Today has been rather eh. And bleh. A new Trader Joes just opened 2 miles from me. I hated the one in Towson because it always seemed overcrowded and terribly organized and just not worth the hassle of parking and people and carts and YUCK. So this new one opened. In the space of an old gourmet grocery that was nice and calming and wonderfully laid out. I hear all the time how people LOVE TJ stuff, so I figure to give it another shot. So yay, right?

Um, no. Parking there has gone from fine to LEXUS vS CADDY IN THE WORLD SERIES OF GETTING THE LAST PARKING SPACE. Inside, 5 checkouts, lines snaking back into the aisles. Aisles narrow and signs on aisle don't really indicate well what is down the aisle. So many people you get trapped by carts when walking uncarted down the NARROW AISLES. Layout sucks like the one in Towson. Vast areas of space (and few people) around certain displays, the more popular ones crammed with people in small spaces. Did I mention MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE?!!

Hell, TJ's may carry something I like. But I'll never know because I can't get to it and even if I did, I might be eaten alive by people dying of starvation and insanity waiting in line.

So.

I think I'll go do my nails.

Better to go at an off hour, like 10 AM on a Sunday. I try not to do any grocery shopping at prime crazy shoppers time....

FWIW, the TJ's that I go to doesn't have too-narrow aisles if there's a reasonable number of people.

Well, they are not doing it right here in Maryland, that's for sure. It was just insane.

Pretty car! My still looks new and shiny 2002 Jetta is about to turn over a big number. On the way to the office this morning I noticed it was 99,936.

You're in Baltimore! Just say "Fuck all y'all," and run away, sarameg. I guess I know what the next embarrassing f2f WAV is gonna be. Dag.

Pretty much what I did. Except without the profanity out loud.

Theo, your SUV gets 3 mpg less than my compact Cobalt on the highway. Unless it also belches black smoke from the exhaust pipe, I think you can ignore any twinges of environmental conscience.

still twitches slightly at the S acronym

Theo, you got a fine, fine vehicle. Of all the AWD cars on the market that's the good chassis, and infinitely upgradable via the aftermarket. And it's not an SUV. It's a rallye car for people who like boxy vehicles.

I just can't figure out why new cars get such low fuel economy, I get 30 MPG in my 12 year old $100 junker. *shrug*

Emmett: Still My Hero.

He's watching Tombstone now. He talked me into going to Amoeba and seeing if the special edition was available used. It was.

Happy Alibelle day! Which may sound like a belated birthday wish, but really is just an announcement that every time we see Alibelle it's a good thing.