4355: These Hands Will Never Be Clean
I dunno. I do have a lot to say, but when I want to brain-vomit, I tend to do it here for really no good reason than I can shove obnoxious quotes and RTs onto the schmucks who subscribe to text notifications =p
Er, I've been baking ¬_¬
So, Falco--despite her proclaimed overwhelming workload--has been dragging Biker and me [now, Miss Priss and me] into planning various morale-boosting activities for the company, of which the current thing is going over like a rather wet blanket. Where the baking comes in is the Bake Sale going on this week, to which only one other non-HR person has contributed so far [out of five days] beyond the "pay money to eat a thing" part of it. I baked cookies because that seemed cheap and easy enough [Tollhouse, not the "from scratch" mess I would otherwise have to do], and Falco--
--I mentioned Falco tore a calf muscle, didn't I? Well, she baked muffins ANYWAY, though she has no car because her husband took it out-of-state for HIS job [Miss Priss and/or Son-of-Miss-Priss seems to be driving her from ALL THE WAY across the street from work]. Everyone else, fully able-bodied and capable? CANNOT BE BUGGERED.
[not that I can blame them--I certainly have better things to do than drop by the store after work and cook/bake when I could be drawring 9_9]
[[and she thinks maybe the muffins would've sold out IMMEDIATE-LIKE had I put "muffins--specially made by Falco!" on the sign, but I tend to write things on the drier side when asked]]
So... Bake Sale. Sure, whatever, bake sales are cool, aren't they? Well, Bake Sale is part ONE of the week's events! =/ Today [Wed] was also a flu shot clinic [free to employees/those with CIGNA coverage, $25 to all else]
Though it's interesting to note that each time I've designated my dentist appointments [also today/Wed--UGH] as two hours in the event of the allotted hour running over, each time on this job, it's run OVER two hours... and Falco has always expected me to not show up for the rest of the day \=' These are morning appointments, too, including the one they forgot to put in their calendar [link I can't be bothered to find goes here], so why would I take the whole day off for an [abnormally long] hour's appointment?
[FTR, the next one they wanna do is for a night guard--which is gonna run $700 so I think I'll pass and take my chances with a $20 dealie!--and that's supposed to only take ten minutes, but I've seen the writing on the wall...]
[[also, I totally have this gut feeling that this dentist is crap, but I've been too lazy to switch up, between trying to find insurance and/or a new dentist entirely, particularly when switching would involve at least one initial visit purely for X-rays and most likely would be at least a month between visits]]
[[[so lazy]]]
...and TOMORROW [Thurs] is this Tailgate party thing that I don't know how that's gonna run because Ruok was the one running around harassing people to contribute, which Biker isn't around to do anymore and Miss Priss is still pretty overwhelmed trying to remember everything to then add going around harassing people to that [and I wasn't asked, even if I wanted to do it] PLUS a chili contest for which only four people signed up [I've never made chili and am too short of time/money to experiment with making one last-minute] PLUS potluck PLUS ongoing Bake Sale PLUS [stuff and stuff and stuff here] =p
I don't remember if there's a thing for Friday, but this feels like a lot for one week and not that long removed from the charity bike ride thing as it is... I just have this impression of 1. shaking people down and 2. NO WONDER Falco's overwhelmed! 9_9 *eyeroll injury* >_<
Ugh. SO. I pied =p
I still don't know if it turned out correctly [enough], because the only pecan pies I've ever had are mine =/ I learned from last time, though, and cooked pretty much exactly to spec [as our shitty oven will allow], but it still seems off somehow! It doesn't cut cleanly, and the piece doesn't come out whole, so...? Is that par for the course or is it crap?
AS A PLAN B I am bringing the requested "music" [ Colonel* Roy Mustang loaded up with ALL TEH '80s], which I have been testing since I got home [too many tracks aren't quite balanced, looked for and tested the shitty speakers I'd gotten before]. Also, REALLY not sure why I kept slow songs, 'cause I hates them** =(
*Gee, I must've given out a promotion when I wasn't looking. Eh, Colonel's his title for most of the series, anyway.
**Well, not HATE hate them, but I can't find the link I meant to use and it's taking me so long just to write this much and I haven't even done my comic tonight, but basically I've been conditioned to NOT appreciate quiet songs/songs with prolonged periods of silence [>2 sec] because music is a functional NOISE-BLOCKING thing for me now such that it is not serving its purpose if there is extended silence!
Um... what else. Oh, the '80s are apparently back in other ways, too!
