Some: Times

Navigating life through coffee, volunteering & laughter.

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  • digitallyAddicted

    i wrote about tech addicted in a entry on my old blog a few years ago, this is however recent observation that was rather sad. i don’t drive-i tend to ride buses around the city & get to see how people zone out what is around them. today, however & this past weekend i was disGusted. my beau & i where having breakfast/brunch & in the little eatery there was a couple who paid more attention to their gadgets than who was sitting right across from them.

    she was constantly texting& would look up and acknowledge her other half only when she was prompted-in the time period that i was there he only took out his blackberry for less than 5 minutes & put it away. this afternoon i was waiting again for the bus when a recently work hooked up couple showed up @ the bus stop; he was connected to his iphone the entire time i encountered them, kept his earbuds in while they where conversing. this is light of a recent article on webmd about technology & how it’s coming between couples & relationships.

    since getting my cell phone a few years back i really notice when i use it for the Right reasons & not to block someone out. i am blocking out the elevator music in the cafe i am sitting in, with my laptop & music software. after hearing that they can’t pick what they listen to when they work i decided to plug/tuning out. i notice when i do & why. when my friends text or take a cell phone call i try to give them space as i have done the same. maneuvering around when it’s appropriate to do what has become complicated. as another friend of mine put today, Why be Organic if you Smoke. that speaks for itself. till next time, as jones soda puts it, run with the LittleGuy.

  • “millionaires”

    this afternoon i was singing to james. millionaires while waiting for the bus. i have fond memories connected to the album as it was my last year of school when i listened to it-almost non-stop when i went out. a friend of mine owned a dance club & it was always on @ the front bar. i never bought the album because i heard often enough that almost a decade later i remember the lyrics to 90% of the album. i had a thought from this past weekend of shopping that i am Huge fan of small businesses. i am talking about the place where someone knows your name & it’s not a bar.

    seattle has become overrun by the greenMermaid & other larger stores that take away from the community that is this city. long ago when i was at college i ate @ subway till a friend of mine pulled me aside & told me how large they actually where. now, i would rather go to the small deli that only has one location on the block. i tend to frequent the smaller stores. i like going into a cafe & knowing that i am going to know who is pouring the milk for my coffee. last summer when i was in a hard place a small eatery that had just opened fed me for a few weeks-they never asked me for anything but i never left hungry.

    society has become overrun with convenience, one of the reasons the Mermaid has been so successful; it’s on every street corner-like ATMs. i enjoy traveling for the smaller places, taking the bus to get there & getting greeted by a smile is always great! it’s someone asking how you really are& it’s the small talk. i don’t go for the artwalk anymore i go to say hi to my friends who live/work in the neighborhood. i can’t convince you that going to a small neighborhood place is worth it-it’s something that has to discovered & adored like your favorite pet greeting you when you come home, because when you enjoy small places like i do. i always have a place to go& someone that remembers my name & that is the whole reason Why.

  • springSnow

    i had to write about the snowfall in the pnw; it’s the Only thing the media is focusing & it’s of course falling in the passes & usual places. i am sitting across from the green monster watching people’s squeemish expressions as they walk by. pretty Funny. what could an entry without vanillagirls calling me a *freak* because they bumped the entire counter i am using. one has a enough makeup to be on Tv & they both have Tiny purses. Yuck. makes me Glad i am freak with a big comfortable cardigan on.

    till next time, drink local joe.