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Starbucks Story Thursday: Birthday Roast

I have one of those Starbucks Gold Card. This membership entitles me to 10% off all of my purchases throughout the year, which means that the savings really add up for a Starbucks drone like me. Another one of its perk…
Epitaph

As I approach my 32nd birthday, I’ve come to terms with the fact that my best years are now behind me. (30 is not the new 20, despite what 35-year-olds say.) I suppose now would be the appropriate time to reflect on my…
Sarah's Encore

Three years ago I started this blog as an outlet to express the emotive reactions I was going through at that time. This was the direct result of the disastrous ending to a relationship I had with a girl named Sarah, a…
Death Cab for Fugly

There is a new law in the state of California that no one really pays attention to. The law, which took effect on July 1, 2008, makes it illegal to drive and talk on your cell phone without using a hands-free kit. If a…
Starbucks Story Tuesday: Morning Grind

It is said that the breakfast of champions is a cigarette and a cup of coffee, although this is usually said by either a) retired, leather-skinned, elderly women on South Beach or b) Vietnam war vets in the psychiatric w…
Voices

Good things generally happen whenever Green Day releases an album. For starters, Green Day is one of the few bands that actually gets better with time. Each new single that they unleash redefines our paradigm of rock m…
Restless Marketing

There is a ploy that drug companies utilize called direct-to-consumer marketing, and its goal seems to be to challenge the intelligence of the average American citizen. Direct-to-consumer marketing involves the use of t…
Untitled

For a moment I thought that I was dead, but I was certain that I was alive. My heart was still beating. But I was surrounded by nothing. There was nothing above or below me, nor was there anything in front of or beh…
Smobbin in the TL

I live on a narrow two-lane street in the middle of a downtown area. On either side of the street are numerous shopping venues, restaurants, and theaters. It’s a very popular place to hang out, and you’ll find many peo…
Top Tracks, Etc.

According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: Lost Ones - Lauryn HillHey Fuck You - Beastie BoysZero - Yeah Yeah YeahsDammit - blink-182Waiting for My Ruca - SublimeLittle Favours -…
Who's the Dumb Bitch?

During the interview segment of the most recent Miss USA competition, celebrity judge Perez Hilton asked Miss California Carrie Prejean what her thoughts were regarding gay marriage. Prejean smiled and responded, “I bel…
This is Me

(Repost) I was told by a friend of mine that I should be a "writer." I don’t know if this was an honest suggestion or not because she told me this in an Instant Message conversation, and I find it hard to gauge someone’…
Starbucks Story Tuesday: Upside-down Macchiato

“Everything okay?” Meredith asked. Meredith was wiping down the table next to mine. I had no idea what the nature of her question was. Was she asking me if my table needed to be cleaned? Was she asking if my hot cho…
The Robot Theory

I'm not religious because I don't believe in fairy tales, but I'm not an atheist because atheism is essentially unambitious existential philosophy. The problem I have with religion is that it dictates how you should liv…
Lost Ones

After work last Monday I got in my car, turned the ignition, and fired up my iPod. The first song to play on the shuffle setting was Lost Ones by Lauryn Hill. I smirked when I heard it because it seemed like this wa…

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