"What's with the life preserver??" =B
[conclusion goes here, but it's late and I'm tired]
Er, I've been baking ¬_¬
So, Falco--despite her proclaimed overwhelming workload--has been dragging Biker and me [now, Miss Priss and me] into planning various morale-boosting activities for the company, of which the current thing is going over like a rather wet blanket. Where the baking comes in is the Bake Sale going on this week, to which only one other non-HR person has contributed so far [out of five days] beyond the "pay money to eat a thing" part of it. I baked cookies because that seemed cheap and easy enough [Tollhouse, not the "from scratch" mess I would otherwise have to do], and Falco--
--I mentioned Falco tore a calf muscle, didn't I? Well, she baked muffins ANYWAY, though she has no car because her husband took it out-of-state for HIS job [Miss Priss and/or Son-of-Miss-Priss seems to be driving her from ALL THE WAY across the street from work]. Everyone else, fully able-bodied and capable? CANNOT BE BUGGERED.
[not that I can blame them--I certainly have better things to do than drop by the store after work and cook/bake when I could be drawring 9_9]
[[and she thinks maybe the muffins would've sold out IMMEDIATE-LIKE had I put "muffins--specially made by Falco!" on the sign, but I tend to write things on the drier side when asked]]
So... Bake Sale. Sure, whatever, bake sales are cool, aren't they? Well, Bake Sale is part ONE of the week's events! =/ Today [Wed] was also a flu shot clinic [free to employees/those with CIGNA coverage, $25 to all else]
Though it's interesting to note that each time I've designated my dentist appointments [also today/Wed--UGH] as two hours in the event of the allotted hour running over, each time on this job, it's run OVER two hours... and Falco has always expected me to not show up for the rest of the day \=' These are morning appointments, too, including the one they forgot to put in their calendar [link I can't be bothered to find goes here], so why would I take the whole day off for an [abnormally long] hour's appointment?
[FTR, the next one they wanna do is for a night guard--which is gonna run $700 so I think I'll pass and take my chances with a $20 dealie!--and that's supposed to only take ten minutes, but I've seen the writing on the wall...]
[[also, I totally have this gut feeling that this dentist is crap, but I've been too lazy to switch up, between trying to find insurance and/or a new dentist entirely, particularly when switching would involve at least one initial visit purely for X-rays and most likely would be at least a month between visits]]
[[[so lazy]]]
...and TOMORROW [Thurs] is this Tailgate party thing that I don't know how that's gonna run because Ruok was the one running around harassing people to contribute, which Biker isn't around to do anymore and Miss Priss is still pretty overwhelmed trying to remember everything to then add going around harassing people to that [and I wasn't asked, even if I wanted to do it] PLUS a chili contest for which only four people signed up [I've never made chili and am too short of time/money to experiment with making one last-minute] PLUS potluck PLUS ongoing Bake Sale PLUS [stuff and stuff and stuff here] =p
I don't remember if there's a thing for Friday, but this feels like a lot for one week and not that long removed from the charity bike ride thing as it is... I just have this impression of 1. shaking people down and 2. NO WONDER Falco's overwhelmed! 9_9 *eyeroll injury* >_<
Ugh. SO. I pied =p
I still don't know if it turned out correctly [enough], because the only pecan pies I've ever had are mine =/ I learned from last time, though, and cooked pretty much exactly to spec [as our shitty oven will allow], but it still seems off somehow! It doesn't cut cleanly, and the piece doesn't come out whole, so...? Is that par for the course or is it crap?
AS A PLAN B I am bringing the requested "music" [ Colonel* Roy Mustang loaded up with ALL TEH '80s], which I have been testing since I got home [too many tracks aren't quite balanced, looked for and tested the shitty speakers I'd gotten before]. Also, REALLY not sure why I kept slow songs, 'cause I hates them** =(
*Gee, I must've given out a promotion when I wasn't looking. Eh, Colonel's his title for most of the series, anyway.
**Well, not HATE hate them, but I can't find the link I meant to use and it's taking me so long just to write this much and I haven't even done my comic tonight, but basically I've been conditioned to NOT appreciate quiet songs/songs with prolonged periods of silence [>2 sec] because music is a functional NOISE-BLOCKING thing for me now such that it is not serving its purpose if there is extended silence!
Um... what else. Oh, the '80s are apparently back in other ways, too!
"What's with the life preserver??" =B
[conclusion goes here, but it's late and I'm tired]