~~~SANDBOX 77~~~

- my US residency status seems to be in jeopardy right now
- probably in reality it isn't, but on paper it is
- rational, objective brain knows that we will get through this
- other part of brain is in constant state of low level anxiety

My fate lies in the hands of someone not dissimilar to that paypal agent who tried to fuck over regretsy, except I don't have a legion of fans to stir shit up for me

remy: yeah exactly, what a stupid reaction from the VP. Theyre kids! Wee and vomit just happens, yo.

gah that is such a stressful situation! i hope it gets sorted out in your favour asap
xp

ruby i think you DO have a legion of fans to stir shit up for you. i've got my stir-stick ready, just point me to the pot.

and if you and ytth need to go on the lam, you know where i live. <3

<3 !

It will be ok, it's just scary bc our whole lives are here now, and we're happy, and it would more immigration stress getting ytth into nz

holyshit guys the vampires got dayo i xan't believe how calm y'all are

lxy otm and hope you sort this out soon J! Preferably not by having to deal with a Murray at the embassy haha xx

-ran out of garlic
-nooooooooo

I FEEL YOU BRUV

I was like, how the fuck did THIS happen, didn't have so many unused cloves that I was afraid they'd all go bad?!? And the answer was: Yes, but then Thanksgiving happened.

this is why i buy bags of peeled cloves and keep them in the freezer

I never thought to prepeel and freeze garlic. Thats genius. Can ytou just cut/cook it from frozen?

i buy bags that are pre-peeled bc i am lazy! i keep it in an airtight container in the freezer, zap a few cloves in the microwave for 15 secs to defrost (or just take them out of the freezer a couple hours before cooking), then i'm good to go.

i'm sure it probably loses some potency, but it's working for me

this is why i buy bags of peeled cloves and keep them in the freezer

OTM.

The Asian supermarket sells 1lb. tubs of peeled garlic for ~$2.50.

BTW, TJ's smushed up jars of garlic paste are TERRIBLE. Why can't they just have normal minced garlic? I bought that paste when I still had a sense of smell and it smelled like methane.

xp- it thaws very quickly, so I never bother to thaw it at all.

It might not be good where raw garlic is called for, but cooked, it's A-okay.

many xposts - Q, good luck! Do you want the Major Promotion or are you Ambivalent?

Minced garlic inna jar is blechhh cos it has to be preserved with like vinegar or citric acid to stop spoilage and that gives it a taste :(

(dried granulated garlic isnt too bad for emergencies tho)

(oops this isnt the cooking thread is it hahaha)

Good luck to Q with the job and J with the immigration hassles!

-I told somebody today they look like linda hamilton in the terminator but on GISing linda hamilton I can only find pictures of linda hamilton when she looks older. I hope the person won't be offended :/

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http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsH/7331.gif

that's a good 'un

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Terma3.jpg

It's a compliment either way. Probably

oh ok. I just don't want the takeaway to be "you're old" or "you have 80s hair"

is she old and does she have 80s hair

im p sure there are at least some ppl who are old and have 80s hair and who look great

yeah kinda depends but overall it would sound like "you're petite and ripped" or "you have a square jaw and blonde hair" at the worst, i think
and neither of those things are fundamentally bad

once i told a girl she looked like a young liza minelli, which to me was a huge compliment because she was super cute, but the girl only knew old liza. i held my ground and told her to gis because she really looked exactly like her here, ie insanely cute

http://static.flickr.com/103/275366017_a4744016e7_o.jpg

she looks v "irl anime" there

like the opposite of one of those "CARTOONIZE YOURSELF!" ads

Big Boss postponed talk about potential Major Promotion because someone More Important Than I was available to meet at High Noon.

-fortune cookie reads "get ready to do something daring"
-do I dare do something daring today

Dare to do, dyao.

^ importance of commas

eat a peach, roll up pants etc etc mermaids bla bla

(the love twitter of J Alfred Prfrk)

lol

oh man i made a bad public situation :(

I was in a crowded café and asked an old guy using two tables (one for his bag, one for himself) if maybe I could sit at the table his bag was on. He was all "You're really making things hard for me, there are other seats around. I mean geez, what's wrong with sitting over there?" – and he indicated a seat that was at a table with a baby - "can't you sit on that one?" I said, "uh, okay, if you really need two tables i'll go elsewhere" and walked off. As I was walking off, he said "no, no, come back, I guess I can manage." Two minutes later a seat opened up at the primo directly across from him and I took it now he is scowling at me and looking really miserable with life and I have an irrational desire to buy him a coffee or something and say peace, happy holidays. B/c he is obviously having a shitty day/life.

dayo, the instruction is to get ready to do something daring, not to do something daring. i fear you would be very easy pickings for a genie.

remy, that's not a bad public situation, that's a dude playing the crotchety card

nah give him the finger for like ten seconds and make stone cold neutral eye contact while u do it. he'll be scared shitless!

xp

(the love twitter of J Alfred Prfrk)

― Leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it. (Trayce), Thursday, December 8, 2011 11:28 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

<3 <3 <3

he is ... tuning a violin now. without playing it? without listening to it. i don't even understand. he just has a violin out and he is tightening and loosening the pegs, and rubbing a lint-free cloth around the body. it is a very, very nice violin. i am glad i sat here now: he is v. entertaining.

Remy where you at? I'll come down there and give him the stinkeye.

I hate old people who have a serious case of old. And i dont care if that makes me seem mean. Especially the old bats at the supermarket who PUSH IN FRONT OF PEOPLE in the checkout queue!! "I ONLY HAVE A FEW THINGS" well lady if you'd asked nicely I might have let you by but now you can go jump, you senile old cow.

He left, after talking very loudly to ELIZABETH, MY DEAR ELIZABETH! on his cell phone about THE NASTY CROWDS AND PUSHY PEOPLE AND DAMN TOURISTS GETTING WORSE (here, I got a look), and about WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS AND OH, YEAH, I'LL MEET YOU AT THAT EYE-TALIAN PLACE, WHAT A LOVELY OFFER, AS LONG AS THERE'S A SAFE PLACE TO PUT MY VIOLIN.

Old fucker.

if i make it to what can plausibly be described as old age i am gonna be as cantankerous as fuck, just for laughs

Admittedly, me too. And I sometimes suspect thats why some old people are assholes, cos theyve been waiting all their life to get away with it.

if i make it to what can plausibly be described as old age i am gonna be as cantankerous as fuck, just for laughs

OTM, I can't wait 'til I'm 85 so I can actually pull off complaining about a $5 copay increase by telling some stranger about every bad thing that has ever happened in my life. That was how I dealt with this very situation when I worked at a call center where mostly olds called. 'Someday, I will get to be this anciently entitled.'

No one ever hit me with a bus, I want to complain deeply and constantly someday.