"Dishes" written by Jbeatty on estrip.org

09/08/07 03:24 - 76ºF - ID#41006

Dishes

I really miss having a dishwasher. This is the first apartment I have had in 7 years that doesn't have one. I think if I were allowed to give up one domestic duty for life it would definitely be washing dishes, although laundry would come in a close second.

lizabeth writes at 01:43:48 09/11/07 - Comment #24242: The "laundry" of which they speak is what I am probably going to be doing on Wednesday, just FYI. I'll take any quarters you care to contribute to the cause.

Also, I'm going to cry if the next place we move into doesn't have a dishwasher.

john writes at 12:00:04 09/11/07 - Comment #24240: What is this "iron" of which you speak?

And for that matter, what is this "laundry" of which you speak?

tinypliny writes at 02:35:27 09/09/07 - Comment #24168: Hehe. @libertad: Even if you iron wrinkles in, the shirt or whatever "looks" ironed. I like to believe that its the thought that counts. The ironing thought.

tinypliny writes at 02:33:31 09/09/07 - Comment #24167: And I like laundry days - I guess because I love the smell of detergents in the apartment and clean clothes and bedding. I also like ironing - though I rarely wear ironed clothes. I am just lazy.

tinypliny writes at 02:31:28 09/09/07 - Comment #24165: Wow. I never had a dishwasher and I somehow don't like the idea of waiting for the dishes to be washed by a water-gobbling machine. Washing dishes by hand is much much quicker and it gives me time to collect my thoughts or listen to radio.

libertad writes at 09:17:36 09/08/07 - Comment #24134: your air quality should be better because most dishwasher detergents cause a dangerous vapor that stays in the house for hours.
I hate ironing, but love laundry. Ironing to me is so frustrating. Usually I end up ironing wrinkles into the clothes and it takes forever to get them out. I suppose it is an art and i jsut havne't gotten it yet.

fellyconnelly writes at 08:56:40 09/08/07 - Comment #24132: um. half the time i cook AND do the dishes. but that is beside the point... :)

jenks writes at 05:28:15 09/08/07 - Comment #24119: yeah, a dishwasher is the only thing my apt doesn't have that I wish it did. But like Lauren said- even when I DID have one- it often was used more as a dish-storage-cabinet. I do hate doing dishes though. And i hate laundry probably even more.

lilho writes at 05:28:05 09/08/07 - Comment #24118: ive done laundry maybe three times in the last three months. i go until i run out of clean underwear and then sometimes, i use is as an excuse to go buy new ones, so i can prolong the laundry even more. id much rather do dishes...

carolinian writes at 04:17:00 09/08/07 - Comment #24115: I've never lived in an apartment with a dishwasher, so I'm used to it. I don't know what I'm missing, and that's probably a good thing. I think a dishwasher has been on my list of things to get "when I make it big.".

Although having my own washer and dryer and not having to run to the laundromat far surpases dishwashers on the priority scale.

lauren writes at 04:09:02 09/08/07 - Comment #24114: Yeah ok...try this. We HAVE a dishwasher, but don't use it because it takes us too long to fill it up to the point where I would feel justified in running all that water. And so, Felly cooks, and I do the dishes and place them neatly in my dishwasher to dry.

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09/07/07 12:00 - 80ºF - ID#40980

The Honeymoon is over

In my years of being a waiter I have noticed certain traits amongst my coworkers. Wait staff tend to be alcoholics, have children, or they're drug addicts. Sometimes it's a combination of all three. This evening I finally figured out exactly whom I do not like to work with. Which out of 15 wait staff its only 3 thankfully. Surprisingly enough it's almost never the people who fit into these narrow generalizations that tend to piss me off the most. I have yet to figure out why this is however. I think Anthony Bourdain says it best; maybe these people have just never been "fucked properly" in their lives. Whatever the case may be I find it totally unacceptable to talk down to people you feel are below you. Why do some people have this urge to feel superior to others by insulting them and treating them like crap? What on earth could they possibly be compensating for? It's just a job, Schmooze your tables, make some cash, and go home! It really is that simple. The sad thing is it's not even me that I'm referring to, hell I've been called worse by better, I can take it. But what really irritates me is that the scumbags think that I agree with them. I guess I'm supposed to be in this club of talking shit about my less experienced coworkers. God I love restaurants.

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09/02/07 10:50 - 69ºF - ID#40898

My dirty little secret

Smoking is one of the most disgusting habits on earth. Why the fuck I made the most ridiculous decision to start again beyond me. I smoked for 7 years and quit for 1 year, then I smoked for another 2 years and quit for 3 and 1/2 years. So here I am three weeks into my old habit. I blame it on a 50:50 mixture of boredom and stress. But really I should blame it on how fucking stupid I am! I haven't told any of my family because I'm incredibly embarrassed by it. So tonight I have decided that the two packs that I purchased tonight are it, No more for me. I can't wait for the headache to start Tuesday morning.

