stuff

i've come to the decision that samosas are the perfect breakfast food. there are lots of carbs (and protein if they're chicken or beef) to give you energy, veggies for roughage and the spicy wakes up your mouth in the morning. what can be wrong with that? if you're going to try it, i also recommend dipping the samosa in leftover butter chicken sauce. mmm... heaven.

friday night was colene's big going away/birthday party downtown. all the guests wore black and the birthday girl looked stunning in her white party dress. the venue wasn't optimal for the number of people who showed up, but i still managed to have a pretty darn good time. too bad the drinks were sorely lacking in any kind of kick, though. *sigh* i can't believe she's going to be gone for most of two months. she better send me postcards!

christopher, jen & i went to the kerrisdale camera show on sunday where i bought myself a Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera, a replacement Olympus XA for the broken one i bought at the last camera show, a polarizing filter for my D70, an X-Ray film bag so i don't have to borrow chris' if i fly again and a bunch of $2 film. all in all, it turned out to be a surprisingly good (and spendy) outing for me. unfortunately, it wasn't as productive for chris, who left empty-handed. jen managed to get a new brick-like camera, but only after i talked the very nice seller-man into dropping the price for her. i was a negotiating fool that day. i didn't pay first price for anything except the film. woo!

the job situation has been interesting so far. i think i'm feeling a little less freaked out about my ignorance, which is good. i'm asking a lot of questions and not worrying about looking dumb -- how else am i going to learn? i'm getting a lot of morning exercise hauling big, heavy, dirty parts around, which is both good and bad. i like the moving around, but i'm not so happy about the dirty and gross. when i get home at the end of the day i can't wait to get into non-stinky clothes.

another thing about doing this job, my morning routine has been completely ruined. so, i've been going to starbucks on my way to work to fetch a Venti 4-shot non-fat sugar-free vanilla latte, which does me just fine for my daily caffeine requirements. i've noticed something strange though, most of last week the price i paid for my big cup of java goodness fluctuated wildy. here's what i've paid the last eight days:

monday $5.83
tuesday $5.25
wednesday $4.66
thursday $5.83
friday $5.83
monday $5.25
tuesday $5.83
wednesday $5.83

obviously, the cheaper days are because i'm not being charged for a flavour or extra shot or something, but geez... don't tease a girl with a $4.66 latte. it's not kind. then there's the middle class guilt for spending $6/day on a coffee when, with a little extra effort, i could get it for $0.50. just don't tell my dad, okay? he'd lose what's left of his hair.