Orientation

This job sucks. It's keeping me way too busy for what it is, and since the CA's are running the show, we OL's have nothing to do except stuff packets and pull staples out of bulletin boards.

It's totally worth it, my apartment is amazing.

Yay!

Did you know that it's dark out at 6am in the San Fernando Valley in early September? Becasue I'd forgotten.

Anyway, it's 6:30, and I am hoping to be on the road in the next hour! I'll be back on tonight, from somewhere in the North Monterey Bay area!

GayMart

Money really doesn't discriminate:

http://www.365gay.com/biz/biznews/082206biznews.htm

Things We'll Never Hear Kevin's Parents Say...

Yesterday afternnon was an End-of-Summer Barbeque with some of my dad's co-workers.
Best quote of the day: "Yeah, sure, try the sangrino. In fact, drink whatever you want; you're not driving home. But if I see you with a Corona, you're disowned."
Thank you, Mommy.

Bat Mitzvahs and Books

This morning was the Bat Mitzvah of the girl I've been working with for the summer. She had an excited innocence surrounding her that I remember myself, except that I was obsessive. It was really nice, though. She more than made up for the atrocities the Cantor has been putting the synagogue through lately.

This evening was her reception, which I begged off of a while ago expecting to be spending the evening in San Diego with all of you. However, she did give me a gift card to Barnes & Noble as a thank you gift, so I took my iPod on a date. It was really nice, and exactly what I needed. I've been a chipper combination of confused, angry, and depressed lately (Can someone please tell me how I gently tell my mother that her new-found obsession with spirit mediums and signals is quite overwhelming an alarming to me, and that I am not at all ready to deal with any thoughts about an afterlife?), and something about sitting in a book store reading with Hybrid or Portishead really helped. Plus, I got a fascinating book out of it.

"Brewable Beans"

I am taking a market research survey which is asking me what I think of the potential product, Floger's Coffee "Brewable Beans." Basically, they pre-grind the beans wat too much and then reconcentrate the grinds into little tabs where 1 tab=1 cup--meant for the average American who "hates the guess work in brewing a cup of coffee, and hates that they sometimes brew a pot too strong or too weak." Um, Okay...interesting concept... but, NO.

Then some of the strongly agree-strongly disagree statements were:
"This brand is for people who appreciate the finer things in life."
"This brand brings my mornings to life"
"With this brand I feel I'm doing the best for my family"

HAHAHAHAHAHA.