@Geist, Temping is always a mixed bag, some of the temp jobs I did were pretty fun actually. It all depends on the people you're working with. But yeah, it can suck for sure! ;)
Didn't really do much unboxing last night...had a few things that I wanted to get done before the server maintenance for FFXIV. >.>
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T10:26:38-04:00
@BaKhan: My frustration here is that I was only given 8 days of training and suddenly I'm suppose to be the expert. The credit card process alone is 50 steps and I'm pretty damn sure I didn't do it right.
Ah well, my last day on this assignment is Friday. I was suppose to cover for a woman who is on maternity leave but I've found something better.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T10:27:04-04:00
@GM, lol, oh well, someday we'll get you to turn off you consol for a day or two... ;) I think you're really going to like it, it is super creepy! I don't know when I'll get around to painting them though, I still have about half of my Z:BP stuff left to paint, mostly heros, which take forever (if you want them to look good, which I do). I was able to reduce all the packaging and get all the stuff into three boxes, the main box, the apoc box, and the gamma box. Its all there, nice and safe, and I tossed out a full bag of recycling! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T10:28:35-04:00
@Geist, yep, that can be frustrating for sure, sounds like way too many steps in a process tbh. Glad you've got something better for next week!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T10:36:21-04:00
@BaKhan: Want to know something funny? Near my cubicle is a map of Canada. It's like a sign that my visit this October has the gods blessing.
Question: What is in the town of Vulcan?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T10:44:19-04:00
@Geist, its a small town in rural Alberta, its about 1.5 hours from Calgary. They have a little Star Trek museum and an "Enterprise" which is pretty big, but certainly not to scale. ;) It has that small town charm, but nothing else really to speak of. Its one of those places that you go to once, and think that was nice, but I'll not do that a second time. ;)
@BaKhan: One of these days I will do that...but for now, there is so much to do, and so many people to talk to on there.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T10:55:59-04:00
Good, Geist. How about you?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T10:58:06-04:00
That was a bummer about the sauce. I was really looking forward to them all.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T11:02:15-04:00
Unboxing what?
I haven't even started on Z:BP. My buddy got Mansions of Madness last year and I painted those back then. He just got the 2nd edition, which we played 2 Sundays ago, and it was fantastic with the app. So he wanted the new figures painted. I have been painting those. I still have a mini and full expansion for Imperial Assault, all of Z:BP, he just got The Others so I have all those too.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-23T11:02:56-04:00
Indeed, it was a bummer. It'll be successful the next time around. I have a guy working on the new logo now.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T11:03:17-04:00
@Trinkets, I backed a project by him and the quality is great! I just really need to pinch my dollars now, so sadly won't be backing his dice coins (which may or may not have been my idea...) ;) I was asking him to incorperate it onto the edge of the coins for a dual purpose usage. I can say, they are very nice coins.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T11:03:35-04:00
Then, Conan arrives in October. 354 figures and terrain pieces at least in that game. Ugh. I need to win the lottery.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T11:05:09-04:00
@Trinkets, unboxing TO:7S. I shudder to think how much plastic I have that needs some painting love right now... and how much more is coming... ;) I did however just pick up a wet pallet yesterday, so I'm excited to give that a go, maybe tonight!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T11:05:40-04:00
@LZ, you'll still be able to bring some mad cow with you though, right? ;)
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T11:06:11-04:00
I knew someone got the battle coins, or whatever it was called. So, they were as good as advertised? I also am not able to fund the dice coins, but will watch for his stuff later.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T11:07:31-04:00
@Trinkets, yep, they're shinny, spin well and the art is pretty decent. I haven't actually played a game with them yet, but they do have that top factor, if they're beside you, you'll wind up just spinning and spinning... ;)
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T11:08:46-04:00
Love the wet pallet. I made my own. I don't use it for washes or metallics but it is so much better using it.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T11:13:48-04:00
@Trinkets: Include me in that lottery win.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T11:18:23-04:00
Done
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-23T11:18:41-04:00
Yes, I'll still be bringing some sauce in October
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T11:26:34-04:00
Anyone heard from CB?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T11:37:05-04:00
@Trinkets, I've been debating on one for a while now, and finally pulled the pin yesterday!
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T11:37:51-04:00
Did u just have a bday, Geist?
