I recently noticed a correlation between the types of things written on bathroom walls and the atmosphere of their coffee shops. I will try to recount here, and perhaps add photos later... if I get a camera... it would be embarrassing to use a disposable... with the noise and all.

Coffee house A... Sitwells
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Sitwells is a notoriously pretentious place packed with more poser intellectuals than... well... other coffee shops.

"Read Chomksy"
dude... if everyone read Chomsky we like wouldn't have all these problems man... cuz people don't even know... they don't even fuckin know man.

"Lets change the world with music"
What do you do? Oh you're a banker? Well I'm changing the world with my music, man. What do you think of that?

"You are a being of infinite potential blah blah capability blah wonderful special person blah blah" (paraphrased)
Fag.

"Bush is insert any derogatory adjective at all."
Fag.
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Coffee house B... Baba Budan's
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Baba Budan's is less pretentious than Sitwells maybe because it's in a slightly worse area. It hosts a mix of suits, scenesters, black people, and regular students.

"Taco Bell" (this was underlined 3 times)
Awesome.

"[Get] Us Out Of The Who Dey Nation
End The Occupation"
Much better than, "Bush is stupid" if only because they made fun of the saying, "Who Dey".

Also, someone drew a picture of a cat pooping on the light switch.

More to come.

I really don't get why people run in the rain. What's the big fucking deal with getting a little wet? Maybe I'm crazy, but rain doesn't give me the sudden urge to run. Yes, getting wet is a little uncomfortable. But isn't running more uncomfortable? I've seen fat people jog to their cars in the rain... seriously? So, they realize that this running thing can solve a slight discomfort (getting wet) in their lives... um... I wonder if they've thought about applying this solution to a bigger discomfort... like... being fat. But normal people too. The other day, I saw a normal guy with what appeared to be a weather type jacket on (presumably water resistant) with an umbrella who was jogging in the rain. It wasn't even raining very hard. I think somehow people learn that avoiding the rain is the thing to do and so they do that. Rain by itself just doesn't seem justification enough for seeing normal people suddenly become like frantic scurrying animals who've lost their lids.

I can tell I'm in a bad mood when most people appear superfluous to me. If we build jails because criminals are inconvenient to us, then by extension of that philosophy sometimes I feel like people should be required to stay home whenever I feel like leaving my house.

I had an interesting discussion about my lack of recent romantic involvement last night the conclusion of which was that I need a milf.

So to any single milfs looking for a young stud: drop me a line, you can take me to a movie or to eat or something... I'm pretty poor, so you can take care of me.

Also, I am apparently a house monkey... I think that is like a porch monkey except that I'm toilet trained.

A note to skattered thinkers: 24 hours of no sleep + 2 cups of coffee = good mental state. My theory is that the lack of sleep dulls my mind so that I can't think very well and the coffee livens it up just enough to focus on one task at a time. Time will tell though because sleep sometimes gives me a renewed clarity and I realize that any productive results from my deprived state are actually crap, and therefore useless and not productive at all.

I quit my job at UPS today and it went surprisingly well. The response from my supervisor was actually pretty touching. I told her that I had to take the job for the money and that while I'd known about the possibility of the job for a while, I had just recieved the confirmation and didn't want to tell her until I had it. She basically said that she understood though she wished she had had a little more notice. The HR guy was around too and she told him at least 4 times that she would rehire me in a second if I wanted to return in the future. I told her I couldn't have asked for a better supervisor and sorry and whatnot. Seriously, we can't ask for our supervisors... they're just kind of assigned to us. Just kidding, she may not have been the most laid back person in management, but I would vouch that she was one of the least duplicitous... and for UPS, that's pretty good.


Finally, something you should know about Rohs coffee shop (if you're a guy): the urinal in the mens bathroom has a really high splashback factor; with several cups of coffee and water as fuel, I've tried all angles of attack and there is unacceptable splashback at each; it is a poorly designed urinal; I think your best bet is to aim high and stand back.

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