Tonight I tried bartending for a room full of people and I raise my glass to all the bartenders out there - it's a tough gig! I had fun and everyone was polite despite my mediocrity... but I do have a specialty drink that's not so bad if I do say so my self hahaha.
And calling out the traditional "Last Call" is seriously one of the coolest things I've ever done.
September 29, 2012
September 28, 2012
Fridays for me
Just set the tea bag in the cup to let steep for four minutes.
Spending the night studying for my Saturday morning class tomorrow.
This is perhaps one of the sadder blogs I've ever written.
So while you're out there on a Friday night, let it be known that somewhere, someone at this exact time is stuck in the corner of his room wishing he were probably in your position.
Spending the night studying for my Saturday morning class tomorrow.
This is perhaps one of the sadder blogs I've ever written.
So while you're out there on a Friday night, let it be known that somewhere, someone at this exact time is stuck in the corner of his room wishing he were probably in your position.
September 25, 2012
Tasty Opportunity Cost?
I was drinking coffee this morning that made me remember another time when I drinking tea and made me realize this:
I know this is a Cognac Aroma Wheel (and mmm is Cognac tasty), but for all intents and purposes, it serves as a great list of aromas and flavors in general. I use it to train and study for when I'm having a hard time discerning flavors.
With experience I learned that different beverages have distinct flavor echelons with only the best of each drink having the complexity of many different distinct flavors.
I realized that, while I was drinking my coffee this morning, I remembered having a hard time discerning the flavor in a special tea I had a few weeks ago. And I came to the conclusion that in my drinking coffee, I've lost a lot of the fineness of discerning subtle vegetal/fruit flavors for harsh complexity in robust, earthy-bittersweet flavors.
I guess the only way to keep up is to keep a balance of drinks to brush up on different areas on taste. I'd be sad if I lost some senses for some flavors. But it's good to know so I can always relearn and refine :)
September 24, 2012
Repose
It's easy to be nice to people when it's convenient for you, but it's extremely more difficult to be nice to people when it's inconvenient for you.
September 20, 2012
Fatigue is a factor...
... it's a truth you figure out when you've broken up into pieces.
And monotony is just as fatiguing a crux if you let it be.
And monotony is just as fatiguing a crux if you let it be.
September 18, 2012
Oh wait
I found something meaningful to say and I'm going to address the elephant in the middle of the room (at least, in my mind)
Smart phones. Now I'm not a hater, in fact I miss my old iPod Touch dearly (it's unusable as of now), and this isn't to any smartphone in particular - ya know it doesn't even have to be a smart phone! Just cell phones in general:
Reallllly guys? It's probably one of the most annoying things to be in the middle of a "conversation" with someone (and I put conversation in quotations because it's questionable at best if it really is a conversation) who is constantly, literally on their phone doing whatever they need to do. I mean, go ahead a text once and a look there, yeah I understand, but I'm spending my time and efforts with you trying to have a meaningful conversation! And I'm no etiquette doctor but if you are interrupted by an important message, pause me completely and take some time to hear it out, text them/ call them back and tell them you're busy at the moment, or tell me you have to leave and leave! I'll understand! But don't trade faces from your phone to me, me to your phone over and over and over again. DON'T talk to me while you're looking at your phone. It's rude and disheartening, I just want to have a real conversation.
A conversation where both of us are looking into each others eyes, acknowledging each others presence, hearing each other out carefully, exchanging thoughts and all. I'd like your undivided attention if possible. I'll gladly give you mine and my time and my complete consideration. I'll give you my best efforts to make it a pleasant experience. I'll let you know how important it means to me that you're spending your time, your efforts, and your personal thoughts to me.
Please do the same.
On another note, I don't have a smart phone. But it's okay by me. I've been told that I'm a bad cell phone user, not always answering my calls or texting back sometimes - but perhaps you may now know why.
Smart phones. Now I'm not a hater, in fact I miss my old iPod Touch dearly (it's unusable as of now), and this isn't to any smartphone in particular - ya know it doesn't even have to be a smart phone! Just cell phones in general:
Reallllly guys? It's probably one of the most annoying things to be in the middle of a "conversation" with someone (and I put conversation in quotations because it's questionable at best if it really is a conversation) who is constantly, literally on their phone doing whatever they need to do. I mean, go ahead a text once and a look there, yeah I understand, but I'm spending my time and efforts with you trying to have a meaningful conversation! And I'm no etiquette doctor but if you are interrupted by an important message, pause me completely and take some time to hear it out, text them/ call them back and tell them you're busy at the moment, or tell me you have to leave and leave! I'll understand! But don't trade faces from your phone to me, me to your phone over and over and over again. DON'T talk to me while you're looking at your phone. It's rude and disheartening, I just want to have a real conversation.
A conversation where both of us are looking into each others eyes, acknowledging each others presence, hearing each other out carefully, exchanging thoughts and all. I'd like your undivided attention if possible. I'll gladly give you mine and my time and my complete consideration. I'll give you my best efforts to make it a pleasant experience. I'll let you know how important it means to me that you're spending your time, your efforts, and your personal thoughts to me.
Please do the same.
