8 posts tagged “kitchen”

Beef & Cheese

Steak

Grill

Steak Knife

Barbeque Sauce

Tobasco Sauce

A-1

Beer

Meat

Burger

Brats (braaahhhhts)

Chili

Beans

Chili Cheese (whether it be on a hotdog or a burrito it is manly)

Jerky

Ketchup

Chops/Porkchops

Bacon

Fried

NOT SKILLET UNLESS USED IN SUCH A PHRASE AS THIS:  This is my skillet where my WIFE fries things, and then I HIT her with it!

Nachos

Pizza  ...   Speaking of which, we're about to go get some.  (Is that what she said?)

At Niki's

Tuesday

January 13th, 2009

2pm

Happy New Year.

Everything is constantly changing.  I got a new job in the health food store I love so much, working in the juice bar.  I miss my deli buddies, but my new job is so much better and I'm making good friends.  Too bad they'll all eventually quit and/or move to California.  Christmas was full of Hello Kitty.  Cameron's becoming a voice actor and plans to get a house with a couple of his friends after this semester.  I'm not ready to move in with him yet, but I'm still not sure what my plans for moving out are.  I'm still saving for my degree and need a car/license before I feel comfortable moving out.  Niki's back to obsessing over guys and forgetting the rest of the world exists.  Who's the real Hachi in this friendship?  I miss her.  Even though we're in the same room. 

She's getting on a plane (or two) by herself to go half way across the country to see this guy.  But she's scared to take the bus 15 minutes down the street by herself.

I got a Nintendo DS (and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon / Hello Kitty PDA software) and DDR for my PS2.

I just bought an Aquasana shower filter to celebrate my first paycheck from my new job.

Cameron said his parents are thinking about giving or letting me borrow their laptop that they don't really need anymore to use for school.  They think I'm just taking online classes from the local community college I went to for a semester and a half (ish), and don't know about the grandma-box situation.  If they decide not to, I'm going to get a credit card and start building up good credit by buying a laptop (that I can afford to pay off right away).  Hopefully I'll be back online soon.

My mom's getting off work now.  Cameron didn't answer his phone, so I think he's in a class.  I really need to see him. 

I'm not taking the bus because apparently there's a rapist/theif with a gun on the loose (local enough for concern).  I guess I'll end up leaving with my mom while Niki's still asleep.

I told Niki last night how I was upset about her ignoring me to talk to Brett the last three times I've come over.  I tried all evening to get her to pay attention to me, but she was more interested in talking to him.  Even though it's all she does, and she only sees me once a week (or less).  I told her I don't care if she wants to talk to him, but that she shouldn't tell me she's going to hang out with me if she's just going to ignore me. 

I finally got her to shut off the computer and watch the Nana anime with me, but I could tell she didn't want to and just felt bad about upsetting me.  After the first episode ended she went in the bathroom and didn't come out for at least a half hour.  I cleaned up the kitchen and got ready for bed.  I wasn't enjoying forcing her to hang out with me, so I rolled over like fifteen minutes after she came back.  I heard her get on the phone with Brett.  I shut off the tv.

I don't know why I bother.

Thirteen days until I turn twenty.

I think I'll build a snowman when I get home.

At Niki's

Thursday, October 23rd

Just past noon

Worst closing line EVER.  What the hell was I thinking?  I completely forgot the last like, minute of my song (which is pretty sad considering it's not even three minutes long) and just stopped before going,"What are the words...?" which did get some laughs.  But then, when I started again I only got out about three lines before forgetting what came next again.  So I just said,"I think I'll stop there.  Thanks for tolerating that."  Then I laughed awkwardly and got off the stage.  People did cheer, but I don't know if it was because they liked what I COULD manage to remember of my song, because they felt bad for me, or because they were glad I was off the stage.  XD  When I went up to the counter to get some more cider for me and Knickers (which they were OUT of and I didn't even get to try.  Terrible.), Frank, the announcer guy said I was good but just needed to not be so nervous. 

But it was really awkward.  First of all, my song was sort of depressing.  XD  And that's not good considering the fact that I was following a song that went "One, two three!  The kids love the monkey and four, five, six!  The monkey's got a hockey stick.  Seven eight nine!  Havin' a good time, yeaaah..."  (Favorite song of the night for me, by the way.  XD)  But I was also the only girl who went up there.  And the only person who didn't have an instrument playing in the background.  And the only person who had everyone go completely silent and just STARE the entire time I sang.  All of that added to the pressure.  And some douches were mocking me and started singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".  I'd like to see their sorry asses get up on stage and perform something they wrote a week ago a capella perfectly.  Fuck off, wankers.  I sounded damn good.

