Day 40 - Nightmare on Pasta Street

One, two, OG's coming for you
Three, four, better lock your door
Five, six, get your pasta fix
Seven, eight, gonna finish the plate
Nine, ten, never eat again


Tonight featured the Angel Hair pasta w/ the Spicy Meat sauce, Italian Sausage and a Coke.




The pasta was a little over cooked but was edible, the spicy sauce was just that, spicy. I stayed away from the sausage but since I'm coming to the end of the pass I thought I would try and now I know why I didn't. The only taste it had was the saltiness, the sausage itself was bland other than that. I will give this meal a 6 out of 10.
Calories - 940
Cost tonight - $15.57
Up - $375.55



It's only a dream!

Day 39 - Pasta Day

Say, man, you got a pasta pass?
No, not on me, man.
It'd be a lot cooler if you did.


I went with the Angel Hair pasta w/ the Marinara sauce, the meatballs and a Coke.




I was happy to find that my pasta pallet wasn't f**ked. It was a good meal tonight, the pasta was cooked just right and the marinara sauce and meatballs are always good. I got the salad with it which I don't think will be making it through the night in the fridge. I will give this meal a 9 out of 10.
Calories - 870
Cost tonight - $15.57
Up - $359.98


All right, all right, all right.

Day 38 - Dazed and Pasta

Say, man, you got a pasta pass?
No, not on me, man.
It'd be a lot cooler if you did.


I went with the Angel Hair pasta w/ the Marinara sauce, the meatballs and a Coke.




I was happy to find that my pasta pallet wasn't f**ked. It was a good meal tonight, the pasta was cooked just right and the marinara sauce and meatballs are always good. I got the salad with it which I don't think will be making it through the night in the fridge. I will give this meal a 9 out of 10.
Calories - 870
Cost tonight - $15.57
Up - $344.41


All right, all right, all right.

Day 37 - Willy Wonka and the Pasta Factory

Round the world and home again
That's the sailor's way
Faster faster, faster faster

Yet another day of knowing
To Olive Garden we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the pasta's flowing

Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a-blowing

Not a speck of plate is showing
So the pasta must be growing
Are the appetizers a-glowing
is the waitress easygoing

Yes, the pasta must be growing
For the servers keep on serving
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing


Tonight I had the Fettuccine Alfredo w/ Shrimp Fritta and a Coke.




I had to get something different so I went with the dry pasta. In the restaurant it is pretty good but the alfredo sauce can not sit..At all. After about an hour I was finished and the taste was good, just dry. I'll give this meal a 7 out of 10.
Calories - 1360
Cost tonight - $17.07
Up - $328.84




Stop the boat.

Day 36 - Pastafest

Pasta recall. I gave my subjects massive quantities of pasta and then I taught them things while they were bloated. When they woke up the next morning, they couldn't remember anything. But when I gave them pasta again, they remembered everything that I taught them the night before.


Last night I had the Angel Hair pasta w/ the Meat sauce, Chicken Fritta, Pasta e Fagioli soup and a Coke.




This was by far my worst meal there, the pasta was so over cooked it was mushy and I've had fish that tasted more like chicken than this. I ended up tossing it and eating the soup and bread sticks. I will have to give this my lowest score of a 1 out of 10.
Calories - Nearly none
Cost tonight - $16.07
Up - $311.77



Das Boot!

Day 33 - The Joy of Pasta

Okay, to load the bread stick just tap it. Pull out a little bit of sauce.. just a little bit of sauce like so and tap it. Tap it right in there and that will assure even distribution of the sauce on the bread stick. Now you want to take your number two fork and twirl the pasta, start from the middle and just twirl it around your fork. Just twirl it back and forth, back and forth till you have a happy little bit of pasta ready to be gobbled up. Maybe you want to get a little bit of the marinara, just a tiny, tiny bit and add it into the pasta. Then just for fun, you can add some of the chicken fritta to top off the bite. Or maybe it's the shrimp fritta tonight, it's up to you, totally and completely up to you. I think either one would make it a happy little bite.

Last night I had the Angel Hair pasta w/ the Marinara and Chicken Fritta.




