I want a BEAN FEAST!
Life in Port Charlotte:
My parents own a bike they got from Walmart. It is the worst bike in the world. You have to work so hard, and you still barely go anywhere. I looked it up online, and it cost $39.98. I own paperback books that cost more than that bike.
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Today, at work we were gathered to be told some bad news. One of our colleagues would be taking indefinite leave because his wife had dropped their newborn baby. I accidentally laughed at the image. FML
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Trying to put together recordings of my work to send in for this AMD job is killing me. It would be amazing if I got it though. Touring with shows? That's halfway to Broadway, baby!
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olde_hag57 and I went to Sarasota this Halloween. At first we checked out the arts fair (KITSCH) and then we went to a farmer's market where I got some iced coffee and we split some deep-fried conch fritters with spicy sauce.
Then we hit up the Episcopal thrift store and I bought a bunch of records and Hag bought one, and the ladies there mistook Hag for a boy when they asked us to plug in a portable TV from the 80s they had found and some woman with a burned face tried to talk to us about record players and frankly she gave me the creeps. Anyways, one of the ladies was kind of a riot and she became my alternate ego from the day. I performed her with the accent Drew Barrymore used for Little Edie in Grey Gardens. I also got a nice plaid shirt at the store.
Next we went to the library where they had generally awful records for sale, no Ethan Mordden and no books on bikes or bike repair.
Then we had panini at a rather pretentious but still cheap restaurant where the waitress (who I suspect was the owner) told us what the panino of the day was. The panini were served with mixed greens, artisanal potato chips, fruit salad and a small flower in the plate which I tried to get Hag to eat. Then we saw a documentary on Gertrude Berg at Burns Court. Fun. Informative. Jewish.
Next we just trawled around the Goodwills. I bought way too many records, but didn't buy any pants. Yay. Not wasting money on things I regret. I still don't like how I look in jeans. Will this ever change? WHO EVEN KNOWS.
Then was Helen's Comic Book Shoppe which is manned by Comic Book Guy incarnate, which leads us to wonder who the hell Helen is. I insist it's his mother, whom he still lives with. He kinda hovered over us, since we were the only people in the store. We are always the only people in the store. Anyways, I bought a Squeeze record there, but when I tried to play it at home, it was bent out of shape, so I'm trying to flatten it by putting it under some board games. We'll see.
We had dinner at Sangría, the tapas bar on Main Street. I don't really have the time or space to tell you how much I enjoyed the food, so let these meager descriptions suffice. Tuna tartare, drowning in pesto with ripe tomatoes, crisped baguette slices and just a touch of grainy mustard on top. Then delicious Spanish meatballs in a tomato sauce with potatoes. They were delicious but tasted like Chef Boyardee a little bit. And Hag had roasted peppers in a balsamic reduction and some so so calamari. I don't know where they get their vegetables so fresh, but they were phenomenal! Not to mention my sangria. I got a rosé, and it was the best drink I've had in ages.
Then a quiet stroll down to Whiteberry to get some boutique frozen yogurt. I got chocolate with raspberries and coconut. The raspberries froze in the yogurt so that was pretty cool. Anyways, it was MUCH HEALTHIER THAN COLDSTONE. Apparently the yogurts are nonfat and they don't even tell you. Hag was disappointed that they weren't showing the dramatically unappetizing video of bottom of the sea creatures.
After that it was time to go home. Awww.
When we got to my place, since it was Halloween, we watched Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. I enjoyed it. Yayyyy.
Hag lent me her record player!
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Today, I filled out a 'perfect job placement' test, where you put down your skills, experience and education level and then it finds you jobs based on your abilities and areas of knowledge. No lie, the most compatible job they found for me was 'Dishwasher'. FML
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It only took me 2 hours, bleeding fingers, and hands irretrievably greasy, but I fixed the rear derailleur on my bike. Right after I broke the rear derailleur on my bike. Go me. I'm like a real mechanic and everything!
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I watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The original. It. Was. AMAZING. I was yelling at my computer, and I never do shit like that. I am like, on an adrenaline rush.
