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I have lots of appointments. I was hoping to write in the afternoons/evenings, but I'm still making the Calls from Hell. Today's was the best yet. A store (THE store in their area, big and well-established) that I've been calling since MARCH 1st finally said no. No! 28 days later they say no! Now I'm a month closer to the trip, which gives whatever store decides to host me that much less time to advertise. Even worse, the owner apparently was going to be out of town that weekend, so it probably was going to be a no from DAY ONE.

< /foaming at mouth >

Anyway, I had hoped to write some more, but then I remembered that I had to list stuff on eBay, so I did that instead. It hasn't been doing well for me since I came back from AZ, but thankfully last week was a bit better, so I'm crossing my fingers. It's like, if you're gone for a while, you have to start from scratch again.

Saw my parents for dinner yesterday, which was wonderful. We meet in a cute little town on the western coast of MI whenever I go to this one particular store. Anyway, on the way back I saw a sign that amused me mightily:

COFFEE
CAPPUCINO
SHAKES
CHIA TEA


So if you ever want some chia tea, you know where to go. Aw, c'mon, it's not that bad. It grows on you.

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Date: 2006-03-29 03:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aubrem.livejournal.com
Aw, c'mon, it's not that bad. It grows on you.

bwahahaahaa!

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Date: 2006-03-29 03:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com
My horrible pun for the night...hee!!

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Date: 2006-03-29 03:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gillieweed.livejournal.com
Cha cha cha chia!

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Date: 2006-03-29 02:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com
*giggles*

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Date: 2006-03-29 07:23 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] blackletter
I'm dyslexic enough that it took me a while to get it...

But when I did, ah, the punny!

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Date: 2006-03-29 02:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com
Hee! Yes, that was amusing to drive past.

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Date: 2006-03-29 11:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agatha-s.livejournal.com
This comment has nothing to do with chia tea, but are you maybe thinking of starting another challenge in [livejournal.com profile] quirkyhpshorts? I'm feeling nostalgic for it. :)

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Date: 2006-03-29 02:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com
I have been too! I was thinking of doing something very simple, like drabbles with quirky prompts. Any ideas?

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Date: 2006-03-29 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agatha-s.livejournal.com
Is it cheating to suggest something I wanted to write about anyway? I was thinking about wizard spam mail (spam owls?)

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Date: 2006-03-29 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com
hahahah!! Hilarious! Hells yes. I'll go write the challenge in the next hour or two.

*laughs again*

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Date: 2006-03-29 12:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katazhena.livejournal.com
Even worse, the owner apparently was going to be out of town that weekend, so it probably was going to be a no from DAY ONE.

I absolutely despise when people do this. I think when situation occurs it's because they are embarrassed to give you that "no" upfront, and they think stalling will make it easier. Trust me - give me a "yes" or "no" answer right away and I'll respect you a hell of a lot more in the morning. Don't waste my time and allow me an opportunity to make other arrangements!

If I'm not mistaken, I think Starbucks now has a lot of chia products, including a Frappaccino. 'Course, I wouldn't know to much about chia being addicted into their Double Chocolate-Chip Frappaccino! XD

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Date: 2006-03-29 02:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com
Exactly! The person I work for is totally like that. She returns calls promptly, and says yes or no pretty quickly. I'm so used to dealing with her that when I come across people who take ten phone calls for me to get ahold of it's pretty shocking. I even talked to her personally twice during this whole fiasco.

I'm just totally disgusted with the whole process. I thought it would take two weeks, tops, to get everything sorted out. Now it's been over a month, and I still have gaping holes. Argh!

Sorry to vent, just going crazy here.

I used to drink a lot of Starbucks chia, but it's black tea based, so I avoid it now that I've found green tea based chia. I'm very unused to caffeine, so the green tea version is much nicer, though I also love the rooibos version, which is red tea based and has no caffeine at all.

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Date: 2006-03-29 03:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] florence-craye.livejournal.com
*continues to laugh at your pun* For bad puns, that was a good one. heh heh

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Date: 2006-03-29 07:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valis2.livejournal.com
Glad you don't hates it forevaaaaah. ;)

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