So, I've started drinking coffee in the morning, using the theory that it has to be a little better for me than diet soft drinks. I am still occasionally having my carbonation, but for the most part, it's coffee and water.
I'm not sure who makes the coffee I'm drinking - I get it from the office break room. But what I can tell you is, it's strong, dark, and bitter.
Which of course reminds me of the scene in Airplane, a movie I never tire of:
I typically take mine with cream and a little sweetener. I am fine with Nutrasweet or Splenda (blue or yellow packet) but typically go for Stevia these days (green). I draw the line at Sweet 'n' Low (pink). I have standards, dammit.
Anyway, office coffee - the punchline of sitcoms everywhere.
When I was in college, there were, to my recollection, basically three coffee shops - one whose name eludes me, then Blue Sky and Jittery Joe's. Blue Sky was my favorite, though I rarely drank coffee. Blue Sky had a set of roll-up windows as their store front, and when it was nice out, they opened the place up. I remember once going there with a guy who had just been dumped by one of my sorority sisters and wanted to talk about getting her back. And I kind of had a crush on him, so I went. I skipped Dr. Finley's Sociology 101 lecture, and it was cold and raining like mad. Sorry to Dr. Finley, to my sorority sister, and to her ex. I wonder how/where he is now. I can only remember his first name, so I can't stalk him. Bummer. At last check in, she was living overseas. Hong Kong? Japan? Oh well.
After I graduated from college, Starbucks became a thing. I would get a skim latte there from time to time - hot in the winter, iced in the summer. Then I switched over to Dunkin's iced coffee with skim, because it was cheap and convenient. But really - none of these were a go-to for me. I was a Diet Coke/Coke Zero/Diet Dr. Pepper drinker.
In fact, I drank a ton of coffee my sophomore and junior years of High School, at IHOP, of course. I realized it made my stomach hurt, so I backed off. As a senior, a Diet Dr. Pepper was often breakfast. And I wonder why I was thin in High School? Whatever.
I have never been a habitual "gotta have my coffee" person. Even now, I do it at the suggestion of the plan I'm following - not because I feel like I NEED it or I'll die. I ought to pick up a Soda Stream and have a massive cold fizzy water every morning - I get the water, the cold and the carbonation to wake me up. But counterspace is at a premium, so I guess I'll make dew with my current routine. Coffee, strong enough to chew, and my massive tumbler of water. I try to get one in by 11, and finish a second one before the end of the day.
Patience.
And caffeination.
And hydration.
ae
I'm not sure who makes the coffee I'm drinking - I get it from the office break room. But what I can tell you is, it's strong, dark, and bitter.
Which of course reminds me of the scene in Airplane, a movie I never tire of:
I typically take mine with cream and a little sweetener. I am fine with Nutrasweet or Splenda (blue or yellow packet) but typically go for Stevia these days (green). I draw the line at Sweet 'n' Low (pink). I have standards, dammit.
Anyway, office coffee - the punchline of sitcoms everywhere.
When I was in college, there were, to my recollection, basically three coffee shops - one whose name eludes me, then Blue Sky and Jittery Joe's. Blue Sky was my favorite, though I rarely drank coffee. Blue Sky had a set of roll-up windows as their store front, and when it was nice out, they opened the place up. I remember once going there with a guy who had just been dumped by one of my sorority sisters and wanted to talk about getting her back. And I kind of had a crush on him, so I went. I skipped Dr. Finley's Sociology 101 lecture, and it was cold and raining like mad. Sorry to Dr. Finley, to my sorority sister, and to her ex. I wonder how/where he is now. I can only remember his first name, so I can't stalk him. Bummer. At last check in, she was living overseas. Hong Kong? Japan? Oh well.
After I graduated from college, Starbucks became a thing. I would get a skim latte there from time to time - hot in the winter, iced in the summer. Then I switched over to Dunkin's iced coffee with skim, because it was cheap and convenient. But really - none of these were a go-to for me. I was a Diet Coke/Coke Zero/Diet Dr. Pepper drinker.
In fact, I drank a ton of coffee my sophomore and junior years of High School, at IHOP, of course. I realized it made my stomach hurt, so I backed off. As a senior, a Diet Dr. Pepper was often breakfast. And I wonder why I was thin in High School? Whatever.
I have never been a habitual "gotta have my coffee" person. Even now, I do it at the suggestion of the plan I'm following - not because I feel like I NEED it or I'll die. I ought to pick up a Soda Stream and have a massive cold fizzy water every morning - I get the water, the cold and the carbonation to wake me up. But counterspace is at a premium, so I guess I'll make dew with my current routine. Coffee, strong enough to chew, and my massive tumbler of water. I try to get one in by 11, and finish a second one before the end of the day.
Patience.
And caffeination.
And hydration.
ae
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