Clever Void the garden panther caught a mouse

Well that was a waste of 30 minutes with my car insurance people trying to ask for a discount with failure.

I need a good movie for tonight.

I was just reading up on the closure of Foodstar in Sunshine (all-you-can-eat restaurant that opened in the 1990s). Growing up in the west, I used to frequent Sunshine Village cinemas which involved walking past this fine establishment. I would always wonder who actually went to eat there, as it looked absolutely terrible. And how it stayed in business so long - it was always mostly empty. A friend who had gone there several times, forced upon for family events, never had anything good to say.

Not too long ago, I looked up the Google reviews with some friends to see if anything had changed, and they are incredible, especially the owner's responses. And the owner's closure statement does not disappoint. Goodbye Foodstar, we will miss you.

This made me laugh (I hope the link works)

https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/s/wPzR9mmSQy

Listen with the sound on.

Has anyone been to the Jurassic World Exhibition in Brunswick? Is it any good? Thinking of taking my daughter there tomorrow or Friday.

Oook I suck at bowling but I'm good at choosing restaurants

spoiler

Looks messy but it's a deliciously fresh and zesty enchilada with rice, Pico de gailo (no idea how to spell that) and salsa

I have found eggs finally at Aldi!

Just helping the young Seagoons pack. 😭 not having a good time

Someone posted this in the other place, it's a live stream of a fuck off massive titan arum in Braeside blooming:

https://www.youtube.com/live/Hgj40CAyr4c

If you go back about 1.5 hours to compare you can see it is (quite) slowly opening right now.

Using the mighty power of drugs I have arisen from the couch and successfully made breakfast. It was on easy mode as I meal prepped most of it in anticipation of work Mon & Tues, but it still involved cooking eggs so I count it as an achievement.

I'm going to miss waking up at midday :(

Meeting up with a different late friend today. First we said 11:30 and then she pushed it back to 12:30 this morning. I said okay.

I had a feeling she was going to be late because she always is. So I go to leave the house at 12:30. Her house is 10 minutes away and so I'm going to meet her there and then we will go somewhere.

I tell her I'm leaving and she says she's still changing. Of course she is.

I think I need a new set of friends at this point :D

I'm going bowling today! Haven't been bowling for probably 5 years and I never was any good. Then probably a pub lunch afterwards. Beautiful day outside too. 😊

Laundry today, Mt Washmore seems to be expanding overnight. I'm fantasizing about buying an off-grid property, so idly scrolling through property listings. It makes a change from doomscrolling about climate change and the US. Trying to learn a bit more about off-grid living, but I'm about as technically minded as a carrot lol.

I've just made my first UberEats order in years: Cold and flu tablets should be here shortly. Expensive, but the chances of me getting myself to the chemist are pretty much nil at this point.

It is frustrating trying to wade through all of the different products and figure out what anything is, you have to look at the ingredients for everything. It would be nice if that information was at least more prominent, instead of an afterthought behind branding. At the very least real drugs and herbal remadies should be easy to pick apart.

Edit: disaster! order arrived with my cough syrup & lozenges but no cold and flu tabs. Apparently they were out of stock and did not substitute. Another order made for a different type of tablet. At least the delivery fee is only a few dollars.

The study continues...

The house spring clean begins today. A lot to do. Going to get the bathroom and bedrooms done.