The man brought home kebabs today and when the dude behind the counter called out “Muhammed” about 4 blokes answered.

Cheers little elves 🍺

Did my semi compulsory 30mins attendance at my company Christmas party tonight. Had a cry on the drive home because I’d like to be able to stay and have a nice time and a few drinks but I just get too stressed out by the idea of the whole thing leave 🙃

Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

However, I am very overheated and tired. I am glad I’ve had a decent break from the phone, between ferrying people around for 3 hrs each way in 38C heat, clearing overgrowth on steep terrain, cutting and spraying evil prickly thistle in full sun, and random fever dreams in hot wooden cabins with no electricity or reception.

Today is fuckoff friday.

2 things for me.

1. Just got told by my aunt (bit of a matriarch) what to do for befores for xmas at cousins’ place. Salami, cheese, crackers dips usual spread fare. Fuck off I’m doing gyoza and dumplings.

2. Just got told by the old man that the rest of the watering system I’ve been building for them he doesn’t want to do because he’s going to redo the fence in march next yr. It’s 85% of the way there. It’s just another 50m of drip line on top.

Every summer he calls up me and bro frantically trying to get us to go over and water. the whole point of the system is that the p’s can go away for 2 months over summer and stress less (without having to drive back every 2nd day). But if the rest isn’t done, then they’ll still be stressing even though 85% is already in.

That can fuck off too.

So, I don’t know whether it’s Taylor Swift who is super smart, or she surrounds herself with smart people. I guess that still makes her smart. Lots of people want her concert video for Christmas. Only they can’t have it. You can rent it for $25. That’ll give you the show for 48 hours.

Then in January, she is releasing the concert on Blu Ray.

So here we are, contemplating giving a damn video rental code as Christmas Presents. But she still gets that Blu Ray money as well, because of course all those fans are going to buy it when it comes out. This is on top the 🇺🇸 $250Million she’s already made in cinema ticket sales that she isn’t sharing with Hollywood studios because she produced the show herself.

Honestly, I’m impressed. I can’t fault her logic at all. Millions of people are going to spend most of $100 (cinema, rental and then blu ray) and not even get real tickets to her live.

Controversial opinion but the sun has no business being so bright at 7am. Who is that for? Madness. Someone should write a letter.

Or maybe I should just look into a way to block light better in my bedroom.

Received my first Christmas gift this year. A slab of Crown lager. Perfect for offering to houseguests lol.

Please stop with the fucking angle grinder.

I brought some doughnuts. Help yo self.

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I am making banoffee pie for friend Xmas tomorrow. I’m very excited to eat it. Cream whipped, caramel is on the stove, then it’s just an assemble job. Hopefully it’s a hit.

Haven’t seen @just_kitten@aussie.zone around these parts for a bit. Did they melt in NSW?

I spent the last day at work today pulling apart Lego and chatting with coworkers all day.

Many of my co workers at lunch today trying to convince me that I should make the effort to spend Christmas with family and as much as I’m resisting but I know they mean well and do they it out of love.

I’m glad work ended on a chilled note today instead of being all hands on deck dealing with last minute dumplings of things. Meant I could do things at my own pace and not be stressed before going on leave till next year.

Now I have a homemade coffee. Yay!

I have had my senses of taste and smell stolen from me, just in time for Christmas. I have booked an expensive lunch for Christmas day and need to decide today to cancel if I want a refund.

And ants came marching one by one. Hurrah. This seems to be the weather where every bug wants to be inside

Holy shit Potato Gratin for prime minister. Every frozen thing I’ve tried from Aldi (I admit that isn’t many things) has been severely underwhelming but these thickened cream & cheese potato gratin things are actually incredible. Like little personal potato bakes.