Spin Spin Sugar

I'm everyone – hang your label on me

Category Archives: iPhone


by 1 Comment

the sad ballad of Stephanie’s iPhone

It’s the damnedest thing. I love my iPhone. I take care of it, like it’s some kind of baby or something. My iPhone is at my side constantly and I have never done wrong by this phone. Usually my phone does pretty swell by me as well.

Until I moved an hour and a half from the nearest Apple store. And my home button (basically the button that makes the phone freakin’ work) went out.

I have to mail the phone out today to get repaired. Or replaced. Either way, I’ll be without my iPhone for about a week. I’m sad. I’m cranky. I’m also without my camera basically as a result.

Did I mention that I’m REALLY tired of sleeping on the floor? What does that have to do with my iPhone? Nothing. I’m just generally cranky. And have a sore neck/back/etc. Sue me.


by 1 Comment

next step

Hey Stephanie, what are you doing in Chico?

-Taking huge leaps with my eyes closed at all times. The surprise is the pay off right?

-Missing my friends back home like crazy. I talk to most of them every single day. People you wouldn’t expect even… People I didn’t expect. Man I carry you guys in my heart like you don’t even know.

-Finding my way around town. This hasn’t been too much of a problem in awhile.

-listening to a lot of music, laying in the sun, day dreaming, thinking about radio.

-Did I mention missing people? There are people I miss like a limb. I don’t want to call them out here, because that just swells egos, but they know who they are. Or they should. If they don’t, they’re deaf and blind and just as silly as ever. So they probably don’t. So, hey I miss you.

-Meeting people. You have to, you know when you don’t know anyone, making friends is the name of the game, and I’m trying to do it.

-Joining a gym. Or I will be in the next couple of weeks. Hollah, it’s trade bitches.

-eating sushi. Which I need to knock off.

-Feeling like me again, which wasn’t happening much in the last couple of months in SLO. Nothing dramatic, I just really started to question my path in life and if I was doing the right thing for a living (i.e. do you HAVE to love what you do, or can you just do something for money? Me and a few other bad asses I know HAVE to love it.)

-taking pictures. seeing new things. sitting in creeks. going to bikini car washes. seeing new dj’s.

-Sleeping on the floor.

So now you’re caught up.


by 3 Comments

on the flip side

You really wouldn’t think so, but In and Out Burger is a great place for vegetarians who may be on the road traveling or just miss grabbing a burger with friends. Just ask for a few items from the secret menu and you’ll be all set.

Above: Veggie Burger, Dr Pepper. In and Out Burger Chico, CA (taken with the hipstamatic app on my iPhone)


by 1 Comment

It’s hot bitches

So this was yesterday evening about the time I decided it was too hot to be in my 2nd floor apartment and headed out to grab the only thing I though I could stomach in the heat, sushi. Unfortunately everyone in town had the same idea so I walked next door to this jazz bar called Johnnie’s in the Hotel Diamond, where they have great drinks and an amazing air conditioner, and shot the ish with Steve, the bartender there.

Finally around 8:30, I walked back over to the sushi joint, and there was finally room at the bar. I got a roll and a glass of water and listened to the XM Darkwave station with the kids closing up shop. I like going to Rawbar because everyone who works there is about my age and I can grab myself some insider Chico information from them. Everyone is really friendly and cool and have really pointed out some cool spots to me in the month since I’ve been here.


I checked the temp right before walking back to my car and this is what is said. Are you kidding me? It’s 9:30 at night? My house was pretty warm but I ended up sleeping okay after being out in the sun all day.

I know I grew up in Bakersfield where it is HOT HOT HOT all summer long but I’ve also just spent seven years in a place that RARELY breaks 100 if ever. I’m getting used to it, and hardly notice when it’s just 90 or so, but man those last 10 degrees…

– Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone


by 2 Comments

Out on the town

Last night was my friend Amber’s last night here in Chico, so she took me out again and we went to a couple of the local “mall” eateries for drinks and appetizers and girly gossip, since no one knows when I’ll be getting that in my life again, as I don’t know ANYONE HERE! YAY!

We had a really great time and I’m really grateful to Amber for her help in my move and for keeping me company for a couple of days. Now comes the part I’ve been dreading, actually unpacking everything and getting on with that whole “life,” thing. Should be a trip. But first a couple of pictures for all six of you reading this….
We were in fact, at Red Lobster…. trick. I love this sign though, because I’m wondering how this food was fresh from the sea. As I used to live next to a commercial fishing pier, I’m sort of a fresh fish snob. Sue me.

We did try a little of everything though

I’ve already had some of this beer at the Sierra Nevada Brewery where they make it. It’s pretty good if you like wheat beers, which I do when I’m not drinking Newcastle or some other form of liquid bread. Unfortunately for you guys at home playing the “OMG I want everything Stephanie finds in Chico” home game, you can only get this beer with this label on it here in Chico. No worries, come visit me, I’ll take you to the Brewery. It’s one of four places that I actually can find without GPS.

(By the way the Brewery is near the Target and is HUGE, so it’s kind of hard to miss, y’all.)


by Leave a comment

The Rawbar

My friend Amber is here helping me move into my new place and last night we went out to The Rawbar to celebrate my move.

I didn’t try the tofu yet, I plan to though!

Eel!
Tuna, Salmon and Octopus

Lemongrass Lemondrop.

The Rawbar is very cute, very trendy, pretty resonable in price and right downtown. Speaking of my sushi obsession, last week I went to Gen Kai in Chico as well.