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T11:40:30-04:00
Really great for custom colors, maintaining consistency, and keeping the paint from drying out overnight......you'll be glad u went with it.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-23T11:43:01-04:00
CB hasn't been on here in a very long time now, Geist. Well, months to be sure. Nice catch; he was on some time this summer to check in, but disappeared again.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T11:45:43-04:00
@LZ, good news, I was pretty sad I wasn't able to use it last year, especially after I hyped it up and all... ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T11:46:27-04:00
@Trinkets, yep, thats what I plan of using it for, keeping my custom blends usable for longer, I'm actually quite looking forward to it. ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T12:05:29-04:00
@Trinkets: Not yet. It's on the 4th of September. Gonna take a little trip to Philly and celebrate.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-23T12:09:25-04:00
Wet pallette, eh? Never heard of such a magical device. Which one do y'all recommend.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T12:18:47-04:00
@LZ, now that I have one, its easy enough to make yourself. Get a small (sammich) sized plastic container, with a lid. Get a piece of sponge about 1/2" thick, big enough to almost fill your container. Fill the container with water to almost the top of the sponge. Get some parchment paper (like the stuff for cooking) cut it to fit the sponge. Get it wet on both sides, then smooth onto the sponge so there are no air bubbles. Boom, wet pallet. It helps greatly extend the working times of the paint. Some people like to add a layer of paper towel undernieth the parchment. When done painting, you can drain the water out and put the lid on, you'll still be able to use your paint the next day (supposedly), I'll have to let you know how it works out. ;)
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T13:41:24-04:00
This is where I found out about it and how to make one.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T13:48:18-04:00
You certainly can keep the paint fresh for days. As long as you check the moisture level daily. Make sure not to keep it too wet though or your paint will this itself too much.
Also, don't plan on mixing a custom color and using this method to store it. I only go at most to a third day on rare occasions before changing the parchment. Also, if you aren't using it daily, it can mold on you.
I can't wait for Thurs...going out for a drink after work with my friend(who quite likely you will all meet at Halloween time...still not sure if he is coming or not).
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T14:29:43-04:00
I can't wait for Friday. Meeting an old friend for drinks and then I'll be meeting another friend to give her her birthday present.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T15:16:12-04:00
I'm meeting an old friend tonight. His name is beer.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T15:17:25-04:00
Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest to be exact.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T15:20:36-04:00
@Trinkets: I know his sister: Bailey's. She usually hangs out with her boyfriend: vodka.
They make a tasty pair.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-23T15:23:26-04:00
Thursday will be fun for me. I only have two classes and finish at 10:30 am! Though I have to wake up at 7 in the gorsh darn am! Today is the same, but I have an extra recitation. Actually, I'm pretty lucky that all my classes are in the morning so I have the rest of the day to do nothing!
Made some coffee, have some chocolate I bought in large, large quantities in Hershey World in Penn. (a pound bar of chocolate and 2 1/2 lb Reese's cakes! I was tempted to get the 5 pound bar, but even sharing with roommates, I'd get way too fat on that!), ready to relax! Just for awhile; got some entertaining physical chemistry to read! Woohoo, a class virtually entirely calculus (though the professor made sure to say the math isn't the big thing here; I'm pretty sure we'll still need to know ALL OF IT!) Seriously, look at some quantum physics and chemistry equations and tell me that's not a bedtime story!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-23T15:24:38-04:00
I know those guys! Though I don't know them well; I'm more friends with their distant cousin, coffee. Good friends with him!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T15:49:17-04:00
This suck filled day started with so much promise, now I just want to go home and hide under the covers for a week. Why me!?
@BaKhan: Tell me about it. Found out today that not one, but TWO management team members were walked out yesterday. No official word was sent out yet, which raises quite a few questions and eyebrows.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T16:27:29-04:00
@GM: you mean 2 employees were fired & escorted off the property?
@Geist: One was a terminal manager, who actually in confidence told some of us that he was waiting for them to walk him out, the other was asset manager who has traveled all across our locations checking on stuff and getting equipment ready to be moved.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T16:36:41-04:00
@GM, yikes! One of our salesman was asked to retire, or he would have to be let go. Which sucks for him as he has two kids in University right now. The times are tough thats for sure. What about you, have you been putting any feelers out yet, things sound pretty harsh where you are right now...
