Wednesday night I pulled up to the Starbucks drive-thru again, hoping against hope that Angelic Voice would be there…

“Hiiiiiiiiiii, welcome to Starbucks!” What can I get for you?”

Oh yeaaaaahhh….

While I ordered hot chocolate my MP3 stereo was blasting Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” a great background song I thought for what I was about to attempt.

“Don’t stop believin’,
Hold on to the feelin’”!

I pulled up and finally saw her, her hair tied up and revealing a cute, soft face as she put my drink together. I grinned and leaned over to crank up Journey.

Except I accidentally hit the wrong button and the track skipped to CCR’s “Bad Moon Rising” instead.

“I see a bad moon a-rising!
I see trouble on the way!”

SH*&!!!!!!!!!!!!

I frantically tried to get it back when Angelic Voice opened the window to hand me my drink.

“Oh thanks! Hi listen, ummm…” I began awkwardly.

But she had already slammed the window shut.

“Don’t go around tonight,
Well it’s bound to take your life,
There’s a bad moon on the rise!”

On the way home I stopped by a Starbucks drive-thru to get some hot chocolate. The intercom crackled to life, and I suddenly heard the sweetest, most soothing female voice:

“Hiiiiiii, welcome to Starbucks, what can I get for you?”

Oh sweetie, you have no idea.

“Ummm, could I get a hot chocolate, venti size?”

“Of course honey, would you like anything else?”

…honey… I was in love. I wanted to stay at the drive-thru and listen to her sweet, angelic voice forever.

“Hello?”

“Oh… uh no, that’s it.”

“Great, you can drive up to the window.”

I quickly drove up, eager to see who could be the owner of such a mellow, sugary voice that had so easily plucked at my heart strings.

I almost screamed when a lanky guy no older than 19 lumbered up to the window.

“Three twenty-five please.”

Dammit, my order had been passed on to someone else. Dammit, dammit, dammit!

I handed over my debit card and then leaned over to see if I could spot the girl. There she was, wearing a headset, her back to me as she put the finishing touches on my drink. A shapely figure with dark brown hair that flowed and bounced off her shoulders. Oh man please turn around, please turn around, please turn around…

“Here you go.” Lanky Boy gave me back my card, and then of course, completely blocking my view, took the hot chocolate Angelic Voice handed off to him, and gave that to me as well. @#$%!!!

I frantically tried to look around him so I could catch a glimpse of Angelic Voice’s face.

“Did you need anything else?”

“Oh… no, thanks,” I muttered, trying not to curse. I slowly drove away, debating whether I should slam on the brakes and run inside just so I could see her, but then thought better of it.

I think I’ll be coming back tomorrow though.

Simple Mindz couldn’t resist tagging me with yet another one of those damned memes, but she’s hot, so I forgive her.

Alllllrighty then, here are the rules:

• Link to the person that tagged you.
• Post the rules on your blog.
• Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
• Tag six random people and the end of your post-link to their blogs.
• Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
• Run from the stampeding mob that ensues.

And here’s my personal list:

1. I am addicted to Starbucks Hot Chocolate.
2. I gave my car a name… and talk to it too.
3. I have a pillow girlfriend named Isabella that I hug every night for comfort.
4. I have more disco and neon lights in my bedroom than the local rave club does.
5. I’m a complete klutz when I’m around beautiful women.
6. Movies make me cry sometimes.

And now to tag six victims.

• Butterflyfish
• Just Something I Was Thinking About
• The IgNoble Experiment
• Casey’s Critical Thinking
• For Serenity’s Sake
• Joie de Vivre

Enjoy!

There are certain vices that a man enjoys (or struggles with) in his lifetime. It’s time I got this off my chest and confessed a dirty and disgusting vice of my own.

I, Lincoln Adams…. am addicted to Starbucks’ Hot Chocolate.

Yes, it’s true. For a few weeks now I simply cannot get enough of this drink, especially when I order it with chocolate drizzles.

Maybe it’s because it gives me a sugar boost, but even when the drink seems flat, I still can’t stop ordering it. I realized the full extent of my addiction when I resolved one day to completely abstain from ordering any more hot chocolates, because for one, it was expensive, and two, it was very high in calories, which forced me to cut a meal out of the day if I wanted to stay within my calorie restricted diet.

So what happens? The very next day I ordered not one, but two drinks. I’m hopeless.