I'm Surrounded by Fools!
Mar. 26th, 2010 11:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
epik_noodlesWell... how do I put this...
I don't want to call people silly, because that just sounds too playful. I can't use idiot either, because that sounds too harsh. So... fool sounds pretty much in the middle.
This morning... I nearly woke up late for work, but I still got there on time. We opened up at the usual time, 11:00pm. My dad dropped us off at the restaurant and he drove off without his phone to the laundromat. My roommate arrived in Geneva(next town over) this morning by train. Since my dad forgot his phone, we had no way of getting in touch with him. So... everyone made me walk to Walgreens and the laundromat. I walked past Folto's place, he saw me walking and waved to me. Then I made my way across the bridge and I went into the Walgreens. I looked up and down every aisle. I didn't see my dad anywhere.
As I walked out of the Walgreens, I saw my dad's car driving off into another section of the parking lot. Apparently, my dad didn't see me, so he kept driving... I immediately ran after the car to get his attention. Its a good thing I can run15mph and maintain that speed. You know those scenes in dramas where the main character will dramatically leave a town forever by bus, and the other lead character finds out and is chasing the bus down the street, running side by side with the bus, flailing their arms around and screaming like an idiot, while the person on the bus still fails to notice... Yeah... that is exactly what happened when I was chasing my dad's car. I was running parallel with the window and he still didn't notice ME the crazy person who happens to be running at the speed of the car. The only exception with me, is that I yell louder than 100 decibels, so he heard me yell and pulled over... now realizing what he's done. Ohhh... I was running for a good 80 feet.
After we picked up my roommate and arrived at the restaurant there were some customers that walked in. My roommate asked them how many people were in their party. My roommate(who is in America to learn English) tells me that they have one child and a dog... Then I was like, wait.... a dog??? I walked over to the customer and asked to clarify things. Oh okay... they said they have three ADULTS!!! NOT A DOG!!! Stupid roommate. How do you get "ADULT" and "A DOG" confused with each other?! Mommy I think my roommate is broken, can we return it?! This sounds mean, but believe me on this, no sane human will be able to put up with my roommate.
Today, there was a carry-out order with 5 sesame chickens and several other things. I was almost done packing up everything else and my dad was helping me pack the remainders. When there are big orders, we label the boxes so customers know whats what, its easier for people who order for a large group so they can distribute food faster. I labeled everything normally and all that was left was the sesame chicken. I was off doing something else and my dad was labeling the boxes that had sesame chicken. After I finished up, I was reading what he wrote on the boxes.
Me: *reading* SA-SHI-MI.... WAIT A MINUTE!!!! SASHIMI???
Dad: What's wrong?
Me: Daddy, how do you spell sesame?
Dad: s-a-s-h-i-m-i, *happily* sashimi!
Me: No! You can't write that...
Dad: But why???
Me: That's raw fish!
Dad: Oh... your mom sells raw fish now?
Me: GAHHHHHH!!! Noooooo... I give up, just give it to the customer...
Later that day, we got a carry-out order from Mr. Foltos. He said he felt like ordering because I walked past his shop... He always orders something whenever I walk past his shop/hair place, he usually gives us free hair products. He's a strange old man, but everyone in Batavia loves him.
I while working phone orders, I received a strange phonecall. The customer asked for the name of the restaurant across the street from us... They called with the intention of not ordering....... I told them the name of the place, "Fox's on the River". The customer then told me that they used that name and 411 couldn't find it. So then I suggested to read off the phone number from Fox's entrance, which is very visible from my restaurant's window. I read them the number and told them goodbye. That's something a good citizen would do... right? Help out townspeople...
Then I got this other phonecall, I answered to this "Hello? Oh hi Miki, are you Miki, this is Miki isn't it, how are you Miki." I quickly replied with "No, no, no, I'm not MIKI!!! This is Tessie, I'm Miki's sister, TESSIE!" Then the lady on the phone said, "oh you two sound the same, I can't tell the difference." I said, "Yah yah! I know. We sound the same! What did you want to order?" I kind of don't like it when people get me confused with my sister. But Miki uses that to her advantage and makes me talk to people for her...
