I am currently in a Tully's coffee, which I think may be the largest Starbuck's competitor here. It is pretty much exactly a Starbuck's but has it beat in one way. It's Wi-Fi is free! (I get Wi-Fi at Starbucks's anyway being an AT&T customer, but whatever). Upon first sip I find that bum bu da bum their coffee is not that great. WOMP WOMP.
Whatever, I feel like some big city urbanite blogging on my mac in a coffee shop while also downloading personal fitness apps on my iPhone. I'm friggin' modern.
Last night was a Friday night to remember, ahhhhh the glory. Actually I went to the gym, for like 2+ hours because, why not? I got nothing else to do. While I was there I was like, I never remember what weight I set it at last time and have no idea if I am progressing or not because of this DUN DUN DA DUN I downloaded an app called iFitness so I can track that shit. We'll see how this goes. I'm hoping to looks like Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV by the end of my time here. That's achievable right? When I got back from the gym I was going to grab some food and maybe a beer, thought about seeing if one of my housemates wanted to go. Then again I wasn't to knock on a dude's door to see if he wanted to go on a spontaneous man date. So I walked to the QFC (Quality Food Center) alone. I got me a bigass Tuna Wrap, some hummus (which turned out to be barely hummus at all, fake commercial crap) and pita chips. It was delicious. Later that night my timid 28 year old roommate knocked, I crawled from my bedspace to greet him and he asked whether I was going to be up for awhile because he was just going to put in a movie but wouldn't if I was going to bed because the sound might disturb me. First off, I cannot hear anything that goes on in his room from my room, so what the hell. But anyway it was very considerate, but not so considerate in that, "I want you to feel welcome", as much as it was, considerate in that "If you were to come into my room and ask me to turn my movie down later I would be frightened and then whimper to myself about it later" I may be too cruel in my judgements as I have said before, but I have something in me that wants me to hate people with crippling timidity. If I were cruel I'd toy with him. Tell him that, "No, I wasn't going to bed, but am going to be watching my own movie, and hate when the sounds of other movies interrupt mine, also, that it would be best if he went to bed, as he has to get up early to help me clean my car in the morning"
ANYWAY that was last night. Nothing exciting. (I just took two more sips, still sucks) Today was nice. I woke up, once again did not want to exit my bed, and snoozed several hundred times. I am going to have to remind my friends of the time difference between here and Iowa because I dislike getting loud texts at 8 or 9 AM, either that or I could turn my phone on vibrate. I'll do vibrate. But I had made an appointment at the Apple store to get some problems with my computer fixed. My baby's been claiming in it's menu bar recently that I need to get my battery checked. I was alll, "nawwww," but then I was all, " OH Shit, didn't some people's batteries blow up and stuff?" HMMMMMM also my superdrive hasnt been able to recognize blank discs. SO I take it in and drop it off. The mac store is bustling as always with it's community of young hipsters, middle aged hipsters and young families. I like the young families the most. Watching the moms and pops awkwardly sit on a stuffed orb with their small child playing Lego Batman on the iMacs. It's cute. Especially because the moms, pops and their kids are all dressed in tip top Pacific Northwest Haute fashion. Whatever though. They say they'll fix it in an hour and a half, SWEET, so I go get a coffee (there are 4 starbuck'ses in this outdoor University Village shopping center, 4! not just one across from each other, but one at each corner, there are also other side, non starbuck's, coffee shops) and then I picked up the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (so far a good read) I picked up the coffee at one starbucks, stopped at the B&N (also containing a Starbucks) and plopped down to read it at the Starbuck's across from where I had bought my coffee. I hoped this Starbuck's wouldnt make me leave due to loitering as I had bought my coffee at the one across the way. I sat, read, watched couples with their dogs (everyone has dogs) and their small kids. I like young families, maybe one day down the road I will play a role in one. Hopefully the role of "young father." A woman with a timid little greyish dog came up and asked me to look after her dog while she got her coffee. I gladly accepted. That's that community trust I am looking for. Apparently it can be found in hip, upper-class shopping centers. That's the place for me. I read for about an hour and a half, then walked back, where my computer was fixed. New Drive, New battery, ALSO I noticed that where there was a slight dent in the side before, it looks like they made some attempts to flatten it. Props Apple crew. Props.
Now I am going to hit up the gym again, using my new iFitness App, then clean out my car, finish getting my room in order, and do a little grocery shopping finally. HUZZAH!
I will write again later about strange observances and such. Also comparing the Forum where I work to both The Children's Theater where I used to volunteer, and to Church, which I used to attend.
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