As though on cue...

Starbucks started a free itunes song of the day today. We walked there this "morning" and thought, "well, I do wish the hotel was closer to Wal-Mart, but the Bojangles Express sure does a good sandwich." Then I thought I couldn't be more of a corpororate shill if I were paid by the word. If I ad-sensed this blog, I would be appalled at the crap I'm selling you all. Hemp, Fair Trade, Local Beer, Universal Healthcare, Car-Free Living, Informed, Moderate Consumerism, Create Less Trash through Buying Less and paying more for it. That last sentence is an effort to have something other than big-boxers show up if I ever do ad-sense it.

Charleston, SC is a nice little town near what I consider the center of culture, North Charleston, SC. This is where the airport and the North Charleston Inn are, and the Wal-Mart. Charleston has the advantage of history and architecture and community, but North Charleston has Interstate 26 and the new Starbucks. By new Starbucks, I mean the one with the Corian counters and the low Beverage Delivering Slabular Smile Surface to the employee's right hand. We got pitched by a very earnest, and unfortunately Gen-X looking timeshare man last night, and were told we could have $75 at a restaurant or something.

Broadway is freaking out because they can't get anyone but 14 year old girls to see Legally Blonde, and there are only so many dad's in New Jersey to shell out $248 for Jennie and her bff to go to the big city once a month to see it. Well, unless there are sax lines you need someone (eg bari flanagan to ignite.