BEYOND TOXICITY

Holidays is in the air.  As one proof,  Starbucks Coffee here started their red-cup season last November 04.  Part of it is their promo that most patrons collect, it’s the Starbucks planner for 2009. 

I had the Starbucks 2008 planner, which I have been using religiously; jotting my schedules, notable events, budget etc.. I got that planner after I drank 24 cups of promotional and regular-blended coffee last year;  I claimed it from  Starbucks Gateway Mall a few days after Christmas.  It looks like this.

          It’s stylish and has really functional pages. 

As my youngest brother who works as a Starbucks barista now after working in Costa Atlantica cruises for 5 months across 30 countries in Europe last year informed us the date of the start of the sticker-collection promo of Starbucks for their infamous planners, I first got excited to sip more caffeine from their branches.  But he told us that though the planners for 2009 are available in 3 different colors, its look is more ordinary compared to the previous ones; this was not only his perception but of most patrons’.   The Starbucks 2009 planners are in red, blue and black colors that appear like an ordinary moleskined-planner in any bookstore.  The only good thing despite of it’s plain look is that patrons should only complete collecting 16 stickers with control numbers instead of the previos 24 stickers to claim one planner.

But since my only earthly-petty addictions are to collect Mark and Spencer silk neck ties (which ofcourse is practical and wearable) and to sip Starbuck coffee once in while, (OK, once in a while may mean more frequently depending on moods and budget), and buffet eating with Tina & Gabby, I decided to get a promo card for myself (and for Tina too) to collect stickers as I enjoy Starbucks toffeenut blended coffee frappuccino twice blended this season less the excitement of the look of the planner, but heck, it’s still from Starbucks.