It wasn't too bad, the pasta was done just right and the chicken was not over cooked. The marinara sauce was okay and there was just enough for all the pasta so it was easy to eat. Over all, the week ended better than it began, I will give this meal a 8.5 out of 10. I was going to post this last night but right before I did a unicorn knocked on my window and was all, come out and play.. F**kin' A right I'm going out to have fun! How many chances do you get to play with a unicorn?
Calories - 930
Cost tonight - $16.07
Up - $295.70



Let's put a happy little tree over here.

Day 32 - Pasta Rock

Dance your cares away
Worry's for another day
Let the music play
Down at Olive Garden

Work you cares away
Dancing's for another day
Let the Fraggles play
We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red

Dance your cares away
Worry's for another day
Let the music play
Down at Olive Garden
Down at Olive Garden
Down at Olive Garden


Tonight I went with the Angel Hair pasta w/ Spicy Meat sauce, Shrimp Fritta and a Coke.




I was thinking about skipping after last night but I pushed through and... it turned out okay. I am sticking with the Angel Hair for all take out. It is the most forgiving to being over cooked, which it was. The meat sauce was good tonight, it was really spicy which helped with the taste. The shrimp was okay but it really doesn't go well with the meat sauce, once again I really just needed a different taste. Other than the overcooked pasta it was good so I will give this meal a 7.5 out of 10.
Calories - 1110
Cost tonight - $18.07
Up - $279.63




Look, Ma! I got a Fraggle!

Day 31 - The Usual Pasta

What is the Pasta Pass? It is supposed to be Turkish. Some say it came from Germany. Nobody believed it was real. Nobody ever saw it or knew anybody that ever used one, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have used a Pasta Pass. You never knew. That was its power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. It's gone.


Tonight I had the Penne Pasta w/ the Meat sauce, Meatballs and a Coke.




It is getting to be a chore to finish the pasta, it tasted okay but it is still pasta after pasta after pasta. I could probably stretch out their whole menu further but limited to only 3 good take home sauces it gets pretty bland. I'll be strong and push through the pasta and give this meal a 7 out of 10.
Calories - 970
Cost tonight - $15.57
Up - $261.56




How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?

Day 30 - Pa5ta

What's in the box, what's in the box. What's in the f**king box?!?!


Woah, woah.. tonight it was just the Penne pasta w/ the 5 Cheese Marinara, Chicken Fritta, Pasta e Fagioli soup and a Coke.




The pasta and sauce were okay but I just couldn't make it through all the pasta tonight. The chicken was overcooked and hard so over all the meal was not great. I did then have the soup and I'm thinking salad coming up later. I will give this meal a 5 out of 10.
Calories - 1200
Cost tonight - $16.07 *between the dash and the dollar sign I may have reheated and finished the rest of the pasta
Up - $245.99





People will barely be able to comprehend it, but they won't be able to deny it.

Day 29 - Pulp Pasta

Jules: I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished! Well, allow me to retort. What does the Pasta Pass look like?
Brett: What?
Jules: What country are you from?
Brett: What? What? Wh - ?
Jules: "What" ain't no country I've ever heard of. They speak English in What?
Brett: What?
Jules: English, motherf***er, do you speak it?
Brett: Yes! Yes!
Jules: Then you know what I'm sayin'!
Brett: Yes!
Jules: Describe what the Pasta Pass looks like!
Brett: What?
Jules: Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherf***er, say what one more Goddamn time!
Brett: It... it's green...
Jules: Go on...
Brett: It's plastic
Jules: Does it look like a bi*ch?
Brett: What?
Jules: [Shoots Brett in the shoulder] DOES IT LOOK LIKE A BI*CH?
Brett: No!
Jules: Then why you try to f**k it like a bi*ch?
Brett: I didn't...
Jules: Yes you did. Yes you did! You tried to f**k it. And the Pasta Pass don't like to be f***ed by anybody except Mrs. Pasta Pass.

Tonight the Olive Garden Pasta Pass featured meal was Angel Hair pasta w/ Marinara sauce, Meatballs and a Coke(which I think was diet).






The pasta was almost done right tonight so over all that made it a much better meal. The meatballs were pretty good and there was enough sauce for 100 percent coverage. Didn't drink the Coke but I don't factor that into my scores anyway so tonight I will give this meal an 8.5 out of 10.
Calories - 770
Cost tonight - $15.57
Up - $229.92




Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France?

Day 26 - P.A.S.T.A.

