The one thing I hate at work...

People talking on the phone while they're on the can.


I don't mind texting..the tap tap tap is fine, really. Besides, I'm totally guilty of it too...as well as reading RSS feeds on gReader & checking Facebook when my phone gets sufficient signal. But thats different. The person you're texting doesn't need to know and won't know that you're camped out on the porcelain throne unless you tell them.

If you're actually calling someone, its hard to avoid the industrial strength toilet flushing going on in the background. If I were on the other end of said call, I would be disgusted. I've heard people arrange medical and dental appointments, their kids' early dismissals from school and just random personal conversations on the can.
Really? Do these people not see how disgusting and rude that is?!

Then again, I work in a place where people pee on the seat all the friggin time...in the ladies (obviously using that term super-loosely) room no less, so I shouldn't expect much, right?

Break the humpday duldrums.

Love or hate the song, you can't deny that "S&M" by Rihanna is super-catchy. The remix with Britney Spears released last week has grown on me exponentially everyday. If Wednesday's got you down too, give this a listen.

Chicken Cordon Bleu - and a bit about that craptacular cake.

Disaster cake.

The disasterous cake debacle from Thursday still haunts me, so therefore I really don't care to elaborate on that. I need to not be impatient...and probably stick to cupcakes from now on. The frosting, however, was delish because I spiked it with Disaronno on the request of the boyfriend since it was his birthday after all... As my cooking skills are still in the wee stages of development I didn't dare actually MAKE the frosting from scratch (nor the cake for that matter, that was out of a box), all I did was buy a couple of nippers of Disaronno and added one to two tubs of store frosting. The other one is still sitting on our kitchen table. I used Betty Crocker whipped frosting, so the Disarrono thinned it out a bit more than I would have liked, but I think if I use regular frosting next time, it'll be fine.

Chicken cordon bleu with Fettuccine Alfredo

As for the Cordon Bleu, that went WAY better. If it didn't, I was about ready to throw the towel in.

Thankfully, I cook better than I make baked goods.

I used the cordon bleu recipe found here and then after reading some of the comments, used some people's suggestions. I breaded the rolls of chicken, put a little pat of butter on top and half a slice of provolone cheese on top of each thing.

I'm definitely going to make this again. The boyfriend LOVED it and actually probably would have eaten another one if I had made more than two chicken rolls...the man is a human vaccuum.

He wasn't crazy about the fettuccine alfredo, but that's because he likes red sauce. I just used a jar of Bertoli garlic parmesan alfredo sauce, and I loved it.

Add a nice salad, with Hopkins Inn house dressing if you can get it...but that's a Connecticut thing...I'm sure if you call them they could ship you some if you can't go there personally or get it at the grocery store, which I do. It's about $4.50 a bottle at the grocery store by my house, and in my opinion COMPLETELY FREAKIN WORTH IT. Words can't describe how awesome that dressing is.

The only thing I would change is that next time I'll probably make my/Katie Lee's idiotproof garlic bread to go with it.

Excuse me while I fall over.

The boy cooked for me for a change!

Random photo of the day

My murloc...wearing the tiara I bought for my birthday.
Once a World of Warcraft nerd...always a WoW nerd - even when I suspended my account today because I honestly could be spending $15 on better things right now.
Only a matter of time until I renew though. It always calls me back.

Ililo - my murloc plush - It  came with an adoption certificate like a cabbage patch kid =D

Music Monday - "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele

There's not a whole lot to say about this song except for "Goddamn can this girl sing!".

I love how the song has a soulful vibe, and reminiscent of Amy Winehouse, minus the drug problems. Actually, the first time I ever heard this song, I thought it was Amy Winehouse!

Weekend in photographic form.

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Enjoy :)

Back to the grind tomorrow, sadly. However, this three day weekend did wonders for my mental state...haha

Geoff Fox: The beginning of the Fox on Fox era.

It comes time for me to write yet another post about Geoff Fox.

Geoff, Joe Furey, Rachel Frank...and Dan Amarante

This time, however it is not bashing WTNH for their general douchery, nor is it ripping into Mark Higgins for making the world's worst decision ever.

