Greetings from John Michael Chapman

Hello and welcome to my blog. You can call me John. I'm still kind of new to this computer stuff, but I'm quite taken with this internet thing. I am not exactly single (I have a girlfriend but am not married) but I am not looking to hook up - I have three cats named Clarence, and frankly that's more than enough pussy for one man.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Black Coffee with a touch of Betrayal

I managed to successfully avoid "Nonday" - I laid low and hid from everybody.

Today though was another story. I woke up grumpy, and was itching to deal out death and destruction - so I got in the car and drove off to get breakfast. I got cut off at the corner, and leaned into the horn and stuck my head out the window and gave the driver a good piece of my mind. A small wrinkled hand emerged from the driver's side window of the offending vehicle, and I was flipped the bird by a little blue hair whose head was hardly higher than the bench seat on her old AMC Ambassador (looked like a '73).

It would be one of those days ... so I opted for the coffee shop. It was close and I needed coffee sooner than later. As I walked in, Cindi spotted me and gave me a little wave. By the time I got to the counter she had a tall black coffee waiting for me. "John, you look like shit. Are you getting enough sleep? Are you eating your flax?" Last time I was in Cindi made a big deal out of flax. I was supposed to eat flax, and lots of it.

I ordered a English muffin thing that looked suspiciously like an Egg McMuffin (tasted better) and took my food to a corner table and sat to read the paper. Cindi came over, and sat down. "Mind if I sit down?" She sat. She plunked herself down and proceeded to stare at me. "How's the coffee?"

I took a slurp. It was more nutty than usual, and I'm not a fan of flavored coffee. "S'okay."

"I put ground flax in it."

Is nothing sacred?

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