Anne couldn't come because of her daughter, but Danielle and David from work (who also both happened to be in my graduating class) just happened to be there.  Danielle will probably be all like,"What HAPPENED up there?" tomorrow.  Oy.  LOL  And me and Niki ran into John (from the kitchen) on the trolly and told him about it, but he didn't show up either.  God.  Fucking monkey song.  I should have gone up after "BLESS MYYYOIL!" (dedicated to Bush) but then Cameron would have missed my performance.  XD  Cameron did his synthy thing and it was a hit.  The crowd loved the cowbell.  XD  And he spent like ten minutes fucking around.  LOL  Doing music trivia and playing video game themes and stuff.  It was hilarious.  I filmed it all.  XD

Also.  We went to the health food store and got FREE BANANAS.  And cranberry treat sticks!  AND I GOT AMAZING RAW ORGANIC CHEDDAR (Jack Style).  And I love Lil' Kookz.  ^n.n^  AND CINDY SAID I CAN HAVE HALLOWEEN AND THE NEXT DAY OFF!  PARTY, HERE I COME!  AND CINDY'S GOING ON VACATION THIS WEEK!  *LEAPS WITH JOY*  Meaning I'll be training the new person we get this week.  XD  Well.  Me and everyone else.  LOL

As I'm sure you've noticed.  Hopefully my fall themed text colors will help make up for that.  I work, I see my friends, and I sleep... and I do all the shit my mom needs in order to move grandma in NEXT WEEK?  That's insanely soon.  And gramma's in Florida, so my mom's doing everything.  Deciding what goes where, packing, moving things.  Oy.  But anyway, WEDNESDAY.  I'm singing an original song at the nifty little cafe's open mic night (after some Niki peep hangin' all around the world and the health food store).  And Cameron's thinking about singing a combination of two eighties songs he's strung together nicely.  And Niki will be there (for it is our peephangland) and also possibly Anne!  I told her about it, and she's been to that cafe before, so I said she should come!  'Cause she gets off at seven that night, and Cameron doesn't get off until eight.  Plenty of time.  So, after the performance and some big giant peep hangin', Cameron's gonna drop me and Niki off at her house where the peep hangin' shall continue on into the wee hours of the night.  XD

Also.  Prom.  We've decided to have a deli prom at work.  (Island themed.)  XD  Only those who belong to the deli (and their dates) are allowed to come.  The list of couples, as of yet, is as follows:

Me - Dolphin

Anne - Hot Capicolla (Spiral Ham dumped her)

Chelse - Possibly Leona Bologna, still undecided, but definitely is the DJ.

Jenn - Eye of Round

John (from the kitchen) - Broccoli Delight

Jerry (from the seafood department, who we haven't even told about prom yet XD) - NOT the rainbow trout because it's not a deli member and, therefore, cannot get him in.  Most likely the Eggplant Wrapped Tillapia.  (We decided he can't handle the Orange Roughie.)

We're waiting until there's a night when EVERYONE who knows about it is closing.  We may write Cindy a note asking for her to schedule us all to close on the same night one night, but we haven't thought of a reason to give her for it yet.  XD  Most importantly, though, I need to write her a note to remind her that I wrote her a note requesting Halloween and the next day off (next Friday and Saturday) tomorrow so she doesn't accidentally forget when she goes to make next week's schedule on Thursday.  The Halloween party's gonna be amazing.  I'm still not sure of everything I'm wearing.  Will we be inside or outside most of the time?  I guess the weather will be similar to at the Memorial Day party.  It was really chilly. 

I'm bringing a pumpkin.  I'll probably carve it at my house first so it's not so heavy.  XD 

9:30pm

The new health food shop is going to be right near my work.  It will be four times the size of the original store, and have a juice bar in it.  There's still no official opening date yet.  I could DIE of joy.

