Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

An event finished late and I had to walk through the Auckland cbd quite late at night at a pace to catch the last bus home. I’m not churchy, but damn they do look pretty lit up at night.

Order beer for work, head brewer turns up with 5 kegs in an early 2000’s Toyota Corolla. I asked if that was the official brewery vehicle. “Oh it’s much easier on my back getting the kegs in an out of that than a Ute” He’s not wrong. 😆 and the keg strapped into the front seat looked safe as houses.

Yet another recipe from a reel. This is dirty martini dip with hand stuffed blue cheese olives and a couple dirty martinis made with a lemon and caper infused vermouth. Served with salty proper crisps, each bite was total salty decadence.

I have a theory. Tell your lover that you see yourself as the Bob and they’re you’re Linda. Report results here.

Awww I just watched rental family with Brendon Fraser. I dunno why it was such a tear jerker for me! At its heart it’s about all of us wanting connection, feels like it’s never been harder.

Sometimes work has its perks and I got treated to the tennis last night and look at this dessert! I love a theme. Also I was sitting right next to the players sweat towel. How they keep going for hours and hours in this heat is super impressive.

This is going on and every night when I get home I have to walk 5 miles to my house. #firstworldproblems Cant complain too much, I need the steps!

Suckered into making some sashimi with thinly sliced nectarine by a reel. Well blow me down, it was actually really really good. Sprinkled with some dehydrated yuzu and I made a ponzu type dipping sauce. I felt fancy, it was like a restaurant dish at home!

I’m a corpse and I need reviving.

That’s a good dog

Doing a little headlight polish for the first time ever. I bought this off my cousin a year ago as he was moving to Ireland. So far the paints falling off the doors, the seats are cracking and god knows what the roof wrap is hiding. But it covered some tickets and settling time I’m sure.

Gross, first day back at work and first customer of the day is driving a Carter holt Harvey truck and proudly wearing a make American great again hat. Nothing about America is great right now. Just admit you’re a fascist racist. 🤦🏻‍♀️ffs. I hate seeing those hats here.

my email doppleganger is Brussels for Xmas. Good for her. I just silently forward emails to her, no comment. We have an arrangement. She has one extra letter in her email address in a weird spot that means she doesn’t get my emails. But if I ever visit the uk I am using all her loyalty programs

Nice things that happened today. A guy rushed the counter tapped his card on the paywave to pay for his neighbours Christmas shopping. ‘He’s a good guy he deserves it.’

I’m gifting a lover an iron this Christmas. A fancy iron, and before you come for me…. They gave me a vacuum cleaner last year.

The dirty martini needs to be more olive than martini.

I heard some real shitty takes today. Sometimes in retail people just love to tell on themselves. Charles, wherever you are, you deserve to be you. I’m sorry your family can’t/wont be there for you. I hope you find peace out there.

Sometimes I’m “blessed” to be invited to complimentary events, but it cost me $90 on uber or 4 hours of public transport. And I have to Leave work to go. 😬🤷‍♀️ I mean I’m trying to be more social. But also I’m broke 😆 even for a free event. Thanks tho. I’m sure your product will do well.

I’m an adult so on weekdays I take my first cup of coffee back to bed and on weekends I have two cups of coffee in bed. It’s literally the best. Some weekends it’s a coffee scull-a-thon cause we have a long hike planned. But coffee IN BED.

Love how much I’m learning about wasps on the neighborhood Facebook group. Makes a pleasant change from all the helicopter posts.

Time to set my calculator alarm clock.

The horrors, I went to a Skrewball event and ate a lot of peanut things and drank a lot of peanut things. When I got home a had an itchy rash on my neck. Don’t tell me I’m developing an adult aquired allergy! I don’t have time for that!

Some guy with obi-wan kenobi vibes keeps tricking me into learning about local politics. And I’m not mad about it 🤔

Here’s my industry forecast. We’re in for a summer of terrible new RTD’s and even worse imported “premium” low carb beer. But something fun and decent is coming in January.