@BaKhan: I figure I will ride out the rest of this year, and see what comes in Jan. Some people are expecting that they will move almost all the positions down to our Houston office, which they moved a LOT of those same positions up here.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-23T17:22:10-04:00
So this is interesting: I just backed a game and when they sent me a thank you message, they said "Hello Zombitten!"
I was like, "Finally! Someone recognizes 'Lord' as a title!" I don't know how many people have called me Lord as if that was my name...
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-23T17:51:41-04:00
@LZ, I get what you're saying, but they should really have addressed you as Lord, or tasted the back of your hand... just saying.... ;)
@GM, I may have the back of a hand for you here somewhere... ;)
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-23T18:12:23-04:00
GM, don't forget the obligatory fedora tip when you say that!
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-23T18:15:59-04:00
Hmmm, you do make a good point...
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T20:18:38-04:00
Who would think that Lord is not a title? Lordi, Lourde, Lorde I would understand.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T20:21:32-04:00
Did anyone (or should I say everyone but me) get the EK expansion?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-23T21:17:17-04:00
@Trinkets: I waited too long & now it's sold out on Amazon
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T22:45:53-04:00
I saw that. They're going to have to reprint it. There's too much interest in it yet, I would think.
Eric 'Trinkets' Baumgarten 2016-08-23T22:46:12-04:00
Do you know how much it was?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-24T00:31:15-04:00
I preordered it, but now that you remind me, Amazon never told me it was coming! I'm certain I preordered it at least...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-24T00:35:00-04:00
Hmm, no email about that, can't even find the expansion on Amazon... Aha!
"Arriving Oct 24 - Oct 25
Not yet shipped
Track package
Imploding Kittens: This is the First Expansion of Exploding Kittens
Sold by: Exploding Kittens
$9.99
Buy it Again"
So... did they allow for more preorders than they had decks available?!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-24T05:13:56-04:00
Morning kittens. Woke up at 3a.m. to cook some pork chops with mushroom gravy and some jasmine rice. Sample tasting has proven positive. Will see how tasty this is at lunchtime
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-08-24T08:36:19-04:00
Waking up is hard to do!
`
My new favorite song right there. It just speaks to me.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T09:08:09-04:00
Good morning kittens!
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T09:08:53-04:00
@Trinkets, I pre-ordered, I hope to have it before my southern kittens show up in October! Fingers crossed! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T09:12:20-04:00
@Geist, there will be none of this three in the morning stuff when you come up! ;) Unless we're all still up, of course! ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-24T09:28:55-04:00
@BaKhan: I wasn't planning on sleeping at all, lol
Seriously, this temp assignment has thrown my sleep pattern way off.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T09:41:29-04:00
@Geist, that sucks. I've been working the same hours for 16 years now, so I'm pretty set in my routine. If I had to shift my hours around it would mess me up big time as well!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-24T09:55:14-04:00
@BaKahn: There is someone I know who gets his weekly 40 hours in 3 days. 16 hours Saturday and Sunday and then 8 hours on one of the weekdays. The rest of the week he has off. He loves it. Been doing it over 20 years.
@Geist and @BaKhan: I've only had these hours(8/9am - whenever I can get out) for the last 5-6 years. But I was also doing kitchen work for 3-4 years of that, where I could potentially be there(with a 2-3hour break in the middle of the afternoon) until almost midnight, then get home ~1am, unwind until ~2am, sleep until ~6am, and do it all over again...my body has learned to function on less than ideal amounts of sleep...my average right now is about 4-6 hours of sleep a night.
@Geist, wowza! 40 in three! I know some people who work 4 10's and have three days off, they seem to like it fine. I'm so burnt out after 8 I couldn't imagine. I guess it depends on what you do. I'm working on designs and answering complicated questions all day, at the end of my day, I'm so ready to get home! Its hard on my wife because she naturally has questions, and I don't feel like answering anything by the time I get home, I just want to nothing for a while... ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T10:28:33-04:00
@GM, kitchen hours are the craziest! I've been asked many times why I don't cook for a living. My answer? The hours suck, the pay sucks, the environment sucks, and I don't want to turn something I love, into something I dread. I love to cook, I always want it to be that way. I have been considering retiring in a few years (once my car is paid off) and just doing comissioning painting for people to make some extra money. It all just depends on what happens. Right now my salary just pays for my extras, phone, car, insurance, ks, etc. My wife has told me many times I don't have to work. There's been times when I've really considered it. Tbh, I enjoy being an expert, and having people seek me out for the hard stuff that no one else seems to be able to do, I don't know if I can give that up easily. Its nice to feel important once in a while. ;)
I wish I had never worked in kitchens. I used to enjoy cooking, now I dread it. I still help out with it, but it isn't something that I truly enjoy anymore.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T10:40:45-04:00
@GM, you're young! There's still hope man! Give it enough time and perhaps you'll find that spark again. Maybe you just need the right lady to cook with? ;)
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-24T10:47:05-04:00
Speaking of cooking, we're mere minutes away from seeing how my chili tastes. I didn't follow a recipe, so I don't know for sure. It smells good, though.
