| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 |
| Litterbirds |
  Consequences of living in a low-crime, high-paranoia area, like Japan: lack of crime, high rates of discrimination against potential criminals (foreigners), and astronomical fines for small offenses.
Consequences of living in an eco-friendly, low-crime, obsessively-PC place like Seattle: high risk of fines for jaywalking, overpraise for tattletaling (call 764-HERO to snitch on carpool lane violators), and incomprehensible statewide green-campaigns. 'Litter and it will hurt?' What does that even mean?
 My little Robin is home for just a moment from her Public Health/ UMichigan/ Haiti adventures, and we found an avian companion! Just bop bop bop along the Bothell-Everett Highway until you pass a big chicken (and egg).
 Lately I just spend my days dusted in either coffee grounds or finger paint, and sometimes go looking for ducks and papier-mache birds. And sometimes I seek out faux-turkey for holiday meals. What to do when I'm feeling particularly feisty? I throw rubbish out the window while driving alone in the carpool lane.
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| Friday, November 02, 2007 |
| Where Courtesy is Contagious |
Nordstrom picked this tagline to pump up employees heading to the sales floor: "Through these doors walk the most courteous people in the world!" However, I bet it was a second-place choice, after Kenmore snatched up "Where Courtesy is Contagious." Courteous, yes. Free to say whatever you want? No. The thought police may soon come after me for saying this, but I heard a rumour about a girl who posted myspace pictures of herself in lingerie purchased with her employee discount, and which store she worked at. She was fired. The moral is: don't bring your work home with you. Alternately: don't bring that JCPenney attitude into Nordy's! We are class all the way.
 I don't even think these are pumpkins. But, they are organic and uber-local, whisked right out of the garden to add autumnal flair to the porch. Halloween snuck right by, and now we're faced with the prospect of eating the candy not taken by all... both... of the trick-or-treaters. I'm searching for side gigs in babysitting or preschooling to counterbalance the constastress coffee job, but at least I've only sold my soul seasonally. And from there, off to Wisconsin to see the fam in January, followed by a scary exam that I haven't yet decided to take, followed by an escape to Cambodia!! (Seeking orphans, predictably enough.) |
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