Sunday morning at 10 A.M. me and Mer got on the road and sped off toward New Jersey. This was my first "vacation" all year and I could not have been more excited. After about an hour and a half we arrived in Sea Isle City. We hopped out of the car and rushed upstairs where we joined Mer's family for a nice trip over to the beach. Their house which they rent every year is only a block from the beach and it is wonderful. We wandered around and ran into both Mer's aunt Susan and her family, who we hung out with later, and in the other direction we ran into her Uncle, Aunt, daughter Jen, and her boyfriend who everyone made fun of for being old, all of whom were up from Florida for the week.
We stepped onto the beach around 12 o' clock and stayed there until about four and for the first time in a long time, I was able to successfully sit on the beach and not get sunburn. We enjoyed some nice sun and bright blue skies. The waves were big and the water was cold. I loved every second of it. We headed back to her house and had dinner. It was a good ol' time. Lots of funny jokes passing around the table.
Dinner at the shore: Tacos. Lots of Tacos.
Once dinner was finished me, Mer's brother, and her Dad sat on the couch and watched Air Force One. A classic Harrison Ford movie where he (as usual) has to save his family. It was entertaining either way. After that we all went out for some ice cream.
Ice cream at the shore: Blueberries and Cream. Never had it before but it was goooood.
After the ice cream we went over to Mer's Aunt's house. She was staying only one street over from Mer's and we all got together and played a game of catchphrase. It was really really fun and I wish I could have stayed another day and played again because we were all laughing hysterically the entire time. Around 11 o' clock we headed back home. When we got in, everyone decided it was time for bed and got into their jammies, ready to hit the hay.
Mer woke me up the next morning by jumping on me after a run. Needless to say she was quite sweaty, but I didn't mind. We all got ready and headed back to the beach again. We took in the sun and went for a nice long walk along the beach. Mer's grandmom stopped by and sat with us for awhile. We had some sandwiches on the beach for lunch.
Lunch on the beach: A delicious Turkey sandwich.
After several more hours on the beach, we went back to the house to shower and have dinner. We watched some of the Tour de France, and then sat down for dinner.
Dinner at the shore II: Salad, rice, and some chicken. Good stuff.
Once seven o' clock rolled around, which in my opinion came all too soon, it was time for me to head off. I packed up my stuff and drove off into the sunset, literally. Speeding down the Garden State Parkway, I pulled into the toll booth, which was only for one dollar, to find that it only accepted quarters. I didn't have any on my person at the time, so after sitting there for about 10 seconds going "uhhhhhhhh...", I tossed a dollar bill into the thing and sped off toward the Atlantic City Expressway. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a ticket for that.
I made it home in exactly an hour and a half, and once I got home I headed off to bed, already regretting having left the shore. I want to go back already and can't wait to go to Cape May in August. Oh how I've missed the beach.
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Tuesday, July 14
Monday, May 25
This is just sad guys.
The beginning of today seemed to drag on forever. I woke up at 8, when my alarm went off. I don't know what I was thinking, setting it that early. I nodded off, but was well aware I did not have to go into work until 10. I got up again at 9, and then a third time at 9:20. I played with my dog for awhile to wake up, and then got ready for work. I stopped at WaWa beforehand to get some breakfast.
Breakfast: Croissant and some coffee
Sundays at AC Moore are the busiest days by far, which is strange considering you would think people would have better things to do. But as usual the normal group of annoying and strange customers showed up in steady waves. There were three notable people today. The first was a middle aged woman who, as my co-worker Jen was just walking up to the entrance of the store from the parking lot, flagged her down and asked her a question about things inside, products and the day's sale and such. The woman was standing next to her car, and had not made the effort to make her way inside yet. Jen at the time was in her blue shirt/uniform, but was wearing shorts and flip-flops. Needless to say, she was annoyed.
The second of the strange people came in the form of another woman, this time somewhat older, perhaps 50 or so. She walked into Jen's line (poor Jen) and was rung up. The woman herself wasn't annoying, but her wardrobe was frighteningly strange. She was wearing skin tight spandex pants which suctioned to just below her gut (which was very much exposed), and a white sports bra. She paid and Jen turned to me not knowing whether to laugh or cry. I asked her why she got to ring up all the cute girls, to which she replied, "I know, I would be jealous of me too....and her money wasn't sweaty or anything." I died laughing.
The last customer was just rude. There was a line of about three people, and she noticed another co-worker of mine, Eric, walking past, hands full of things which needed to be put away. She shouted hey you! and waved him over to her and proceeded to ask if he could go onto a register and do a return for her. He stared at her for a moment, looked down at his full arms, and then back at her, said no, and walked away. I compare that kind of situation to maybe going to Wal-Mart and seeing all of the registers being busy, and asking an employee if they can just open up a new one just for them so they can get out faster than everyone else, because the world revolves around them. Jerks.
Lunch: Three Volcano tacos from taco bell, mmmmm spicy!
8 hours dragged on and on and on and on and on until 6 o' clock rolled around. We got out at 6:15 after some cleaning and then I waited for Mer's brother to walk over. Once he arrived we sped of to her Aunt's house for a little get together. It was nice.
Dinner: Two hot dogs and a brownie.
We headed off from there around 7:30 I want to say. The thunder looked like it could roll in any second, and it did as soon as we hit the road. We got back to Mer's and watched some Deadliest Catch. I love that show.
I headed home and watched some more, enjoying some sweet tea while I watched. A splendid evening. Once work is over, I always find myself with a much ccheerier disposition.
P.S. - The blog isn't dead, unless YOU let it die.
Breakfast: Croissant and some coffee
Sundays at AC Moore are the busiest days by far, which is strange considering you would think people would have better things to do. But as usual the normal group of annoying and strange customers showed up in steady waves. There were three notable people today. The first was a middle aged woman who, as my co-worker Jen was just walking up to the entrance of the store from the parking lot, flagged her down and asked her a question about things inside, products and the day's sale and such. The woman was standing next to her car, and had not made the effort to make her way inside yet. Jen at the time was in her blue shirt/uniform, but was wearing shorts and flip-flops. Needless to say, she was annoyed.
The second of the strange people came in the form of another woman, this time somewhat older, perhaps 50 or so. She walked into Jen's line (poor Jen) and was rung up. The woman herself wasn't annoying, but her wardrobe was frighteningly strange. She was wearing skin tight spandex pants which suctioned to just below her gut (which was very much exposed), and a white sports bra. She paid and Jen turned to me not knowing whether to laugh or cry. I asked her why she got to ring up all the cute girls, to which she replied, "I know, I would be jealous of me too....and her money wasn't sweaty or anything." I died laughing.
The last customer was just rude. There was a line of about three people, and she noticed another co-worker of mine, Eric, walking past, hands full of things which needed to be put away. She shouted hey you! and waved him over to her and proceeded to ask if he could go onto a register and do a return for her. He stared at her for a moment, looked down at his full arms, and then back at her, said no, and walked away. I compare that kind of situation to maybe going to Wal-Mart and seeing all of the registers being busy, and asking an employee if they can just open up a new one just for them so they can get out faster than everyone else, because the world revolves around them. Jerks.
Lunch: Three Volcano tacos from taco bell, mmmmm spicy!
8 hours dragged on and on and on and on and on until 6 o' clock rolled around. We got out at 6:15 after some cleaning and then I waited for Mer's brother to walk over. Once he arrived we sped of to her Aunt's house for a little get together. It was nice.
Dinner: Two hot dogs and a brownie.
We headed off from there around 7:30 I want to say. The thunder looked like it could roll in any second, and it did as soon as we hit the road. We got back to Mer's and watched some Deadliest Catch. I love that show.
I headed home and watched some more, enjoying some sweet tea while I watched. A splendid evening. Once work is over, I always find myself with a much ccheerier disposition.
P.S. - The blog isn't dead, unless YOU let it die.
Thursday, May 14
You can have my blog, when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
The blog is not dead. I will not let it die, I will resuscitate it until I can resuscitate no more. Today was a pretty good day. I woke up around nine, and sat in bed for some time, feeling like I was forgetting to do something. Classes at Bucks just ended and yet today I was overwhelmed with the feeling that I had not turned something in yet, or that something was just amiss. Who knows, but I spent a good hour just pondering why I had this terrible sinking feeling in my gut. I hope not one else had this feeling, it's officially summer time for us after all, and we should be enjoying it, not spending our time worrying that there is much to be done and not enough time to do it!
After my worrying had ceased, I got up from my bed and headed to my bookcase. I scanned the books until I came across the one I wanted. The most intimidating one on the shelf, as a matter of fact. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy.
From the beginning of the semester, me and my English comp teacher have been discussing great works of literature, all sorts of crazy books that we have both read. She was impressed that I knew most of the obscure pieces of literature she had talked to the class about. On my last day at school, I had gone to her office to talk with her about my final grade and she attempted to find me a copy of this book called, Wide Sargasso Sea, which is supposed to be like a prequel to Jane Eyre. She had three copys of the book in her office, but had written notes in all of them for one of her Lit classes. I wish I could take more classes with this lady. Anyway, after offering me three copys of the book, she said I should pick one up without all her scribbles in it. I agreed that I would and then brought up a competition we had settled on at the beginning of the year. We had both talked about how we wanted to read War and Peace, but didn't see how it would be possible during school, so the challenege: Whoever can finish War and Peace first, is the winner, and therefore, I suppose, the most awesome. I started reading today, with a vengeance, but only made it to chapter three. The first hundred pages are apparently a test of endurance, but once you break on through those, you're golden. So I've already started, and am anxiously awaiting to see who can finish first. I'm pretty sure that I will lose, but you can't stop me from trying!
After I had read for awhile I watched repeats of last night's Daily Show and Colbert Report, because that's where I get my news. Had some laughs, and had some lunch.
Lunch: Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I was too lazy to really cook anything.
Finished Colbert, and watched some Futurama, and then caught up on the season finale of House online. Damn man, that show never disappoints, though I did find myself going "What?...What?!...WHAT!??1?!" a lot at this finale. It was good though.
After that I went to take out money and caught the end of the Phillies game on TV. Mer was lucky enough to have actually gone, and I was quite jealous.
After the game ended I sped off to work, which flew by pretty quickly. No real annoying customers today, and I heard George Thorogood on the radio too on my way, so that put me in a good mood.
After work, as I always do on Thursday nights now, I headed over to the BFD with some work friends and we enjoyed the rain and some Eric Clapton while we had our "dinners"
Dinner: Chicken Cheesesteak. It was so good, and a nice change of pace from the regular cheesesteak. They apparently had a new cook, who couldn't read. That made me laugh when the waitress told me that.
A little past 11 it was time to head out. We all said our goodbyes and I headed home. When I arrived I sat in my car for another moment or two to watch the rain and lightning. It was pretty intense, though it sounds like it has died down at the moment. My dog (who is lying right next to me) is no longer breathing heavily and shaking like a leaf.
That's all for me today folks, hope you enjoyed it, and hope you enjoyed your own delicious meals this fine evening.
After my worrying had ceased, I got up from my bed and headed to my bookcase. I scanned the books until I came across the one I wanted. The most intimidating one on the shelf, as a matter of fact. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy.
From the beginning of the semester, me and my English comp teacher have been discussing great works of literature, all sorts of crazy books that we have both read. She was impressed that I knew most of the obscure pieces of literature she had talked to the class about. On my last day at school, I had gone to her office to talk with her about my final grade and she attempted to find me a copy of this book called, Wide Sargasso Sea, which is supposed to be like a prequel to Jane Eyre. She had three copys of the book in her office, but had written notes in all of them for one of her Lit classes. I wish I could take more classes with this lady. Anyway, after offering me three copys of the book, she said I should pick one up without all her scribbles in it. I agreed that I would and then brought up a competition we had settled on at the beginning of the year. We had both talked about how we wanted to read War and Peace, but didn't see how it would be possible during school, so the challenege: Whoever can finish War and Peace first, is the winner, and therefore, I suppose, the most awesome. I started reading today, with a vengeance, but only made it to chapter three. The first hundred pages are apparently a test of endurance, but once you break on through those, you're golden. So I've already started, and am anxiously awaiting to see who can finish first. I'm pretty sure that I will lose, but you can't stop me from trying!
After I had read for awhile I watched repeats of last night's Daily Show and Colbert Report, because that's where I get my news. Had some laughs, and had some lunch.
Lunch: Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I was too lazy to really cook anything.
Finished Colbert, and watched some Futurama, and then caught up on the season finale of House online. Damn man, that show never disappoints, though I did find myself going "What?...What?!...WHAT!??1?!" a lot at this finale. It was good though.
After that I went to take out money and caught the end of the Phillies game on TV. Mer was lucky enough to have actually gone, and I was quite jealous.
After the game ended I sped off to work, which flew by pretty quickly. No real annoying customers today, and I heard George Thorogood on the radio too on my way, so that put me in a good mood.
After work, as I always do on Thursday nights now, I headed over to the BFD with some work friends and we enjoyed the rain and some Eric Clapton while we had our "dinners"
Dinner: Chicken Cheesesteak. It was so good, and a nice change of pace from the regular cheesesteak. They apparently had a new cook, who couldn't read. That made me laugh when the waitress told me that.
A little past 11 it was time to head out. We all said our goodbyes and I headed home. When I arrived I sat in my car for another moment or two to watch the rain and lightning. It was pretty intense, though it sounds like it has died down at the moment. My dog (who is lying right next to me) is no longer breathing heavily and shaking like a leaf.
That's all for me today folks, hope you enjoyed it, and hope you enjoyed your own delicious meals this fine evening.
Monday, March 2
Even shorter post, THE BLOG IS...
Dead.
Just kidding. Let's keep this bitch up and running. I for one will not sit idly by and watch it slip into oblivion. No sir!
Anyway, today started early, at 7:56 A.M. my phone vibrated at my side. I opened my eyes frustrated and expecting it to be time to get up. I flip open my phone to see a text message from fellow food blogger Meredith.
From: Mer
Recieved at: 7:56 A.M.
Message: jerk
"Wha...?" I grumbled to myself, "I didn't even do anything..." I quickly responded with, "why am I a jerk?" and almost slipped back into my coma before I recieved the response, "You have off."
