r|spit: it's starting ...

... with this

the cookie war!
ff&c gal has been taunting me.

when i was back in SD several weeks ago, i introduced to and SHARED with ff&c gal my favorite cookie ever and a day - the mango oatmeal cookie at influx in SD. (witness the happiness in my face back in 09/2006 when i could hang out at influx and savor the cookie?!)

nevertheless, because ff&c gal (and others!) is on facebook, i am doomed to have a future of potential cross-posting. so here we go ...

... ANOTHER cross-post from frackin' fb - just like this first one. (da commish may be peeing in her little pantalones, dammit!!!)

ff&c gal has summarily kidnapped my most absolute favorite cookie ever (as evidenced above). and last night, ff&c gal posted to my wall:

We had a WHOLE DOZEN COOKIES that I picked up for Greg's b-day! The ants got the last half though.... :(

my rebut this morning?* ... this is the army of ants (from a t-shirt i own - which i COINCIDENTALLY wore yesterday ... fascinating coincidence) that i just "sent" to ff&c gal (aka i posted sh** on her wall on facebook) ... with the following note ...

"ahhh! my army of ants has served me well. even through the miles, cookie-kidnappers who toy with mango - oatmeal - cookie - lovers are on notice! my reach is far & wide ... hee-hee! (i am a dork.)

now, i shall share this blog link to ff&c gal (and da commish) as a post to her wall ... because i must make da commish laugh at me.

*p.s. to ff&c gal, i actually am totally bummed for you all
that the ants got to your cookies. they are fabulous!

r|break: ... saturday morn fiber break for new metaquotes (!)

"i don't mean to hijack this meeting, but ..."

cubesters (and you know who you are), we can get our metaquotes from cubeopolis or from pop culture references. and for many in cubeopolis, it has been discovered that ren & stimpy predate the beginning of some cubesters' pop culture activities. so here is a little space madness, happy happy joy joy, ... and - well, just sit back for about 10 min. (and if that's too long, at least take in the 1st clip (space madness) of this morn's fiber break) -

john k - fabulously wonderful! so ... just to top off this morning's fiber break ... how 'bout some powdered toast?


to l.a.g. and commish, ponytail and wcdbunny will open up new doors for expanding the metaquotes pool (with and without ASL).

top chef-ardy [part 2]

[part 1] is over here. and i figure a few visuals of the features & benefits that were talked about would help.

our top chef-ardy board ... currently set up for regular top chef-ardy (aka round 1) with the yellow cards and double top chef-ardy (aka round 2) with the pink cards.

... take a break and get artsy-fartsy-craftsy. YOU can make one as well, or buy one of those 'photo boards' from an arts/crafts store. make one? ... board, fabric, ribbon, buttons and/or whatever (tacks, pins, staples, tape, nails, ...). clever use, eh?!

top chefardy work horses ... four gals IN FRONT of the partition served as the work horses.

from left to right ... shirlsd (aka vanna),

pony-tail-gal (scorekeeper),
commish (timekeeper),
and CahHh (aka alex).
in the background,
an interloper
(aka l.a.g.)

and we did have a camera man, also.


top chef-ardy answers ... for the record, CahHh came up with the answers for both rounds, with a little help over here. and let me tell ya - there were a few that were really pretty good Qs - several, in fact, that neither of the die-hard tie-breaker-participants were able to figure out. i was CahHh's sidekick and props person, despite my misplacing one of the important (relatively speaking) props just before heading over to the venue where we hosted our top chef-oolery! nevertheless, this was the crew for the top chef-ardy-aganza.

props? yes, props (and supplies) ... these included daily double stuff, some more prizes, and other needed accessories. here are some of the more important items.
from left to right ...

• BACK ROW (for the daily double): plastic containers , EVOO(-ish), syrup(-ish), syrup (maple syrup), EVOO
  
• MIDDLE: solo plastic container
• FRONT ROW: winner's tiara/crown, buzzer #1, filler packets (soy sauces), loser's 2nd place winner's tiara/crown.
  

other props included: watch, buzzer #2 (errr ... more like squeaky/obnoxious toy), white board (for scorekeeper), tape, cardboard, bandanas, ribbons, pens, paper, and stuff. most importantly, CahHh kept one of the props in line with the top chef freakin' product placement theme and the drum . beat . of . one . of . the . sponsors . no - NOT her, but this blah-blah-blah.

about the daily doubles ... there was one in each round. and if you haven't figured it out yet, it was a taste test of "which is the higher grade between the two mystery liquids?" syrup was in round 1 and EVOO in round 2.

daily double outcome? ... NEITHER of the we obviously have sh**ty palates tie-breaker-give-me-my-prize-folks scored on the daily double, therefore losing points they wagered. no bragging rights for either of them. (wah-wah-wah) but it was good to have them EACH chose a daily double. made it easier to make fun of both of them.

their souvenir for daily double? ... as part of the homage to miss flavors of asian cuisine (no, not the gaysian), they did, however, get little astro/neon souvenirs.

top chef-ardy gang returns from venue ... we certainly had fun and bonded a little over this healthy, lunch time break spent over at marathon plaza (over on 2nd/folsom in SF). it was actually a sunny day - tho' from this pic where we are flashing our secret top chef signs, you'd think it was winter!

(part 3 later)