it's phenomenal negligence! how many days has it been? okay, fine, i'll blog.

we left off somewhere along the lines of a performance review, one that didn't happen, btw. why is it if i fail to fill out a single text box there's paper and signatures in triplicate (white in my file, canary to seattle, and i get to keep the pink), but when those who make such paper have me spend an afternoon ruminating and writing for nothing fail to schedule us together for an hour, it's all “we have until the 14th”? give me some of that triplicate paper, i have something to say. sign the bottom, yes that's nice, don't let it happen again.

it's been a couple of days off, or at least a couple of days off coffee. life otherwise has called from every other quarter, it's been busy though i've managed a couple of lovely sleeps. i'm back at everything come tomorrow morning, everything and more - passion, apathy and jurisprudence, it's the sort of mix i like.

the coffee of the week is conservation colombia. told ya i was going to start that sooner or later. so what's it like? let's talk.

the kettle's on, the beans are ground. they're good looking beans from a good looking special promotional package, promise is in the air. okay, the water's at 196.7°F, the grounds are splashed, we're three and a half minutes to discovery.

<filler>there was frost this morning gracing the tips of the grass on the neighbourhood lawns and on the windshields of the neighbourhood cars, it's given way to what's promising to be a sunny day....oh wait, coffee's done!</filler>

okay, conservation colombia is not the coffee of the week. it's unbearably light, lacks complexity, and when it's over, it disappears from the palate like the girl who forgot to kiss you goodnight. if you're a supermarket drinker, this might be the coffee that could lead you to explore better things, it certainly wouldn't overwhelm your senses. while it's definitely far better than anything that comes in a brick or a can, it just doesn't have a footprint, it's got no charisma, i can see me blending the rest of this pound with something dastardly and dark, i think that's its destiny. out of ten: packaging - 8; whole bean visual appeal - 9; ground aroma - 7; brewed aroma - 4; flavour - 4; finish - it never actually started. summary - there'll be something new in the grinder tomorrow.

the net's being a hideous bitch goddess this morning, spotty outages all over, one moment it works, the next only part of it works, and then it all goes to hell then bounces right back again. i've spoken with a couple of friends about it, and it seems we're all having the same problem, each on a different isp.

i've been april fooled severely once this morning - a good laugh - and on a second count i'm not so sure. i got an email from someone close with dire news, news that makes sense and could easily be true, the criteria both for veracity and for a really good prank. i'm just happy i don't have to head into work until after noon.

and finally,

email is awesome! email is weird! email is awesome and email is weird!*

 

*and i'll never forget the way it was, grrrrrl!