Leave it to Mer to deliver some great news. BCCC didn't have classes today and I had time to finish all of my homework. Good thing too, because I had a lot of it! I finished two essays today and it took up the majority of my snow day. I talked to Mer and shovelled the driveway as well when I was taking a break from my papers.
Breakfast: On snowdays I will eat breakfast and risk getting cancer. I had a bowl of crunchberries. They are so good, I couldn't resist.
After eating my crunchberries, I played with my puppy who was quietly resting in her bed. I woke her up and we played around for a bit, then she proceeded to bark the rest of the day like I expected she would. She never shuts up. Oh well.
Then it was time to shovel. With the help of my sister who also had a snow day, we finished within 20 minutes.
We both came inside and I made lunch.
Lunch: Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I had some Gold Coast blend coffee with it. I love me some coffee.
When I finished my lunch break, I finished up my paper for history about Woodrow Wilson's reelection in 1916 and took a reading break.
I am halfway done The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, it is very interesting in my opinion. I do often find myself now planning what book to read next before I'm finished the first one, but I don't want to read more than one at a time.
Dinner: Around 6, I was expecting to head to the diner later, so I had only a little of what my mom had prepared. Mashed Potatoes, Mushrooms, and Steak. I had some mushrooms and mashed potatoes.
I returned to my computer and did some more homework/talked to Mer patiently waiting for the diner trip which was to come.
Diner: I, accompanied by Ryan, Kevin, Ian, Nick, and Ray, headed for the diner at 8 o' clock. I had myself the Fountain Special Club. So good. Turkey sandwich with lettuce, bacon, and tomatoes which I usually take off, on toasted white bread. Mmmmm. I had some more coffee with it and we all chatted about the usual bizarre movie ideas we could concoct. One of which I was very much in favor of, but I won't expose the title as it would give away the entire movie. But Ian, if you read this, JPw/D MUST HAPPEN. It's genious!
All right folks, that's all I have for you today. May your adventures in food be exciting and plentiful!
Just kidding. Let's keep this bitch up and running. I for one will not sit idly by and watch it slip into oblivion. No sir!
Anyway, today started early, at 7:56 A.M. my phone vibrated at my side. I opened my eyes frustrated and expecting it to be time to get up. I flip open my phone to see a text message from fellow food blogger Meredith.
From: Mer
Recieved at: 7:56 A.M.
Message: jerk
"Wha...?" I grumbled to myself, "I didn't even do anything..." I quickly responded with, "why am I a jerk?" and almost slipped back into my coma before I recieved the response, "You have off."
Leave it to Mer to deliver some great news. BCCC didn't have classes today and I had time to finish all of my homework. Good thing too, because I had a lot of it! I finished two essays today and it took up the majority of my snow day. I talked to Mer and shovelled the driveway as well when I was taking a break from my papers.
Breakfast: On snowdays I will eat breakfast and risk getting cancer. I had a bowl of crunchberries. They are so good, I couldn't resist.
After eating my crunchberries, I played with my puppy who was quietly resting in her bed. I woke her up and we played around for a bit, then she proceeded to bark the rest of the day like I expected she would. She never shuts up. Oh well.
Then it was time to shovel. With the help of my sister who also had a snow day, we finished within 20 minutes.
We both came inside and I made lunch.
Lunch: Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I had some Gold Coast blend coffee with it. I love me some coffee.
When I finished my lunch break, I finished up my paper for history about Woodrow Wilson's reelection in 1916 and took a reading break.
I am halfway done The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, it is very interesting in my opinion. I do often find myself now planning what book to read next before I'm finished the first one, but I don't want to read more than one at a time.
Dinner: Around 6, I was expecting to head to the diner later, so I had only a little of what my mom had prepared. Mashed Potatoes, Mushrooms, and Steak. I had some mushrooms and mashed potatoes.
I returned to my computer and did some more homework/talked to Mer patiently waiting for the diner trip which was to come.
Diner: I, accompanied by Ryan, Kevin, Ian, Nick, and Ray, headed for the diner at 8 o' clock. I had myself the Fountain Special Club. So good. Turkey sandwich with lettuce, bacon, and tomatoes which I usually take off, on toasted white bread. Mmmmm. I had some more coffee with it and we all chatted about the usual bizarre movie ideas we could concoct. One of which I was very much in favor of, but I won't expose the title as it would give away the entire movie. But Ian, if you read this, JPw/D MUST HAPPEN. It's genious!
All right folks, that's all I have for you today. May your adventures in food be exciting and plentiful!
Monday, February 9
WHATDIDYOUHAVEFORDINNER.COM CONTEST!
Now that I am able to publish my book, I cannot decide on a cover art, so I would like you all (if you even care) to come up with one! The winner will be credited in the book of course, and will receive a copy. Good Luck, I sure hope someone cares enough to try this! So far I only have one contestant and that's Kevin Koch who is not a member of the food blog but still a very beloved Onion.
The title of the book is Whispers of Whitechapel, and the creepier you can get with the cover, the better! It's about Jack The Ripper in jolly old London, so pretty much anything goes!
Good luck to everyone again!
The title of the book is Whispers of Whitechapel, and the creepier you can get with the cover, the better! It's about Jack The Ripper in jolly old London, so pretty much anything goes!
Good luck to everyone again!
Saturday, February 7
Please, America, Beat Your Children.
Today unfortunately was not a very exciting day in the world of food. My day was mostly consumed by working on a valentine's day gift for Mer. In my down time I watched some Man vs. Wild and Wildboyz which is such a funny show. I miss Jackass, that was probably the only show on mtv that I enjoyed (And because of Jackass I got Viva La Bam and Wildboyz so I still get a dose of it from time to time). Some homework got done but I still have plenty to do over the next two days.
I also finally got back into Wuthering Heights today. I'm gonna finish that soon. I like it but I always seem to start reading and then my mind wanders after reading a chapter. Then I instantly find myself doing other things wondering where the free time I had went. Such a shame. My mom stole my copy of Jane Eyre and started reading that today. Maybe we'll swap when we're done.
What else......
Breakfast: Nothing. Causes Cancer. I'll have no part of that.
Around two I had lunch, while watching Jackass. There must have been a marathon on today or something, jesus.
Lunch: Two grilled cheese sandwiches, and some coffee.
I make lists all the time I guess, but I made one recently of types of coffee to try from Starbucks. I want to go through all of the Extra-Bold coffees. A strange goal yes. I had Sumatra already and I've moved on to French Roast which is very good. I've had about 5 cups of it in the past two days.
I read some more of Wuthering Heights until 4:45 when it was time to head off to work. When I got there I noticed once again the morning shift had not put any of their returns away so three carts full of returns awaited me. I was already pissed about that. So trying to keep my head up I dove right into my returns and my section. I knocked the returns out and cleaned my section and I thought it was going to be an easy night, but I couldn't have been more wrong. At 7 o' clock a man and his two kids walked into my section and raised hell! They picked one of everything off of the shelves and just threw them on the floor, and not purposely, he just couldn't control his damn kids. This is why I'm in favor of beating the shit out of my children, or at least the boys. Over my dead body will they act like that in public.
I followed behind them trying to keep my section clean but before I knew it, it was time for my break. I left for 15 minutes and came back to two more carts full of returns.
"What the hell is that?" I asked Noel, my manager.
"Returns, those kids destroyed your section, I tried to gather them all up for you so you didn't spend an hour doing it."
Off I went again cleaning. I only stopped cleaning and putting things away for that oh so short 15 minute break and I was over it. Extremely grumpy by now I swept the floors and got carts and by 9:20 we were done.
I headed home to get changed and then I went to the BFD.
Dinner: A cheese steak, fries, and a mountain dew.
The diner was a nice trip. Myself, Mer, her brother Brad, Timmi Bearss, and special guest Amy Huff were all there and it was a blast. We pwned photohunt and word dojo at our table and before we knew it, it was midnight. Man how time flies. I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow. Uhg. It's been a long day and I need some sleep. Oh and Dan, give me that website already, I want to publish my book.
I also finally got back into Wuthering Heights today. I'm gonna finish that soon. I like it but I always seem to start reading and then my mind wanders after reading a chapter. Then I instantly find myself doing other things wondering where the free time I had went. Such a shame. My mom stole my copy of Jane Eyre and started reading that today. Maybe we'll swap when we're done.
What else......
Breakfast: Nothing. Causes Cancer. I'll have no part of that.
Around two I had lunch, while watching Jackass. There must have been a marathon on today or something, jesus.
Lunch: Two grilled cheese sandwiches, and some coffee.
I make lists all the time I guess, but I made one recently of types of coffee to try from Starbucks. I want to go through all of the Extra-Bold coffees. A strange goal yes. I had Sumatra already and I've moved on to French Roast which is very good. I've had about 5 cups of it in the past two days.
I read some more of Wuthering Heights until 4:45 when it was time to head off to work. When I got there I noticed once again the morning shift had not put any of their returns away so three carts full of returns awaited me. I was already pissed about that. So trying to keep my head up I dove right into my returns and my section. I knocked the returns out and cleaned my section and I thought it was going to be an easy night, but I couldn't have been more wrong. At 7 o' clock a man and his two kids walked into my section and raised hell! They picked one of everything off of the shelves and just threw them on the floor, and not purposely, he just couldn't control his damn kids. This is why I'm in favor of beating the shit out of my children, or at least the boys. Over my dead body will they act like that in public.
I followed behind them trying to keep my section clean but before I knew it, it was time for my break. I left for 15 minutes and came back to two more carts full of returns.
"What the hell is that?" I asked Noel, my manager.
"Returns, those kids destroyed your section, I tried to gather them all up for you so you didn't spend an hour doing it."
Off I went again cleaning. I only stopped cleaning and putting things away for that oh so short 15 minute break and I was over it. Extremely grumpy by now I swept the floors and got carts and by 9:20 we were done.
I headed home to get changed and then I went to the BFD.
Dinner: A cheese steak, fries, and a mountain dew.
The diner was a nice trip. Myself, Mer, her brother Brad, Timmi Bearss, and special guest Amy Huff were all there and it was a blast. We pwned photohunt and word dojo at our table and before we knew it, it was midnight. Man how time flies. I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow. Uhg. It's been a long day and I need some sleep. Oh and Dan, give me that website already, I want to publish my book.
Thursday, January 15
The Iron Curtain
My day started around 9 A.M. I woke up and decided to watch some TV. I flipped to VH1 Classic and watched music videos for a little while until my phone began to vibrate across the end table behind me. Mer sent me a text and after some chatting she came over just before she had to go to work at 4. She made it to my house around one and we hung around and watched some more TV. Then something incredible happened.
Now as we all know, or most of us anyway, my dog is a jerk. She may be tiny, and she may be cute, but she can be quite the bitch. And Mer will agree with this passionately. Every time Mer comes over, my dog will bark at her the entire time. Today was no real exception, she barked when Mer came in and while we sat on the couch, but then it happened. She stopped barking, and not only that but she hopped up on the couch and sat down on Mer's stomach, and then she curled up and sat quietly with us as we watched TV. It was like a miracle of some sort, we were both so startled by it we didn't know what to think! She was so amazed that my dog was being nice, that we took a picture of the event and it is now saved on Mer's phone for anyone interested in seeing it.
At 3:10 Mer left to run some errands before work and I decided I would finish beating the game I rented the other night (CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR) before reading some Wuthering Heights. Now I did manage to beat Call of Duty, and it was awesome as always, but then something even cooler appeared in the game. A mini game! and not just any mini game...A ZOMBIE SURVIVAL MINI GAME! The Resident Evil fan in me shrieked with the excitement of a pre-teen girl. The game itself is called Nazi Zombies, in which you are trapped in a building and wave after wave of undead nazi's come storming in to get you. Every time you shoot a zombie, you get a certain amount of points and then with those points you can buy ammo or new weapons throughout the building, and unlock new areas. I don't know if you can actually beat the level but it was actually kind of scary and exciting. Every time you unlock a new area that just opens up more places for zombies to crawl in from. But it was really fun! I loved it and made it 8 rounds once I found the shotgun. Anything with zombies in it makes me swoon like the nerd I am.
After much zombie killing it was late into the day, so I showered and read a little before Mer came over again. She came back after working at Hallmark for a bit and we went out to eat our second dinners at nifty fifties. It was delicious.
Lastly, I've been fighting off a cold most of this week, so once Mer left around midnight, I headed over to Rite Aid and picked up some Nyquil. I took the dose and hopefully by tomorrow I will be cold free since I am all hopped up on cold medicine as I write. Maybe it will improve my writing skills. Who knows?
Breakfast: Nothing.
Lunch: Two Peanut butter and jelly sammiches.
Dinner: Sushi.
Second Dinner: Bacon cheeseburger, cheese fries, and a strawberry milkshake.
Now as we all know, or most of us anyway, my dog is a jerk. She may be tiny, and she may be cute, but she can be quite the bitch. And Mer will agree with this passionately. Every time Mer comes over, my dog will bark at her the entire time. Today was no real exception, she barked when Mer came in and while we sat on the couch, but then it happened. She stopped barking, and not only that but she hopped up on the couch and sat down on Mer's stomach, and then she curled up and sat quietly with us as we watched TV. It was like a miracle of some sort, we were both so startled by it we didn't know what to think! She was so amazed that my dog was being nice, that we took a picture of the event and it is now saved on Mer's phone for anyone interested in seeing it.
At 3:10 Mer left to run some errands before work and I decided I would finish beating the game I rented the other night (CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR) before reading some Wuthering Heights. Now I did manage to beat Call of Duty, and it was awesome as always, but then something even cooler appeared in the game. A mini game! and not just any mini game...A ZOMBIE SURVIVAL MINI GAME! The Resident Evil fan in me shrieked with the excitement of a pre-teen girl. The game itself is called Nazi Zombies, in which you are trapped in a building and wave after wave of undead nazi's come storming in to get you. Every time you shoot a zombie, you get a certain amount of points and then with those points you can buy ammo or new weapons throughout the building, and unlock new areas. I don't know if you can actually beat the level but it was actually kind of scary and exciting. Every time you unlock a new area that just opens up more places for zombies to crawl in from. But it was really fun! I loved it and made it 8 rounds once I found the shotgun. Anything with zombies in it makes me swoon like the nerd I am.
