Starbucks, The Way I See It #168

The human brain is the only object in the known universe that can predict its own future and tell its own fortune. The fact that we can make disastrous decisions even as we foresee their consequences is the great, unsolved mystery of human behavior. When you hold your fate in your hands, why would you ever make a fist?
~Daniel Gilbert

guilt

i've gotten quite a bit of bad news about the lives of those i love in the past couple days, and it breaks my heart. why does life have to be so hard some times???

and, honestly, it makes me feel pretty guilty for the awesome, awesome life i have. if there was a way to give my little bro even half of my life, i would. free tix to NHL games, a well-payin' job, good friends...

i have to believe it will all work out in the end.

i voted!

i wish i'd known more about my choices before going in, but i did a little research...and did my best to have an opinion. there were two easy propositions - the firefighters had asked me to vote no, so i did. always listen to firemen.

thoughts on the weekend

- the grazier girls " MB rule...and my lifetime tasting pass at St Supery is awesome, too
- Zachary's in Berkeley is the best pizza in the world...or, at least, in the US (according to AOL)
- the stupid vikings are annoying...and stupid...and there was a LOT of purple at the game on sunday. i was not alone. my favorite guy said, "aw, sweetie, you're too pretty to pick on for wearing purple"
- my new dream job is to be the person who raises the net behind the goal post when field goals are kicked
- an afternoon sleeping on the beach is amazing. and the ocean has an effect on people...we ladies were very, very chatty until we got to the ocean. then we were all kinda awestruck. it's cool.
- work is better after a great weekend away

The Catch

i've got tickets to the niners/vikings game that is to be on sunday. i'm quite excited to visit candlestick park " show my purple pride...but i just found out i'll be witnessing an even greater event. The Catch is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and joe montana " dwight clark will be reenacting the whole thing.

i hadn't heard of "The Catch" before this morning, but am now well-versed.

rain theory

when my favorite people come visit, it rains.
lercher's came last spring, it rained.
the graziergirls " mb come this week, and it rains.

i don't like rain. but i like my favorite people to visit. i just can't win.

tan lines & big hair at halloween

craziness...and i don't have a pic of all the lucky case girls