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09/02/07 01:25 - 74ºF - ID#40891

Summer isn't dead yet...

but it's showing signs of aging.

It's only a matter of weeks before the Spaten Oktoberfest is on the shelves!

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08/24/07 12:35 - 79ºF - ID#40707

Summer Recap(picture purge)

Well I suppose summer is pretty much over for since school starts Monday. This summer has been an exceptional one for me. Although I guess I usually try to make the most out of my free time. So in sequential order here are the highlights of this season.

End of the school year I went to Malaysia with my friend Melissa whom I hadn't seen in 5 years. I ate lots of crazy delicious stuff, saw my first tornado(well water spout really, but it was still amazing), did my first canopy walk over the top of a jungle, visited my first sacred Hindu site, and saw the worlds largest twin towers.

Petronas Towers

canopy walk north of Kuala Lumpur

water spout in Palau Lankawi(its kinda hard to see)

Batu Caves, home of the Lord Murruga

Melissa and I at the Batu Caves

Claypot Snowfrog, with Chicken Satay

Fish Curry at an Indonesian Padang joint

Durian the "king of fruits"

banana leaf lunch in the Cameron Highlands.

the beach at Palau Lankawi

the view from our balcony

Tiger Prawn Curry, those things were the size of small lobsters!

yum yum Dim Sum.

something called a chickenfish

I helped my friends try to finish their addition. Including running electrical wiring, CAT6, Installed vinyl siding, plumbing, knocked out a wall and installed a Parallam support beam, insulation, and installed a high velocity AC system. Unfortunately no pictures.

Camped and boated at Lake George in the Adirondacks. We also climbed Rogers Rock, well we went the easy way up.

Rogers Rock from the water

Rogers Rock from the top

The boat I wasn't on

Saw the Police In Connecticut.

Sunset before the show

About 1 min before the show started

Last but not least I moved to Buffalo. Which I'm finding to be a pretty cool city so far!

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08/23/07 08:59 - 80ºF - ID#40697

Kalbi

Tonight for dinner I made Kalbi. All modesty aside it was absolutely delicious. I got most of the ingredients from Sung's Oriental Grocery on Niagara Falls Blvd (between Sheridan and Main). It's a well-stocked Korean Grocery with plenty of hard to find items. The owners are also very pleasant and helpful. Maybe worth an (e:tinypliny) review.

Ok so I suppose I should be fair and critique my own cooking. The garlic I cooked with it sucked. But I stopped using it after the first piece of lettuce. It was the first time I have tried to make it, however I've seen it done literally, thousands of times. Fortunately I made way too much so I guess its Kalbi again for lunch tomorrow.

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08/23/07 03:56 - 75ºF - ID#40694

Buffalo Celebrity Spotting

I rarely, if ever watch American Football. I have heard some players names but couldn't pick most of them out of a lineup unless of course they killed their ex-wife or were part of a dog fighting club. So last night at work when somebody said J.P Losman was on the patio having dinner I thought, "who is J.P. Losman?". I suddenly realized who he was. Anyway long story short I didn't meet him but I thought it was nice of him to tell the kitchen directly that he thought everything was great. I suppose I don't really expect courtesy out of the alpha male jock, pro-sports type of guys, but I thought it probably meant a lot to the cooks who I presume all watch football. Apparently he is a regular there and from what the waitstaff tells me is a pretty nice guy to boot.

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08/21/07 01:55 - 65ºF - ID#40657

Hopefully this works

I spent the better part of the morning trying to figure out how to convert an avi into an swf. I'm hoping my efforts weren't wasted. Anyway about the video, I took this at Englischer Garten in Munich in June of 06. I just happened to stumble upon these guys who rigged some sort of rope system to the bridge and river sidewall and made an artificial wave. It looked like fun. Sorry I have no sound because my camera isn't quite that sophisticated.

::Download Flash SWF::

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08/20/07 08:53 - 60ºF - ID#40643

Man I'm a dork!

I went to Spot Coffee to check it out and have a big cup caffeine this evening. I had a mocha in one of those massive cups. On top was tons of whipped cream and chocolate sauce. I must have sat there for an hour sipping away and writing and didn't notice this till I got home.

I certainly put the ass in class!

