Friday, September 7, 2012

Crossing the Boulevard, Part 2

People think plants are green, but plants reflect green light, making them purple, the opposite of green. In the same way, people appear as what they reflect, and so they're appearance is the opposite in a way of what they are. Coming home last night I was crossing the boulevard again, having parked on the north side of it. A woman was well on her way across it, carrying a 12 pack of Corona in one hand and talking on her cell phone with the other. She was carrying the 12-pack in a bag, no doubt from Walgreen's too. She put it down a couple times, mainly because she had to stop at the islands because the traffic was bad. Walgreen's only sells 12 packs. I wonder if that's a good idea for city living. I once carried a 6 pack across the boulevard on crutches in one turn of the lights. It's about 16 lanes.

This morning I crossed the boulevard again, not surprisingly. I got my coffee at 7-11. They didn't have regular coffee. They only had decaf and pumpkin spice. I opted for the pumpkin spice. They had light cream available so I used that instead of half n half. I put too much in. I usually put it in the cup before I put the coffee in, maybe I should put it in afterwards, since it's not hard to mix like sugar and I can better gauge the amount I'm putting in by the cloudiness of the coffee. I wish they had the buttered rolls in wax paper there. They've only had the ones in cellophane lately. Aside from the fact that the ones in wax paper are generally fresher, the ones in cellophane don't keep well. I think the cellophane doesn't breath, and the water vapor inside ruins the roll. Or maybe the rolls they use are softer to begin with, or maybe both, but they're generally not worth getting.

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