F.M.L.

I made a rookie mistake today and mixed the damn thermometer in the dough . In seven plus years of baking I had never done it before. I have watched other people do it time and time again and made fun of them at how stupid they are but now it's my turn. Yes I'm an idiot! The day was going so smoothly too and of course it happens with the very last dough of the day, which also happens to be the biggest of the day.  It was a stupid line two distracting me. They are the ones to blame, really how could I help myself. So there it's not my fault and that's the story I am sticking too. But I do have to admit it is fun digging through a dough trying to find all the pieces. It's a bit like a scavenger hunt followed by a puzzle as you try and reassemble it to make sure that you have all the pieces. After all of that the bloody thing still worked.

The lazy day

Today I don't feel like doing anything. I just want to lay in my bed. Don't feel like picking up my phone, my cat just broke moms garden gnome. 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything.

I'm gonna kick my feet up. Then close my blinds. Turn the TV on and watch some Criminal Minds. Nobody's gonna tell me I can't.

I'll be lounging on the couch, just eating Kraft Dinner. Watching YouTube so Charlie Sheen can tell me I'm a winner. 'Cause in my castle I'm the freaking man.Yes I said it, I said it, I said it 'cause I can

Today I don’t feel like doing anything. I just wanna lay in my bed. Don’t feel like picking up my phone, my cat just broke moms garden gnome. 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything. Nothing at all.

Field of dreams

The Green Monster. What a sight it is. I can only imagine how intimidating it is to stand there before it and look up at it. The history that it has witnessed over its life. All the big hits that have bounced off of its face and all of those home runs that have sailed over it. Of course when I was a kid I dreamed about playing in the big leagues and going to all the historic ball parks. Yankee Stadium I am sure is on the top of most little boys list but Fenway Park always topped mine. I used to dream about stepping up to bat and slugging the game winning home run over The Green Monster.

I remember the first time I ever saw a clip of Carlton Fisk's game winning home run in the 1975 World Series. It was instantly seared into my memory and I wanted that moment for myself. When I was a kid I used to reenact that moment countless times, but instead of Fisk it was me hitting that home run. Unfortunately my dream will never come to be. Now I dream about one day going to Fenway Park to watch a baseball game. It is on my top ten list of things I want to do. I will sit in the stands with my beer and hot dog and take in the whole experience.

This is my Green Monster. It is famous in my neighbourhood. All the kids know what it is and they have all heard the legends. When i was a kid my friends and I played wiffle ball baseball. We were die hard and played at least one game nearly everyday starting in the spring and going all the way into September. If we were lucky enough to get a mild Fall we could push our season into October. We had three different ball parks around our complex and this was my home park. mostly because it is right beside my house. When we first started playing I would look up at the monster with awe and intimidation. The rules were simple you hit the ball over it's a home run. If you hit it into the monster and it gets stuck it would be a triple and any hit that would fall out was a double. I would stand at the bottom of the monster and look up thinking I would never be able to hit a wiffle ball over that. I honestly never thought any of us could. If you have ever played with a wiffle ball well then you know that they are hard to get any height or distance out of them. I would swing as hard as I could and hit the ball with everything I had only to see the monster swallow up everything I could send at it. It's funny how in the imagination of a little kid how a couple of trees could become a monster so real to me that I would try to come up with strategies to defeat it. I would try to find its weaknesses, studying all the little holes that i could maybe sneak a ball through to claim victory. A season went by with no luck, monster 576 me 0. I was sure by then that it was imposable, none of us had even come close. But then it happened, I will never forget it. I stepped up to the plate and watched the pitch come to me. It was like it was in slow motion, I swung as hard as I could and heard the pop of the bat you get when you hit the sweet spot. The ball exploded off the bat. Going......Going......Gone! Finally I had claimed victory. I was the first to hit a home run over the monster. My friends all ran over to me, high-fiving and congratulating me. That was the day I became a legend.

I'm melting

It's such a nice day out today. Summer has finally hit Vancouver, the sun is shining bright and hot today. I know everyone in Vancouver is out enjoying the day but it has drained me. I have been zapped of all my energy. I am hot and tired and feel like shit. I want to be a turtle today, hide in my shell and bury myself in the mud where it is nice and cool. Is it too much to ask for a freak snow storm right about now? I would gladly shovel ten feet of snow to escape this heat. I think I am going to move to the arctic. It's decided I am moving to Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. It's a nice 8 degrees Celsius today. I can go play with the Polar Bears. I know I will look like a fool running around in a hoodie, shorts and my Crocs but I don't care. I give all the credit in the world to all the people who live in hot climates. How the hell you get your ass out of bed everyday and function is beyond me. Crap it will cost $2 145.50 to get to Pond Inlet. I guess the freezer at work will have to do for now.

C Note

What a long day it's been. I had a baker phone in sick so work was crazy this morning. But I survived a grueling day at work and headed to Jericho Beach. It was such a nice day today and I decided to take the scenic drive along the water front. Looking up at the north shore mountains across the inlet was picture perfect. It has taken awhile for summer to reach us hear on the west coast but when it does you really see the beauty of Vancouver. So I spent the afternoon downing Jello shots and relaxing on the beach. I fell asleep for a bit and somehow woke up without a sun burn. It must be my lucky day but now I am kicking myself for not buying a lottery ticket.

Next it was off to Cactus Club for an extremely over priced dinner. It was good but not enough food to fill the belly of a big boy like me. After dinner I went to the theatre to watch Transformers Dark Of The Moon. I watched it in the new AVX 3D theatre which only added to the experience. The movie was great. The action was incredible and seeing it in 3D is a must. The only thing missing from the movie is Megan Fox. Micheal Bay you are an idiot for not keeping her. The new chick had a nice ass but Megan Fox she is not.

The day's not over yet. I think it's time for a McDonalds run for a McRib and a Coke. Oh and defiantly an ice cream cone to finish it all off.