Waiting on dinner

November 19, 2009

I stayed home from work today because I wasn’t feeling so great. I’ve been getting nagging headaches lately and my stomach wasn’t quite settled. I blame the seafood pasta dish I had last night for the latter. Do any other seafood lovers ever eat a bit of fish or scallop that doesn’t taste so good [...]

Day 3′s report

November 3, 2009

I’m live from my friends’ livingroom (apostrophe use is correct as they are both my friend and are married to one another). They and another friend are playing a video game while I wait for my (late) dinner to be ready. I’m having curly seasoned fries (baking in the oven) with 6 chicken wings (part [...]

Conflicting invitations dilemma

October 17, 2009

I have a dilemma that happens to me often enough to be called a dilemma. It irritates me because it seems like the people around me have found a way of dealing with it in a way that works for them but I clearly have not. Here’s how it goes: a friend will invite me [...]

Dinner for two

August 12, 2009

Back when my friend Amanda was a starving student in university, she invited me over for dinner. I think it was this time, but I can’t recall. What I can recall is I felt like a mannerless oaf, handling fork and knife like I had never used them before and I think food may have [...]