Why do you eat this stuff?

May 25, 2009

Happy Memorial Day!

I spent it at work and let me tell you, I am absolutely disgusted in human beings in this area, or maybe its just in general. Its a beautiful day today with the 70 degree temps and partly sunny skies. Perfect weather to grill out, enjoy your family, etc. but no, they flock to this fast food joint and order 10 cheeseburgers and 5 large fries.

Lemme tell you why this disgusts me. First off, the *only* time that people should go to said fast food joint to order lunch menu items (burgers, fries, etc) is at 10:30am, when it switches over (at least ours). Why? This is why:

Fries - As the day progresses, each time a fry basket is dumped from the fryer to the metal tub where you salt them, a bit of grease and whatever salt that falls off the fries when you mix them around, accumulates. At 10:30am, there is no additional grease or salt in the metal bin. Therefore, you are not having gross old salt and grease added to your fries. Besides that, fries sit there until either they get thrown away or until people order them. Its usually until people order them. Nasty!

Hamburger Patties (small and large) - Have you ever ordered a double cheeseburger around noon or later and noticed how “juicy” they are? Have you ever wondered why? Every time a run of patties comes off the grill, they are put into trays. These are really elongated plastic bowl like things that we stick into a giant heated cabinet to use. When you empty a tray, you give it back to the cook and they change the wax paper and put another run on it. BUT! They do not empty the grease out. So, by noon, or later, there is a good 1/2 cup of grease sitting in the tray with the meat that you are eating. This keeps progressing until God knows when, they wash them. But I can tell you that it is not before 7pm. Yummy.

Not to mention the fact that a single cheeseburger is 300 calories… imagine how much the bigger items are! Here is a typical order:

2 Cheeseburgers
1 Medium Fry
1 Medium Coke
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CALORIES: 1190 Calories

Quarter Pounder with Cheese
1 Medium Fry
1 Medium Coke
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CALORIES: 1100 calories

Meh, whatever. I don’t care if people eat here randomly, but regulars who I see almost daily… thats when I get annoyed.

February 17, 2009

Did everybody have a good Valentine’s Day? Mine was okay. We really didn’t do anything. My boyfriend got me a black Nintendo DS Lite with Super Mario Brothers for a gift. He ended up playing it more then me and beat the game, so yea. I went and bought Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends. I have a Golden Retriever named Sunny and he is super smart, he already knows sit, lay, roll over and paw. We keep getting to master class of disk tournaments but when you lose, you get bumped down a level so now I’m at Expert. I should do agility next cus my dog is awesome!

There were four cats at my bfs over the weekend and oye! I did feel bad because poor Adobe kept yowling cus the other cats have claws and he doesn’t, so I thought he was getting picked on. Turns out HE was the one picking on the other cats! So I stopped feeling bad for him because he was causing the ruckus himself. Silly cat. The two kittens were in everything and the fat cat was just sleeping the whole time. haha.

Lets see, oh, my last mouse died today Oh well. Mice really smell, I would not recommend getting them to anybody who cannot stand smelly animals. Ugh, it was so bad. I was cleaning her toys and wheel and cage every other day. I couldn’t stand it anymore! No more mice for me… ever. It was a learning experience haha.

February 4, 2009

I am still alive contrary to what this website suggests. School started Jan 18th, and its been holding me hostage ever since. I have so many projects due already and its only, what, the third week in? Its insane! However, the classes aren’t that bad, just tedious and lots of projects haha. I cannot wait until next year May, so I can graduate and be done!

Well, my quest to find the perfect miniature long haired dachie is still going. I had been refreshing a website like crazy because they had a puppy I wanted ( but obviously cannot have ) and he was adopted today. Sad. Not that I can have one at this moment but I really want a dog. Its so weird because I am not a big dog person, or at least I wasn’t, but now I feel that I am. haha. There is another puppy I want but the breeders don’t seem as.. good.. as the breeder that I want to go to but am waiting for. Believe me, when I get a dog/puppy, its going to be amazing! hahaha. Best dog in the world Yea right. Will prolly be a spoiled little brat XD

Hmmm… well… with the slowing economy, my job has been going… okay I guess. They keep cutting hours of everybody because the business has been so slow and they want to “save money”. For example, I only work 13hrs this week and tomorrow I work a 5pm-7pm. As if thats even worth getting dressed! Thats like $14 rofl. Oh well, whatever. Speaking of work.. time to go.

