From the desk of AimeeG.

June 5, 2009 : Lunch

2009-06-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the world, Deirdre Caj! I have finally ended my hunger strike with a lovely lunch of pizza (care of my boss, the Ross) and a little "Into the Woods."

Bless you, woman. I was hungry.

May 20, 2009 : ???

2009-05-20T11:54:00.001-07:00

May 20, 2009 : ???, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

Dear Dierdre,

I am going on a hunger strike until you are born. Please let your mom know that I am keeping a quiet vigil for you, and we're hoping that you pop out as soon as possible! (Until then, I will be wasting away...)

Love, Aimee

April 22, 2009 : Breakfast

2009-04-22T10:34:00.000-07:00

Breakfast with special guest star, Pete.

April 17, 2009 : Breakfast

2009-04-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Hung over and out of mini wheats. Boo. I could eat about eleventy kabillion more croissan'wiches, if anyone's buying.

April 16, 2009 : Breakfast

2009-04-16T10:09:00.000-07:00

Last night at football practice (go Shockwave!) my best pal Josi reminded me that it had been 6 days since I last updated this blog. Seeing as she's pregnant, I can only assume that she gets joy out of watching others eat food for 30 seconds.

So this blog's for you, Josi Jo.

April 10, 2009 : Puppy break!

2009-04-10T13:53:00.000-07:00

And I would like to end this Friday with a puppy break.

My coworker's dog had puppies, and this means that I get puppies at my desk!

Hooray! Have a good weekend, folks!

April 10, 2009 : Lunch

2009-04-10T12:42:00.000-07:00

Shave and a haircut (and McDonald's... shhhh).

April 8, 2009 : Lunch

2009-04-08T13:31:00.000-07:00

So today I feel like I'm always just one step behind. I got a phone call at around noon saying my glasses (that I bought to play football in) were ready. How exciting is that?!

I should write something here, but it's a busy day and Mrs. Awesomebutt is talking to me on AIM, so that's all you get!

April 8, 2009 : Breakfast

2009-04-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

Bet you can't guess what I'm eating!

I'm so very excited because this weekend a couple of so very exciting things are going to be happening.

1.) One of my best friends in the world, and Mr. Creative Genius, himself, PETE, is not only moving back to Portland from San Francisco, he is also moving into one of our open offices here at work. Look for a special Pete cameo in this blog.

2.) I'm driving up to Seattle to watch the Majestics game, partially because my team is playing against the Majestics on the 18th and also because...

3.) Mrs. Awesomebutt is working at the ballet in Seattle for the next 2 weeks and I miss her like crazy! Yay! I get so see her! Yeah!

So there. That's all.

April 7, 2009 : Lunch

2009-04-07T12:57:00.000-07:00

After discussing this with the two of you who actually read this, I have decided to ONLY post videos... at least for the time being.

So I have completely changed most of my diet since last posting here. Mostly because my stomach is a medical wonder and I have the intestines of a chicken. So on football practice days (much like today), it's all about hydration and vitamins. I'm eating sushi, a banana, and anything else that isn't deep fat fried. My coworker, Frank, gave me this weightlifter powdered thing, but I'm a a little afraid of it because one of its side effects is elevated blood pressure, and my blood pressure is high enough, thank you very much. So instead I'm sticking to the natural stuff from Trader Joe's.

Trader Joe's: the unofficial sponsor of this blog.

April 7, 2009 : Breakfast

2009-04-07T11:14:00.000-07:00

I'm back! Josi, you can end your candlelight vigil!

Thanks to my bestest pal, Kate, who got this webcam for Christmas but doesn't need it, I have re-instated this blog. But until I can figure out how to "set the timer" on the webcam, I am going to post videos of me eating.

How exciting is that?!

Bet you can't guess what I'm eating!

We now pause for station identification...

2009-02-25T10:04:00.001-08:00

My #1 Commenter, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

Hi! Yeah, my webcam is still broken! Yeah!

I also am recovering from the black plague of 2009! I swear... with all of the body aches and pains, I was expecting to wake up really muscle-ey or 6 inches taller or something. Oh well...

Above is a photo of me and my #1 commenter, Josi Jo. Josi is one of my teammates on the Portland Shockwave (although she's taking this year off to pop out a baby) and is all-around awesome in every way. I just wanted to give big props to Josi because she has commented on every single post -AND- this photo makes me look 100 pounds smaller than I actually am. Then again, that photo was taken at the end of last season, so I was probably remarkably smaller then than I am now. Hm...

Webcam still down. I have feelings about this.

