Also, being an AP on a bazillion student films meant I got really good at getting local restaurants to give me giant trays of free food, which meant good eating on set AND tons of leftovers.
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
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Jessica - May 17, 2007 7:34:00 am PDT #7853 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Daisy Jane - May 17, 2007 7:35:21 am PDT #7854 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
The range of things people thought was important was really funny, but my favorite was to go to a bar with nuts or bar mix out, order a bloody mary, and call it dinner!
I still do this! Except I call it breakfast!
shrift - May 17, 2007 7:37:22 am PDT #7855 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
The problem with that, though, is both storage and being able to budget the $10 straight off for bulk.
Yeah, I think my worst dietary situation was when I was sharing your standard dorm refrigerator with 16 other people. In a country where ordering a salad got you a leaf of iceberg and a slice of tomato.
Fred Pete - May 17, 2007 7:38:49 am PDT #7856 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I also went the mac and cheese/pot pie route instead of ramen. During the early '80s, Winn Dixie's store brand of M&C was 25 cents a box. Butter/margarine on sale would last forever, and water substituted nicely for milk.
Jesse - May 17, 2007 7:39:46 am PDT #7857 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I still do this! Except I call it breakfast!
Heh.
I think that might have been from the same person who passed along her father's advice to drink Chivas on dates -- it's expensive, so the guy won't get you liquored up, and you (18 year old girl "you") won't like it that much, so you won't get yourself liquored up, either...
Kat - May 17, 2007 7:42:34 am PDT #7858 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I still eat ramen. But not with anything other than draining it then stir frying the noodles so they are crunchy.
tommyrot - May 17, 2007 7:43:52 am PDT #7859 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So - ramen people: do you use those flavor packets? or toss them?
Aims - May 17, 2007 7:44:19 am PDT #7860 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Use them!!
Jesse - May 17, 2007 7:45:46 am PDT #7861 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I drain the water, and use some of the flavor packet on the noodles. Also a little sesame oil, if I was not fortunate enough to get the chicken sesame flavor. YUMMERS.
tommyrot - May 17, 2007 7:45:49 am PDT #7862 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I OD'd on ramen, my tolerance of the flavor packets was the first to go....