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  • So I was the pied piper on the weekend and took a troop of kids to see the Minecraft Movie. It was an experience.
    The movie itself was pretty typical middle-aged kids' fare. Fairly awful dialogue and cliched characters. Jason Moama was a surprise, I thought Jack Black was the only famous star in it. I have a feeling that in the right role, Jason would have some wonderful comedy chops. This movie was not it. Stiffler's Mum was funny, but all I could see was Stiffler's Mum. I think the two female leads were great and a good foil for the Jack Black/Jason Moama antics. Pity the girls didn't really have a lot to do in the plot.

    If I'd been watching it on Blu Ray or streaming, I might have turned it off. As a movie, it's not great. However, watching it in a cinema on opening weekend in a room full of kids really made it wonderful. They were cheering at obvious fan-service references that I didn't get. Screaming out at "Chucky Chicken!" and I can't remember other bits. But you get the idea. The energy in the room was great.

    So while I didn't particularly love the movie, I loved the experience of watching it.

    • I loved seeing Uncharted at the movies, the audience had a great time and their joy was infectious. It was a fun movie for fans and I enjoyed it too. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. 🙂

      • I hated the Uncharted movie but probably because I have the background of playing all the games.

        The casting of it was so badly wrong, Tom Holland was the wrong choice and the way the movie went didn’t appeal to me as it was a mishmash of the 4 Uncharted Games.

  • Ha ha ha

    Tech guy came to fix the stovetop, but he took one look at it and was like nope 😂 because the bench is stone (not wood), it has to be replaced with a same-size one. So he's gonna give a quote to the RE for that lol

    Rangehood is still jacked as well.

    At least it was a quick appointment 😂

  • One more work day then a 2 week break.

    Have the choice of going in super early but basically the sooner I finish the work I’ve been assigned and tidy up the office area then I’m done for the day and it’s not going to take me too long I reckon.

    Also I managed to get a new ID tag and my old one deactivated with a super quick turnaround thanks to a friend now managing it all at work and they had a shift to cover over at my site so basically all it took was 4 hours for me to get a new ID Tag, this time with my photo and name on it and no cost to pay, yay!

  • Goodnight all! I have laundered and tidied, worked, shopped, cooked dinner, tidied up afterwards and am officially retreating to my room for the alone time my introverted soul needs. Will most likely pretend I'm going to buy a house and check out property listings before falling asleep. 🥱😴

  • Back in melbs. Silly bus replacement. Wasn't as bad as expected but yea, 4 and a bit hours :(

    I guess one good thing is there are far fewer people.

    One thing that perplexes me is to get from geelong to wyndham vale station and vice versa by road, you have to meander through a shitload of back streets. Poorly thought out.

    This time was paying very close attention to the synthetic lawns. EVERYWHERE! I'm really not sure why people do that (sorry to anyone here who has one). Just put some rocks down, few bigger feature rocks, maybe some cacti. Wouldn't be any more work, cheap as but would look a shitload nicer.

    • We need an update on your furry room mate please.

      • The furry friend lived to see another day. However (!), the bottle was put outside apparently last night and the peanut butter was gone the next day.

        There is something out there. I want to believe.

    • I've seen synthetic lawns all around here too

      as someone who had wood tiles on a terrace and a neighbour who had fake lawn , don't do it

      it will collect dust and soil and plant particles and seeds brought in on the wind and when it rains it will turn to mud and sprout weeds

      also, I second the call for furry room mate update 🙂

  • The sun is shiiiiiiiining, so went downstairs and just stood in it for 5 minutes, felt absolutely lovely.

  • Have developed a crave for food the house contains no ingredients for. Guess I shall put on pants today after all.

  • bathroom sink is fixed, can now set up bathroom

    and have a bath ( i've been having showers )

    and a pedi

    do my hair and brows

    and generally look after myself better 🙂 yay

  • Fish curry made! Not the world's best pic but definitely a better outcome than the dal makhani disappointment. I'm almost done using my very old fish curry powder. One more round in the next couple of months and I'll be done.

    Eggplant, green beans, tomato paste, tamarind paste, coconut milk, coriander leaves and all the other usual things 😋 ::: spoiler dins

    :::

    • coriander leaves

      One of us, one of us!

      Looks great :)

      • Thanks! Oh you bet I'm definitely on the pro coriander train. Soap tongues lost the genetic lottery and can't impose their misery on the rest of us

      • coriander leaves are yum

    • in total awe of your skillz

      I'm just not confidant enough to cook with fish other than simple frying

      • Oh, this barely involved any fish skills. I just defrosted the fillets and slid them in at the end and let it cook for 5 mins...

  • Went to bed relatively early, was awake around 530 (should have gotten up) but fell back asleep.

    Cue the super deep sleep with some funky vivid dreams and my alarm jolting me awake at 7.

    3/10 experience

  • Dog is struggling with daylight savings. Why is my food late? Why is my walk at a different time?

    • I push meal times back a bit for a few weeks in the leadup so it's not too dramatic a shift. I also vary meal times a bit so they don't get too focussed on a specific time and stress if the routine is messed up for any reason.

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