Barista Off: Director On!

Praise Dole! I'm free! Today was my last day of working at Starbucks for the next week, which is a godsend seeing as I haven't had this much time off since we filmed "The Time Machine". The occasion? A new film! I took off completely this week to really lock down details and get some much needed progress done in the pre-production of the next short film on my plate! And so for the next seven days, I'll be making progress instead of coffee...and oh, it feels good! The film is coming along nicely, and all seems to be good. Lead actor is in place...most locations are figured out...now all I have to do is finish the script! Oh wait...aren't I supposed to do that first? Oh well. To each their own I suppose!

But tonight there will be no scripting done...for Starbucks has beaten me into the ground again! Newtown was particularly relentless this afternoon. I feel like no matter how many hundreds of drinks I made, the line just did not budge! There was no denting it! It was kind of annoying actually! But I managed to have fun, with the understanding that it was my last day for a full week!

In other news, I've hopped on the iphone bandwagon with most of the world! My other phone had been causing more problems than I can list in this blog post...turning itself off, taking a full minute to connect, freezing to name a few...so I was long overdue for a new one. And low and behold...the iphone 3s are free with a contract renewal? Say whaaaat? Okayyy...if you insist I'll take one! It's pretty fancy, and it's gonna take some getting used to, but I think I'm a fan! Mama Gillies is also the proud owner of a new iphone, but she's gonna take some more time adjusting to the touch-screen-texting than I am.

Well I think that's about all I have for today! Aside from what I ate of course!

BREAKFAST: For breakfast, I had a sausage and cheese omlette with wheat toast at State Street Kitchen, which is right down the street from Starbucks. It was a good pre-work meal. As for the coffee, I had a grande black-eye, which is fancy terms for coffee with two added shots of espresso. Hardcore caffeine!

LUNCH: An everything bagel with cream cheese! The breakfast kind of filled me up, so a light lunch was due. I paired it with an iced black tea-lemonade...which tasted strange. Oh! No wonder, we've been using coconut syrup instead of normal sweetener syrup all day! Silly us. Sorry everyone who ordered an iced tea/iced coffee/frappucino today! It was too cold for that crap anyway!

DINNER: Pizza! We ordered pizza to celebrate my last day for a week. Well...maybe it wasn't to celebrate my last day so much as it was we all wanted pizza, but so what? I'm sure I had something to do with it (/conceded). Paired that with a gingerbread syrup cream, which I recommend you all go out and try at your local Starbucks! It's pretty bangin!