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08/20/07 01:20 - 66ºF - ID#40637

I hate liars

Not to whine about former relationships, but when someone drops off the face of the earth so to speak, there is usually a reason for it. My former girlfriend who decided to dump me and then continue screwing with my head for several months after has finally showed her true motive for her disappearing act. Not that I'm hung up on her by any means but I always thought that it was strange that she was calling everyday and visiting me several times a week after the break up and then poof. What irritated me most about the whole situation was that she denied she was in fact ignoring me. Although it was more than evident that she was. I had always had a hunch that she was involved with someone but I left it alone because I suppose it really wasn't any of my business. She stated to me on more than one occasion that she was not with anyone. So today I found out that indeed there was some sort of love in her life and I guess I'm just bitter that I was lied to. I am having some serious trust issues with people that I consider(ed) to be close friends and this is just another example. I'm growing really tired of people lying and just being all around bad friends. I'm honestly well over her but for what its worth I think I wouldn't have been so fucked up for so long after if she had just told me to "fuck off I'm with this other guy now" or even just to say "I don't want to be your friend". So I suppose this goes along with what many others on this site have been saying lately. That it's really best to be honest with someone no matter how much it hurts.

jenks writes at 10:56:05 08/21/07 - Comment #22742: oh yeah, and jbeatty, I'm with you 100%.

jenks writes at 10:55:35 08/21/07 - Comment #22741: cmon jay... not to attack you, b/c I know you've been through some shit and have every right to feel what you want, but you've GOT to stop with the overgeneralizations. I'm really truly sorry you've been so hurt. But you just have to stop insisting that ALL girls are two faced gold-digging bitches, because it's not true and you know that. Just like not all guys are out to string me along and break my heart. Even when it feels that way, I know it's not true.

"The one thing you can bank on when a girl is dating someone is that they won't let go of one vine before finding another one to swing onto. "

this hyperbole is just not true! I, for one, am the absolute opposite. Not that that is necessarily better- I'd probably be less hurt if I could have a "backup" but I just think that's deceitful and wrong and I can't do it.

libertad writes at 05:57:39 08/20/07 - Comment #22682: I'm sorry you are hurting right now. It is shitty to be mind fucked.

jason,
you know what you say is controversial because you know what you say is wrong. There are LOTS of girls that are single because they choose to be. Maybe you attract some nasty bitches in your life, but that doesn't mean everyone is like that. Grow up! You don't have to be a victim all the time. Your generalizations are hurtful and your hate is not going to attract anyone.

jason writes at 05:01:35 08/20/07 - Comment #22678: Yikes! Sounds like a familiar story, minus the screwing with the head part. Time for me to once again get controversial and piss people off.

The one thing you can bank on when a girl is dating someone is that they won't let go of one vine before finding another one to swing onto. Very rare is the case where the girl just says, screw it, single life is better. No, for them, single life is not better. They're forced to live without a parent figure.

Of course, I'm only joking about that last part, but I've experienced enough of these situations to know that you can pretty much safely assume that if she isn't already involved, she has someone firmly in mind. Rather than batter someone's ego even further, they prefer to lie their ass off. They really don't want to have to come to terms with who they really are.

Many therapists say it's better to lie in this case, and cheaters/upgraders/window shoppers all across the world agree. It's good because they can fake appearances, pretending to be compassionate, and not feel like quite so much like the whores they are. They really are nice people, honest!

This topic has come up before, and many people here prefer to be lied to in this case. Again I can understand the motivation for that. Sometimes it's better to just forget it and let go. Even if she is a lying, dishonorable bitch, you cannot control that. Better to worry about the things you can control, like your reaction to it.

If you don't have that attachment, if she simply does not matter one way or the other, she no longer has any power over you. There are despicable people in this world, liars, opportunists, cheaters - and that is perfectly alright. Screw it.

Anyway, I'm filibustering again. In general I agree that I would rather hear the bad news than get my intelligence insulted, which I think is even worse, but I can deal with whatever now.

tinypliny writes at 02:15:16 08/20/07 - Comment #22670: Honesty is not always the best policy. Quite unfortunate, but true. I can't count the number of times being honest has brought me totally avoidable pain. The only people I can be totally honest with, without fearing consequences, is my family.

I encourage people to be honest but this does not guarantee that they would allow me to be honest too. More often than not, I find that they end up saying any damn thing that comes to their mind to me while I am walking on eggshells and rethinking every single thing I am about to say.

It's nice to be not lied to, but I sometimes wish I met people who would allow me to be who I am.

Yeah, that has never happened.

So that proverb is totally flawed.

fellyconnelly writes at 01:23:50 08/20/07 - Comment #22666: honesty is not something that many people can deal with. but it is true - if everybody on this planet was just completely honest with eachother - i think that eventually people would just get used to hearing the truth and it won't be as shocking...
like this morning when i told lauren that she smells. she loves honesty. :)

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