Boston Organics
Thanks to MGDub's plug, I started getting Boston Organics delivered. Friday was my first vegetable/fruit box delivery. So far I've eaten one apple, but I'm comforted by the idea that I now have fresh fruits and vegetables coming my way every other week without any effort on my part. I don't actually care about organic, but I like not having to think about what to get and I also like that the food just shows up like clockwork. Organic is just a bonus so I can feel "hip" and "cool" like I'm actually a concerned citizen and I'm sure there are some health reasons for it as well. This week, I received kiwis, pears, apples, oranges, broccoli, tomatoes, lettace, an avocado and a bunch of other stuff. I'm not a huge fan of of eating tons of bosc pears and the weird apples that are a little small probably because they're organic. I'm going to make a crisp out of my supply because there's nothing a little butter and sugar can't take care of. plasticmom thinks I'm pathetic, but then again almost everyone thinks the same when I admit that I don't really know what I eat.
Friday, January 21, 2005
Not Circumference, Not Diameter, But Radius
Last night was GMA's marathon holiday party at Radius. A six course tasting menu paired with wine followed a cocktail hour of passed hors d'oeuvres. At one point, I had a barricade of six glasses in front of me. For some odd reason, the wait staff would take away other people's glasses, but would always leave mine. At some point, I told a waitress that I was finished with my glasses and there were too many and I felt a little overwhelmed. I guess I wasn't communicating clearly because she empathized by rearranging my glasses toward the center of the table, but didn't come back to remove them until much later. Dinner lasted until 11pm and we shot out of there as soon as we finished dessert. All the food was delicious, but here are my favorites in no particular order:
Apple Martini: Very fruity and refreshing, comes garnished with some apple slices.
Chocolate Torte: I'm glad we waited for dessert.
Cheese Puffs: Like cream puff pastry, but cheesy.
Prime Rib: Potato (good), port reduction sauce (good), BEEF (GOOD)
Potato Soup: We got bowls of little pototo chunks and then the waiter came with a teapot (I kid you not) of potato soup and poured each person a serving in their bowl.
As to be expected, there are always conversational highlights to be reconstructed. Steve was not sitting at my table so I have nothing to report on that front. My table of six included Adam, Leah, MC (Leah's husband), Amy and Shannon (Amy's roommate). The following is a reconstructed conversation about flags.
Shannon: I ordered some office supplies from the store room and I actually got all the flags I ordered. Usually, I'm lucky to get 4 packs. I couldn't believe it.
MC: You know, ribbons are the new "flags."
Leah: Man, I love those flags. I use them for everything and I don't know what we'd do without them. I have dozens in my office.
----start of a passionate 15 minute dialogue about flags--feel free to skip content----
plasticann: You never used them at Putnum?
Leah: Not really, maybe here and there, but now I use them for everything...pink, purple, blue...
Amy: I can't live without them either. When I go through a report, I use different colors to represent different things, but I forget what the colors represent by the end or I run out of the blue flags and I wonder whether I should go back and replace all the blue ones with a different color to maintain consistancy.
plasticann: I wonder how much we spend on flags for the office. They're expensive, it must be a major part of our overhead.
Amy: Rachel has to order all kinds of flags, some people like the ones with arrow and other ones like the big ones. Rachel says we would be the natural predators for flags.
plasticann: Yeah, but those opaque ones are the worst...they really unproductive.
Amy: You mean the tape ones?
MC: Are they like ribbons?
plasticann: No, they're opaque so you can't see where the sticky part starts and ends so they're really hard to use.
Amy: Those are terrible. I try to use them up so we can get nice ones, but I think Rachel keeps ordering them because they disappear.
----15 minutes later----
MC: What are you guys talking about?
Leah: Flags.
MC: Like American flags?
Leah: No...they're post-it plastic flags for marking papers.
MC: No wonder I was confused why you all were talking about flags.
plasticann: Is that why you said "ribbons are the new flag?"
MC: Yeah...like those yellow ribbons for the troops.
