JUNE 21, 2004

Today was a day of trying new things. Since August of 2003, I've been growing a beard and letting my hair grow long. Today I cut my hair short and shaved my beard. It was just getting to be a pain in the ass to keep up and I got that nagging "Hello! You're a grown up!" voice going on. I know it's silly, but hey, it's my hair so go to hell if you have a problem with it. I wasn't asking your opinion, just reporting the news!

To continue with the day's quest for newness, I bought a bottle of Cherry Coke and one of Vanilla Coke. I brought them both home and mixed them together in one of those plastic lemonade pitchers. You know the ones, where you turn the top to change it from "full pour" to "no pour" to "pour, but no ice cubes, thanks"...anyway, I thought a cherry-vanilla Coke would be the dog's bollocks. I discovered that the vanilla taste is much stronger than the cherry taste, and that when you double the Coke taste, it pretty much buries the cherry taste and greatly diminishes the vanilla, leaving you with a pretty damn dull soda that vaguely tastes of Dr. Pepper, but not really.

Oh, did you know Camel cigarettes now comes in Piña Colada flavor? No kiddin'!

Bert
(I like to sign things "Bert" insted of Rob, because "Bert" is short for Robert and much easier to type. Look down, E, R and T are all right next to each other, so I type a B and then flap my fingers over E,R & T. It's much more fun.