lattes

i've just discovered that at my fav local coffee shop, the latte i've ordered is not what i keep getting. i ask for a vanilla latte made with soy milk, and i get a latte made with vanilla soy milk. so that's why, whenever i happen to meet tania at peet's, the lattes there always taste different. not better, not worse, just different. as a side note, i'm currently researching a story about the "starbucks effect" on small businesses, and it has me riled up once again against starbucks. found this great site: http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/, which is quite entertaining.this weekend, mike called me a hermit crab because i chose not to attend any of the christmas parties we were invited to, but i'm glad he went by himself, since i wasn't very good company being in bed at 6pm and all. and now i should be getting all my work done since i'm taking half the week off, but instead i'm surfing the web and futzing around, basically slacking off. since the only thing new on tv this week is the season finale of nip/tuck (i bet the carver is...fuck if i know!), i have all kinds of time to waste (that would be wasted watching tv if there were new eps on).