Right down the street from the original health food shop there's also a CPS shop, a fairy/nature(/CPS?) shop, and an Irish pub (which I got stew from with Cameron today.  IT WAS SO GOOD.).  My next day off I want to walk around that area and check out all the places.  And the other health food shop across the street from the one I go to that I still haven't been to yet.  There are apartments in that area too.  And it's all in like a half hour walking distance, in a nice neighborhood.  That's where I want to live as soon as I have my degree paid for and own a car.  If I moved there right after getting my degree, I'd be paying rent out the ass and wouldn't be able to afford a car.  So even though I'll be mostly walking, I still need to get a car first.

They have mint chocolate swirl ice cream (at the original health food shop XD) that's made from rice milk.  It's AMAZING.  I think I like it better than Bryers.  No milk after-taste.  Excellent texture and flavor.  Not so good once it's melted, but it melts very slowly.  The chocolate swirls are fudgey and minty.  Not sure if I like that so much.  The new store should have more flavors.  I think they have it at Giant Beagle too.  Maybe they have more flavors.  Unless they only have the rice milk, and not the ice cream.  Anyway, it's called Good Karma (Rice Divine).  Let's check it oooout!

I want to make a work people list too.  Yes.

Cindy (aka: Hitler/Christine2):  Self explanatory.

Anne:  HILARIOUS.  25.  Has a 5 year old daughter.  I thought she was like eighteen and was so shocked about the kid.  LOL   We take the (breaded) soooole train to Clam Town whenever one (or one hundred) opens up, and we mimic Hitler when she's off.  We salute each other when it's time for our lunch breaks.

Justin (aka: Daddy/Captain/Squirrelaroo):  Jealous because he was off the day me and Anne formed 67687963123 inside jokes.  Slacker.  Dave the Laugh.  Drinks and parties a lot.  Squirrelaroo is his species, because stores cheese for winter in his apron pouch.  (Me and Anne are GENIUSES.).  Went to L.A. to try to become a DJ right before I started working there, came back a week later.  Currently trying to figure out if he's capable of developing musical taste.  I'll determine that after he plays some music from the band he was raving about yesterday.  Calls me Meat Man. Smoker (ick, elch, eltche).  We talk about cartoons.  Cameron hates him with a passion.

Jenn:  Went to our "rival school" and does a lot of black head motions when she's got an attitude.  Round, with glasses, same age as me.  I steal her customers and she tries to crush my arms when I try to get meat out of the case.  XD  She tells me about how her old boyfriend cheated on her and how she thought she might have been pregnant a while back.  I sit there and nod, trying not to hurl at the idea of someone touching a person that physically terrifying.  She constantly tells me I'm weird.  I tell her I know.  Anne can't stand her.  Justin asked if I'd stab her with a poison dart in the break room if he gave me one.  I said I'd think about it.

Pam:  Tiny, cute grandma type.  From England, and therefore so much fun to hear talk.  All of our customers from the UK talk to her, and bring her newspapers from London, etc.  Really cool.

Ed:  Best person to close with 'cause he's so laid back.  Probably in like his sixties.  From New York.  Light-hearted.  Hates Cindy's bullshit.  Starts chats when it's not busy instead of making us clean the world in silence.

Mary:  Greatest demo person ever.  Me and Anne always hope she's going to give out samples.  Speaks kind of slowly.  Really nice.  "Come on over here and get a sample.  I have breaded soooole.  I have clams here ready for sampling.  One just opened up."   Good times, good times.  When I brought Cameron in to introduce him to everyone, she said we were so cute walking around the... stooore together.  ^-^

Maryanne:  Usually nice, but snapped at us for talking the other day (bizarre).  She's the one who sneakily threw away chicken because she was annoyed by Cindy being Cindy.  She shakes.  Like a chihuahua.

Myra:  Nice.  In her forties or fifties.  Good to close with.  She said she likes closing with me.  ^-^  Her and Justin joking around together is REALLY hilarious.  She laughs really hard at a lot of the "that's what she said" type of jokes.  Only they're usually worse.  XD  She'd make a much better manager than Cindy.

The Sushi Chef (whose name I still don't know):  Really nice.  Cute.  Thick Japanese accent.  Should let Niki live with her.  LOL

That's everyone in the deli (I hope I didn't forget anyone  LOL).  Unless you count a couple people from the seafood department who come over to help when we're short-handed.  Outside of the deli there's my friends from school, Mary who trained me (I'm her unofficial dietician XD), John from the kitchen, and Cathy and Corrine up front who I talk to the most in the breakroom.

I got my first five-day-week paycheck yesterday. 

$240

I deserve a juicer.

