Too Young To Be Married!!!
The following is a reconstructed conversation between plasticann and the sandwich lady (SL) at New Saigon downtown:
plasticann: [talking to Adam on new phone while waiting for sandwiches] Yeah, I'm at the sandwich place so I can get you one for tomorrow. See you later. Bye!
plasticann: [to SL] I'd like to add a teriyaki chicken sandwich to my order.
SL: Ha ha, your friend knew you were here so they called for a sandwich.
plasticann: Yeah, it was my husband, he wanted a sandwich for tomorrow.
SL: You married?
plasticann: Yeah!
SL: [maternally] You're too young to be married!
plasticann: [sheepishly]Well, I'm not really that young. I'm 28.
SL: 28! You're [nineteen] seventy-nine like me!
plasticann: No, seventy-eight! [pause] So I guess I'm actually older than you.
Not only is the sandwich lady a year younger than me and positively 27 not 28, she has two kids, ages ten and eight. Too young to be married my "Gluteus Maximus!" I'm positively over the hill and barren to boot.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Frightful Halloween Visitors
Overheard through my new [pink] razr phone was the following reconstructed scenario involving Steve, one of his roommates and a Halloween visitor:
plasticann: OK, so what should we do about the paper?
Steve: Well, I think...[ding dong doorbell in background]...wait, we have trick or treaters. [yelling to roommates] Do we have candy? [panicked hollering] Where's the candy?
Steve's Roommate: [garble garble garble]
Steve: Oh no, we don't have candy for the trick or treaters! Oh, it's a delivery person. Did you order food?
Steve's Roommate: [garble garble garble, but I assume he answered "yes."]
Steve: I thought the delivery person was a trick or treater.
Let this be a lesson to us all, don't be stranded without candy on Halloween. Secondly, unless little kids have taken to dressing up as delivery people for Halloween, look twice through the peephole before freaking out. Steve will probably disagree with my interpretation of the scenario since I wasn't there, but it's my interpretation of what went down as I heard it over my phone...my new pink phone.
Overheard through my new [pink] razr phone was the following reconstructed scenario involving Steve, one of his roommates and a Halloween visitor:
plasticann: OK, so what should we do about the paper?
Steve: Well, I think...[ding dong doorbell in background]...wait, we have trick or treaters. [yelling to roommates] Do we have candy? [panicked hollering] Where's the candy?
Steve's Roommate: [garble garble garble]
Steve: Oh no, we don't have candy for the trick or treaters! Oh, it's a delivery person. Did you order food?
Steve's Roommate: [garble garble garble, but I assume he answered "yes."]
Steve: I thought the delivery person was a trick or treater.
Let this be a lesson to us all, don't be stranded without candy on Halloween. Secondly, unless little kids have taken to dressing up as delivery people for Halloween, look twice through the peephole before freaking out. Steve will probably disagree with my interpretation of the scenario since I wasn't there, but it's my interpretation of what went down as I heard it over my phone...my new pink phone.
Friday, October 27, 2006
A walk down memory lane
I started rereading archives of this blog in order to prepare for an interview with Google next week and I've noticed a few consistent themes. First, Steve's antics are featured prominently throughout the years and he is always hilarious. Secondly, plasticmom and I are obsessed with Nalgene water bottles, especially plasticmom. My archives indicate that I've purchased almost every new bottle introduction for plasticmom: one liter, mini-grip, n-gen. Also, her bottle count has increased from 3 to 5 to 6 to infinity over the years. When Adam and I visited plasticmom for Laurel and CAD Cowboy's wedding, I noticed that she had FOUR super tall 1.5 liter bottles in her kitchen plus an entire basket of empty bottles. Mindboggling! I'm responsible for some of it, but not all. I suppose Adam and I would have just as many if not more water bottles if Adam had not boldly proclaimed, during spring cleaning, that we would be strictly a four water bottle household, two big plus two small. I even insisted plasticmom take one of my small bottles while she was in Seattle after she mentioned leaving a small bottle behind in Cambridge just to uphold the four bottle rule. Since plasticmom clearly doesn't have a four bottle rule, I think I might get her either the flask or the sippy cup next time.
