It is 7\/8\/9 today. I think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kind of cool. I think it is pretty well established by now that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a bit of a geek, so it shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be a surprise that I find the sequence amusing.<\/p>\n
Over 5 years ago I decided to give up caffeine. There was no religious reason behind it. A long time ago I vowed to never drink Coca-Cola or any caffeinated carbonated beverage after I got my orthodontics off. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get braces until I was (barely) an adult, and I figured I had enough Coke as a child to last a lifetime. With Coke out of my life, my coffee and tea habit fulfilled my caffeine need. Eventually, tired of Sunday morning headaches if I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get my latte in a timely manner, I decided it probably was a good idea to quit the drug. I will admit to using coffee medicinally on a few occasions, mainly to survive a road trip without falling asleep. ![\"Jelly](\"http:\/\/www.triplefstudio.com\/yokoso\/images\/gcoffee.jpg\")
I can promise you, if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t habitually drink coffee, a latte around 2:00 pm can sustain you for hours and hours. I also admit that chocolate has not been purged from my diet either, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not pure. But I try.<\/p>\n
What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that have to do with anything? Well, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve started to notice a trend in Japan for Coffee Jelly drinks. Say what? That sounds and looks horrible. It sort of seems boba<\/a>-esque to me. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always thought boba was really silly, and was kind of like putting little choking hazards of phlegm in my drink. Sorry, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what I think. Starbucks now offers Coffee Jelly Frappuccinos, and Georgia<\/a> offers Jelly Coffee<\/a> in a can. As I started writing this, I did a Google search and found a zillion blogs<\/a> recently blogging<\/a> about Coffee Jelly. It is so hard to be cutting edge, but I wonder how many of those blogs compare boba to phlegm? Huh? HUH? That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what blogging is all about! Originality. The two blogs linked at least tell you what drinking Coffee Jelly is like. Oh, at today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exchange rate, a Tall is about 5 bucks, a Venti is over $6.<\/p>\n As for other news, I really want to get my Nara pictures on line, but now that I got my iPhone<\/a> toy<\/span> and joined Apple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s MobileMe<\/a>, I want to create an album that I can link to from the blog. So now I have to learn the best way to export directly from Aperture<\/a> into MobileMe, plus Japanese homework, plus consolidating my address books and taking advantage of the MobileMe \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cloud\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to sync all my devices<\/a>, plus a visit from Tomo, and a 4th of July party, and researching cool Apps for the iPhone<\/a>, and an almost daily need for sleep I just haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t accomplished everything. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sorry, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m trying.<\/p>\n Rainy season continues. We had a respite over the weekend and it has rained at some point every day this week. More predicted. And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sad to report that white-sweats and top-knot appear to have fully broken off communication. They sit in different sets of benches waiting for the train and even enter the train through separate doors. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll let my blogosphere friends know if anything changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is 7\/8\/9 today. I think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kind of cool. I think it is pretty well established by now that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a bit of a geek, so it shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be a surprise that I find the sequence amusing. Over 5 years ago I decided to give up caffeine. There was no religious reason behind it. … <\/p>\n![\"Yum!\"](\"http:\/\/www.triplefstudio.com\/yokoso\/images\/coffeejelly.jpg\")
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