Feast Number One Hundred & Seventy Eight

I have been “out of the game” a while. My last feast was 143. Bad me!

Appetizer: What is your favourite kind of cereal?

• Porridge – the way dad used to make it on a cold winter’s morning.

Soup: When was the last time you purchased something for your home, what was it, and in which room did it go?

• Good thing this wasn’t a scrapbooking related question 😉 The last “for the home” purchase was a combination racelette and fondue pot/baking stone appliance that is now residing in the kitchen.

Salad: What is the funniest commercial you’ve ever seen?

• I haven’t seen it since I was a child but I used to love the “Hack Attack” commercials. I think Benelyn put them out in the 80’s. Aside from that, I’m very fond of the “Herding Cats” commercial.

Main Course: Make up a name for a company by using a spice and an animal (example: Cinnamon Monkey).

• Coriander Coyote

Dessert: Fill in the blank: I haven’t ______ since ______.

• I haven’t visited relatives back home since I was 16.

Condiments:

1. Which open-all-night establishment has been a lifesaver for you? When we lived in New Brunswick, it was Sobey’s. When we moved to Winnipeg, it was Perkins. Now that I’m old and in Edmonton I sleep at night.
2. What open-all-night establishment is closest to where you live? Wal-mart
3. What nonexistent open-all-night establishment could you really use in your life? Any bookstore.
4. Which open-all-night establishment in your town is least likely ever to see your patronage in the wee hours of the morning? Wal-mart
5. Have you ever purchased anything advertised on television late, late at night? Nope.

h/t to Caylynn’s Contemplations for the FF graphic. I shamelessly swiped it from her site.

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I didn’t get the promotion I wanted at work but the guy who did is awesome. It’s hard to be bitter when your competition is just an all around nice (and overly qualified) guy.

I was all set for a pity party when I learned that Dell is closing up shop here in Edmonton. I’ve never worked for Dell but some of my close friends do. That they’re closing seems to come out of the blue – especially since they just built a new building here and only opened in 2004. My friends always had the best things to say about Dell as an employer but now they’re all scrambling to find work elsewhere on short notice. All of a sudden my loss of a promotion doesn’t seem that important anymore.

I’m still not sure what I’ll do when my contact is up at the college in June. I know I’ll be hard pressed to re-sign if a job re-classification doesn’t materialize. For today, I’ll just have to remain thankful that I still have a job when so many of my friends have just learned there’s is done.

Today I interviewed for a promotion at work. I, of course, think I’d be amazing in the position. I will have to wait a few days to find out if the interviewing committee feels the same. Wish me luck!

Last year on this date I was traveling around Agra with my co-worker Ted. We spent a sleepless night listening to a massive party and woke early in the morning to watch the sun rise over the Taj Mahal. It marked the occassion of what would have been my dad’s 68th birthday in a way I’ll never forget.

This year I’ll be digging out from a snowstorm and frantically writing in an attempt to complete my latest paper before it’s due.

Where were you a year ago today?

Yesterday I woke up a bit achy and with a runny nose and a burning feeling in the back of my throat. No worries I thought. I’ve still got the 10 tonnes of cold meds from my last bought. I took some Tylenol and Benedryl and worked on my history paper. Around 6 we headed out for Burn’s night festivities (yeah, we know it was a day late) and enjoyed a nice roast beef dinner, piping, dancing, and a great band. The night ended early – midnight or so – and we all toddled home.

This morning I woke up feeling like a truck had hit me. Everything aches. When I’m not suffering from a fever I’m shaking through chills. Added to that was the bazillion inches of snow that fell in Edmonton in the early morning and I was not a happy camper. At noon I bundled up and tried to dig out my stairs, walkway and sidewalk. This wonderful city I live in expects all home owners to clear the sidewalks with in 48 hours of the snow fall ending (or is it 72?) or be subject to a fine. I found my stairs and walkway but only made it through half of the sidewalk before I was so frozen that I had to head back inside. It’s still snowing now, so I don’t think I’ll be tackling the rest of the snow before the morning.

Of course, this same city that will fine me for not clearing my sidewalk will aso not plow my street or alley so I can get out of my driveway and drive to work.

I think I’ll be heading back to bed now!