Thursday, December 31, 2009

Bizzaro World

I got a call from my Brother who told me some news that I found shocking.
He would be taking the bus from New York to Washington. Normally he is way too Bourgeois for such a mode of transport. I imagined an old creaky bus stopping in every small town between New York and Washington with an overnight stay in Chambersburg. (In reality these are much nicer express coaches, but I like to imagine awful bus trips IE the time I took a bus from Sacramento to Reno with a bunch of derelicts). Right off the bat, two great Dustin Hoffman movies end on buses. 
Afterwards, I got a voucher that gave me $50 off a $100 purchase at Whole Foods. Some people, not me, refer to it as whole paycheck. I do not buy produce (go to the Mexican or Asian Markets) as ginger is $2.99 a pound BUT their private label items are a good price and do not have high fructose corn syrup or partially hydrogenated oils (they are in line for what Safeway charges...) So I had to spend $100 to get the $50 back. Anything under, I do not get the discount, anything over, and the percentage of discount goes down. I end up buying frozen blueberries, Midas Touch beer (shout out to Santa Rosa to show me that Delaware makes awesome beer), GT's Kombucha, noodles, shrimp, cereal, soy milk (it keeps way longer than cow milk) and licorice. If you are ever tasked with 1) buying me beer go with a proper Belgium (Chimay not Stella) or locally brewed IPA or any Dog Fish. 2) Licorice, Australian or Europe, no Twizzlers as that is crap. (No light beer or twizzlers) 
So as my brother was taking a midnight bus to Washington (I have no idea if it was Midnight, I am trying to make this a Greatest Blog and yes, I know the time difference does not make sense but neither did The Empire Strikes Back http://www.nitpickers.com/movies/nitpick.cgi?np=41065) I was at a high end supermarket buying a 4 pack of beer for $12. (midas touch) 
Highly recommend the Midas Touch..

Earlier in the day I donated blood. As I needed to eat something I stopped off at one of those hall in the wall Vietnamese places. This place was on Masonic. This place was AWFUL. They did not have shrimp rolls (fair enough) so I ordered the chicken rice plate which was exactly as I ordered, microwaved chicken on white rice, no sauce. Even the lighting was bad (flickering fluorescent). They are plenty of hole in the wall places that are far better. I did not remember the name of the place. It has to be a front for something else. 

posted by Marcus Ronaldi at 9:14 AM

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