Of Tea and Private Ryan

I went to Tim Horton's today with my mug from home. I brought this with the intention of avoiding needless waste of one of the paper cups. I ordered my steeped tea, making it clear that I wanted it in my mug. The girl at the counter grabbed a paper cup and started to make my tea.

"I wanted that in my mug," I told her.

"I know. I have to make it in this first because we're not allowed to stir mugs from home."

"I know, but you're supposed to use a straw," I retorted (at the Tim Hortons that I worked at 4 years ago, and all the others that I have seen use a straw instead of the spoon to stir the contents of mugs from home). I took my mug back and told her not to bother as there was no point in using my mug if she was just going to use and dispose of the paper cup anyway.


Before this incident, I spent most of the day PAing for my brother's friends' rendition of Saving Private Ryan in 60 seconds. It is part of a competition for Virign 95.3 in Vancouver where contestants have to re-make their favourite movie in 1 minute. Another group of my friends did a pretty good job of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but I have a feeling that this one will take the cake. Not only did I work on it, but the amount of time, effort, and people involved in this one is too amazing not to win. There are explosions, awesome costumes and stunt men. They have one more day of filming, then to edit and finally will be submitted.

The website is: http://vancouver.virginradio.ca/VideoChannel/FakeFilmFestival/Channel.aspx

Willy Wonka can currently be viewed. I have my fingers crossed that Saving Private Ryan will be finished by next week, as I am beyond excited to see it! Check out Willy Wonka now, and be sure to return to watch Saving Private Ryan!