One of those days

January 20, 2009

Today was the first day of the Spring 2009 semester. My lone class of the day was Publication Design 2, which was with the same professor that taught my Publication Design 1 class. I learned last semester that this professor never gets you out early. Even though today, he goes “today we will have a short class”, we ran one minute over the two hour slot. Tomorrow, I have Flash Design and Designing with Text. I am very torn about Flash Design tomorrow since its during the time slot when Obama is supposed to be sworn in as president. Why are we having class at that time! Seriously! Its like “okay go to class and get your syllabus or stay home and witness history.” My Designing with Text class is a night class so I don’t care about that, but really Flash Design… really?!

Tomorrow is a big day! Bush will no longer be our president and Obama will be the new president. I am so excited about him being our president, its not even funny! I think Obama will do wonders for the United States and will hopefully pull the economy out of this deep ditch we are sitting in right now. I guess we can only hope!

Okay, so in other news… this past weekend I got to puppy sit! I absolutely, 100%, fell in love with a dog. My boyfriend’s sister has a 6 month old long haired miniature dachshund puppy named Bronco. He is by far the best behaved puppy I have ever met. His father is a duel champion (American and Canadian), and his mother is a Canadian champion. He is just a doll! He is a total woman lover though and stuck to me like glue once his ‘mommy’ left. If I went upstairs, he went upstairs. If I went to the bathroom, he had to run into the bathroom with me. If I laid on the bed or couch, he had to be in my arms or my lap. He knows sit, stay, lay down, come, roll over and shake. This is the pooch that captured my heart…

Oh man, if I ever get a dog its going to be a long haired miniature dachshund from that same breeder. My boyfriend and I get to puppy sit him next weekend too! YAY!

Its Cold Outside

January 14, 2009

Such a creative title, I know. However, it speaks the truth. These last few days have been so cold! Last night we had a windchill of -35*F and I think it was -2*F outside? I am not 100% sure, I just look at windchill to tell you the truth. Anyway, I woke up at 5:30am, started my car up at 6:05am, went back out to my car at 6:30am and it still had frost on the windows. There was also a nice snow drift right there in front of the driver side door. I had to kick some away because it came up above the bottom of the door. Tonight we are supposed to get another 1-2″ of snow and the windchill is supposed to be *drumroll* -45*F. I really hate Wisconsin winters. I suppose tomorrow morning will be just the same as today. Oh joy!

At work, since I work at the lovely place called McDonalds, just got the McCafe. I tried some of the Iced Mocha, just had a few sips, and it basically said ‘fuck you’ to my stomach and I had horrible stomach aches all day. There weren’t that many orders for Lattes, Mochas, Cappuccinos or anything really, so thats good. Actually, McDonalds (or at least mine) has been very dead lately. Maybe people are getting wise about how unhealthy it is for them (1200 calories in the Deluxe Breakfast!) and decided that Subway or something was better. Doesn’t hurt my feelings any. I have been looking for a new job, since… well… my second day there haha. My hunt obviously isn’t panning out to well since its been almost two years now and I am still there. Boo.

Hmmm, I am missing my laptop. I never realize how much I use it until I don’t have it. My boyfriend’s computer got a virus, he wiped the hard drive and Windows XP Pro would not reinstall correctly, he couldn’t get the internet or sound card to work, so he is waiting for Vista Ultimate to get there. I am a nice girlfriend and let him have my laptop for the week. I am such a good girlfriend. hahaha.

I wish…

January 6, 2009

I just came back from TJMaxx and I cannot believe I never looked at their furniture before. Its amazing! It reminds me of Pier 1, World Market and Pottery Barn… all rolled into one! I was just in awe of the furniture and wanted to take it all home to decorate my tiny apartment. Of course, it wouldn’t all fit but that is besides the point. It was all so pretty and chic! I need home decor type items but I have such a tiny place that most stuff would look cluttered. I wish I could just throw all my furniture away (besides my bed!) and start over. Do you think I can convince my boyfriend to go to TJMaxx and furniture shop for his place? He has a townhouse so thats plenty of room! Meh.

So, I still need to go sign up for the gym. I’m scared to. I’ve never been a member of an actual gym! I was going to sign up today on my way back from TJMaxx but I was on the phone and forgot. ha! Okay, so tomorrow I will definitely do it after work. I think it would be nice to have a place to go to when I’m pissed off at somebody (or work) and just sweat it off. I could ask the front desk where the fitness center, that they claim to have, is. Hmm..