After rumors had been flying the last few days... (Dinner with Rachel Frank, visits to the FoxCT/Hartford Courant facilities) it was confirmed by both Geoff and FoxCT that he would be starting there on Monday at 4pm giving science reports and doing the 11pm weather.

SIGH OF RELIEF.

I essentially called this right off the bat, but dismissed it as wishful thinking. I'm glad Fox made my wishful thinking a reality. It's great that they recognize the value Geoff brings, and actually went out of their way to CREATE a position for him that did not exist.

Being only 22, and those evil bastards on Elm Street being the news station of choice in mine and all my relatives' households since birth, the man has been my weatherman of choice for my entire life. I'm glad this is the case still...and I hope that when Geoff leaves FoxCT, it will be for a happy retirement and on his own terms. I listened to Geoff's interview on WPLR on Friday and his story of what happened at WTNH shows just what shady douches management there actually is. To hear the story from the horse's mouth was sobering. It still astounds me that how a 27 year veteran can be tossed out like yesterday's garbage in the blink of an eye. The bulk of that interview can be found here. 

WTNH better prepare for a hell of a storm...because FoxCT is about to curbstomp their asses into ratings oblivion -- Especially when Steve MacLaughlin can't forecast his way out of a friggin paper bag.


It's a new era...with a built in tagline to boot! I always liked Fox's 10pm news, so this just adds another twelve points for them in my book.

When I began to write this post on Thursday, when news actually broke, I didn't intend to take any jabs at all. However when I listened to the interview from Chaz and AJ this morning and learned just how shady LIN/WTNH/Mark Higgins was being, I decided they weren't getting cut any slack.

Dinner at least, did not fail.

The cordon bleu made up for the super pathetic cake. Expect a more in depth post about both the messy crap cake and the cordon bleu soon!

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I fail

I'm sticking to cupcakes next time. This cake looks like some fucked up reject from the Alice in Wonderland set

I purposely took it from this angle so you couldn't see the back...which is what looks the worst

There's a thin line

Between the dark side and the light side...

Baby tonight, it's a struggle

Gotta rumble trying to find it

Foiled again.

Last year the boyfriend ruined his birthday surprise.

This year I wanted to make him dinner and surprise him with what it was...well, that failed miserably.

Well, at least I know he'll like it...

However, I officially give up on surprising this kid. We'll see how this chicken cordon bleu comes out though. If it's any good, I'll post the recipe tomorrow.

And I'm making my first cake ever tomorrow.

I can't take the pressure!

Stupid and Immature.

I don't care though, it made me laugh, and worse things could show up in my e-mail on a Wednesday morning to be perfectly honest.

There was a cucumber, a pickle, and a penis sitting around talking about how their lives sucked.

The cucumber says "Man, my life sucks. When I get big, fat, and juicy, they cut me up and stick me on a salad."

The pickle looks at him and says, "You think you have it bad? When I get big, fat, and juicy, they stick me in vinegar, put spices on me, and stick me in a jar."

The penis looks at him and says "You think you have it rough? When I get big, fat, and juicy, they stick a plastic bag over my head, stick me in a dark damp room, and bang my head against the wall until I throw up all over myself and pass out!"

Like I said...stupid and immature...and old & corny to boot, but hey...a laugh is a laugh.

April Showers.

Bring May flowers...or some such nonsense.
All I know is this cloudiness is depressing.

Terry Jones, you're still an idiot.

Terry Jones, at it again.

Someone on Facebook just posted a status of  "So the pastor in Florida burned the Koran... Now there are large protests throughout the middle east because of one mans racism. I say drop him off over there along with his followers."

I completely agree. After reading this, I consulted CNN and found out that my favorite fundamentalist religious dumbass is at it again. He burned a Quran recently, and now protests have broken out in Afghanistan. Last year when he was threatening to burn the Quran over that whole thing where someone wanted to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York, I wrote a post detailing why he's such a tool. Those thoughts still stand. Click here to read it.

If any American service person dies as a result of his stupidity, I still think that he should be held legally responsible. I like my darling friend Evan's idea of dropping Mr. Jones himself over there to deal with the people he's pissed off.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, every religious sect has its share of extremists who pervert the basic concepts of their religion. There is no reason to piss off Muslims worldwide, just because of the twisted Islamic extremists.