Distilled Life

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   Last Saturday I hung out with my friends Katie D'Agostino, Nidia, Adrianna (Nidia's cousin), Marybelle & Cheyenne (& other such as Nidia's boyfriend Trevor). The occasion was Adrianna's birthday. We met at the Dave & Busters at the Block in Orange (a North County version of The Spectrum), and then proceeded to a bar off the Orange Circle in the City of Orange (in the County of Orange of course!).


   On Monday I worked at Bee Busters. Technician Jeremy was busy taking state-mandated inservice classes, technician Bobby was on vacation in Amsterdam, and boss Dave was busy distilling whiskey, so Ryan and I were the only truck on the road and were thus actually busy. Among other places we killed bees at La Tierra Elementry and Mission Viejo HS, both of which I attended, and Orange Coast College. We even went all the way up to Sherman Oaks for a call.

   Today (Wednesday) I worked again. This morning boss Dave looked at me sternly and informed me "Kris, you haven't been stepping up lately" causing me immediately to panic that I was in trouble, but he continued "you need to play more pingpong!!" We spent most of the day today either playing pingpong or watching the still. We also ordered pizza (I got jalepenos and pepperoni on my half!), and I didn't go out on any calls today.
   The bottem line is that Dave has no reason to employ me right now -- there's barely enough work to keep his current employees busy during this the bee off-season. But he employs me anyway because Bee Busters is about more than just the profit. (=

   Anyway, the reason the still needs to be watched is because the hotplate they're currently using causes the whole thing to fluctuate in temperature twenty degrees celsius up and down constantly, and it is supposed to stay within an optimum range of about five degrees. The optimum is around 80 I believe and its supposed to never exceed 90. So its an adventure.


   Tomorrow I have a job interview for the position of trial assistant with my friend Alex's mom's firm! O=

Comments

[mia76.livejournal.com]

Amsterdam is very nice. But let him know that the space muffins/cakes aren't worth it. LOL. The only time a space brownie worked on me was when my friend made it.

[daemonllama.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about stills outside the realm of chemistry labs, but shouldn't you use a water bath or something between the hotplate and the still to keep it from fluctuating? I know for meth they use a fluid with just the right evaporation temperature, but don't do that because that one of the reasons methlabs blow up.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Hmmm thats a good idea, I'll suggest it to Dave

[daemonllama.livejournal.com]

You could even rig it so there is a thermocouple in the water hooked up that will turn off the heat when the water bath temperature exceeds 80 degrees.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

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