Things That Just Make Sense

Things That Make Me Nostalgic #3,282

90's, I loved you... I miss you.

Things I'm Not Addicted To (Kinda)

So, I think my two coffees a day "addiction" is more so like the way that people get into smoking. Boredom, usually a nice excuse to get out of the shop and go for a walk, everyone else is doing it so why not? I wouldn't say I'm addicted. Not like the way that people are when they wake up groggy, stumble out of bed and head-first into the nearest wall and need a coffee to return them to a working basal level before they can start their day.

Not my style.

I don't even like the taste of coffee. I've never drank a black coffee in my life. I order lattes and other fun drinks that add sweetness and maybe even whipped cream. It's kind of like alcohol for me - I don't want to taste the alcohol, I just want something that tastes good. Probably more akin to candy than beer.

More so though, I've become addicted to coffee shops. Hanging out with a nice drink with a book or your laptop and lazily getting things done or not doing anything at all is ideal for a chill day... I like hanging out on the couches of Kafka's down on Main between Broadway and 10th or Our Town on the corner of Kingsway and bway or Gene on Main and Kingsway. There's rarely anyone on the couches at Kafka's and Our Town when I'm there, which is weird but perfect for curling up with The Book Thief or the paper or fooling around on my laptop. They have delicious treats (salty caramel cookies!) and make their vanilla lattes just the way I like 'em. I know I can do that at home as well but there's something about people watching that's so fun that I definitely can't do from the comfort of my bedroom. These three shops are the best for that since they're deep into hipster territory. Always an interesting time...

I remember when I first started drinking coffee drinks. I used to get jittery and sort of drunk feeling, which was weird. Suppose I've gotten used to them now since I don't get the shakes anymore.

I also find it weird when people say they can't have coffee after 4 pm or whenever because "it'll keep them up all night..." Especially people my age. I guess I do have the metabolism of a hummingbird and can just get it out of my system quick enough for bedtime? I dunno. Weird.

Things That I'm In Love With #5,678

Heard this on Entourage this week and am totally in love with it. Feel like I need a massive bathtub, candles, maybe some wine or champagne and a big heart o' sadness to listen to it on repeat. haha

Also, I think the background music is a synthesizer and that's totally rad...

Things That Are Helpful In Calming Me Down...

I want to crawl into bed and throw the covers over my head and hide from the world...

Maybe I can chalk it up to being too hot out and not drinking enough water?

Things That Get Done On An Unexpected Day Off...

B.C. Family Day is today. I started it out well with a nice brunch and then rolled to work where I talked Sean into giving me the day off... should've probably talked to him about it yesterday when he actually asked if I wanted it off but it kind of worked out since I got a real day off since no one really knows I have it off and I'm hermiting at home. Shhhh. :)

So, yeah, not necessarily in any order:

- napping

- writing

- applying for jobs

- lying on the floor

- hanging out with my roommate and having a conversation beyond the tired, "Hey." "Hey." "Going to bed now." "Night."

- snacking

- calling my mother and having a conversation beyond "Hey Mum, just on a break at work... How's life?... Good?... Things are awesome here... Yeah, finally sunny... yeah, I'm eating well and getting enough sleep... okay, gotta go. Love you."

- taking out my contacts to give my eyes a break

- reading

- finding new and awesome music - Bettie Serveert. Lovelovelove

- watering the garden

- picking beans and chard and lettuce and eating it while sitting next to the plants

- getting excited over seeing fruit on the tomato plant that we were worried wasn't going to produce fruit

- daydreaming

- trying to make sense of feeling guilty that I'm not working. This one confuses me. Am I just so used to working that I feel strange when I'm not? That I should be. WTF.

- looking at old pictures

- finding random pictures on the internet since I haven't touched my camera in three weeks

Want.