Last week or so I wanted a danish pastry. I had been craving something sweet but couldn't figure out what it was I wanted. Sometime that day I spoke with with either The Swede or the Dutchman about donuts and danish were mentioned. It was like the light bulb clicking on, that was exactly what I had had in mind. So I searched for a recipe and the next day I went to work, trying to make danish. That first batch was a complete failure. Nothing about the dough turned out right, though the cream was tasty. I hadn't the drive to try again until earlier this week went I made the dough but I ran out of time during the day to make the actual pastries so the next day I laminated the dough and today I baked them, they turned out amazingly. I tend to get overly happy when I bake, I sing and dance or just make up weird diddies, like earlier I was singing "you will be a tastey treat, gooey flaky and warm BUT FIRST YOU NEED TO GO INTO THE OVEN AND BAKE UNTIL YOU ARE BROWN" and the last part I did in this demonic sounding voice and then I burst into laughter. I really love baking, I wish I could find a job as a baker. If I'm left to my devices the jovial feeling I get lasts for a long time, it's been hours since I finished and I'm still giddy. Baking is my crack, apparently.
Also, I got a visit from The Video Game Faerie. Brewski got his paycheck and needed to go to the bank, so I went along because I wanted out of the house and was bored. We headed over and picked up his paycheck but he needed to cash it so we headed to the bank and since the bank is next to Gamestop, he wanted to go in and see if there was anything cheap he might want to get. He told me, since I've been feeling really down lately, that he would get me one of the cheaper preowned games, so I went in search of Rainbow Six Vegas 2. I used to own the Rainbow Six Vegas awhile ago but SES took it with him when he deployed and it was lost to me. Brewski bought it for me for Christmas, after much searching, but we've already played through it and I wanted the second one if I could. It's so hard to find though and this I lamented, out loud. A woman, who I incidentally almost ran into, mentioned that she had more then one copy of the game and would be willing to give it to me if I wanted. I was completely floored, she wasn't asking for anything in return, didn't even ask for the same amount my brother would have been willing to pay for it from the store, would just give it to me. She handed me her phone number and told me to call in a hour, just enough time to get home and check her games. Brewski said he would still buy me a game, since he doubted it would actually happen and we found Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for 10 bucks. Bruce offered to buy it for me and as we stood in line I was gleefully commenting on all the fun I was going to have that night. At one point I said "I can't wait to go home and shoot people in the head." The cashier looked at me and gave me that "I know what you mean" grin. I laughed and said "I think this is the only store where saying I'm going to go home and shoot people in the head not only wont get the police called on you but is also somehow a bonding moment." Everyone stopped and looked at me and the cashier and Brewski both looked at me funny and then said "I've never though of it that way." "Me either". Brewski and I decided to walk around the mall for a bit, since it hadn't been a hour yet. No point going home only to drive back over that way. A hour later I gave her a call and she didnt answer, so I left what felt like a very embarrassing message "uh, yeah, Im the girl you said you would give the game to, uh, if you are still willing to, which I would really appreciate it, just give me a call" I mean, really embarrassing, it felt I was begging, I mean hell, I really wanted the game and I was racking my brain for a way to repay her if she came through but it still made me feel a bit ridiculous. About 15 minutes later she calls back and we agree we will meet me at the local Albertsons in 15 minutes. On the way there I wrote down my information on a piece of paper. When she finally got there I handed it over. I have no money, I was just trying to get out of the house, but I can bake, as shown above, and I offered baked goods, a birthday cake, cookies, something. She pocketed it and then turned to her car and grabbed not one but a stack of green cases. She not only, very generously, gave me Rainbow Six Vegas 2 but five games in total. I was floored, I still am.
I'm still up on my baking high, I should probably try to take advantage of that while I can and do something physical, like work out or play my kinect. Other then that, homemade Mac and Cheese for dinner.... mmmmmm... Mac and Cheese...
See...crack.
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