My parents own a bike they got from Walmart. It is the worst bike in the world. You have to work so hard, and you still barely go anywhere. I looked it up online, and it cost $39.98. I own paperback books that cost more than that bike.
***
Today, at work we were gathered to be told some bad news. One of our colleagues would be taking indefinite leave because his wife had dropped their newborn baby. I accidentally laughed at the image. FML
***
Trying to put together recordings of my work to send in for this AMD job is killing me. It would be amazing if I got it though. Touring with shows? That's halfway to Broadway, baby!
***
olde_hag57 and I went to Sarasota this Halloween. At first we checked out the arts fair (KITSCH) and then we went to a farmer's market where I got some iced coffee and we split some deep-fried conch fritters with spicy sauce.
Then we hit up the Episcopal thrift store and I bought a bunch of records and Hag bought one, and the ladies there mistook Hag for a boy when they asked us to plug in a portable TV from the 80s they had found and some woman with a burned face tried to talk to us about record players and frankly she gave me the creeps. Anyways, one of the ladies was kind of a riot and she became my alternate ego from the day. I performed her with the accent Drew Barrymore used for Little Edie in Grey Gardens. I also got a nice plaid shirt at the store.
Next we went to the library where they had generally awful records for sale, no Ethan Mordden and no books on bikes or bike repair.
Then we had panini at a rather pretentious but still cheap restaurant where the waitress (who I suspect was the owner) told us what the panino of the day was. The panini were served with mixed greens, artisanal potato chips, fruit salad and a small flower in the plate which I tried to get Hag to eat. Then we saw a documentary on Gertrude Berg at Burns Court. Fun. Informative. Jewish.
Next we just trawled around the Goodwills. I bought way too many records, but didn't buy any pants. Yay. Not wasting money on things I regret. I still don't like how I look in jeans. Will this ever change? WHO EVEN KNOWS.
Then was Helen's Comic Book Shoppe which is manned by Comic Book Guy incarnate, which leads us to wonder who the hell Helen is. I insist it's his mother, whom he still lives with. He kinda hovered over us, since we were the only people in the store. We are always the only people in the store. Anyways, I bought a Squeeze record there, but when I tried to play it at home, it was bent out of shape, so I'm trying to flatten it by putting it under some board games. We'll see.
We had dinner at Sangría, the tapas bar on Main Street. I don't really have the time or space to tell you how much I enjoyed the food, so let these meager descriptions suffice. Tuna tartare, drowning in pesto with ripe tomatoes, crisped baguette slices and just a touch of grainy mustard on top. Then delicious Spanish meatballs in a tomato sauce with potatoes. They were delicious but tasted like Chef Boyardee a little bit. And Hag had roasted peppers in a balsamic reduction and some so so calamari. I don't know where they get their vegetables so fresh, but they were phenomenal! Not to mention my sangria. I got a rosé, and it was the best drink I've had in ages.
Then a quiet stroll down to Whiteberry to get some boutique frozen yogurt. I got chocolate with raspberries and coconut. The raspberries froze in the yogurt so that was pretty cool. Anyways, it was MUCH HEALTHIER THAN COLDSTONE. Apparently the yogurts are nonfat and they don't even tell you. Hag was disappointed that they weren't showing the dramatically unappetizing video of bottom of the sea creatures.
After that it was time to go home. Awww.
When we got to my place, since it was Halloween, we watched Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. I enjoyed it. Yayyyy.
Hag lent me her record player!
***
Today, I filled out a 'perfect job placement' test, where you put down your skills, experience and education level and then it finds you jobs based on your abilities and areas of knowledge. No lie, the most compatible job they found for me was 'Dishwasher'. FML
***
It only took me 2 hours, bleeding fingers, and hands irretrievably greasy, but I fixed the rear derailleur on my bike. Right after I broke the rear derailleur on my bike. Go me. I'm like a real mechanic and everything!
***
I watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The original. It. Was. AMAZING. I was yelling at my computer, and I never do shit like that. I am like, on an adrenaline rush.