I'm Gonna Try Not To Fall Down When I'm Singing For Y'all

[mmerriam]

I have returned from the frozen wilds of downtown Hopkins victorious in my hunt for groceries. I am now settled in with soup (warm and tasty) and a cup of coffee.

Ah, yes. The coffee situation. So I ran out of coffee yesterday, but did not worry, secure in the knowledge that I had ordered it for delivery. Wrong. Oh, so wrong indeed. This morning I was faced with the prospects of No Coffee! Somehow I survived this terrible situation. Then at the store I found myself facing the coffee aisle and it's ever more bewildering array for coffee choices.

I bought the cheapest thing I could.

See, here's the deal: when I purchase something at the store that's just for me (careswen is not a coffee drinker) I tend to low-ball it. This tendency is currently being reinforced by our budget situation. Normally this is okay. Normally the stuff I drag home for just myself is, if not optimal, at least tolerable.

At this point I should note that, if I know another coffee drinker is coming over, I'll run out and buy something of a much higher quality to serve them. That's part of being a good host. Then I would store it and use it for similar situations later on.

But I digress...

So I pour that first cup of coffee and took a sip and to say it was GAWD AWFUL would be an understatement.

Now I'm on the third cup and I've reached that point of Zen that says, "Meh. It'll work." I can only assume my taste buds have throw up their metaphorical hands and given up. Or I've killed them.

In other news of the mmerriam: I don't really feel like writing today. I'm going to, but I don't really feel like it.

Next week we'll talk about my OWW membership, turning 42 (I'm the same age as Minicon!), my thoughts about writing, the dispiriting job hunt, the fact that western civilization will not collapse if I don't vacuum the carpet (despite what my brain keeps screaming), the weather (a favorite topic in Minnesota), if I'm going to stay in the novel_in_90 community, novel revisions, and I'm sure a dozen things I have not even imagined yet.

In Peace,
Michael

Comments

[anghara.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. The coffee situation. So I ran out of coffee yesterday...

If that happened in my house it would not just be a disaster, it would be a catastrophe of epic proportions. My husband knows this. There is ALWAYS coffee - made, or being made - on tap, anyway - because he knows that if he doesn't provide the coffee he will have a monster on his hands.

A sick monster, at that. *I get withdrawal headaches*. I kid you not.

My name is ALma, and I'm an addict...

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

The black tea I drank this morning just did not cut it.

[bret-jordan.livejournal.com]

I ran out of coffee once...

It resulted in a splitting headache by 10:00am.

Needless to say, short of the appocolypse, it won't happen again.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I don't know what I was thinking, letting the coffee run out.

[maryjdal.livejournal.com]

It's hard to start the day with out coffee. Better a bad cup than no cup :)

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Bad is better than nothing.

[greykev.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it works on Instant, but for ground coffee adding a liberal sprinkle of salt to the grounds before brewing counteracts some of the bitterness.

If this stuff is as bad as all that, what would you loose by trying it?

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Absolutely nothing :-)

[purdypiedad.livejournal.com]

Yuban, huh? That's a taste bud killer.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

:shudder:

i'm just going to suffer through this stuff and consider it a lesson learned.

[purdypiedad.livejournal.com]

I'll never forget (or forgive) the time the ex in-laws were staying w/ us (before they were ex), so I opted to make a pot of real genuine Kona coffee as a special treat for them. Shortly after the pot finished brewing, my mother-in-law poured the entire contents down the drain and began brewing some Yuban coffee that she brought from home.

I would have killed her, but the shock was too incapacitating.

[maggiedr.livejournal.com]

I'm the only coffee drinker in my house too. I buy the big 3 pound can of Kirkland brand at Costco. It's not just cheap--it's good!

I'm looking forward to seeing your comments on OWW. I did not renew this year and I recently dropped the mail-list too. No complaints, just felt I wasn't spending time with either.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

my OWW membership ends in nine days.

[careswen.livejournal.com]

when I purchase something at the store that's just for me (careswen is not a coffee drinker) I tend to low-ball it

And what have we learned from this? Hmm?

Martyrdom tastes bad!

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Martydom tastes like cheap coffee

I'll have to use that as a line in a story or book.

[pezwitch.livejournal.com]

Bwaahaa... It's bad, but it's hard to stop when it's all you have.

[careswen.livejournal.com]

Yay! I enjoy inspiring you. ;)

[keesa-renee.livejournal.com]

Eeugh. Bad coffee is...well. Heh. What can I say? Bad coffee is bad coffee.

I'm blessed. I can get cans of Pilon expresso for $1.50 at the Salvage grocery...cheap AND delicious!!

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

and yet bad coffee is better than no coffee...

[redheadedali.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna die someday staring at dressing room walls...