After much zombie killing it was late into the day, so I showered and read a little before Mer came over again. She came back after working at Hallmark for a bit and we went out to eat our second dinners at nifty fifties. It was delicious.
Lastly, I've been fighting off a cold most of this week, so once Mer left around midnight, I headed over to Rite Aid and picked up some Nyquil. I took the dose and hopefully by tomorrow I will be cold free since I am all hopped up on cold medicine as I write. Maybe it will improve my writing skills. Who knows?
Breakfast: Nothing.
Lunch: Two Peanut butter and jelly sammiches.
Dinner: Sushi.
Second Dinner: Bacon cheeseburger, cheese fries, and a strawberry milkshake.
Tuesday, December 30
Oh My! Oh Dear! O'Pella!
The past few days have been pretty average in nature. I passed the time as I usually do, and went about my business as usual. Yesterday was my day off, and having finished Crime and Punishment I decided to spend the day reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I knew it was a short book so I figured if I tried I could get through all 123 pages and I was able to. It was a nice little tale. Then it was time to fulfill my promise to our fellow food blogger Erik O. Mayer.
Since last year Professor Nesto has been exclaiming to me that the book Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte is "A great piece of American Literature!"
Now there are two things wrong with this statement. Number One, Bronte is British. Number Two, more often than not this saying is applied to literature that is not American.
Regardless, Erik has been going on and on about how wonderful the book is, and how, "Badass Heathcliff is". Heathcliff being a main character in the novel.
Another food blogger, Meredith, has told me that Wuthering Heights was not a good book, so the opinion is divided. But, I put it on my list of books I must read and therefore, I will not stop until it is finished with. It can't be all that bad, I mean it is said to be one of the 100 greatest books ever written. We shall see how true that is. I read the first two chapters and so far I am enjoying it. I'm confused, but I'm enjoying it. I'm also picking up on Bronte's love for the colon [ (:) that kind of colon], they're everywhere in that book! Maybe I'm paying too much attention.
Other than reading which you are all surely getting bored of hearing me talk about, I worked today, but not before going out to lunch with my mother and sister.
Lunch: We headed over to Red Robin and I got a Bacon Cheeseburger with Pepperjack Cheese. I love Pepperjack Cheese.
(Sidenote: I almost forgot I got some Sumatra blend coffee from starbucks the other day and it is delicious. I love extra bold coffee!)
After Red Robin I headed home and by 4:30 I was getting ready for work. I headed in and clocked in at 4:57, and got ready for my daily tasks. First off, swabbing the poop deck as I like to call it, also known as, cleaning the disgusting toilets in the store. I'm the stock guy on my shift which means I'm in charge of basically everything and do more work than anyone else. All the other people I work with now are girls, but I say that's no excuse for not working. Feminists ruined the free ride for you.
I cleaned the bathrooms and then was greeted by a shopping cart spilling over with returns. I did them very quickly and then was told to continue what I had been doing on Sunday. This meant going through the sticker aisles and sifting through every. single. one. and making sure they were all in the right place. Bullshit. But I carry on and do what I'm told, like a good little slave. After 4 hours I was done and it was time to fold all the t-shirts, sweep the floors, gather up the shopping carts, do the rest of my returns for the night, and take out the trash, in about 10 minutes. I did it, and I wasn't happy about it.
I left work at about 9:30 and went to WaWa for dinner.
Dinner: Wawa sammich. A toasted shorti, roasted turkey, bacon, more pepperjack cheese, lettuce, oregano. Always good. I usually get it on a kaiser roll but they were out or some shit. I don't buy that for a minute but whatever. I sped home and devoured it. Then I turned on House. I just got the second season for christmas. I'm watching the DVD's in reverse order but it's still awesome. I've already watched seasons 1-3 of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and all 7 episodes of John Adams which means it's up for grabs.
Since I'm always talking about what books I'm reading I'll ask you all which I should read next if you even give a crap about my posts anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't, they're kind of dull. Anyway...
What to read next after Wuthering Heights?
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Franklin
The Federalist - Hamilton/Madison/Jay
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Joyce
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
Paradise Lost - Milton
War and Peace - Tolstoy (this book intimidates the shit out of me, please don't vote for it)
The Aenid - Virgil
Since last year Professor Nesto has been exclaiming to me that the book Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte is "A great piece of American Literature!"
Now there are two things wrong with this statement. Number One, Bronte is British. Number Two, more often than not this saying is applied to literature that is not American.
Regardless, Erik has been going on and on about how wonderful the book is, and how, "Badass Heathcliff is". Heathcliff being a main character in the novel.
Another food blogger, Meredith, has told me that Wuthering Heights was not a good book, so the opinion is divided. But, I put it on my list of books I must read and therefore, I will not stop until it is finished with. It can't be all that bad, I mean it is said to be one of the 100 greatest books ever written. We shall see how true that is. I read the first two chapters and so far I am enjoying it. I'm confused, but I'm enjoying it. I'm also picking up on Bronte's love for the colon [ (:) that kind of colon], they're everywhere in that book! Maybe I'm paying too much attention.
Other than reading which you are all surely getting bored of hearing me talk about, I worked today, but not before going out to lunch with my mother and sister.
Lunch: We headed over to Red Robin and I got a Bacon Cheeseburger with Pepperjack Cheese. I love Pepperjack Cheese.
(Sidenote: I almost forgot I got some Sumatra blend coffee from starbucks the other day and it is delicious. I love extra bold coffee!)
After Red Robin I headed home and by 4:30 I was getting ready for work. I headed in and clocked in at 4:57, and got ready for my daily tasks. First off, swabbing the poop deck as I like to call it, also known as, cleaning the disgusting toilets in the store. I'm the stock guy on my shift which means I'm in charge of basically everything and do more work than anyone else. All the other people I work with now are girls, but I say that's no excuse for not working. Feminists ruined the free ride for you.
I cleaned the bathrooms and then was greeted by a shopping cart spilling over with returns. I did them very quickly and then was told to continue what I had been doing on Sunday. This meant going through the sticker aisles and sifting through every. single. one. and making sure they were all in the right place. Bullshit. But I carry on and do what I'm told, like a good little slave. After 4 hours I was done and it was time to fold all the t-shirts, sweep the floors, gather up the shopping carts, do the rest of my returns for the night, and take out the trash, in about 10 minutes. I did it, and I wasn't happy about it.
I left work at about 9:30 and went to WaWa for dinner.
Dinner: Wawa sammich. A toasted shorti, roasted turkey, bacon, more pepperjack cheese, lettuce, oregano. Always good. I usually get it on a kaiser roll but they were out or some shit. I don't buy that for a minute but whatever. I sped home and devoured it. Then I turned on House. I just got the second season for christmas. I'm watching the DVD's in reverse order but it's still awesome. I've already watched seasons 1-3 of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and all 7 episodes of John Adams which means it's up for grabs.
Since I'm always talking about what books I'm reading I'll ask you all which I should read next if you even give a crap about my posts anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't, they're kind of dull. Anyway...
What to read next after Wuthering Heights?
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Franklin
The Federalist - Hamilton/Madison/Jay
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Joyce
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
Paradise Lost - Milton
War and Peace - Tolstoy (this book intimidates the shit out of me, please don't vote for it)
The Aenid - Virgil
Monday, December 8
A cold wind blows in the streets of St. Petersburg
So today started like any other day. I woke up at 8 o' clock to the sounds of Incubus buzzing in my ear. I wish my damn blogs weren't so repetitive. Sorry y'all. Anyway, so I got up...slowly...and made my way...slowly...to my room and quickly got changed and picked my Zune from it's charger. I headed quickly back to the living room to gather my books up for the day ahead and by 8:30 I was out the door, froze my nips off, and then hopped into my car and started speeding down the road toward Langhorne.
I made it to school on time and walked into Chem, where I experienced what Malaria must feel like. I was hot and then cold and then hot and then cold, hot, cold, hot, cold, hot, coldhotcoldhotcoldldkfjadslkjghdklsghsdkjlghdslkjfghskjldghkldsgh. I leave my jacket on, I get hot and start to fall asleep in my chair, which is annoying, so I take it off and then IT'S FREEZING IN THERE. God damn! After my bout with the metaphorical elements, it was time for Psychology which I love. Dr. Fallon-Kline is an awesome teacher and psych is a fun class, and would be an interesting profession. I'm taking another psych class next semester, I hope I enjoy it as much as I did this one.
After this I made my way home, listening to Lewis Black stand up, until I arrived at Brother's Pizza.
I started going to Brothers every Monday and Wednesday, so much so that they all actually talk to me now when I go in. It's nice to be recognized haha. They even know what I'm going to order and just hand it to me. Good stuff.
Lunch: One slice of buffalo chicken pizza, and one slice of cheesesteak pizza. Cheesesteak pizza is WEIRD, but good. I never thought I would ever find myself putting ketchup on a slice of pizza but, there I was. And it was much better with the ketchup. But the buffalo chicken is definitely my favorite, but if they hadn't nearly ran out, I would have never experienced the cheesesteak slice that I did. Oh the places you'll go, and oh the pizza you'll find there.
After lunch, I did some homework, and read some of Crime and Punishment. I loves me some Dostoevsky. As far as I'm concerned, Fyodor Dostoevsky is O.K. in my book. I just had a discussion about this stuff with our dear friend, and blog ringleader, other Dan, and we decided the next book I should read is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, a great Irish writer. Should be good, if not, It's your ass, other Dan!
So, after a few hours and a decent meal I headed back to school for Biology where we watched a movie for our last lecture. It was about three researchers who attempted to climb Everest. It was cool, and strange to see how they did it, but they all made it. I never knew that if you died on Everest they just left you there, though it makes sense. One guy died literally 100 feet from the summit and his body is still just sitting there. There were corpses everywhere! It was kind of Haunting, actually. To see dead people on a path and to just step right over them and keep going. Strange.
I made it home around 5:30 and read some more Crime and Punishment before eating dinner.
Dinner: A Cheeseburger and baked beans. Mmmm, beans.
After dinner I talked to Mer for a bit and then went off to read some History. After about an hour of that I gave up and started doing what any blogger should do when they find themselves with free time, eating!
Dinner part deux: I made another cheeseburger and it was, fantastic.
That is all my friends, I hope you enjoyed what I had to say this time, it was slightly less repetitive as the otheres.
I made it to school on time and walked into Chem, where I experienced what Malaria must feel like. I was hot and then cold and then hot and then cold, hot, cold, hot, cold, hot, coldhotcoldhotcoldldkfjadslkjghdklsghsdkjlghdslkjfghskjldghkldsgh. I leave my jacket on, I get hot and start to fall asleep in my chair, which is annoying, so I take it off and then IT'S FREEZING IN THERE. God damn! After my bout with the metaphorical elements, it was time for Psychology which I love. Dr. Fallon-Kline is an awesome teacher and psych is a fun class, and would be an interesting profession. I'm taking another psych class next semester, I hope I enjoy it as much as I did this one.
After this I made my way home, listening to Lewis Black stand up, until I arrived at Brother's Pizza.
I started going to Brothers every Monday and Wednesday, so much so that they all actually talk to me now when I go in. It's nice to be recognized haha. They even know what I'm going to order and just hand it to me. Good stuff.
Lunch: One slice of buffalo chicken pizza, and one slice of cheesesteak pizza. Cheesesteak pizza is WEIRD, but good. I never thought I would ever find myself putting ketchup on a slice of pizza but, there I was. And it was much better with the ketchup. But the buffalo chicken is definitely my favorite, but if they hadn't nearly ran out, I would have never experienced the cheesesteak slice that I did. Oh the places you'll go, and oh the pizza you'll find there.
After lunch, I did some homework, and read some of Crime and Punishment. I loves me some Dostoevsky. As far as I'm concerned, Fyodor Dostoevsky is O.K. in my book. I just had a discussion about this stuff with our dear friend, and blog ringleader, other Dan, and we decided the next book I should read is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, a great Irish writer. Should be good, if not, It's your ass, other Dan!
So, after a few hours and a decent meal I headed back to school for Biology where we watched a movie for our last lecture. It was about three researchers who attempted to climb Everest. It was cool, and strange to see how they did it, but they all made it. I never knew that if you died on Everest they just left you there, though it makes sense. One guy died literally 100 feet from the summit and his body is still just sitting there. There were corpses everywhere! It was kind of Haunting, actually. To see dead people on a path and to just step right over them and keep going. Strange.
I made it home around 5:30 and read some more Crime and Punishment before eating dinner.
Dinner: A Cheeseburger and baked beans. Mmmm, beans.
After dinner I talked to Mer for a bit and then went off to read some History. After about an hour of that I gave up and started doing what any blogger should do when they find themselves with free time, eating!
Dinner part deux: I made another cheeseburger and it was, fantastic.
That is all my friends, I hope you enjoyed what I had to say this time, it was slightly less repetitive as the otheres.
Saturday, November 22
Of Sharks and Sammiches
By sammich I of course mean sandwich. Nevertheless, Hello to all of you, I hope your week has been peaceful and/or entertaining. Mine was arduous, but there was a silver lining. Since my last post I finished Moby Dick and moved on to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I have less than 100 pages left in the book and it is great, I'd recommend this book to anyone as well. Anyway, Last night I got to see Mer and we had a sleepover which was wonderful. I really like staying at Temple and can't wait for my term at Bucks to be over so I can transfer there. The campus is nice in my opinion though sometimes it smells like doo-doo.
Me and Mer, as we usually do, stayed in bed most of the day but I had to leave because I have stupid work on Saturdays. I really didn't want to get up, it was warm and comfy in her bed. It was heartbreaking to leave it. But then I braved the freezing tundra of a path to the train station and caught my train which made me happy. I love riding on trains as I'm sure I've mentioned. I like to sit back and relax and watch the trees pass by, fusing together into a semi-constant blur as they zip on by.
I got home and sat down at my computer for a minute to see if my check was processed. It was. So then I wandered around and played with my dog until it was time to go to work. I suited up, so to speak, and headed off.
Went through the usual motions at work. I really wish I was born rich so I wouldn't have to put up with other people's crap. Then again, if I was born rich I'd probably be the one GIVING other people crap. So it goes.
After that was over and done with, which I couldn't have wanted more because tonight dragged on forever, I headed on over to Wawa for some dinner because I was starving and didnt feel like making anything.
