So tonight, Ryan and I hosted a rather spiffy pot-luck sort of dinner. I got home from the Pretty Pretty Princess party (I wore a paper bag and paper crown as the Paper Bag Prince - Apparently everybody loved it, and there are some horrid pictures of me on a few people's cameras) at about quarter after three, hopped in the shower, then spent the rest of the afternoon cooking.
Spaghetti sauce from (almost) scratch was the first to go, which was promptly used to make lasagne (which was a stellar first time ever affair, according to all who partook of it). While the lasagne was baking in the oven, I whipped up a cheese sauce (from scratch for real - mmm, creamy!) and boiled up the elbow noodles, then tossed those together and sprinkled some cheddar over that. As soon as the lasagne was done, I took it out and let it cool a bit, and put the mac 'n' cheese in the oven to bake for ten minutes.
I got nothing but compliments about both of them, which makes me incredibly happy, considering two things: a) I have never, EVER made lasagne before and b) It's been something like three years since I've made mac and cheese from scratch. Yay!
In other trivial news, I bladed home from Barrhaven today, and for the first time ever, had a CD player along with me, so I listened to a mix disc of "Angry music" so to speak. No issues aside from initial low volume making it hard to hear over the wind roar (not from excessive speed, but from a bit of a headwind :P). I found myself at times, striding in time to the music, which was actually kind of neat, but not all that surprising, because I'm exceptionally susceptible to picking up rhythms without realizing it. Needless to say, chances of me blading home to something mellow are slim to nil. Blading to work, maybe, but not blading home. Blading home is far too intense an activity for that *grins*
Many thanks to Heather for hosting the party and the many bodies overnight, and props to Ryan for suggesting the pot luck thing tonight.
(The best part of the pot luck is that I still have half a lasagne and half the mac 'n' cheese left over! Yaaay dinner for the next week or more!)
31 July 2006
29 July 2006
*pop*
So, this is what blogging is like, huh?
I have to admit, it's not as exciting as I thought it would be. Where are all the balloons and streamers?
So I'm supposed to tell people a little about myself. Um. I'm a freak of nature? 40 dB hearing loss in both ears (not that it matters that much) that I've had at least since age 4, and likely since birth. Insanely fast metabolism. I eat far too much, and you'd never know it, to look at me. I blade (in-line skate.. the last time I use that phrase here, unless I'm feeling particularly.. idunno.. formal, I guess) pretty much everywhere, weather permitting. My daily commute is something in the range of 11.2-11.8 kilometres, and on my way home, I try to beat my best time (Currently 31 minutes 42 seconds, achieved on Tuesday evening [25th of July, 2006]). I've got a Livejournal, because I'm lame, so sometimes my posts will be duplicated between here and there.
I've got a cat named Calvin, and he's white and stripey, and fatfatfat. He's also the noisiest cat this side of.. um.. He's noisy. He's also clever, when he wants to be.
I'm a car geek, so if you ever have a question, need advice, or have a problem regarding cars, feel free to speak up, and I might be able to help (if I can't come up with the answer on my own, I'll cheat and use Google or something). I'm also artistic, though chances of posting any artwork are slim for the time being. At least until I can get my second computer working (it runs Win98, which is what my scanner uses, because I'm too poor to buy a new one. Also, the one I have WORKS, just not with Win2k. No point in replacing something that works!).
Oh. I like to use parentheses. A LOT. Sometimes I'll nest them two and three times, in fact.
I used to complain a lot about work, but it's not so bad lately. I'm a supervisor at a home decor store (that used to be a fabric store - yay for changing formats!) and my manager has given me the blinds and drapery hardware department to look after. It's going to be expanding to almost a quarter of the store some time around November, which will be very cool. I'm technically part time, but I keep pushing for more hours, and just asked for a raise, though we'll see if that actually goes through.
I'm not sure if I should actually name names or anything. I'm hesitant to post about where I actually work, at this point. Needless to say, if you know me in person, you know where I work, and if not, it's somewhere in Ottawa :P
Which is where I live, by the way. Canada's Capital. It's actually not as boring as some people would have you believe, but maybe that's because I grew up in a small town half an hour West-southwest of here (30-45 minutes, depending on what part of the city you leave from).
