Happy birthday to Cory!

And Michelle!

And Winona Ryder.

And, also, a post-birthday shout-out to Serena ...

So yes, it's Friday and I've got a mile-long to-do list at work and Gerald Collier on the iPod (always a good thing). Oh and I'm hungry and sick of all the Halloween sugar. Me. Sick of the sugar. You know we've crossed over into sweet hell overdrive if I've had enough. Right now I'm craving something healthy, hearty and warm. Soup, veggie chili, polenta, whole-grain bread. Roasted vegetables. Mmmmm.

Speaking of food, I finally checked out the new Safeway on 19th street in midtown. Everyone here at work has been so hyped up and giddy about it - to the point where I wanted to scream, people, it's just a freaking grocery store!. And it is. Just. A. Grocery. Store.

But, I will admit, it's a pretty good one as far as corporate grocers go. It won't replace my weekly trips to the Co-op or Trader Joe's, but it'll do in a pinch. The store is small, at least compared to most other Safeways I've seen, but it's fairly well-organized and has a good organic/health/vegetarian food section. That the prices for said foods are pretty damn high is the main reason why Safeway will not become my grocer of choice anytime soon. Still, for those instances when I need to visit a "regular" store, it's certainly more appealing than Albertsons and more convenient (in regards to location) than Raley's.

But really people, 99 cents for organic (and gelatin-free) yogurt? When the same yogurt only costs 59 cents at the Co-op -- a place that is notorious for its high prices? (To be fair, the Co-op's prices have been much better lately). Yeah, it doesn't seem right to me either and it's just another reason to, at at least in principle, fuck corporate groceries.

I am excited, however, about the Peet's that's opening near the Safeway. It'll be nice to a have decent coffee place within a quick two-block walk from work.
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nine weeks until my birthday
six weeks left of school
exactly one month until my thesis is due
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and, of course...
four days until the election
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It's starting to feel like Christmas around here...