The Cynic Says……

My friend Andy decided to come over last night so we could hang out and get drunk as fuck. Well, we went to the liquor store and bought some vodka called “Effen (Effen GOOD vodka!)”:http://www.effenvodka.com for $32 a fifth. Expensive shit, but it was amazing. We opted for the black cherry flavor and ended up mixing it with Sprite. I have a rule that I always “christen” a bottle of vodka by taking a shot with one or more of my friends. Normally vodka has that burn that just makes me want to curl up on the floor and look like I magically contracted downs syndrome & epilepsy in one fell swoop. This vodka was different, however. No burn, just a slight tingle and a good vanilla-ish aftertaste (bottle says black cherry + vanilla flavor). I was actually considering just doing shots, but decided to just go ahead and mix with Sprite. Turns out, it’s not really mixing vodka as mixing it with Sprite wasn’t all that great. It wasn’t horrible, just not great. I think I’m just going to end up drinking this shit straight from now on. It’s THAT good. Needless to say, I had a few drinks and got pretty buzzed and ended up passing out at like 2:30 or 3am. I can’t even remember, but I know I slept like a fucking baby! I woke up at like 11am, then went to eat lunch with Dwight at around 12:30 or so… haven’t done much of anything since then. I finally upgraded our gateway machine to XP SP2. I’m pretty pleased with it so far, though it’s only been up and running for about 5 hrs or so. Not much time for it to crash and burn in that short period of time. I’m also still trying to decide what kind of bike (not motorcycle) to get. I’ve found 3 Gary Fisher bikes I like. The Dual Sport 229 : http://www.fisherbikes.com/bikes/bike_detail.asp?series=dualsport&bike=DualSport229 has really caught my eye… though also there’s one called the “Utopia” :http://www.fisherbikes.com/bikes/bike_detail.asp?series=citypath&bike=Utopia that I like a lot. However, I could go with a full-blown mountain bike & just put less knobby tires on it… The Tassajara Disc : http://www.fisherbikes.com/bikes/bike_detail.asp?series=genesis&bike=Tassajara_Disc has caught my attention there. A few Cannondale bikes have caught my attention, but they seem to be a bit over my price limit of $1000. I’d prefer to keep it around $750 to be honest, but I could probably go up to around $1k if necessary. Cannondale makes the Bad Boy Ultra : http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/04/cusa/model-4FSBB.html which I like a lot, but I think it’s close to $1500. I can buy a car for that much despite the fact that I have no desire to own a car again. Cars cost entirely too much in maintenance and gas and insurance… So I get a bike and end up being in better health and saving a shitload of money per month.