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Peanut butter and Jelly sammich, made by fellow food blogger Meredith, so it was twice as good :)
Dinner: Wawa sammich.
This sammich was goooood. Roasted turkey on a kaiser roll with lettuce, oregano, bacon, pepper-jack cheese, with Mountain Dew and cheese curls. Could a man ask for more?
That's all I've got for this week, hopefully the next post will be more exciting. After 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea i'm going to read Crime and Punishment in the winter time while its snowing. It's gonna be awesome.
Me and Mer, as we usually do, stayed in bed most of the day but I had to leave because I have stupid work on Saturdays. I really didn't want to get up, it was warm and comfy in her bed. It was heartbreaking to leave it. But then I braved the freezing tundra of a path to the train station and caught my train which made me happy. I love riding on trains as I'm sure I've mentioned. I like to sit back and relax and watch the trees pass by, fusing together into a semi-constant blur as they zip on by.
I got home and sat down at my computer for a minute to see if my check was processed. It was. So then I wandered around and played with my dog until it was time to go to work. I suited up, so to speak, and headed off.
Went through the usual motions at work. I really wish I was born rich so I wouldn't have to put up with other people's crap. Then again, if I was born rich I'd probably be the one GIVING other people crap. So it goes.
After that was over and done with, which I couldn't have wanted more because tonight dragged on forever, I headed on over to Wawa for some dinner because I was starving and didnt feel like making anything.
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Peanut butter and Jelly sammich, made by fellow food blogger Meredith, so it was twice as good :)
Dinner: Wawa sammich.
This sammich was goooood. Roasted turkey on a kaiser roll with lettuce, oregano, bacon, pepper-jack cheese, with Mountain Dew and cheese curls. Could a man ask for more?
That's all I've got for this week, hopefully the next post will be more exciting. After 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea i'm going to read Crime and Punishment in the winter time while its snowing. It's gonna be awesome.
Monday, November 10
Chapter 100
My day began like any other, early. 8 A.M., my alarm rings and I lurch up from my deep deep slumber. Involuntarily I went right back to sleep. I woke up some time later terrified that I had missed my class, but when I look to the clock I had only been out for ten minutes. I threw myself off of the bed and got dressed, brushed my teeth before heading out into the living room.
In the freezing cold open room I sat down at my computer and checked the blog (of course) to see any new comments that might have been posted, as I do every morning. Knowing it was my day to blog I couldn't help but be excited for the day to come. As fate would have it, the day turned out to be mundane and uneventful, so I had to make it eventful.
At 8:30 I headed to school. I gathered up my books and hurled them into my passenger seat as I peeled away from my house and headed down Woodbourne road. When I arrived at BCCC I rushed over to Chemistry and sat attentively through the two hour long lecture. We work to the end of the period every time, and it drives me crazy. Mostly because the first day of class she assured us that she let her classes out early if she finished the material she would be lecturing on that day. She neglected to tell us that the material she talked about each lecture lasted precicely two hours. Bullshit I say!
Psych was much easier, and as always it flew by. Unlike my chem teacher, my psych teacher said she lets her classes out early and actually does. Dr. Fallon-Kline, you're ok in my book. After class I rushed back to my car through the searing wind, which was ice cold. I rushed out of the parking lot and headed to Langhorne to get me some lunch.
Breakfast: Nothing!
Lunch: Two slices of Buffalo chicken pizza. Milk. Potato chips. Damn good lunch.
After lunch I looked over some chemistry and gathered up my books, getting ready for Biology. I headed back to school for my 3 o' clock class and sat down ready for some Bio. To my surprise, Dr, Wild came into class and began lecturing on an all too familiar topic. Zoology! Audible Gasp! The God Awful topic I spent a semester learning at Millersville was condensed before my eyes into an Hour and a half lecture. I actually came to realize very quickly that I remembered all of it! I was shocked! I guess that mean old bastard Dr. Reinking taught me something after all. Though in this instance, Dr. Wild's methods of teaching us the information seemed more like actual learning as opposed to a physical beating.
Bio ended around 4:30 and I headed on home to watch some House and do some history homework. I love history. I'm still watching House, and as I sit at my desk out of the corner of my eye I see the gold leafed pages of Moby Dick glistening as the light from my lamp reflects off of them. That damn whale will be the death of me. I have 155 pages left. I'm literally in the home stretch. Usually when I get to 100 pages left I read until I finish, but I don't know if that will work out with this book. I think that by the end of the week I will be done. I'll be moving on to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea after this, I've decided to stick with the oceanic theme.
I almost forgot,
Dinner: Two sandwiches. Cajun turkey and American cheese on Portuguese rolls. So good.
I tried to post a part of my book for you all tonight, but apparently I can't do it on here. Shame. I'm sure no one cares, haha, but it was worth a shot. Other than that, all I have left to say is look below my post to read Mer's PSA. It got bumped down because of my post but is still very important.
In the freezing cold open room I sat down at my computer and checked the blog (of course) to see any new comments that might have been posted, as I do every morning. Knowing it was my day to blog I couldn't help but be excited for the day to come. As fate would have it, the day turned out to be mundane and uneventful, so I had to make it eventful.
At 8:30 I headed to school. I gathered up my books and hurled them into my passenger seat as I peeled away from my house and headed down Woodbourne road. When I arrived at BCCC I rushed over to Chemistry and sat attentively through the two hour long lecture. We work to the end of the period every time, and it drives me crazy. Mostly because the first day of class she assured us that she let her classes out early if she finished the material she would be lecturing on that day. She neglected to tell us that the material she talked about each lecture lasted precicely two hours. Bullshit I say!
Psych was much easier, and as always it flew by. Unlike my chem teacher, my psych teacher said she lets her classes out early and actually does. Dr. Fallon-Kline, you're ok in my book. After class I rushed back to my car through the searing wind, which was ice cold. I rushed out of the parking lot and headed to Langhorne to get me some lunch.
Breakfast: Nothing!
Lunch: Two slices of Buffalo chicken pizza. Milk. Potato chips. Damn good lunch.
After lunch I looked over some chemistry and gathered up my books, getting ready for Biology. I headed back to school for my 3 o' clock class and sat down ready for some Bio. To my surprise, Dr, Wild came into class and began lecturing on an all too familiar topic. Zoology! Audible Gasp! The God Awful topic I spent a semester learning at Millersville was condensed before my eyes into an Hour and a half lecture. I actually came to realize very quickly that I remembered all of it! I was shocked! I guess that mean old bastard Dr. Reinking taught me something after all. Though in this instance, Dr. Wild's methods of teaching us the information seemed more like actual learning as opposed to a physical beating.
Bio ended around 4:30 and I headed on home to watch some House and do some history homework. I love history. I'm still watching House, and as I sit at my desk out of the corner of my eye I see the gold leafed pages of Moby Dick glistening as the light from my lamp reflects off of them. That damn whale will be the death of me. I have 155 pages left. I'm literally in the home stretch. Usually when I get to 100 pages left I read until I finish, but I don't know if that will work out with this book. I think that by the end of the week I will be done. I'll be moving on to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea after this, I've decided to stick with the oceanic theme.
I almost forgot,
Dinner: Two sandwiches. Cajun turkey and American cheese on Portuguese rolls. So good.
I tried to post a part of my book for you all tonight, but apparently I can't do it on here. Shame. I'm sure no one cares, haha, but it was worth a shot. Other than that, all I have left to say is look below my post to read Mer's PSA. It got bumped down because of my post but is still very important.
Monday, October 27
Split Your Lungs With Blood And Thunder!
"...When you see the White Whale!"
I am halfway done Moby Dick now. I love it. It is one of the strangest books I have ever read, but it is written extremely well. Herman Melville knew his stuff. You don't meet captain Ahab until about 150 pages into the book, in fact he isn't even mentioned until that point and he is one of the most important figures in the plot of the novel! The Whale itself isnt mentioned until 250 pages in, and doesn't make an appearance until much later in the book, or so I'm told. But somehow it keeps my attention with the plight of Ahab the captain and Ishmael the sailor and Queequeg the savage cannibal harpooner.
My book list is slowly being chipped away at. I wish I could take a month off and just read some of them. I have them around but don't have any time to look at them like I used to over the summer. I've begun to invest in my own personal library so to speak. I've stopped buying paperback books and instead replace them with first edition leather hardcover books. Beautiful. I want to have a huge library of books one day. Mer suggested I get one big enough so that we can put a sliding ladder on the bookcase. That would be pretty sweet. So here's where I am literature-wise.
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (own it, haven't read it yet)
We the Living - Rand (own it, haven't read it yet)
The Lucifer Effect - Zimbardo (Bought it but it hasn't come yet...damn you amazon!)
Catch-22 - Heller (haven't read it yet)
A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens (Bought it, haven't read it yet because I'm still on Moby Dick)
The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger (FINISHED: Loved it, it's resting peacefully next to Anthem)
Heart of Darkness - Conrad (FINISHED: Didn't like it at first but looking back I'm starting to appreciate it more)
Paradise Lost - Milton (Haven't read it yet, but am in the process of aquiring it.)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Stevenson (Haven't read it yet but again am in the process of getting it.)
Anthem - Rand (FINISHED: Loved it up until the last chapter, it's sitting on my bookshelf)
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky (Haven't started it yet, can't find it anywhere!)
Slaughterhouse-Five - Vonnegut (FINISHED: Good stuff, turned me on to Vonnegut)
The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck (Can't find this anywhere in hardcover either!)
The Virgin Suicides - Eugenides (Apparently very creepy, but haven't stumbled upon it yet)
War and Peace - Tolstoy (Huge book, almost bought it but didn't. It's intimidating. Haven't read it yet.)
Moby Dick - Melville (IN PROGRESS: I'd recommend this to anyone with free time and love of the sea.)
Beast - Benchley (FINISHED: I love Peter Benchley. Jaws and Beast are sitting next to Anthem as well on my bookshelf and I'd like to read Jaws again soon.)
The Prince - Machiavelli (Haven't read it yet)
The Jungle - Sinclair (Haven't read it yet)
Wuthering Heights - Bronte (Added this to the list, haven't found a copy yet though)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Verne (I have the book, but haven't started it yet. That damn white whale is taking up all my time. Call me Ahab.)
Who know what I'll start after I finally finish Moby Dick. I may have to take a break due to literary fatigue. The book really is a workout to read sometimes. I just got a copy of the Federalist by Hamilton and the bunch, maybe i'll take a gander at that.
This past week drug on and on and on, and this week appears to be doing the same thing to my distaste. I bought season 4 of House M.D. (size changes for emphasis) and that only occupied me for...three days? I watched the whole damn thing in three days. It was awesome, but I was left wanting more.
And now that I work on Tuesday nights I miss all the new ones. Arg! I don't work this saturday though which is nice. I'll be heading down to Temple to spend Halloween with our beloved fellow blogger Meredith. Perhaps on Saturday we will go get cheesesteaks so we can blog about them. Who knows?
BREAKFAST: Nothing.
LUNCH: Grilled Cheese and a ton of potato chips. Grilled Cheese is fantastic.
DINNER: Pork Chops and Mashed potatoes. MMMMMMMMM I love mashed potatoes.
I hope the Phillies win. My aunt and grandpop are there right now. My mom went with my grandpop yesterday and my uncle the day before that. Lucky...
I am halfway done Moby Dick now. I love it. It is one of the strangest books I have ever read, but it is written extremely well. Herman Melville knew his stuff. You don't meet captain Ahab until about 150 pages into the book, in fact he isn't even mentioned until that point and he is one of the most important figures in the plot of the novel! The Whale itself isnt mentioned until 250 pages in, and doesn't make an appearance until much later in the book, or so I'm told. But somehow it keeps my attention with the plight of Ahab the captain and Ishmael the sailor and Queequeg the savage cannibal harpooner.
My book list is slowly being chipped away at. I wish I could take a month off and just read some of them. I have them around but don't have any time to look at them like I used to over the summer. I've begun to invest in my own personal library so to speak. I've stopped buying paperback books and instead replace them with first edition leather hardcover books. Beautiful. I want to have a huge library of books one day. Mer suggested I get one big enough so that we can put a sliding ladder on the bookcase. That would be pretty sweet. So here's where I am literature-wise.
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (own it, haven't read it yet)
We the Living - Rand (own it, haven't read it yet)
The Lucifer Effect - Zimbardo (Bought it but it hasn't come yet...damn you amazon!)
Catch-22 - Heller (haven't read it yet)
A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens (Bought it, haven't read it yet because I'm still on Moby Dick)
The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger (FINISHED: Loved it, it's resting peacefully next to Anthem)
Heart of Darkness - Conrad (FINISHED: Didn't like it at first but looking back I'm starting to appreciate it more)
Paradise Lost - Milton (Haven't read it yet, but am in the process of aquiring it.)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Stevenson (Haven't read it yet but again am in the process of getting it.)
Anthem - Rand (FINISHED: Loved it up until the last chapter, it's sitting on my bookshelf)
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky (Haven't started it yet, can't find it anywhere!)
Slaughterhouse-Five - Vonnegut (FINISHED: Good stuff, turned me on to Vonnegut)
The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck (Can't find this anywhere in hardcover either!)
The Virgin Suicides - Eugenides (Apparently very creepy, but haven't stumbled upon it yet)
War and Peace - Tolstoy (Huge book, almost bought it but didn't. It's intimidating. Haven't read it yet.)
Moby Dick - Melville (IN PROGRESS: I'd recommend this to anyone with free time and love of the sea.)
Beast - Benchley (FINISHED: I love Peter Benchley. Jaws and Beast are sitting next to Anthem as well on my bookshelf and I'd like to read Jaws again soon.)
The Prince - Machiavelli (Haven't read it yet)
The Jungle - Sinclair (Haven't read it yet)
Wuthering Heights - Bronte (Added this to the list, haven't found a copy yet though)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Verne (I have the book, but haven't started it yet. That damn white whale is taking up all my time. Call me Ahab.)
Who know what I'll start after I finally finish Moby Dick. I may have to take a break due to literary fatigue. The book really is a workout to read sometimes. I just got a copy of the Federalist by Hamilton and the bunch, maybe i'll take a gander at that.
