My poor, neglected blog

I haven't forgotten that I'm supposed to be saving the world one coffee mug at a time, and since I don't feel like boring anyone with the excuses of why I haven't been an active blogger, I'll just say this: I'm on it. I set today aside to run around and pick up mugs, but I came across a little problem: the mugs that I love are totally sold out. I spent the afternoon calling Peet's locations around S.F., the Peninsula, and even Marin but no luck.

I'm going to stick to the brand I've been using and just order them online. I didn't originally want to order online because I wanted to avoid shipping and the packing materials that come along, but I decided that since I'm moving soon, I'll repurpose the packing materials and then recycle them. Plus I really really like this brand of mugs and since I use one myself everyday, I know that they don't leak and are pretty sturdy. The last thing I want to do is give people mugs that leak all over them and explode in the microwave. So, long story short, more mugs are on the way. Sorry for the delay.

Yay for Gay!

I hit the jackpot the other day at the Peet's in the Castro and got five of those mugs on clearance. I want to take this opportunity to say that although I mention Peet's a lot in my blog, I'm not actually endorsed by the company or anything. I do love their coffee, but I've mainly been sticking with those stores because they happen to carry the mugs I like, and they're getting rid of them for five bucks. So if you're wondering if I'll eventually stray from them being my mug supplier, the answer is yes, I will.

Moving on. As you may know, today was a big day for gays. Prop 8 was overturned in CA and people were celebrating all over the city. I saw on Facebook that there was a support rally at City Hall so Karyne and I headed over. As it wrapped up, we were getting back in the car and I remembered that the five mugs were in the trunk. I felt like this was a good opportunity to talk to people who were already in a good mood, so I grabbed my mugs, quickly wrote the blog address on the sleeve, and went to handing them out.

I was pretty well recieved. One question was, "You don't go to anti-gay rallies and hand these out, too, right?"  Nope, I sure don't.  The other question was, "Is it OK if I'm not a big coffee drinker?" Yeah, it is. Whatever you'd normally be putting in a disposable cup, put it in here instead. That was it. I quickly unloaded five mugs and at the same time celebrated progress with the gays and gay allies. Pretty good night.

July turns into August

My coworker Danny is so stoked on his new mug.

First the old business...Didn't get around to using up my last 15 bucks by yesterday, and now it's officially August, so I'm going to roll over that money and make my August budget $65.

Now for the new business...I had two mugs left, so I gave them away at work today--one to my coworker and one to a client. At first, I wasn't too keen on the idea of talking about my mug project at work because I was wondering if that was some weird conflict of interest. Like, if I told either clients or coworkers about the project and they weren't into it or just really got their kicks using paper cups, would our conversation be awkward? Would I be that annoying person with a cause?  But then I thought, what the hell? It's fine. If I want to get as many people as possible to kick the paper cup habit, and my job puts me in contact with a lot of cool people who might be into this, then it's kind of stupid not to tell people about it. Right? Right!