On another note, I don't have a smart phone. But it's okay by me. I've been told that I'm a bad cell phone user, not always answering my calls or texting back sometimes - but perhaps you may now know why.
Erato
Hello... I've not anything to say really but I thought I'd just post. That means this blog is pretty much filler. But that's okay ... well, I mean if you're reading this I think it's fair I apologize for taking your time. Pardon my sporadic blogging nonsense. But on that note:
I very much enjoy watching youtube videos thinking I'm at a live concert. Especially when it's an original song, an original, beautiful song.
Fin.
September 16, 2012
HOLD UP
Alcohol hurts the liver and coffee heals the liver?
Coffee is like, the morning after drink! Hahaha!
Coffee is like, the morning after drink! Hahaha!
September 13, 2012
Fortitude
Oh, what those eyes have seen
those bright eyes in the dark shade
of tragedies, catastrophes, maladies
blasphemies, dastardly things
Oh, the tears those eyes have cried
of then and now, of here and late
from pains and hurt, from why and how
yet still the tears aren't enough
Oh, those eyes that see
all a miss and all abysmal
sees the better path
and one day shall rest at last
those bright eyes in the dark shade
of tragedies, catastrophes, maladies
blasphemies, dastardly things
Oh, the tears those eyes have cried
of then and now, of here and late
from pains and hurt, from why and how
yet still the tears aren't enough
Oh, those eyes that see
all a miss and all abysmal
sees the better path
and one day shall rest at last
September 11, 2012
Real Time
Oh love, hold still
you're moving too fast
still please be still
I just want to catch
a solid, still glimpse
to know this moment's real
I won't have you always
but for now I will
please love, be still
September 7, 2012
Well when you have to go...
...might as well have a cup of joe.
Yesterday morning I was riding the light rail on the way to school when perhaps the most inconvenient thing that could ever happen, happened. I needed to go to the bathroom, bad. And I mean, really bad. I was passing through the middle of downtown when it happened, almost out of nowhere, and argued with myself, thinking perhaps I could make it to school but "nope, I had to go now."
There's seriously a mental and physical struggle that goes on when I'm trying to hold it in as long as I can, especially when it's really bad. Probably the most effective argument I use on myself is to shout to myself inside my head:
Fortunately, one of my favorite coffee shops is located pretty much right at one of the upcoming light rail stops - the closest I could think of of where to release. I hopped off the train, and as inconspicuously as I can, walk-ran right to the men's room. I made it.
Naturally, I couldn't leave the store without buying something. So I got a V60 Hario pour-over of a new Latin American brew from Panama and... it was simply beautiful.
The coffee was a masterpiece. It was amazingly complex, filled with layers and layers of richness. It literally took me the whole cup of coffee to feel adequate at having described it, and I think that's where the beauty came from. Together as the whole, the coffee was superb, but even more, as a test to its complexity I literally had to focus on each separate part of the experience to get its full characterization. From first impression, to texture, to body, to aroma, to acidity/brightness, to elements of smoothness, to midpalate, to its many, many flavors on the retrohale, and finally, to its finish. This particular coffee had so much depth in every aspect that for every particular faucet of it required my full, undivided attention. It brought back memories, rejuvenated my vigor, and raised my hopes for the future. This coffee was a transcendental tasting experience.
And experiences like that can happen to anyone, really. So, let's have a cup of coffee sometime, yeah?
Yesterday morning I was riding the light rail on the way to school when perhaps the most inconvenient thing that could ever happen, happened. I needed to go to the bathroom, bad. And I mean, really bad. I was passing through the middle of downtown when it happened, almost out of nowhere, and argued with myself, thinking perhaps I could make it to school but "nope, I had to go now."
There's seriously a mental and physical struggle that goes on when I'm trying to hold it in as long as I can, especially when it's really bad. Probably the most effective argument I use on myself is to shout to myself inside my head:
"YOU ARE NOT AN ANIMAL AARON, YOU CAN HOLD IT IN, CONTROL YOURSELF, THIS IS WHAT SEPARATES US FROM ANIMALS, DON'T DARE LOOSEN UP. HOLD IT IN!"
Fortunately, one of my favorite coffee shops is located pretty much right at one of the upcoming light rail stops - the closest I could think of of where to release. I hopped off the train, and as inconspicuously as I can, walk-ran right to the men's room. I made it.
Naturally, I couldn't leave the store without buying something. So I got a V60 Hario pour-over of a new Latin American brew from Panama and... it was simply beautiful.
The coffee was a masterpiece. It was amazingly complex, filled with layers and layers of richness. It literally took me the whole cup of coffee to feel adequate at having described it, and I think that's where the beauty came from. Together as the whole, the coffee was superb, but even more, as a test to its complexity I literally had to focus on each separate part of the experience to get its full characterization. From first impression, to texture, to body, to aroma, to acidity/brightness, to elements of smoothness, to midpalate, to its many, many flavors on the retrohale, and finally, to its finish. This particular coffee had so much depth in every aspect that for every particular faucet of it required my full, undivided attention. It brought back memories, rejuvenated my vigor, and raised my hopes for the future. This coffee was a transcendental tasting experience.
And experiences like that can happen to anyone, really. So, let's have a cup of coffee sometime, yeah?
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