Thats just how the pork tenderloin crumbles

Hello esteemed family and friends. I hope all of you are well. I am doing good. So I went out on the town last night. I met another six people from Wisconsin, damn there are a lot of cheeseheads up here. I guess I will have to keep my sexy chef belly to remain an individual. individual. individual. I have never typed that word before, it has a lot of i's in it. But I guess I have to make sure I get 4000 calories a day so I don't start to blend in too much around here.

So I met this girl up here but she is pretty butch, imagine that batman, a firefighting, military brat butch girl in Alaska. She must think I am a submissive type because she tried to order me to take her out last night. That was a turn on. Oh man.

I don't think she'll be coming home for Christmas this year.

So I need a camera. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? I want it to be the last camera I will have to buy for 10 years if you get my drift.

So my first several services went well, my food was very well received and I got a few standing ovations which is pretty odd. I was contemplating taking a bow while they were clapping but I then thought back to the days of Suzuki violin lessons and thought that would be weird. I just stood there and blushed, and said thank you.

SO it really doesn't get dark here, it gets dusk around 1:30 then starts getting light out again. It's weird. Almost as weird as butch EMT/firefightering girls that order you to take them to dinner and go home to have military style sex, which I REALLY don't want to know what that is. Or what was going through her head when she said "military style", I shudder. And I thought I was a man.

So I guess I will go now, I need to go back to the warehouse and relax a little. (the warehouse is the employee housing they provide us when were off the island)
I will do another tomorrow. I really have nothing to do during the day but workout and blog so I will talk to you all later.

Peace

Say goodbye to pavement Chris...........

Big ol' Octopus that was on the deck of a fishing boat the other day. six feet tall, hooked him trollin' for Halibut.
Bucket of Octopus, pretty cool how they don't have a bone in their body but could totally wreck your day scuba diving.

So this is my last day in town for awhile. I was hoping to be here when my food order came in but it did not show on this mornings truck, which means it will be on Wed. truck and I'll get it Wed. afternoon and put it away and start preping for the next night dinner right away. Cutting it a little close but at least I won't be bored.

So my beef tenderloins haven't shown up so I will be serving Pollo for my first night dinner, Pollo being Chicken for those of you who haven't working in a kitchen with Spanish speaking people.

I have a joke for yall', -- what do you get when you cross a mexican and an octopuss?

I don't know either but it sure can wash dishes!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!

get it,, all those suction cups could grab it's own plate and zoom, your done..............HAHAHA!!!

O.K., so I wanted to serve my pork dish as second choice but I have a no mushroom-er coming in Friday so I need to serve my most mushroom laiden dish when she's not on the island. So I guess it's
Blue Corn Tortilla Crusted Chicken Fricasse with Wild Mushroom Risotto and Green Beans tossed with Sea Salt and Toasted Almonds Finished with a Seared Garlic Sauce

Let me know if that sounds good and balanced right, I am biased.

Well I guess I need to go, the cofeeshop is filling up and I'm getting the your not local and your in my seat look from a girl with a lot of metal in her face...........and a creepy tatoo, thats me saying it's creepy folks, Mr. Openminded Koepp. It is creepy, I'll try to snap a pic with my phone on the way out. Could I get tetanus from a headbutt? It would be me being the first case of Emo-violence induced tetanus. I might just smile and walk by. Yup, I will. I think she knows I'm blogging about her, maybe the shit in her face is brain radar like what Major League Baseball
has homed in on Springfeild.

Whatever, I must be a little more bored than I thought.

SO I will let yall' know how it's going when I get a chance. Oh, I forgot, I may become Mormon!!

I work with a few mormon kids on Fox Island and they arn't weird at all!! I don't think they would marry 11 year olds and live in a compound or anything, they actually seem pretty well balanced compared to other kids who grew up concealed from society in a church setting, I.E.-me, I'm still a lot weirder that the Mormon kids........... Damn Mormons. Makin' me look weird..........damn Mormons.

Thats kind of fun to say really Damn Mormons that is, it's like a stress reducer, I need to blame shit on someone you know. I live on an Island folks. The only therapy is blame. I just can't turn on Dr. Phil and let myself cry for an hour every day. Damn Dr. Phil.

O.K., I'm sorry, back to reality. Noe more goofing off today. But my original point was them Mormon kids are pretty stand up folks. I could use a little more standupedness. Mine is still in the developmetal state.

O.K., the metal faced Emo girl just dropped her computer while trying to stand up and type against her leg so I will be the shining night and let her up.

