First post (been in the works for a while)

I'm sitting in Starbucks. I don't drink coffee or tea. Sometimes I like the smell of coffee, that fresh-from-the-Earth-reminds-you-of-Grandma's-house aroma, but Starbucks smells nothing like that. Smells more like Splenda and whipped cream.

I am here with my girlfriend. She works here, at the Ada, Oklahoma branch, but is addicted to the artificially sweetened crap they serve here, so she is here all the time even when she isn't working. But she's sitting at the other end of the store in order to concentrate on writing a paper. So I wear headphones to drown out the sounds of all the people in the store and the default Starbucks tunes (which I don't really like).

Despite the fact that the store is bursting almost shoulder to shoulder, including a full patio, it will be closing sometime within the next few months for reasons unknown, after being open for only like a year. Apparently the store doesn't make enough money (to satisfy corporate corporate greed).

I'm new to blogging so I have no idea what to put now. I had a LiveJournal once, but I might as well have called it LiveWhineAndDon'tWriteAboutAnythingRelevantToAnyoneElseEver. But I'm really not sure which is worse, that I HAD a LiveJournal, or that I'm trying to blog NOW.

I've noticed that most popular/successful blogs to tend to have a shtick, in keeping with modern, niche marketing techniques that are so prevalent today. I have no idea what audience my blog would cater to or what gap even needs filling--let alone by me. So instead, I'll just write about what I think I would find interesting and hope my previously mentioned girlfriend will read it.

I've also noticed that blog posts tend to end with questions, in order to help the reader feel prompted to respond in the comments. Therefore, I will do the same now:

• Which small audience segment do you think my blog could appeal to?
• Do you feel over saturated by the amount of media available on the internet/everywhere?
• Do you think corporations' greed is choking America to death?
• Do you think the heads of big businesses should be held more accountable/not be given lots of taxpayer dollars because they don't know how to run a business?
• Do you think Ada/Oklahoma/the south in general/everywhere but southern California and New York City is a giant shit hole with nothing to do ever?
• Do you drink Starbucks?
• Does anybody really like the music played at Starbucks?
• Do I write too much like Rorschach in his journal from cult comic book/blockbuster movie Watchmen?
• Are you overwhelmed by the large amount of questions?
• When finished, please turn your paper over and return your exam and pencil to your instructor.