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Bitter, bitter hockey yelling behind cut.

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[impertinence]

w/e, your freezer has the important stuff.

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I know, right?! (There was also a can of frozen orange juice in the door, but I couldn't make the angle.)

So, from your latest entry, we're not saying the P-word, eh?

[impertinence]

NO. WE'RE NOT. BECAUSE THE P-WORD IS HORRIBLE.

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WHAT ABOUT THE Z WORD? EQUALLY HORRIBLE?

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I KNOW, RIGHT? Why torture yourself that way? Warm vodka, warm beer... ugh. Who's teaching these kids to drink, these days?

[kaitou1412]

You and I should do a panel. Alcoholic Fanfic, or something. We will teach them about Whiskey and Bourbon and Sake and Wine.

I am so sick of 'sweet like wine.' Hello, have you ever had wine? Are we talking a Moscato here? Don't compare your characters kisses to White Zin anyways, that's not classy.

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We should! That would be amazing fun.

Hey now, I do like me some sweet wines. (Moscatos and rieslings are some of my favorites! And I have this amazing sweet shiraz that I love to sip.) But in general, yeah, sweet's definitely not a universal word to use for wine, and definitely not for kisses.

Of course, the people writing these are probably kids who have only had the cheap ass zins and wine coolers to which we refer. Heh.

[kaitou1412]

Oh man, no I loooove Moscato. I definitely prefer the sweets to the dry. But unless they're talking icewine...

Anyway. I just notice most alcohol based metaphors and similies don't sound anything like the alcohol they're talking about. "Her kisses had floral notes that dominated with hints of peach and flavors of tropical fruits and lychee"

Now I feel like I need to look through all the Star Trek fic for bourbon references to compare.

[thorne_scratch]

Yeah, agree. (I love icewine!)

Shit, man, I feel that way whenever I read my wine gourmet magazines. I think I posted in frustration once about how I could not pick up all the nuances, and what's more, some of their word choices were sketchy beyond belief. Jumpy? Inky? Asphault? Rubbery? NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO DRINK, GUYS.

Do it!

[thorne_scratch]

I'm glad it helped! I am always glad to steer people away from making dubious alcoholic decisions. Unless I'm there to watch and take pictures; then be as dubious as you please. Heh.

Yeah, I mean, I know people do drink straight, room temp vodka if they want to get drunk really fast, or just cut it with something to make it a little more palatable like orange juice or soda. There's a reason vodka is such a great mixer.

But if you actually want to enjoy drinking vodka (if you can get your hands on decent vodka; the vodka up there in my freezer is okayish but pretty standard), the best way is... well, the Russian way. Sip it, ice cold, while eating little bites of other things. Don't chug it straight at room temp. Ugh.

[thorne_scratch]

Well, it depends on the character, y'know? Some people are going to know how to drink alcohol properly, and some people aren't, so it makes sense that they're chugging ass-grade tequila or whatever. You just gotta figure out what kind of drinker they're realistically likely to be, and then do your research. hands-on research, heh.

It's better cold, believe me. Warm booze-- well, if you're going for straight up alcohol, hot mulled wine is amazingly awesome, and sake is something that has all kinds of temp-stuff related to it-- I love certain warm sake. And you can make a ton of hot sweet drinks, like hot chocolate with booze in it. But those are mostly mixed drinks.

[glendaglamazon]

I have been working so much--and I left my headphones at home on Thursday--so I have been trying to catch up with reactions, post-mortems (post-morta? post-mortae?), and general teeth-gnashing about Wednesday's(/Thursday's) game so I can put it all behind me before 12:30 tomorrow.

WHY COULDN'T TROY HIT THE FREAKIN' NET FROM 2 FEET AWAY?!?!

WHY DID OVI GET NOTHING BUT POSTS?!?!

WHY DID MOJO-JOJO SUCK SO VERY MUCH IN ALL THE WAYS??!?!?

WHY WERE POOR HENDY AND HOLTBY NOT REWARDED FOR BEING THE GODS THEY ARE??!?!

I clearly have QUESTIONS.

Thank you, that helped a lot. :)

Also, this is a fun guide to drinking vodka a la Russe (though they don't even bother to mention the temperature, because DUH CHILLED

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I was so depressed and mopey, you would not believe. Ugh. Why, Troy. (Though I'm not as mad at him as F&B is on Japers. Yikes. Watch your back, Troy.) All your questions, I agree.

Ooh, nifty! I shall bookmark that for... purposes. Though we have seen enough pictures of Ovi and Sasha drunk out of their gourds that we can conclude they don't always follow The Russian Way.

WE REALLY SHOULD, NO ONE ELSE LOVES THE CAPS AND THEY NEED LOVE SERIOUSLY. (Hell, I want to write something along the lines of "THESE ARE THE DUDES WHO SHOULD BE BONING" basically just so I can extol on Ovi/Sasha, Carlznerson, Brooks Laich and Mike Green's magical bromance, and my deep, shameful thing for Holtby/Neuvy. Or even Nicky and Mojo, which feels... weirdly illegal, I don't know.) Seriously, we should do this primer thing. I need to update the roommates comment anyway; brooks is with Schultzy now. Did you listen to his podcast with Cabbie? It was AMAZING.