@BaKhan: I'm trying the right lady...but it seems I either end up overthinking, and not acting...or they end up vanishing from my life never to be seen(to date) again.
@LZ: Recipes are just suggestions, unless you are baking, then you're screwed either way(at least, I am, I suck - and hate - at baking.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T10:51:02-04:00
@LZ, I'd try your scratch cooking any day, with the only thing being scary is how spicy you'd make it! ;)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T10:53:50-04:00
@GM, there hundreds of hours on your gaming consol that would disagree with you... ;) but, everything in its own time.
As per baking, easy peasy, the biggest mistake that most people make is over doing it! Too much mixing, too much messing around. Follow the recipe, make the appropriate changes for our elevation, adjust the flavour profile for who you're cooking for, sweeter for younger people, etc., good to go! ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-24T10:55:47-04:00
I don't want to turn something I love, into something I dread.
Main reason why I don't knit for folks. Or do any craft project for money. If I knit something for you, I must really love/respect you and it is a gift.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-08-24T10:56:25-04:00
@GM: You'll enjoy cooking again when you get a wife and start a family.
@Geist: I'm sure I will once I get to that point, but for now, I just don't enjoy having to cook.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T12:00:28-04:00
@GM, you will for sure! When I lived on my own, I barely cooked, more just threw some stuff together and called it food... Once I had someone to cook for, it was a world of difference!
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-24T12:01:23-04:00
The chili is good. It tastes like chili. It's not quite what I was going for, but I put meat in the pot first, so I wasn't able to taste it as I went. I should have mixed the base in another bowl. Oh well; it's still good chili. I didn't make it spicy this time because it's for a work party, and a bunch of people I work with can't handle spiciness.
Lord Zombitten 2016-08-24T12:02:00-04:00
The chili is good. It tastes like chili. It's not quite what I was going for, but I put meat in the pot first, so I wasn't able to taste it as I went. I should have mixed the base in another bowl. Oh well; it's still good chili. I didn't make it spicy this time because it's for a work party, and a bunch of people I work with can't handle spiciness.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-08-24T12:06:01-04:00
@LZ, it was so good, it was worth a double post! ;) I always start with the meat myself, those crispy bits add lots of flavour! Have you ever tried using pot roast instead of ground beef? Its so good!
@Geist, Temping is always a mixed bag, some of the temp jobs I did were pretty fun actually. It all depends on the people you're working with. But yeah, it can suck for sure! ;)
Morning kittens.
@GM, good morning! How did the unboxing go? ;)
Didn't really do much unboxing last night...had a few things that I wanted to get done before the server maintenance for FFXIV. >.>
@BaKhan: My frustration here is that I was only given 8 days of training and suddenly I'm suppose to be the expert. The credit card process alone is 50 steps and I'm pretty damn sure I didn't do it right.
Ah well, my last day on this assignment is Friday. I was suppose to cover for a woman who is on maternity leave but I've found something better.
@GM, lol, oh well, someday we'll get you to turn off you consol for a day or two... ;) I think you're really going to like it, it is super creepy! I don't know when I'll get around to painting them though, I still have about half of my Z:BP stuff left to paint, mostly heros, which take forever (if you want them to look good, which I do). I was able to reduce all the packaging and get all the stuff into three boxes, the main box, the apoc box, and the gamma box. Its all there, nice and safe, and I tossed out a full bag of recycling! ;)
@Geist, yep, that can be frustrating for sure, sounds like way too many steps in a process tbh. Glad you've got something better for next week!
@BaKhan: Want to know something funny? Near my cubicle is a map of Canada. It's like a sign that my visit this October has the gods blessing.
Question: What is in the town of Vulcan?
