I walked out of the house this morning and noticed a kitten walking aimlessly with a pure beauty bag over his head. What a sad sight. Is that some kind of Halloween joke? I walked over to remove the bag just to realize his head was poked through the SIDE of the bag from a small slit. I looked down from the top of the bag and saw a white take out container sitting at the bottom below the cat's head. I guess the cat was trying to get to the food? I reached for the bag and the cat saw me from above and started panicking. He ran around but since he couldn't see, he was hitting bushes, door steps, more bushes. It was funny and sad. I had to leave the poor thing alone since it was so spastic.
Saturday, October 30, 2004
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Where is it?
My Coffee MUGS! I NEED THEM! TWO are now missing, my tall yellow one and my little cute Christmas 80z one. WTF! I put them on rotation and use them daily to bring to work! What am I going to put my coffee in?? I'm NOT going to put them in a cup and have coffee spilling in my car! WHERE ARE THEY!!! zzzzzzzzzzz....zzz need coffee
Foldgers in the sink
I've been drinking coffee since 1st year university. It started as something I'd sip on just to stay awake. It was a trimester habit during every final. I then started having issues staying awake in class too. Thirteen weeks of classes, thirteen weeks of coffee.
Then one day I got appendicitis and I found my way to the ER. The nurse tried drawing my blood for some blood tests. She made too many attempts and withdrew too few mililiters. She asked if I drank anything that day 'cuz I was so dehydrated. I thought carefully and realized I didn't drink any water or other sort of beverages that day except for coffee. In fact, since the start of the semester I didn't drink anything but coffee. I would fill a big mug in the morning and drink it to the last drop. Then I'd fill it up again at the school coffee shop with more coffee which lasts till I get home. After dinner I'd brew more coffee to sip on while I study. Holly crap! I had lived on Coffee for 10 weeks!
Anyhow, since my coffee days it has always been Starbucks, International Delights Instant Coffee or whatever was brewing at the coffee shop: Beans Bros, Second Cup etc... Then I started working at Starbucks and woa.. MORE COFFEE!!
Anyhow, yesterday I decided to give Foldgers a shot. I brewed it and drank it black to fully experience the comparison to Starbucks. Let me tell ya that sh** has nothing to offer. It's something you offer to someone as a bad joke. That stuff is plain bitter, no flavour, nasty nasty. I thought maybe it's partly psychological, but my boss, who's also a coffee drinker, poured himself a cup thinking it's Starbucks, and he had the same reaction.
Those Foldgers commercials are sure convincing. With that crap brewing in my house I'd freaking wake up too.
Then one day I got appendicitis and I found my way to the ER. The nurse tried drawing my blood for some blood tests. She made too many attempts and withdrew too few mililiters. She asked if I drank anything that day 'cuz I was so dehydrated. I thought carefully and realized I didn't drink any water or other sort of beverages that day except for coffee. In fact, since the start of the semester I didn't drink anything but coffee. I would fill a big mug in the morning and drink it to the last drop. Then I'd fill it up again at the school coffee shop with more coffee which lasts till I get home. After dinner I'd brew more coffee to sip on while I study. Holly crap! I had lived on Coffee for 10 weeks!
Anyhow, since my coffee days it has always been Starbucks, International Delights Instant Coffee or whatever was brewing at the coffee shop: Beans Bros, Second Cup etc... Then I started working at Starbucks and woa.. MORE COFFEE!!
Anyhow, yesterday I decided to give Foldgers a shot. I brewed it and drank it black to fully experience the comparison to Starbucks. Let me tell ya that sh** has nothing to offer. It's something you offer to someone as a bad joke. That stuff is plain bitter, no flavour, nasty nasty. I thought maybe it's partly psychological, but my boss, who's also a coffee drinker, poured himself a cup thinking it's Starbucks, and he had the same reaction.
Those Foldgers commercials are sure convincing. With that crap brewing in my house I'd freaking wake up too.
Friday, October 08, 2004
To be or not to be
We all know that people in general are on their best behavior when they meet someone new. They watch what they say, choose their verbiage, dress to impress, good mannerisms, put in extra efforts etc... But where do you draw the line between being on good behavior and no longer being yourself? Let's say you get into a situation where you are confronted to do something you normally don't do. Do you do it because you don't want to jeopardize the relationship? or do you stand your ground and do what you would normally do? If you choose the former, wouldn't you be giving the false impression of being someone you're not? The task doesn't have to be something that's out of your way. It could be as simple as watching a horror movie when you don't like them, but you watch it anyways. You have now presented yourself as one who enjoys horror movies. On the other extreme, you do things unwillingly (without the other knowing), but you do them anyways to try to impress. You go out of your way to purchase small items to appear thoughtful, you open doors, pull out chairs, keep your make up fresh..
Have you thought of the consequences when you can no longer tolerate to be who you aren't? How long can you keep this up? Until you get what you want? A few weeks/months after you get what you want? Meanwhile, The other person continues to expect you to open doors, receive little tokens of affection, curb your tongue etc... But the demand becomes overwhelming to you. S/He has suddenly become demanding. S/He has suddenly lost tolerance for who YOU are. S/He has changed. Or was it you that has returned from being what you're not?
Have you thought of the consequences when you can no longer tolerate to be who you aren't? How long can you keep this up? Until you get what you want? A few weeks/months after you get what you want? Meanwhile, The other person continues to expect you to open doors, receive little tokens of affection, curb your tongue etc... But the demand becomes overwhelming to you. S/He has suddenly become demanding. S/He has suddenly lost tolerance for who YOU are. S/He has changed. Or was it you that has returned from being what you're not?
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