This past week drug on and on and on, and this week appears to be doing the same thing to my distaste. I bought season 4 of House M.D. (size changes for emphasis) and that only occupied me for...three days? I watched the whole damn thing in three days. It was awesome, but I was left wanting more.
And now that I work on Tuesday nights I miss all the new ones. Arg! I don't work this saturday though which is nice. I'll be heading down to Temple to spend Halloween with our beloved fellow blogger Meredith. Perhaps on Saturday we will go get cheesesteaks so we can blog about them. Who knows?
BREAKFAST: Nothing.
LUNCH: Grilled Cheese and a ton of potato chips. Grilled Cheese is fantastic.
DINNER: Pork Chops and Mashed potatoes. MMMMMMMMM I love mashed potatoes.
I hope the Phillies win. My aunt and grandpop are there right now. My mom went with my grandpop yesterday and my uncle the day before that. Lucky...
Monday, October 13
Welcome to Hell, where we do Custom Framing, This is D.L. Nicastro, How may I direct your call?
So my weekend left something to be desired. Unfortunately. It all began on Friday with the familiar feeling of excitement I get when Mer is coming home for the weekend. I head home from school after psychology with a big smile on my face and get ready for her arrival. She usually gets in around 3 or 4 and I get to see her that night which is always wonderful.
Saturday I woke up and did nothing. I had work and would not be able to attend homecoming, like several of my fellow food bloggers here, despite being invited by Erik O. Mayer and Mer at one point or another. Instead I got to sit in and do homework until it was time for work to start. I rushed over and clocked in sure that just like the other Saturdays I have worked, that it would be busy all night until we closed. And I was right. We all ran around like fools putting things away that people refuse to put back themselves. It really infuriates me.
Now I can understand that if you bring something to the register, and the price was not the same as it was out on the floor and is instead something outrageous, THEN you should by all means say you do not want the item you selected. HOWEVER, if you look at something in one of the aisles, and take it off the shelf, how hard is it to just place it back on the rack where you found it instead of dropping it on the floor or hanging it on a completely different rack? That seems like more work to me, as I'm sure that when you do pick something up you do not tend to wander with it but instead are standing directly in front of where you found it.
We ran around the store for forty minutes after we closed fixing everything. I would say the majority of the damage was done by one woman in particular. I witnessed her causing the destruction as well. As I was putting a t-shirt away, I heard a clanging noise and peered over into the next aisle which contained jewelery. There I spotted a woman picking up one of every piece of jewelery, looking at it, and then without a second thought dropping it on the floor and moving on to the next one. She did this for every piece of jewelery. After this, already angry I went about my business and came across another t-shirt which needed to be put away. I mosied on over to the t-shirts again to see the racks were in complete disarray. In amazement of how that could possibly happen, I put my shirt back and tried to straighten up. Moments later I saw her. The same woman who had torn through jewelery was working her way on through the t-shirts. I stared at her with sheer confusion over how she could think that her actions were acceptable. She noticed me noticing her wreaking havoc and said simply,
"I know that it's a pain to re-fold these t-shirts but I just can't have anything from India, they have to be made in China."
I just nodded and didn't say a word. Fast forward two hours and it took five of us to fix the shelves. I told the rest of my fellow employees what I witnessed and one of them, Erica, checked the tags on many of the shirts, all of which said El-Salvador. India or China were never even an option. Needless to say we were all fuming.
I saw Mer that night for a few hours, not nearly as long as I would have liked to. Then I went to bed after she left and got ready for work in the morning. My Sunday open to close shift.
When I arrived in on sunday, ten minutes before the store opened, there was already a line forming outside. I don't know why these people wanted wicker baskets so badly or whatever the hell they were after but it was the busiest I've ever seen the store.
They put me on register for the entire day and no one was on the floor to put things away. We didn't even get to look at how bad the store was until after we closed for the night. While I was on register I wasn't exactly shouted at but some people did get angry that certain things couldn't be bought with their coupon. Even though it has always been a rule that you can't use a coupon with something that is already on sale. And I would be willing to bet that these people have always been coming to A.C. Moore and know this fact all too well. But the customer is always right eh? What a load of shit.
G, another employee, encountered more problems than I did. Some woman brought up a Thomas the Tank Engine toy and he rang it up. It came up a different price as it had been on the floor and she immediately FREAKED. OUT.
"Call your FUCKING manager!" she cried, and continued to call him stupid and shout other mean things at him. He paged the manager and it took him several minutes to get to the register, so the woman passed the time by cursing and shouting at G some more. Eventually he got fed up and said, "Could you please just show me some respect, I am trying to help you." which only made her more angry. Her husband by her side, proceeded to tell my manager that he should, "Fire this guy!"
I turned and showed G my fist, trying to say, "Stay strong." which he did. I'd say under the circumstances, he handled everything quite well. People need a wake up call to understand that we want to help you, but if you are going to be rude and insulting to all of these people, all of the time, then there won't be any to help you out. You can go whiddle your own thomas the tank engine out of drift wood for all I care. OR, you can enjoy the luxury of someone trying to help you out and get it for you.
6 o' clock we closed and got a look at the store. It was a disaster area. 70 minutes later the store was clean, but not before we came across the most foul, disgusting, unforgiveable thing any of us had ever encountered. Someone left a shit-filled diaper, in a shopping cart, in the middle of one of our aisles. I will repeat that so it sinks in. Someone left a SHIT-FILLED DIAPER, for US to clean up. Fuck you, whoever you are. You should be ashamed of yourself and your lack of respect for your fellow man.
I was supposed to see Mer that night before she left for school and help her take things back, but I wasn't able to, which just made me all the more angry about the day. I came home and read some of Moby Dick, which is truely a bizarre novel. But I like it so far. I went to bed around 12 after watching the weekend house marathon on USA. That always manages to cheer me up.
Today I awoke at 7:45 like any other Monday morning and headed off to school.
Breakfast: Nothing, it causes cancer.
After chemistry and Psychology were over I talked to Kate for a little while and then saw my friend Michelle from work, and talked to her for about two seconds before she had to go to class. Then I was headed for home. I stopped at Brothers Pizza as I do now once a week for some delicious pizza.
Lunch: Two slices of Buffalo chicken pizza, and a pepsi. Loves it.
I headed back to school for Bio at 3. Today's lecture was short and sweet. We were out of there by 4. I got home and finished some homework and then passed out. My weekend caught up with me and I slept for about an hour. I woke up not feeling any more rested than I had before. I read some more of Moby Dick and then headed out to the living room to get ready for the Phillies Game. My mom and sister are out at her softball practice, so I have to cook myself dinner again. A ritual I'm becoming quite used to. She promised me that she would cook me dinner for once tomorrow night. I will be the first time in nearly three weeks where I haven't had to make my own dinner. At least I know I'm self sufficient.
Dinner: Probably will end up being soup or something not filling.
Oh well, get your television sets ready everyone, the Phillies are on in less than an Hour.
Saturday I woke up and did nothing. I had work and would not be able to attend homecoming, like several of my fellow food bloggers here, despite being invited by Erik O. Mayer and Mer at one point or another. Instead I got to sit in and do homework until it was time for work to start. I rushed over and clocked in sure that just like the other Saturdays I have worked, that it would be busy all night until we closed. And I was right. We all ran around like fools putting things away that people refuse to put back themselves. It really infuriates me.
Now I can understand that if you bring something to the register, and the price was not the same as it was out on the floor and is instead something outrageous, THEN you should by all means say you do not want the item you selected. HOWEVER, if you look at something in one of the aisles, and take it off the shelf, how hard is it to just place it back on the rack where you found it instead of dropping it on the floor or hanging it on a completely different rack? That seems like more work to me, as I'm sure that when you do pick something up you do not tend to wander with it but instead are standing directly in front of where you found it.
We ran around the store for forty minutes after we closed fixing everything. I would say the majority of the damage was done by one woman in particular. I witnessed her causing the destruction as well. As I was putting a t-shirt away, I heard a clanging noise and peered over into the next aisle which contained jewelery. There I spotted a woman picking up one of every piece of jewelery, looking at it, and then without a second thought dropping it on the floor and moving on to the next one. She did this for every piece of jewelery. After this, already angry I went about my business and came across another t-shirt which needed to be put away. I mosied on over to the t-shirts again to see the racks were in complete disarray. In amazement of how that could possibly happen, I put my shirt back and tried to straighten up. Moments later I saw her. The same woman who had torn through jewelery was working her way on through the t-shirts. I stared at her with sheer confusion over how she could think that her actions were acceptable. She noticed me noticing her wreaking havoc and said simply,
"I know that it's a pain to re-fold these t-shirts but I just can't have anything from India, they have to be made in China."
I just nodded and didn't say a word. Fast forward two hours and it took five of us to fix the shelves. I told the rest of my fellow employees what I witnessed and one of them, Erica, checked the tags on many of the shirts, all of which said El-Salvador. India or China were never even an option. Needless to say we were all fuming.
I saw Mer that night for a few hours, not nearly as long as I would have liked to. Then I went to bed after she left and got ready for work in the morning. My Sunday open to close shift.
When I arrived in on sunday, ten minutes before the store opened, there was already a line forming outside. I don't know why these people wanted wicker baskets so badly or whatever the hell they were after but it was the busiest I've ever seen the store.
They put me on register for the entire day and no one was on the floor to put things away. We didn't even get to look at how bad the store was until after we closed for the night. While I was on register I wasn't exactly shouted at but some people did get angry that certain things couldn't be bought with their coupon. Even though it has always been a rule that you can't use a coupon with something that is already on sale. And I would be willing to bet that these people have always been coming to A.C. Moore and know this fact all too well. But the customer is always right eh? What a load of shit.
G, another employee, encountered more problems than I did. Some woman brought up a Thomas the Tank Engine toy and he rang it up. It came up a different price as it had been on the floor and she immediately FREAKED. OUT.
"Call your FUCKING manager!" she cried, and continued to call him stupid and shout other mean things at him. He paged the manager and it took him several minutes to get to the register, so the woman passed the time by cursing and shouting at G some more. Eventually he got fed up and said, "Could you please just show me some respect, I am trying to help you." which only made her more angry. Her husband by her side, proceeded to tell my manager that he should, "Fire this guy!"
I turned and showed G my fist, trying to say, "Stay strong." which he did. I'd say under the circumstances, he handled everything quite well. People need a wake up call to understand that we want to help you, but if you are going to be rude and insulting to all of these people, all of the time, then there won't be any to help you out. You can go whiddle your own thomas the tank engine out of drift wood for all I care. OR, you can enjoy the luxury of someone trying to help you out and get it for you.
6 o' clock we closed and got a look at the store. It was a disaster area. 70 minutes later the store was clean, but not before we came across the most foul, disgusting, unforgiveable thing any of us had ever encountered. Someone left a shit-filled diaper, in a shopping cart, in the middle of one of our aisles. I will repeat that so it sinks in. Someone left a SHIT-FILLED DIAPER, for US to clean up. Fuck you, whoever you are. You should be ashamed of yourself and your lack of respect for your fellow man.
I was supposed to see Mer that night before she left for school and help her take things back, but I wasn't able to, which just made me all the more angry about the day. I came home and read some of Moby Dick, which is truely a bizarre novel. But I like it so far. I went to bed around 12 after watching the weekend house marathon on USA. That always manages to cheer me up.
Today I awoke at 7:45 like any other Monday morning and headed off to school.
Breakfast: Nothing, it causes cancer.
After chemistry and Psychology were over I talked to Kate for a little while and then saw my friend Michelle from work, and talked to her for about two seconds before she had to go to class. Then I was headed for home. I stopped at Brothers Pizza as I do now once a week for some delicious pizza.
Lunch: Two slices of Buffalo chicken pizza, and a pepsi. Loves it.
I headed back to school for Bio at 3. Today's lecture was short and sweet. We were out of there by 4. I got home and finished some homework and then passed out. My weekend caught up with me and I slept for about an hour. I woke up not feeling any more rested than I had before. I read some more of Moby Dick and then headed out to the living room to get ready for the Phillies Game. My mom and sister are out at her softball practice, so I have to cook myself dinner again. A ritual I'm becoming quite used to. She promised me that she would cook me dinner for once tomorrow night. I will be the first time in nearly three weeks where I haven't had to make my own dinner. At least I know I'm self sufficient.
Dinner: Probably will end up being soup or something not filling.
Oh well, get your television sets ready everyone, the Phillies are on in less than an Hour.
Saturday, September 27
Saturday night
Hello all. thought Ide take this time to Blogg.
I don't know whose night it really is.
Today was not like any other Saturday for me because I wasn't able to sleep in like I like to . Up with a headache at 6. oh well, nothing an excedrin migraine can't take care of and a cup of my favorite drink.
A little scanning of the internet as I drank it down in the magical twilight of sun up. crickets still chirping from the night before. This time of year is just so awesome.
My favorite times of the day are sun up and sundown. the twixt and between. Magical times of day. I also love overcast days such as this although I could do without the humidity.
This week was very trying for me for some odd reason. I really just hate getting up at 6 let me tell you. I also hate rushing around.
I havent mentioned this but for the past few weeks I have been making dolls. They arent your typical, what you think of dolls, but I made myself a really cool witch with a pet pug and while my veterinarian was over checking out Nannybugs scratched eyeball 3 weeks back(yes you all have missed alot) she mentioned that she just got a pug puppy and then I showed her my doll.
Next think you know, she commissioned me to make her one for her friend only instead of a pug dog she wanted a rat terrier.
Very exciting for me. So I made that and she bought it and now Im in the process of making two more for her and some to sell on EBAY. So cross your fingers for me folks, I may have found my artistic outlet that will make me some moolah. So I have been sewing for weeks now. I sew at work at lunch. I sew when I come home in front of the tV, you name the time and place and I am sewing.
So I had toast this am , after the first cup of coffee and I discovered a female artist I had never heard of before today on TV names Abra Moore. Take a listen. shes groovey. Listen to Sorry. thats kind of a nice song for a day like today.
Went to the drug store with hubs about 10, got some items, went to state store for wine.
I buy some of my wines by the illustrations on the labels. Todays new brand had a nude woman with long flowing blonde hair clinging to a flying bicycle. it looks very vintage, 1920's.
Came home made some eggs and had more toast and more coffee and , sewed.