Wednesday, August 27th

4pm

I get paid for my training!  YESSS!  It was so exhausting, though, so I'm sort of not surprised.  LOL  4pm-8pm Monday and yesterday.  Mostly handouts, videos, and paperwork.  But I did get to shadow for quite a while yesterday.  I was taught how to use and clean the meat slicer.  The scales look really confusing though.  They punch in like a million numbers after they weight stuff.  How do they know what to push?  I'll let you know when I find out. XD

I get an hour lunch, and a fifteen minute break.  And I joined the muthafuckin' union.  XD  My department manager's name is Cindy.  It was SO hard to not be like, "HI CINDY!!!"  Like I did with Jonjon's Cindy every time she was nearby.  XD

There was this one video that's supposed to be "funny".  The only funny thing about it was how TERRIBLE the acting was.  It (like everything else in our fucking training) was all about customer service.  And EVERY time a customer was treated well, they said "WOOOW!" 

There were two other new guys (Stephen in dairy and Alex in produce, both from a nearby Catholic school, though Alex just graduated) who started the same day I did, and while me and Alex watched the WOW video, Stephen was downstairs doing a customer service computer quiz thing with Mary (who's was doing all of our customer service training.  Out of everyone I've met so far she's my favorite, though everyone is SO nice).  So, when it was Stephen's turn to watch the video, we told him to count the wows.  LMFAO  I don't know if he actually did, though.  He's very quiet.  And for once, I'm not.  XD  Except with some of the cashiers who look like they might be snobby.  I'm still careful around them.  But yeah, if I ever get to train people, I'm definitely counting the wows next time I see that.

And yesterday, I saw Lindsay!  Michelle's sister.  We were choir buddies back in the day, and she was best friends with Mesa.  I had NO idea she worked there!  We were very excited, and caught up on each others' lives (I was early, and she'd pop over between bagging groceries).  She was like,"If you're ever working an eight hour shift...*nod*  lunch."  XD!!!  She graduated a year before me, and other than a "Hi, Lindsay!" in the Land O'Lakes halls a couple times last year, I haven't really talked to her since her graduation party.  It's funny.  I knew her longer, but ended up a lot closer with Michelle.  I guess we just have more in common.  I still haven't asked her how her China trip was.  TO MYSPACE!

BUT FIRST.  I MUST SAY THIS.

THE BAKERY.

IS MY WEAKNESS.

NIKI.  I WILL BRING YOU NOMS.

I should bring you to the store so you can pick out favorite noms.

Here's a list of all the people I've met (and remembered):

• Bob (Manager)
• Sean (knew from school, manager's son)
• Alex (produce)
• Stephen (dairy)
• Danielle (knew from school)
• Lindsay (knew from school)
• Jen (also in deli.  hate that I'm not the only one.  my name tag has to say Jennifer now instead.  I might change it to Jenni before I start interacting with customers.  No one calls me that anymore but Cameron and sometimes aunts and uncles.  And I'm sure Devin would if he knew who I was.  LMFAO  Anyway, I miss it.)
• Mary (basically everything)
• Anne (deli)
• Maryanne (deli)
• Cindy (deli manager)
• Nick (dairy manager)
• Cory (female. customer service desk)

And I met at least another ten people whose names I can't remember.  Mary introduced us to EVERYONE we walked past.  It was a bit overwhelming, but everyone was very welcoming.  Thank god for name tags, eh?

Also!  I has a uniform!  It's kind of cute, but everything is so big on me.  XD  Because it's in "ladies sizes" instead of juniors, which would fit me.  Black baseball cap (the visor was cuter, but it hurt my head and kept sliding down my face), hairs in a ponytail (all of them.  XD  Just because I'm in deli), light blue button-up shirt, black apron, black shoes (or white), black (or khaki, or dark blue) pants (which you supply).  No facial piercings, and "offensive" tattoos must be covered.  And no more than three piercings per ear, and two rings per hand.  I don't think hair color is an issue, because there's a black lady who works in the kitchen with BRIGHT red-orangey hair.  But that might be because she doesn't do as much customer interaction.  I'm not sure.  Boys need to have hair above shoulder length, and no facial hair.  Basically, most of our customers are old people, who are easily frightened or offended... and most of all, OBSCENELY judgemental.