I studied robotics at Algonquin College, but burned out on the third semester, after the second time through it. Maybe I should have taken the summer off. Not that it would have necessarily helped me get my head around the more complex theories and circuits and stuff. I'm a physical person, which explains my mechanical aptitude (I've been fixing bikes since I was 11 or so) and there isn't anything mechanical happening in a circuit. At least not in the general sense. Electrons are whizzing around, opening and closing switches and making LEDs turn on and off, but you can't SEE them opening and closing the switches and whatnot, which apparently makes it more difficult for me to understand how it works. Being frustrated to the point of tears is not fun, especially when you're paying money for the privelege. Whee. The upside to the program is that second semester covered Machine Shop and Welding, both being subjects I excelled at. Welding in particular. So I'm looking into getting Welding certification and all that jazz, so that I can perhaps get a job in that field, either general or specialized. (Come on, when the prof has me showing my classmates how to weld aluminum properly, I think that means something *wink*)
I... think that's it, for now. More to come as events warrant!
I have to admit, it's not as exciting as I thought it would be. Where are all the balloons and streamers?
So I'm supposed to tell people a little about myself. Um. I'm a freak of nature? 40 dB hearing loss in both ears (not that it matters that much) that I've had at least since age 4, and likely since birth. Insanely fast metabolism. I eat far too much, and you'd never know it, to look at me. I blade (in-line skate.. the last time I use that phrase here, unless I'm feeling particularly.. idunno.. formal, I guess) pretty much everywhere, weather permitting. My daily commute is something in the range of 11.2-11.8 kilometres, and on my way home, I try to beat my best time (Currently 31 minutes 42 seconds, achieved on Tuesday evening [25th of July, 2006]). I've got a Livejournal, because I'm lame, so sometimes my posts will be duplicated between here and there.
I've got a cat named Calvin, and he's white and stripey, and fatfatfat. He's also the noisiest cat this side of.. um.. He's noisy. He's also clever, when he wants to be.
I'm a car geek, so if you ever have a question, need advice, or have a problem regarding cars, feel free to speak up, and I might be able to help (if I can't come up with the answer on my own, I'll cheat and use Google or something). I'm also artistic, though chances of posting any artwork are slim for the time being. At least until I can get my second computer working (it runs Win98, which is what my scanner uses, because I'm too poor to buy a new one. Also, the one I have WORKS, just not with Win2k. No point in replacing something that works!).
Oh. I like to use parentheses. A LOT. Sometimes I'll nest them two and three times, in fact.
I used to complain a lot about work, but it's not so bad lately. I'm a supervisor at a home decor store (that used to be a fabric store - yay for changing formats!) and my manager has given me the blinds and drapery hardware department to look after. It's going to be expanding to almost a quarter of the store some time around November, which will be very cool. I'm technically part time, but I keep pushing for more hours, and just asked for a raise, though we'll see if that actually goes through.
I'm not sure if I should actually name names or anything. I'm hesitant to post about where I actually work, at this point. Needless to say, if you know me in person, you know where I work, and if not, it's somewhere in Ottawa :P
Which is where I live, by the way. Canada's Capital. It's actually not as boring as some people would have you believe, but maybe that's because I grew up in a small town half an hour West-southwest of here (30-45 minutes, depending on what part of the city you leave from).
I studied robotics at Algonquin College, but burned out on the third semester, after the second time through it. Maybe I should have taken the summer off. Not that it would have necessarily helped me get my head around the more complex theories and circuits and stuff. I'm a physical person, which explains my mechanical aptitude (I've been fixing bikes since I was 11 or so) and there isn't anything mechanical happening in a circuit. At least not in the general sense. Electrons are whizzing around, opening and closing switches and making LEDs turn on and off, but you can't SEE them opening and closing the switches and whatnot, which apparently makes it more difficult for me to understand how it works. Being frustrated to the point of tears is not fun, especially when you're paying money for the privelege. Whee. The upside to the program is that second semester covered Machine Shop and Welding, both being subjects I excelled at. Welding in particular. So I'm looking into getting Welding certification and all that jazz, so that I can perhaps get a job in that field, either general or specialized. (Come on, when the prof has me showing my classmates how to weld aluminum properly, I think that means something *wink*)
I... think that's it, for now. More to come as events warrant!
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