Passed crusaders, working overtime
Fighting crime, fighting crime
Secret raiders who will neutralize
As soon as they arrive, at the site
Trakker’s gonna lead the mission
And Spectrum’s got such super vision
P-P-P-P-PASS!
Is the mighty power that can save the day
P-P-P-P-PASS!
No one knows what lies behind the pasquerades
P-P-P-P-PASS!
Always riding hot on VENOM’s trail
Come see the laser rays
Fire away


Tonight I went with the safe meal and got the Angel Hair pasta w/ The Meat sauce, Chicken Fritta,  Pasta e Fagioli soup, bread sticks and a Coke.



The meal wasn't totally safe because the sauce was limited on tonight's meal again. I don't know if it is a "to go" thing but the lack of sauce is the easiest way to ruin the meal. It was flavorful up until the last quarter then I was scraping for sauce. The chicken was cooked almost perfectly and the soup gave my pallet something other than pasta. The bread sticks were awesome with the soup. Over all it was a good combination and i will give this plate an 8 out of 10.
Calories - 1380
Cost tonight - $16.07
Up - $214.35



Illusion is the ultimate weapon.

Day 25 - Arrested Pasta

I've made a huge mistake.


So, tonight I ignored my own advice and got the Fettuccine pasta w/Alfredo sauce, Chicken Fritta, Pasta e Fagioli soup, a Coke and possibly left over salad later.




The chicken was good but the pasta was really dry. I knew that was going to be the case but I am starting to need something different. I definitely couldn't be a zombie, brains all the time would be so bland. I ended up just eating all the chicken and about half the pasta. Since I wasn't stuffed on the pasta I had the Pasta e Fagioli soup which is really good. If you never had it just think of as an Italian chili. I'm going back for the salad from yesterday(?) later on. I'm not factoring the dryness into my 8 out of 10 score.
Calories - 1090/2 & 380
Cost tonight - $16.07
Up - $198.28





Steve Holt!

Day 24 - Pasta Park

Goin' down to Olive Garden, gonna have myself a time
Friendly faces everywhere, humble folks without temptation
Goin' down to Olive Garden, gonna leave my woes behind
Ample parking day or night, people spouting, "Howdy neighbor!"
Headin' on up to Olive Garden gonna see if I can't unwind
I like girls with lots of bread sticks I like girls with pasta passes
Come on down to Olive Garden and meet some friends of mine


Tonight I had the Angel Hair pasta w/ the Meat sauce, Meatballs, salad and a Coke.






The sauce and meatballs were their normal self tonight but the pasta was a little overcooked. The biggest issue was that the container was stuffed full of it. The sauce hardly made a dent so I ate mostly dry pasta. I decided to go with the salad tonight because I haven't got it in a while. I don't usually because they give you this giant container of lettuce and this tiny container of dressing. Overall it was pretty good and the salad bumped up the score a little to a 7.5 out of 10.
Calories - 1140
Cost tonight - $15.57
Up - $182.21



Oh my god! They killed Kenny.

Day 23 - Full Pasta Jacket

Tonight, you pukes will sleep with your passes. You will give your pass a girl's name because this is the only p***y you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging ol' Mary-Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over! You're married to this piece. This weapon of plastic and ink. And you will be faithful. Port, hut!


On the menu tonight was the Angel Hair Pasta w/ the 5 Cheese Marinara!!!, Shrimp Fritta and a Coke.






The pasta was a little over cooked but the Angel Hair is forgiving in that respect so it wasn't too bad. The shrimp was over cooked as well and those little guys definitely paid the price. There was one that i'm not 100 percent sure was shrimp. The sauce was pretty good and there was plenty to cover all the pasta. I'm giving this meal a 6.5 out of 10.
Calories - 1100
Cost tonight - $17.07
Up - $166.64





Seven-six-two millimeter. Full metal jacket.

Day 22 - Pasta Darko

28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the pasta pass will end..

On deck tonight was the Penne pasta w/ Meat sauce & Meatballs and a Coke. I got the Chicken & Gnocchi soup to try (not a big soup eater) but didn't care for it.




