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[thejunipertree]

The Engineer and I procured a bottle of absinthe and decided to celebrate his first tasting of the drink with an evening of boozing, playing Scrabble, and watching Moulin Rouge.




Yeah, I went there.


All the major players of the night: Absente brand absinthe, Scrabble (on a lazy Susan base!), and monster trail mix from Target. If only they'd take the fucking raisins out, I'd never eat anything else ever again.


I graciously allowed the Engineer to do the honors for the evening, as he was so incredibly psyched about this.


"It's got legs!" he said with glee. "That's from the sugar cube, doofus." I shat all over his parade.


Tasting for the first time ever.


The verdict is: not bad!


I've got a serious case of drunkface at this point. Miss Tracy just doesn't allow nice photos to be taken of her. This is why I love her.


We give up all pretense of civility.


Umm.


We each had one glass and were just soused. And while I've had a variety of absinthes before this, ranging from rotgut hootch steeped in a mason jar to some of the better French kinds, this was the warmest, happiest drunk I think I've ever had.

Absente's not the best I've ever tasted, but it had Vincent Van Gogh on the box in this trippy tryptech and came with a spoon shaped like the Eiffel tower. It was also almost thirty dollars cheaper than the other three kinds available at the store we went to. The Engineer originally wanted to go with one of those, but I told him it would be best not. If it turned out he didn't like it at all, it wouldn't be as much of a loss for him.

Luckily, he enjoyed it. And now seems to be hurtling into the midst of a new obsession, as he's already started researching other brands to try and joined the Wormwood Society's webpage. hee.

Comments

[missjanette.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAH.

I fucking love the look on his face.

also, DAMMIT I MISS YOU GUYS.

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

WE MISS YOU TOO

[smokeandreason.livejournal.com]

Doesn't your friend Fred brew his own?

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

No comment.



(Fred and I agreed years ago to disagee on this matter. I don't think what he makes is real absinthe because it's not distilled, he thinks I'm a snob. heh.)

[ninjalicious.livejournal.com]

Are those drunk-eyes I see in appreciation.jpg?

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

No! That was only his first sip!

[misc-negro.livejournal.com]

i really tried to like that at new years. i figured with it being free and all i would like it even more... no luck. What else can you do with it? Can you cook with that stuff?

[evilbalddago.livejournal.com]

Oh man, look at my gut! GAH!

[lachupacabra.livejournal.com]

oooh we've had that kind of absinthe a few times!
i didnt know there were any other kinds!!
(that you can get @ a liquor store anyway!
there used to be a guy who sold a homebrewed kind online that
came to us in a plastic coke bottle with what looked like pine
needles floating in it. we did not taste it. i was hesitant to
even SMELL it!)

im not much of a drinker but i LOVE black licorice ANYTHING!
:)

Absinthe lounge, Philadelphia

[siamang.livejournal.com]

Got this a few days ago. We should coordinate something:

Northportfishington says, "hello internet friends.
my friend jeff is having an art party at Time, in center city
on the floor that is an absinthe lounge (?!!?)
my friend jon is showing new video work from his winter residency in new england
there is live music and djs ".

Event: "Art Attack" (Art + Music = Culture)
What: Performance
Start Time: Thursday, April 29 at 9:00pm
End Time: Saturday, May 1 at 2:00am
Where: Time (Bohemian Absinthe Lounge, 2nd Floor)

Re: Absinthe lounge, Philadelphia

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

We're probably not going to be able to pull anything like that off due to meatspace issues, but! Chris recently bought another bottle which is brandy-based and awesome. You guys should come over and help us drink it.