Weeks 11 and 12 in Dayton: The Final Countdown
I've only got five days of work left. Thank goodness. Here are a few random thoughts I've been having. Not too many, because not that much is going on.
* I went to this concert in the park two Friday nights ago. It was this German band, and they played a lot of polkas and big band songs and the like. I was surrounded by old people, and they all loved the music; I guess it reminded them of when they were my age. Do you think that when we're old, we'll go to concerts in the part and have bands play our songs? Like, this old lady will come up to the microphone and say "Now here's a real old number you'll probably remember. This one's 'SexyBack.' " And then the band will play it and we'll all get up with our spouses and grind each other real slowly on the dance floor. And when we're done, people will clap and say, "Awww. Isn't that cute."
* I've really gotten into "Top Chef", this cooking reality show on Bravo. I really enjoy it, but if I were ever on one of those cooking shows, I would be awful. I was watching "Iron Chef America" last night, and I started thinking about how it would go for me:
. . . and it looks like Chef Johnson is defrosting his frozen chicken breasts in the microwave. That's a good start. He's also warming up that versatile George Foreman grill right there. And the chicken's come out of the microwave and it looks like he's seasoning it with some . . Lawry's seasoning salt. Mmm. Delicious. Now while that chicken's cooking he's going to take that potato and wrap it in a paper towl. Oh yes, it's back into the microwave to cook. Now he's going back into the fridge. Let's see what comes out. It appears as though he's got some Kraft singles and . . some slightly-wilted lettuce, which is today's secret ingredient. And he's got some Quaker Steak and Lube Barbecue sauce there too. It appears as though he's going to assemble a chicken sandwich there. With a microwaved potato on the side. What's that? He's reaching for some fake bacon bits. Mmmm.
The Chairman: Chef Johnson, will you please describe your first dish here?
Me: Well, this is a barbecue chicken sandwich with cheese and lettuce. I cooked it on a George Forman in order to properly burn the outside while barely cooking the inside. And on the side is a microwaved potato with sour cream which is still probably good, and fake bacon bits.
The Chairman: Why the use of fake bacon bits?
Me: I didn't look at the label closely enough when I bought them like 6 months ago.
The Chairman: Oh. Um, thank you.
Me: Enjoy.
The Chairman: Iron Chef, what have you made?
Iron Chef: I made a Pincho of Pan Con Tomate with Angulas, Osetra Caviar & Tomatillos.
Me: Booooooo! You suck!
* Last weekend I went to the Dayton Airshow. It was pretty sweet. They had all these great airplanes there, like a B-52, A-10 Warthog, B-2 Spirit, F-15 Eagle, F-18 Lightning, V-22 Osprey, etc. It was all pretty sweet, but I was hoping that there'd be some space displays no luck. In fact, I guess a Spaceshow would be pretty boring. It'd pretty much be a space shuttle. Maybe a Soyuz if you were lucky. And there really couldn't be any fly-bys. Perhaps you could launch a rocket or something. But that'd be about it. Oh well.
* That's really about it. Seriously. My life is quite boring. I studied for the GREs and worked on a report for work. Um . . . yeah. Man, my life is lame. But it's almost fall. Thank goodness.
* I went to this concert in the park two Friday nights ago. It was this German band, and they played a lot of polkas and big band songs and the like. I was surrounded by old people, and they all loved the music; I guess it reminded them of when they were my age. Do you think that when we're old, we'll go to concerts in the part and have bands play our songs? Like, this old lady will come up to the microphone and say "Now here's a real old number you'll probably remember. This one's 'SexyBack.' " And then the band will play it and we'll all get up with our spouses and grind each other real slowly on the dance floor. And when we're done, people will clap and say, "Awww. Isn't that cute."
* I've really gotten into "Top Chef", this cooking reality show on Bravo. I really enjoy it, but if I were ever on one of those cooking shows, I would be awful. I was watching "Iron Chef America" last night, and I started thinking about how it would go for me:
. . . and it looks like Chef Johnson is defrosting his frozen chicken breasts in the microwave. That's a good start. He's also warming up that versatile George Foreman grill right there. And the chicken's come out of the microwave and it looks like he's seasoning it with some . . Lawry's seasoning salt. Mmm. Delicious. Now while that chicken's cooking he's going to take that potato and wrap it in a paper towl. Oh yes, it's back into the microwave to cook. Now he's going back into the fridge. Let's see what comes out. It appears as though he's got some Kraft singles and . . some slightly-wilted lettuce, which is today's secret ingredient. And he's got some Quaker Steak and Lube Barbecue sauce there too. It appears as though he's going to assemble a chicken sandwich there. With a microwaved potato on the side. What's that? He's reaching for some fake bacon bits. Mmmm.
The Chairman: Chef Johnson, will you please describe your first dish here?
Me: Well, this is a barbecue chicken sandwich with cheese and lettuce. I cooked it on a George Forman in order to properly burn the outside while barely cooking the inside. And on the side is a microwaved potato with sour cream which is still probably good, and fake bacon bits.
The Chairman: Why the use of fake bacon bits?
Me: I didn't look at the label closely enough when I bought them like 6 months ago.
The Chairman: Oh. Um, thank you.
Me: Enjoy.
The Chairman: Iron Chef, what have you made?
Iron Chef: I made a Pincho of Pan Con Tomate with Angulas, Osetra Caviar & Tomatillos.
Me: Booooooo! You suck!
* Last weekend I went to the Dayton Airshow. It was pretty sweet. They had all these great airplanes there, like a B-52, A-10 Warthog, B-2 Spirit, F-15 Eagle, F-18 Lightning, V-22 Osprey, etc. It was all pretty sweet, but I was hoping that there'd be some space displays no luck. In fact, I guess a Spaceshow would be pretty boring. It'd pretty much be a space shuttle. Maybe a Soyuz if you were lucky. And there really couldn't be any fly-bys. Perhaps you could launch a rocket or something. But that'd be about it. Oh well.
* That's really about it. Seriously. My life is quite boring. I studied for the GREs and worked on a report for work. Um . . . yeah. Man, my life is lame. But it's almost fall. Thank goodness.