Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Life begins anew

We've settled into our new house. Communal living is mostly going well. We all get along, and generally have a lot of fun together. I even have housemates who like to keep the place clean. I really couldn't ask for much more. My honey is off earning the bacon and I've become the house husband. I clean, I cook, I wash and fold, though perhaps not for much longer. Tomorrow I'm heading off in search of a job. I'll go on foot, door to door, or at least to those doors bearing the sign of welcome, "now hiring". Though I certainly have my preferences—I'd love to work at a wine store—I'm more particular about when I work and how often.

I don't know how much longer this blogging thing will continue, nor am I entirely clear what it is. I've been away for awhile, first due to school, and then because of travels. I do like keeping my friends updated, but I fear that at times I devolve into heaps of grandstading twaddle. I reread a few (relatively) recent posts and was shocked by the style: an annoying tone and unnecessarily recondite diction do not make for happy reading.

By the way: I'm drinking a glass of the Liberty Ale by Anchorage Brewing. Beautiful. I mentioned it in a previous post and am delighted to recommend it again. In related events, I'll be hosting the 1st crappy beer tasting at my house. Not all the beers will be crappy. As I look at it, a beer (or a wine) should be held to the standard to which it pretends. I'm not saying that absolute rakings aren't possible but simply that I've no need to taste a glass of Liberty Ale next a can of MGD; to do so would seem to miss the point to me. Instead, I will taste three types of beer. First, there are those that are commonly thought of as tasteless at best and nearly undrinkable swill at worst. In this category I include my own favourite Pabst, Hamms, Natty Ice, High-Life, Coors, Budweiser, Molson (it's available down here), and perhaps a few others. It's possible that I'm being a bit unfair to Budweiser, perhaps to MGD as well, one might include them in the next category along with Corona, and I'm not sure what else. These are beers that command a premium over the lower rungs, and that are mostly consumed in bottle, at least among those I hand out with. In the last category are those beers that many regard as premium, though perhaps only because they're all imports. Heineken, Stella, Beck's, and perhaps some Czechvar will round out the tasting.

I'll post the results sometime next week.