Post Punk Kitchen Forum

*hug* this is the last of the worst of it. now there's nothing else to wait for; you can just remember her, and love her.

My a cappella friends and I are going out to karaoke tonight. It was my idea and I organized it and I know it's going to be super fun, but I'm just in such an introverted mood today. And the vegan options at our karaoke place kinda suck, so I either need to eat something now or be prepared to pay out the asparagus for sad salad and french fries...but I'm not that hungry right now. But I promised I would get there early to stake out good tables, so I'm kind of obligated to eat or drink something. Oh well. I know it's going to be really fun! I just have to, you know, get up, find my pants, and get going. Okay. Here I go.

Not sure where to put this, so here looks good.

Screw pants.

Seriously.

My special lady friend is taking me to her derby practice tonight. I just put on my borrowed skates and tried a couple laps in my house. I think I have prematurely aged 10 years in these 5 minutes. I'm scared shiitake-less for tonight. Also, I told a friend of mine about the derby practice and he was like: "Oh cool, so the two of you are going for a romantic round of roller disco !"

Eh yeah, a roller disco sans music, with potential fractures.

Grrrrrrrrr
I just typed something in annoyance and then it somehow got cancelled by my stupid computer, so now I have to re-type it! Grrr 2.

I had arranged a meeting already in July for next week so that everyone could plan and make sure the'd attend and everything, and today the most important attendee wrote me that she's going on vacation and oooops she forgot about the meeting, even though I send her emails about stuff she has to prepare for it about 4 times a week. So I had to reschedule it for a month later. GRRRRR.

Then I am preparing a super important email about a program we'll run next year, and I just checked the broschure about development trainings and discovered that the one we normally run won't take place this year, and the replacement course will take place in April which is way too early for our program. So now I need a new replacement and I can't decide on my own.
On top of this, the manager who was supposed to give us feedback by Sept 30th didn't, and so now the whole thing is delayed and we won't be able to keep our timeline unless the manager's manager decides to overrule the other guy and go ahead.

Ufff!

Took the strapping off my thumb for 2 hours of sweet freedom to wash myself, make dinner and wash up. Feel great with a good feed in me. Might be down to the painkillers that I took with the food too.

May as well make the most of my time off and have a nice afternoon nap. Bliss!

The debate thread in the parlor is sorta freaking me out (deja vu.) This is my second presidential election with the ppk! How did that happen?

I'm procrastinating instead of finishing writing something. I gather this happens to everyone when they need to write something.

Yep, pretty much story of my life. For example, I should be writing a vocab quiz right now!

I just had two students bring me their phones and show me pictures of J-Pop singers and ask me which of the two is better looking. I never know how to handle these situations. (I picked the one with the crazier hair.)

Thank you. I am glad to be done with the emergency vet hospital. They were really nice and everything, but they hold such bad memories for me that every time they called us about the bill or the ashes I felt sick. So I have my dog home now, finally, even though it certainly wasn't the way I wanted her to come home. I also paid extra to have them make an impression of her paw, so I have that in a nice little case.

One of my friends is coming over now to watch a movie. She had to put her 19-year-old cat to sleep 2 days ago, so I'm thinking this is going to be a very weepy evening.

Awww...I got a paw impression of Liebchen (one of my kitties) from the vet when I cremated her. Hugs to you raspberry.

I tried Isa's suggestion of using OJ in guac and it is fantastic. So yummy.

Why did I decide to bake 2 different varieties of something I've never made before after 10pm? What is wrong with me? Oh right, MoFo.

I just got back from taking little Fujimoto to the vets. The most guinea pig savvy vet I know is a three hour round trip from my house so I think we're both a little frazzled.

His left eye has been bulging for a week and a course of antibiotics haven't done anything to help. Today he had an x-ray which revealed that his slightly wonky upper left molars have elongated roots which are causing pressure in his eye socket. The vet filed the teeth in the hope that it'll relieve the pressure and allow his eye to return to normal. She's assured me that removing his eye is not something she'd consider without trying other options first. He has a checkup scheduled on Monday morning and I hope he'll be back to his beady-eyed self, rather than having one cod eye.

I was reading through some old posts this morning and it made me miss Meggs. I wish she was here more.

On the animal ashes topic...when the crematorium called me to let me know that Effie's ashes were ready, the woman on the phone said "Effie is ready to come home now," which is honestly the most upsetting thing she could have said. She was 9 months old and she was supposed to be at home playing and cuddling with me for the next 20 years and getting her ashes did not count. Ok now I'm sobbing. It is nice to have her ashes at home though. Happy Friday everyone!

I'm getting a forkin Bison tattooed on my arm today. I'm stoked! Whaaaat.

Just watched Waiting For "Superman"- so many emotions.

I just interviewed Amy Allan from The Dead Files about animal spirits and it was pretty awesome.

The Mr. went on a long motorcycle ride today that was supposed to lead to an orchard that's selling 10 lbs of apples for $10. I was so excited about getting apples, and I texted him when he checked in on FB at a restaurant in the town to ask him if he got them and he said no, because he didn't have any cash. :(

I wanted some fresh apples, darnit! I wanted to make a pie or something. Hrumph.

I decided to start blogging again, and I'm relatively tech-savvy, but Wordpress is giving me a headache.

tumblr is super streamlined! use that!
(I am suggesting this selfishly, because I never remember to check blogs that aren't tumblr)

I really want a beer.