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( Dec. 3rd, 2008 07:56 am)
I should not underestimate the effect coffee has on my morning performance. I do this all the time when I don't have cash, because to get my fix, I need to walk down the street to Starbucks since the cafe in the building won't take a debit card. Cash only. Massively frustrating.

So I'll let this be a lesson. I shouldn't be surprised when I'm still sleepy when work rolls around if I never bothered to fix the situation. And coffee is excellent, so there is a sort of double incentive.
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( Oct. 29th, 2008 08:23 am)
It occured to me that there were things I intended to pick up, but hadn't got around to. The last time I was at CostCo., for example, I was looking for a simple coffee grinder. The closest this warehouse-store thing had was a variety of food processors. It should have occured to me to buy a coffee maker as well, but one thing at a time I guess.

Well, there is a Starbucks not all that far from work. Why not go there and check to see what kind of coffee appliances they have for sale? I did not price their grinders, but a cursory glance indicates that the cheapest coffee maker they sell goes for about 80 bucks. While good coffee is a very nice thing indeed, an expensive drip coffeemaker it not much different then a cheap one. Its fundimental purpose is to run hot water through coffee grounds and store the results. Everything else is bells and whistles that don't really have much to do with the coffee process at all.

I think Brent has one that keeps coffee in a thermos-like jug, keeping it hot for a surprisingly long time, but I don't consider that a make-or-break deal.

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( Jul. 25th, 2008 09:23 am)
I got up earlier than I needed to make sure that I was on the ball to get ready for my interviews. I also wanted to double-check the bus schedules that would take me there, and I planned to get there an hour early in case something went wrong with my planning, and it took longer then I thought. The interview's at 2, I got up at 8, and I've really been ready to head out for a while now.

I clean up well. ^ ^

But I guess the dog heard me getting ready. Before I started my stay here, he'd just be kept by himself until everyone got back, though I guess he's gotten used to me around the house. So I didn't let him out today (I'd just have to put him back, which I'm sure would be worse then not letting him out at all, plus I don't want blond dog hair all over my black pants.) and he's sitting in the bedroom letting out these pathetic whines and tiny barks.

It is so awful. x_x 

Anyway, if I get this job like I hope, I'll have to get up much earlier then I have in the past. Like, probably 5:30 or something. That's being a barrista for you. Everyone else operates on an earlier schedule, and you've got to be there in the morning to feed them their caffeine. ^_^ I've always been a little curious that, if everyone is so tired when they get up that they need coffee, why doesn't everyone just agree to start their day an hour or two later? I don't know. I guess inertia is so built in by now, and everyone is used to it, so why get up in arms now? Besides, I'm fairly sure that it's just an excuse to get to drink tasty coffee.

Oh, I've also got interviews today, so I hope they go well.

PS - Today is, surprisingly, my first coffee tag. I'm surprised it took this long.
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