Yep… just like the post title says, I have discovered the most unbelievably smooth vodka in history. It’s called Hangar One. I opted for the “Mandarin Blossom” flavor because I really like orange stuff. Well, when I bought it, the guy ringing me up informed me that it was undoubtedly the best flavored vodka he’s ever had. I just figured he was exaggerating, but after drinking it I can honestly say the dude wasn’t shitting. We were actually drinking it straight and chasing with Sobe Adrenaline Rush even though it wasn’t really necessary. It was honestly good enough and smooth enough with no burn that I could just drink it straight without even the slightest gag reflex. I bought a bottle last night and Sam & I killed it within a couple of hours as usual. It’s 80 proof so both of us were pretty tipsy, though he was a lot worse off because he actually drank quite a bit more than I did. I didn’t feel like getting overly shitty so I just had about 6 shots and felt pretty damned good. Pretty bad that I paid $40.39 for the bottle and only got about 6 shots out of it. I guess Sam owes me bigtime for that one. 
Not that I REALLY care too much. It was my choice to buy the stuff so I don’t really have any room to bitch. I can guarantee that we’ll be drinking it more often, though. It’s really that damn good. Despite it being the most expensive vodka that McScrooge’s carries, it’s worth every penny. After all, if you have the money to spend why not get the best there is, right? I’d like to mix that with some Cointreau and some Adrenaline Rush…. The only problem with that is the $40 price tag on the vodka and $45 price tag on the Cointreau. We’ll save that for another paycheck, that’s for sure. Maybe that’s how we’ll celebrate my 1 yr raise if and when I get it. 
Blow $100 and spend the weekend drunk off our asses on the best shit money can buy. Ahhh, the joys of having expensive tastes and the money to actually cater to my expensive tastes. Not having a worthless money grubbing whore of a girlfriend comes in handy, I suppose. Sorry, but if a girl expects me to blow my paycheck on her, tough fucking shit. I’ll take her out to dinner, spend $20 or so and the rest goes to myself because that’s just how it works. I come first, everyone else is secondary (if they’re lucky).
Speaking of blowing money mindlessly… I can’t decide whether I want a 5.3MP digicam (about $300) or if I want to put some money down on a new commuter bike (about $1000 total). I can justify either purchase easily. I don’t have a digicam yet and there are a couple really nice ones out there for around $300 that would suit me fine. Admittedly I’d like a Canon EOS 20D digital SLR 8.3MP camera but that’s like $1600 and I’m hardly a good enough photographer to warrant having such a badass camera. Needless to say, I’d like to have a digicam so I can take random pics while I’m out riding and whatnot. I’m also not much of a fan of the smaller point-and-shoot types of cameras as they don’t really take awesome pics. They’re decent but not really up to what I expect from a camera. Plus if I can get an ultra zoom camera (10x optical zoom) that’s a little larger, has better optics and takes better pics for the same price, why not? My other option is a new bike. I love my Fuji and all, but it’s not really a practical commuter. I can’t put fenders or a rack & panniers on it at all so I have to carry everything on my back and I get wet if the roads are wet. Obviously either purchase would be useful… and I could get the camera immediately as opposed to waiting 2 months or so to get the new bike paid off. Decisions, decisions..
