I'm a Buisnessman with Standards

In the past week and a half I have created a masterpiece that will be marveled at by film students for years; realized that I am seemingly addicted to Starbucks in particular, and not just coffee; proven that while unlikely, it is possible for me to enjoy things that everyone else enjoys; discovered the meaning to life...again; and most importantly: rediscovered the extreme and imminent threat that zombies pose to our every day lives. Yup, must be spring break.

So for me, I think Spring Break started last Wednesday. I had a huge assignment due for my Theatrical Cinema class, and seeing as it's one of only two things that get graded in the class, it was half my grade! Needless to say I was up all night doing it, but I'm pretty sure I pwned it. It was easy...but long. So after that class was over, so was my week. Well, school wise at least. I had three classes on Thursday, but nothing difficult happened in any of them. In my Film Production class, we finished our first movie which was no easy feat. Rather than using video cameras, we have to use old 35mm film. Meaning we're literally shooting thousands of still frames and playing them back fast enough so that it looks like they're moving. Which is pretty awesome until you realize that since you're using film, you always have to worry about overexposing or underexposing your film. That's something I always thought I would leave behind in Photography class. Damnit! Despite a few difficulties, the film is hilarious or at least what we've seen of it. We're still waiting for the last roll to be processed.

When I got out of school on Thursday, I had only one thing in mind. Zombies. Or black people to be more specific. You see, Resident Evil 5 was to be released in just one day! I remember 5 years ago when re4 was released and I had to get my mother help me buy it because they wouldn't sell it to me. Good ol' mum. Unfortunately, they're gradually replacing zombies with weird mind control bug monsters, and the people being mind controlled are in Africa. Not half as scary as zombies, but it's still been 5 years since the last one!

Unfortunately, Starbucks seemed to already have taken control of my soul for the next few days...bastards. I worked Friday from 7 in the morning till 4:30. What the shit? That's like...the worst shift imaginable! It felt like I was there all damn day! At 4:30 I rushed over to GameStop where I bought my fancy special edition that totally wasn't worth the extra 40 bucks but I just had to have it! I went home and started playing immediately. And I continue to play for the next several hours until at around 10 I realize I have to open the next morning. Goddamnit!

I jump in bed and close my eyes. When I open them again, it's 3:30 and I have to wake up. Ugghhh...if I didn't work at a coffee shop, I wouldn't survive early morning like that. I worked that crazy Saturday morning shift until 1:30 when they let me escape. Same story as the day before. Resident Evil 5! Nick and I managed to beat the game by 6 or 7 I think. Which pissed me off. It was way too short! What the hell?! Damn you Capcom! We moved on to play a minigame we unlocked until it was 10 and I realized that I have to open the next morning. Deja vous?

Repeat, except this time I'm completely exhausted and have no motivation for surviving long enough to get home since I already beat it. Ack!

The next few days were all relatively similar. I ended up closing like every night this week, so I got to be a night owl again. Which is usually fun and games, until the diner stopped being open 24/7! Now what do we do?! C'mon diner! You're killing me! That's like...all there is to do at night! Well that and re5!

On Wednesday night I was tracked down by 3 fellow blog members and informed that I would be going to Philly the next day. Apparently Ms. Big-Shot-City-Lady Anna Matthew was planning a trip to the Butterfly museum or something along those lines. Hey, whatever! Woke up early on Thursday(yesterday) which is exactly where this food blogging starts!

I departed around 9 or so to pick up Stacey and Dan. Since there wasn't a Starbucks in the area, we had to stop at Wawa. It was either that or Dunkin Donuts and I'm not allowed to drink their coffee. From there we went to the train station where we rendezvoused with Amie. We expected to meet Kate Romanova on the train, but apparently she forgot to fix the clock on her iPod and was still an hour behind the rest of life.

After we got off the train we played Twister in the station until Anna Matthew came and found us. From there she took us off to her fancy pants apartment, and let me just tell you, the elevator in that building is HUGE! She got an umbrella (ella-ella-eh-eh-eh) from her room and then we headed off to the museum. Of course it was raining and nobody had any idea where the museum was! Figures! Thankfully Anna used her city-senses to guide us in the right direction. We met Kate at the door to the museum and proceeded inside. We walked past the dinosaur exhibits and other fancy things; all the while, Amie was absorbing knowledge like a sponge. I was cautious of going into the "Africa" section of the museum thanks to the life lessons I learned from Resident Evil 5, but I gave in. Thankfully no zombies.

We finally got to the butterfly room and it was hot as hell! A nice change from the freezing wet outside, but hot as hell nonetheless. There was a moth that apparently had just hatched and was bigger than my hand. Good god! We left the butterfly room and eventually the museum to go have something to eat. Kate led us to Terminal Market which looked exactly like the Farmer's Market in Newtown. I was dying to go to the chocolate store place when I first saw it, but I guess I forgot to head back there on the way out. Damn! I had a vegetarian cheesesteak. No, I didn't think they existed, and yes everyone already made fun of me for it, so you can all shut up.

After that we went to....STARBUCKS! Finally! My god! I had been dying to go the whole trip...what the hell is wrong with me?! On my days off I can help but go to get some espresso! Why?! I can't stay away!! The Wawa coffee did nothing! AHH!!! The Starbucks in Philly was cool, and I'm pretty sure Dan and Anna marked down my numbers so they can 'jack my employee discount. Bastards.

We stayed there for awhile until we eventually headed home. Anna bid us farewell and retreated to the hustle and bustle of her city life. The train ride home was uneventful as we were all tired. We all got in the car and I went to drop Dan off. He dissapeared inside his house, and I got halfway down the street before I got a phone call. Oh look! Dan! Apparently he was bored already, and our shenanigans weren't over yet! Picked him back up and headed to Target for some reason. This was gonna be the starting point of a scavenger hunt or something...I don't really know where that plan was going...but we instead decided to just see a movie. Three guesses as to what.

If you guessed Watchmen, then you're right! Now I was going into this movie ready to hate it like I do with everything that everyone gets excited about. I was just bubbling over with criticism! But turns out it was really good. Go figure! That makes 2 good movie-going experiences in just under a year! High five! I recommend it to whoever is looking forward to it. Wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, but it was pretty good.

Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Coffee