Notes on mixed drinks

Base liquors = Vodka, Tequila, Gin, Rum
Liqueurs & schnapps = Midori (melon liqueurs), Peach schnapps
Friuit mixers = Orange juice, Grapefruit juice, Pineapple juice, Cranberry juice, Sweet and sour, Grenadine

Forumla 1: Base liquor + Fruit mixer

Fill the glass with ice, pour 1 oz base into the glass, and fill the glass to top with the mixer. To keep the concept simple, I am omitting glass type and garnishes used in the drink.

• Screw Driver: Vodka + Organe juice
• Tequila Driver: Tequila + Orange juice
• Vodka-Cranberry (or Cape Cod): Vodka + Cranberry juice
• Greyhound: Vodka + Grapefruit juice
  
• Slow Screw: Sloe Gin (A brand of Gin) + Orange juice

Forumla 2: Base liquor + Fruit mixer + Float

A variation of formula 1 is to put some "float" or "top" on the drink. That means an additional 1/2 oz of liquor or liqueur on the top of the drink.

• Melon Ball: Vodka + Orange juice + Midori
• Tequila Sunruse: Tequila + Orange juice + Grenadine

Forumla 3: Liqueur + Fruit mixer

Substitute base liquor with a liqueur. A liqueurs is a mix of sweet flavoring and liquor. This would produce a very sweet or fruity drink.

• Midori Driver: Midori + Orange juice
  
• Fuzzy Navel: Peach Schnapps + Orange juice
  

Forumla 4: Base liquor + Fruit mixer 1 + Fruit mixer 2

Now we change the 1 fruit mixer into a mix of equal portion of 2 fruit mixers. Other stays the same, base liqor is still 1 oz.

• Sea Breeze: Vodka + Grapefruit juice + Cranberry juice
• Madras: Vodka + Orange juice + Cranberry juice
• Hawaiian Driver: Vodka + Orange juice + Pineapple juice

Forumla 5: Base liquor1 + Base liquor2 + Fruit mixer

Following the trend, we could have 2 different base liqours as well. Each one should be 1/2 oz, so the total amount of liquor in the drink is still 1 oz.

• Brass Monkey: Vodka + Rum + Orange juice

Thought Traffic Jam @ 1:30AM

When you sleep @ 8:00PM, you wake up @ 1:00AM.
When you are awake @ 1:00AM, and been sleeping for 5 hours, all sense of time is lost.
And your brain kinda scrambled like, well, who knows, smashed cream pie?
It's a traffic jam in there, nobody's moving and eveyone is blazing the horn like crazy.
I need a fix.

Eating Haagen-Dazs Light Dutch Chocolate ice cream. It's Light, only 1/2 whatever, so I am not guilty. Finished half pint of it. Don't feel a thing. Ah ... much better.

I stared into nothingness, and let the thought flow:
* Today is fucked up, but tomorrow will be better.
* Going to gym tomorrow, OMG, just kidding.
* Going to work early tomorrow, shooting for 9, have to wake up by 8. 8 is basically a cosmetic number for me. It sounds as far fetched as 10 million annual salary. Anyways, we are always encouraged to make unattanable goals. So go for it.
* Must eat sushi, need a fix by Wednesday.
* My teeth hurts.
* Pay the god damn utility bill and jombo combo of water / sewer / waste.
* Natalie Portman is awesome, must see V for Vendantta. Must watch Natalie Portman.
* Tacohachi was the Japanese curry place I was looking for, schedule Sunday dinner there.
* Saturday is a deep balck hole, must plan something, or life will suck.
* Butterscoth Schnapps, Peach Schnapps are waiting for me
* 2AM is the time to sleep, where is my alarm clock.
* Next in line for Blockbuster, Taken series, Red eyes, and a movie that is not to be named. (....fine, it's Harry Potter).

No one's around on MSN. My source of hapiness is drained. My little world is crumbling down like a sand castle. Press eject button.

The other side of the moon

2:00AM: I think it's time to sleep... but the DVDs for Band of Brothers have been sitting on my desk, and I have all these stuff waiting on my rental queue. Let's just watch 1 DVD before sleeping...

6:00AM: Phew... the war is finally over, and I have found my peace, too. Just sitting on my chair to enjoy the moment of silent.

6:15AM: Geez, it's daylight already! It's been a while since I am awake this time of a day. Wait a minute... It's Saturday! That's the day new Xbox 360 get restocked in the local stores. Hm... maybe it's meant to be the day I get my 360.


6:30AM: Fred Myers people are too busy to tell me if they have any 360 in stock for this morning. Guess there is only one way to find out.

6:45AM: In my car, the engine has just warmed up a little after the short driving. It looks cold outside, the parking lot is empty. I feels like that I am going to school on Sunday. I felt a little stupid.

6:47AM: In front of the door, nobody else is around. Some activities inside the store, getting ready for me paying for the shiny new 360.

6:55AM: Time surely goes slow when you are waiting, in freezing cold. I am playing with my cell phone, looking for things to do. Checking watch, it's been only 1 minutes since I last checked. It sure feels quite a bit longer than that. There are a few cars in the parking lot now, parked but the engines are still running. Are they waiting for their 360, too? They don't seem too eager to line up at the door though.

6:58AM: Door's open, mercy. I think it would be too dramatic if I ran in to grab my 360. There wasn't even anyone else around. I walk into the store. Fast I walked.

6:59AM:

"Uh, do you have any Xbox 360 today?"
Guy writing on paper, without moving his eyes from his work, "No"
"Uh..."

7:00AM: It would be such a crushing defeat if I just leave the store now. I walked around the store and try to piece my dignity together. I standed in front of 360 accessories and games, looking inside the locked glass showcase.

7:01AM: On my way out, the store has spring to life just as my hope of getting a 360 today was declared dead. Store clerks walking around the shelves, I felt a little uncomfortable. It wasn't meant to be this way, it feels wrong. Walking towards me, an old man, a few shelves down the road, another old ladies, an exciting day has started for them. What kind of people would go shopping at a super store the moment it opens, if not for an Xbox? Life is very different for them, I felt. I have just seen the other side of the moon.