----conversation moves on to ribbons...yellow, pink, red, etc.----
Last night was GMA's marathon holiday party at Radius. A six course tasting menu paired with wine followed a cocktail hour of passed hors d'oeuvres. At one point, I had a barricade of six glasses in front of me. For some odd reason, the wait staff would take away other people's glasses, but would always leave mine. At some point, I told a waitress that I was finished with my glasses and there were too many and I felt a little overwhelmed. I guess I wasn't communicating clearly because she empathized by rearranging my glasses toward the center of the table, but didn't come back to remove them until much later. Dinner lasted until 11pm and we shot out of there as soon as we finished dessert. All the food was delicious, but here are my favorites in no particular order:
Apple Martini: Very fruity and refreshing, comes garnished with some apple slices.
Chocolate Torte: I'm glad we waited for dessert.
Cheese Puffs: Like cream puff pastry, but cheesy.
Prime Rib: Potato (good), port reduction sauce (good), BEEF (GOOD)
Potato Soup: We got bowls of little pototo chunks and then the waiter came with a teapot (I kid you not) of potato soup and poured each person a serving in their bowl.
As to be expected, there are always conversational highlights to be reconstructed. Steve was not sitting at my table so I have nothing to report on that front. My table of six included Adam, Leah, MC (Leah's husband), Amy and Shannon (Amy's roommate). The following is a reconstructed conversation about flags.
Shannon: I ordered some office supplies from the store room and I actually got all the flags I ordered. Usually, I'm lucky to get 4 packs. I couldn't believe it.
MC: You know, ribbons are the new "flags."
Leah: Man, I love those flags. I use them for everything and I don't know what we'd do without them. I have dozens in my office.
----start of a passionate 15 minute dialogue about flags--feel free to skip content----
plasticann: You never used them at Putnum?
Leah: Not really, maybe here and there, but now I use them for everything...pink, purple, blue...
Amy: I can't live without them either. When I go through a report, I use different colors to represent different things, but I forget what the colors represent by the end or I run out of the blue flags and I wonder whether I should go back and replace all the blue ones with a different color to maintain consistancy.
plasticann: I wonder how much we spend on flags for the office. They're expensive, it must be a major part of our overhead.
Amy: Rachel has to order all kinds of flags, some people like the ones with arrow and other ones like the big ones. Rachel says we would be the natural predators for flags.
plasticann: Yeah, but those opaque ones are the worst...they really unproductive.
Amy: You mean the tape ones?
MC: Are they like ribbons?
plasticann: No, they're opaque so you can't see where the sticky part starts and ends so they're really hard to use.
Amy: Those are terrible. I try to use them up so we can get nice ones, but I think Rachel keeps ordering them because they disappear.
----15 minutes later----
MC: What are you guys talking about?
Leah: Flags.
MC: Like American flags?
Leah: No...they're post-it plastic flags for marking papers.
MC: No wonder I was confused why you all were talking about flags.
plasticann: Is that why you said "ribbons are the new flag?"
MC: Yeah...like those yellow ribbons for the troops.
----conversation moves on to ribbons...yellow, pink, red, etc.----
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Pink Paper
I didn't know the copier was in the middle of a print job when I tried to copy something on my pretty pink paper. To my horror, the machine started sucking in my lovely paper and spitting out printouts of blackberry help directions. Fortunately, I overcame the initial shock and salvaged the chartreuse paper, but all in all...I lost seven sheets of pink. Now some guy at work has blackberry directions half pink, half white. I sure how he enjoys my high quality paper.
I didn't know the copier was in the middle of a print job when I tried to copy something on my pretty pink paper. To my horror, the machine started sucking in my lovely paper and spitting out printouts of blackberry help directions. Fortunately, I overcame the initial shock and salvaged the chartreuse paper, but all in all...I lost seven sheets of pink. Now some guy at work has blackberry directions half pink, half white. I sure how he enjoys my high quality paper.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
You're Cruisin'
Wow...an apprentice cruise. I hope the complimentary tote bags are silk screened with an image of "The Donald" and all the entertainment consists of remixing that nifty jingle "Money Money Mondy...Maaaahneeee!"