The pasta was cooked just right and the meat sauce was pretty good, it did have a hint of the sausage this time but nothing like the first day. The meatballs were good, they have that processed store bought taste but they are edible. As I said the Chicken Gnocchi soup tasted okay but I didn't care for it and it isn't part of the 7 out of 10 score I am giving this meal.
Calories - 970
Cost tonight - $15.57
Up - $149.57





Cellar Door.

Day 19 - Scene Missing

I don't want to think of a theme because I'm on a Dexter binge and Pexter was too close to making this blog NC-17. To make up for it here is a video of a baby monkey eating..



I had the Angel Hair pasta tonight w/ Spicy 3 Meat sauce & Chicken Fritta. I'm glad(?) to say I didn't hit the dreaded pasta wall..




The pasta and sauce were good but there was not nearly enough sauce. The chicken was almost solid rock, I had some of the salad as well tonight which is never bad. I will give this meal a 5 out of 10.
Calories - 1280
Cost tonight - $17.07
Up - $134.00



Stupid Monkey.

Day 18 - The Pasting

All pasta and no play makes Jack a dull boy
All pasta and no play makes Jack a dull boy
All pasta and no play makes Jack a dull boy
v All pasta and no Play ma es Jack a dull boy
All pasta and no play makes Jack a dull boy
All pasta and no play makes Jack a dull boy
All pasta and no ply makes Jack a dull boy
All pasta and no pllay makee Jack a dull boy
All pasta and no play makes Jaca a dyll boy



So yea, I had pasta tonight..I hope it was just a bad meal and not the pasta wall but the Spaghetti w\ Marinara & Chicken Fritta was not my favorite meal.





The meal started out okay but a quarter of the way through it started taking at least an hour for each bite. After about hour twelve I made it to half way and had to stop. I think everything was overcooked as the chicken was mostly hard pieces as well. The Coke was cold so I will give this meal a 2 out of 10. I think I will be eating the Pasta e Fagioli soup shortly...
Calories - 870/2
Cost tonight - $16.07
Up - $116.93





Heeeere's Johnny.

Day 17 - American Pasta

New meal. What do you think?
Whoa-ho. Very nice. Look at that.
Picked it up from the restaurant today.
Good coloring.
That's Cavatappi. And the sauce is something called Marinara.
It's very cool, Bateman, but that's nothing. Look at this.
That is really nice.
Penne with Alfredo sauce. What do you think?
Nice.
Jesus. That is really super. How'd a nitwit like you get so tasteful?
[Thinking] I can't believe that Bryce prefers Van Patten's meal to mine.
But wait. You ain't seen nothin' yet. ..two Meatballs.
Impressive. Very nice.
Hmm.
Let's see Paul Allen's plate.
[Thinking] Look at that Angel Hair pasta. The 5 Cheese Marinara. Oh, my God. It even has the Shrimp Fritta.
Is something wrong, Patrick? You're sweating.


Tonight I stuck with the safe meal and got the Angel Hair pasta w/the Meat sauce & Shrimp Fritta and a Coke.




The pasta and meat sauce were pretty good. Although the shrimp doesn't really go with the meat sauce, it helps to mix up the plates so my stomach doesn't know I'm eating the same thing every night. I had a little Extra too so I will give this meal a 7 out of 10.
Calories - 1030
Cost tonight - $17.07
Up - $100.86!!




I have to return some videotapes.

Day 16 - Harold and Kumar go to Olive Garden

I want that.
What? A Hot Dog Heaven super chili cheese dog?
No. I want that feeling. The feeling that comes over a man when he gets exactly what he desires. I need that feeling!
Are you saying what I think you're saying?
We gotta go to Olive Garden.
YES! YES! I knew you had it in you dude!


Tonight featured the Penne Pasta w/ the Marinara sauce & Meatballs. I also picked up the Pasta e Fagioli soup but have yet to eat it as usual..




The pasta was cooked just right and the Marinara sauce paired well with the Penne and the meatballs. Nothing spectacular with tonight's meal but good overall so I will give it a 7 out of 10
Calories - 800
Cost tonight - $15.57
Up - $83.79



The universe tends to unfold as it should.

Day 15 - Pasta Club

Welcome to the Pasta Pass. The first rule of the Pasta Pass is: you do not talk about the Pasta Pass. The second rule of the Pasta Pass is: you DO NOT talk about the Pasta Pass!


I plan on sticking with the red sauces for take out after last week so today I went with the Angel Hair pasta w/ the Spicy 3 Meat sauce & Chicken Fritta and a Coke.





