Poshdeluxe

[note: i have fixed the comments, which were previously closed because wordpress hates me]

so i think there’s something stuck between two cogs in ye old blog machine, cos it is running sloooow today. and yes i DID make sure the computer was plugged in, thanks. i just really hope it’s not a dead animal, cos the smell alone would really suck.

therefore, i shall postpone my picture/video heavy post until tomorrow, when hopefully all of the wheels have been cleaned and greased and i’ve learned that i really shouldn’t eat directly over my keyboard or something.

instead, i offer you a ONE PICTURE BLOG POST based on some Terribly Important News released recently.

so, you’ve probably heard, via someone making a really bad joke about the economic recession, that starbucks is closing some stores.

now i realize that starbucks is a big company and evil and blah blah blah I DON’T CARE. I NEED MY LATTES FROM A PLACE I CAN TRUST. and, god forgive me, i trust starbucks.

so you can imagine, this news hit me really hard. i mean, i know gas is high but now this economic downturn is really hitting me where it HURTS. like, i can go without driving quite easily (sorry thomas), but on the days i forget to bring my thermos of coffee to work, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE? what, will i have to make a big steaming mug of, like, concrete dust and stir it with a rolled up $100 bill, great depression style?

today, i read the list of closing starbucks with bated breath… please please please spare the starbucks (all five of them) in my neighborhood… please please PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY…

WHEW. you guys. WHEEEEWWWWWW.

they are only closing TWO starbucks in austin, and neither of them is REMOTELY close to me.

and now, a handy graphic to illustrate:

DISASTER AVERTED.

CRISIS AVERTED.

and more importantly, SLEEP AVERTED.

that was a close one, though.

DON’T you EVER eff with me like that again, starbucks. or i will cut you.

LINKS

josh duty has written his best blog post (so far) about his experiments with this new “smart” voicemail system and the varying reactions of his friends. this is sooo a must read/listen.

check out the latest and, yes, hilarious video from sarah haskins about cooking for yr family. I LOVE HER.

have you guys seen the new “twlight” trailer? it’s kiiiiinda cheesy. but who am i kidding, these books are ridiculously bad. which is why they ARE AWESOME.

fines lines reviewed “the wolves of willoughby chase,” which was TOTALLY one of my fave books as a kid (joan aiken 4-eva). i also love this system of preferred categories (doubletrue!!!):

Clothing
Orphans, real or de facto
Villains
England
Nature Boys, a la Dickon
Specialized Schools

have you guys seen devendra banhart’s new bollywood style music video with natalie portman? yeah yeah, she’s cute, she’s yr gf, you have a crazy beard, STOP RUBBING IT IN OUR FACES.

if you liked “heavy metal parking lot,” you’re gonna looooove “billy joel parking lot.”

these sand artists are amaaaaazing.

i kind of don’t believe that twelve year-old girl could be THIS cool, but at any rate, tavi’s blog is awesome (thanks j. for the link).