I started rereading archives of this blog in order to prepare for an interview with Google next week and I've noticed a few consistent themes. First, Steve's antics are featured prominently throughout the years and he is always hilarious. Secondly, plasticmom and I are obsessed with Nalgene water bottles, especially plasticmom. My archives indicate that I've purchased almost every new bottle introduction for plasticmom: one liter, mini-grip, n-gen. Also, her bottle count has increased from 3 to 5 to 6 to infinity over the years. When Adam and I visited plasticmom for Laurel and CAD Cowboy's wedding, I noticed that she had FOUR super tall 1.5 liter bottles in her kitchen plus an entire basket of empty bottles. Mindboggling! I'm responsible for some of it, but not all. I suppose Adam and I would have just as many if not more water bottles if Adam had not boldly proclaimed, during spring cleaning, that we would be strictly a four water bottle household, two big plus two small. I even insisted plasticmom take one of my small bottles while she was in Seattle after she mentioned leaving a small bottle behind in Cambridge just to uphold the four bottle rule. Since plasticmom clearly doesn't have a four bottle rule, I think I might get her either the flask or the sippy cup next time.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Magical Diet
The following is a reconstructed conversation between plasticann & Adam.
plasticann: Guess what? I magically lost 10 pounds. I'm not sure how, but I weight a lot less all of a sudden.
Adam: That's odd!
plasticann: [dashing to the bathroom] Wait, I'm going to go weigh myself right now.
plasticann: [yelling from the bathroom] Yup, I weight a lot less for some reason. Hmmm, maybe the scale broke. [stepping of the scale] Oops, the scale's not calibrated correctly, it doesn't go back to zero when I get off. Just kidding, I didn't lose or gain any weight.
Adam: Why don't you fix?
plasticann: Can't we just do the mental math when we use it?
Adam: [no response]
If you want to weigh less, use our scale.
The following is a reconstructed conversation between plasticann & Adam.
plasticann: Guess what? I magically lost 10 pounds. I'm not sure how, but I weight a lot less all of a sudden.
Adam: That's odd!
plasticann: [dashing to the bathroom] Wait, I'm going to go weigh myself right now.
plasticann: [yelling from the bathroom] Yup, I weight a lot less for some reason. Hmmm, maybe the scale broke. [stepping of the scale] Oops, the scale's not calibrated correctly, it doesn't go back to zero when I get off. Just kidding, I didn't lose or gain any weight.
Adam: Why don't you fix?
plasticann: Can't we just do the mental math when we use it?
Adam: [no response]
If you want to weigh less, use our scale.
Everyday Italian Cookbook
I got the Everyday Italian cookbook for my birthday from Adam and it was just what I always wanted. I had also mentioned directly that I wanted it for my birthday the week before. Anyhow, I made two pasta dishes from it last week and both were very tasty. The following is a reconstructed conversation about my cooking repetoire:
plasticann: I'm so glad you got me that cookbook.
Adam: Me too, it's already paying off, you've made dinner twice. I'm glad you've expanded beyond polenta.
plasticann: [mock outrage] What are you saying? That I only make polenta?
Adam: That's exactly what I'm saying.
plasticann: Well, you're right, I pretty much only make polenta for dinner, but I cook once every two or three weeks so it's not like we eat it everyday.
I got the Everyday Italian cookbook for my birthday from Adam and it was just what I always wanted. I had also mentioned directly that I wanted it for my birthday the week before. Anyhow, I made two pasta dishes from it last week and both were very tasty. The following is a reconstructed conversation about my cooking repetoire:
plasticann: I'm so glad you got me that cookbook.
Adam: Me too, it's already paying off, you've made dinner twice. I'm glad you've expanded beyond polenta.
plasticann: [mock outrage] What are you saying? That I only make polenta?
Adam: That's exactly what I'm saying.
plasticann: Well, you're right, I pretty much only make polenta for dinner, but I cook once every two or three weeks so it's not like we eat it everyday.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Making Good Use Of Our Produce
Adam and I are starting to get into the swing of things using up the produce we get from Boston Organic. We threw out some sweet potatoes and we're still not sure what to do with the squash we got a few weeks ago so it's now "decorating" our dining room table. However, last night I decided to make use of our current supply of veggies and make this sweet potato and zucchini bread from epicurious.com. I must confess that I didn't follow the recipe directions to "sift," bhte the bread was still deliciously moist and very tasty. Enjoy!