Made a date with my Mother to eat at the Canal Street Grill at 1:00, in Yardley. Me, Bill and her had wonderful greek food, Spanikopita, wings and greek salad. Baklava for desert.
I had a Wendy's baked potato for snack at 9, as I watched Sixteen candles yet again,( classic movie that came out when I was 18) and I will most likely finish off my evening with a glass of the wine I bought.
I also much mention that I am going to be a new mother most likely on Monday. Or maybe Sophie will be. We all will be actually.
Bill found this kitten in front of his job on Thursday and he and his boss thought it was dead, that is until it blinked. It was so weak it couldn't move at all. They figured it was a goner but took it to Newtown Veterinary center and don't you know this little baby survived. It's over 8 weeks old, Orange Tabby. Apparently the offspring of one of the feral cats near Core Creek Park, lord knows that place is infested with them, but lucky for this little kitten, his mother was most likely hit by a car(I know that sounds awful but picture this little guy, infested with fleas, as he was, mites, ticks, living wild, scraping around for food all winter) Now he is with a vet tech, who took him home with her for the weekend, to feed him every two hours, on a warm heating pad, de wormed, de flea ed. AND where better to live than at the GIllies house because as you know, we pamper our pets.
Now I am searching my mind for really cool names. Raleigh Sinclair came to mind, Vincent, etc etc. We do want a people name. feel free to throw some out there.
If you ever find a hurt animal like this, take it to a vet, they will take it in, just so you know. Also, if you find a wild animal, call me because the ARC center for wild animals will take them in. I can give you the number or you can google it. I have saved many baby birds, rabbits, etc. Look at the happy ending we had. Imagine if they had just left it for dead and did nothing.
so, you can see, I have been distracted thes last few weeks but I have been reading along.
Oh and we got Pizza from the old Las Vegas Pizza. It's now called Brothers. It had a thicker crust and not much sauce. t was good. I guess it will do for now until Amatos rebuilds.
Bon Appetite
I don't know whose night it really is.
Today was not like any other Saturday for me because I wasn't able to sleep in like I like to . Up with a headache at 6. oh well, nothing an excedrin migraine can't take care of and a cup of my favorite drink.
A little scanning of the internet as I drank it down in the magical twilight of sun up. crickets still chirping from the night before. This time of year is just so awesome.
My favorite times of the day are sun up and sundown. the twixt and between. Magical times of day. I also love overcast days such as this although I could do without the humidity.
This week was very trying for me for some odd reason. I really just hate getting up at 6 let me tell you. I also hate rushing around.
I havent mentioned this but for the past few weeks I have been making dolls. They arent your typical, what you think of dolls, but I made myself a really cool witch with a pet pug and while my veterinarian was over checking out Nannybugs scratched eyeball 3 weeks back(yes you all have missed alot) she mentioned that she just got a pug puppy and then I showed her my doll.
Next think you know, she commissioned me to make her one for her friend only instead of a pug dog she wanted a rat terrier.
Very exciting for me. So I made that and she bought it and now Im in the process of making two more for her and some to sell on EBAY. So cross your fingers for me folks, I may have found my artistic outlet that will make me some moolah. So I have been sewing for weeks now. I sew at work at lunch. I sew when I come home in front of the tV, you name the time and place and I am sewing.
So I had toast this am , after the first cup of coffee and I discovered a female artist I had never heard of before today on TV names Abra Moore. Take a listen. shes groovey. Listen to Sorry. thats kind of a nice song for a day like today.
Went to the drug store with hubs about 10, got some items, went to state store for wine.
I buy some of my wines by the illustrations on the labels. Todays new brand had a nude woman with long flowing blonde hair clinging to a flying bicycle. it looks very vintage, 1920's.
Came home made some eggs and had more toast and more coffee and , sewed.
Made a date with my Mother to eat at the Canal Street Grill at 1:00, in Yardley. Me, Bill and her had wonderful greek food, Spanikopita, wings and greek salad. Baklava for desert.
I had a Wendy's baked potato for snack at 9, as I watched Sixteen candles yet again,( classic movie that came out when I was 18) and I will most likely finish off my evening with a glass of the wine I bought.
I also much mention that I am going to be a new mother most likely on Monday. Or maybe Sophie will be. We all will be actually.
Bill found this kitten in front of his job on Thursday and he and his boss thought it was dead, that is until it blinked. It was so weak it couldn't move at all. They figured it was a goner but took it to Newtown Veterinary center and don't you know this little baby survived. It's over 8 weeks old, Orange Tabby. Apparently the offspring of one of the feral cats near Core Creek Park, lord knows that place is infested with them, but lucky for this little kitten, his mother was most likely hit by a car(I know that sounds awful but picture this little guy, infested with fleas, as he was, mites, ticks, living wild, scraping around for food all winter) Now he is with a vet tech, who took him home with her for the weekend, to feed him every two hours, on a warm heating pad, de wormed, de flea ed. AND where better to live than at the GIllies house because as you know, we pamper our pets.
Now I am searching my mind for really cool names. Raleigh Sinclair came to mind, Vincent, etc etc. We do want a people name. feel free to throw some out there.
If you ever find a hurt animal like this, take it to a vet, they will take it in, just so you know. Also, if you find a wild animal, call me because the ARC center for wild animals will take them in. I can give you the number or you can google it. I have saved many baby birds, rabbits, etc. Look at the happy ending we had. Imagine if they had just left it for dead and did nothing.
so, you can see, I have been distracted thes last few weeks but I have been reading along.
Oh and we got Pizza from the old Las Vegas Pizza. It's now called Brothers. It had a thicker crust and not much sauce. t was good. I guess it will do for now until Amatos rebuilds.
Bon Appetite
You can't piss on hospitality, I won't allow it!
I just got home so I'm sorry that this will now count as being posted on Saturday. I missed yesterday because I got home from work and was beat. That's right friends o' mine. Work. Finally found myself a job. I work at A.C. Moore. It's a pretty sweet gig. 8 bucks an hour, decent hours, I always know when im working. Can't complain too much. Anyway, on with the show.
So my day began like any other Thursday (This show goes back two days). "Wish you were here" by Incubus sounded for my alarm and i arose, as always, thinking mer was calling me. It's a technique I employed during my tenure at Millersville, and it works pretty well. Set phone alarm to a ring that you have set to sound whenever a specific person calls you, you wake up excited instead of angry that an awful beeping is currently having it's way with your ear drums.
I got up at 8:15 and sat by the computer for awhile, checking this and that, and then at 9 I hit the road and head off to school. I arrive at school usually aruond...9:20 and rush down the steep parking lot hill to my history class, which I love. My teacher is so grandpa-esque and he's been teaching for FORTY NINE YEARS! That's crazy! But he has such a wealth of knowledge in his years and he teaches us everything from memory. You'll never see this guy open a book. It's incredible.
10:45 I'm outta there and head back home. My week had been pretty crappy up to this point so I just sat on my couch and watched TV, trying to relax. I had not slept the night before because of my crappy week making me so aggravated, and when I finally did get some sleep I had a terrible dream...
Me and my entire family were in China. I'm not entirely sure why, but I wasn't complaining, we were in the Chinese country-side on this beautiful resort we had all to ourselves. Behind the house we all were staying in, there was a boardwalk running horizontally to a really beautiful lake. On the lake, little fishing boats skimmed across the water, but I was never able to see any fishermen, so they only added to the really cool atmosphere. The sun would set behind two large mountains which poked over the tree line on the opposite side of the lake.
The vacation was going great until my entire family suddenly turned on me and began ostracizing me and brutally insulting me every time I was anywhere near them. It was quite upsetting and bizarre. Because of this I left the resort and sat by the beautiful lake. There I saw a little girl running around on the boardwalk, heading for the bank of the lake. Tucked under her right arm there was a little beige stuffed dog. Her other arm was occupied half the time by sticking her thumb in her mouth, this of course when she wasn't giggling. She was adorable. I watched her wade into the water and looked around to see if her parents were anywhere to be found. No sight of them so I watched after her as best I could.
Out of the corner of my eye I then notice something moving just beneath the surface of the lake. The water parted slightly and I saw the snout of a relatively large crocodile emerge from the depths (I have no idea if China even has crocodiles).
I then turn to see the little girl just before the creature and my only thought was "oh jesus christ..."
As expected the croc bit down hard on the little girl, she shrieked horribly and without hesitation (for which I was proud of myself) I leaped into the water to try and save her. The crocodile had her in a tight grip and didn't want to give her up. I struggled to get one arm around her after pulling the creature's jaws apart. When I got her free it immediately bit down on my arm and I was then the one shrieking. When I pulled away for a split second it took hold of her again and pulled her under.
I woke up to see I had only been asleep for an hour and then was sad that I couldn't save the little girl in my dream.
After a few hours, I headed over to work where I walked the aisles of A.C. Moore and put things back where they were supposed to be. People who shop there are really lazy when it comes to putting things they pick up back where they came from. Seriously, I find the strangest things in certain sections that definitely don't belong there.
I came home and watched It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. That was awesome. Then I went to bed. I honestly didn't eat once that entire day.
I woke up on Friday and headed to school. When I got there it took me like 45 minutes to get my car in a spot, I don't know why but the last few days I've been retarded when it comes to parking. Anyway, I head in and go to chem. I have a test today and It was 15 pages of super hard, confusing problems. It was the longest two hours of my life. After that I went to psych and got my test back. 96%. Finally, some good news.
I headed home and when I got in I went to check on my doggie since I didn't see her that morning. I walked into my moms room to see that she threw up and pooped everywhere. I called my mom to tell her what happened and then cleaned up as much as I could before she got home. When she got there she helped me clean the rest as best she could. She headed back to work and at long last I went into my room and got some much needed sleep, but not before having lunch.
Lunch: A delicious Sammich. I used really good italian bread, two slices of american cheese and cajun turkey. Mmmmmm, I love cajun food.
At 6:25 I headed to Woodbourne station. Mer was coming home. More good news :)
She got in about 15 minutes later and I was so happy to see her. We went back to my house for a little bit and finally headed out for something to eat.
Dinner: One slice of buffalo chicken pizza and a pepsi with some french fries
After dinner it was off to the movies. We saw Nights In Rodanthe. It was pretty good. I like Diane Lane. Richard Gere is pretty good too.
We headed home and Mer went to bed but not before I checked up on something on Ebay I had been bidding on all week to get her. While we were at the movie someone outbid me and got it. I was so mad, that bastard. I said goodnight to Mer and I headed down to my car and backed out of her long driveway (It was ugly, I couldn't see very well). I made it home around 12:30 and here I am, finally fulfilling my blogging duties. Sorry for the delay, hope it was worth the wait!
So my day began like any other Thursday (This show goes back two days). "Wish you were here" by Incubus sounded for my alarm and i arose, as always, thinking mer was calling me. It's a technique I employed during my tenure at Millersville, and it works pretty well. Set phone alarm to a ring that you have set to sound whenever a specific person calls you, you wake up excited instead of angry that an awful beeping is currently having it's way with your ear drums.
I got up at 8:15 and sat by the computer for awhile, checking this and that, and then at 9 I hit the road and head off to school. I arrive at school usually aruond...9:20 and rush down the steep parking lot hill to my history class, which I love. My teacher is so grandpa-esque and he's been teaching for FORTY NINE YEARS! That's crazy! But he has such a wealth of knowledge in his years and he teaches us everything from memory. You'll never see this guy open a book. It's incredible.
10:45 I'm outta there and head back home. My week had been pretty crappy up to this point so I just sat on my couch and watched TV, trying to relax. I had not slept the night before because of my crappy week making me so aggravated, and when I finally did get some sleep I had a terrible dream...
Me and my entire family were in China. I'm not entirely sure why, but I wasn't complaining, we were in the Chinese country-side on this beautiful resort we had all to ourselves. Behind the house we all were staying in, there was a boardwalk running horizontally to a really beautiful lake. On the lake, little fishing boats skimmed across the water, but I was never able to see any fishermen, so they only added to the really cool atmosphere. The sun would set behind two large mountains which poked over the tree line on the opposite side of the lake.
The vacation was going great until my entire family suddenly turned on me and began ostracizing me and brutally insulting me every time I was anywhere near them. It was quite upsetting and bizarre. Because of this I left the resort and sat by the beautiful lake. There I saw a little girl running around on the boardwalk, heading for the bank of the lake. Tucked under her right arm there was a little beige stuffed dog. Her other arm was occupied half the time by sticking her thumb in her mouth, this of course when she wasn't giggling. She was adorable. I watched her wade into the water and looked around to see if her parents were anywhere to be found. No sight of them so I watched after her as best I could.
Out of the corner of my eye I then notice something moving just beneath the surface of the lake. The water parted slightly and I saw the snout of a relatively large crocodile emerge from the depths (I have no idea if China even has crocodiles).
I then turn to see the little girl just before the creature and my only thought was "oh jesus christ..."
As expected the croc bit down hard on the little girl, she shrieked horribly and without hesitation (for which I was proud of myself) I leaped into the water to try and save her. The crocodile had her in a tight grip and didn't want to give her up. I struggled to get one arm around her after pulling the creature's jaws apart. When I got her free it immediately bit down on my arm and I was then the one shrieking. When I pulled away for a split second it took hold of her again and pulled her under.
I woke up to see I had only been asleep for an hour and then was sad that I couldn't save the little girl in my dream.
After a few hours, I headed over to work where I walked the aisles of A.C. Moore and put things back where they were supposed to be. People who shop there are really lazy when it comes to putting things they pick up back where they came from. Seriously, I find the strangest things in certain sections that definitely don't belong there.
I came home and watched It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. That was awesome. Then I went to bed. I honestly didn't eat once that entire day.
I woke up on Friday and headed to school. When I got there it took me like 45 minutes to get my car in a spot, I don't know why but the last few days I've been retarded when it comes to parking. Anyway, I head in and go to chem. I have a test today and It was 15 pages of super hard, confusing problems. It was the longest two hours of my life. After that I went to psych and got my test back. 96%. Finally, some good news.
I headed home and when I got in I went to check on my doggie since I didn't see her that morning. I walked into my moms room to see that she threw up and pooped everywhere. I called my mom to tell her what happened and then cleaned up as much as I could before she got home. When she got there she helped me clean the rest as best she could. She headed back to work and at long last I went into my room and got some much needed sleep, but not before having lunch.
