What keeps me busy…

Has also been keeping me sane.

My boss asked me once how I know how to do all the stuff that I do.  Necessity is the mother of invention for one thing and not only that, I am a doer and a thinker.  I\’m also exceptionally smart and I work with my hands.  I have yet to meet a Chef (including myself) who couldn\’t at least \”MacGyver\” something to make it work until we could call in a professional.  I\’m also an artist.  Life isn\’t one dimensional to me and instead of being a princess and throwing my hands up in the air saying \”OMFG THIS IS BROKEN SOMEONE COME FIX IT\” My first thought that usually comes to mind is:

How can I fix/do this myself?

Being in a creative industry also helps.  I use several forms of raw materials and turn them into something else.  Sometimes they\’re brilliant, sometimes they\’re a total train wreck.  However, I learn and keep on learning because I enjoy my independence and the ability to do things for me simply because I can.  I do not relish in being helpless and weak (either mentally or physically) and will try just about anything once.

Including chocolate beer.  Which was a mistake needless to say…

But I digress.

The best part of being a Chef?

Having one kick ass imagination!

Behold:

Random updates!

I\’m too stressed out and far too distracted to write a \”real\” entry.  Although I have been a bit of a slacker so let me fill you in super quick!

I\’m still fighting with the post office.

I went to CHOM\’S uber exclusive, invitation only Hell-O-Ween party which was freaking awesome!  I\’ll add some of my own images in a minute.

I got my butt tattooed!  A super cute Halloween themed Dracula type bat on my right cheek.  I WILL have pictures when it\’s healed.  Because I know you all want to see it.

My friend Paul is getting MARRIED!  To a super hot cop none the less!  YAY for gay marriages being legal in Canada!  I bought him this book that Tracy mentioned and as Paul pointed out, it didn\’t work 😉  We got a pretty good laugh out of that one!

Although in not so happy news, I feel like I\’m playing where\’s Pete?  You know the real life version of Where\’s Waldo? Except the person your searching for isn\’t named Waldo.  I\’m getting kind of worried…  We had dinner plans on Friday that were canceled out due to Pete having some personal distress.  So we settled on Sunday instead, I said I would text him while I was getting my butt tattooed and we would settle on a time.  Except I haven\’t heard from him since. 🙁

Which is rather un-usual since it\’s not like him to miss dinner, least of all one of my dinners.

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It\’s not like I keep tabs on him, because I don\’t.  We each have our own lives.  Except that it\’s like he\’s dropped off the face of the planet and you know the thought of filling a missing persons report actually has crossed my mind.  As neurotic as that sounds, I am starting to worry about him. A lot.  It\’s making me break out in hives 🙁

Halloween was pretty epic!  Check it out: