Katy Klein Has a Chat

So my favourite radio station, Joy FM, have been running ads for Misty’s Diner. Being easily influenced I checked out the website and knew instantly that I had to go once I saw the brownie dessert.  

I get very excited whenever I find unknown food items or combinations and I love comfort food. American food is big on the comfort.  With the emphasis on ‘big’. Like most Australians I was constantly enthralled with just how large the meals were when I was in LA.  Two of us managed to split one enormous piece of pizza and still feel entirely satisfied.

Misty’s had menu items such as Carb Coma Platter and Philly Cheese Steak which are possibly not ’slimming’ but gee they sounded good. The Chilli Cheesy Fries sounded like the world’s ultimate hangover cure. You can also get all sorts of American food items such as a bowl of Capt’n Crunch, Cherry Coke and even a deep fried Twinkie.

The Mocha Brownie thick shake was sensational.  I’m not a dunker of cookies into tea (very much against mushy bits in liquids) but having pieces of brownies in my milkshake was awesome. We split the ‘I want what Misty’s Having’ which came out on an authentically American tray.  There were two mini-burgers which you could possibly stick whole into your mouth.  It would be a great challenge but then you might not appreciate just how good they were.

It took us a while to get there but I will definantly be going back. Especially next time I hankering for some dessert.

So as part of my unemployment homework I attended the Re-invent Your Career Expo.  When I first saw an advertisement for it I was pretty excited. I was also at that initial stage of unemployment where all you can see are opportunities.  I was strongly considering driving a bus for a while but was fairly concerned I would crash within about oneweek.  I had toyed with being a bank teller.  And I am still in the process of joining the army reserves (tax free cashola for running around obstacle courses – awesome!).  Of course now, having received numerous rejections, I am back to applying for anything remotely in my field.  I don’t actually want to stay in my field but it seems most employers think I should. Every time I have tried to cross over it hasn’t been terribly successful and that whole malarky about transferable skills? Psslllt! 

Anyway, we shelled out $10 for the Expo which was basically to see a whole heap of stands from educational institutions and  a few trying to lure people to work in the country thrown in (work-life balance in Wangarratta anyone?).  I’ve already worked in the country and I ended up quitting on a post-it note so that was out. I also can’t afford to study which meant there was absolutely nothing of any relevance to me.  At least getting a copy of The Age for free ameliorated the cost of entry. My partner was also pretty impressed with his key-chain spirit level and measuring tape – that is still keeping him occupied.

When I first starting looking for work I had considered a career planning service whose prices vary considerably.  According to one burnt out marketing executive I have spoken to, it cost her about $1600.  From what she told me, the testing sounded remarkably similar to what I had done using a library book (total cost $0).  Now if I paid money for such a service I would expect them to tell me my one perfect job.  The job that makes me feel like I’m not going to ‘work’ each day. You know those people who say that they would do their job for free they love it so much? I can only think that it takes newspaper reporters quite a bit of time to find them. A quick survey of my friends will find a grand total of 0% who would go to work for free.  Anyway, I thought I was the only one who wanted an easy answer until I noticed something interesting at the Expo.  Do you want to know what the only stand with a queue at the Expo was offering? A free 10 minute psychic career reading. Maybe I can check what jobs I have done in previous lives. They might have that at the next psychic and natural healing expo.