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Work this time of year makes talking to non-grocery workers a little alienating. Most people are busy with looking forward to or dreading their upcoming holiday, but starting to ease off and get ready for a little work break. How was my weekend? It was great if one can call it a weekend when one works both days.

I’m not complaining. I like it busy. Plus I had my full-on yearly buyer stress on Friday of looking at the cooler, stacked floor to ceiling with cheeses of varying perishability and thinking, like I do every year, "I fucked up. We can’t sell all of this." Luckily by now I know I think that every year so I try not to pay attention to myself when I get that way.

And I love that the gawths have started encouraging dress up days around the stressful times of year and that anarqueso loans me her derby hat so I can look distinguished and grey. One co-worker took one look at me and asked , "Where is the lactose –free ultra violence milk?" * Another asked after my missing cod piece.

I had to thank a co-worker for dressing like my teenage punk rock girl fantasies come to life but I won’t go into details. Another co-worker said, "I’m gonna wear a tie more often. People keep giving me their phone numbers."

As for the cheese department well, did you guys see "Grizzly Man"? Here’s the last thing the vegan saw**




*What did they call milk in that movie?
**oh, just kidding. And I know dairryiere posted this already but I love it too much not to do it myself.

freakstorm with her processed American cheese food sculpture

( oh, there are a couple more )

I meant to post this before I left town.


Me and elusis at the Folsom St. Fair. One of these years I have to bring a camera to take pics of friends.

Here are some more trip pictures from our favorite stop, The Porter Sculpture Park

The steer sculpture is made out of railroad parts and is 65 ft tall.


Me and Pandora’s box for a sense of scale


( The last one is behind a cut. I made it big so you can read the sign )

Here ya go. I wish it had been chaps and a vest too. But the Jolly Green Giant was never really known for his fashion sense. I dare someone to dress like this for Folsom.

I just found one of my favorite work pictures so I'll share it with you, Dear Readers. This is dairryiere and I documenting another moldy pice of Rumiano (Willow Maid) Dry Jack. Please note it is not the vastly superior Vella Dry Jack. I'm flying the "Cheese Pride" jacket that Dairryiere hand-sewed while she holds the moldy mess of jack.



Feel free to comment with any photo that is a favorite of yours, cheese-related or not that you love despite not looking that great. Amuse me while everyone else is Priding it up or dealing with their hangovers.

I know I used this one as a reply to a comment last week, but it’s too good not to use as a start for a participatory photo post. As superchones pointed out, the fact that it’s taken in a snowbank makes it a true classic What’s whiter than a white guy in a white Malcolm X shirt giving a thumbs-up in a snowbank?

Please post your political t-shirt photos below

This photo post them is dedicated to tlacuiloliztli. I didn’t have teddy bears, but I think this comes close, at least spiritually.



This photo was taken at the SPCA office at the mall where I worked in a photo lab. It was the rat’s birthday. No one thought he would survive that long after the horrible accident. But he believed in himself. He overcame his injuries. He worked through the pain of physical therapy and the emotional pain of mourning his lost family and friends. Though suspicious, he let the humans feed him until he could feed himself. He liked cookies. He did survive. At least, until he didn’t.

Please post your anthropomorphic animal photos and tell a short little story about it. Thank you.

Well, I don’t know when I’ll get a chance to write. Maybe tomorrow morning. Maybe Sunday if I don’t have to work. To tide you over, let’s have another photo post!

This theme is "you in a crowd". Please post a photo too. It can be a much, much smaller crowd than the one I’m posting, but I love this photo.

My brother took this shot, that I just happen to be in, at the Rock Against Racism/Rock Against Reagan protest show at the 1984 Democratic Convention. You can read about that day here.


( Can you find me? (edited: I guess you can find me! )

Ok, get ready. Later in the week I’m going to do another photo entry, this time with the them of "official photos". Passports, Driver’s Licenses, student Ids, bus passes … whatever you feel qualifies. I’m giving you all notice so you can scan them. No excuses this time. Put don't post 'em yet, just get ready.

By the way, after putting up a picture that I really like last week, I will be putting up a picture that I really hate. It only seems fair.

And, in case you missed it, someone took my innocent entry of earlier today and filthied it up. Yes, interactive walk-in cooler cheese porn, your time has finally come.