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Denise

I am here for Friends

About Me

Not a lot to say about me. I spent several years in Corporate America, but a year ago, I traded the desk job for a new career as a cook. My boyfriend and I just moved to Charlotte, and now I get to start the job hunt. Yay.

My Interests

Cooking, eating, reading, watching TV, riding my bicycle.

I'd like to meet:

People with similar interests and something interesting to say.

Music:

80s/90s alternative--Depeche Mode, The Cure, Erasure, etc. I also like crooners, like Dean Martin and Tony Bennett. Or classical. It all depends on my mood.

Movies:

Amelie, Sliding Doors, Muriel's Wedding, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Rear Window, The Shawshank Redemption. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is my favorite director, but I love Quentin Tarantino films as well. But I'll pretty much watch anything.

Television:

AbFab, The Office (British and American), Kath & Kim, Doctor Who. I am a TV addict.

Books:

Jane Eyre; Fast Food Nation; anything by David Sedaris, Ayn Rand or Edgar Allan Poe. But I have a ton of cooking/food books, and I usually find myself going through those. Right now, I'm reading Fatal Purity, a biography of Maximilien Robespierre. Not a bestseller, but I'm enjoying it.

Heroes:

Thomas Keller, Patrick O'Connell, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Gordon Ramsay, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

My Blog

We made it!

After several delays and a lot of irritation, we finally made it to Charlotte.  Not without incident (like getting lost in Topeka), but we're here.  We arrived Wednesday evening, then Thursd...
Posted by Denise on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:08:00 PST

Moving next month

Our trip to Charlotte was rather successful.  Both of us said we had never seen so many trees!!  We put in on offer on a house, but it was not accepted, so we decided that we will just move ...
Posted by Denise on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:21:00 PST

Probably moving

Michael and I are going to Charlotte, NC, this weekend to look at houses in the hopes of buying one and moving our butts out of Denver.  This was a pretty decent place to live until it started sn...
Posted by Denise on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:06:00 PST

Nothing much

My last employer closed their doors a couple weeks ago, but it was on the same day I started another job, so I guess it all worked out.  I was planning on having two part-time jobs, but now I jus...
Posted by Denise on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:59:00 PST

Comfort zone

I started my new job this evening and am MILES outside of my comfort zone.  It's so different from my last job, and I wonder how I'll remember all of it.  But that's easy enough to handle--i...
Posted by Denise on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:28:00 PST

I quit

I guess I never updated my blog, but I was promoted to chef back in July.  What a thankless job!!  I did it for almost two months, but finally had enough.  A couple weeks ago, I applied...
Posted by Denise on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:43:00 PST

I'm never on anymore

I went from being a total web addict to dreading the thought of even logging on.  I still have high-speed internet at home, and I don't know why.  I'm only there once or twice per week, and ...
Posted by Denise on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:26:00 PST

How things are going

Well, today I'm sick.  I don't know what it is, but I've had it since Monday and it totally sucks.  I feel ok mentally, but physically I feel crappy.  I have the day off and am actually...
Posted by Denise on Wed, 31 May 2006 01:22:00 PST

So far, so good.

Today was my first day as a cook, and it went really well.  Everyone was really nice, and I think it's gonna be a great place for me to work on my skills.  I came home tired, but I was just ...
Posted by Denise on Tue, 16 May 2006 08:02:00 PST

Change is good?

Everyone says change is good, but it's a pain in the ass when it all happens at the same time.  The same weekend I decided to quit my job, my best friend also decided to quit his.  However, ...
Posted by Denise on Thu, 11 May 2006 07:45:00 PST