"C2," My Fingers Punched

Let me tell you of something so horribly delicious but so junkie that I have refused to look at the Nutrition Facts because I want to eat them forever.

Mrs Freshley's Crunch Mini Donuts is the name, and tickling my tastebuds is the game! They're pretty much mini donuts powdered with coconut and brown sugar mix. They make me happy when I'm having a horrible day at work. What can I say, I eat my feelings. Thank god for theatre giving me a high metabolism!

Everyone knows I love them, and one coworker even told me that they would buy me a case of them... no strings attached... uh huh, that's weird. You would just buy me a case for nothing? What if I said I loved money? Would you buy me a case of that? Please?

We had a "get to know your co-worker" survey, and I listed 'Mrs Freshley's Crunch Mini Donuts from the vending machine' as my favorite food. It got a corporate chuckle during the "get to know your co-worker" get together.

Today, I found out that they added a second row of the mouth-watering goodness in the break room! I have single handedly changed the vending machine economy here on the 6th floor. Demand is IN for crunch and OUT for chocolate mini donuts. Too bad so sad for the chocoholics, time to jump on the coconut bandwagon I say!

My show opens next thursday and I'm already exhausted. I don't get a day off from theatre until the 29th of the month. I'm so tired. HELP ME MRS FRESHLEY!

I love this guy...


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I Feel Naked Without It!

I left my wallet at home.

Thankfully I brought a pre-made lunch; leftovers from yesterday's amazing dinner prepared ever so wonderfully by my excellent chef of a father, dad. It consists of pork roast, peas, juliene potatoes, and stuffing (a.k.a. dressing) - this cheesy heaven potato dish and this stuffing are two of my favorite things to eat, soooo yummy.

Unfortunately, I was in the mood for my daily diet doctor pepper and I was going to spin the Mamba lottery wheel again, but it was probably for the best I didn't have a way to pay for it. It's probably a sign saying - you just bought a 360, save your money.

This kind of thing hasn't happened to me in a while - I have been very good at keeping my wallet with me - I just happened to take it out yesterday to write down my flexible spending debit card number on a bill I just got from my chiropractor and I forgot to put it back in my jacket pocket. Usually I forget it in a time where it isn't necessary to have it - like today... but there have been a couple of times where I did need it...

The very first time I was pulled over for speeding I was driving in my father's truck to a callback with Minneaolis Musical Theatre. I didn't have my wallet on me, which meant I didn't have my liscence. Add it to the fact that my dad had a bandana hung from the rear view mirror which is against the law, you can see why my first time talking to a police officer on the side of the road was horrifying and traumatic. I ended up driving away with a pretty hefty fine.

Then there's the time I forgot my wallet when I was on a date. It wasn't anything big, we were just going to the Green Mill in Uptown for some eats, and AFTER we ate I realized I didn't have my wallet... it was a first date so they didn't truly know how clumsy and forgetful I can be, and they probably thought I had planned it... I promised to pay for the next meal but there wasn't a next meal, lol. I wonder why... I still feel bad about that day.

Today I will take my absent wallet as a sign and I will be healthy. I will eat my well-rounded lunch without snacking on sugars afterwards or drowning myself in carbination, good thing I have my water bottle!

I've been wanting to go back home and play xbox all day - it's addicting! Here's a video from the game Portal, I described in my last entry - it's a fun game but you can easily get turned around when you're going through a portal - listen to the comedic robot voice that describes the board for you. A fun puzzle game!

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Luck in a Fruit Chew

We have a convenient store here at work. If you want to use a debit card to buy anything there you have to purchase at least 4.00 worth of items, which usually isn't a difficult thing for me, but today I hade some trouble. Most of the time I'll buy a sandwich or a box of two hotpockets along with a pop and maybe some chips and I'm set! Other times I'll simply avoid the limit by having cash on me. Today, I didn't want to deduct 20.00 from my checking account just to get a soda (which is all I needed), and I only had one dollar in my pocket (which with tax isn't enough to buy my oh-so-loved diet doctor pepper), so I had to use my card.

I didn't want to buy anything at this store that I could get from the vending machine upstairs; I could use my 1 dollar bill for that if need be, and plus it was cheaper from the machine. I didn't want to buy a bunch of little things like 10 cent chocolates, and I wasn't in the mood for Dorito's or Gardettos today. I spotted a bag of cheesy popcorn and immediately picked it up. Cheesy popcorn is so good and addicting - so I couldn't resist. It was only 2.00 - I only needed 75 cents more. I grabbed a stick of candy that I hadn't had before, called a Mamba, and walked to the cash register.

There's two main ladies who work at this store. They're both elderly. One is sweet and kind and says "thank you" and "have a great day". The other is bitter, never smiles, and always looks at you with this death stare and asks "Wanna sack?". Thankfully I had the nice lady today, and shortly my card had been swiped and I was walking out with my sack of new goodies.

Question to you: Have you ever had a Mamba? It's a fruit chew, like a starburst... but it's much more fun - sorry starburst. There are a few reasons I say this. The first and biggest reason is that it's like a chance game. Before I opened the package I saw that Mamba had four flavors: strawberry, orange, lemon and raspberry... mmm fruity! When I opened the wrapping though, I only had three smaller packages... strawberry, raspberry, and lemon.

Knock knock

Who's there?

Orange.

Orange who?

Where was my orange Mamba? The package offered me four flavors, including Orange. I didn't see anything saying "Only three flavors in package". There is a "selected from" message, but it didn't tell me I wouldn't get orange!

Instead of being discouraged though... I realized that this could be a fun game to play! Which flavor isn't going to be in my stick of candy today!?

"Hmmm, I'll wager three of my potential lemon Mambas, for two of your potential strawberry and one of your potential orange Mambas, that I won't have raspberry Mamba today"

"YOU'RE ON BUDDY!"

I mean, how fun is that? With my luck though I would always be wrong. I'm taken back to elementary school, when they handed out those cups of popcorn as a treat. We all know now that I love the cheesy kind... well, everyone else always seemed to get 80% cheesy and 15% caramel and only 5% salted. I would always get 90% salted, 9% caramel, and one or two cheesy kernels.

So, I probably shouldn't test my luck with Mambas.

The second reason Mambas rock - this is more sarcastic than anything - is when you open up one of the flavor packages, you get six fruit chews... each in ANOTHER wrapper. So, if I wanted to eat one fruit chew in the store after I bought it... I would have to unwrap three things... eat that, Starburst!

Reason number 3 - they're delish. MmmmmmmMamba! I feel I should get paid for this voluntarily blatant Mamba advertising. If only life was so simple. *shrugs*

So I know they're different, but remember this fun little ditty? I suggest watching it with a stick of fruit chews, it makes it that much more fun.

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