Yeah we brown bag it. Julian and I rarely eat out.
Generally we bring pastas salads sandwhiches or gangsta noodle bowls (korean noodle bowls to which we add spinach, bok choy, chicken and shrimp)
Here's one of Julian's latest sandwhiches, chopped barbecue roast beef on wheat with spinach, vine ripened tomatoe and muenster. That's a fabulous pomelo in the back which I recently found at the L&L market at 3 lbs for a buck. Fantastic!
Holla
So yesterday I come in a little before 6am and the base to my earpiece is missing for my phone. I walk around and ask if anyone has seen it and the night ladies are like no - we rarely go to that side of the room, ask the day side. I say okay thanks. So I find it and it's on some dude's desk who sits diagonally behind me.
I take my base (which is clearly marked with a green polka dot) and plug in because I"m anal about timeliness. A call comes in and falls off and I realize the cord connecting my earpiece to the base is missing. So I turn around and look and SAID dude is in his desk. I walk over there and say hey i need the cord connecting my earpiece to my base. He's like What. I said you borrowed my phone base...I don't care if you do, but just leave me a note as a common courtesy. He's like What. This fool is still playin stupid and 10 minutes late in the game. I said very slowly...the cord which connects the earpiece to the base so I can plug into my phone. He's like What? So I walk back to my cube and yank the said pieces out and put them on his desk I said this (base) connects to this (earpiece) with a cord. Where is my cord? He said Oh.. Right here.
I take it and say Thanks. And start hooking it up to my phone. First of all I was irritated that I had to repeat myself and also a grown ass man borrows something without so much as a note or email...
Well this fool comes up behind me in my cube and he's like,"look I would appreciate it if you weren't so AGGRESSIVE" I'm like,"excuse me"
Mind you this fool looks like Sam Kinison but like 20 lbs lighter. And his 5foot ass also contains all that anger. Whatever.
So he continues on some babble like,"you have no idea how busy it was yesterday and yada yada yada. I'm like,"that's fine, but I would still like a note if you must borrow anything from my cube, and yeah, i needed that cord to connect my earpiece to my base" He's like,"you don't need to talk like that to me, I would like a little common courtesy," Me (with a snicker),"you expect common courtesy from me and you borrowed my things without asking?" He's like,"yes..." I put my left hand to his face and said,"I'm not discussing this anymore, go somewhere with that." And turned my back on him.
This fool said uh uh uh and huffed and puffed and said,"FUCK YOU THEN, I'm out of here." I gave him a hello kitty wave and said,"Have a nice day."
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Bwaa hahahhaha
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My boss came in an our later and I'm like Hey you missed it and updated him and he says,"Where's his badge,I'm gonna help him find a new job if he wants to act like that." Dayuuuuuuuuum.
I know the little angry one isn't here today.
I wasn't trying to get him canned bein as it's almost Christmas and stuff...But you know it is what it is Biiiiiiiitches!
Thanksgiving this year is 11/27 on a Thursday of Course.
We will be holding it at my sister Keyla's house in Avondale.
The Family will be there.
Me...Mr. Man...Kuya...Keyla...Benjo + L'il CBug from Chicago (tentative)
JR...Bree...Madden...Makena
Wendy...The Grimey One
Kzo...Brit.
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13 Folks + 5 or so people doing a drive by just to "graze" and hang out.. LOL. Which is a piece of cake compared to the 30+ we had last year.
As usual I will express invitations to our friends who are far from family or feel it's ridiculous to kick a big dinner for 2. However, in the past there are those who insisted on invitation and flaked. They are not invited. Our friends who couldn't make it and gave us the heads up - are always invited. If you can't make it I understand, but don't make a big old Broadway production about being invited and then not show up and then after you don't show up act like you weren't invited. That's played out like a high top fade.
