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And then there were three

The neighbours downstairs moved out today. Three of us left. I spent some of the day looking at rental properties. Place#1 – very nicely renovated. With a fridge cavity far too small to fit my humungous fridge into. Place#2 – not renovated at all. Big and roomy, but cold, damp and dark. Yeuch. Place#3 –  ... [More]

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My day (in even more excruciating detail than last time)

5:something. I’m awake. Why am I awake? It’s way too early to be awake. Go back to sleep. 7:15. Alarm goes off. I wake again with a start. Damn morning. Shuddup alarm clock. Hit snooze. 9 minutes more. 7:24. Alarm goes off again. Argh. Do I really have to go to work? Eventually. Snooze again.  ... [More]

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They’re keen

A gentle knock at the door just after dinner. It was the real estate agent handling the sale of the block to developers. He wondered how my moving out plans were going, if he could be of any assistance, basically quizzing me about when I’d be out so the renovator guys can move in. I  ... [More]

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Definitely not

The real estate agent called… finally the vendor made a decision on the house. The decision is… no decision. She won’t sell for the amount I offered, and she wants a heap more money. Fat chance. I mean, it’s a nice place, but I think what I offered is possibly stretching what it’s worth. If  ... [More]

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Raindrops keep falling on my head

Wednesday night was the blog meetup, at Kookoo. Interesting venue, I haven’t been there before. In fact it’s through these meetups that I’m seeing a few different night spots around town. No more will I be confined to the Lounge, Hairy Canary, Spleen and that mysterious place on Swanston Street that I don’t even know  ... [More]

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Books and stuff

After seeing a bloke on the train yesterday morning reading a Superman comic, I won’t feel ashamed for watching the kids’Thunderbirds DVDs anymore. Speaking of which, I discovered the other day that episode 6 of this series "The Mighty Atom" features a nuclear accident in Australia, and for a time it looks as though Melbourne  ... [More]

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On the train

In my little bit of the train home this afternoon, two of us were reading the paper, one was asleep, and one bloke was trying unsuccessfully not to be noticed reading "Melbourne Kink Scene", which appeared to have a picture of a (clothed) woman in leather gear on the front. Hmm… hokay… fair enough…

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Weekend

So apart from Sunday’s Big Clearout Episode I, what else did I do over the weekend? I swear, I was going to go for a nice long bike ride. But, uhh, it was raining. Actually I got caught in the rain on my bike last weekend, and it wasn’t too bad. It wasn’t pouring down,  ... [More]

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Cleanout Daniel’s Flat Day

I think I may have let the dishes go for a bit too long… Ah, that’s better. 11am. I have declared Sunday to be Cleanout Daniel’s Flat Day. It really needs to happen – I need to get rid of the junk I don’t need, otherwise moving next month is going to be an absolute  ... [More]

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Destruction and real estate fun

I spent some time last night re-editing the VCR destruction video. It’s punchier, faster-paced, and with that oh-so-dull second scene with the washing-up liquid edited out. Yes, it’s How To Destroy Your Video: the Director’s Cut. Ah, it brings back some fond memories. The agents for my current place haven’t got back to me, so  ... [More]

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The deadline

11am. The real estate agent handling my current place just rang. They wanted to know when I’m moving out, and what date notice had been given. I didn’t have it in front of me, but I had written the due date in my diary. "It was just after ANZAC Day, and it was 90 days,  ... [More]

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Word of mouth

Last night I decided to check out the video shop down in South Caulfield, which according to legend will rent you out a video or DVD for no more than $2.50. In this day and age, when that Blockbuster mob are charging closer to $7 or something ridiculous like that, that is a bargain which  ... [More]