Wow...an apprentice cruise. I hope the complimentary tote bags are silk screened with an image of "The Donald" and all the entertainment consists of remixing that nifty jingle "Money Money Mondy...Maaaahneeee!"
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
La La Land
The following is a reconstructed conversation with the saleswoman (I'll call her "lala") when I used my auto club of southern California credit card to pay at the coop today. This is classic!
lala: [scrutinizing the card after swiping it through] So you're from Southern California?
plasticann: [waiting for the zinger to come anytime now] Yup!
lala: What part? Los Angeles?
plasticann: [bracing herself for the zinger and desperately trying not to smirk] Yup!
lala: You know, sometimes I like to call it "La La Land."
plasticann: [totally grinning by now] Yup...we've had this conversation before.
lala: Oh...we have! It's hard to remember faces sometimes.
The following is a reconstructed conversation with the saleswoman (I'll call her "lala") when I used my auto club of southern California credit card to pay at the coop today. This is classic!
lala: [scrutinizing the card after swiping it through] So you're from Southern California?
plasticann: [waiting for the zinger to come anytime now] Yup!
lala: What part? Los Angeles?
plasticann: [bracing herself for the zinger and desperately trying not to smirk] Yup!
lala: You know, sometimes I like to call it "La La Land."
plasticann: [totally grinning by now] Yup...we've had this conversation before.
lala: Oh...we have! It's hard to remember faces sometimes.
Monday, January 10, 2005
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Bios: "small" wedding...not so "small" wedding party
I've selected and secured the services of my team of bridesmaids. Wheezy says she'll use this as her bio if she ever gets on imdb. I'll be holding her to that. Here's the edited rundown of "Team Bridesmaids."
MGDub: (Maid of Honor) MGDub is finishing up her degree in TelevisionProduction at BU and is currently editing her thesis project. Although MGDub and I met at Brown, we didn't become friends until we both moved to Boston. She’s been a huge part of my life in Boston over the last five years. MGDub is my "date" to office functions when Adam is unavailable and she's almost a bigger hit with the office than Adam himself. MGDub has graciously chauffeured me around in "Ben," the name she impetuously bestowed on her SUV. To her credit, this was before the "nnifer" hoopla. MGDub is looking forward to her many MOH duties such as bustling, holding random stuff and compiling mildly embarrassing stories about Adam and me.
Laurel: (Bridesmaid) Laurel is finishing up her PhD in Bioengineering at "BIT." Laurel and I have been friends since third grade. Since we both work in Kendall Square, we regularly meet up for lunch. Laurel brings the sandwiches and I bring the snacks. I get the better end of the deal because she usually brings snacks as well. She's an amazing baker and is a longtime Food TV addict. She's been an incredibly loyal and faithful friend to me over the last (26-8=18) eighteen years and it's been such a treat spending the last few years living in the same city. Laurel will be providing photos of me during my awkward years and boy is she excited.
Kristen: (Bridesmaid) Kristen is obsessed with teeth. Fortunately, she’s a dentist. Watching a movie with Kristen will sometimes include a running commentary about celebrity cosmetic dental procedures. By the way, Halle Berry's teeth aren't real, but you'll have to ask Kristen about that. What I love most is about Kristen is her enthusiasm and hospitality. Dinner at her house is always a feast. Kristen, my consultant, has taken me ring shopping, wedding dress shopping and is pretty darned excited about hair and makeup. She's also refreshingly enthused about the prospect of bridesmaid dresses. Kristen will undoubtedly make sure I look good on the big day and make me laugh throughout the process.
Cara: (Bridesmaid) Cara, my futuresister-in-law, is Adam’s lovely big sister. She’s incredibly affirming and has always been extremely kind and welcoming. Cara and her husband Bryce are parents to the famous Baby “Zess.” Super smart and multi talented, Cara epitomizes good taste and style. Cara will be anchoring Team Bridesmaid from the West Coast and she’ll also be supervising Baby Zess, who will be in charge of tiny bow tying since she’s still got wee little fingers.