Sweet Potato and Zucchini Bread
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups grated zucchini
1 1/2 cups grated peeled sweet potato
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Butter and flour 2 loaf pans or spray with Baker's Joy.
Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl.
Beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla to blend in large bowl.
Mix in zucchini and sweet potato.
Add dry ingredients and walnuts and stir well.
Transfer batter to prepared pan.
Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Cool bread in pan on rack 15 minutes.
Cut around bread to loosen.
Turn out onto rack and cool completely.
(Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap in foil and let stand at room temperature.)
Adam and I are starting to get into the swing of things using up the produce we get from Boston Organic. We threw out some sweet potatoes and we're still not sure what to do with the squash we got a few weeks ago so it's now "decorating" our dining room table. However, last night I decided to make use of our current supply of veggies and make this sweet potato and zucchini bread from epicurious.com. I must confess that I didn't follow the recipe directions to "sift," bhte the bread was still deliciously moist and very tasty. Enjoy!
Sweet Potato and Zucchini Bread
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups grated zucchini
1 1/2 cups grated peeled sweet potato
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Butter and flour 2 loaf pans or spray with Baker's Joy.
Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl.
Beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla to blend in large bowl.
Mix in zucchini and sweet potato.
Add dry ingredients and walnuts and stir well.
Transfer batter to prepared pan.
Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Cool bread in pan on rack 15 minutes.
Cut around bread to loosen.
Turn out onto rack and cool completely.
(Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap in foil and let stand at room temperature.)
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Water Damage
Well, kids, here are two important lessons in life...don't run with scissors and don't pour water into your bag. I accidentally poured water into my bag a few years ago and ruined my beloved old school StarTac phone. Yesterday, I didn't screw the cap on my water bottle tightly enough and proceeded to accidently dump 2 cups of water into the bottom of my kate spade leather bag. The water seeped through the lining and into the leather from the untreated side inside out and has left a water mark halfway up the sides of my bag. The bag would have been fine had I dunked it in water outside in since it's treated on the outside. I'm a bit depressed and I think I might dunk the entire bag in water to even out the water damage. I even found instructions on the internet. Lesson learned...I need to buy a sippy cup that doesn't leak like the one Tess uses.
Well, kids, here are two important lessons in life...don't run with scissors and don't pour water into your bag. I accidentally poured water into my bag a few years ago and ruined my beloved old school StarTac phone. Yesterday, I didn't screw the cap on my water bottle tightly enough and proceeded to accidently dump 2 cups of water into the bottom of my kate spade leather bag. The water seeped through the lining and into the leather from the untreated side inside out and has left a water mark halfway up the sides of my bag. The bag would have been fine had I dunked it in water outside in since it's treated on the outside. I'm a bit depressed and I think I might dunk the entire bag in water to even out the water damage. I even found instructions on the internet. Lesson learned...I need to buy a sippy cup that doesn't leak like the one Tess uses.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Sunbutter
One of my classmates said she was eating a sunbutter sandwich during one of our meetings and I was so confused..."sunbutter?" Turns out, they make sunflower seed butter for kids with nut allergies. Her son has a classmate with a peanut allergy so none of kids are allowed to bring peanut butter to school so he eats sunbutter. It actually tastes pretty good, but like sunflower seeds not peanuts. I thought about getting Adam a jar of sunbutter today, but I ended up buying what I wanted which was almond butter, which was wicked expensive by the way.
