Three weeks out.

I have not posted in awhile, as I forgot.  So I figured since we got internet finally, I would post.  Nyla and I are 3 weeks out from our wedding on August 24th, and I am so excited!  I love to cook, and have been loving all the wedding gifts we got.  I got to thinking and I felt that I had some recipes to share, like everyone else.

So here goes:

Couscous salad?  Couscous scramble?  I don't know what to call it, but it's delicious.

How about I find at name at the end.

Ingredients:

Couscous
Chicken
Hummus
Vegetables (Bell Peppers, Red Peppers, Avocado, Black Olives)

Boil water for couscous, 1 cup of water for 1 cups of couscous.
Bake, or grill chicken and cut into pieces.
Pour in couscous and stir until water is absorbed.  Take off heat and stir every few moments to make sure that couscous does not stick together.  Keep covered when not stirring.
Cut up vegetables.
Put couscous into a bowl and mix in vegetables, chicken and hummus.
Enjoy.

You can use any vegetables you would like.  This is an incredibly easy and deliciously healthy meal.  I would say the hardest part is spreading the hummus around in the couscous, as it clumps easily.

This is an easy meal to make large quantities of and takes less than twenty minutes with chicken cook time.

Hope everyone enjoys, because I know I will be eating this tomorrow.

I call this Couscous Magoose.
Why?  Because now you will always remember.  What's Couscous Magoose?
This.

Late Night Rehearsals

I love theatre. I've been apart of theatre since I was 11, and I write this post at a rehearsal, 9 years later sitting at a late night rehearsal. They never get old to me. I may be starving, craving chicken mcnuggets but I continue to laugh and have fun with the cast. I find it the best to just stand around and make jokes with everyone. I don't have any inclination to do theatre as a profession, but I hope to perform in local and school plays for years to come. I can't stay away from it. It's just so great!

A Movies Life for Me

I work at the Movies.  Pretty cool right?  Well that's about 75% true.  I've worked there off and on for over 4 years, always telling myself I will never go back to regal.  But alas, I am now at my third one.  For the most part I love my job.  I love my coworkers, my managers and I even decided to apply to be one myself after previously telling myself that I never would.  I do all the usual movie things, sell tickets, tear tickets, sell popcorn and clean.  Clean a lot.

For the most part, the patrons are tolerable.  They are coming to enjoy a movie they want to see, so they are cheerful and polite to us, even when we may mess up or be a bit behind.

It's those times where I love my job.  I joke with customers, laugh with them and attempt to make their trip wonderful, and I feel that I am very good at that.

But then.

You get the customers who had to have some traumatic experience previous to coming to the movies, because they are plain assholes.  They are angry because there's a line, they are angry because movies cost $8.50(which is actually the cheapest in Oregon and cheaper than many states).  They get angry because they are early and their theatre isn't ready, they are angry because SURPRISE other people want to buy popcorn too.  So what do they do?  THEY CUSS US OUT!  They tell us we are slow workers, that we need to do our job better, that we need to help them first.  Because clearly they are exponentially better than the other guests right?

I kid you not, there have been the dumbest complaints about the movies.  I once had a lady complain that the trailer for her movie was too inappropriate for the movie she was watching.  After explaining that all trailers are viewed by a national council and are appropriate for all audiences, she still got angry with us because clearly the minimum wage worker in the red polo is so powerful in the company, they can change things.

Now I just want to say that this probably happens 3% of the time, with almost all other customer interactions with myself and my fellow employees go wonderful and smooth, but man those 3% stick out in our mind.  FOREVER.

Also, don't complain about the lines, if it's a Friday or a Saturday it's going to be busy!  We have plenty of staff on the weekends, but when 3-4000 people come, it's going to be hectic.  Get over it and don't buy popcorn if you don't want to be in line.

I encourage everyone to go to the movies.  It's a fun way to be entertained and I absolutely love movies and will always love going to the theatre.  But please for the love of God be nice.  You have no idea how much it means to the employees to hear someone thank them genuinely and have conversations with us because honestly, we are all pretty funny.  If you've ever been mad at an employee, I understand but just don't do it again.  Or apologize after the movie.  That means a lot as well.  But blowing up at us will solve nothing, and we don't want to help you or give you free passes after that.

But above all, have fun!