OOC Raves

Berenene

Anaidiana said:

finding this for my hubby's stocking (he hasn't been a fan of all the candies i've tried so far)

Dear ThinkGeek.com - I love you.

I agree with the whole loving of ThinkGeek.  A nerdy friend just bought their first house and I was not sure what to get them, until I saw this:

And while browsing, I discovered this:

And I'm finding it decidedly hard to resist purchasing it...

Anaidiana

I already got the wompa ice scraper for my brother. Hate paying double shipping, but oh well. 

Fen

Anedhel

DnD people. You're all so much fun when you're a little confused ^_^

Jurixe

I saw a few adorable mini-stockings at Memory Lane, impulse bought about 10 of them for my work colleagues, stuffed them with sweets and left them on people's keyboards (and, where I was a bit late, tried to sneak up behind them to leave it there. Note to self: am not Naga in real life).

It cost a bit, but seeing their expressions was worth it. I love surprises and I love giving people surprises, and this is the best time of year to do that!

Jovie

Jurixe said:

I saw a few adorable mini-stockings at Memory Lane, impulse bought about 10 of them for my work colleagues, stuffed them with sweets and left them on people's keyboards (and, where I was a bit late, tried to sneak up behind them to leave it there. Note to self: am not Naga in real life).

It cost a bit, but seeing their expressions was worth it. I love surprises and I love giving people surprises, and this is the best time of year to do that!

I love this. I bought a ton of mini mason jars and stuffed them full of stuff. In some of them I baked cherry pies, in others I placed in (pretty expensive) loose leaf tea from Teavana, and some I put ingredients to make a nice hot chocolate. It is so nice to bring them to someone and they say OMG!

Cooper

Buffalo Wild Wings having a lunch special for $7.49 (8 traditional wings + fries). Delicious, decent price, fast service (in and out in less than 25 minutes).

Fitz

My pub does 30 wings and a pitcher of beer for 20 bucks for their special...Wings can either be boneless or regular, big wings too. You getting gipped Coop.

Cooper

I said decent price, not amazing price. Most places that do really cheap wings now either buy really poor quality wings (the ones the good companies don't want). Buffalo Wild Wings isn't known for cheap prices on anything though. Nice atmosphere though, and there isn't any other wing place around where I live.

Fitz

Stop going to chains bro. Find you a local dive, foods generally better surprisingly enough

Cooper

AFAIK there isn't any local place that does wings at a good price that are good quality. I'll search around, but I'm happy for now.

Edit: I have the secondary purpose of being an alcohol distributor, and the more I go there and talk to managers the more likely it is that I'll be able to get them to buy beer from me in the future, which would be huge for my job.

Lucine

I got a letter a week ago that basically said that they accepted the math I had taken and will allow me to come back to school.  They have math literacy requirements.  Well, today, I just registered for classes.  Another year or two and I will graduate.  Sadly, this means a lot less time for Achaea.

Sena

I recently got some Fireball whiskey, and subsequently discovered that it goes in just about anything. Iced tea, hot tea, various types of coffee, hot chocolate, apple cider, apple juice, coconut rum, eggnog, gingerbread cookies, and I haven't tried it yet but I suspect I could make a good marinade for pretty much any kind of meat with it.

Saeva

Fireball whiskey meat. Oh lord..

Eld

Sena said:

I recently got some Fireball whiskey, and subsequently discovered that it goes in just about anything. Iced tea, hot tea, various types of coffee, hot chocolate, apple cider, apple juice, coconut rum, eggnog, gingerbread cookies, and I haven't tried it yet but I suspect I could make a good marinade for pretty much any kind of meat with it.

Y'know, my first instinct is to agree with that last assessment, but then I try to come up with meats that I'd season with cinnamon, and I don't come up with a very long list. Granted, I stopped eating meat before I really started getting interesting in cooking, so my imagination may be on the short side in that department. But for a marinade for a standalone meat, I really only see it going with fairly strongly flavoured red meat.

Sena

I've had chicken, pork chops, and meatballs with cinnamon. A quick Google search also shows quite a few recipes (for chicken, turkey, beef, pork, and fish) for marinades with cinnamon, and a couple with both whiskey and cinnamon.

Fireball isn't really the same as regular cinnamon though, and it might be hard to get the proportions right, but it seems doable.

Eld

Sena said:

I've had chicken, pork chops, and meatballs with cinnamon. A quick Google search also shows quite a few recipes (for chicken, turkey, beef, pork, and fish) for marinades with cinnamon, and a couple with both whiskey and cinnamon.

Fireball isn't really the same as regular cinnamon though, and it might be hard to get the proportions right, but it seems doable.

Fair enough. I could see the pork chops, but chicken seems odd outside of stews and such. Probably just inexperience, though.

Fen

Made a wing sauce with this:



Delicious.

Eld

Fen said:

Made a wing sauce with this:



Delicious.

At first glance, my brain just interpreted that as premixed SoCo in Dr. Pepper. Thanks for the nightmares.

