spending another morning at Fuel before going to work. I finally got my bike fixed at the Alberta bike co-op, and I'm so glad to have it working again. I rode to and from work two days this week. It's a pretty decent ride, 3.5 miles each way. The rides home have been insanely hard because my bike muscles are totally nonexistent and the ride has ( Read more... )

okay, so I'm not really cold right now...I'm inside a cozy coffeeshop on Alberta. But I don't want to leave, because it's cold outside ( Read more... )

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Don't you hate it when you're riding the bus home and it's absoulutely silent except for one idiot who is chattering loudly into his cellphone? And it's so loud that everyone on the bus can hear his entire conversation, but he's oblivious to the fact that he's not the only person on the bus? Yeah, I sat next to that guy on my way home tonight ( Read more... )

Yesterday when I arrived at work, Kelly had great news: I'm getting a transfer to another store! And what's really funny is that, after waiting to transfer since I got here, now there are two stores that want me at the same time. She gave me the choice of SE or NW - and mostly because of transportation issues, I told her I'd go to the NW store. ( Read more... )

I don't know where they announced it, but apparently it's "Bring Your Japanese Exchange Student to Trader Joe's" Week...for the past few days I have seen quite a few families in the store who are accompanied by rather-obviously exchange student-types. The suburban mom will approach the demo table, take a salad, and hand it off to the student, ( Read more... )

Last night when I got off the bus, Alberta street smelled like chocolate. I don't know why. But it reminded me of when I lived in Pietermaritzburg, and I went to visit a friend who lived near the botanical gardens. There was a huge Nestle factory on the way there, so the whole area always smelled like chocolate - that kind of melting-unsweetened ( Read more... )

So, further proof that my creepy-old-man boss who is losing his mind really is losing his mind ( Read more... )

So...the past two nights I've been coming with Julie to work because I'm off, she's working, and I'd rather hang out with her than be at home. Plus, she feeds me. I'm kind of feeling a little sick, and I actually turned septemberish down for going to the concert at Pioneer Square (where it is rumored that Tori Amos is to be the special guest). If it turns ( Read more... )

happy birthday jess!!