April 27, 2004
If only there was such a thing as an Advanced Certificate in Procrastination
I’m sure I’d ace the course and then I could put Cert. Pro. on my CV.
Today I slept in. Then I got up and ate some almonds and played a few games of Spider Solitaire. After that I went back to sleep and when I woke up again it was dark. I then ate some chocolate, and managed to get my Minesweeper beginner score down to 16 seconds. Then I realised that a whole day had passed and I’d achieved less than nothing. This inspired a brief burst of productivity that lasted about 2 hours. Now, well, I’m blogging. And thinking about mopping the floors cos we have an inspection tomorrow.
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This week we have our first practicum for Māori 801 (Te Tū Marae – Marae Practice). We have to organise a hui, and this time we’re Tangata Whenua Ki Muri – working behind the scenes, doing the catering etc. Next time we are up front, doing the karanga, whaikōrero, waiata etc. I think when we’re not busy in the kitchen we’ll have to do that stuff this time too.
I’ve been designated head chef(!) so I’ve been planning the menu and experimenting on my flatties. All shreds of vegetarian respect have been trampled lately in this household. Anyway, this is what we’ll be serving.
* Roast pork slices with a marinade of horopito and manuka and a pikopiko garnish
* Spicy coconut chicken with a mango and kawakawa salsa
* Salad with kawakawa aioli
* Chocolate, kumara and nutmeg cake
The native herbs I have been foraging for myself – while I was up in Rotorua we went clambering around on top of Rangihakahaka – up the back of our neighbours farm. More about that if I ever write Rotorua Adventures part II.
We have a pretty simple uniform while we’re cooking or serving, but I got it into my head that it would be cool to have team aprons – I came up with this design:
Then I went down to the basement to do the screen-printing, and I couldn’t find my squeegee. Our basement is SUCH a mess, with all of my junk, and the flatties stuff, and other people’s things stored there, all in a big jumble. So I decided (at about midnight, seemed like an appropriate time) to do some sorting. I now have my stuff sorted into boxes and drawers in the following categories:
* Art stuff
* Craft stuff (very arbitrary distinction whereby art stuff = painting and craft stuff equals most other things)
* Bike stuff
* Big tools (like saws and drills)
* Small tools I use a lot, and picture hooks and round pieces of glass that I don’t know where they came from but they seem like they should be thrown away.
* Small tools I don’t use much or I don’t know what they’re for
* Clothes for rags
* Clothes I don’t wear but can’t bear to part with
* Clothes for op shops
* Recyclables
* Non recyclable rubbish
That’s as far as I got before I found my squeegee.
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My flatmate always keeps chocolate in the freezer, and tonight she bought “Three Wishes” chocolate which has milk, white and dark layers. Since freezing it the dark layers have fallen off the top of the squares. I wonder if she’d notice if all the dark layers disappeared?
Posted by Fionnaigh at April 27, 2004 01:55 AM