Melbourne

Damn house is so cold it's actually woken me up. Going to make a mad dash for my heated blanket on the couch and then return to bed for a little while longer I think.

Made it to indo we're in da area.

Bit wasted so was just having a durry and saying hello to every one who walked in out the front with my new security man fren.

was a big day. with some delay.

Jesus Christ everyone on r/Melbourne is losing their fucking shit. It's like a gigantic mess of everyone going off at everyone else. It's horrible.

Car inspection was fine, had all the books and stuff but it's a no because he provided a fake name and was weird about providing contact details when I asked for them so I could have my mechanic set up an inspection with him.

I stayed up to watch the Ashes and it was going so slow and I couldn't hang on anymore so I went to bed thinking we are doomed anyway. Woke up and found we WON. We won the first test. Woohoo.

I voted open for the r/melb thing but it seems quite off now. Like you get your car back after it was stolen and even though you've got it back, it's just not quite the same..

In other news, throat is sooooore. Had about 100 lozenges. Hoping it goes away on its own, cbf going doctors :(

Cool and frustrating trans stories for this pride month. So today I volunteered to help make care packages for older trans and gender diverse people, which was a good way to spend a morning. There's a job fair Transgender Victoria are facilitating tomorrow where I think 13 employers are directly seeking trans and gender diverse staff. It's not a huge number but it's a greatly heartwarming thing regardless.

I was going to wax lyrical about my bank and insurer being super trans positive until I got their email stating they could only reflect my gender as male or female. The super friendly person had mistakenly identified me as non-binary and therefore they couldn't change my gender in their system. I can't reply to that email either as it's unmonitored. Duh, I'm female, not non-binary, dumb dumb. I tried phoning them again now but after five minutes the line dropped. Seems like a simple clerical error but it leaves all non binary completely non-represented and that's not good enough, They've been trained but maybe not that well, still and all at least they use my preferred name and don't treat me any differently but when someone says they're transgender it usually means they're transgender, not non-binary necessarily. A lot of non binary people don't identify as being transgender and don't identify as either male or female. I should add they really went the extra mile to help up until now and are trying to be better. Just when the insurance lady and I had had a great conversation about inclusion I feel kind of deflated now. Two steps forward, one step back.

I also just read the elon musk has now stated cis and cisgender are slurs on twitter. I'll take all the good and feel good rather than dwelling on the bad of course, but its a reminder of how far we have to go. Cis is used as a slur by trans people sometimes for sure but not by everyone and not by cis people who are happy to be identified as such.

I’m looking forward to a holiday. Sadly I think the only holidays in my future are a cabin in a caravan park, but you know what I’ll take it!

ohhh bayswater hong kong cafe has hotpot

Air is warm and thick in JK. The toilet is very sophisticated, space age really.. it's got everything. Impressed but not convinced toilet needs a control panel.

The police helicopter is getting a bit of a workout at the moment over the Whitehorse area.

I'm Melbourne born and bred but I'm also a ride or die Queensland supporter in NRL State of Origin! Just wrapped up the 2023 series with an awesome win! I know I'm one of the few who pay attention to this stuff down here but still.. woooo!!

Feels like such a sin to have cake and ice cream on the same day but...

Going to look at another car this arvo, really really hoping this one is actually good. I've had absolutely no luck on my car hunt and it's really bumming me out, I was suppose to have bought one by now but it's just not happened.

https://www.frontiertouring.com/current-tours/taylorswift/melbourne

Yay Yay Tay Tay

It's been a long day of being over tired and somewhat grumpy at work. Trying to rally myself for trivia tonight, but ready to just curl up and go to sleep. But I do love trivia...

Thanks for all the support lovely people. The community grows stronger with solidarity and I'll sleep well tonight. Transphobia is actually becoming less common but more nasty because so many of us call it out. The terf numbers are thinning and I feel safe in women's spaces just like all the women I interact with feel safe with me in them. They won't win and will find some other marginalised group to target as our marginalisation diminishes, which happens every day we show each other support like you all have tonight. Thanks, my cup runeth over!

Still in bed, snuggled up w a cat on either side all curled up. Veeeerrrryy hard to get out of the warmth. They also double as weighted blankets which really makes me sleepy 😴😴😴