Wheezy: (Bridesmaid) Wheezy is using the quantitative skills gained from nearly five years of economic litigation consulting toward a degree in Film Studies at BU. Wheezy was my mentor and she taught me everything I know and shares my love for programming in STATA. Most importantly, Wheezy has been an awesome friend. plasticmom loves talking to Wheezy about their shared love of gridded notebooks (especially the French variety). plasticmom always has movie ideas she wants to share with Wheezy, including a black and white film about economics. Wheezy is always up for a conversation about obscure film topics, foley artists, what's "cool," what's "square" and finally, what's so square that it's cool. Nina's many intellectual interests include: logit models, punk, hip hop, silent films, jazz, musicals and of course gridded notebooks. wheezymom may feel inspired to knit her a special butt bow for her dress.
I've selected and secured the services of my team of bridesmaids. Wheezy says she'll use this as her bio if she ever gets on imdb. I'll be holding her to that. Here's the edited rundown of "Team Bridesmaids."
MGDub: (Maid of Honor) MGDub is finishing up her degree in TelevisionProduction at BU and is currently editing her thesis project. Although MGDub and I met at Brown, we didn't become friends until we both moved to Boston. She’s been a huge part of my life in Boston over the last five years. MGDub is my "date" to office functions when Adam is unavailable and she's almost a bigger hit with the office than Adam himself. MGDub has graciously chauffeured me around in "Ben," the name she impetuously bestowed on her SUV. To her credit, this was before the "nnifer" hoopla. MGDub is looking forward to her many MOH duties such as bustling, holding random stuff and compiling mildly embarrassing stories about Adam and me.
Laurel: (Bridesmaid) Laurel is finishing up her PhD in Bioengineering at "BIT." Laurel and I have been friends since third grade. Since we both work in Kendall Square, we regularly meet up for lunch. Laurel brings the sandwiches and I bring the snacks. I get the better end of the deal because she usually brings snacks as well. She's an amazing baker and is a longtime Food TV addict. She's been an incredibly loyal and faithful friend to me over the last (26-8=18) eighteen years and it's been such a treat spending the last few years living in the same city. Laurel will be providing photos of me during my awkward years and boy is she excited.
Kristen: (Bridesmaid) Kristen is obsessed with teeth. Fortunately, she’s a dentist. Watching a movie with Kristen will sometimes include a running commentary about celebrity cosmetic dental procedures. By the way, Halle Berry's teeth aren't real, but you'll have to ask Kristen about that. What I love most is about Kristen is her enthusiasm and hospitality. Dinner at her house is always a feast. Kristen, my consultant, has taken me ring shopping, wedding dress shopping and is pretty darned excited about hair and makeup. She's also refreshingly enthused about the prospect of bridesmaid dresses. Kristen will undoubtedly make sure I look good on the big day and make me laugh throughout the process.
Cara: (Bridesmaid) Cara, my futuresister-in-law, is Adam’s lovely big sister. She’s incredibly affirming and has always been extremely kind and welcoming. Cara and her husband Bryce are parents to the famous Baby “Zess.” Super smart and multi talented, Cara epitomizes good taste and style. Cara will be anchoring Team Bridesmaid from the West Coast and she’ll also be supervising Baby Zess, who will be in charge of tiny bow tying since she’s still got wee little fingers.
Wheezy: (Bridesmaid) Wheezy is using the quantitative skills gained from nearly five years of economic litigation consulting toward a degree in Film Studies at BU. Wheezy was my mentor and she taught me everything I know and shares my love for programming in STATA. Most importantly, Wheezy has been an awesome friend. plasticmom loves talking to Wheezy about their shared love of gridded notebooks (especially the French variety). plasticmom always has movie ideas she wants to share with Wheezy, including a black and white film about economics. Wheezy is always up for a conversation about obscure film topics, foley artists, what's "cool," what's "square" and finally, what's so square that it's cool. Nina's many intellectual interests include: logit models, punk, hip hop, silent films, jazz, musicals and of course gridded notebooks. wheezymom may feel inspired to knit her a special butt bow for her dress.