2009-02-18T10:02:00.001-08:00

Hi. Webcam still looks like this:

So I like to pretend that my grocery shopping habits can completely throw off a store's inventory. Mostly because I tend to get into phases of consuming, and usually I consume things that most people don't buy. So, for example, when I was in a Corn Nuts phase, it was only a week or two before my local convenience store ran out of Corn Nuts and it took them awhile to stock them back up. And when they stocked up the Corn Nuts, they had a special display and Corn Nuts sale. Unfortunately, by the time they had re-stocked their Corn Nuts and made the special sale, my Corn Nuts phase was over.

It sounds ridiculous, but that wasn't the first time that sort of thing happened (although it happened with other products: Skittles, Fierce Grape Gatorade, basically anything I buy a lot of within a short period of time.)

I went to Trader Joe's yesterday to stock up on my everyday breakfast/lunch supplies, because I am in the middle of a very long Frosted Mini Wheats for breakfast/Brie and sushi for lunch phase. And wouldn't you know it, they were out of Frosted Mini Wheats. Now, I am not going to take responsibility for this, because I only buy two boxes of cereal a week from Trader Joe's, but that also meant that I had to find a new cereal for the week.

I chose these what pockets filled with Chocolate. It tastes like candy. I don't know if I like that or not.

2009-02-17T13:40:00.000-08:00

So you may have noticed that nothing has happened in the past couple of weeks. I believe Josi is even holding a candlelight vigil waiting for the return of this blog.

The truth is that I moved into my new office. For the first week, I was trying to figure out how to make my user account an administrator on this computer, because it wasn’t allowing me to install any programs. Blessing in disguise, I guess. I got a lot done that week.

Last week I finally had the webcam up and running, only to find that it is an utterly useless piece of crap. Bad quality. Bad bad bad everything. So back to square one, I guess. I will maybe just do this from my desk at home for awhile? I don’t know. Hm. Anyway…

Since I can’t take a photo of what I am eating, let me tell you what I’m thinking as I eat my lunch today. How’s that for a compromise?

I’m thinking, “Well lah deed ah, Miss Brie and sushi. Lah deed ah.”

Thank you for your patience. The webcam I bought for my new computer is totally a piece of crap. Case in point:

Now, you may be thinking, “Geez, Aimee. It’s not that bad.”

As a graphic designer, let me just say, “Oh yes, my friend, it is.”

020309_lunch

2009-02-03T14:17:00.001-08:00

020309_lunch, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

Oh yeah, it's the classic "Sushi 'n' Brie Lunch!"

Look for more of that this week, cause I just went to Trader Joe's.

020309_coffee

2009-02-03T12:48:00.001-08:00

020309_coffee, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

So today for breakfast I had... you guessed it... frosted mini wheats.

I didn't take a photo.

But I did just make myself a delicious espresso drink in my delicious espresso machine. And I am drinking it out of a Starbucks mug, even though I have never, not once, spent a dime at a Starbucks.

It's true! It started out as a joke, and now I'm just keeping up with it since it's been a long run.

Now let's take a moment to talk about this cubicle, shall we?

I actually have an office with a window and everything. But this current project I'm working on is on my laptop, and it's easier to just plug into the network in this cubicle than it is to move things around in my office. Also, I just installed my new webcam in my office (or am in the process of installing it, since it's being a whore) and so probably, within the next few days, i will be moving back into there and you will no longer be subjected to fluorescent cubicle posts.

Thank you for your patience.

020209_lunch

2009-02-02T16:28:00.001-08:00

020209_lunch, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

OK, so... I didn't eat lunch today. I've been really busy trying to finish up this ONE THING and it just kept getting longer and longer and instead of eating lunch, I just kept eating cookies from the giant bin of cookies on my desk.

Eventually I will finish this project and will go home, but for now... cookies.

020209_bfast

2009-02-02T11:35:00.001-08:00

020209_bfast, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

Yep. It's frosted mini wheats again. Yep. I'm busy today.

Oops.

2009-01-30T15:26:00.000-08:00

So I forgot to take a picture of lunch today, but it was an old classic.

Hey, I'll even give you TWO GUESSES.

Bang.

013009_bfast

2009-01-30T10:53:00.001-08:00

013009_bfast, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

There we go! Frosted mini wheats two days in a row! I would take a photo tomorrow morning (which will also include frosted mini wheats, no doubt), but tomorrow is Saturday, and I have football practice, and so I have a weird routine I do before Saturday morning football practices, but that routine is mostly to keep me from having to "use the facilities" during practice.

Will I share my secret? Perhaps.

A webcam-less lunch...

2009-01-29T14:19:00.000-08:00

Today I didn't eat lunch at my desk. *Gasp* I know!

