Music and a poll

[geoviki]

I just posted four songs on audiography, one of which is a gorgeous jazz ballad by Les McCann, With These Hands. Songs available to upload for one week.

My next topic was going to be "Why Frozen Strawberry Daquiris are the Adult Equivalent of the Slurpee, and Why I Need to Find a New Drink To Order In Bars", but I think I covered the whole discussion in the topic sentence. Which means it's time for a poll.

I don't do enough polls. For "not enough" read "more than the lone one I did about a year ago". This one feeds my little worried obsession about whether or not I'm normal. You know the feeling? Am I doing it as often as everyone else or am I abnormal? I'm talking about reading Works In Progress; why, what do you think I was talking about?

I glance through a few of the Harry/Draco comms on occasion, because I can sometimes help with recs or fic searches, but I find I cruise right on by all the WsIPs there, because I rarely commit to an unfinished story. I have a few that I keep up with, but it has to be compelling to tip me over the edge to read them in the volume I used to as a newbie. And it's not only the fear of being left hanging, although that is a concern. Sometimes I want to wait and indulge in one fell swoop - I think it helps my enjoyment of the fic. Well, plus I have a spotty memory these days from being a young adult during the '70's and a menopausal mother now.

What about you? You can even tell me which WsIP you follow in the comments if you like.

[Poll #645057]

Comments

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

I have nothing intelligent to say at this time about WsIP, but I think about cocktails quite often. Maybe you can wean yourself away from the strawberry daiquiri by starting with something that still has fruit juice, but isn't as showy? Vodka and orange juice? A nice Cosmo with cranberry juice? I myself am partial to lime flavored drinks, such as the Mojito, with rum, lime, and fresh mint leaves.

For more wintry drinks, there is always a spicy hot cider, or one of my favorites, steamed milk with Frangelico. I believe it is called a White Nun.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

The thing is, I really didn't want the frozen strawberry daquiri in the first place. I just wanted a regular daquiri, but after an age, the waitress came back and said all they could do was the FSD. By that time, we'd been there nearly 20 minutes drinkless, and all I could think of else to drink were the ones mentioned in stories where Draco is flamboyantly gay, so I caved to the FSD.

I've been a beer/wine girl for years, but I used to drink rum and coke and then gin and tonic way back in the prehistoric. A Cosmo would have been good, yeah. I just... froze. I need to study in secret for the next time.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Beer, wine, G&T, even rum and coke are all quite respectable drinks. I'm actually not too surprised that the bartender couldn't make a simple daiquiri. The old classics are harder and harder to find in their original forms. As a martini drinker, I have been plagued by the odd variations that have arisen as the idea of martinis has become so popular lately, so I can imagine the difficulties with a drink whose essential nature has been so compromised over the years.

It sounds like we'll just have to get together and do some more serious research.

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

*salivates*

On the other hand, a good strawberry daquiri with corn chips and salsa - mmhmmm.

Mojitos yum.

Margaritas yesssss.

Er. *coughs and leaves to detox*

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

I have been wolfing down the Tostitos tortilla chips "with a hint of lime" lately. If I had a mojito to go with, I think I would have a lime overdose.

Dear heavens, as I type this I realize that I am actually wearing a lime green blazer today. It's taking over.