the day the world stands still is today

why yes, this is fluffy the cat with
underwear around his neck

imagine all of the great things in life [no lines at disneyland, free donuts @ krispy kremes, rolling down a hill wrapped in bubble tape, talking your way out of a speeding ticket, losing 25 lbs, finding $50 in your jeans- man i'd like to just misplace a couple dollars] multiple by that all the greatest people in life [bruce willis, oprah, ghandi, bono, beyo, beyonce, fluffy the cat] and square that by kittens, rainbows, & all things pink.

that's what 7-11 day is to me. the world's best day in the entire world. it's like my wedding day + the day we found out about baby no-name + the day justin got home from his mission- but every year!



illinois 7



me & slurpees have had quite the romantic love affair. i remember after playing some hard-core pee wee soccer games @ lorenzi park stopping by the 7-11 at rancho & 95 getting a slurpee. or when i got my school booster shots for kindergarten and getting promised a slurpee. my obsession probably didn't hit the fan until my teen years. from there--the rest is history. i would ditch semianry to have an early morning coke slurpee. i spent many a'weekend nights dancing at random 7-11s. it's now my life's ambition to hit up as many 7-11's as i can, recreating the same pose. so far, i have: nv, ca, az, ut, il, mexico. i know, lackluster but that's why it's called goals [justin's is to hit every state capital- snooze]. i'm so glad everyone relates my name synonymously with slurpees too- i've already got six happy-slurpee days from family/friends- it's nice to know people care more for my slurpee addiction then they do my birthday. bc we all know slurpees are way more important.

so in honor of this blessed day, here are some fancy slurpee facts to digest

-winnipeg, canada is the slurpee capital of the world; selling an average of 8,300/store/day.

please please please someone make me this
birthday: nov 16th

-canadian slurpees are heavier then americans- theirs aren't inserted with air [us americans will pay for anything, won't we?]

-early prototypes for the slurpee machine made use of an automobile air conditioning unit.

-slurpees technically are icees [but we all know they are def not - 'in what universe are slurpees' icees?' you hit it right on the nail, sheldon]- slurpees were licensed by the icee company in 1967.

-when slurpees first hit the market, it wasn’t self-serve. the machine was behind the counter and the clerk served the product to you.

-half of all slurpee drinks are purchased between the hours of 4 and 11 p.m.
-only one private individual owns a bona fide slurpee machine. the rest are in 7-eleven [no, unfortunately, this isn't me].
-every year enough slurpee drinks are sold to fill up 12 olympic-sized swimming pools.
-slurpee was "invented" when some sodas were put in a freezer to cool them down — and they became all slushy.

slurpee, you have my heart in your hand.
[ps- for all slurpee novies, sign up on slurpee.com and text your cup codes to a number. build up points to use for free redbox codes. currently i'm saving up for the free t-shirts].