As of 5:30 tonight, I officially became unemployed. Woot ( Read more... )

Have finally gotten around to making my caramel-chocolate almonds. They're a bit labour intensive, but worth it.

Hmm, the first batch of almonds are overtly toasted. By which I mean burnt. Oh, well, I'll keep those for myself.

Back to the caramel.

Or not.

Admittedly, it's not as bad as some, although that probably has more to do with the knowledge that I'm leaving the madhouse and less to do with the bountiful goodness of mankind. Because mankind? Bounty free.

I am annoyed, however, because I was invited to my first ever cocktail party, and I couldn't go because I had to work until 9: ( Read more... )

Poodled over to the grocery store for juice today, and whilst wandering the aisles, I found myself...singing along with the Christmas music. Eek! Afterwards, as I wandered to the bus stop, listening to the Christmas music being piped outside, looking in the shop windows, all decorated and sparkly, there was...could it be...was that a flicker of ( Read more... )

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( I'M BEING POSITIVE, GODDAMMIT!! )

Well, I had my first exam today, and I think it went ok. The practical bone-identification bit went fairly well, but I could have done better on the written portion. Ah well, at least I got a good mark on my paper, once again proving that I do my best work when I'm semi-incoherent. My next exam is on Monday. Unfortunately, I have to work all ( Read more... )

And so another year has passed, and the holiday season is once more upon us. God, how I hate it. It's a descent into a festively decorated hell. The mall where I work has had the same awful decorations since about 1976 - the same tacky red and gold banners, the same woebegone strings of lights, the same balls that look like they were attacked by ( Read more... )