Wed 2025-12-31 (Collingwood)

Walked to Dark Stallion on The Brit for coffees & to share a big breakfast with N

Drove out to mullum mullum to walk with her. We saw a few kangeroos, and 1 or 2 rabbits 

The trivia side-chat has come up with a loose plan for new years celebrations tonight

4:30 PM

Feeling unsure if i will go out or not bother tonight

After ½ weights i felt motivated

7:45 PM

Arrived at T's but he wasn't back from Reservoir yet. I walked down Napier street to Johnson street where i found a bar called Fitzroy Town Hall Hotel. They served my a pot & let me sit on the outdoor beer deck where i could people watch 

8:30 PM

Rochy had already called last drinks

8:45 PM

I returned to T's townhouse. We drunk a couple of beers and ate pretzils. We heard the kids fireworks at 9:30pm. DG arrived after about an hour because he'd worked (until at 9pm). We opened the red wine which tasted nice to me 

We got to Holy Diver somewhere around 10:30pm and found a great table out the back which was lucky. There was a red haired woman from Werribee who told us she was a witch & that she grew/made some drug like payote or aiawaska

2025/2026

At midnight, we heard the city fireworks & popped party poppers. We could see the light show a little bit thru one patch of the beer garden's corking which was open to the sky — mostly the lasers. T had generously bought us Jack Daniels bourbons on the rocks — which tasted surprisingly great. Then I got us a round of pints

2:30 AM

Back at T's place, we had more red wine & pretzils

I got home at ~ 4:30am