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The menu.
lumpia (tentative)
Roasted Turkey & Cornbread Stuffing
Slow Roasted Beef Ribs & Red Rice Yam Stuffing
Greens Asian Soul Style
Broccoli Casserole
Penne Pasta Ziti with ham and bellpepper
Baked Macaliscious
Green Beans with White Sauce
Garlic 3 cheese mashed potatoes.
Dessert Menu:
Pumpkin Tarts
Lemon Bars
Pumpkin Cupcakes
Leche Flan (Filipino Creme Brullee)
Coffee
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That OUGHTTA do it.
If you need directions please hit up Wendy Lee or Myself.
It's Naw-Cho (not your) birthday!
Naw-Cho Bar means we make all the fixins' keep the funky 7-11 style cheese in a crock pot and you build your own plate!
Hahahhahha
My sister and I now work together and I asked her if she wanted to do a food thingie for her birthday. She said sure what? I said nacho bar? She's like yeah...So I made the main part and the dept bought the other part. I made 12 lbs of ground beef "taco" meat...8 lbs of garlic oregano chicken...and a VAT of cilantro herb spanish rice. LOL. I also managed to make a dozen brownies and 2 dozen chocolate cupcakes...
Chicken
Beefy!
This is the stages to cupcakes and brownies!
Brownies
Devils Food Cakelettes
Stage 1 Frosting
Frosting Stage 2
Frosting Final Stage
Happy Birthday Keyla...Let me tell you everyone is really cool at work (except for a couple freakazoids lol) But they were very happy for Keyla and the setup...
Other people from other departments came to see our little setup and eat and well wish and hang out
Apple got in trouble coz she didn't get any good pictures. no food porn and everyones in motion. You're fired!
And after everyone ate - I finally made myself some nachos!
I have to admit I was a little tired, but everyone was so happy for Keyla's birthday and nachos and appreciative and genuinely celebratory. I would do it again anytime. I think cookie bar is gonna be my next venture with a chocolate fondue pot. LOL. It's worth it when people are excited and festive.
Yeah we vote...and i've always voted. Regardless of whether i like or dislike the candidates...because my right to vote was fought for in 2 parts - on behalf of women and behalf of non white voters. So even if i pencil in Donald Duck as a write in vote - i go do it.
However, Julian and I registered early in the year and went to vote yesterday. My work and his work were nice enough to have us leave 2 1/2 hours early to vote...paid of course.
City Momma and Country Momma have both told us,"Vote Kids."
We did Momma's, we did.
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I've never seen so many optimistic young faces in line and walking about, and I've never seen so many defeated conservative faces. At the polls, I like the smug smile of youth. I could see an optimistic strut as they went to vote. I had an early ballot so i dropped it off sealed. Each day I drive through downtown going home from work I passed the Obama Biden headquarters...not since rock the vote have i seen the hopeful faces of all colours, all races, all ages. It was an optimistic sight.
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That's Ugly...
Hella broke republicans at my job bickering to the point of cubicles being shifted. And when I say broke, I mean broke...grown men who have served the country and willingly served, only to say to his friend yesterday,"I have a little over 3 bucks in my checking until next payday" We just got paid kid? Broke conservatives hanging onto this life by a thread and still prideful and mindful of some jacked up loyalty to a party that only wants to rob you.
Hella salty married couples at the polls. This lady walks up with her husband and says in front of strangers,"just vote damn you, walk in and check the ballot" The man was trying to be calm and asked,"do you remember the judges i didn't like" She says nastily,"i told you to read the booklets you @$$%^&" I was mortified.
Hella uneducated, hella poor, hella conservative under 30 republicans tryin to perpetrate like he makes investments and then recently overheard in between election arguments: i'm gonna get on ACCESS (welfare) under my wife's name coz we can't afford this new baby we're having.
T.R.I.F.L.I.N.G
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All i know, is Julians sons will be born in an era of pride, education and culture. We have now, we will have more and we will provide more. We are.
Gya Before:
Gya After. LOL
BWAAAHAHHAHHAHAHHAH!
