Am I the only one that this bothers?? The answer is yes, I think so...

Okay, so, I am already being tested. I am trying to stay really positive but it is really hard. I love my town and I feel like it should be me in that building down there with the line out the door...not this other guy with a funny name.
So, the pastries are good. The croissants are tasty. The morning buns...loaded with super chunky sugar are good but I'm not such a fan. The scones are huge and quite a deal but it's like eating a giant biscuit...not much goin' on but has lots o' potential. The cappaucino was a mini latte but whatever, I guess that's what American's expect right...even though I ordered it dry, the coffee itself is good and they brew it ONE CUP AT A TIME! But seriously, do I need to be this much of an asshole??
What is really bothering me is that this man is slapping us in the face...well, me in the face. They are charging city prices and 3/4's of the menu is COPIED from Tartine! I mean, not just like an 'idea' here and there, but their items, their descriptions word for word in some cases and their presentation! (The most appalling one to me for some reason is their "little side salad"...I mean, who calls it that and how weird to copy that name word for word.
I guess that I am so bummed because here he is doing EXACTLY what I want, I mean exactly...wine bar, simple lunches and 'great' pastries and yet it isn't even out of his own head, it's copied. I have really good ideas and can do better stuff and it would mean more to me but the one part that is missing is money. He has tons and I have none and I have no idea how to get some...Now I just feel like there is no place for me. I don't fit in as a teacher regardless of what people tell me, I know it's a good job, I know I do it well, I know kids need it, BUT, I don't fit it...I don't fit in in my own town because this guy is here now in a prime location with his pretentious attitude (I know him from before, this isn't just a recent opinion of his personality) and well, that's really all there is for me... I either teach or what? How depressing.
Don't worry, I won't be this down on myself for long but it's really hard to be the one that has to fight so hard for what I want and to make people believe that I can do it but I do need help! I am not afraid to say that but some people think that means I'm not strong enough...That is a bunch of crap.
Anyways, I am going to go finish making MY version of a Frangipane tart and My version of a Fresh Fruit Tart and maybe that will make me feel better.
later.......................

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. Kurt Vonnegut

I love this...this is my new motto. Life is too short to feel any other way. If we have learned anything from Tim and Brian, it is that life can be short and you never know what's around the next corner...
So why then do we waste so much time being all closed up and judgemental? I am going to try my damnedest to be open to everyone. It's gonna be hard because there is a side of me that does just love to point out certain things about certain people but I am going to try and not be that way. I would say that I have won half the battle right there with the effort.
Read this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/opinion/13fierstein.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
That's really all I have to say for now...I will write more later. I am going to go down and see if this new BRIO Cafe is really all it's cracked up to be...I hope they have a killer croissant!