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Crankiness and useless stock predictions
Suffering from writer's block, I scurried off to my local palace of consumerism after I heard Adam was upgrading his wardrobe at his local Nordstroms. I walked the four blocks to the mall to check out the after Christmas sales. Despite my mall induced crankiness, I did enjoy my jaunt to the mall as I snacked on some delicious caramel popcorn and lemonade.
Cranky Cause #1: While I was waiting to buy my popcorn, a family of seven was ahead of me in line. Three of the kids were literally rubbing their faces, hands and entire bodies against the glass popcorn display. Then they proceeded to climb the popcorn stand. My only thought was, "contraception," but Wheezy thinks I'll feel differently when they're my "adorable" kids. I'm unconvinced.
Cranky Cause #2: For years, plasticmom has been nagging me about cleaning out my wallet and I've stubbornly resisted. Finally, even I had to admit my wallet had reached George Costanza proportions. I checked out the wallets at Nordstroms and picked up two Kate Spade leather wallets of the exact same style and same color. However, I was morally outraged when I discovered one wallet was clearly lower in quality. Then I figured out they were from different countries of origin, but both were being sold side by side as identical items. Anyhoo...my point being, I now have a new wallet and I'm embarrassed to admit, I found something from 1993 buried inside my old wallet. plasticmom was right afterall.
Useless Stock Prediction Spurred on by Crankiness: I'd consider selling short on Coach stock, but I'm a wuss about taking financial risks. They've successfully traded on their brand name and reputation for quality by selling lots of more fashionable goods, but I think they've swung too far in the other direction by over accelerating their design cycle and turning out lower quality goods.
Suffering from writer's block, I scurried off to my local palace of consumerism after I heard Adam was upgrading his wardrobe at his local Nordstroms. I walked the four blocks to the mall to check out the after Christmas sales. Despite my mall induced crankiness, I did enjoy my jaunt to the mall as I snacked on some delicious caramel popcorn and lemonade.
Cranky Cause #1: While I was waiting to buy my popcorn, a family of seven was ahead of me in line. Three of the kids were literally rubbing their faces, hands and entire bodies against the glass popcorn display. Then they proceeded to climb the popcorn stand. My only thought was, "contraception," but Wheezy thinks I'll feel differently when they're my "adorable" kids. I'm unconvinced.
Cranky Cause #2: For years, plasticmom has been nagging me about cleaning out my wallet and I've stubbornly resisted. Finally, even I had to admit my wallet had reached George Costanza proportions. I checked out the wallets at Nordstroms and picked up two Kate Spade leather wallets of the exact same style and same color. However, I was morally outraged when I discovered one wallet was clearly lower in quality. Then I figured out they were from different countries of origin, but both were being sold side by side as identical items. Anyhoo...my point being, I now have a new wallet and I'm embarrassed to admit, I found something from 1993 buried inside my old wallet. plasticmom was right afterall.
Useless Stock Prediction Spurred on by Crankiness: I'd consider selling short on Coach stock, but I'm a wuss about taking financial risks. They've successfully traded on their brand name and reputation for quality by selling lots of more fashionable goods, but I think they've swung too far in the other direction by over accelerating their design cycle and turning out lower quality goods.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Marmalade
Made tangerine marmalade the other day
Learning how to crochet
Avoiding writing my essays
Still in my jammies at 4:15pm
All in all...I'm enjoying my holiday quite a lot
Marmalade recipe
1.5 tangerines
3/8 cup lemon juice (approx 1 lemon)
1.5 pounds of sugar
3 cups of water
Wash tangerines in hot water, cut into eight segments and slice thin cross sections.
