Drew and Peggy are still asleep, so I guess I should put up yesterday’s update.
Woke up at 9 and took a shower and had breakfast. Drew woke up a little after me and did the same. Peggy slept in until Aaron L’s mom scared her into waking up by telling her that we were all waiting for her to get up, and we’d be late for work.
Oh, read the newspaper as I had breakfast… the video game bill Arnold just signed really pisses me off. Not that it affects me directly, since I am no longer a minor, but I oppose it on principle, because it supports the laughable notion that violent video games fuck up the minds of children. Also, it seems incredibly easy to sidestep the whole “game store carding” situation. All the kids have to do is to order their games online. And believe me, it’s not that hard to do it without a parent’s notice. Most kids today seem to have ATM cards of their own. And if not, they’ll just swipe them out of Mommy’s purse.
And then there was the article about how two Palestinian ministers independently claimed that Bush told them in confidence that God had told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, and to create a Palestinian state in order to further the peace process in the Middle East. I don’t even know what to make of that claim.
So anyway, Peggy woke up and had breakfast, and then we were off. Work was pretty cool. I didn’t have garlic fry duty all day this time. For the first half of the day, Drew and Peggy were food expediters and I was in charge of the lemonade stand. Then we all got our breaks, and Drew and I switched places. The lemonade stand apparently sold very nicely, so that was good. The only bad part about being at that station was that it was really close to one of their few open lanes for cars to get around, and I got a bit nauseous from the exhaust fumes. Quote comes from when I was at the stand, and two of the regular employees came to refill my stock of frozen lemonade.
“Eleven o’ clock.”
- The older employee, very discreetly.
“Holy shit!”
- The younger employee, who froze like a deer in headlights after looking.
I thought one of the classic cars had lost control and was about to hop the curb and slam into us, so I turned to look and see which direction I should jump to avoid it. Turns out it was a hot girl in a bikini and sarong walking by.
“Oh… sorry, sir.”
- The younger employee, after he realized all eyes had turned from the girl to us.
Yeah… that was hilarious. Well, the younger employee is always hilarious. I’ve seen him the last three times I worked here.
As we got off work, we got one of the smoked turkey legs they were selling for $5.75. (The most expensive item on the menu!) The thing was bigger than my calf. Drew just waved it around like a club and we would all get smacked in the mouth, bite down on the thing, and tear a chunk out of it. Met up wih Aaron L and went back to his place.
We were going to BBQ for dinner, so that required a visit to a butcher shop Aaron L referred to as “McMeaty’s.” I was a bit disappointed that wasn’t the actual name of the place. But the meat there looked excellent, and they also had enough other food to be considered a small grocer as well. Drew got a Slovenian soda called “Cockta,” and Peggy got that and a couple of Kinder Surprise eggs!
Back to Aaron L’s place once again. His parents had gone to a real grocer to get salad and other fixings and got back the same time as us, too. They didn’t really let us help with anything, so we spent the next hour or so to dinner playing video games. Dinner was great. The meat was was good, as was the salad. After dinner, worked on the Service Fair flyer a bit with Drew and Aaron L, and then we all passed out early.
If the official weigh-ins were weekly instead of bi-weekly, my habits probably should have made me put more money into the pot. Can’t let myself slip like this again!