I had a lunch meeting with some photographers who want to design a book I'm working on. They should know that if they really want us to hire them, I make all of my decisions with my stomach. And my stomach likes pizza.

I guess that's why we decided to work with them, then, because there was pizza.

Oh yes, there was pizza. (Sure, it was the hippie fancy pizza, but it was still pizza nevertheless.)

012909_bfast

2009-01-29T09:57:00.001-08:00

012909_bfast, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

OK, so let me let you in on a little joke. I originally started this blog because I mainly only eat one thing at my desk: Frosted Mini Wheats. So I thought, "Hah hah hah... I'll start a blog where there are only photos of me eating cereal. That'll be hilarious."

Yeah, I know my idea of "hilarious" is a little warped.

But then I ran out of Frosted Mini Wheats and I left the soy milk out so it went bad and then I didn't have time to go to the store until yesterday.

So now let me officially start this joke.

012809_lunch2

2009-01-28T14:55:00.001-08:00

012809_lunch2, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

And yes, it's a 2-post lunch! Hee-yah!

I just wanted to say a few words about sushi. Now, normally, I am a "real crab" kind of a girl, and not a "fluorescent pink krab" kind of a girl. Krab tastes nothing like the sea. But lately I have really started enjoying Trader Joe's California rolls, in spite of the Krab.

I am kind of a, how you say, sushi snob. That's not to say that I can't roll up my sleeves and belly up to the bar at Sushi T, but if I have the money, I'm going to get the good stuff. Right now, alas, I do not have the money. And so Krab it is!

Also, this special sushi-themed post includes a special shout-out to Mrs. Awesomebutt, who is feeling not-so-awesome today. But not because of sushi because she hates it.

012809_lunch

2009-01-28T14:45:00.001-08:00

012809_lunch, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

Oh brie... if I could marry you, I would.

This is actually one of my favorite lunches (brie & crackers & sushi, oh my!), but it involves me going to Trader Joe's and I'm usually much too lazy to get out of my truck.

Let me also just say for the record that it is freaking HOT in my office right now. I wore 17 layers because it's usually sub-arctic in here, but now I'm down to my last layer! Woe is me!

Also, here are answers to Josi, since I still can't figure out how to comment (and believe me, I've tried).

1. Subway wraps = not bad, but not good, either.
2. Minnesotans don't need cross-country skis to travel through the snow. Our feet are wide and flat like snowshoes... perfect for traversing the winter snow.
3. So my palm reading shows that I am super awesome in every way?
4. My friend is the tall dark-haired guy in the back. We were inseperable our freshman year of college (until I turned into an a-hole, that is).
5. Anything in nugget form contains crack.

Also, is anyone else reading this? Are you having trouble leaving comments like me? Let me know!

D'oh!

2009-01-28T10:54:00.001-08:00

012809_technical, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

OK, so I cannot for the life of me figure out how to leave a comment on my own blog. Josi, I am not ignoring you, I swear!

012809_bfast

2009-01-28T10:38:00.001-08:00

012809_bfast, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

So the truth is, when I'm at my desk, I really hate eating. Today I am eating cereal bars, which I like, because they don't involve any sort of effort. That's why I eat so much fast food. It's fast and it's cheap. If I could find something fast and cheap that was also healthy... well... it would depend on what that was. Because Chicken McNuggets are made of crack.

Basically anything in nugget form is made of crack. Just so you know. That chicken paste that they form into nuggets? They add a little bit of crack to the goo. It's true! I saw it on Reading Rainbow!

Speaking of Reading Rainbow, an old friend of mine from college is now a fancy pants TV star, and he recently did a thing on The Soup the other day, and LeVar Burton was, for some inexplicable reason, just hanging around and joined in on the fun.

I love LeVar Burton.

012709_dinner

2009-01-27T20:08:00.001-08:00

012709_dinner, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

Hey, look at that! I eat at my desk at home, too!

To be fair, my desk is kind of like my home base here. Not only is it the home of my laptop full of weird things I download to watch, it also has my xbox, my TV, my MP3 player, and it's all 2 feet from my bed! Maybe I'll let you see what it looks like AROUND my desk someday... but not today.

So I'm eating left-over pizza. In all honesty, this is really good pizza. I made it myself with my own two hands. Blood, sweat, and tears have gone into the best pizza ever.

But now you may be thinking, "Aimee, you say you're eating pizza, but the photo is of you eating with a fork!"

"Aha! Intrepid reader of this blog," I would say, "only cretins eat pizza with their hands."