@Geist, its a small town in rural Alberta, its about 1.5 hours from Calgary. They have a little Star Trek museum and an "Enterprise" which is pretty big, but certainly not to scale. ;) It has that small town charm, but nothing else really to speak of. Its one of those places that you go to once, and think that was nice, but I'll not do that a second time. ;)
@Geist: A Star Trek museum...and that's about it. It's really a small farming town.
Good morning all.
Is anyone backing the dice coins?
Morning Trinkets! How are you doing?
I never back dice stuff. Not really into collecting it.
@Trinkets: I'm not backing anything else until a certain sauce makes a strong comeback.
@BaKhan: One of these days I will do that...but for now, there is so much to do, and so many people to talk to on there.
Good, Geist. How about you?
That was a bummer about the sauce. I was really looking forward to them all.
Unboxing what?
I haven't even started on Z:BP. My buddy got Mansions of Madness last year and I painted those back then. He just got the 2nd edition, which we played 2 Sundays ago, and it was fantastic with the app. So he wanted the new figures painted. I have been painting those. I still have a mini and full expansion for Imperial Assault, all of Z:BP, he just got The Others so I have all those too.
Indeed, it was a bummer. It'll be successful the next time around. I have a guy working on the new logo now.
@Trinkets, I backed a project by him and the quality is great! I just really need to pinch my dollars now, so sadly won't be backing his dice coins (which may or may not have been my idea...) ;) I was asking him to incorperate it onto the edge of the coins for a dual purpose usage. I can say, they are very nice coins.
Then, Conan arrives in October. 354 figures and terrain pieces at least in that game. Ugh. I need to win the lottery.
@Trinkets, unboxing TO:7S. I shudder to think how much plastic I have that needs some painting love right now... and how much more is coming... ;) I did however just pick up a wet pallet yesterday, so I'm excited to give that a go, maybe tonight!
@LZ, you'll still be able to bring some mad cow with you though, right? ;)
I knew someone got the battle coins, or whatever it was called. So, they were as good as advertised? I also am not able to fund the dice coins, but will watch for his stuff later.
@Trinkets, yep, they're shinny, spin well and the art is pretty decent. I haven't actually played a game with them yet, but they do have that top factor, if they're beside you, you'll wind up just spinning and spinning... ;)
Love the wet pallet. I made my own. I don't use it for washes or metallics but it is so much better using it.
@Trinkets: Include me in that lottery win.
Done
Yes, I'll still be bringing some sauce in October
Anyone heard from CB?
@Trinkets, I've been debating on one for a while now, and finally pulled the pin yesterday!
Did u just have a bday, Geist?
Really great for custom colors, maintaining consistency, and keeping the paint from drying out overnight......you'll be glad u went with it.
CB hasn't been on here in a very long time now, Geist. Well, months to be sure. Nice catch; he was on some time this summer to check in, but disappeared again.
@LZ, good news, I was pretty sad I wasn't able to use it last year, especially after I hyped it up and all... ;)
@Trinkets, yep, thats what I plan of using it for, keeping my custom blends usable for longer, I'm actually quite looking forward to it. ;)
@Trinkets: Not yet. It's on the 4th of September. Gonna take a little trip to Philly and celebrate.
Wet pallette, eh? Never heard of such a magical device. Which one do y'all recommend.
@LZ, now that I have one, its easy enough to make yourself. Get a small (sammich) sized plastic container, with a lid. Get a piece of sponge about 1/2" thick, big enough to almost fill your container. Fill the container with water to almost the top of the sponge. Get some parchment paper (like the stuff for cooking) cut it to fit the sponge. Get it wet on both sides, then smooth onto the sponge so there are no air bubbles. Boom, wet pallet. It helps greatly extend the working times of the paint. Some people like to add a layer of paper towel undernieth the parchment. When done painting, you can drain the water out and put the lid on, you'll still be able to use your paint the next day (supposedly), I'll have to let you know how it works out. ;)
https://youtu.be/96mjmqWTPfM
This is where I found out about it and how to make one.
You certainly can keep the paint fresh for days. As long as you check the moisture level daily. Make sure not to keep it too wet though or your paint will this itself too much.
Also, don't plan on mixing a custom color and using this method to store it. I only go at most to a third day on rare occasions before changing the parchment. Also, if you aren't using it daily, it can mold on you.
Is this week over yet?
No, it seems like they added an extra day just to puss us off.
Or piss.
