.......damn it..........

I'm not a big coffee drinker. I like espresso. They are not the same thing. I'm a bit particular about where I get my espresso. And Starbucks is NOT one of those places. I don't like their inundation of the coffee market place. A friend who used to work in Seattle said there were THREE of them IN her building. Three. In one building. There's one two blocks away and I feel weird (it's right next to a Noah's bagels, where you used to be able to get good bagels.). Apparently you can goto a Starbucks in France and they taste the same. Why would anyone in Europe goto a Starbucks? WTF? Suffice to say, it falls under the catagory of chain shopping which I do my best to avoid. About a month ago a coworker brought me a coffee drink for there. It was an iced mocha something or other. I don't know what it was, but it was tasty. I had a hard time denying this. Since then I have caught myself saying that I don't like Starbucks on more than one occasion. Do I or don't I? If I consume from a place does that mean I like it? Or can I disagree with it's existance and still consume from it? That seems a bit hypocritical. The delima persists. And how far do I feel the anti-chain shopping must go? I like the Philly Cheese Steak Shop on Lake Shore and there are several of them. They actually have franchises. Are they a chain? I like to think not, but they have more than a few. It is a conundrum. In the mean time I'll drink to that with my frozen mocha thingy. No need to rush to a conclusion on this one.
In other news, I'm off to bed. I have to be at work at 4 tomorrow. Have I mentioned that? Yes. That's right 4. AM. I'll be up while my friend's in Hawaii are still awake and before my friend's on the East Coast are still sleeping. Oh, except E&J B. They'll be up with their monstrous child. And I'm still not an uncle. K&K are still baking. Their child will be HUGENORMOUS.

Current playing: 50Cent vs. The Bee Gees
Started watching tonight: Arsenal vs. Chelsea