Some of the pasta was not done but other than that it was a pretty good plate. The chicken was good and the spicy sauce was well, spicy... I got the Minestrone soup as well but that became a left over which will probably turn into a midnight snack some night this week. Overall, pretty good so I will give it an 8 out of 10.
Calories - 1180
Cost tonight - $18.09
Up - $68.22



The things you own end up owning you.

Day 12 - Days of Pasta

All right. While we're still under a caution, I want you to go back out on that track and eat the bread stick.
Eat the bread stick?
EAT the bread stick.
What for?
Because you've ate every other goddamned thing out there, I want you to be perfect.  

Tonight I picked up the Whole Wheat Linguine w/ the Roasted Mushroom Alfredo Sauce and Chicken Fritta. I stopped at my moms and shared the Pasta e Fagioli and bread sticks with her while I spent some time there and ate.




This was the biggest disappointment so far. The mushroom sauce was a little dry last time and I thought it was from the reheating. With the combination of the whole wheat and that sauce this time, it was just way too dry to eat. I finished about half of it before I ran out of Coke and gave up. The chicken was the only saving grace so this meal squeaks by with a 3 out of 10. The flavor is good but it was only 45 min between when I called and when I ate so I don't recommend the mushroom sauce for To Go orders. I will try it again when I eat in because the sauce does have a great taste just also has a time limit.
Calories - 1320/2
Cost tonight - $16.07
Up - $50.13



No, no, he didn't slam you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you... he rubbed you. And rubbin, son, is racin'.

Day 11 - The Pasta Sauce report

Hello Peter, what's happening..Aaaaah we have sort of a problem here, yeaaah you apparently didn't put one of the new packets of grated cheese in with that last pasta pass to go order.
Oh yea i'm sorry about that I, I forgot.
Umm Yea, you see we are putting the packets of grated cheese in with every pasta pass to go orders now before they go out. Did you see the memo about this?
Yeah, yeah yeah I have the memo right here.. I, I just forgot but it's not shipping out till tomorrow so there's no problem.
Yea if you could just go ahead and make sure you do that from now on that would be great and ahh I'll go ahead and make sure you get another copy of that memo. Okay..
Yeah.. no, I have the memo. I got it, it's right...


I am finished up with on-call or what we like to call it.. hell-week. Ok, not really. It's actually very easy as I can reboot a VDI over VPN on my ASS. I'm really lucky to have such a great job. Enough about me everyone is here to see those spicy pasta pixx. Tonight I ate in house at the OG and had the Whole Wheat Linguine w/ the Alfredo Sauce & Shrimp Fritta, salad, water and wine!





It was a good meal/time over all. The whole wheat pasta was surprisingly good, I didn't notice the big difference in taste like you would get with white and whole wheat bread. The sauce went well with the Linguine and the Shrimp Fritta was very well done again. With the toppings I believe the shrimp is my favorite. The wine tied everything together very well and was a good way to add a fresh taste to these meals. I give this meal an 8 out of 10.
Calories - 1450
Cost tonight - $7.07 (wine n tip aren't part of the pass)
Up - $34.06



Excuse me... I believe you have my stapler.

Day 10 - Pinky and the Pasta ...and Day 9

Gee Brain what do you want to do tonight?
Same thing we do every night Pinky... Go to Olive Garden!


I went with the Spaghetti w/ the Meat Sauce and Chicken Fritta, the Minestrone soup and a Coke. Last night I had the Angel Hair Pasta w/ the Spicy Three Meat Sauce and Meatballs but forgot about my blog. No pic from last night either, just picture Day 5 with the Meatballs.





Day 9
This was the best I've had so far. I was going to get a pic but it was gone before I had a chance. The addition of the meatballs made it the traditional Italian chain restaurant meal. I give it my highest score of a 9.5 out of 10
Calories - 1300
Cost tonight - $15.57
UP!! - $10.92

Day 10
The Spaghetti was cooked just right and the meat sauce was good this time, it was the opposite of Day 1 and it has a great taste without the sausage drowning everything out. The Chicken Fritta has been good overall and tonight was no exception. I give this meal a 7 out of 10.
Calories - 1040
Cost tonight - $16.07
Up - $26.99






Narf.