Two years ago, if ( Read more... )

I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again... these days, I find myself either in the kitchen or lounging in bed. I've lost touch with the people I could always count on for a happy hour drink on Wed through Fri. On Sat nights, by the time I get out of work, people are usually already drunk beyond recognition (well, drunk enough for me to ( Read more... )

These days, it seems as if I spend all my time either in the kitchen or in bed ( Read more... )

The four most amusing moments from inside the kitchen (aka how chefs stay entertained on the slow days):

Side towel vs. blow torch - Exec chef whips sous chef with a side towel. The sous chef, not to be outdone, grabs the blow torch from the pastry dept and tries to burn chef's jacket. Hilarity ensues as the exec chef attempts to blow out the ( Read more... )

unfortunately, i'm too exhausted to go into detail or try to be entertaining at all. :( but as it turns out, the restaurant i was externing at offered me a full time position when one of the line cooks left. i started last friday, and man am i BEAT. i thought that because i'm such a rookie, they'd let me get some good training in before trusting ( Read more... )

you know how i know there's a generation gap? i was teaching my mother how to check her email on my computer once, and without direction, she double clicked on a folder on my desktop. confused, i asked her why she did that. she replied, "well, it says 'barenaked ladies' so i was looking for porn ( Read more... )

my broken ipod, aka my ipod is a piece of ishit

The other day, I turn on my ipod and get this picture:


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i saw dead people...Went to see the Bodies exhibit at South St Seaport this past Sunday with my mother (a pathologist) and father (a physician). Things I learned ( Read more... )

You know it's going to be a sad day when you wake up and Nick Drake is the first thing to pop into your head.

Thanks to everyone who congratulated me on finishing culinary school! To give you a taste, it went sorta like this:


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that I'm hungover? I was just sending a text message on my phone, and for a good 5 seconds I was confused because I couldn't find the undo button.

To be more accurate, I think I'm still drunk. The hangover later is gonna be a bitch. Man, my classmates can drink!

And I passed my final exam. WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

(yea, I'm still drunk.)