as i sit here at panera

panera is cool, i admire their willingness to allow people like me access to the internet free of charge.

today i work on my strategy portfolio... something that i've been dreading, but which seems to be taking shape...

i think people must see me as a very efficient person, and they must know that i am being very productive here (as i blog to procrastinate).

i sit in the corner on the soft-chair with my belongings distributed across the floor and on the end-table next to me. there, at eye-level to me, sits my phone, some textbooks, carmex, my sunglasses, and a steaming cup of coffee. the steam from the coffee adds action to my scene, it demonstrates the multifaceted nature of my enterprise...

but what if they think it's hot chocolate... then they'd think i was just having fun, even though there is steam.

ooooh, there's some grannies over there talking... there's always grannies at panera. these particular grannies look like they've just come back from florida for the summer. one appears to be italian, and italian grannies are kind of intimidatind, so i'm going to stop looking at her now. they're talking intensely, i'm guessing it's about gardens or bingo or something like that... then there's two people with laptops (dorks) who've been becoming acquainted and more familiar in the last hour & a half... they seem a good match, and maybe they'll exchange email addresses. there's a mid-eastern family, parents & one toddler here, whom i've seen before. there's a hot chick who i can see between two panes of glass, she's licking cream cheese off her thumb. george bush, a local guy who shows off his name-tag, just said hi to me... he used to be a lawyer and now he does something for a nearby hospital... his health is not the best, i think... that's just what i heard about him when i used to work at barnes & noble.