| Livejournal is just for posting about how unfortunate your life is, right? |
[May. 5th, 2009|09:33 am] |
Yesterday was not a very good day. I was 45 minutes late to work because I missed my alarms and overslept. Woke up at 10:58 when I was supposed to be there at 11. The funny part is, though, that my boss didn't even notice until 11:30 and didn't say anything to me about it. Work was delightfully simple, however and by the end of the day I didn't even mind cooking meals for last minute customers or doing extra work after close.
Everything turned to shit when I got home, though. I noticed as I walked up that the back gate was open and when I walked in the back door was open as well. I knew that I had left in a hurry this morning and perhaps hadn't noticed that rich had left it open. As I got closer, however, I noticed it was completely broken through and that we had, in fact, been robbed.
As far as I can tell, they were probably in and out in under a minute, making off with my iPod and digital camera, Jen's camera with all the pictures from this weekend on it, a handful of Rich's DVDs and my bottle of Captain Morgan.
All in all, it could have been a lot worse. They didn't go upstairs and didn't even open any drawers. They didn't make off with anything ridiculously valuable or irreplaceable, and the only thing I'm really upset about is that all the pictures Jen took for my birthday are gone now. |
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| not cryptic; merely concise. |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|12:17 pm] |
An update on my life since people tell me they don't hear from me enough:
January was interesting.
February was incredibly nice.
March was shit shit shit.
And in April, I'm putting everything back together again. |
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| will never be the same shape again. |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|11:18 am] |
So a woman came into where I work yesterday and ordered a salad. She wanted a piece of chicken breast sliced and warmed up on top of it. This is no problem, I slice up 3oz of chicken and stick in in the microwave, but when Don pulls it out he tells me she wanted 6oz of chicken on the salad. So I rushed back to cut up another chicken breast so I could get this meal out in time. Well I guess I was slicing a bit too fast because I heard the most disturbing sound as the knife went into my thumb.
Thinking quickly (or not at all), I grabbed the thumb with the fingers of the same hand and finished the meal with my other hand before I rushed off to do something about it. I went over to the other side and told one of the girls to go cook for me while I wrapped up my thumb. At this point I hadn't looked at it yet to assess how bad the damage was. The girl comes back a minute later and says "Joe. There is a piece of your thumb on the cutting board, please do something about it."
So I went over and threw away a slice of my thumb. I panicked for a few seconds because I had JUST CUT OFF THE END OF MY THUMB! But then I calmed down, wrapped it up and went back to work. My boss told me I should go home so I called the two total people who could have covered my shift, both of whom were working other jobs at the time so they couldn't come in for me.
There were still about 8 hours left in my 10-hour shift, but I rationalized that I was probably better off being there than being at home. I wasn't going to go to the hospital since, having thrown it away, there was nothing they could stitch back together, and all they would do is bandage it up and send me home. And since there is a better first aid kit at work than I have at home, I figured I'd just keep working.
So I taped it up as best I could, covered it with solid colored tape so people wouldn't freak out seeing someone hand them food with a bloody bandage on his finger, and I finished out my shift with no further incident.
I think I handled the situation fairly well, it finally stopped bleeding yesterday evening, and eventually the skin will grow back and I'll have a nasty little scar and a funny story I can tell in the future.
Ah, the joys of working in food service.. |
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| That's it, I guess. |
[Mar. 18th, 2009|09:48 pm] |
It appears I will remain in Columbus for the foreseeable future. Chicago is out for at least a year because of a mountain of financial issues.
For the moment, though, I feel pretty ok about Columbus. |
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| The chicken or the egg? |
[Jan. 1st, 2009|08:00 pm] |
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So.. Do we all go out and celebrate on New Year's Eve because no one has to work the next day and we can all stay out late? Or is everything closed on January 1st because everyone is too hungover to leave their couches all day? |
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| time zones |
[Dec. 30th, 2008|01:17 pm] |
Last night I fell asleep pretty early listening to NPR. I half woke up and kept hearing someone say the time, and finally woke up all the way when they kept saying it was after 8am. I was really confused for a few minutes when it was still way too dark for 8 in the morning.
Then I remembered I was listening to BBC World Service and it was only 3am. |
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| 2008 is fading away. |
[Dec. 28th, 2008|11:29 pm] |
Official Update on my Goals for 2008
1.Read 50 books I did not come close to accomplishing this. I read way too slowly and did not use my time efficiently enough. I remember spending days at a time watching CNN when I had cable or otherwise wasting time when I could have been reading. I lost count eventually, but I think I came in around 20-25 total.
2.Get into Culinary School Done.
3.Act Also done. I've acted in 3 things this year and have plans to act in at least one more show before I take off.