Once again…

January 5, 2009

Well, I once again changed the layout and this time, I really enjoy this one! The other one seemed to blue, though this also had blue in it. Oh well. I love it! The lyrics are from Once Upon A December from the Anastacia soundtrack. One of my favorite movies of all time. I had to watch it after I made this layout, even though this layout does not feature any images from that movie.

Okay so, while I have been working out at home, I did not find a fold up exercise machine that I can use at home. I am very sad about this! I was supposed to go to the gym and sign up for a membership today but I don’t really feel very well. I couldn’t get comfortable last night and was tossing and turning, waking up every hour or so. So, I dunno, there is still time so maybe I will still go to the gym to sign up and then tomorrow after work go workout.

I have been doing the SparkPeople exercise routine they set up for me, and I think that will definitely help! I love that website, really. Right now I am participating in the 2009 New YOU Bootcamp Challenge. Yesterday was day one and they had a fun kickboxing cardio video to do. I may do it today before doing the day 2 exercise which is something with my stability ball and the lower body.

Well, I am going to go back to cleaning… I hate cleaning.

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Happy 2009!

January 1, 2009

Well, its the brand new year and its time for me to make New Years Resolutions that I can stick with. I am going to post them on the side or something of my site so that I can see them as a reminder every time that I look. Or maybe use that nice Vista notepad widget to remind myself. Not quite sure yet. However, these are my New Years Resolutions:

- Read more in 2009. I used to read a TON of books but when I started college my reading level dropped immensely maybe because I was reading so much in school that I just hated reading. I am not sure. I think I need to pick it up again because I think my brain needs new material haha. Sounds dumb but when I used to read a lot, I learned faster and remembered stuff better. Now, not so much. I bought Dear John by Nickolas Sparks today to start off this resolution.  When I go home this weekend for my family Christmas, I am going to bring back a handful of Victoria Holt books since both Nickolas Sparks and Victoria Holt are favorites of mine.

- Workout in 2009! Its time for me to stop being a lazy bum and get up and work out. I am serious this time. I am 25 1/2 years old and my metabolism is not going to get any better if I sit on my bum all day. I have really gained a lot of weight in the last two years and its making me very upset. I don’t even like clothes shopping because having to buy the bigger sizes makes me very depressed. I almost started crying yesterday in the mall when I was clothes shopping. How sad is that? Thats why I hate shopping bymyself or with other people actually.

- Be organized! I have a huge issue with not being organized. I tend to just throw things on the table or desk, or my clothes on the floor and leave them there until whenever I pick them up. I need to STOP doing this because it is making cleaning frusterating because then I have so much to do at the end of the week. If I am more organized, then I won’t have such a work pile! Sounds good to me.

Now that 2008 is over with I can say that it wasn’t very eventful. I moved into my own apartment, got a rabbit, got rid of the rabbit, and my grandmother died. Thats all that happened really. I wish something exciting would have happened, like maybe got engaged or promoted at work, or even got a new job. However, it did not. Lets hope for an exciting 2009!

I did it, I did it!

December 30, 2008

This theme that you see right here, I made all by my lonesome. I am so happy! Its very simple but I didn’t want to start with anything <i>to</i> complicated. I am just so darn proud of myself!

On another note, I do have to confess something. I had been going by the name “Madison” here, but that isn’t my real name. I was trying to hide from somebody but apparently, I don’t have to hide from them anymore. Its a long and complicated story. My name is Nena. I’m sorry for hiding and for “lying” about my real name but I had to. It was for safety reasons really. So, yea. Sorry!

I was given a wad of cash for my christmas present from my boyfriend and he told me to go shopping with it. I was like ‘er what’ cus I am not used to people just giving me a wad of cash and telling me to spend it. Supposedly, I am supposed to go shopping on New Years Eve when he is at work so that I can spend all the time I want picking out clothes. We went to the mall today but I got a bad stomache ache, which I should have guessed would happen anyway! I got the darn stomache ache from a salad. Salads, for some reason, KILL my stomach… especially if I eat to much Iceberg lettuce. I guess I can’t digest it to well. Anyway, back to the mall, it was PACKED for a Monday. I couldn’t believe it! I guess nobody went back to work…

December 28, 2008

I don’t know why but I cannot, for the life of me, figure out this WordPress layout making stuff. I try and fail, over and over. Its really irking me because I know that one of the reasons I cannot get into this whole blogging daily stuff is because this site feels so impersonal, since I don’t really make the layouts except change the graphics. I may try to switch over to Greymatter, which is something that I used back when I owned eclipsedsky.net and when I could make layouts that I enjoyed.

Man this is frusterating!!

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