Besides my insane day...
I continued working on my Shinjiro sketch. Last time I only finished his hand, but this time I finished drawing his body. All I have left is to draw his face and hair. Faces are difficult... so I saved it for last, which is the opposite of what I normally do. I wanted to do the face last so I wouldn't have to worry about the other details. Right now... I'm struggling on Shinjiro's neck, my pencil marks are too heavy!!! HAHAHA!!! I gave Shinjiro some scars!!! I'm kidding, collarbone contours are really hard to do and take a lot of time and erasing. Looks like I'll be spending a lot of time with Shinjiro's neck... why does that sound so wrong... Oh man, now I'm imagining drawing Naoya, his shirt is fully open! Grr.. more collarbone and chest contouring, Naoya is just torturing me. WHY DO YOU HAVE TO WEAR YOUR SMEXY SHIRT LIKE THAT NAOYA?! IT'S TOUGH TO DRAW!!! It's a good thing Naoya's last on my drawing list, since he has the most detail. I should try to finish up Shinjiro on Saturday if I can, if not... there's always Sunday, my half-day.
Today when customers were walking past me, they saw me drawing and they really liked the detail. They told me, "Oh wow, that's really well done! You're talented, are you majoring in art? And can I glue my face onto that?" Apparently, all of the customers liked the way I drew Shinjiro's body. I put so much detail into every crease in Shinjiro's shirt. I was remembering those words that my art professor told me years ago. "Solid lines do not exist! All edges are created from contrast and concentrated cross-hatching!" I can't help it if I'm heavy handed when I draw. For visual reference, I'm drawing the picture from Shinjiro's Breakdown photoshoot.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My sister has returned from her cooking tournament!!!!!!!!
2nd place desserts
3rd place in main dishes
CONGRATULATIONS MIKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOORAY FOR YOUR VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!
And she brought back souvenirs for me..
ooooooh........
I can't wait to actually see her tomorrow!!!
Until next time, ~good night!!!
I don't want to call people silly, because that just sounds too playful. I can't use idiot either, because that sounds too harsh. So... fool sounds pretty much in the middle.
This morning... I nearly woke up late for work, but I still got there on time. We opened up at the usual time, 11:00pm. My dad dropped us off at the restaurant and he drove off without his phone to the laundromat. My roommate arrived in Geneva(next town over) this morning by train. Since my dad forgot his phone, we had no way of getting in touch with him. So... everyone made me walk to Walgreens and the laundromat. I walked past Folto's place, he saw me walking and waved to me. Then I made my way across the bridge and I went into the Walgreens. I looked up and down every aisle. I didn't see my dad anywhere.
As I walked out of the Walgreens, I saw my dad's car driving off into another section of the parking lot. Apparently, my dad didn't see me, so he kept driving... I immediately ran after the car to get his attention. Its a good thing I can run15mph and maintain that speed. You know those scenes in dramas where the main character will dramatically leave a town forever by bus, and the other lead character finds out and is chasing the bus down the street, running side by side with the bus, flailing their arms around and screaming like an idiot, while the person on the bus still fails to notice... Yeah... that is exactly what happened when I was chasing my dad's car. I was running parallel with the window and he still didn't notice ME the crazy person who happens to be running at the speed of the car. The only exception with me, is that I yell louder than 100 decibels, so he heard me yell and pulled over... now realizing what he's done. Ohhh... I was running for a good 80 feet.
After we picked up my roommate and arrived at the restaurant there were some customers that walked in. My roommate asked them how many people were in their party. My roommate(who is in America to learn English) tells me that they have one child and a dog... Then I was like, wait.... a dog??? I walked over to the customer and asked to clarify things. Oh okay... they said they have three ADULTS!!! NOT A DOG!!! Stupid roommate. How do you get "ADULT" and "A DOG" confused with each other?! Mommy I think my roommate is broken, can we return it?! This sounds mean, but believe me on this, no sane human will be able to put up with my roommate.
