if you missed out on the starbucks frappuccino happy hour campaign, then that sucks for you.  $2 frappuccinos = awesome (don’t even pretend that you’re not gutted you missed out).

but this morning while i wait for yoga class to start, i needed to use the internet and so i popped into starbucks which (not surprisingly) was about 25 metres away from me.   i enquired into how many ’shots’ of coffee they put in their americanos.  apparently it depends on the size, so i asked for a ’short’ (the smallest) …

I didnt’ actually take this photo. I forgot to take a picture of our food… so i found this one on someone else’s blog. you can visit his food blog here.

since when does it become normal for one to wait in line to eat brunch at a cafe?

if there’s is one thing i miss about enzed, it’s the abundance of good places to eat brunch. and not having to wait in line. and the good coffee. (so if it’s three things i miss about newzealand …

Ever been to a music festival and missed out on seeing the very best sets because:

a)     You didn’t know which bands to look out for; or
b)     Your friend Tessa was spewing in the toilets and you were holding her hair back; or
c)     You were spewing in the toilets and had nobody to hold your hair back (because Pam was busy holding Tessa’s hair back)

Well I can say for certain that I’ve experienced Situation A before, and there’s about a 99% chance I’ll be experiencing B and C in about four weeks …

“why do you guys do couchsurfing?”

“why not?”

“yeah, but why?”

“we have 3 spare spaces for people to sleep.  if we can offer them to people who are new to the city/visiting for a few days, then we get to a) meet someone new b) make a contact somewhere else in the world and c) make life a little bit easier for them.  there’s really no reason not to.”

We’ve only had good experiences so far… we’ve so far received:

a professional haircut
an oil massage
a tarot card reading
free vegan sandwiches
beer
juggling lessons/show
a chance to practice …

Olympics olympics olympics.  Weather Olympics, Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics, Special Olympics.  Olympic this that gloves hat.  Olympics.  Are we Olympic’d out?  I certainly hope not, because after all the hub ub of the Winter Olympic games, we’re just now getting into the stretch that we can really enjoy:  The Paralympic Winter Games.

Brad?  Have you been drinking?  Not just yet.  Then what on God’s ever warming earth are you talking about?  This:  We all know just how wonderful the olympics are, what with their (mostly) non-pro athletes beating each other by …

So the Olympics are going on and that’s really great.  Good job winter Olympics.  You made it.  See, every four years the winter olympics comes around, it shows up sort of thing, and every four years people get all surprised and start to high five it.  ”God damn!  good for it.  it made it another year.”  People say that shit because the winter olympics are shit.  The games are amateur hour.  Compared to the Summer Olympics, the winter ones are barely worth bronze.  Why?  Well because of the medal count …

Earlier tonight I was watching the David Letterman program and Sigourney Weaver was the guest.  She is in a new movie called Avatar and her appearance on the program this late in the game suggests she is low on the list of people pimping the movie.  Still, her lovely visage brought back memories of when I went to see this Avatar movie, not to mention all the coming attractions I saw.

I went to the theatre on a Tuesday and Tuesdays are meant to be cheap night, but when the ticket …

Every year there are those that complain that new year’s is just another day.  It is, sure, but get over it.  We measure time and as arbitrary as January one is, that’s just how she goes.  That said, January one is coming up and it reminds me to look back and consider which music I got into over the course of the year.  I’m not going to worry about a number or even if the albums came out this year.  I’m just going to tell you which albums I really …

On Tuesday, I went down to the movie theaters to watch a movie called Bad Lieutenant.  I’d been looking forward to this flick quite a bit, but when I gave my ticket stub to the guy you give your ticket stub to, I got distracted because he kind of reminded me of a friend of mine.  I assure you it was not because my friend collects ticket stubs.  Point is, I got thinking about how he looked like my friend, ways he didn’t look like my friend, just random stuff.  …