You're Not Lance Armstrong!

There are a certain group of people that I absolutly cannot stand. Most of them usually come out all togeather during a certain time of the year. Its around mid July - The Tour de France. There are the true competitors in France, and I am okay with them, but its all of the other people who think they are in France competing. These people are usually strange people too (I once had one of these "cyclists" for an English teacher, and he was one of the weirdest people I ever knew - he kept his bike in his office). Anyway, these are the kinds of people who wear tight spandex (grose), tight yellow shirts or jerseys or whatever they are with the Discovery team logo on them, and those European helmates that come to a point in the back. The thing that annoys me the most is that they ride in the middle of the road and hold up traffic. There are also the ones who ride in groups with matching uniforms like they are a "team", which is even more quere if possible. But the thing is - they only come out once a year during the Tour de France . . . why? Do they think they are in it or are they just weird. That goes back to me saying they are just weird, yeah I'm gonna go with that one . . . weird.

Starbucks: A Coffee Shop Or A Style

Starbucks has created a new trend. It's the type of people that bring their laptops in and sit there for hours and sip their Frappuccinos. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against these people. Starbucks has created their own launage. From the sizes - tall, grande, and venti; to the names of the drinks - Frappuccino, Macchiato, etc. This is no accident. I'm not just making this up now . . . Starbucks made those words up to make their coustomers feel like they're part of a group. They also have round tables, not square, but round because they're said to be more "inviting". Starbucks has created a new craze. Its coustomized drinks make the coustomers feel as if they're in controll, and they have to power; and thats what people are all about - wanting power.