Bring tangerines, lemon juice and water to a boil in a nonreactive pot (glass/enamel/etc)
Simmer for 90 minutes stirring ocassionally until citris peels are tender and translucent
Dissolve sugar in liquid and stir
Stir mixture constantly for 15 minutes [it will bubble over if you don't stir]
Marmalade will thicken once it cools
I cooked it for too long so my marmalade was very viscous and difficult to spread, but it was high on the yum factor.
Made tangerine marmalade the other day
Learning how to crochet
Avoiding writing my essays
Still in my jammies at 4:15pm
All in all...I'm enjoying my holiday quite a lot
Marmalade recipe
1.5 tangerines
3/8 cup lemon juice (approx 1 lemon)
1.5 pounds of sugar
3 cups of water
Wash tangerines in hot water, cut into eight segments and slice thin cross sections.
Bring tangerines, lemon juice and water to a boil in a nonreactive pot (glass/enamel/etc)
Simmer for 90 minutes stirring ocassionally until citris peels are tender and translucent
Dissolve sugar in liquid and stir
Stir mixture constantly for 15 minutes [it will bubble over if you don't stir]
Marmalade will thicken once it cools
I cooked it for too long so my marmalade was very viscous and difficult to spread, but it was high on the yum factor.
Friday, December 24, 2004
Small World
plasticmom and I stopped by a shop specializing in Chinese dresses (chi-pao) when we ran into my roommate from the summer I spent at UCSD. [We actually went to kindergarten together as well, but more on that later.] She was at the store with her mom and her sister, who is getting married. I wasn't sure whether it was her, but I conferred with plasticmom, who has a superpower memory for faces and names. plasticmom was also the one who made the other connection when we roomed at UCSD the summer before college. plasticmom called me at UCSD one day to tell me she recognized my roommate from my kindergarten class when we were four or five. If that's not a superpowered memory...I don't know what is.
plasticmom and I stopped by a shop specializing in Chinese dresses (chi-pao) when we ran into my roommate from the summer I spent at UCSD. [We actually went to kindergarten together as well, but more on that later.] She was at the store with her mom and her sister, who is getting married. I wasn't sure whether it was her, but I conferred with plasticmom, who has a superpower memory for faces and names. plasticmom was also the one who made the other connection when we roomed at UCSD the summer before college. plasticmom called me at UCSD one day to tell me she recognized my roommate from my kindergarten class when we were four or five. If that's not a superpowered memory...I don't know what is.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Festivus for the Rest of Us
Fun article on folks around this fair country adopting Festivus...I particularly like the woman who handed out tiny versions of the Festivus pole as party favors for her guests. This does lead me to wonder whether, by doing this, violates the very anti-consumeristic message of Festivus.
Fun article on folks around this fair country adopting Festivus...I particularly like the woman who handed out tiny versions of the Festivus pole as party favors for her guests. This does lead me to wonder whether, by doing this, violates the very anti-consumeristic message of Festivus.
Friday, December 17, 2004
Not Hello Kitty
Steve: Hey, do you have any thank you notes......
[plasticann glances at a stack of Hello Kitty thank you notes]
Steve:......that aren't Helly Kitty? This is for MIT.
plasticann: Nope!
Steve: Hey, do you have any thank you notes......
[plasticann glances at a stack of Hello Kitty thank you notes]
Steve:......that aren't Helly Kitty? This is for MIT.
plasticann: Nope!
Hard of Hearing
plasticann: Where did you go to dinner with your parent's last night?
Amy: Paramount.
plasticann: What kind of food is it?
Amy: Very yummy!
plasticann: [pause pause pause] Did you say yummy?
Amy: Very yummy.
plasticann: I thought you said Northern Yummy and I was confused about what region that was. What did you get?
Amy: A burger!
plasticann: [pause pause pause] Did you say burger?
Amy: Yup.
plasticann: I thought you said bird for a second there. I need to clean out my ears.
plasticann: Where did you go to dinner with your parent's last night?
Amy: Paramount.
plasticann: What kind of food is it?
