Espresso Trials #2

Breville Bambino Espresso machine

Equator Coffees Jaguar Espresso Dark Roast (whole bean) ~17 grams

Well the plan was to do a medium roast today. My home clearly has none. I guess it's time for a coffee run. Today's espresso bunch better than yesterday's. It's not bitter at all. I didn't pay much attention to extraction time. It's not my favorite coffee. Oh clean puck today. 

Espresso Trials #1

 So I have a record. 

Breville Bambino espresso machine

Cafe Bustelo Dark Roast (pre-ground) ~18g

My first try went ok. The espresso was drinkable, slightly bitter. Puck was too wet. 

Tomorrow I will try less coffee. 

I have had worse espresso. I'm not discouraged.

Is it time to give up on this a start all over again

I don't know why I don't just delete this blog but I still have fond memories here.  Instead I will start a new one. 

I might change my mind who knows.

Rule

Book # 10

Allegiant (Divergent #3)

Book 9

Insurgent (Divergent #2)

Book # 8

Divergent (Divergent #1) by veronica Roth

Book #5
Read Jan 8 - Jan  2014

The Proposition by H.M. Ward

Book #7
Read Jan 8, 2014

Genre: Smut

The Arrangement 12 by H.M. Ward

Book #6
Read Jan 7 2014

Genre: Smut

Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) by Becca Fitzpatrick

Book 4
Read Jan 3 - Jan 5 2014

Beautiful Surrender (Surrender, #3) by Priscilla West

Book 3
Read Jan 2 - Jan 3, 2014

Secret Surrender (Surrender, #2) by Priscilla West

Book 2

Read Jan 1, 2014

Forbidden Surrender (Surrender, #1) by Priscilla West

Book 1 on the year.

I have become a real fan on the erotic romance novels.  They are funny.  They are ridiculous. They are short.

Read: Jan 1, 2014

Genre:

New Years Resolution

I have made a resolution that is quite familiar to me.

Don't sabotage yourself?

I normally make smaller new years goals but I didn't bother this year.

I hope to do more things that makes me happy this year.

I will not lie to myself and say I will blog because I wont but I am going to attempt to use this location as a place to keep track on the books that have read and maybe a little bit of a review.

I give up

I will stop lying to myself.  I will not blog.  Seriously no one doesn't it anymore.

Its still useful to find things I wrote about a long time ago.

Reasons why people must have boyfriends

My number one reason (tonight) for having a boyfriend is that they make sure you eat something other than wine for dinner (unless thats what they are also having for dinner). 

Applications are being accepted.

January Roundup

I have to confess that none of my new years goals have succeeded in January but there is still hope for February.

I started reading A Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling - It didn't capture me like I thought it would.  I will finish it but now I have to pick a new book for February.  I just hope that at the end of the month I don't have 12 books that I need to finish.

I haven't been writing wither.  On the goals front I am a mess but I did have a lot of fun in the month of January.

Highlights

Can you ask for recommendations on a masturbation white (wine)??
I got to see friends that I don;'t see very often.
Plus much more?

this is harder than I though

For the last few days I have been struggling with what to write about.  Typing a paragraph or two then deleting it.

Its all too personal or not personal enough.  It's all too serious or to frivolous.  

I have been trying desperately to sit and write some things about balance.  I can't seem to get my grasp on it.  I think I need some of it but don't know where to get it.

If you know a place let me know.

Well anyway I need some inspiration and for now I will leave this very sad post.

What a glass of wine can do.

the answers is wonders.  I'll sit back drink my 3rd or 4th glasses of Conquista Malbec and share some thoughts.

First thought, I am the worst typist so a few glasses of wine in sure won't help.

Second thought, I have awesome wine glasses.

I can't count continue to count so let's get to it.  I have to think about what I will spend this blog time writing about, I am sure it will be wine and tv shows because those are the things I find relaxing and as much as I would like to write about wine I have something else I would like to share.

It has to do with one of my New Year's goals: writing more.

So I use writing as a outlet for the stuff in my life.  I write stuff that is not for other's consumption and things that one day I could share. I have a few problems that will hinder me getting me to the "I wrote a pop culture phenomenon book" status. The stage fright that held me back from being an awesome actress I have for letting people read my work. I have doubts that it will never be good enough (boo to tat lack of confidence). the other thing is that I would actually have to write.  To get to the other things I would actually have to write, in a creative manner.

Over the last few days I have been thinking "what would I write about", I read, I have ideas but how do you get from 5 pages to 200 pages.  How do you let it go? I have enough trouble with web pages.

So I guess I have a little confidence building to do (or wine drinking) and writing to do.

The first story, there is a jock, that was abducted by aliens.

See.

So now what?

I think since this mornings post, I would like to put more of an effort to post more than once a year. So far I made it this year.

Tonight I saw Les Miserables, it was so good.  I would see it again and will recommend it to all the people I know who don't DO musicals.  Its when you see a movie that brings forward emotion that you think about all the outlets you have or had for those emotions or emotions in general.

I don't know if it the new year (because last year I don't think I cared)  or seeing Les Mis that makes me want to get back to the things that I once used to process emotions. I found myself thinking back to high school - a time that can stay where it is - and the drama and theatre classes and how much fun they were. hey inspired me to write and to really enjoy the arts.

Well see where this renewed passion takes me this year.

Maybe even a post tomorrow.