One of my classmates said she was eating a sunbutter sandwich during one of our meetings and I was so confused..."sunbutter?" Turns out, they make sunflower seed butter for kids with nut allergies. Her son has a classmate with a peanut allergy so none of kids are allowed to bring peanut butter to school so he eats sunbutter. It actually tastes pretty good, but like sunflower seeds not peanuts. I thought about getting Adam a jar of sunbutter today, but I ended up buying what I wanted which was almond butter, which was wicked expensive by the way.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Erroneous CD
Last month, I received a CD I didn't order in my box of textbooks from Amazon. It was the first time I've ever had an error in my order from them. Since I worked at Amazon last summer, I understand how much they value the accuracy of their inventory and how infrequently they make mistakes so I tried to return the CD even though they didn't charge me for the CD and the CD didn't appear on my packing slip. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to return this CD so I ended up keeping it. We had a bunch of people over for dinner for our friend Esther's birthday so I had thought that maybe I should offer up this CD to the guests. Of course, I totally forgot to do this and the CD stayed in my office. Later that evening, our last guests Chris and Angel were about to leave so they peeked in my office to say goodbye. The following is a reconstructed conversation between Chris, who likes any music that doesn't play on the radio, and plasticann, who's so ambivalent about music she can't be bothered to turn it on most days:
Chris: No way, you have the new Flaming Lips CD!
plasticann: [Looks at Chris blankly] Huh!
Chris: This CD, can I have a copy?
plasticann: The Flaming Lips?
Chris: [holding the CD] This is their latest CD, I've been wanting to buy it. I can't believe you like them too.
plasticann: Um, you can have the CD, I got it by mistake from Amazon and I couldn't return it. I don't even know who The Flaming Lips are.
Adam: It's a real CD, we assumed it was some bargain bin CD.
Chris: Really, are you sure I can have it? I'll make you a copy of the CD!
plasticann: Really, that's OK, I don't need a copy.
Chris: I'll make you copy. They're really great!
I still don't know who The Flaming Lips are and what type of music they play, but judging from the CD cover and their name, I don't think it'll be my cup of tea...seems to cacophonous for my taste. I am glad that Amazon's error made Chris day.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Giant Calves
I've always aspired to own a pair of tall leather boots, but I've never been able to find a pair that would zip over my calves...apparently, I have giant calves. Every few years, I got back to a store thinking that maybe I'll find a pair only to leave discouraged. Today, after church, I decided to stop by Patagonia and pick up some fall outerwear when I passed by Camper. Filled with hope since it'd been a few years since I last tried to buy boots, I checked out their tall boot selection. Surprise surprise, they didn't fit. I think my smallish feet with largish calves make for an unsuccessful combination. I think even the salesperson was astonished as she watched me struggle to zip them up. On another more positive note, I purchased a black down sweater jacket from Patagonia. It weighs a mere 9 ounces, quite warm and very shiny due to the space age ultra light fabric so I'm a happy "camper," no pun intended.
I've always aspired to own a pair of tall leather boots, but I've never been able to find a pair that would zip over my calves...apparently, I have giant calves. Every few years, I got back to a store thinking that maybe I'll find a pair only to leave discouraged. Today, after church, I decided to stop by Patagonia and pick up some fall outerwear when I passed by Camper. Filled with hope since it'd been a few years since I last tried to buy boots, I checked out their tall boot selection. Surprise surprise, they didn't fit. I think my smallish feet with largish calves make for an unsuccessful combination. I think even the salesperson was astonished as she watched me struggle to zip them up. On another more positive note, I purchased a black down sweater jacket from Patagonia. It weighs a mere 9 ounces, quite warm and very shiny due to the space age ultra light fabric so I'm a happy "camper," no pun intended.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Gotta Blog Like It's My Birthday!
Because it is my birthday today and I'll get to celebrate with plasticmom for the first time since high school, which contrary to my looks was quite a long time ago. I've been mistaken for a high schooler and I think they were being generous in their estimate so really we're talking like junior high. However, that's neither here nor there like Steve likes to say. We're flying to LA for Laurel and Alex's wedding this weekend. I'm a bridesmaid so I'm all set with an outfit. Unfortunately, we have to go shopping for Adam in LA and now that I'm thinking about it, I may have to check up on what plasticmom is planning on wearing.
Because it is my birthday today and I'll get to celebrate with plasticmom for the first time since high school, which contrary to my looks was quite a long time ago. I've been mistaken for a high schooler and I think they were being generous in their estimate so really we're talking like junior high. However, that's neither here nor there like Steve likes to say. We're flying to LA for Laurel and Alex's wedding this weekend. I'm a bridesmaid so I'm all set with an outfit. Unfortunately, we have to go shopping for Adam in LA and now that I'm thinking about it, I may have to check up on what plasticmom is planning on wearing.
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