Amy: Very yummy!
plasticann: [pause pause pause] Did you say yummy?
Amy: Very yummy.
plasticann: I thought you said Northern Yummy and I was confused about what region that was. What did you get?
Amy: A burger!
plasticann: [pause pause pause] Did you say burger?
Amy: Yup.
plasticann: I thought you said bird for a second there. I need to clean out my ears.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
martha martha martha
Turns out plasticfamily won't be losing their shirts on MSO stock. This time, plasticann gets the credit for picking MSO. Just like how Jerry Seinfeld refuses to run against his middle school nemesis...plasticann is pondering never picking another stock to maintain her one hit wonder status.
Turns out plasticfamily won't be losing their shirts on MSO stock. This time, plasticann gets the credit for picking MSO. Just like how Jerry Seinfeld refuses to run against his middle school nemesis...plasticann is pondering never picking another stock to maintain her one hit wonder status.
Monday, December 13, 2004
Too Much Bread Pudding
I made this easy French Toast Bread Pudding on Saturday for my bible study Christmas brunch. It was tasty, but two batches was way too much. I still ahve four ramekins left in the fridge.
I made this easy French Toast Bread Pudding on Saturday for my bible study Christmas brunch. It was tasty, but two batches was way too much. I still ahve four ramekins left in the fridge.
Friday, December 10, 2004
Diameter
Our much discussed, but not yet confirmed office holiday party may probably most likely be at Radius. The following is a reconstructed lunchtime conversation regarding Radius:
Rachel: I think we're going to Radius for our party, but we're not sure when.
Steve: Diameter...if they expanded...they could name the new one Circumference.
Everyone: [peals of laughter...plasticann nearly chokes on her quiche.]
later on
Steve: I'm waiting for you to post about Radius.
plasticann: I was just doing that...how did you know I was going to post?
Steve: It seemed like something you would post about.
later later on:
plasticann: Steve asked if I was going to post about Radius.
Rachel: I think he's trying too hard to get on the blog.
plasticann: I think it's because his friend George reads it now.
Rachel: The circumference thing is actually pretty funny since it's Radius we're talking about.
plasticann: Why?
Rachel: Radius is not very funny place...it takes itself seriously. What if Circumference was a greasy spoon?
plasticann: Now that would be subversive.
Our much discussed, but not yet confirmed office holiday party may probably most likely be at Radius. The following is a reconstructed lunchtime conversation regarding Radius:
Rachel: I think we're going to Radius for our party, but we're not sure when.
Steve: Diameter...if they expanded...they could name the new one Circumference.
Everyone: [peals of laughter...plasticann nearly chokes on her quiche.]
later on
Steve: I'm waiting for you to post about Radius.
plasticann: I was just doing that...how did you know I was going to post?
Steve: It seemed like something you would post about.
later later on:
plasticann: Steve asked if I was going to post about Radius.
Rachel: I think he's trying too hard to get on the blog.
plasticann: I think it's because his friend George reads it now.
Rachel: The circumference thing is actually pretty funny since it's Radius we're talking about.
plasticann: Why?
Rachel: Radius is not very funny place...it takes itself seriously. What if Circumference was a greasy spoon?
plasticann: Now that would be subversive.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Chocolate Kahlua Cake
I made this cake on Monday from the Cake Mix Doctor. You can definately taste the Kahlua in this, but it's really moist and delicious.
Ingredients:
1 box Devil Food Cake Mix (no pudding in the mix)
1 small box of Instant Chocolate Pudding
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
4 eggs
3/4 cup Kahlua
Icing: whisk together 1/2 cup Kahlua and 1 cup powdered sugar.
Directions:
1. Spray bundt pan with oil and coat with flour.
2. Turn on oven to 350 degrees
3. Mix on low all the ingredients for 1 min.
4. Mix on medium for 2-3 min. until blended
5. Pour into pan
6. Bake for 45-50 min. until toothpick tester comes out clean
7. Cool cake in pan for 20 min.
8. Remove cake from pan and pour on icing.
I made this cake on Monday from the Cake Mix Doctor. You can definately taste the Kahlua in this, but it's really moist and delicious.