Iocun

Eld said:

Sena said:

I've had chicken, pork chops, and meatballs with cinnamon. A quick Google search also shows quite a few recipes (for chicken, turkey, beef, pork, and fish) for marinades with cinnamon, and a couple with both whiskey and cinnamon.

Fireball isn't really the same as regular cinnamon though, and it might be hard to get the proportions right, but it seems doable.

Fair enough. I could see the pork chops, but chicken seems odd outside of stews and such. Probably just inexperience, though.

Nah, makes perfect sense for chicken. Chicken can go with all kinds of oriental spice combinations. And yeah, with meatballs it will go very well too.

Cooper

@Eld SoCo & Dr. Pepper is one of the most popular ways to drink it.

Jozlyn

SoCo.

Jozlyn

Found out today I've received a pay raise (yay), yesterday we had the staff holiday luncheon (it was delish), my boss brought in one of our regular guest presenters to do a program for the staff (Chinese watercolor class), we had a nice fire going in the fireplace (so toasty!), I was asked to set up the Christmas tree (pheasant feathers errywhere), and I was told that I'm doing great at my job (damned straight).

Yay!

Wysteria

Rave: Molescan doctor says the mark on my face isn't a sunspot and therefore no chance of skin cancer. Anywhere on me.

Rant: He doesn't know what it is otherwise. So now I've been referred to a plastic surgeon who specialises in burns treatment (and skin grafting) to check if this lesion on my face is my immunity mistaking a cut for a burn and turning it into a keloid.

But at least it's not a melanoma. -_-

Synbios

Backstory: Yesterday, I was attacked in the dream world by a comely and scantily-clad-yet-well-armed female whose modus operandi was to drain my eldritch soul until I died. Fortunately, I had prepared an escape spell to return me to the waking world. Unfortunately, it seemed that the succubus - I think it was a succubus - had partially succeeded in her assault, as I awoke with pains to my form. During my escort of my grand-matriarch to her daily Eucharist rituals, I felt a strong sense of unease, not unlike nausea. When we returned to our base of operations, I found myself expelling through my maw a moderate quantity of acid and last-night's-meal. 

Deciding that this was a minor concern, I then ignored the symptoms before joining my matriarch as she was about to drive me to my place of human education before going off to work. It was when she touched my cranium by chance when she realized, "Progeny...your surface temperature is greater than normal abomination levels!" Trusting her judgement, we instead proceeded to her workplace's medical station, whose nurse confirmed her suspicions before providing me with curatives. As I was already in her workplace, we decided that it would be in our best interests if I rested in the workplace library until we were to return home, which I did. They have beanbags and a complete Harry Potter book series. Also, I learned a bit of the language of the French via Duolingo.

While I was riveted by the part where Harry Potter began his scheme to break into Gringotts to destroy one of the Horcruxes, I caught wind of rumors that the workplace would be participating in relief good repackaging operations in the premises later in the afternoon. For some inexplicable reason(i-it's not like I have some measure of goodwill towards the victims of Haiyan or anything, b-baka), and even though I was recovering from the fever succubus attack, I asked my matriarch if I could join in, and she was fine with it. 

Turns out that that repackaging operation would take place in the workplace's air-conditioned auditorium, where I spent the first several minutes of introductory speeches phasing in and out of existence(to the outside viewer, I'd look like someone who was shivering), before the repackaging operation was underway.

It was interesting. As I loaded essential goods into plastic containers and wrapped educational stationery in decorative paper before affixing stickers to them, I did not feel any of the debilitating effects of the sicknessattack as I dedicated much of my mental processing power to ensuring that the packages were properly contained for their transit to the typhoon-devastated regions. It was as though I was able to stall the onset of the succubus kiss by sheer desire to help those in needwillpower

And turns out that it may be true, as our transit back to our homeland was marked with a return of the symptoms.

To summarize the above: My rave is that I survived the charms of a succubus, and possibly contributed to a measure of rehabilitation to some typhoon-struck humans. Also, I now know what 'pomme' means. And I now know that Harry Potter only likes Hermione in a sister-like manner. 

Kuy

@Synbios, do some freaking hoodoo magic crap on your internet box already.

I want to pounce you with RP.  

Peak

Put a shot of Fireball whiskey (shaken with ice or otherwise super chilled) at the bottom of a glass. Pour a bottle of your favorite hard cider on top. Drink. Log onto Achaea or forums. Message Peak omgthatwasawesomethankyoufortellingmeaboutthat.

Jozlyn

@synbios get better soon my petit pomme de coeur 

Wysteria

Jozlyn said:

@synbios get better soon my petit pomme de coeur 

I misread that as pomme de terre and got confused big time ... (･･;)

Jozlyn

Wysteria said:

Jozlyn said:

@synbios get better soon my petit pomme de coeur 

I misread that as pomme de terre and got confused big time ... (･･;)

He is a cute little potato as well.