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Events of the last few days, and pictures
Nov. 18th, 2002 05:31 pmWell, it's been a while since I've written anything here...been a while since I've been in the mood to. I'm sure you can understand, given my last entry.
Still no movement on the job front; I've talked to the father of a friend who is highly placed at the local university; he seems impressed with my skills. If anyone can find me something, he can.
In other vaguely job-related news, my traffic court date for the second accident was today. I dithered until literally the last ten minutes, then put it in the hands of a traffic attorney for $75. Maybe I shouldn't have spent that much money, being unemployed and all, but I've already been through traffic school and at this point, I think I'm going to need all the help I can get to keep those points off my license. Sigh, driving doesn't seem quite so much fun anymore...
Recently, I was moved to try my most ambitious ever foray into the world of kitchen chemistry. It actually happened that I was roleplaying a character on-line who liked to cook, and had him making a beef pot pie—one of my favorite dishes—for his friends...and darn it, it made me crave a real home-made beef pot pie myself, the kind that I had heretofore only had from my Mom & Dad, who make the best pie-like stuff ever. So the next day, I took the recipe I found online, and went out to buy up all the necessary ingredients and utensils. And, that night...I made beef pot pie. (As you can see, I got out my little cheapie Yahoo Digital Camera to chronicle the event.)
( Pie and photogs )
One other thing for which I used the camera was to take some snaps for Bookcrossing releases. Some for the heck of it, and one, The Thief Lord, for a contest Bookcrossing was running. I had a fellow customer in the Salvation Army take my photo with the camera. Unfortunately, since it's such a cheap camera and since the viewfinder lies like a dog...well, see the results for yourself.
Still no movement on the job front; I've talked to the father of a friend who is highly placed at the local university; he seems impressed with my skills. If anyone can find me something, he can.
In other vaguely job-related news, my traffic court date for the second accident was today. I dithered until literally the last ten minutes, then put it in the hands of a traffic attorney for $75. Maybe I shouldn't have spent that much money, being unemployed and all, but I've already been through traffic school and at this point, I think I'm going to need all the help I can get to keep those points off my license. Sigh, driving doesn't seem quite so much fun anymore...
Recently, I was moved to try my most ambitious ever foray into the world of kitchen chemistry. It actually happened that I was roleplaying a character on-line who liked to cook, and had him making a beef pot pie—one of my favorite dishes—for his friends...and darn it, it made me crave a real home-made beef pot pie myself, the kind that I had heretofore only had from my Mom & Dad, who make the best pie-like stuff ever. So the next day, I took the recipe I found online, and went out to buy up all the necessary ingredients and utensils. And, that night...I made beef pot pie. (As you can see, I got out my little cheapie Yahoo Digital Camera to chronicle the event.)( Pie and photogs )
One other thing for which I used the camera was to take some snaps for Bookcrossing releases. Some for the heck of it, and one, The Thief Lord, for a contest Bookcrossing was running. I had a fellow customer in the Salvation Army take my photo with the camera. Unfortunately, since it's such a cheap camera and since the viewfinder lies like a dog...well, see the results for yourself.