Lunch: A delicious Sammich. I used really good italian bread, two slices of american cheese and cajun turkey. Mmmmmm, I love cajun food.
At 6:25 I headed to Woodbourne station. Mer was coming home. More good news :)
She got in about 15 minutes later and I was so happy to see her. We went back to my house for a little bit and finally headed out for something to eat.
Dinner: One slice of buffalo chicken pizza and a pepsi with some french fries
After dinner it was off to the movies. We saw Nights In Rodanthe. It was pretty good. I like Diane Lane. Richard Gere is pretty good too.
We headed home and Mer went to bed but not before I checked up on something on Ebay I had been bidding on all week to get her. While we were at the movie someone outbid me and got it. I was so mad, that bastard. I said goodnight to Mer and I headed down to my car and backed out of her long driveway (It was ugly, I couldn't see very well). I made it home around 12:30 and here I am, finally fulfilling my blogging duties. Sorry for the delay, hope it was worth the wait!
Friday, September 19
Avast Ye Land-lubbers! (I Can't Resist, I'm sorry)
It's come to me attention that it's National Talk Like A Pirate Day, and me hearties, let me start by sayin' that this is one of the most beloved holiday's for a Pirate, such as me-self. We Pirates are a fleeting race. Chased from our homes on the open sea by the world's police forces. As I step out onto the poop-deck to greet each sunrise, I am always met with the news of the pirates of the African coast. They always be out to sea, terrorizin' the American cruise ships, takin' hostages, demanding ransoms...Does me heart good to see me bretheren hard at work on the high seas.
Alas, the growing need for finance and the decline in the amount of merchant ships on the Atlantic causes plunderin' sea dogs like me to come ashore and chase an education. Bleh, gives me scurvy just thinkin' about it. Scourges of the sea brought to the mainland just to scrape together some gold for me loyal crew. So it goes.
Today started like any other on this filthy piece of earth. Without the sound of gulls a-crowin' and breakin' waves I already felt out of place. I clomb into this bizarre land-ship and sailed the asphault seas to me places of education for an alchemy lab of some sort. I tell you what me hearties, if any of you can get away without takin' classes on this foul sorcory, all my praises to ye. The class dragged on forever as the time ticked by. Once the eleventh hour had come and passed, it was time for my last class of the day.
This class be a simple one, we all talk about human nature and behavior. Greed motivates all human behavior, I can attest to that! If I could be out somewhere in the seven seas plundering riches and wreacking havoc, I would be there me hearties. Ready yourselves and bare your steel ladies and gentlemen, fair winds be approachin'. The stock market be fallin' and the businesses are ripe for plunder, No quarter shall be given!
Class ended when the sun was high in the sky, I retreated to the gas powered ship and hurried home to finish my daily tasks. Again maties, there is no worse punnishment than this that I have seen in all of me days on this earth. I would sooner kiss the gunner's daughter than do this for three more years, but with the changin' times it seems as though sea dogs like myself must hang up their guns and work for a livin'. Makes me stomach turn sour, mates.
When I arrived back at my quarters, I patiently waited for me beloved lass Meredith to return from the large Philadelphia port. She did finally around 3 but did not arrive here until around 6. After she got here we ate hearty, taking our fill of hot sausages and meatballs. A feast of kings by me standards! 'Twas the first time I had feasted since I rose from bed at sunrise!
I guess this here bein' a food blog and all, I should document my feast for the day for ye.
Breakfast: For anyone who be eatin' this devilish meal, May Jack Ketch have mercy on your soul! I hope ye enjoy the dark abyss of Davey Jones' locker!
Lunch: Nothing, a starving Pirate, cursed to hunt the seas for food for all eternity...or so it seemed.
Dinner: Sausage and Meatballs, I stole some little snacks for me-self as well.
And now, me friends, it is almost time for even the saltiest of all the sea dogs to rest. A toast to all of ye, me pirate brothers, and sisters! The seas belong to us, let us pillage and plunder until our stomachs are fat and our chests run over with gold! Rum for everyone! To make the men brave and the women pretty, Yar-har-har. Yo-ho, yo-ho, A Pirate's life for me.
Alas, the growing need for finance and the decline in the amount of merchant ships on the Atlantic causes plunderin' sea dogs like me to come ashore and chase an education. Bleh, gives me scurvy just thinkin' about it. Scourges of the sea brought to the mainland just to scrape together some gold for me loyal crew. So it goes.
Today started like any other on this filthy piece of earth. Without the sound of gulls a-crowin' and breakin' waves I already felt out of place. I clomb into this bizarre land-ship and sailed the asphault seas to me places of education for an alchemy lab of some sort. I tell you what me hearties, if any of you can get away without takin' classes on this foul sorcory, all my praises to ye. The class dragged on forever as the time ticked by. Once the eleventh hour had come and passed, it was time for my last class of the day.
This class be a simple one, we all talk about human nature and behavior. Greed motivates all human behavior, I can attest to that! If I could be out somewhere in the seven seas plundering riches and wreacking havoc, I would be there me hearties. Ready yourselves and bare your steel ladies and gentlemen, fair winds be approachin'. The stock market be fallin' and the businesses are ripe for plunder, No quarter shall be given!
Class ended when the sun was high in the sky, I retreated to the gas powered ship and hurried home to finish my daily tasks. Again maties, there is no worse punnishment than this that I have seen in all of me days on this earth. I would sooner kiss the gunner's daughter than do this for three more years, but with the changin' times it seems as though sea dogs like myself must hang up their guns and work for a livin'. Makes me stomach turn sour, mates.
When I arrived back at my quarters, I patiently waited for me beloved lass Meredith to return from the large Philadelphia port. She did finally around 3 but did not arrive here until around 6. After she got here we ate hearty, taking our fill of hot sausages and meatballs. A feast of kings by me standards! 'Twas the first time I had feasted since I rose from bed at sunrise!
I guess this here bein' a food blog and all, I should document my feast for the day for ye.
Breakfast: For anyone who be eatin' this devilish meal, May Jack Ketch have mercy on your soul! I hope ye enjoy the dark abyss of Davey Jones' locker!
Lunch: Nothing, a starving Pirate, cursed to hunt the seas for food for all eternity...or so it seemed.
Dinner: Sausage and Meatballs, I stole some little snacks for me-self as well.
And now, me friends, it is almost time for even the saltiest of all the sea dogs to rest. A toast to all of ye, me pirate brothers, and sisters! The seas belong to us, let us pillage and plunder until our stomachs are fat and our chests run over with gold! Rum for everyone! To make the men brave and the women pretty, Yar-har-har. Yo-ho, yo-ho, A Pirate's life for me.
Saturday, September 6
My Name Is D.L. Nicastro
...And I am a proud member of the what did you have for dinner.com crew. I feel as though being one of the first few people invited into the blog before the addition of many others, all of which only made the blog that much better! We are a collection of intellectuals, and together we form an elite caste of internet food efficionados. I feel as though a quote, with a slight twist captures the essence of our comrodery.
"And from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of bloggers, For he today who blogs with me shall be my brother, Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that blogged with us upon St. Bloggers day! "
The day's travels began early. I awoke around 8 o clock and prepared myself for a meeting at Bucks concerning my online pre-calc class. I headed out around 8:30 and got there just in time for the orientation to start. It was exactly the same as the one I had for College Algebra so it was nothing new for me. We were out of there by 10:30 and I rushed home, for I had promised my dearest Meredith that we would do something fun today while she was home from school for the weekend.
We had initially planned to travel to New Hope and wander about. Unfortunately the weather did not agree with us and it was a muggy and crappy day over all. We decided to stay home this time. We drove to Mer's house as we discussed random topics and decided that we wanted to get some lunch, so off to brothers pizza we went!
Lunch: Two slices of Buffalo Chicken Pizza of course. I was only able to finish one unfortunately, but I saved it and brought it home for later. I had a pepsi as well.
After brothers we headed back to mer's house. We figured that to save her some money at school we hould go food shopping while she was home so that she wouldnt have to spend ungodly amounts of money on a meal plan that she probably wasnt going to take full advantage of. Not because she is not a fan of food, but because the food is not up to par with food blogger standards. We headed off to Staples first though, she needed a three subject noteook. There was not a single one to be found. We then tried Office Depot. Again, nothing. So we just went food shopping. At redners we grabbed anything we could think of that she would want to eat to help her make it through the next few weeks. And we did. It was a sucessful journey.
After Redners we decided to go to Kmart to try and track down a brita water filter for her room. We came across one and snatched it up before anyone else could. Then we looked at some halloween costumes that were hidden in the back. They were pretty sweet I must say.
Once our mission was complete we rushed back to Mer's house and decided to spend a rainy day the proper way and watch a movie. Pay it Forward was the movie of choice. Aa good movie at that, with a nice message behind it. It stinks that it was so sad, but I like that movie and would recommend it to anyone.
We had a snack of course during the movie, because what's a movie without treats?
Movie: Chocolate ice cream. Mmm.
Once the movie was over we sat around for a little while and before long it was time for diner.
Dinner: Pasta noodles and chicken alfredo. It was delicious. My complements to Mrs Randall for a job well done.
After dinner we decided to play some dominoes. I, myself, had never played before but I picked up on the game fast and ended up whipping everyones asses. Hell Yeah. Before the game ended however, Timmi Bearss showed up at the Randall residence and as always he asked mer if we could go to the BFD. After much prodding she finally agreed and off we went.
BFD: I had the founntain special club. That sandwich is a monster and I am incredibly stuffed right now. I had two cups of cofee to boot.
We headed back to Mer's house and said our goodbyes to Timmi as he scooted home. Then we came inside and fulfilled our blogging duties. We don't mess around when it comes to food. She has fallen fast asleep since I started writing so I'm going to go attempt to wake Mer up now, BUT I first want to thank you all for allowing me to take part in the food blog. It's been alot of fun and I am excited for many more years of food and blogging to come. My name is D.L. Nicastro, and I love the food blog.
"And from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of bloggers, For he today who blogs with me shall be my brother, Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that blogged with us upon St. Bloggers day! "
The day's travels began early. I awoke around 8 o clock and prepared myself for a meeting at Bucks concerning my online pre-calc class. I headed out around 8:30 and got there just in time for the orientation to start. It was exactly the same as the one I had for College Algebra so it was nothing new for me. We were out of there by 10:30 and I rushed home, for I had promised my dearest Meredith that we would do something fun today while she was home from school for the weekend.
We had initially planned to travel to New Hope and wander about. Unfortunately the weather did not agree with us and it was a muggy and crappy day over all. We decided to stay home this time. We drove to Mer's house as we discussed random topics and decided that we wanted to get some lunch, so off to brothers pizza we went!
Lunch: Two slices of Buffalo Chicken Pizza of course. I was only able to finish one unfortunately, but I saved it and brought it home for later. I had a pepsi as well.
After brothers we headed back to mer's house. We figured that to save her some money at school we hould go food shopping while she was home so that she wouldnt have to spend ungodly amounts of money on a meal plan that she probably wasnt going to take full advantage of. Not because she is not a fan of food, but because the food is not up to par with food blogger standards. We headed off to Staples first though, she needed a three subject noteook. There was not a single one to be found. We then tried Office Depot. Again, nothing. So we just went food shopping. At redners we grabbed anything we could think of that she would want to eat to help her make it through the next few weeks. And we did. It was a sucessful journey.
After Redners we decided to go to Kmart to try and track down a brita water filter for her room. We came across one and snatched it up before anyone else could. Then we looked at some halloween costumes that were hidden in the back. They were pretty sweet I must say.
Once our mission was complete we rushed back to Mer's house and decided to spend a rainy day the proper way and watch a movie. Pay it Forward was the movie of choice. Aa good movie at that, with a nice message behind it. It stinks that it was so sad, but I like that movie and would recommend it to anyone.
We had a snack of course during the movie, because what's a movie without treats?
Movie: Chocolate ice cream. Mmm.
Once the movie was over we sat around for a little while and before long it was time for diner.
Dinner: Pasta noodles and chicken alfredo. It was delicious. My complements to Mrs Randall for a job well done.
After dinner we decided to play some dominoes. I, myself, had never played before but I picked up on the game fast and ended up whipping everyones asses. Hell Yeah. Before the game ended however, Timmi Bearss showed up at the Randall residence and as always he asked mer if we could go to the BFD. After much prodding she finally agreed and off we went.
BFD: I had the founntain special club. That sandwich is a monster and I am incredibly stuffed right now. I had two cups of cofee to boot.
We headed back to Mer's house and said our goodbyes to Timmi as he scooted home. Then we came inside and fulfilled our blogging duties. We don't mess around when it comes to food. She has fallen fast asleep since I started writing so I'm going to go attempt to wake Mer up now, BUT I first want to thank you all for allowing me to take part in the food blog. It's been alot of fun and I am excited for many more years of food and blogging to come. My name is D.L. Nicastro, and I love the food blog.
Thursday, September 4
Summer Reading that spills into Fall
Early in the Summer I had written a list of books I want to read before the end of the year. I realize now that this feat is pretty much impossible considering there are nearly 20 titles on the list! I mean sure I guess I could read them all but, they aren't the shortest books, and I don't have all the free time in the world, but hey! I'll do my best. I've noticed that every year I've made a list of books to read, and thinking back I've done a relatively good job at keeping at it. I remember I used to hate reading and writing, but now I LOVE IT. Hell more often than not if I have a few minutes to myself I find myself writing books of my own (whether they will ever go anywhere is another thing), or reading the literary classics.
The list this year looks like this:
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (started this, but I want to wait until winter to get into it)
We The Living - Rand (Started this too, but stopped 30 pages in)
The Lucifer Effect - Zimbardo
Catch-22 - Heller (Started this and It was good, but I had to bring it back to the library)
A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens
The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger (which I just started yesterday)
Heart of Darkness - Conrad (Started it, it was slow and had to take it back with Catch-22)
Paradise Lost - Milton
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Stevenson
Anthem - Rand (again)
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky (again)
Slaughterhouse-Five - Vonnegut
The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck (I hate Steinbeck, but this is supposed to be good)
The Virgin Suicides - Eugenides
War and Peace - Tolstoy
Moby Dick - Melville (white whale, holy grail)
The Beast - Benchley (I LOVED JAWS, so I have to get more Peter Benchley)
The Prince - Machiavelli
The Jungle - Sinclair
Like I said, pretty lengthy, huh?
