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In the year 2007 I resolve to: Pick my nose at stop lights. Get your resolution here.

words to live (or die) by

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in
one hand, martini in the other, totally worn out and
screaming,

"WOO HOO what a ride!"

Also

"So many people tiptoe through life, only to arrive at deaths door safe and sound."

Christmas without family is like Chocolate without Taste

This is the first time I've worked on Christmas. Although I doubt it will be the last. One of the disadvantages of this career is when everyone else is celebrating, we're the busiest. All the first 3 weeks of December, we'll be lucky to do 50 people during service. Then Christmas comes along and we get fubared. Over 150 covers. Who goes out for Christmas Breakfast!? You're supposed to be at home with your family opening presents. Not telling us your eggs are slightly underdone and you want your meal free. This is probably why lots of cooks are totally fed up with Christmas, for us it's the most stressful time of the year, on top of the shopping and stuff that normal deal with. Work is busier than ever, people are short tempered, and we don't get to spend any time with our families ourselves.

The reason I'm ranting is because I didn't get to spend Christmas with my family. I think I'm the first person to ever miss a Christmas in my family. That's hard. It used to be, when I was living at home and saw them every day, that I didn't think it would be that bad to have a christmas without them. OH MAN was I wrong. All I could think about for the last week is how it doesn't feel like christmas. It just feels like another week of the year.

I can't wait to go home. I hope it snows. Theres so much stuff I have to do. It seems like every time I think about it theres another 3 or 4 things I have to add to my list of stuff to do. 1 week isn't going to be enough. You're going to have to cuff me and drug me to get me back on that plane at the end of it.

Things lately....

GAH! the winter season is so slow. There are some days at the restaurant where I cook for 5 people all day long. It's so wasteful when you consider the amount of food we have to keep prepared on our line "Just in case." Ok, quick example. We make a crab salad sandwich for lunch. Say we make a 5lb batch of crab salad. It sounds like a lot. But if we do get busy it goes pretty quick. A pound of crab is going for about 15$ these days. So 5x15=85. Right? 85$ for a batch of crab salad. Crab salad only lasts for about 4 days before it starts to go south. If we get a busy day in there, then we'll probably use it all. But say we don't. Half of that batch is going in the garbage. That's 42$ in the garbage. 42$ that the hotel will never see again. And this is just one item on our menu, in one of our 7 or 8 outlets. Stuff like this happens all the time. It's astounding how the hotel can keep in business. Just the fact that there is somebody who has to track all this money, and that someday that guy might be me. That's a scary scary thought. It's easy to see how some chef's can get so caught up in paperwork that they never get to cook anymore. Which is something I don't think I could ever do. Ack! Pencil Pushing = SATAN! Descending into the evil hell that is a desk job is the stuff of my nightmares. I'm a man of action dammit! Something needs doing....I do it. That's it.

Me and Erin work lunch and morning shifts. Everyone else works dinner shifts. Which works out well. Nobody has to stay up till midnight to give the other person a ride home.

Still have to get a present for Brad and Erin. I'm sure I could go out to wal-mart and get them something pretty easy. But that just seems like copping out to me. These are people that are important to me. I should be able to find something awesome for them. I'd rather get them nothing than get some crappy gift they'll say thank you for, then never think twice about. If I have to bankrupt myself. So be it. What else is money good for if not giving away? Screw hoarding.

I have a computer....all is good with the world. Please feel free to e-mail me pictures. I miss everyone back home.

Guess what I got!

I BOUGHT A LAPTOP! FINALLY!

It's a Toshiba Satellite. It has an Intel Duo Core Processor, 1GB ram, and wireless internet. AND THAT"S ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

so now I can finally update this thing on a semi-regular basis. and actually talk to people from back home!


OH HAPPY DAY!

I'm Comin home!!!

January 8th to the 15th. It's official. I have the days off of work and the flight is booked. You had all better make sure you're free that week. I plan on spending little to no time sleeping. So bring Red Bulls.

Here are a list of places that I MUST go. Mostly because they don't have them in America.

Tim Hortons.
Church.

That is all.


Even thinking about returning home I get a craving for Chili in a bread bowl....mmmmmm chili. I don't care if it's made from a powder. It's GOOD dammit!

I plan on eating a lot. Because food back home is better than food here. I may go visit VCC. I doubt I'll have time though. I'm only home for a week.

GAH! so many people to see in a week. Amanda, TJ, Tasha, Parents, Joel, James, Nicole, Nathan, Misty, Cooper, Phil, Aaron, Shannon, Mel, Erin, Mandi, JohnHeng, Britney. Gonna try and see some people from school. Gotta try and go to Youth group.

Lots of stories to tell, most of them include me in some sort of skintight clothing. I AM THE LORD OF THE DANCE! Micheal Flatley ain't got nothin on me.

Can't wait to see you all.