November 1: Nano Haiku

Haken the Death Knight
Likes origami, painting
and killing people

I had a surprisingly hard time with this one, and it's only the first day! This is sort of backwards how I wanted it to be, my first draft was opposite (Haken the DK / Kills women, children, kittens. / Happiest while painting), but the syllable count was off and I couldn't make it work. I wrote a couple others while trying to make the first one work, so I'll include them as well.

Haken the Death Knight
Kills women, children, kittens.
Alliance only.

Haken the Death Knight
Must be good, can't kill people
Reward: books and hugs

November 1: Nano Haiku

Haken the Death Knight
Likes origami, painting
and killing people

I had a surprisingly hard time with this one, and it's only the first day! This is sort of backwards how I wanted it to be, my first draft was opposite (Haken the DK / Kills women, children, kittens. / Happiest while painting), but the syllable count was off and I couldn't make it work. I wrote a couple others while trying to make the first one work, so I'll include them as well.

Haken the Death Knight
Kills women, children, kittens.
Alliance only.

Haken the Death Knight
Must be good, can't kill people
Reward: books and hugs

Five Guys Burgers

Tried Five Guys Burgers
Oh my god, SO EXPENSIVE
It's just a burger.

Belly full of lunch
There must be a better time
to clean up hairballs

After work I wanted to get a frozen yogurt. When I saw Five Guys Burgers opened (next door, they had been in construction for a while), I decided to stop in. We hadn't had any in California before this one, but I heard they were really good, so I was excited to try it.

WTF. $8.50 for a burger and small soda. In a fast food place. I didn't even order fries. Insane. It was a slightly better than average burger (for fast food). Not outstanding. Not worth so much more than other fast food burgers. Better than In'n'Out (though I'm not an In'n'Out fan). However, at least In'n'Out has a drive-through.

They must be making a crazy amount of money there though. In the middle of the day (an off-time), I was order 92. They called 62 right after I ordered and I only waited maybe ten minutes -- so 30 people in 10 minutes likely paying more than $10 each. The line was endless, the place was packed. (They did no advertising that they were open as far as I'm aware, just word of mouth.)

It was interesting to watch them work. They had maybe twelve "cooks" (burger makers?) in a space that would have been comfortable for half that -- they were literally arm-to-arm, in contact with each other most of the time. One person toasted buns, one put wrapper down, one put ketchup/mayo/mustard on bun, next put veggies, one cooked burgers, and so on. Really organized and impressive, but it must be hellish to work there.

Sadly, I filled up on Diet Coke while waiting for my order, so I didn't bother getting my frozen yogurt. Wish I had gotten that instead -- I hadn't really been in the mood for a burger, but I wanted to try them.

Five Guys Burgers

Tried Five Guys Burgers
Oh my god, SO EXPENSIVE
It's just a burger.

Belly full of lunch
There must be a better time
to clean up hairballs

After work I wanted to get a frozen yogurt. When I saw Five Guys Burgers opened (next door, they had been in construction for a while), I decided to stop in. We hadn't had any in California before this one, but I heard they were really good, so I was excited to try it.

WTF. $8.50 for a burger and small soda. In a fast food place. I didn't even order fries. Insane. It was a slightly better than average burger (for fast food). Not outstanding. Not worth so much more than other fast food burgers. Better than In'n'Out (though I'm not an In'n'Out fan). However, at least In'n'Out has a drive-through.

They must be making a crazy amount of money there though. In the middle of the day (an off-time), I was order 92. They called 62 right after I ordered and I only waited maybe ten minutes -- so 30 people in 10 minutes likely paying more than $10 each. The line was endless, the place was packed. (They did no advertising that they were open as far as I'm aware, just word of mouth.)

It was interesting to watch them work. They had maybe twelve "cooks" (burger makers?) in a space that would have been comfortable for half that -- they were literally arm-to-arm, in contact with each other most of the time. One person toasted buns, one put wrapper down, one put ketchup/mayo/mustard on bun, next put veggies, one cooked burgers, and so on. Really organized and impressive, but it must be hellish to work there.

Sadly, I filled up on Diet Coke while waiting for my order, so I didn't bother getting my frozen yogurt. Wish I had gotten that instead -- I hadn't really been in the mood for a burger, but I wanted to try them.