Yay wakey loving dog! I need to smish my cat now.

...now I want to hang out with ita's mom and sister tasting different coffees. Damn. I had no idea.

I CANT WAIT TO HAVE MY OWN PLACE BEFORE I KILL MY UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS OMG THEY ARE SO LOUD

Hee. I need to become snobby about Blue Mountain coffee plantations!

Does the altitude really affect the coffee beans that much? And can you call it Blue Mountain if it's under a certain altitude; is there a vague disclaimer?

I think Dan and I need to honeymoon in Jamaica so I can properly judge all of these exacting standards. Coffee, rum, beaches. It's an intellectual need.

I think the fanciest rum I ever drank was Pyrat? I dunno if it's Jamaican rum or not.

I think the fanciest rum I ever drank was Pyrat?

That rum always makes me think of rats stealing pies.

Does the altitude really affect the coffee beans that much?

I'm going to go with yes. The good Hawaiian stuff (which I haven't experimented with) has a similar pedigree--high altitude, volcanic soil.

And can you call it Blue Mountain if it's under a certain altitude; is there a vague disclaimer?

I just checked the numbers--3,000-5,500 feet is Blue Mountain Coffee; 1,500-3,000 feet is High Mountain, and below 1,5000 feet is Low Mountain. I've never had Low Mountain. No vague disclaimers there--there's a Coffee Industry Board that regulates that stuff.

Cool. I love finding out stuff like this. I would totally do a coffee tasting.

The best wine I ever had was an Amarone; I have no idea what kind but it was like chocolate and cherry and leather and OMG so good, I would dance naked for it. I had it at Lydia's when a guy friend was a little flush.

I also remember I had the chicken with goat cheese under the skin, served with a lemon-caper-green olive sauce on a bed of sauteed baby spinach. I need to recreate that again. I did it once; wasn't PRETTY, but my, it was delicious.

But my husband (still weird to say that!) doesn't like olives. Freak.

Mixed marriages can work, Erin. It'll all be ok.

I knew this before I married him. But I was young and optimistic, and discounted this important gap in our value systems.

I'm...not sure...we'll...MAKE IT! *SOB*

I threw true love over for some salty spheres of sin! and they weren't even boobies!

I threw true love over for some salty spheres of sin! and they weren't even boobies!

I may need to make this my sig, Erin. Because you rock just that much.

Passion can make us foolish, Erin. I can see desiring a man with such a flaw, but how can you ever respect him?