It’s my day off, so naturally I’m spending it in a coffeeshop. It’s a significantly hipper coffeeshop than my place of employment — it caters not to douchey tourists from Texas who don’t tip, but to the local alternative twenty-something crowd (i.e. people who are my age but are way cooler than I am). And don’t tell the health inspectors, but they let me take Chelsea in here.
But I came here with the intention of being productive, but as usual I will have to kiss any thought of productivity goodbye. You see, I have an exorbitantly long taped interview I conducted about two weeks ago for the newspaper that I still haven’t managed to transcribe, and today was going to be the day. Unfortunately, I got here, set up shop, ate a sandwich, drank a glass of mate*, and realized that I left my headphones at home.
So hey, you know how that age-old saying goes: “If you can’t transcribe an interview without irritating your fellow patrons, just blog.”
[*Nota bene: For those of you even unhipper than I am, yerba mate is a South American refreshment, similar to tea, but made with an herb that has a natural stimulant that may or may not actually just be caffeine (there's conflicting information about it circulating the Internet). Basically, you drink it and are wired for the whole day. You can find it in any hipster coffee shop across the country, or on the Internet. The stuff you can buy in Whole Foods is overpriced and not very good. In unrelated news, why is "Internet" capitalized?]
14 responses so far ↓
1 TimsHead // Jun 28, 2005 at 1:25 pm
The question of capitalizing Internet came up today at work, actually. Or, more specifically, Web. According my brand spanking new AP Stylebook (which replaced one from 1988, before a large percentage of Xangans were born), Internet, World Wide Web and the standalone derivative Web are all considered proper nouns. Yes, you’re blogging on a proper noun. Internet, as well as Xanga. It doesn’t make much sense, true, but then I can say that applies to much of AP Style.
2 fern_forest // Jun 28, 2005 at 1:32 pm
tim is the man. glad to know internet is supposed to be capitalized. now i can look more astute. that book looks super good. is it great?
3 derf6179 // Jun 28, 2005 at 2:21 pm
Hey you’re still productive. You’re providing something for us to read. Too bad you don’t get paid for this!
4 DanDan1500 // Jun 28, 2005 at 2:40 pm
howdy, you seem like an interesting person :) that’s true about Texans we’re crappy tippers!! :-p
5 McCrakin_Phil // Jun 28, 2005 at 6:27 pm
why Internet is a proper noun of course… Im running on 5 hrs of sleep in the past 56 hrs… and im at work now, the start of my 8 hr shift… wish me luck.
6 Coccinella // Jun 29, 2005 at 4:08 am
People keep telling me to try this Yerba Mate stuff…perhaps I should. Transcription - YUCK. Hate it. With a passion. Happy blogging to you.
7 sunshineboy78 // Jun 29, 2005 at 5:00 am
Get to work - slacker!
Did I tell you that I finished my freelance writing assignment? They really like the articles. Quote: “Judith took them to edit on the train and she got so absorbed in the articles, she forgot to take out a pen.”
8 Gabe_Real // Jun 29, 2005 at 5:06 am
I *heart* Jon Stewart (and that unbelievably funny guy on the Jon Stewart Show whose previous rants included steroids in baseball and the “Mafia Cops”).Positive Yerba Vibes, Mate!Gabe
9 Jay_galk25 // Jun 29, 2005 at 6:32 am
Fun, your not getting your work done, I’m in misery hell…gotta love the summer.
Jay “Rawr”
10 girllearninglife // Jun 29, 2005 at 7:18 am
hey im staring a xanga of my own, just looking for xanga buddies!
11 Jay_galk25 // Jun 29, 2005 at 9:34 am
I saw this and laughed my ass off, watch it when you get the chance and revel in the hatred of Tom Cruise:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/247664
Jay “Rawr”
12 RuKsaK // Jun 30, 2005 at 2:16 am
I’ve always liked that saying - the old ones are the best and truest.
RuKsaK
13 chicagoartgirl23 // Jun 30, 2005 at 5:32 am
Yerba mate is yummy! I’m also digging Roobios tea lately. It’s red and delicious.
14 brotherpriest // Jun 30, 2005 at 8:02 am
The only reason I know of yerba mate is from reading the biography of Che Guevara. And, of course, I read that instead of reading classroom material. God, I loved college.