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Aug. 10th, 2006 10:28 pm
project runway and other exciting things
Hells yeah! Michael Knight won! I was starting to get pissed off at the edits (or lack thereof) he was getting for the first couple of episodes, and I was really annoyed with how they treated him when he came to the auditions, but this episode challenge was made for him. I totally loved his outfit, even if I could never wear it in a million years.
Anyway, stoner Bradly Baumkirchner got kicked off. I will miss his stoner commentary - "I am a squid without an ocean."
We went to the San Carlos Farmer's Market and picked up a bunch of food. Mark kept me from getting distracted, and we bought tomatoes, pierogi, fresh corn, fresh tomatoes, salad mix, and green onions. The green onions we bought from Safeway a few days ago are pretty much dead, and it bugs me. Green onions should last at least a week! It's that same way with other Safeway produce, too. Don't get me wrong - I get the majority of my groceries from Safeway, but I am going to be very, very sad once farmer's market season is over. There's just no comparison between fresh, local ingredients that don't taste of pesticide and Safeway produce. Oh, and we also got artichokes! I love artichokes, even though you can't really do much with them, and it's kind of complicated to eat.
My mom's tomatoes are starting to come in, too. ^_^
I got asked by my manager to attend a training conference in October. It's in exciting Kansas City. Anyone know any good places to eat there? I'm on my own for dinner, although I will be compensated. I heard ribs are a good bet. I could also use tips on schmoozing - the Dale Carnegie class helped a bit, but I'm supposed to build a relationship with these people whose software I just want to take a hammer to and force them to build a new program. That works. I think I might be getting a little burnt out on work, too - there's going to be another person in our department leaving and that leaves me as the only current, full-time employee under my manager. Until we hire another person. My workload has increased ten-fold, and that's fine, because previously I was seriously scrounging for work to do, but I'm starting to get disorganized. I need to get back on track.
Anyway, stoner Bradly Baumkirchner got kicked off. I will miss his stoner commentary - "I am a squid without an ocean."
We went to the San Carlos Farmer's Market and picked up a bunch of food. Mark kept me from getting distracted, and we bought tomatoes, pierogi, fresh corn, fresh tomatoes, salad mix, and green onions. The green onions we bought from Safeway a few days ago are pretty much dead, and it bugs me. Green onions should last at least a week! It's that same way with other Safeway produce, too. Don't get me wrong - I get the majority of my groceries from Safeway, but I am going to be very, very sad once farmer's market season is over. There's just no comparison between fresh, local ingredients that don't taste of pesticide and Safeway produce. Oh, and we also got artichokes! I love artichokes, even though you can't really do much with them, and it's kind of complicated to eat.
My mom's tomatoes are starting to come in, too. ^_^
I got asked by my manager to attend a training conference in October. It's in exciting Kansas City. Anyone know any good places to eat there? I'm on my own for dinner, although I will be compensated. I heard ribs are a good bet. I could also use tips on schmoozing - the Dale Carnegie class helped a bit, but I'm supposed to build a relationship with these people whose software I just want to take a hammer to and force them to build a new program. That works. I think I might be getting a little burnt out on work, too - there's going to be another person in our department leaving and that leaves me as the only current, full-time employee under my manager. Until we hire another person. My workload has increased ten-fold, and that's fine, because previously I was seriously scrounging for work to do, but I'm starting to get disorganized. I need to get back on track.
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