Thursday, November 14, 2002
"I was high on life, but eventually I built up a tolerance."-Arj Barker
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"At first I thought that my life was going around in circles.
Then I realized it's actually a downward spiral." -Tom Ryan
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"The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of
age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background,
is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-
average drivers." --Dave Barry
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Sunday, November 10, 2002
WOW! Hey, I just foun something cool. I have some weird things I say offhande, and I don't know where I picked them up. I use them the same way most of the time, as if they mean something, but I thought I made them up. But I just found one under a greek vernacular list. That's cool. I wonder if I picked it up or if it's a really cool weird coincidence. Anyay the word/phrase I came across was "éla" which apperantly means "come". I've always used it to kindof mean "look at this" or "pay attention to this" so iono. I'm going to investigate...I made Tea!
However, since my barren household is utterly devoid of a teapot, I had to improvise. This involved measuring out about three servings of water. Then boiling it in a smallish pot. Then pouring the very boiling water into an enormous measuring cup, semi drying out the pot, and measuring out four-and-a-half servings of loose tea to the pot and sloshing the (still hot) water back into the pot. Then I steeped it for three minutes. Then it got interesting... I took the coffee percolator filter off and rinsed it and put in a new filter. Then I held it above the enormous measuring cup and filterd out the loose dust. It sounds easy, but I made rather a mess in the transition on the stovetop. eventually, I was able to enjoy some tea. It was still warm, as I was quick about the process. I didn't realize quite how much juggling there would be, but of course I didn't notice I was going to have to use loose tea until the water was already on the boil. I came out with strong tea though. I forgot I only hade three servings of water, so I made a guess and added a bit too much tea. It's almost black. It looks like strong coffee and you can almost feel the caffine enter your system... haha. I need more tea, a proper teapot, and sugar cubes!
Ciaociao, {I'm off to bounce off the proverbial walls}
