“Hi – is this umm…Angel? I saw your ad on Craigslist. I just wanted to know…how big is your rack?”
No - I haven’t come to any sudden realizations about myself, and if I had, would this really be the way to explore those uncharted waters? No, of course not. I’ve marathon’d through enough episodes of Criminal Minds and Law & Order SVU to know that looking for a good time via “Casual Encounters” is just not the way.
However, I needed a portable bakery rack, so I decided to peruse the “For Sale” section of Craigslist. I weighed the pros and cons of buying used (pro – finding one for under $100 when they normally go for $500 new; con – getting murdered) and decided to give fear the finger in the name of necessity. Besides, I’ve taken kickboxing classes… although this really didn’t help the time I got into an altercation with a deranged woman at a Fountain Valley Sizzler. Nothing retracts a leg faster than the threat of a firearm.
The good news was that the rack wasn’t in the dangerous city of Fountain Valley; it was in San Bernardino. Oh, and I wasn’t planning on going alone (Nate wrestled in high school - 135 weight class). Years of research gathered from such award winning shows as CSI and The First 48 have proven that going alone to a stranger’s house is once again - not the way.
Anyway, we survived. Angel from the 909 didn't end up being the west coast's version of the Craigslist Killer and he gave me the deal of the century by only charging $80 for this thing! It can hold like a million cupcakes! I love my new rack. It took 4 people and a few cans of polish to get this thing shiny, but it will serve me well. Also note that it’s big enough to stuff a body in. This is it pre-sanitized:
I’m still finishing up some last minute details for this weekend’s (ad)venture, which is why I haven’t been around much. The past 2 weeks in the real j-o-b have kicked my ass, and at times I’ve come pretty close to tapping out (it’s an MMA kind of day). Still so much to do. I don’t even have a sign for my little stand. What I do have is a foam tri-fold poster board, some green and brown gift wrapping paper, and rubber cement. It’s DIY time, aka WTF time. I guess I should have ordered a real sign earlier…and printed out hundreds of ingredient labels earlier...and gotten black ink for my printer even earlier that that so I could print the hundreds of labels in the first place ….and put together the boxes and cupcake inserts earlier…..and finalized the recipes earlier….and found bulk cocoa powder earlier rather than buying several expensive 8oz containers at Ralph’s….I should have done all of these things and more instead of crying in the shower like a mid-90’s still mad at the world Alanis Morissette.
Thank goodness for family and friends who are willing to drop everything they’re doing just to help me out. Yes, I pretty much forced them and they will most likely hate cupcakes by the time this is all over, so I have to think of another way to repay them.
Cookies maybe?
No - I haven’t come to any sudden realizations about myself, and if I had, would this really be the way to explore those uncharted waters? No, of course not. I’ve marathon’d through enough episodes of Criminal Minds and Law & Order SVU to know that looking for a good time via “Casual Encounters” is just not the way.
However, I needed a portable bakery rack, so I decided to peruse the “For Sale” section of Craigslist. I weighed the pros and cons of buying used (pro – finding one for under $100 when they normally go for $500 new; con – getting murdered) and decided to give fear the finger in the name of necessity. Besides, I’ve taken kickboxing classes… although this really didn’t help the time I got into an altercation with a deranged woman at a Fountain Valley Sizzler. Nothing retracts a leg faster than the threat of a firearm.
The good news was that the rack wasn’t in the dangerous city of Fountain Valley; it was in San Bernardino. Oh, and I wasn’t planning on going alone (Nate wrestled in high school - 135 weight class). Years of research gathered from such award winning shows as CSI and The First 48 have proven that going alone to a stranger’s house is once again - not the way.
Anyway, we survived. Angel from the 909 didn't end up being the west coast's version of the Craigslist Killer and he gave me the deal of the century by only charging $80 for this thing! It can hold like a million cupcakes! I love my new rack. It took 4 people and a few cans of polish to get this thing shiny, but it will serve me well. Also note that it’s big enough to stuff a body in. This is it pre-sanitized:
I’m still finishing up some last minute details for this weekend’s (ad)venture, which is why I haven’t been around much. The past 2 weeks in the real j-o-b have kicked my ass, and at times I’ve come pretty close to tapping out (it’s an MMA kind of day). Still so much to do. I don’t even have a sign for my little stand. What I do have is a foam tri-fold poster board, some green and brown gift wrapping paper, and rubber cement. It’s DIY time, aka WTF time. I guess I should have ordered a real sign earlier…and printed out hundreds of ingredient labels earlier...and gotten black ink for my printer even earlier that that so I could print the hundreds of labels in the first place ….and put together the boxes and cupcake inserts earlier…..and finalized the recipes earlier….and found bulk cocoa powder earlier rather than buying several expensive 8oz containers at Ralph’s….I should have done all of these things and more instead of crying in the shower like a mid-90’s still mad at the world Alanis Morissette.
Thank goodness for family and friends who are willing to drop everything they’re doing just to help me out. Yes, I pretty much forced them and they will most likely hate cupcakes by the time this is all over, so I have to think of another way to repay them.
Cookies maybe?
4 comments:
You're Insane! Guess that's why I love you..Best Wishes with your project and hey...Nice Rack! :p
Love you too!!!!! Thanks for the good thoughts :D
Is that where "Angel" stored the bodies?
FYI I had no idea you had a blog!!!
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