Day 217: Stickemup

Today I drew some stick people in various poses.


That is all.

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Day 216: What I Do All Day (This Week)

This week, I'm working in the Receiving section of the Acquisitions Department. So Here's a little collection of photos from today.

This is my desk. My computer has two monitors. Fancy! I work in one corner of the big Receiving room. Three very nice ladies are in the other three corners of the room. Big stacks of boxes (filled with BOOKS!) are in the center of the room.



Here's the contraption I use to tape the spines of magazines. I've been told I'm very good at it. I can probably thank the thousand times I've moved, and the thousand boxes I've taped up each time. And my lovably anal retentive personality.



Here's a pile of Christian Bale waiting for me to sort and drool on.



And here's a similar pile of Johnny Depp. It was a good day of unpacking today.



Here's a rubber band ball I started making yesterday. We go through a LOT of rubber bands. Everyone else just throws them away, but I decided to save them.



Here's my rubber band ball, the bands still in line for balling, and the nifty little barcode-sticker-shooter-outer.



There's ShamWow in the restroom! And it's made in Germany, so you know it's good. They make great stuff in Germany.



Next week, I'll be learning a different job, somewhere in the Circulation Department. Then I'll be rotating between here and there week by week. They call me a Floater, which brings up unpleasant CSI and Law & Order episodes, but it also gives me a great idea for a Halloween costume.

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Day 215: Nutty Whipped Marshmonkey Riding Naked

Today I really wanted a big gooey brownie smothered with fudge and whipped cream and marshmallows and chunks of cookie dough. Instead, I invented this drink to satisfy my sweet tooth.


I call it the Nutty Whipped Marshmonkey Riding Naked.

It contains amaretto, whipped cream vodka, banana liqueur, Godiva chocolate liqueur, a splash of milk, and a heaping lot of mini marshmallows.




And here's an artsy photo of it. No extra charge.



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Day 214: Brought to You by the Letter L

L is for Library, Letters, and Lame Makes.



But an artsy photo makes it a smidge better. Right?



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Day 213: Scranke

Today, I was inspired by the delicious teppanyaki from last night to try a sake-based drink. So I combined sake with cranberry juice (making the Scranke, of course). It wasn't great, but it was drinkable.


I then tried to make it better by adding Sprite. Didn't help. Then I added some Rose's lime juice. Bad call. Maybe I'll try again someday, but for now, I'm fine with plain old warm sake. Sorry, Scranke, but that's what you get for kind of tasting like feet.

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Day 212: Recipe Cards

Today I made some recipe cards. I basically wanted plain index cards, so I can write down the recipes I like and have a "pull one out of the hat" kind of meal-planning system, but plain index cards just aren't fun enough. So I printed out little pictures of veggies Mat drew in Illustrator long ago and punched them out with my button circle puncher.


There's not really any logical reason why the veggies (and fruit, in the case of the cherries, and technically in the case of the tomato too) stick up above the edge of the cards, except that I like it that way.


Now to start writing my favorite recipes on the cards (tuna casserole, etc.) and find a box to put them in. Then I can try new recipes and write them on cards if they bear repeating. That'll be handy, since I have about 10 cookbooks checked out from the library right now.

Day 211: I Now Possess the Power of Popcorn

Today I had a hankering for popcorn, but not the microwave kind. Unfortunately, my popcorn popper is still MIA, probably buried at the bottom of my storage unit under two tons of scrapbooking supplies. So I did something I've never done before -- I made popcorn using oil and a pan. Crazy talk! When my mom showed me how to do this a few months ago, I never thought I'd actually resort to stove-top popcorning.



A little popcorn goes a very long way, as it turns out. And a lid is very important. Both of these pictures were taken under the very real threat of being shot in the eye by a blazing-hot oil-soaked death-kernel.


Not only did I make this beautiful popcorn (only half of which fit in the bowl), I also made a delicious concoction of butter, garlic powder, and parmesan cheese to drizzle over the top.



I declare this experiment a success, and now I can have popcorn any time I want.

I wonder if I'll have to start trying different toppings now...

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