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Your Couch Has Been Vacated.
So! I have departed, as you’ll notice from the lack of Jen Mountain in the middle of the living room. No longer will you have to put up with my incessant snoring as I slumber on your floor in defiance...
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Lessons In Pedestrian Etiquette.
The past two months have seen my successful integration back into city life and its unique obstacles. In my time as an avid commuter, I have made several observations regarding modes of travel in...
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Barista Who?
I got a frightening piece of news last week. The coffee chain that employs me has made the decision to implement name tags. Name tags. Holy hell, someone get me a fainting couch. It was through Twitter...
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Soup Du Poor.
I wandered into the kitchen, half-asleep and hungry, my eyes half-welded shut with the residue of my hasty one hour nap. I fell asleep while reading, which I often do, and awoke suddenly; I feared I...
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The War On Print.
Writing is hard. Writing is not passive, it’s passionate and gut-wrenching and difficult and sometimes I just don’t want to do it. Some days I just want to read and relax and not think about putting...
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Lemon-aid Me.
Whether or not you noticed, I was missing last week. Oh, I attempted to find the time to sit down and word-vomit a post and meet my deadline, but it just wasn’t happening. There are several reasons for...
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The Importance Of Speaking Up.
Have you seen this video? It’s one of the most important videos you’ll probably watch this year. It’s one of the most poignant ways anyone has tackled the issue of bullying, and it comes courtesy of...
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Taking Time For Myself.
After an ugly round of opposing shifts at work, I was granted a glorious treat: three days off IN A ROW. If you do shiftwork, you realize this hardly ever happens. I had just finished a two-week run of...
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So You’re Cleaning A Public Bathroom.
Laden with dubious-looking bottles of industrial cleaner, yellow rubber gloves, four rolls of bulk-purchased toilet paper and two packages of paper towel wedged underneath your armpits, you approach...
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My Thighs Are Alive With The Lust Of Music.
My boyfriend can be kind of ornery. He’s one of those cranky artistic types that remain steadfast in their narcissism and are completely convinced that every overheard conversation on a city sidewalk...
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Dear Head Office, I Am Not Sorry.
I work across the street from a bus station in downtown Toronto. Our clientele is mostly transient, made up of travelers from all over Canada and the world. They come in, ask for coffee and directions...
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Dust Jackalopes & The Misery Of Overworking.
Work has overtaken my life, hence my lack of posts over the last little while. Believe me, it’s not because I don’t adore the folks who have chosen to follow this little blog, because I love the shit...
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In The Words Of Her Father.
It’s raining as I write this. The bad weather means my bottom left wisdom tooth is broadcasting aching weather warnings throughout my lower jaw and only cup after cup of herbal tea provides comfort....
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Birth Of A Coffee Jockey.
I recently celebrated my one year anniversary at the coffee chain I call home. As I contemplated that auspicious event (and graciously allowed my coworker J.L. to take the one year pin that had been...
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Hello Spring, Goodbye Pants.
It’s spring, and you know what that means. Hello rain, hello sunshine, hello warmer weather, GOODBYE PANTS. I hate pants. I mean, really. Unless they’re my favorite pair of ugly track pants, anything...
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Whiny Whiny Bright Side.
There are a great many reasons why today sucked. 1. We were understaffed at work, but only because we’ve become outrageously busy since the weather got nice. It made running breaks and getting all that...
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Where The Hell Have I Been?
Remember all that stuff about posting weekly and actually sticking to something I said I was going to do? …Yeah. So that didn’t happen. It’s been three weeks since my last post and I’ve been nowhere to...
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The Impossible Task Of Quitting Caffeine.
I am, by my own definition, a coffee wench. By no means am I an expert in coffee — I leave that to people truly passionate about the creation of the stuff. No, when I say I’m a coffee wench, coffee...
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In Pursuit Of Nesting.
It would appear I’m not very good at having a place to call home. I lack nesting skills. When I first moved in with my boyfriend, I was very good at nesting. I brought all my books and DVDs and...
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Depression & The Customer Service G-Spot.
I can admit I don’t always provide the best customer service. I’ve been a supervisor for just under a year and have been stressing myself out to the point of nausea and private mental breakdowns just...
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