They added an extra three days...today is only Tuesday after all. -.-
Is this week over yet?
You beat me to it. I was just going to ask this question.
I can't wait for Thurs...going out for a drink after work with my friend(who quite likely you will all meet at Halloween time...still not sure if he is coming or not).
I can't wait for Friday. Meeting an old friend for drinks and then I'll be meeting another friend to give her her birthday present.
I'm meeting an old friend tonight. His name is beer.
Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest to be exact.
@Trinkets: I know his sister: Bailey's. She usually hangs out with her boyfriend: vodka.
They make a tasty pair.
Thursday will be fun for me. I only have two classes and finish at 10:30 am! Though I have to wake up at 7 in the gorsh darn am! Today is the same, but I have an extra recitation. Actually, I'm pretty lucky that all my classes are in the morning so I have the rest of the day to do nothing!
Made some coffee, have some chocolate I bought in large, large quantities in Hershey World in Penn. (a pound bar of chocolate and 2 1/2 lb Reese's cakes! I was tempted to get the 5 pound bar, but even sharing with roommates, I'd get way too fat on that!), ready to relax! Just for awhile; got some entertaining physical chemistry to read! Woohoo, a class virtually entirely calculus (though the professor made sure to say the math isn't the big thing here; I'm pretty sure we'll still need to know ALL OF IT!) Seriously, look at some quantum physics and chemistry equations and tell me that's not a bedtime story!
I know those guys! Though I don't know them well; I'm more friends with their distant cousin, coffee. Good friends with him!
This suck filled day started with so much promise, now I just want to go home and hide under the covers for a week. Why me!?
@BaKhan: Tell me about it. Found out today that not one, but TWO management team members were walked out yesterday. No official word was sent out yet, which raises quite a few questions and eyebrows.
@GM: you mean 2 employees were fired & escorted off the property?
@Geist: One was a terminal manager, who actually in confidence told some of us that he was waiting for them to walk him out, the other was asset manager who has traveled all across our locations checking on stuff and getting equipment ready to be moved.
@GM, yikes! One of our salesman was asked to retire, or he would have to be let go. Which sucks for him as he has two kids in University right now. The times are tough thats for sure. What about you, have you been putting any feelers out yet, things sound pretty harsh where you are right now...
@BaKhan: I figure I will ride out the rest of this year, and see what comes in Jan. Some people are expecting that they will move almost all the positions down to our Houston office, which they moved a LOT of those same positions up here.
So this is interesting: I just backed a game and when they sent me a thank you message, they said "Hello Zombitten!"
I was like, "Finally! Someone recognizes 'Lord' as a title!" I don't know how many people have called me Lord as if that was my name...
@LZ, I get what you're saying, but they should really have addressed you as Lord, or tasted the back of your hand... just saying.... ;)
@BaKhan: The proper term is m'Lord
@GM, I may have the back of a hand for you here somewhere... ;)
GM, don't forget the obligatory fedora tip when you say that!
Hmmm, you do make a good point...
Who would think that Lord is not a title? Lordi, Lourde, Lorde I would understand.
Did anyone (or should I say everyone but me) get the EK expansion?
@Trinkets: I waited too long & now it's sold out on Amazon
I saw that. They're going to have to reprint it. There's too much interest in it yet, I would think.
Do you know how much it was?
I preordered it, but now that you remind me, Amazon never told me it was coming! I'm certain I preordered it at least...
Hmm, no email about that, can't even find the expansion on Amazon... Aha!
"Arriving Oct 24 - Oct 25
Not yet shipped
Track package
Imploding Kittens: This is the First Expansion of Exploding Kittens
Sold by: Exploding Kittens
$9.99
Buy it Again"
So... did they allow for more preorders than they had decks available?!
Morning kittens. Woke up at 3a.m. to cook some pork chops with mushroom gravy and some jasmine rice. Sample tasting has proven positive. Will see how tasty this is at lunchtime
Waking up is hard to do!
`
My new favorite song right there. It just speaks to me.
Good morning kittens!
@Trinkets, I pre-ordered, I hope to have it before my southern kittens show up in October! Fingers crossed! ;)
@Geist, there will be none of this three in the morning stuff when you come up! ;) Unless we're all still up, of course! ;)
@BaKhan: I wasn't planning on sleeping at all, lol
Seriously, this temp assignment has thrown my sleep pattern way off.
