Today I worked my first shift as a waiter. I wasn't very efficient, of course, but did pretty well overall I think. Except for table 22... they were a problem. Despite my best efforts to be polite and perky while tending their table, I seemed to do everything wrong, and piss off this one woman more each time I tried to fix whatever she was annoyed ( Read more... )

As Susan was preparing to leave for her work today she informed me of a very peculiar thing: what appears to be blood has dried on our front and back steps in spots 3 or so inches in diameter. I started washing the blood off the front steps when I realized it trailed around our house, as if some sorry soul had wobbled on their bloody ankle to our ( Read more... )

So I finally got a job, largely due to my realization the I couldn't afford to go flying to the middle east if I didn't get one. I work as a hostess at Acapulcos Mexican restaurant on rout. 9. The job itself is pretty shitty when there isn't much business, because I have to idly stand around for long stretches of time, but the job is enjoyable in a ( Read more... )

"The Norway rat, which actually reached this country on the ships of many nations, is regarded by experts as the most destructive mammal on earth and the most adaptive to changing situations and environments. It abounds in the debris of North American cities, resisting all attempts to controle it."

"hows the money hunting going these days, you still the cap'y with your mates?" "yeah, i've still got my mates". I like Andrew Swab, I think he's one of the coolest people I know. I saw him as I was hanging around old SVS, my excuse being to pick up Peter. Little kids came up to me and asked who I was. I had a fine afternoon with old svsers before ( Read more... )

Just watched: Bread and Roses. The premise of the story is a janitors union movement in LA in the late 90s. The movie had some real power to it, though it of course didn't dive too deeply into the real politics of present day unions. To do the movie credit it should be acknowledged that it insinuates vaguely about the vast gulf dividing the base of ( Read more... )

Went out to coffee with that girl from drawing class today. We sat at starbucks, the stereotypical "lets meet for coffee place", for a good couple hours and talked a lot. It was quite nice. When hungry thoughts started poping into our brains we went to TGI Fridays and ate potato skins. I forgot to ask for mine vegetarian and ended up picking off ( Read more... )

I finally found my way back to Harvard Sq. and my favorite au bon pain, and I started watching the chess. Then a pretty obese man asks me if I play chess, which I say yes to, and we start playing. Duing the course of the games he asked me what I was studying in school. I said I was taking a drawing and a writing class. "Can you draw a really sexy ( Read more... )

It seems the way I feel abotu my drawing class fluctutates quite a bit, depending on how much progress I think I'm making at the time. This last class was really good, and I felt productive, like hte four classes I've been to now have actually helped me tremendously. Now I can jot down sketches and have it look mediocre rather than horrid. Yippee ( Read more... )

Q)Who is your favorite President ( Read more... )