shanmonster | That's Not Right!

So far, I've applied for work at two call centres (Cendant and Delta), despite having a healthy case of the horrors when I contemplate working at such a place. I also applied for work at a local game/comic shop, and it was awfully familiar. I know one of the employees, and asked him if they're hiring. That's when a stereotypical comics nerd snorted, pushed his glasses up with a finger, and said, "If they were hiring, I'd be handing in TEN résumés." I struck up a conversation with the guy I know, and the comics groupie kept interjecting with inane comments. I'll betcha he's one of the fellows whose greatest joy in life is reciting schematical differences between the USS-Enterprise and the Millenium Falcon. I kinda miss these sort of guys. I'm almost misting up.

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Last night, snowy_kathryn and zero_design had me over to visit. They're housesitting for a friend who gave them full access to the house and all its contents, including a generously-stocked bar. When I say generously-stocked, I'm talking about a selection which rivals anything I've seen at licensed establishments. So after we had supper, we decided we would sample a few of the more esoteric spirits. Kathryn and f00dave wanted to try Tia Maria (an old favourite of mine), and I was intrigued by a Dutch cream liqueur. We were going to try a bottle of South African port, but it smelled a bit suspect, and we instead selected a bottle of Bailey's Cream and went back to the dining room. Something went horribly awry, though. When f00 went to pour the Dutch liqueur, only a thin trickle came out of the bottle, and this despite the bottle being three-quarters full! f00 stared down the neck and said with horror, "It's solid! And chunky!"

Kathryn dumped the creamed brown liqueur piss down the sink and rinsed out the glass, and we decided to have a go at the Bailey's. Not even a trickle came out of this one. It was absolutely solid. We were getting rather worried, but the Tia Maria was fine. Kathryn and I took the ex-liquids back downstairs and looked for something else. Most of the bottles appeared to be filled with solids. One woobled and wobbled like it was filled with Jello. The mint liqueur, tequila, and Tia Maria were all that seemed normal. Egads! So I had a Tia Maria with milk, and later, had a glass of chocolate milk with mint liqueur. It tasted like a mint Aero bar, but looked like guacamole mould.

The whole experience is almost enough to put me off liquor. At the very least, I'll be much more cautious before drinking whatever comes from hooch bottles!

In other news, I want this book: