Shopping Needed

A pretty great day overall, though food today, while relatively healthy was definately on the boring side. On the bright side, there were highlights of fresh fruit, though - mango! pluot! apples!

Lunch was simply greens with clover sprouts and some grilled chicken. On the side, the roasted acorn squash with a touch of honey was delightful. My favorite spin instructor was back after being out for a month (!), so a hard workout (despite incredibly sore legs from weights yesterday) left me hungry in the afternoon which led me to more yogurt...with honey! Twice in one day, a girl has got to have her pleasures.

In an after-work indulgence, I did sample a few sweet potato fries with my amber, mildly hoppy micro-brew. Dinner (on the late side, due to 1.5 hours at the voting poles) was chicken andoille sausages accompanied by a large portion of sauteed spinach and sundried tomatoes, seasoned with sea salt and cayenne pepper.

The chicken sausage (a trader joes-keep-it-in-freezer-emergency food) had only recognizable ingredients, and only 5 ingredients at that (chicken, evaporated cane sugar...and a couple other things). Pretty impressive for a sausage!

Inspired

I was browsing blogs yesterday, for probably the first time ever. And I became inspired. Now, I am not a writer, nor do I consider myself creative. But there is that saying: "Life is not about finding yourself, but about creating yourself." So, here I am. Finding a creative outlet. Developing a new aspect of my personality. Forcing myself to be more open. Now, something I think I am great at is living a great life. I love food, travel and friends. I love being active. I love, love, love biking. I love living in San Francisco and in California. And, sometimes, I love thinking about how I can be more than I am now.

Right now, though, I have to head off to work. I have cup of freshly roasted french-press prepared coffee from Uganda in my hand. I just ate a cup of greek yogurt with mango (from the local tienda, of course). I had hoped to sprinkle a few toasted pecans or slivered almonds with it, but Trader Joe's hasn't happened in a couple weeks.

The sun is shining. Now GO VOTE.

Best store on earth!!

So I don't think I ever mentioned that my new abode is less then 1.5 blocks away from the Salvation Army. Previously in life I have been slightly obcessed with Ross. But I have moved on now. Reuse reuse recycle. It was my first day in the new hood, and much to the disappointment of my caffeine addicted-two hours awake without coffee-aching- head, I did not have a coffee pot or grinder, and thought this would be just the thing to purchase at SA. I kid you not, I am in love with the woman behind the counter. I got the names of the last three people she had slept with, learned all about her eating likes and dislikes, and then, and this is truly wonderful, got the grinder out of the staff kitchen. -- I did feel a little bad about this, but she said nobody had used it for over half a year - and in fact when I was asking the employees about a grinder, my favorite woman was the only one that knew. And the next one that comes in she said she will just put back there again. A book, grinder, maker and 1. 5 hours of entertainment, all for $15. Not bad.

Take this!

I'm going to defenestrate you!

Defenestrate: To throw out a window.

I am not angry. But that is one hell of a fantastic word. I can defenestrate trash too, but that is illegal you know.

Crafty Sea Lion Befuddles Fish Biologists

What a fantastic headline. I love crafty critters - though so deserving of such a better name then C404. I think we should call him Hank.

Hank the Crafy Sea Lion Befuddles Fish Biologists. -- How do you like dem apples?


Crafty Sea Lion Befuddles Fish Biologists

No Metering Lights Required

Some food for thought. Now if only they would construct the Bay Bridge so that the bike lane will get you farther than halfway across the bay.

"It takes two lanes of a given size to move 40,000 people acrossa bridge in one hour by using modern trains, four to move themby buses, twelve to move them in their cars, and only one lanefor them to pedal across using bicycles."-- Ivan Illich, "Energy and Equity," 1973

Note: This does not account for "Blazing Saddles" riders that stop with their bikes in a horizontal position across the aforementioned lane.

Top 10 Quotes from our Landlord

So having recently moved, I have also acquired a new landlord. Now, the old landlord was a bit sketchy, and deserves a page all to himself. This one suffers from either a)personality disorder or b) jackass disorder. Here is a sample:

10 Top Quotes from our New Landlord (predominantly prior to move in)


1. "Don't talk, Don't try to do the thinking for me! I do the thinking!"
2. " If you keep talking I'm just going to hang up on you!"
3. "You're wasting my time"
4. "I'm having a shitty week and you're just adding to it. Stop Thinking! I do the thinking here!”
5. “Let’s not start a legal battle here!” (When asking for the garage door opener)
6. “I don’t want to be put in the crossfire!”
7. “I can’t put the painters in the crossfire!”
8. “You’re asking to be put in the crossfire!” (All in regards to asking to move our couch into our vacant unit 3 days early)
9. “I need to be there. Two sets of eyes are better than one - And by that I mean my eyes are better than yours. You won’t know if the car fits in the spot or not. You need my eyes!”
10. “Are you sure your roommates know the meaning of “mandatory?”
11. Bonus: “Do you think Melanie will be able to handle screwing in the lightbulb? I helped her screw in the lightbulb the other day. I think she got the hang of it.”