Yin yawn

At a coffee shop:
"I hate spell checking things."
"I use google for spell check now.  Just type in a word and see if I'm spelling it right."
Third person:  "I just intuit if something is spelled right.  I feel it in my body."

In addition to the tension on the world stage, in Sebastopol there has also been the opening of the new (controversial) CVS.  I mentioned to someone in a text I had to swing by there on my way to meet her.  She responded, ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO CVS??
Me:  I'm just exchanging something.
Her:  You can't go there!!
Me:  I bought something from there a month ago and it doesn't work.  I'm EXCHANGING it. 
Her:  Ok.  But you can't shop there.
Me:  No money will be involved.
Her:  Ok. But tell other shoppers they should boycott it.
Me:  I highly doubt I'm going to do that.

And with a group and the subject of CVS came up:
"Don't go to the new CVS."
"Yeah, buy things somewhere else."
"Anywhere else!"
(jokingly:) "Don't even look at it when you drive by!"

"Perhaps at a soul level she has called this person into her life and it will be a learning opportunity for her.  Maybe it's for her long-term growth or her inner healing.  Or maybe totally not."

At the Ma Muse concert where there were quite a few women in the audience:
"This is a very yin crowd."
"Yeah, that's shocking in Sebastopol."

Words of the week:
Sebastospiritual
local-n-organic (one word)

"You know her," I told my friend.  "She's the one who dresses like...  How do I describe it?  Like she's in a made-for-tv movie that takes place on a seventies commune."
"Oh, I know who you are talking about now."

My community mole overheard a customer:  "I'm sorry I'm yawning so much, I just got out of yoga.  It chilled me out so much I just want to lie down and take a nap in the middle of Whole Foods."


License plates:
AOHMM
NR JYZR
BIZ DIVA
WE CHILN

Wine tasting and nice people

From a friend regarding the previous post and west county phrases:
"We used to use that term [over-meditated] when we'd gone to one-too-many retreats.  I didn't know other people used it too."
And a few more:
 paleo-vedic diet
 too incensey
 quasi-vegan
 chocolove
 zin zen

Years ago I worked in the addictions field and heard many arguments between people who were usually coming off of meth.  Recently I was at the library and two people sitting near me starting arguing in a similar manner.  While I've heard tweakers verbally attack each other, I had never heard it laced with new age sentiments.
"I'm not going to talk about this any more!"
"I choose not to expose myself to this toxicity."
"I'm not toxic - you're toxic!  I don't want all this negative thinking."
"Live one day at a time and if you can't then don't complain to me."
{expletives}
"I'm leaving, you're exposing me to negative energy and I don't need this."
{they are practically yelling now}
"It's not my fault you don't know how to be at peace."
"I need to go somewhere to calm down and breathe.  This stress is not good.  I'm better than this!"  {slams things into his backpack and takes off}
"You are judging me!  It's not good for your recovery!"

I spoke with someone who used to work at a shop in the Barlow.  She told me things people used to lament about:  "'The music is too loud.'  'The music makes me not want to shop.'  So we put on relaxing music, then folks complained it sounded like a massage parlor.  'Is this candy bar filled with milk chocolate and caramel sugar-free?'  'Why are there so many yoga studios/wineries/ hipsters?'  'People here are too nice.'"

"That crystal does not bring me good luck.  I'd need my purple one for that."

"In this town you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Prius or wine-tasting room."

I mentioned to my sister I was getting together with some women to do vision boards for the new year.  She left a message, "I can't believe you are making vision boards.  That is so 2007."


License plates:
OFF EDGE
SOY BOY
ZEN DOG
BEACHIN

Excuse me while I tincturize

Waldorf rebellion in Sebastopol - 8th graders dressing up in their adult onesies at school even though teachers had not granted approval. 

Me:  "Happy New Year's, if you celebrate that."
Dude:  "There are people who don't celebrate New Year's?!"
Me:  "I never know around here.  Some holiday wish can seem very benign and still you get, 'I don't celebrate that.  Every day is a celebration to me.'"
"Yeah, that's kind of true."

"Sebastopol - where a lot of shallow people are doing a lot of deep work."

My friend overheard a woman asking about different yoga classes offered.
"We have yoga and chanting, yoga and sound, yoga and meditation, yoga welcoming the new year."
"Is it possible to do a generic yoga class?" the potential student asked.
"I'll have to check - we must have a normal yoga class.  I think we do anyway."

Directions to a holiday party:
"Make a sharp left at the large tree.  Look for several mailboxes in a row and turn into the second driveway.  On the left you'll see an area where at any given time there are at least 3 Priuses.  That is where you park..." 

After my supplementizing neighbor, I kept my ears open for west county phrases (and asked a few locals):
tincturizing
over-meditated
elixir date
tahini-ish
post yoga haze
macanate
gluten crash

My young niece, dancing into the room while brushing her teeth:  "I'm using toothpaste with chemicals in it.... I'm using toothpaste with chemicals in it..."

A friend was rearranging her desk and computer area in her office.  She made a few remarks about feng shui.  Her boyfriend sighed.  "I'm not following you."
I interjected, "I think when you're not in Sebastopol it's called ergonomics."


License plates:
CUDL FSH
HEC YEH
SAGE FEM
LUV WNS







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