@Geist, that sucks. I've been working the same hours for 16 years now, so I'm pretty set in my routine. If I had to shift my hours around it would mess me up big time as well!
@BaKahn: There is someone I know who gets his weekly 40 hours in 3 days. 16 hours Saturday and Sunday and then 8 hours on one of the weekdays. The rest of the week he has off. He loves it. Been doing it over 20 years.
@Geist and @BaKhan: I've only had these hours(8/9am - whenever I can get out) for the last 5-6 years. But I was also doing kitchen work for 3-4 years of that, where I could potentially be there(with a 2-3hour break in the middle of the afternoon) until almost midnight, then get home ~1am, unwind until ~2am, sleep until ~6am, and do it all over again...my body has learned to function on less than ideal amounts of sleep...my average right now is about 4-6 hours of sleep a night.
Also, morning.
@Geist, wowza! 40 in three! I know some people who work 4 10's and have three days off, they seem to like it fine. I'm so burnt out after 8 I couldn't imagine. I guess it depends on what you do. I'm working on designs and answering complicated questions all day, at the end of my day, I'm so ready to get home! Its hard on my wife because she naturally has questions, and I don't feel like answering anything by the time I get home, I just want to nothing for a while... ;)
@GM, kitchen hours are the craziest! I've been asked many times why I don't cook for a living. My answer? The hours suck, the pay sucks, the environment sucks, and I don't want to turn something I love, into something I dread. I love to cook, I always want it to be that way. I have been considering retiring in a few years (once my car is paid off) and just doing comissioning painting for people to make some extra money. It all just depends on what happens. Right now my salary just pays for my extras, phone, car, insurance, ks, etc. My wife has told me many times I don't have to work. There's been times when I've really considered it. Tbh, I enjoy being an expert, and having people seek me out for the hard stuff that no one else seems to be able to do, I don't know if I can give that up easily. Its nice to feel important once in a while. ;)
I wish I had never worked in kitchens. I used to enjoy cooking, now I dread it. I still help out with it, but it isn't something that I truly enjoy anymore.
@GM, you're young! There's still hope man! Give it enough time and perhaps you'll find that spark again. Maybe you just need the right lady to cook with? ;)
Speaking of cooking, we're mere minutes away from seeing how my chili tastes. I didn't follow a recipe, so I don't know for sure. It smells good, though.
@BaKhan: I'm trying the right lady...but it seems I either end up overthinking, and not acting...or they end up vanishing from my life never to be seen(to date) again.
@LZ: Recipes are just suggestions, unless you are baking, then you're screwed either way(at least, I am, I suck - and hate - at baking.
@LZ, I'd try your scratch cooking any day, with the only thing being scary is how spicy you'd make it! ;)
@GM, there hundreds of hours on your gaming consol that would disagree with you... ;) but, everything in its own time.
As per baking, easy peasy, the biggest mistake that most people make is over doing it! Too much mixing, too much messing around. Follow the recipe, make the appropriate changes for our elevation, adjust the flavour profile for who you're cooking for, sweeter for younger people, etc., good to go! ;)
I don't want to turn something I love, into something I dread.
Main reason why I don't knit for folks. Or do any craft project for money. If I knit something for you, I must really love/respect you and it is a gift.
@GM: You'll enjoy cooking again when you get a wife and start a family.
@Geist: I'm sure I will once I get to that point, but for now, I just don't enjoy having to cook.
@GM, you will for sure! When I lived on my own, I barely cooked, more just threw some stuff together and called it food... Once I had someone to cook for, it was a world of difference!
The chili is good. It tastes like chili. It's not quite what I was going for, but I put meat in the pot first, so I wasn't able to taste it as I went. I should have mixed the base in another bowl. Oh well; it's still good chili. I didn't make it spicy this time because it's for a work party, and a bunch of people I work with can't handle spiciness.
The chili is good. It tastes like chili. It's not quite what I was going for, but I put meat in the pot first, so I wasn't able to taste it as I went. I should have mixed the base in another bowl. Oh well; it's still good chili. I didn't make it spicy this time because it's for a work party, and a bunch of people I work with can't handle spiciness.
@LZ, it was so good, it was worth a double post! ;) I always start with the meat myself, those crispy bits add lots of flavour! Have you ever tried using pot roast instead of ground beef? Its so good!
Could always use a pork butt for chili. Would add a nice twist.