2 posts tagged “coffee”

Title: a mood swing
Date: March 5th, 2007
Mood: nrrrrrrrrrrrr, uggggghhhhh, down, up

To my adoring and lovely people:

Day didn't get off to the best start.  I had a really hard time getting up.  I felt sick and every time I moved, I was overcome by dizziness.  Partly, it was my own fault.  I had a hard time sleeping so I ended up calling some people because I was feeling lonely.  My appetite was gone again too, but I forced myself to eat one of those small things of yogurt because I have a midterm today.  

The midterm is going to be difficult.  I don't know the material.  At all.
I'm not sure why I keep doing this to myself.  I don't have anywhere else to go.  If I fail here, I'm SOL.  And I'll be kicked out of my house.

My eyes sting and I feel like hiding somewhere and crying, but I can't afford to do that.

On the more positive side of things, I ripped a bunch of my CDs and updated my iPod.  And I'm currently listening to some of them.  I haven't heard a lot of these songs for a while and they are really good.  A few of them are by local artists.  And if they aren't already on last.fm, I will add them, or tag or whatever.

So in a move that may seem counter-productive, I'm sitting in the foodcourt of a mall, with a huge coffee.  I can't make my first class anyway, and the coffee might help my mood slightly.  

I'm sipping it slowly, because I'm still not feeling 100% but I am starting to feel a little better.

About half way done now (it is 'venti' size) and... I'm feeling even better, but still bad.  I'm thinking I should bring my iPod speakers to class tomorrow and annoy my classmates with music.  (they are this really nifty clamshell thing and it is loud and self powered and has really good base.)

I did a little reading yesterday.  Took 'Altered Carbon' from the shelf and flipped to the last fifth of the book and read from there.  I've read the whole story before and reading that part again was exciting.  

omgwtfbbq I need bass.  I need bass badly.  One of my favorite dance/techno/rave CDs is on.  mmmmmmm yeah!  This boosts my mood!
Also, I think the caffeine is kicking in.

Well, even more time has passed and I can feel an adrenaline rush.  The surge of caffeine and adrenaline coursing through my veins.  I love how I can go from emo to super awesome high (I call this feeling my coders high, but I used to get it when I was training in martial arts too) in a matter of minutes.  (took me maybe 30 minutes)  Of course, it works both ways and the crash will probably be pretty hard.  I'll have to remember to grab a couple more coffees before I write my exam.

These headphones need to be louder.  They are cranked but I need more!
Shame the electronics stores aren't open yet.  

Now, to find some internets so I can shove this content through the tubes!

Hmmmm.... there are lots of business people around here.  Lol, I am so trendy!  wearing my black shirt and drinking a fancypants coffee and using a mac and listening to an iPod.   (yes, I am laughing at myself, lol)

The initial rush has subsided a little bit, leaving me in a pleasant mood.
Time to head to class.
luffles for everyone!!!

PS:  Anyone with mac experience out there?
I need wireless with better range than the stock airport card in this iBook G4 12".
Preferably USB if possible and capable of all the fun stuff ;) (packet capturing, packet injection, etc.).  It needs to work with mac OSX tiger.  And it needs really good range... or be able to be easily modified for long range.  Please let me know.  You can email me at nikuramon (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks in advance.  

What method do you use to prepare your coffee or tea? 
Submitted by AgentBouche.

Well, I find that having some caffeine in the morning to be critical to functioning.  It is a ritual so many of us undergo every day.

In the beginning there were beans.  And they were good.  Although I enjoy munching on coffee beans, it doesn't give me quite as much enjoyment as the beverage does.  In any event, that morning cup of coffee is surrounded by so much symbolism, so much mysticism.  In some ways, I find it quite analogous to the 'Spice' talked about in Frank Herbert's Dune series.  

One day, while drinking some coffee, I wrote a small reflection on it, I'll share it with you all now:

The alure of the bean.

I find myself surrounded by the scent of roasting coffee beans as light, Christmas themed, jazz plays in the background.  As I sit in these trendy surroundings, looking hip in my bluejeans and black leather jacket, I sip at a drink with a name I cannot pronounce, let alone spell.  And I ponder and muse and I'm suddenly struck by a flash of creativity.  I pull out my iBook and begin typing.  

What is it that draws someone like me to a place like this?

Another sip and the hot liquid courses down my throat, almost painful but not quite.  The bitter taste of the beverage is tempered by the steamed milk that they got out of a machine that sputtered and growled.

Why do I spend such exhorbant sums of money on a beverage?

I look in the cup, swirl it around a bit.  I bring it up to my nose and sniff it.  It is just a liquid.  One that contains caffeine, but still, caffeine can be synthesized and has and yet, it isn't the same.  

I remember as a kid, I used to hate coffee.  Way too bitter.

And yet now, I crave it's cleansing warmth on my palate.  It becomes an integral part of my day, when I don't drink it, it feels like there is something missing.  But it isn't a caffeine addiction.  There is something more to it then that.

I stare into my cup, at the rapidly vanishing liquid.  Soon, a fine silt, almost a sludge, is all that is left.

Finished, I pack up and leave.  Ready to return again tomorrow.

Now, for my brew method:

I like to do it as they did in ancient times.  I play the emperor and they play the servent.  I go to my local place of coffee drinking and get whatever it is I fancy at the time.  Usually it is cappuchino.

Enjoy the day, everyone.