Have you ever been in bed sleeping peacefully and dreaming sweet and sinful things?
And while you're in the middle of your sweet and sinful dream all of a sudden you awaken and poof just like that the dream vanishes?
It happened to me a few hours ago. My one restful night's sleep was disturbed by a phone call. I assumed it was Valentina. I assumed it was her because she's the only one who will sometimes call me in the middle of the night since she knows I don’t sleep well. I answered the phone and in a very sleepy voice I said:
Me:
Hello.
Person:
I wanna order the #5 combo.
Me:
I'm sorry?
Person:
The #5 combo. Isn't this XXXX? (restaurant name)
Me:
Wrong number pal.
I hung up the phone and closed my eyes and tried getting back to my dream but couldn’t. I tried for a good twenty minutes but I was no longer sleepy. I looked over at the alarm clock, 2:32 a.m.
I've been up since 2:32 a.m.
Presently it's a little after 5 in the morning and as I blog this entry I’m in the kitchen eating a bowl of cereal with chocolate milk of course.
Hell's Kitchen
This weeks challenge: A test of teamwork.
Chef Ramsay decided to show both teams the definition of teamwork and spirit by having both teams cook breakie for a children's football and cheer leading team. There were 100 kids in total. The Blue team (men) cooked for the 50 football players and the red team (women) cooked for the 50 girls and whichever team finished first would win the challenge.
Contestant Chef Colleen was busy cheering along while her hash browns remained on the stove unattended. Chef Ramsay wasn't impressed with contestant chef Robert's sloppy plate presentation. He shouted, 'you're not serving pigs!' Another contestant from the red team had trouble with her pancakes.
For the first time the women's team won the challenge and were rewarded with a day of pampering in Beverly Hills.
The men's punishment: clearing and cleaning all the tables and cleaning and doing prep work for both kitchens.
Dinner service was quite explosive. The food was either undercooked or overcooked. Koi from the red team made the spaghetti even though no one ordered it and Ramsay called her a 'stupid cow' for doing so. Jay was called a 'bozo' for tossing in the butt of the lettuce in a caesar salad. Chef Ramsay was so fed up with the lousy performances from both teams he decided there would be no winner this week, only losers. Each team were required to pick two people.
The blue team choose Ben and Seth.
The red team choose Lacey and Colleen.
Chef Ramsay instructed Ben to get back to his team leaving three. In the end he picked Seth calling him a 'crappy cook’ and sent Lacey over to the mens' side
I've had a long and busy week so I'm happy to say it's finally Friday!
My loyal and dear readers have a fantastic weekend.
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
15 comments:
O that's funny. Still, I think "Person" should be severely punished. And who the hell rings up to order their "combo". They ought to be put in the stocks and publicly whipped
UGH... D and I get calls all. the. time. in the middle of the night (usually Spanish) we are actually thinking of changing our numbers --
Listen up, chicka -- This isn't working -- I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU POST! HOW CAN I KNOW?! You are one of my most. loved. blogs. and I keep missing you... I seriously can't believe it's been so long since I've caught up (2 weeks?) --
One last thing... I LOVE YOUR NEW PICS! Gorgeous...
The phone call thing has happened to me a couple of times. Once an individual called waking me up asking for someone.
Princess, did you hear what Robert said towards the end when Lacy made the move to their team? "We got rid of one dead weight only to be given a 250lb dead weight."
Kind of the pot calling the kettle black.
Have a great weekend.
The Reality at 9:46,
Thank you.
Didn't I tell you they're going to be keeping [lazy]Lacy and Colleen around?
Seth- that dude deserved to go. He wiped his face and nose with the same cloth he cleaned the pans with. Sheesh!
"Wrong number pal?"
You are too polite CP. I would have said a couple of words that
would make Chef Ramsay even blush.
Watching the show I find cooking the dishes they prepare is not as hard as is the pressure.
Peace Out Chickie!
Another great episode, and great write-up. They seem to have purposely included some very marginal cooks.
We kept receiving annoying phone calls all day long: "I'd like to make an appointment." Our home phone except for the last digit was the exact same as the Super Cuts that had newly opened. After we put in a complaint Super Cuts changed their number.
Princess...you left out the best part of the story...What were you dreaming about?
I love this picture of you...stunning. Maybe Ill switch to chocolate milk in my cereal and hope I get the same results.
Happy Friday indeed.
Ordering a #5 at 2:32am?! You should have asked for the jerks credit card number and told him to come pick it up in 30 minutes. When he got there, they wouldn't know who he was and he would have given his credit card number to a total stranger.
Amazing Race is my gameshow of choice. Chef Ramsey is a bit over the top for me.
Audrey at 6:19,
I can't reveal that.
You are too kind Audrey, thank you. And remember, it's 1% chocolate milk.
Bruce at 6:37,
That is so funny! I'll have to give that a try if it happens again.
O geez, that's some funny shit but majorly sucky. Sorry, I totally know what you mean about the wonderful lost dream. and after, it's like it still has it's essence in your head but you can't for the life of you articulate the specifics or try to relive it or return to it. gah, frustrating.
I sympathize with you princess. Your one night of sleep only to rattled by a phone call!{Fortunately for me I sleep like a dead person thru the night} Did he sound intoxicated cuz a lot of times people will drunk dial.
k.p. williams
Like someone else said, you were a lot kinder than I might have been at 2:30 in the morning! My vote is for you to retrieve the number from your caller ID and publish it on here. Then we can all call that person and place food orders throughout the night... Just kidding of course, but I'm sorry your lovely dream was interrupted. I too have trouble getting back to sleep in similar situations. Only in my case, it is normally a fax beeping on the other end of the line at 4 a.m.
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