple of others I didn’t like so I didn’t persist with those. Loving the internet archive and Libby, free entertainment to offset the cost of taking the Minipeelers out!

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      2·
      3 days ago

      There’s plenty of options if you want to sus out a decent Z-lib mirror or get on tor to find the official deep web version.

      The baseline kobos go pretty cheap too, or you could get a second hand kindle, jailbreak it - which is meant to be really easy, and install KOReader.

      That’s the eBook app I use on my phone and it’s great. The interface is a bit intimidating at first, but it’s good once you get used to it

      • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
        4·
        3 days ago

        I loved the style and characters of the Joshua Moehling book and wanted to read others but there weren’t any more I could borrow from my library. The Lin Anderson books are set in Scotland and are very gritty forensic detective novels. Luckily for me she’s a very prolific writer. The one I enjoyed the most so far was probably The Wild Coast, but I also really enjoyed Driftnet. I seem to be really enjoying the whole crime suspense thriller thing. It’s just pure page turner enjoyment for me.

        I ended up reading all of the Helen Forrester autobiographical books last week. I’ve gotten back into that old habits of mine where if I wake up during the night I’ll read for a few hours in the quietness (or what passes for it around here).

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    11·
    3 days ago

    The donut festival has a stall where all the offerings are missing essential attributes of donut.

    No sugar, no dairy, no gluten, no YEAST, no…basically, no donut

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    10·
    3 days ago

    Impeccably dressed toddler has matched the tractors on his gumboots to the tractor on his jumper, and matched both to the exact shade of yellow on his bucket hat.

    Mum says he chose it himself. If so, kid’s got style!

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    10·
    3 days ago

    I finally bit the bullet and got an ebike. Velectrix Adventurer. It’s pretty much a step through mountain bike, so it has front suspension, dropper post, fat tyres, and a stronger motor.

    It also comes with mud guards, a rack, and integrated lights wired to the battery. Plus it has hydraulic brakes, which feels like the necessary minimum for an ebike.

    There are higher spec bikes out there, but this is all I need for a 15km trip to work that I’ll do a few days a week in between regular bike rides.

    I could have gone even more basic with the Velectrix Brunswick, but I thought my girlfriend could ride this one because of the frame and dropper post. It seems a little big, but I’d like to get her on there

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    Feel effed today. Pretty sure it’s from lowering my anti dep dose. I feel content but still a bit anxious.

    Last few days have been amazing, so I know I just have to wait it out.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    3 days ago

    “oh hai, you’re awake! Is it too early for a treat?”

    Edit: too early to be awake. Back laters.

    This photo was taken at 4am lol

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    8·
    3 days ago

    Beach. I got quite close to a spoonbill today.

    it looks 100 miles away in the pic

    I experimental with the horizon, I usually do a low horizon or high horizon

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
    4·
    3 days ago

    Finished watching The Last of Us season 2. I didn’t like it.

    spoiler

    I haven’t played the games, so have no preconception of what the show should be like. I didn’t like the main character developing into an even more dislikable person than season 1. Yes yes, not all characters need to be likeable and I get the whole anti-hero thing adds complexity to a storyline, but it was too much. I was just constantly annoyed by her, and constantly annoyed that everyone pandered to her. For someone to be an anti-hero they need redeeming features. I struggled to see any. And the big shock in episode 2 where the character I liked most was killed off, it left me disappointed because I thought he was the best part of the show. The whole thing was just one long string of miserable fallout due to an arrogant self-indulgent persons actions. The end.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      2·
      3 days ago

      I stopped watching when the likeable character was killed off. I don’t want to watch a soapie with characters I just don’t care about or relate to.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
        1·
        20 hours ago

        I stopped playing the game shortly after that point.

        It killed me emotionally and made me hate the game.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    10·
    3 days ago

    I appear to have misplaced the cat. She woke me up for food at 6 and now she must be snoozing in a hidey hole but I can’t for the life of me find where. I know she can’t get outside. I heard a random meow in response to me before but she’s not answering now. I am mildly concerned and VERY curious…where is kitty??!

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      3 days ago

      first coat of the dressing table is done, 2 coats of the mirror frame . I’m really liking it so far.

      in 30 years time someone will do a future YT about how this beautiful 100 year old bedroom suite was ruined with dark blue paint and they will strip it and paint it white again