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Name: Jameson
Location: United States
Gender: Male
Expertise: Who really knows? I like to cook.
Occupation: Food Service
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Member Since:
12/20/2004
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| It's About Damn Time So I'm finally in culinary school. Third week, in fact. So far, it's kind of boring. I'm just in skills, and I haven't really learned much, seeing as how I've been in a professional (read: non-chain or institutional) kitchen for going on 4 years now. I'm just thrilled to finally be there and get my knife kit. It's a real left turn from real school, though. It's really self-guided learning. More so than college. It's cool, though. Everyone does their thing and then we get to eat stuff. So far, everyone helps each other out, but we're still at the point where we don't hate each other yet. We'll see how long that lasts. | | |
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see related (It's actually a song called "Lights", but I couldn't find that on xanga.) (Alternatively, search for a video called "Dubstep Guns" and you'll hear the song.) (Parenthesis.) | Yes, I Still Exist I quit my second job in...an interesting fashion. I don't miss it, however I do miss the money. But that doesn't particularly matter, since I was pretty much planning on quitting anyways - or at least going down to once a week. Why so few hours? I'm glad you asked. I (looks around to see any misfortune creeping up behind me) got accepted to and am hopefully (for real this time) going to be attending culinary school. It's not the other two schools I was looking at. But it's local. Columbus Culinary Institute at the Bradford School. It actually seems like a pretty good school, even though it's a new program and has very little name recognition. They seem genuinely invested in their students and want to see them succeed in their careers. Plus, we won't have to move. At least not in the beginning. Yeah, commuting an hour to school is going to suck for my gas and sleep levels, but I'm finally going back to school. Classes start Monday the 27th at 6:30 AM. In an unrelated note, it's sad to see that I can go for a month or two without logging in and come back to find that pretty much only Chris and Justin have posted. In a happier note, Marla is doing things about two months ahead of schedule. She's been standing and supporting her own weight for almost two months now, has had the hand-eye coordination of a six month old for about a month, is eating baby cereal, and has seriously tried walking with our assistance. She'll be five months on the 25th. Also, her surgery went really well, and she's as happy and healthy as ever. | | |
| I've Been Busy, So Sue Me Right. I'm only about a month and a half late on this, but as of September 25th, I'm a daddy! Marla Madison was born at 8:36, and she's perfect. 
Welcome to the world, Marla. It's a little weird, but I think you're going to like it. Love, Daddy
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| Ch-ch-ch-changes! It's entirely possible that by the time I post again, I shall be responsible for a progeny. That's kind of a weird thought. Ashley's been having contractions fairly frequently throughout the recent days, but nothing to the point of labour. She's about 37 weeks along, so she's at the point where if labour were to start, the doctors wouldn't try to stop it. We've got the overnight bag packed and ready to go. The car seats are out of the box and assembled - ready to be taken to the hospital. We've put off installing them in the cars just on the off chance that we get into an accident before Marla's actually born. That would render the car seat unfit for a baby to use. So yeah, my life, currently, has been consumed with work and with expectation. Also, I'm going to experiment with putting my currently listening stuff at the bottom to see how I like it.
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| Finally, Gainful Employment Yeah, I finally got a second job. I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with Aspen Bread and Bagel Co., but if you're not - think Panera. Mansfield used to have an Aspen, but it got bought out and the new owners changed the name to "Granter's Grinders Bagels and More". A bit of an awkward name, but there it is. Anyways, this is where I work now. I've only worked one day, and it went well. Apparently having kitchen experience helps, who knew? I was able to jump right on the line and work through the lunch rush with no real issues. The only thing that sucks about it, is that if I open, I have to be there at 5:30 AM. Which will make Fridays and Saturdays interesting, because I don't usually get off work at the Cabin until after 11 PM. Oh, by the way, I work at both jobs on Friday and Saturday this week. Opening at Granter's both times. So...yeah. We'll see how that goes. There's a lot of "standing around time". Which really annoys me. It's been drilled into my head that in a restaurant, there's always something to do. Apparently, that's not the case here. I must've done dishes five times on my first day (which was Wednesday, by the way). I kept wandering around asking people for something to do, and I got a lot of blank stares in return. I get antsy when there's apparently "nothing" to do in a restaurant. But hey, at least I'm making money.
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