Since we're on the subject of pizza, and I eat it almost exclusively, let me take this time to share with you something that some people find odd. My girlfriend saw me do it for the first time the other day and I think my stock went down a few points. So let's just get it out there...

I eat the toppings separately, with a fork, before I eat the naked crust.

There, I said it!

Ooh... Journey montage on American Idol! Don't stop believin'.

012709_lunch

2009-01-27T13:41:00.001-08:00

012709_lunch, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

I don't even want to tell you what I'm eating right now. I guess that's sort of against the rules...

Then again, I made the rules, didn't I?

So let's just say that I'm really happy football practices started this month, because at least I'm getting exercise, right?

012709_bfast

2009-01-27T10:11:00.001-08:00

012709_bfast, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

So hey, it's snowing. Again. It literally took Mrs. Awesomebutt and myself 45 minutes to get from my house to her work. We stopped at Coffeehouse 5, which is her favorite coffee shop because they sell her favorite kind of coffee. It's my favorite coffee shop because they sell bagels.

So we left my house around 8:56am, and I arrived at my office at the ungodly hour of 10:04am.

Because people can't drive in the snow.

I get it.

I'm one to talk, driving around in a truck with bald tires, but still...

Either way, I've got a bagel and I'm not afraid to use it.

012609_lunch

2009-01-26T12:39:00.001-08:00

012609_lunch, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

So I feel like absolute vomit today. Literally. I feel as if my body is made of vomit. I just feel acidic. It's gross.

But I need to eat, right? And I was in a hurry cause I overslept to the point of no return, so I needed a quick lunch on my way in to work.

Hence: Subway wrap. Almost healthy (almost!) and almost delicious.

012409_lunch

2009-01-24T15:16:00.001-08:00

012409_lunch, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

I have a feeling that the only thing I am going to gain from this blog is disgust at how much fast food I eat.

...but really, didn't I say I wasn't going to work this weekend? What am I doing here, anyway?

For the record... (Part 2)

2009-01-23T15:36:00.001-08:00

112408_lilli, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

Sometimes my lap is my desk. See? My desk can be anywhere my laptop can sit. Isn't it amazing?!

I flew home (to Minnesota) for Thanksgiving this year, and so my first unofficial special guest star was none other than...

My niece, Lilli! Yay!

For the record...

2009-01-23T15:05:00.000-08:00

I do a lot of work at home. A lot. And I also have a webcam there. So this blog will also include things I eat and do at my desk at home.

I do have a life. Honestly I do. I have some great friends, an awesome girlfriend, and I do many things away from this desk. I do, however, spend at least 40 hours a week at my desk at work, and I have probably another 10-20 hours or so of desk time at home (although most of that is writing, playing video games, etc.). This is more than I sleep in a week! Therefore, this is my home... this desk.

So enjoy it! Also we may or may not have special guest stars, including but not limited to: My boss, my coworkers, my girlfriend, my roommates, or my cat.

012309_lunch

2009-01-23T14:46:00.001-08:00

012309_lunch, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

So I've had this ridiculous deadline for the past month, and basically my eating habits have gone to hell.

I'm not going to talk about this project here, because it's not necessary. But needless to say, it has been a BEAR of a project and it is going to the press NOW.

Thank god.

Anyway, I haven't had time or energy to actually eat good lunches. This means McDonald's. I don't even want to talk about it (and I don't want to hear about it from you). Their chicken nuggets are made of crack!

Oh and P.S., for breakfast I brought a baggie full of frosted mini wheats to eat, but made myself a monstrous mocha instead. No photo, I was in a meeting.

012209_bfast

2009-01-22T14:37:00.000-08:00

012209_bfast, originally uploaded by aimeeg.

Welcome to my desk!

Currently I am working at a temporary desk in a cubicle that smells like old farts.I'm not kidding. I am depriving myself of pleasureful things to get me motivated to finish this project. But once I finish it up, I'm rewarding myself by moving into my new office (ooh!) with a window!

Mostly this blog will be photos of what I eat at my desk. That's the schtick. But maybe sometimes I'll tell you WHY I ate what I ate or how I psychologically feel about it.

For example, I eat frosted mini wheats every single day for breakfast. You know how those Activia commercials talk about their special yogurt regulating your digestive system? Well, that's sort of a half-truth, cause any food that's good for digestion eaten regularly will regulate. Obviously.

So why do I eat frosted mini wheats every single day? If this is too much information, I don't care... I eat frosted mini wheats (everysingleday) because I if it feels like a Brillo pad going IN, which I assume to mean it's going to scour all the way through my body.

Basically, it's a version of scrubbing bubbles. For the digestive tract.

So that's basically how this blog thing is going to go. Intrigued?