Bauhaus

Akinori and I use a software called “Quicken” from Intuit to manage our finances. This software is so far so good to see our “immature” financial pictures. It can be simply used to keep up-to-date with our several different “wallets,” but it is also really good to see the “breakdown” of our expenses. For example, let’s say that you’re addicted to caffeine and you want to see how deep your addiction is. Then you create a category, for instance, like “caffeine” or whatever you like (I simply call it “coffee”). And then every time you enter your expense toward caffeine, you choose “caffeine” as its category. Wait for some time passes, then you’ll be able to track down your expenses toward caffeine by week, by month, by year, or by entire period of time you use Quicken.
So what I want to say is simply that my addiction toward caffeine is pathetically deep. I’m in Seattle this weekend because Akinori is attending a conference organized by Geological Society of America (GSA), held in Seattle from today to next Wednesday. He went to the Seattle Convention Center earlier this morning and I’m left alone in downtown Seattle. I have been to a nice coffee house named “Bauhaus” nearby the Convention Center, so here I am, at the Bauhaus ever since he headed off to the conference. The drip coffee in 12 oz mug is $1.50 and they offer a refill for $.50. Just a few minutes ago I was seriously thinking about whether or not I should get the second refill. Then the screen-image of my Quicken came into my mind so now I’m having a second thought that I leave here and go shopping or something.