Anyway, about my day. I awoke at 8:30 and got ready for school. I left around 9 and walked into class around 9:20. Dr. Vinson came in around 9:30 and started his history lecture. I love that man, he keeps me interested the whole time and is very entertaining. He gave us a take home test today, which I completed in less than 20 minutes. It was easy, but I'm not complaining. After class I headed back home real quick to grab my application to Barnes and Noble and I rushed off to hand it in. I'm really hoping I get that job, I need one desperately.
I went to my Grandmom's for a few minutes after I got back from Barnes and Noble and we chatted about classes and such. She actually had my current History teacher when she went back to school a few years ago. I also found out that Mer's mom had him as well. Small world.
Anywho, I didn't eat all day until around 3 p.m.
Lunch: That was when I ate half a bag of trailmix which was delicious. My mom got me addicted to them, I also made a Fajita.
My sister had softball practice...Again...so I had to fend for myself for dinner.
Dinner: I was domestic for the second night in a row and made a glorious Caesar salad and I made chicken nuggets which I also love. I can eat those things all day long, I swear. I washed it all down with some milk.
Mer told me a few months ago that I drank too much soda so I being stupid, started drinking one soda a day instead of like 3 and replaced them all with water and milk. I miss soda sometimes. But water is just as good I suppose. At least she didn't say I drank too much coffee. I haven't had coffee in a few days but I could sure go for some. I had at least three cups of it every night over the summer. Those were good times.
The list this year looks like this:
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (started this, but I want to wait until winter to get into it)
We The Living - Rand (Started this too, but stopped 30 pages in)
The Lucifer Effect - Zimbardo
Catch-22 - Heller (Started this and It was good, but I had to bring it back to the library)
A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens
The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger (which I just started yesterday)
Heart of Darkness - Conrad (Started it, it was slow and had to take it back with Catch-22)
Paradise Lost - Milton
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Stevenson
Anthem - Rand (again)
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky (again)
Slaughterhouse-Five - Vonnegut
The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck (I hate Steinbeck, but this is supposed to be good)
The Virgin Suicides - Eugenides
War and Peace - Tolstoy
Moby Dick - Melville (white whale, holy grail)
The Beast - Benchley (I LOVED JAWS, so I have to get more Peter Benchley)
The Prince - Machiavelli
The Jungle - Sinclair
Like I said, pretty lengthy, huh?
Anyway, about my day. I awoke at 8:30 and got ready for school. I left around 9 and walked into class around 9:20. Dr. Vinson came in around 9:30 and started his history lecture. I love that man, he keeps me interested the whole time and is very entertaining. He gave us a take home test today, which I completed in less than 20 minutes. It was easy, but I'm not complaining. After class I headed back home real quick to grab my application to Barnes and Noble and I rushed off to hand it in. I'm really hoping I get that job, I need one desperately.
I went to my Grandmom's for a few minutes after I got back from Barnes and Noble and we chatted about classes and such. She actually had my current History teacher when she went back to school a few years ago. I also found out that Mer's mom had him as well. Small world.
Anywho, I didn't eat all day until around 3 p.m.
Lunch: That was when I ate half a bag of trailmix which was delicious. My mom got me addicted to them, I also made a Fajita.
My sister had softball practice...Again...so I had to fend for myself for dinner.
Dinner: I was domestic for the second night in a row and made a glorious Caesar salad and I made chicken nuggets which I also love. I can eat those things all day long, I swear. I washed it all down with some milk.
Mer told me a few months ago that I drank too much soda so I being stupid, started drinking one soda a day instead of like 3 and replaced them all with water and milk. I miss soda sometimes. But water is just as good I suppose. At least she didn't say I drank too much coffee. I haven't had coffee in a few days but I could sure go for some. I had at least three cups of it every night over the summer. Those were good times.
Saturday, August 23
Lights in the Sky
The title has no relation to my blog per say, I just happen to be listening to Nine Inch Nails right now and that was the track that came on as I started typing my entry. Today started early this morning when I woke up around seven or eight (and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo homes, smell you later!) to my surprise. I've actually been doing pretty well and haven't been sleeping in, which makes me feel less like I'm wasting the day. I rolled out of bed and stepped out into the cold living room. My dearest mother must have left the air on after she left. Usually she opens the windows and I am greeted by the sounds of chirping birds and a gentle breeze, but not today.
I figured no one would be awake this early so I passed the time by reading Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. That was the first book on a long list of mine I made recently that I wanted to read. It included many of the so-called literary classics and I got a jump on it. The book is interesting to say the least, but it starts out sort of slow.
I finished my summer math course at bucks a few days ago and now I don't really have anything to do during the day. The job hunt continues but still no luck. I'm hoping that once people leave for school I start to get some calls. If I don't I'll just re-apply to some places and seek out some more.
Around noon I talked to Mer for a little bit while she was on her break. Then I had lunch.
Lunch: My sister made an entire box of bagel bites and ate 3 of them. She told me I had to eat the remaining 15, and I did. Like a champion.
After lunch I called my mother to see what she was up to, and she told me my financial aid had finally gone through for bucks and I was taken care of. Good News indeed. I'm ready for the new school year. New faces, new places, hopefully an enjoyable experience.
It was around three that I decided I needed a haircut. My hair starting to get long again, so I headed over to Holiday Hair in the Flowers Mill shopping center. The lady who cut my hair was named Sharon and she was very nice. I never had her before, but managed to get me to talk. Usually I'm not very outgoing to the people who cut my hair.
I returned home and took a shower to get all the loose hair off of me. I hate that. But once I was all clean I got a call from Mer, who bless her heart, had gone from her one job cleaning Oliver Heckman from 7 to 3 over to Hallmark for a four hour shift, 4 to 8. I went over to visit her and got there around 5, I stayed until about six thirty. On my way to visit her I picked her up some coffee, because I'm a nice person. She was very grateful and told me it was delicious.
I returned home and had dinner with my Madre.
Dinner: Half of a cheesesteak. It was old and cold. Not very satisfying.
A little after 8, Mer called me back and said she was home, so I headed over to her house where a whole new adventure began. After examining some possibly hair styles she could get when she goes to get her hair cut tomorrow morning, we decided that we wanted Ice cream and travelled to Dairy Delite with her brother Brad and Timmi Bearss.
Dairy Delite: I got orange sherbert with rainbow gimmis. Always a treat. Mer decided on Butter Pecan. She let me try some, it wasn't half bad.
We left a few minutes later and decided we wanted to go to newtown, so the gang headed over and we payed a visit to another beloved food blogger, Sir Ian! He was busy working and we all ordered something from him and all of our orders were made to perfection.
Shortly after we arrived, Tyler Malovetz made a special guest appearance to our delight. We all hung around starbucks for awhile before heading back to Mer's house. Around 11:30 she was very tired and decided to go to bed. We said goodbye and I headed back home when I got a call from Tyler saying he and Ian were headed for the diner. I had to join, it's the law of the land. So we arrived at the diner and stayed there for roughly two hours.
BFD: Coffee and cheese fries.
We sat and chatted for some time and unexpectedly, more guests arrived. Jared and Ryan walked into the building and joined us for a short time. They left and soon after so did we. Now I'm home, safe and sound and just about ready for bed. It was quite the eventful day, and I'm glad it was my turn to blog so I could report something slightly interesting for once.
I figured no one would be awake this early so I passed the time by reading Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. That was the first book on a long list of mine I made recently that I wanted to read. It included many of the so-called literary classics and I got a jump on it. The book is interesting to say the least, but it starts out sort of slow.
I finished my summer math course at bucks a few days ago and now I don't really have anything to do during the day. The job hunt continues but still no luck. I'm hoping that once people leave for school I start to get some calls. If I don't I'll just re-apply to some places and seek out some more.
Around noon I talked to Mer for a little bit while she was on her break. Then I had lunch.
Lunch: My sister made an entire box of bagel bites and ate 3 of them. She told me I had to eat the remaining 15, and I did. Like a champion.
After lunch I called my mother to see what she was up to, and she told me my financial aid had finally gone through for bucks and I was taken care of. Good News indeed. I'm ready for the new school year. New faces, new places, hopefully an enjoyable experience.
It was around three that I decided I needed a haircut. My hair starting to get long again, so I headed over to Holiday Hair in the Flowers Mill shopping center. The lady who cut my hair was named Sharon and she was very nice. I never had her before, but managed to get me to talk. Usually I'm not very outgoing to the people who cut my hair.
I returned home and took a shower to get all the loose hair off of me. I hate that. But once I was all clean I got a call from Mer, who bless her heart, had gone from her one job cleaning Oliver Heckman from 7 to 3 over to Hallmark for a four hour shift, 4 to 8. I went over to visit her and got there around 5, I stayed until about six thirty. On my way to visit her I picked her up some coffee, because I'm a nice person. She was very grateful and told me it was delicious.
I returned home and had dinner with my Madre.
Dinner: Half of a cheesesteak. It was old and cold. Not very satisfying.
A little after 8, Mer called me back and said she was home, so I headed over to her house where a whole new adventure began. After examining some possibly hair styles she could get when she goes to get her hair cut tomorrow morning, we decided that we wanted Ice cream and travelled to Dairy Delite with her brother Brad and Timmi Bearss.
Dairy Delite: I got orange sherbert with rainbow gimmis. Always a treat. Mer decided on Butter Pecan. She let me try some, it wasn't half bad.
We left a few minutes later and decided we wanted to go to newtown, so the gang headed over and we payed a visit to another beloved food blogger, Sir Ian! He was busy working and we all ordered something from him and all of our orders were made to perfection.
Shortly after we arrived, Tyler Malovetz made a special guest appearance to our delight. We all hung around starbucks for awhile before heading back to Mer's house. Around 11:30 she was very tired and decided to go to bed. We said goodbye and I headed back home when I got a call from Tyler saying he and Ian were headed for the diner. I had to join, it's the law of the land. So we arrived at the diner and stayed there for roughly two hours.
BFD: Coffee and cheese fries.
We sat and chatted for some time and unexpectedly, more guests arrived. Jared and Ryan walked into the building and joined us for a short time. They left and soon after so did we. Now I'm home, safe and sound and just about ready for bed. It was quite the eventful day, and I'm glad it was my turn to blog so I could report something slightly interesting for once.
Monday, August 4
Scavanger Hunt
So the weekend began like any other, and as Friday came and went, I grew eager for the following night. Our fellow blogger Meredith, was having a co-birthday party with Kate Garcia, a friend of some of you. The party, which I had helped her plan involved one thing in particular...A scavenger hunt to end all scavenger hunts! Yes my friends, this was quite the hunt (I have a smiley face drawn on my butt to prove it!)
Some of you will be confused by that statement, I'll explain. At 7 o' clock, the teams were set in place, Team One, consisted of Myself as the captain/driver, Laura Henzy, Booke Airey, and Dana Nardello. Some of you may know these people, and most probably won't. Anyway, Team Two consisted of Meredith as the captain/driver, Maddy Minutillo, Mer's brother Brad, and his friend J.R. And last but not least, Team Three: Kate Garcia, Greg Donaghy, and Megan Sozio.
By 7:30 we were rushing out of Mer's house to the cars. My team was made up of 3 track stars, so we were destined for victory from the start, which I exclaimed proudly. We got to the cars and flew about across Levittown and Langhorne alike. All trying to find things on a long list of which to take pictures of for points ranging from 1-5 (The more embarassing ones were worth 5 points, such as getting frisked by a cop, or having something drawn on your butt in sharpie.). After an hour and a half we all returned to Mer's house for the finally tally of points. Once the points were counted My team came in first place with 64 points. Mer's came in second with 59 points, and last but not least again, Kate's team with 58 points.
We celebrated our flawless victory with hotdogs, hamburgers, and ice cream cake. Delicous.
I have been saving myself for all the food that would be at the party.
Mer's Party: Chips with awesome taco dip, doritos, and pretzels. Followed later by, 2 Hotdogs with KETCHUP. LOTS OF KETCHUP. And a cheeseburger, WITH MORE KETCHUP. For you non-ketchup eating bastards, may god have mercy on your soul.
So in the end, everyone headed home around 12 and I helped Mer clean up before I too headed out. By the end of the night I had made a pit-stop at the BFD, to see Nick, Ian and Ray. I had myself some cheese fries and then headed home for some much needed sleep. It was one of the most fun days I had had in a long time. Well done Mer. The party was a complete success!
Some of you will be confused by that statement, I'll explain. At 7 o' clock, the teams were set in place, Team One, consisted of Myself as the captain/driver, Laura Henzy, Booke Airey, and Dana Nardello. Some of you may know these people, and most probably won't. Anyway, Team Two consisted of Meredith as the captain/driver, Maddy Minutillo, Mer's brother Brad, and his friend J.R. And last but not least, Team Three: Kate Garcia, Greg Donaghy, and Megan Sozio.
By 7:30 we were rushing out of Mer's house to the cars. My team was made up of 3 track stars, so we were destined for victory from the start, which I exclaimed proudly. We got to the cars and flew about across Levittown and Langhorne alike. All trying to find things on a long list of which to take pictures of for points ranging from 1-5 (The more embarassing ones were worth 5 points, such as getting frisked by a cop, or having something drawn on your butt in sharpie.). After an hour and a half we all returned to Mer's house for the finally tally of points. Once the points were counted My team came in first place with 64 points. Mer's came in second with 59 points, and last but not least again, Kate's team with 58 points.
We celebrated our flawless victory with hotdogs, hamburgers, and ice cream cake. Delicous.
I have been saving myself for all the food that would be at the party.
Mer's Party: Chips with awesome taco dip, doritos, and pretzels. Followed later by, 2 Hotdogs with KETCHUP. LOTS OF KETCHUP. And a cheeseburger, WITH MORE KETCHUP. For you non-ketchup eating bastards, may god have mercy on your soul.
So in the end, everyone headed home around 12 and I helped Mer clean up before I too headed out. By the end of the night I had made a pit-stop at the BFD, to see Nick, Ian and Ray. I had myself some cheese fries and then headed home for some much needed sleep. It was one of the most fun days I had had in a long time. Well done Mer. The party was a complete success!
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