Back on the market and back in the kitchen

During the past year I've worked for a footwear company, at time it was good and even great but my work there is done and now I'm on the market for a new job. I've been looking for something in a similar field, and realized I haven't updated my lovely little blog since last time I was on the market in 2009! Which makes me sad, but, I'll try to update more regularly. 

Anyway, to my point. I'm a girl who hasn't ever had to make a complicated meal, and who isn't the best of cooks - also, did I  mention I'm on a budget?

Anyway I made chicken last night and it took under an hour of prep time and 3 hours of cooking time. I headed to Albertsons and bought a 5lb. chicken for about 5 dollars - they must have been on sale.

I used to go on these short walks with my boyfriend, and I noticed there was a huge rosemary bush just growing wild, so we took about half a cup of rosemary. 

Here is my recipe. 

Use olive oil and rub it all over your bird

Use the juice from 1 lemon and drizzle it on the bird

Use the remaining lemon and place it in the bird's cavity

1/4 onion inside the cavity

5 cloves inside the cavity

1/2 cup of rosemary - washed 

If you're going to cook potatoes, dice them and use some of the chicken fat to season the potatoes but do it on another plate. Potatoes on the same pot will result in lemony potatoes, they are ok but not great. 

Anyway here is my picture. I cooked at 325 for 2:30 -3 hrs depending on over. 

AY - INTERVIEWS

As many of my ten readers may know, I've been on the job market since 2009; some of the time freelancing for a few days, these days back on track on the application train.

I often drink and cry, or drink and laugh while sharing my stories with my friends. They laugh, lend a sympathetic ear and overall tell me to write these stories down so I can reflect back on what I've learn. What I've been learning is that editing is my friend, getting there 35 minutes early in Los Angeles is pretty much like getting there on time, and no matter how good you think an interview goes, you're left feeling high and dry, waiting for the guy to call you, like a cheap one night stand.

Today, I interviewed with an ad buy agency, as a junior ad buyer. Lately, I've been feeling like my experience is broad but could go deeper, but let's muse later. The gal that interviewed me was smart, young, direct, and polite. We clicked over where I lived, how she's lived there in the past, and like any good alumni, told me which college she attended. I felt my skill set was a good fit, and as we spoke I saw the single engine Cessna that I call my career struggle.

My question is this, How do you sound interested without coming off as an airhead? And how do you answer questions directly and earnestly without sounding like a tight ass?

Please send interview nightmares my way, any tips, or any overall gripes.

Hedda Gabbler - Ibsen

I just saw two versions of Hedda Gabbler, one was the 1981 version and my personal favorite is Glenda Jackson portraying Hedda in the 1975 version. Glenda Jackson's interpretation is much more powerful because the casting is much more solid, she also has an arrogance about her that carries the character well.

Hedda's character plays such a dominant role in the relationship with George, and even with the other characters in the play. Her upbringing challenges the notions of free will. And the thematic mirrors are very consistent with the naturalism of the time.

On a purely superficial and costuming standpoint. The sleeves on Glenda Jackson and the silk blouses are so regal and they truly contrast against George's very scholarly and homely appearance.

Hedda Gabbler, written by Ibsen, was seen as quite controversial at the time. The societal norms were much more rigid during this time period, in which naturalism stood strong as an art form. The threat of scandal was great both Ibsen's personal life after the play was published and in the play itself which led to Hedda's demise.

Here is a link to the play. And, here is the wikipedia page.

This is Love

Yes it is Polly.

24 hours to travel to SF

I decided on Thursday morning that I would be going to see an As Tall As Lions show that same evening. I drove up the 101 onto the 1 and had the best time. 

The drive was serene, and although I felt remotely guilty for driving over 80 mph, I felt fine once I got to Bottom of the Hill to see ATAL play, it was an amazing show, which Audrye Sessions headlined.

Randy and Jannifer's Summer Vacation

http://www.vonharrington.com/videoweb/mtrush.mov

the videos displayed are somewhat titillating* viewer discretion advised*

Dead, White & Blue

DEAD, White and Blue from S. J. Perron Guidry on Vimeo.