Standing On Boxes

Yes, gas prices went up. Again! Gas station on the corner (not the one I go to) Went up 10 cents some time between the time I went to work and when I got home.
The gas station I DO go to? The station/store attendant said she went home Sunday night and when she came back the next morning? Up 10 cents. I really should have filled the buggy up on the weekend.
But I didn’t.
And we all know…. that no matter what happens… it WON’T be going down any time soon.
We chucked tea into Boston harbor with less incentive less over 200 years ago. If I were an oil baron — or a president whose company has ties to the oil industry… I’d be worrying about social unrest right about now.

I don’t buy a lot of alcohol. But all I had left was the dregs of gold flakes at the bottom of Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps (my favorite schnapps – though I could do without the gold flakes in it.) Surprisingly, it isn’t German.
So… what to replace it with (there’s a high end liquor store across from work — lots of expensive wines and whiskys.)
A new bottle of Yukon Jack. Honey/Whisky based. It’s been my favorite for years. It usually evaporates before I can drink it all.
Wild Turkey has a honey based liqueur that is similar (but not even remotely as strong and without the interesting after taste of Yukon Jack.
And a bottle of pseudo-Irish Cream (A cheap brand from NH made using imported whiskey (not sure where it was imported from. Probably Canada.) Not bad for something costing half of Baileys.
I should have gotten a sherry (I prefer something cheap like Taylor)
But not on the list of honey drinks :mead.
Notice how none of the above is very expensive? I have rather plebeian tastes in alcohol. I wasn’t tempted in the least by the bottles of $200 whiskey and $150 tequila at the liquor store yesterday. Maybe I’ll win the lottery- someday – and be able to afford richer taste in liquid mind numbing substances. Nah….

Just a quick note.
The International Day of Femslash is July 19th, 2008.
What does that mean around here? Not sure but contemplate, for a moment, the main characters/pairings in most (all?) of my bits of fanfic fluff.
Expect an update of something — not sure what — relevant on that day. If I can find the time to write.