late nights

so here i am writing at 1:45 in the morning, just got off work, well people are still cleaning and closing up, but im pretty tired. need to go home and sleep, but that doesn’t look like it will happen. these people party waaay too much and too late. unhealthy. work was pretty busy, got some time behind the bar and then in the kitchen. i have a new job of doing tapas late night after the kitchen closes. so im in there alone making  random finger foods like cheese plates, risotto balls , potatoes, chickpeas and zucchini fritters. shit like that. pretty busy tonight due to the finals footy game eve. everyone goes out and parties the night before the last game, but im assuming it will be jsut as busy tomorrow night seeing how its saturday and someone is going to win.

but aside from work, i think i got a 3rd degree burn on my hand yesterday from blowing glass. id explain what i was doing but they are weird glass terms that probbaly sound strange, but incase anyone who blows glass reads this, they might understand. soo i was jacking in someone else’s piece and it was rather large and straight out of the glory hole-meaning it was super hot. and no one was boarding my hand, which was above the piece, and heat rises, so it jsut burnt the shit out of the side of my hand. about and hour later, i was left with a huuuuuge blister. its was nasty. its looking alright today, i let the puss out and now its jsut weird looking skin and burn. mmmm. and i keep getting gnarly charley horses in my calves in the mornings. this morning i think i got three. theres something wrong with my legs. maybe they are just too long. ill blame my parents for that one.   oh and sorry about the photos still, my computer doesnt get the greatest internet connection, so it takes forever to upload photos and i always get cut off in the middle of doing it, so yea… ill try again later. well im going to get going. hope your all having a nice evening or morning. schlaggles…

love B

northcote street festival

nah yeah, its been quite sometime since ive last written, but i haven’t felt like anyting prolific has happened, well i dont think i have written about anything prolific at all, well except about cooking. thats pretty big in my life right now. but anyways i went to the northcote high street festival on sunday. i think it was called high vibes music fest. it was really great. thousands of people roaming this cloased off street with all the pubs open with food and drinks and live music all over the place. beer gardens, a guy making a lighter sculpture on the sidewalk. that guy had 4 big sacks of different colored lighters that he had collected or given to or something. but a shitload of lighters. it was a pretty cool sculpture/picture. swirl of different colors. but the greatest thing was, we were standing there and one of his buddies brings him a beer and then was like, “hey you got a light?” it was pretty funny and the guy had to reach in his pocket and toss him one. and then there was this i dont know, 13 year old kid going at it on a didjerydu. he was pretty good too. and i definitly dont know how to spell that one. but i think you get the point. but we hung out in this beer garden out back on a bar/store. it was awesome. a tent with a dj, a grill with sausages and corn, beer taps, wine and bubbles, and almond trees, and a little fire in a trash can, and people dancing. it was great. the whole day was pretty grand, and you could not have asked for a better day, even if that was possible. sadly though, i didnt not have my camera, or well anything for that matter. it was stuck at roy’s and i was in richmond and then northcote, no phone. bad story. but anyways, it was a good time. maybe there will be a few more as the weather gets warmer. its getting pretty nice out though. today i think its in the 70’s pretty good. well im going to go outside, i cant look at this computer box anymore. hope your all doing well though.

 .B

chef hands

so things are still going brilliantly, which is awesome. except i have been feeling pretty anxious and down a bit. i think im a bit homesick here and there. but ill get over it, only have about 2 months and 6 days left and im back in the united states of america…. woo hoo. yea, that didnt sound too exciting in my head while i typed it. but things are getting better at M.O.O- the place where i work. im still doing a lot of line and prep work in the kitchen, its awesome! i made this mint and walnut paste or the fresh ocean trout dish, which is also served with a beetroot puree, yea nice stuff right there. mum and dad, maybe ill be cooking thanksgiving dinner this year with a bit of spice.. that would be pretty awesome. anwyays, mike, head chef, was needing some inspiration and a nice meal after all the shit thats been going down and not happening in the kitchen- lack of a proper team, so we decided to go out for a really nice dinner. went to this italian place in st. kilda called cafe di stazio- real nice place, except for the creepy bathroom that made me feel like i should be commiting suicide or doing drugs- not a good feeling at all. straight out of trainspotting or something. anyways. we ordered some panfried eggplant with tomato, basil, and parmesan, some fresh ocean trout, with creme fresch- and no joke, i actually ate it and enjoyed it. it was pretty weird, but exciting. and then mike got some suckling pig, which was incredibly tender and i got some veal with sage and some gnocchi. they make the ebst gnocchi to exist. well i havent eaten much, but mike was thinking  the same thing.  it was pretty funny, because the waiters just thought we were everyday kids, trying to have a good meal. mike asks where the pork is from, and the guy was like, yea this isnt something you would have at home or get from your IGA, its from.. somewhere. so now we know where to get some real nice pork. the kind we get is a bit larger and not as expensive, but this stuff was money. funny how little secrets get out.   and its different eating out for me now, i think about the food a lot more and look how it is served and so on. its pretty cool having this different mind set. and what i meant by chef hands- ugh. for some reason my nails are real dirty and my hands smell like food, even a few days after not being in the kitchen. its pretty strange. and i have a bunch of cuts on my fingers, from knives and glass. yea, my hands are looking real pretty. well i havent eaten for hours and my stomache is starting to get a bit pissed off about it. hope everyone is eating well and is staying in good health. hope to hear from any of you at any time. i love all your faces

 .B

man my eyes hurt

so another long day of blowing glass has left me blind. well not really, but my eyes are feeling pretty shit and blurry. but i began my new project today, blowing some vase-like pieces that kind of look like sea urchins. pretty cool though and real fun to make. ooh and i finally have some pictures i can put up on this

once again, sorry about the long times wait of me not writing, but that might be happening. ive just been soo ridiculously busy with both work and class. i’ve gotten pretty tied up into this job, but i love it so much. and i think i want to become a chef. i ended up doing a lot of prep and line work and some easy dishes. spending hours at a time in the kitchen, learning and cooking. pretty rad. and the time goes b really fast, compared to being a glassy. but i think gary is going to start me off serving drinks soon. we had a bit of a wine tasting last week so ill be able to give suggestions and whatnot. so the job is great, i actually get more excited t go to work than class, its a bit bad. not much i can do about that though.

so the two kids i went riding with last weekend, mike and lisey, we’ve become this incredible little trio, its great. i think we’ve boosted the moral and bonding at the restaurant. but we do pretty much everything together and have been staying over at mike’s in saint kilda. the area is  awesome. its a little beach town near the ocean filled with little streets of great shops, bars, and restaurants, and just carries a great vibe. it has one of those local and comfortable feels going on. i think all of you who read this, that i know of, would absolutely love the place. i guess imagine a bit of lock Island, Portland Oregon, and a touch of  somewhere else. but its pretty rad.  oooh yea, so i saw the movie wolf creek the other night, i dont think ive seen anything that gruesome and scary as that. its pretty terrifying, but definitely a scary movie worth seeing, but not alone.  well off of that subject, i think im going to end right here. i can smell myself from a long hot day of glass and i need to shower and get some dinner and relax. ill catch you all later. here are some photos

.B

by beach in st. kilda

beach at st. kilda

also beach at st. kilda