How Starbucks will take over the world

Fact: True Blood is freakin' AWESOME.

Fact 2: Starbucks will take over the world.

There is, in fact, a natural progression to those two facts. And this is how it goes:

I like to watch True Blood (and you should too, because it's freakin' AWESOME!). But the internet at my studio sucks. Like, legit sucks. Like, I can't even watch a 30-second video on YouTube without waiting two decades for it to load, sucks.

So, instead, I load my car up with my laptop on Monday mornings and after work I drive out to my local* Starbucks to enjoy their newest feature...

FREE INTERWEBS

Their internet has two things going for it that my studio does not have.

1. It's FREE
2. It's FAST

(Now imagine if the same related to a hooker, er--)

So, I mosey over to the Starbucks, buy myself whatever hot drink the barista thinks I'm crazy for ordering in this 95+ weather (PLUS a banana-chocolate chip coffee cake!) and settle down to watch True Blood. And use some awesome internet. Because mine sucks.

But seriously! I'm paying $4.26 for some coffee and cake and reDONKulus good internet...EVERY. FREAKIN. WEEK.

Compare that to the one-time $5.00 fee for awful internet (minus coffee and cake) in my studio WHENEVER I WANT IT.

Starbucks. You got me on this one. If you can make me pay that much per internet use, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T DO!!!!

And that's why Starbucks will probably take over the world. Soon.

*15 miles away from work and 6 miles away from studio

A Day at Work

So the title is a bit misleading. I wake up at 5:45am every day for work (gag). While most of you guys are still in dreamland, I have showered, packed a lunch, and already gotten to work for the day. What are these wee hours of the morning like? I documented them today!

5:45am- *groan* Shut up alarm.

6:00am- I'll get up soon...

6:06am- Eff. I should get up...

6:40am- My ride to work is decidedly Lady Gaga filled. Apparently "shuffle" means "every other song shall be Gaga"

7:08am- Yes! A ridiculously large cup of coffee for only $1.54

7:12am- Said cup of coffee has burned my tongue ):

7:26am- As I was leaving a voicemail I forgot what the date was and had to stall by coughing to look it up on my computer -_-;

7:29am- THE BOSS-MAN IS HERE! Oh I also discovered my supervisor is out all week so I don't know if boss-man has been informed of my existance

7:33am- Fantastic. Awesome cup of coffee is leaking from the bottom

8:21am- People on WaPo [WashingtonPost.com] seem to think Steele wasn't lying when he said Obama started the Afghan War. Wha...

8:30am- Confession: Sometimes I put on my chapstick just for the tingly

And so it goes for the rest of the day. Throw in meeting boss-man today (win!) and gaining another 22-page background article to read (anti-win!) work continued in a similar fashion.

I just realized my blog posts are a bit boring without pictures, so in the next one, I'll try to add some photos!

Until then!

--R.

Design. Oy.

So this first blog entry is dedicated to...the blog!

No, seriously! I just spent like 20 minutes learning how to add my own photo as the background (instead of the one that came with the template) and then I spent FOREVER getting my photo to the right size so it would completely take up the background instead of tiling. Because tiling...ew.

Anyway! I have a blog! Who knows what sort of craziness will be put up on here. General ramblings about everything I love (and hate!): Harry Potter, Lady GaGa, TwiSuck (ahem), Stupid People, the works!

I think blogs work better when you generally keep the posts short. So I'll end with-- tomorrow is Friday and then it's a long weekend! Hooray Independence!

Also, watch this video. It's so freakin' adorable. [Link to YouTube].

So, pull out your Red, White, & Blue for the weekend! Bring on the Par-Tay!

--R.

Edit: Okay so I noticed that A- This photo does tessellate downwards and B- The main focal point of the photo is hidden by the post background. Grumblegrumblegrumble. That will change...soon.