There was this waiter in my dream this evening. He had only ever worked in the classiest of big city restaurants, where he was comfortable in his place as a subordinate serving people. It was, I suppose, all he knew of how to engage with customers, possibly people altogether, and understood that relationship as necessary and familiar ( Read more... )

"It was Ikea Blue... more commonly known as blue."

I was having lunch in Tranquili-Tea yesterday (a vegan/vegetarian restaurant in northtown Arcata) and my friend asked for some hot sauce. They brought us some and as I looked at the bottle, I realized it is hot sauce made by the Black Panther Party. It was called "Burn Baby Burn" and had a little history of the Black Panthers on the side. It was ( Read more... )

Someday I'll attend a rehearsal dinner for a wedding and not be hit on by a drunk bridesmaid

but not today!

"The 1950s were all about seeing how many different foods you could put on top of a single cracker and still have it taste bland."

Kerry

I'm baffled why people from my brother's high school class keep friending me on the Facebook. I mean, I remember who you are, but really? We've never spoken. That I remember. I last saw you when I was twelve.

Additionally, Facebook asked me this

Which example applies to you ( Read more... )

Rogues do it from behind

Linux users do it in the open
Linux users do it mounted
Linux users do it with wine

I got a B- in a class I thought I failed the final for.

A C in a class I missed almost half of and did half the homework for.

A credit in a workshop I didn't show up to.

I'm a little confused. This only justified my being unmotivated. Especially that B-, I mean, I got a C- on the midterm. What?

The other day I went into Humboldt Herbals to buy some peppermint tea, which I have been out of since June. I was browsing their teas, and I saw one labeled, "Polari Tea," and I though to myself, what the hell? Polari Tea? I proceeded to ask the lady working about it, and she pointed out that it was a pun (polarity, polari-ty, polari-tea, get it? ( Read more... )

sometimes when I turn on my computer, the theme and style of the windows and desktop are completely different than when I turned it off.