Star (has many of my) Bucks.
Posted by todd Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:17:00 GMT
I'm in somewhat of a pickle right now. A lazy, wet, slacker, pickle.
You see it's raining in San Diego, which in case you don't know, causes massive repurcussions throughout the city. Cars crashing at will, people soaking wet (umbrellas aren't exactly huge here), cats and dogs living together.... Mayhem!
Also, it makes me lazy and I'm having trouble going outside to get my morning coffee. It would require pants, probably, and I know you are all with me when I say "fuck pants".
Unfortunately this is a problem. In what may be a fatal error, I'm simultaneously addicted to coffee, and don't own a coffee maker. Normally this isn't an issue since I consider myself to live on top of a giant coffee machine.
Starbucks is immediately below my feet. Sometimes you can even hear the music, softly, through the floor. Just hearing Norah Jones can cause my car to swerve off the road, which is common, although in my case it's not to end the pain; it's to find coffee. Pavlovian, yes, except with boobs. (WIN!)
The lack of a coffee machine in my apartment is a point of contention between my girlfriend and I. Her point of view is that we each spend roughly $60/month at Starbucks, and that this is somehow a waste of money. She's a college student. Damn economics class. My point of view is somewhat more complicated(Shocking, I know).
My opinion, which I'm sure bothers Kayoko since it's purely based on sarcasm, is "But where will the Barista sleep?".
The reality is that yes, it's a huge waste of money, but unlike the other huge wastes of money in our lives, this one goes great with blueberry muffins.
Besides, even the homeless guys here drink Starbucks coffee. They even drink it when it's raining!
The other point of my argument is that to properly run a coffee maker, you generally want coffee. You can get away without filters with a bit of Macguyver action, but without beans, you're screwed.
I wrote this entire post in the hopes that coffee would magically appear on my desk to avoid walking 30 feet to a coffee shop.
Where do you think I'd go get my coffee beans from?
