Melbourne

Tonight's wave / smoke:

Well that sucks. Several houses in Belgrave including mine have been without power since 18:30. Would have been good to have aircon this evening.

On the positive side I'm feeling virtuous for having recently run up the generators, checked the oil, topped up the petrol, etc. So we have a fridge / freezer and, if we still have no power tomorrow, will still be able to work.

Holy shit balls. I just paid the whole mortgage off 🤯

Gonna take the dog for the arvo walk and by walk I mean take him out to the front porch where he'll stare at me with the "What the fuck?!" look but at least he'll stop with the "where's my fuckin walk" looks I'm getting now.

EDIT: I took him out when going to the car for some tools, he absolutely stayed on the porch with a strong "nu-uh" vibe about him. I took the tools through the side gate to the shed and he still wouldn't leave the porch to run around the side and come back in that way. So I went an got him and brought him back into the AC, he had a big drink on the way back. Outside in the shade for under five minutes

Cool change is making its way across the Geelong plains. Should be here soon.

I had the brilliant idea tonight when filling the water tray for animals to put the timer on and set it to a slow trickle. That'll keep it topped up and I know some animals are more likely to drink from running water than still

It's officially below 30 degrees. Yay!

Gibson's unsure of the portable aircon lol

Thank god this gig tonight is at the Croxton. It's close to home and has decent parking. Just as long as the air conditioner works well in there

keep those of us without air conditioning in your thoughts today 🥲

ahhhh train cancellations and delays due to the heat. Never change, Melbourne, love ya 😂🥵

Has anyone heard from just_kitten or Duenan lately? Hope they're doing well

a predator cannot distinguish between prey and accomplice

Went to take the bins out and ran into neighbour doing the same.

He's loving this heat, or so he claims.

He ain't right in the head, is he?

Good luck everyone!

I'm changing the strays water every couple of hours. Theres shady spots where they live. I've put ice in the bowls to help hopefully.

Am also freezing some water bottles for them to lay next to if required

sewing on a patch onto my new tshirt

Work done, drinking a cold cider and playing JSAB with the teenage offspring, then off to the pool.

Trying toast with mustard. I don't know if this will be a good idea or not, but yay to trying new things.

Edit: was great w a fried egf

Vic emergency map has a cool new feature - the little red triangle with the warning "evacuate immediately" now has the red triangle and a little running man blinking on and off. Really stands out. Check it out at the Otways fires.

I’ve hung the washing out and am having an iced coffee. When I finish my coffee, it’ll be time to bring the washing back in.

The girlfriend has put out a box of clothes to be donated. Most of the things I want to get rid of are things she got me from an op shop previously, so I found some things to sacrifice to cover them up.

Sometimes I think she wants me to dress like a lesbian that went to the op shop to dress like peak 90s JTT, but these clothes are just cheap and nasty. I'll wear the world's ugliest pattern if the fabric is nice but these aren't op shop gold, it's the other 99%.

My dad told me that I should hurry up and get a full time job or I'll be washing windows on Punt Rd.

Why Punt Rd specifically mate, why aren't you thinking bigger? 💪🤟