STARBUCKS IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE. no, seriously, this week it's official. I'm working every day tomorrow through next Sunday, except for possibly Monday. I went in today planning to do an hour-and-a-half Coffee Master training module, and got guilted into staying and working on the floor for five hours because they were really understaffed. I'm ( Read more... )

_jejune and burndt_jamb sometimes do this, and I decided to give it a try.

happy things today:
1. I AM FINALLY, ACTUALLY, COMPLETELY DONE WITH MY ULYSSES PAPER. I'm so glad to get the damn thing out of my sight.
2. white mocha
3. Jenny's dog Oliver = cuddliness (he's a model!4. coworker Wes and his completely off-the-wall ideas ("I'm going to move the coffee urns ( Read more... )

Things I did this weekend: ( a short list. )

My coworker-on-whom-I-am-trying-not-to-have-a-crush and I mysteriously have the same illness. We literally have the exact same symptoms, except mine started showing up about two days later than his. My last three shifts were with him (two where we closed together, tonight I closed and he was the pre-closer), so we've basically been alternating ( Read more... )

pursuant to my whining about my (nonexistent) love life and how I wasn't having much luck with online personals, both _jejune and burndt_jamb exhorted me to join OkCupid. and I did. this has made me happy for two reasons: (1) OkCupid has more members than the first site I joined, and therefore a slightly higher chance that one of them might be interested in me, and ( Read more... )

This entry is mostly for the benefit of the Divine 13, because I can't imagine that anyone else would be interested.

( cut for stuff no one but Ursuline girls cares about... )

So I've been kinda grouchy for the past few days without really knowing why. I mean, I can pinpoint a few things that have given me unhappy moments, but not enough to explain the general low-level crankiness I've been experiencing ( Read more... )

So according to my income tax returns, I made $9,966.23 in 2005 ( Read more... )

... I probably should have realized before I left the house that an umbrella would do me no good today. I need something that provides better wind and rain protection, like a raincoat with a hood, or a full-body wet suit complete with neoprene balaclava. Sex-sayy ( Read more... )

The Laptop Backlash: Wireless Classrooms Promote Messaging and Web Surfing, Not Learning, Professors Say

And just in case you don't have a Wall Street Journal Online subscription or an employer you can rip one off from: ( the full article. )