this entry is rated MSG for me so groggy...
i gotta say...trader joe's knows how to par-tay like it's 1999. it was fun meeting all the people rt works w/ and talks about. now when he tells me what a crazy fool t. is, i can put a crazy face to the crazy story...
it was great getting all that free wine and food...they's got some nice CHEAP wine...five bucks goes a loooooong way in their liquor department.
they did a frozen turkey/frozen ham bowl down the frozen aisle knocking down 10 water bottle pins...there were prizes and everything. there were also knocked down displays and broken bottles by the time that game was through.
after this shindig, rt's cohorts invited us out to stroga nona or something like that, a bar on southport near grace...rt didn't want to go at first...i think he was more concerned about getting his back rub in before the evening was over...but then someone mentioned they had $2 martinis on wednesday nights, and rt changed his mind...so we all went over to stroga nona's where we took over half the bar and ordered a lot of cosmopolitans...rt had his favorite, a melon martini, which is a lot like a melon ball, me & josh's drink of choice. some of the trader joe associates got into an arm wrestling tourney. rt is the standing champ from the late shift, but he didn't participate last night, although he told me that while i was in the restroom he had beaten everyone, but i know that's a lie because there's no way in hell anyone can beat jj. rt does have very strong arms, though. maybe cuz he's a drummer.
so i think i'm going to write the head honchos at trader joes and tell them they need me to work for them as like a community arts liaison. i was thinking it would be cool if each trader joes played music by local bands, so i would gather up music from the different regions and pick out playlists for the stores. that way we'd promote local artists AND probably be able to provide some good indie music to the customers in the process. i would also develop relationships w/ small independent theatre groups and support them somehow, maybe by providing snacks for rehearsals or something. and then i'd find local visual artists whose work we could display in the stores...like my photography for instance...it's just that i noticed that a good portion of the associates at the chicago store were somehow in the arts, either music or theatre...well, we'll see...i still dream about having a job that will pay me good money to just create playlists...i make AWESOME playlists, in my opinion. ask anyone who i've made a mix cd for.
Friday, January 24, 2003 at 5:57PM 
i just called my ex and we had a nice chat. exchanged details about our respective lives...i don't remember the last time we talked. he seems to be happy. that's good. i'm bringing home my cat in february...i miss aberdeen, but he's really bruce's cat emotionally...he'll have to learn to like living w/ a girl...he much prefers the company of men, i think. 