Good bye all, good bye pavement, goodbye police sirens, goodbye billboards

later
chris

Holy temperate rainforrest Batman!!!

This is home Fox Island ALaska
One days rain, I took this photo at 11:30 P.M.!!
Dahls porpoise playing around the boat, see the white?
Sea Lions laying around
More Porpoise jumping around, cool lil' guys

Hello again people. So I am in town for a last stint until my first guests arrive on Thursday. I have a week of V.I.P.'s then I get to usual guests. My menu went through even better than I thought it would so thats cool. Now I just need to find a way to make producing high end food look hard and they will think I am earning what they are paying me.

Cause' folks, I make this shit look easy!

My first nights menu will be- Cumin Rubbed Beef Tenderloin over Roasted Butternut Squash and Dill infused Mashed Potato, Grilled Asparagus finished with a Wild Mushroom and Bourbon Sauce.

Two Tone Chocolate and Vanilla Creme Brulee with a Minted Fresh Strawberry coulis

Not too shabby for Alaska eh'?

Ah, um, it sort of rains here people, the sun came out for the first time in two weeks yesterday. This place is a lot prettier with sun. It rained for two weeks straight!! 45 degrees and rain. Thank god for Helly Hanson rainwear.

So folks, this place is awfully wild, there are animals like sea otter, Dahls pourpose, Orca (killer whales) seals, Sea Lions, I have pictures. You will probably see the before you read this anyway.

I will have no problems coming up here every summer for the next five years or so. So ladies......I am off the market till' I get the Alaska bug out of my system.

I am going to go but I will be back tomorrow.

be good all.

Alaska.....day three

Well folks, they haven't sent me home yet, I have had a few raised eyebrows looking my way but I'm still here.

I have a post office box now, it is- P.O. Box 3241 Seward AK. 99664

I am sharing it with a few girls I work with so make sure it has my name.

I have been sitting in training sessions for the last day and a half. OOOOOOOhhhhh thats fun.

So the sun goes down here but it is still light out. I have noticed that sleep is harder to come by. I only get about 4-5 hours a night. It is cool in the fact that I have the nature energy that goes with perpetual light. I may be a basket case by the end of the summer, if it's possible to frazzle this steel trap I have.

So the people I work with seem cool, there are a few shady ones but I could take them if push came to shove.
I have met several people from Wisconsin in the two days I have been here, all of them seem nice. I have met non from North Carolina which seems even nicer to me. Ha Ha.

This really is the most beautiful place I have ever seen, it is surrounded 360* with mountains, I counted 28 peaks yesterday, all snow capped on top and temperate pine rain forest on bottom. I have never seen anything like it. I have some pics following.

So I have another day of training tomorrow and I submit my menu then too. I hope it goes through. If I have people miro-managing my food it will make for a long summer. Cross your fingers people.

Hit Fox Island on Thursday and it will be good to be settled in for a spell. I have been homeless long enough.

So people I am going to go, I am not really in the blogging mood anymore. I hope you all are well until my next post. I will have WI-FI on the island so to contact me I would email me or facebook or whatever.

Till' next time
Chris

This is the view from my motel, it's a weak picture but I don't want to overstimulate you right away. Many more to follow.

Well, I made it.....

Well, I landed safely in Anchorage this morning around 1:00 Alaskan time. I should probably find out the name of this time zone so friends and family can curse it when I call them drunk at bar close when it's 4:30a.m. your time and 1:30 here. It will really piss you guys off but shit will it be funny a few years from now.

I can hear the conversation now- me:SUP DUDE? you:Chris, is that you? me:HELL YEA, MAN ALASKA IS SO F%#^^NG COOL, YOU SHOULD COME HERE, REALLY, WHEN CAN YOU GET TIME OFF WORK, IT'S SO COOL HERE, TALK TO YOUR BOSS TODAY. REALLY. you: What the f@!k is your problem Chris, it's 4:30 in the morning. me: IT"S 4:30? SORRY, BUT WHEN YOU COMMIN" UP MAN? REALLY? etc.....

Sorry Josh, it's inevitable.

The flight was good, long but it was cool flying over the desert and mountains between Minnesota and Arizona. I tell you what, the west sure has a lot less population from the air. Very few lights from the sky opposed to flying over the east. That was a cool observation.

I prefer the west myself.

I had the chance to see my niece and nephew this weekend. Holy crap are they gettin' big. Cute too.

Well, I need to get out of the motel and see whats up in Anchorage, I will be back soon.

Again, I apologize in advance to you all.