Help us get out of Gaza let us rebuild our lives, please, my friends. share for us much as you can during this period, because there is news that the crossing will open so we can get out from Gaza.

House sitting is over. I’m back in my own house, which is nice, but there’s no cats here to spoil. And there’s the complaining flatmate (they have to “get up early to get to work in the city tomorrow” 10am start. Just brutal.)

View from kauri point centennial park looking over the harbour to central Auckland. Summers coming friends. I can taste it.

I’m house sitting and they have double glazing. This is luxury, so quiet, so warm. This should have been the standard since ages ago. If you’re on the north shore please contact me for house sitting needs. Especially if you have cats😻

I’m imbedded in Auckland suburbia, but there is a Ruru right outside my window singing their heat out!!!! 🦉🎶❤️❤️

Have you got problems? But feel weird about burdening your friends with them. I tell you what, I bet your friends love you and would want to hear about it. But just in case. You can vent here.

Seinfeld Vision!? At night!?

I don’t even know how to describe it, but today bird song near my house has changed, the sounds of summer on its way. The calls that make you flash back to summer holidays. The sounds that make you think of waking up hot and jumping out of bed as soon as possible to make the most of the summers day.

Please download an app to fully enjoy the book. That’s an immediate no from me. published in 2015, what are the chances of the app still being available? As suspected website no longer exists and neither does the app. Guess I’ll just read the book in the sequential order 🤷‍♀️ what could go wrong.

Don’t even need to go to Japan for an epic egg sando

I don’t meditate. I probably should. But I do like to come home and make a meal that requires a solid 30 minutes of fine dicing.

Just finished work and

I keep buying books at op shops, even though I barely have the discipline to read them when the doom scroll machine is nearby, even though I have a box of books to donate in my boot. But finding other people’s cute notes is an experience you just don’t get from reading a library book on a kobo

Is it the people, is it the events, is it the hospitality, is it the good food, is it the walkability? A weekend away in Wellington always leaves me feeling a million bucks.

10 hours work and cooked my own dinner. Flat mate comments “jeez that’s a lot” referring to the “effort”, as he eats his uber order. Mate I’m a broke bitch trying to be less broke in this god forsaken economy. And to everyone out there, Cooking from scratch every night, I SEE YOU! It’s hard work 🫡

Latest stats indicating the worst unemployment numbers since the outbreak of the pandemic are further proof that the Govt’s policies are forcing people further into hardship and poverty.

It finally happened. A customer angry because “ChatGPT told them” we stocked a wine. A wine we’ve never stocked. So here I am, in retail, having to talk down customers and explain AI “hallucinations” but not to worry, I, a real Human can find you something delicious to drink.

Lots of people who were on the Māori roll are posting on Facebook that they've checked their enrolment details and either aren't showing as enrolled or have been moved to the General roll without their consent. Haven't seen anything in the media about this yet. Check you're enrolled at vote.nz

“what is the crime?!” I scream as the police drag me away from the polling booth “…enjoying a succulent free Māori hangi?!”

Called by amnesty intl tonight just as I pulled up. I had signed a petition about Gaza so they called me. I cut to the chase, you want money? I’ve my credit card let’s go. I’ll make a donation right now! Anything to support efforts for gaza They could not accept it. They wanted a recurring donation.

Found a petrified alien visitor on my stroll yesterday, frozen mid stride in the tide line.

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.

I’m on the receiving end of Uninformed advice that feels really patronising. Im taking a deep breaths, staying calm. They don’t have all the information. They’re a smart person who wants to help. It comes from a place of good intent. It just feels like they think I’m a sweet dumb idiot.

Saturday crew must have been a bit slammed, the shelves were empty, did a on e man restock and did 12,000 steps just zooming around the shop. This means I don’t have to go to the gym right.

You heard em Vinne