So, 2.5/3 isn't bad? 83% B- We'll see what 2009 has to offer. |
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| Restaurants open on Christmas? |
[Dec. 19th, 2008|02:51 pm] |
Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone knew of any restaurants open for dinner on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? My grandparents have decided that since there will only be a few of us around for Christmas this year, they would like to come visit me in Columbus and go out to a nice restaurant instead of doing the big Christmas thing in Cincinnati and shuttling me back and forth.
Thanks for any help.
x-posted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) columbus |
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| Things |
[Dec. 18th, 2008|06:43 pm] |
Oh hi there, LiveJournal. How have you been?
Anyway, I guess I can update people on Things happening in my Life right now. I have been accepted to the Culinary and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, an affiliate school of Le Courdon Bleu. I can't afford to go right now, but having been accepted, I can move back the start date in order to save a little money. Which is good, because while I can't wait to get out of this town, there are still a few things I want to squeeze out of Columbus before I leave.
Those folks over at MadLab seem to like me for some reason and have accepted me into their Ensemble (Can't remember if I put that here yet or not). This means I get to attend super secret meetings and get the super secret email, and get to wear a super awesome t-shirt. It also means I have to sell memberships now. So who wants to buy a MadLab membership from me?
In other theatre news, I will be acting in This Limetree Bower in March. I get to use an Irish accent, which I will have to practice a lot. Hopefully I won't get kicked in the nuts so much in this play, but I haven't read the script yet, so who knows?
I guess it's Christmas next week; not sure what my plans are for that. New Year's will be fun, though, and maybe someone will kiss me at midnight. |
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| I wish I could get paid to sit around and read books all day. |
[Dec. 14th, 2008|06:37 pm] |
I'm sorry to anyone who has been on the other end of my anti-social-ness this weekend. It stems somewhat from my tendency to harbor depression, how sometimes I really want to sit at home alone feeling depressed. But mainly, I have just wanted to use this free time I have on my days off to be alone and read books.
I have not read anything these past few months. I started reading Tender is the Night in.. September? Probably earlier. But I had read maybe 100 pages by the end of October. When I went to Boston on Halloween, I put it down in favor of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Foer, of which I read 86 pages on the airplane and did not pick up again until Thursday, when I read all day and finished it before going to see the Raconteur show in the evening. Kathryn came over later to use the internet and I had nothing better to do so I searched through my piles of books because I was sure I had a few more that I hadn't read.
Turns out all I had left was Tender is the Night and Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card. I read just enough that night to get engaged in the story, then was busy on Friday, worked all day Saturday and had the show that night. And by the time we went out after the show, I was tired, maybe a little depressed, but really all I wanted to do was come home and read. And that's what I did. I fell asleep on the couch, woke up on the couch and picked up the book again and only put it down a few minutes ago when I'd finished it.
I love days of marathon reading. And I've needed it after so long. After reading maybe 200 pages between August-November, I have read over 700 pages in the past three days. Now I suppose it's time to go book shopping again because I don't have any others to read. |
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[Nov. 21st, 2008|05:04 pm] |
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I'm wondering if anyone beside myself is orphaned in Columbus for Thanksgiving. If so, would anyone be interested in coming to my house for dinner? I like to cook for people (obviously) but do not get the chance very often, so let me know. |
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| my only interview stategy is to say something funny |
[Nov. 6th, 2008|06:37 pm] |
I was just on the phone for over an hour for an interview with an admissions adviser at Le Cordon Bleu. I think it went well. If I get into this school, I will be moving to Chicago in February because that's the latest term I could apply for right now.
Holy crap.
If it happens, I'll figure out a way to make it work, but that is a little bit soon.
I am super nervous/excited right now and I really hope the things that need to will fall into place. I'll know in a month.
eek. |
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[Nov. 4th, 2008|09:21 am] |
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Oh, by the way, I've got an interview with Le Cordon Bleu on Thursday. We'll see what happens there. |
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| There will me much fist shaking |
[Nov. 4th, 2008|08:27 am] |
I got to the polling place around 7:30. The line wasn't horrible and I figured I'd be out in half an hour or so. But since the address on my ID didn't match the one in the book, the lady said I had to vote by provisional ballot. I went along with it for a few minutes until someone behind me had the same problem and complained and they figured out that we should be able to vote at the machines if the address in the book is correct.
So. I went back and said I'd rather vote at the machine than cast a provisional ballot. Well, it turns out there was a note in the book saying I couldn't vote at the machine and had to cast a provisional ballot. Of course I didn't understand this and it took three people a full five minutes to figure out why this note was there. Apparently my registration card was "undeliverable" and had been returned to sender.
My registration card that I'm staring at right now that was delivered in the mail about a month ago.
And so after all the trouble, I still had to cast a provisional ballot because someone screwed up either at the board of elections or the postal service and god knows if my vote will even count so needless to say I'm a little pissed off, but now I have to go to work all day with no way to check the news until after 8pm.