Ingredients:
1 box Devil Food Cake Mix (no pudding in the mix)
1 small box of Instant Chocolate Pudding
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
4 eggs
3/4 cup Kahlua
Icing: whisk together 1/2 cup Kahlua and 1 cup powdered sugar.
Directions:
1. Spray bundt pan with oil and coat with flour.
2. Turn on oven to 350 degrees
3. Mix on low all the ingredients for 1 min.
4. Mix on medium for 2-3 min. until blended
5. Pour into pan
6. Bake for 45-50 min. until toothpick tester comes out clean
7. Cool cake in pan for 20 min.
8. Remove cake from pan and pour on icing.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Monday, December 06, 2004
Going Postal
Turns out Rachel's roommate, an international visiting scholar, has been collecting Rachel's outgoing mail from their mailbox thinking it was mail the mailman delivered to the wrong address. Sure enough, there was a neat pile of Rachel's outgoing mail (cards, bills and whatnot) that had been retrieved over the past few weeks.
Turns out Rachel's roommate, an international visiting scholar, has been collecting Rachel's outgoing mail from their mailbox thinking it was mail the mailman delivered to the wrong address. Sure enough, there was a neat pile of Rachel's outgoing mail (cards, bills and whatnot) that had been retrieved over the past few weeks.
Friday, December 03, 2004
No Sew Solutions
Rachel was scootering around the office this morning asking for a sewing kit because she ripped the seam of her lovely chocolate brown sweater. Someone suggested she staple her sweater. Rachel, not one to destroy her sweater with staples, scoffed at the "boy solution." Inspired by the "boy solution," I've fashioned a less destructive solution with some "girly flair." I used some sheer fabric ribbon leftover from my birthday to tie a nice big bow to a mini binder clip that's now clipping together the ripped seam. The bow camouflages both the rip and the binder clip and the green ribbon is a nice festive contrast to the brown sweater. It pays to never throw things like old ribbons away.
Rachel was scootering around the office this morning asking for a sewing kit because she ripped the seam of her lovely chocolate brown sweater. Someone suggested she staple her sweater. Rachel, not one to destroy her sweater with staples, scoffed at the "boy solution." Inspired by the "boy solution," I've fashioned a less destructive solution with some "girly flair." I used some sheer fabric ribbon leftover from my birthday to tie a nice big bow to a mini binder clip that's now clipping together the ripped seam. The bow camouflages both the rip and the binder clip and the green ribbon is a nice festive contrast to the brown sweater. It pays to never throw things like old ribbons away.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Penmanship
Steve: Did you get my e-mail?
plasticann: Nope!
Steve: Could you do me a favor?
plasticann: Sure...what?
Steve: You see, I have my NYU application and well my handwriting isn't, well here's the envelope...
plasticann: Sure...I'll address your envelope.
Steve: Great, it'll look nice.
plasticann: Although, they might wonder why you have girl handwriting.
Steve: Did you get my e-mail?
plasticann: Nope!
Steve: Could you do me a favor?
plasticann: Sure...what?
Steve: You see, I have my NYU application and well my handwriting isn't, well here's the envelope...
plasticann: Sure...I'll address your envelope.
Steve: Great, it'll look nice.
plasticann: Although, they might wonder why you have girl handwriting.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
AmazingMail
I've recently discovered amazingmail through ljc's blog. I sent a postcard to Adam to test it out and I also sent a real postcard to GJDubya with a picture of MGDub. The best part, there's no minimum order per card so you can create different postcards with personalized messages for all your friends. Lastly...it can be yours for around a buck and it includes postage.
I've recently discovered amazingmail through ljc's blog. I sent a postcard to Adam to test it out and I also sent a real postcard to GJDubya with a picture of MGDub. The best part, there's no minimum order per card so you can create different postcards with personalized messages for all your friends. Lastly...it can be yours for around a buck and it includes postage.
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