Tuesday, March 11th

11:30pm

I've been so laxy with my journals lately (i.e. there have been none).  So, I've decided to drop out and become a SyrupTales addict.  Well.  Not technically, but that's certainly the way this last week has felt.  I did decide to take Niki's advice and drop the rest of this semester to clear my head, make some money, and get the hell out of this house.  Luckily I can do this without my mom finding out.  Because I'm just THAT good. 

SyrupTales!  I'm a level nineteen magician and I've only been playing a week and a half.  Cameron wanted me to join so we could get married in the game.  ^-^  He's already proposed.  I'll add a picture of the ring next time I play.  I haven't had much to write about other than how many green mushrooms I've killed (over 100 for sure) or how many times I boiled at Niki's (10 for sure).  I can't even write about my fun weekend because she already described it well enough for the both of us.  XD!!!  But I can say that we got snowed in (as far as driveways go) and I got to stay two nights, which was so much fun.  And WE MADE GRATUITOUS AMOUNTS OF FOOD (AND ALSO VIDEO). 

Then I "helped" Cameron with a speech he needed to film for a class.  Basically meaning that I tried REALLY hard to not fall asleep, as I'd gone to bed that morning at 7am.  And then I held the camera.  There were gratuitous amounts of cuddles, then some pizza and South Park.  And his sister (who is a doctor) is putting their parents on one of those diets where you order all your food from them, so they're giving me a big box full of stuff for baking and such.  Basically, more sprinkles THAN MY KITCHEN HAS ROOM FOOOOR.  Niki!  We should make cupcakes with cute little millions of different sprinkles!

Also, I saw this Korean music video yesterday that made me bawl my eyes out.

AND.  I got my FREE HELLO KITTY CHECKS!  And my debit card.  And I tried to buy things with it before I activated it.  HILAAAAAARIOUS.  Not.  The black chick at the checkout looked ready to kill me after like ten minutes of trying to figure out why it didn't work, and asking me if I REALLY had any money in my account.  I felt so dumb when Cameron told me I needed to call to activate it.  I thought I was just supposed to swipe it once.  Anyway, that meant no mint plant from Giant Beagle for me.  But that's okay.  Because I can make money now.

WHAT?!  HOW?!?!?!?

Well.  Let me tell you.  Later.  XD  Because now it's time for SyrupTales.  ENJOY THE SUSPENSE!

Okay, fine.  Here's a hint.

Choccy

That was really tastey and relaxing.  Except for the part where I was making it.  It began with a grumbly "What are you doing?" and ended with her bounding in to spy on me, and shouting about how I'm going to ruin her pots by putting them on the stove and boiling water in them.  As if they were designed specifically for anything but boiling water in.

So, apparently if I'm not going to "use the kitchen right" I should find myself another place to live.  But that's how it ends every time we speak to one another.  Without the bit about the kitchen, of course.  Though it seems to be a rather recurrant theme today.  Putting away dishes as they're told and boiling water in pots; My God, what has today's youth come to?  Next they'll be taking out the trash and baking things in ovens!  OH, SAY IT ISN'T SO!

Anyway, I put the cinnamon stick in the water while it was boiling for a couple of minutes, so it was like weak cinnamon tea when I added it to the cocoa packet.  It was really good.  And I put it in a tea cup rather than a mug so it wouldn't be as watery.  I don't use the milk in my house.  It's icky (pasteurized/homogenized).  But I'll not explain that now, seeing as I'll do a much better job of it in my term paper.

Bleh.  Speaking of English Composition, I have absolutely no motivation to write my essay.  But I need to start it now so I'm not up until 3am.  By then my fingers will be breaking off when I try to type with them.  I need some super thin, super warm gloves.  Do those exist?  Meh.  First I need money.  Anyway, the later it gets at my house, the colder it gets.  My mom turns the thermostat all the way down at when she sleeps (of course it doesn't matter if I'm awake) to save money on the bill.  I'm just glad it won't go below 50F (10C) or I'd die of hypothermia in my sleep.

I need to clear my head before I try to write stuff.  But it's getting late.  Nyeh.  I don't give a flying fuck about sex education right now.  I just want to curl up with a good book and a ridiculously huge blanket that's just been heated up nicely.  And another cup of hot cocoa.  And a fireplace.  And maybe a little slice of pumpkin bread, maybe replacing the cocoa with warm spiced cider.  I bet the pumpkin bread would even be good with a bit of fresh, warm cranberry jam.  Mmm...

It would do me well to go wash my face and brush my teeth.  My mom yells at me if I use the bathroom while she's asleep.