If Obama loses Ohio by one vote, I will kill someone. |
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| finally! |
[Nov. 3rd, 2008|02:20 pm] |
So since our stolen wireless connection at home is not as reliable as it could be, I have not been able to keep up with RSS feeds quite as much as I'd like. This weekend has been really great, though, with plenty of time to sit around and enjoy my great-uncle's wireless network so that I've finally been able to reduce my number or unread items from "1000+" to "0"
More to come about the weekend later, including what few pictures I managed to capture in focus of my ever-moving but infinitely cute cousin. |
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| Windows are hard to break |
[Oct. 23rd, 2008|03:34 pm] |
So. As some of you who saw my facebook status might know, there is a slight chance I might get fired today. Don't really want to get into that right now. I'm not extremely worried, but the possibility is certainly there, so I'm a little nervous. This just sets the mood for the next story.
Anyway, I do stupid things. I realize this, but generally take precautions to prevent my stupidity from causing any real damage. I locked myself out of the house this afternoon. I went outside just to see how cold it was, not even realizing what I was doing when I shut the door behind me. So I'm locked out, wearing pajamas (thankfully already wearing a hoodie as well), with no shoes on, phone and wallet still inside. I walked around to the back and of course it is locked as well. Rich isn't due home for six hours and my phone is inside so I can't call anyone and my wallet is inside so I can't go anywhere, and I'm not wearing shoes so I can't go anywhere anyway. I don't know the landlord's number so even if I could get to a phone I wouldn't be able to call him.
So I climbed up on to the roof in the back where my bedroom is, because I generally leave my bedroom windows unlocked because I know I tend to lock myself out of houses. Of course, my window was locked because Rich closed and locked it the other day when he turned the heat on. So fuck. now what do I do? I can either sit around until 8pm when Rich comes home, or I can break a window and get inside. I have to get inside at some point because I have to call my boss today or I will certainly get fired. Today is not going well...
I stayed outside for close to an hour, trying to figure out what I was going to do. I read all the junk mail on the front porch (where the greenhouse effect made it nice and cozy warm). I spent a good ten minutes standing in front of the back door holding a brick trying to decide whether or not I really wanted to break the window. And finally I climbed back up onto the roof with the brick and attempted to break my bedroom window.
And let me tell you, windows are not as easy to break as you'd think. I hit the window with this brick with what I thought should be enough force to shatter it, probably three times before it finally broke, at which point I realized my windows are double paned and I had to break another one! So I straight through the brick through the second window and climbed barefoot over the broken glass into my room.
Naturally, at this point I thought, "I need a drink." All I had was about 1/4 bottle of vermouth, which I mixed with close to 1/4 bottle of grenadine, which was absolutely disgusting, but much, much needed.
I called my boss, but he didn't answer, which only leads to more nervousness and frustration...
This is getting enormous so all I will say in conclusion is that I am very frustrated with Life today. |
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| cheques and balances |
[Oct. 10th, 2008|11:39 am] |
So. I hate checks. They always seem to lead to embarrassing situations. Like when you are in another state with no money except a check someone had given you just taunting you because your bank is nowhere to be found and none of the local banks will cash an out of state check. And you're surrounded by people you don't really know and feel terrible asking them to cover you because you know that by the time you are able to cash this check you have you will never see these people again.
And then there's the time when you deposit a check on Wednesday and find out that your account was dangerously low, so you think, good thing I put that check in there; now I've got money again. But then you get to the bar on Thursday, start a tab and when you go to close it your card is declined because the goddamned check hasn't cleared yet. And you've got no cash and have to ask your friends to cover you, and the worst part is that you know the money is there but they just won't let you use it.
Everything is fine now, of course. The money is there, and I get paid today so I can pay rent, but then there's another check I have to deal with... |
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[Sep. 30th, 2008|04:19 am] |
I just wanted to let everyone know I'm so so happy I finally found a wireless network to steal at my house.
And that I have to work in five hours and I should probably go to bed instead of stare at the internet... |
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[Sep. 23rd, 2008|08:44 pm] |
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I hate trying to talk to people who don't understand the internet because they get really confused when I sigh and say "oh god, I haven't been on the internet since thursday; my rss reader is going to be daunting later" |
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| Getting my fix at Cup O Joe. |
[Sep. 23rd, 2008|08:29 pm] |
Ack! I have been away from the internet since last thursday and have been suffering withdrawal. We've had power back since last Tuesday, but the cable line is still on the sidewalk in front of the house, so we've been entertaining ourselves with DVDs at home and I have been surviving on coffee shop internet for over a week. Luckily I have been pretty busy with work and theatre so I haven't been able to lose my mind sitting at home.
I don't know how much longer I can handle this, though. I hope they fix the cable soon.
In other news, only three more chances to see NPaRrr! This Thursday, Friday, Saturday only, at Madlab (105 N. Grant, Columbus) at 8pm.
Don't know when I'll be back online..
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