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Justin needs to stop buying useless stuff. The antidepressants are making him be nicer to himself and now he's buying himself all this stuff. That's not a good thing. Bank account is getting very mad at him. He needs to learn how to balance being nice
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Auckland needs the following junk/snack foods available throughout the land. Affordable and available. Make it happen Wayne! Cheese rolls - Cheese scones suck and we should be ashamed — dry, crumbly, depressing. Cheese rolls are certifiably better in every possible way. If you think about which cheese based product will cheer
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I just had a fantastic Egg McMuffin. That calls for some workshopping about media trends and brainrot. The latest media analysis I've been floating in various catch-ups and in Melbourne has been pre-What Now Gen Z versus post-What Now Gen Z. Firstly, Gen Z as
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Melbourne was not a city destined for me to enjoy. But I'm a strong preacher of the French phrase, je ne sais quoi for a reason. It directly translates to "I don't know what" but would be better said to be used to describe
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Nida told me that everything happens in October. I am beginning to suspect that may be true. Or something about canon events happening when the month ends in "ber". Possible canon-related events currently happening this month: * Moving into my first flat * Visiting Melbourne for first time * Applying
media and politics
It's local elections results Sunday! It's weird we conclude local elections on a weekend, but we do. Unsurprisingly Wayne Brown has won the mayoralty. The real question now is when the Desley Simpson coronation will start for 2028. Other unanswered questions include whether the mayor will
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Two of my favourite shows are FX's You're The Worst and Channel 4's Peep Show (Fresh Meat, from the creators of Peep Show, was also good). They're both comedies. But probably more importantly, they're both based on terrible people. I&
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The TVNZ newsroom is a very unique place to work. Hell - any newsroom is a very place to work. Our one is staffed 19 hours of the day and otherwise virtually staffed 24 hours a day (courtesy of our New York and London friends). At its height, you have perhaps
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My therapist told me I should find more hobbies. I... already knew this. Stranger: So, what do you do outside of TVNZ? "Uh, people always ask me this question... ... uh ... I'm sort of an infrastructure nerd I guess haha. I like trains? I read books? *side-eye*
transport and public transit
There's a lot of quibbles I have with the Eastern Busway. It's a ~$3 billion project that is heavily aimed at 9-5 peak commutes on one corridor (targeted at CBD folks), and that primarily gets political support through the strategic success of the Northern Busway,