Today, there was a carry-out order with 5 sesame chickens and several other things. I was almost done packing up everything else and my dad was helping me pack the remainders. When there are big orders, we label the boxes so customers know whats what, its easier for people who order for a large group so they can distribute food faster. I labeled everything normally and all that was left was the sesame chicken. I was off doing something else and my dad was labeling the boxes that had sesame chicken. After I finished up, I was reading what he wrote on the boxes.
Me: *reading* SA-SHI-MI.... WAIT A MINUTE!!!! SASHIMI???
Dad: What's wrong?
Me: Daddy, how do you spell sesame?
Dad: s-a-s-h-i-m-i, *happily* sashimi!
Me: No! You can't write that...
Dad: But why???
Me: That's raw fish!
Dad: Oh... your mom sells raw fish now?
Me: GAHHHHHH!!! Noooooo... I give up, just give it to the customer...
Later that day, we got a carry-out order from Mr. Foltos. He said he felt like ordering because I walked past his shop... He always orders something whenever I walk past his shop/hair place, he usually gives us free hair products. He's a strange old man, but everyone in Batavia loves him.
I while working phone orders, I received a strange phonecall. The customer asked for the name of the restaurant across the street from us... They called with the intention of not ordering....... I told them the name of the place, "Fox's on the River". The customer then told me that they used that name and 411 couldn't find it. So then I suggested to read off the phone number from Fox's entrance, which is very visible from my restaurant's window. I read them the number and told them goodbye. That's something a good citizen would do... right? Help out townspeople...
Then I got this other phonecall, I answered to this "Hello? Oh hi Miki, are you Miki, this is Miki isn't it, how are you Miki." I quickly replied with "No, no, no, I'm not MIKI!!! This is Tessie, I'm Miki's sister, TESSIE!" Then the lady on the phone said, "oh you two sound the same, I can't tell the difference." I said, "Yah yah! I know. We sound the same! What did you want to order?" I kind of don't like it when people get me confused with my sister. But Miki uses that to her advantage and makes me talk to people for her...
Besides my insane day...
I continued working on my Shinjiro sketch. Last time I only finished his hand, but this time I finished drawing his body. All I have left is to draw his face and hair. Faces are difficult... so I saved it for last, which is the opposite of what I normally do. I wanted to do the face last so I wouldn't have to worry about the other details. Right now... I'm struggling on Shinjiro's neck, my pencil marks are too heavy!!! HAHAHA!!! I gave Shinjiro some scars!!! I'm kidding, collarbone contours are really hard to do and take a lot of time and erasing. Looks like I'll be spending a lot of time with Shinjiro's neck... why does that sound so wrong... Oh man, now I'm imagining drawing Naoya, his shirt is fully open! Grr.. more collarbone and chest contouring, Naoya is just torturing me. WHY DO YOU HAVE TO WEAR YOUR SMEXY SHIRT LIKE THAT NAOYA?! IT'S TOUGH TO DRAW!!! It's a good thing Naoya's last on my drawing list, since he has the most detail. I should try to finish up Shinjiro on Saturday if I can, if not... there's always Sunday, my half-day.
Today when customers were walking past me, they saw me drawing and they really liked the detail. They told me, "Oh wow, that's really well done! You're talented, are you majoring in art? And can I glue my face onto that?" Apparently, all of the customers liked the way I drew Shinjiro's body. I put so much detail into every crease in Shinjiro's shirt. I was remembering those words that my art professor told me years ago. "Solid lines do not exist! All edges are created from contrast and concentrated cross-hatching!" I can't help it if I'm heavy handed when I draw. For visual reference, I'm drawing the picture from Shinjiro's Breakdown photoshoot.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My sister has returned from her cooking tournament!!!!!!!!
2nd place desserts
3rd place in main dishes
CONGRATULATIONS MIKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOORAY FOR YOUR VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!
And she brought back souvenirs for me..
ooooooh........
I can't wait to actually see her tomorrow!!!
Until next time, ~good night!!!
