In other addiction news, I am shamefully fond of the starbucks series of flavored coffees. There are a few reasons this is shameful, not the least of which is of course that it is starbuck's. However the most important is: I hate coffee. No really, I actually can't stand the stuff. Which makes it all the more surprising that I am so enamoured with the starbuck's vast array of coffee beverages. Both the frappuccino's and the doubleshots are enticing and delicious, combined with the CLIF bar ICE series, its an almost lethal blend of caffinated substances and late nights. Unfortunately it hasn't helped my productivity at all as I get easily sidetracked into such useful tasks as "spending 5 hours searching the int0rweb for one font" and "reorgainzing and renaming my mp3 collection".
I have been looking for new clothes lately. Perhaps it is the weather and my lack of non-pants options, but I need more skirts I have decided. The lip service plaid miniskirt line has me particularly tempted. I am such an accessory whore as well. I love having everything matching, down to my shoes. I just picked up a pair of black creepers with pinks stars and trim from the lovely Gnat. I have such an ample assortment of bracelets and chokers in every possible color combination. My jelly bracelet collection alone rivels that of any candy raver (though I always only wear black with one accent color) I have even been known to have emergency hair dying sessions when I felt that my hue would clash too loudly with what I was planning on wearing. However today is laundry day, and thusly I am wearing a melange of colours, nothing that is left clean really matches and therefore I am somewhat out of sorts. I hate not having every detail under my control but am too fussy and OCD to wear clothes that I have mentally tagged as soiled and though I am sure I look perfectly presentable to any onlookers, I feel horridly out of place and obvious in my careless attire. But tomorrow I shall be back in action with fresh clean clothes with perfectly matched pink accessories and can truly feel comfortable in my clothing expressionism again.
I have been looking for new clothes lately. Perhaps it is the weather and my lack of non-pants options, but I need more skirts I have decided. The lip service plaid miniskirt line has me particularly tempted. I am such an accessory whore as well. I love having everything matching, down to my shoes. I just picked up a pair of black creepers with pinks stars and trim from the lovely Gnat. I have such an ample assortment of bracelets and chokers in every possible color combination. My jelly bracelet collection alone rivels that of any candy raver (though I always only wear black with one accent color) I have even been known to have emergency hair dying sessions when I felt that my hue would clash too loudly with what I was planning on wearing. However today is laundry day, and thusly I am wearing a melange of colours, nothing that is left clean really matches and therefore I am somewhat out of sorts. I hate not having every detail under my control but am too fussy and OCD to wear clothes that I have mentally tagged as soiled and though I am sure I look perfectly presentable to any onlookers, I feel horridly out of place and obvious in my careless attire. But tomorrow I shall be back in action with fresh clean clothes with perfectly matched pink accessories and can truly feel comfortable in my clothing expressionism again.
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go to your local starbucks ( i always chose to bring my own coffee) and sit outside, preferably during early morning hours..and watch all the yuppies (at least here, thats the majority of the consumers) anyways..watch them go into *starbucks* in their designer sweats and messed hair..groggy and somewhat acting like a normal person.
BUT ahhhh..the moment that they get their horrible tasting $5.00 drink, they are majically transformed...they walk out with their head held higher..you can imagine (if you have an imagination like mine) that they are screaming inwardly.." look...i spent $5.00 on a drink that tastes like shit, just so i can show my status...just so everyone will know...
i am a starbucks yuppie".
i wonder what kind of drugs starbucks is using...ha.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/starbucks/
Since march 2001, Starbucks has:
* Sworn off ever using GE coffee beans.
* Started offering rBGH-free milk and soymilk as an option in all of its 3000 US cafes.
* Reformulated some of its products to avoid GE ingredients.
* Admitted that less than one percent of its $2.6 billion in sales are from Fair Trade coffee.
* Started offering organic yogurt and milk in many of its US cafes.
* Agreed to start brewing Fair Trade and organic coffee as its "coffee of the day" at least one day a month in the USA and Canada.
* Admitted that 80% of the 32 million gallons of milk it buys each year in the US are tainted with Monsanto's rBGH.
* Begun test marketing organic baked goods.
* Started selling Fair Trade certified coffee in bulk form in all of its cafes worldwide.
* Agreed to start paying at least slightly more for the coffee it buys worldwide.
* Agreed to buy at least one million pounds of Fair Trade coffee over the next year.
hi. i know this thread is long over, and i don't drink starbucks anyway, but i think it's good to give big corporations a pat on the head when they deserve it.