Had a "coconut porter" from Hooker last night. Hipster as fuck, but I actually quite liked it. Nice coffee grounds and coconut flavor, and the aroma was exactly what you'd expect.
Right, I'm thinking of heading to the pub tonight. It opens at 7 PM, but I'd just eaten dinner and wanted it to settle a little bit. Around 7:30 I was feeling goodish to go (it's always a struggle to convince myself to actually go somewhere and do something, especially if it involves interacting with humans), but GF had gone to the loo and I wanted to let her know where I was disappearing to.
It's now 8:38 PM. She clearly took her phone in with her.
EDIT: Managed to get away, although she was mightily and silently pissed with me both upon leaving and upon return. She seems to have come around a little bit now, after I talked shit about the other feminine patrons at the bar.
See, I thought it was going to be a nice and quiet Tuesday night at the pub in a country where people exclusively drink on the weekends... But oh no, it's Student Sponsor Week at the university, meaning that the newest batch of high school repentants has arrived and are being shown how to drink their livers out at all the watering holes within staggering distance of the university. I'm glad the shrink agreed that once a week was plenty for pubbing, because fuck going back into that morass while this is going on.
Jesus, had to listen to an 18-year-old and her 22-year companion (mostly the companion, because ha ha speaking for yourself) expound the virtues of the free market and marrying into wealth to the poor sap who dared initiate conversation with them, while I tried desperately to sip my dark ales in peace. Jesus in rags, that was as painful as it was entertaining.
Girl, uninterrupted: "So, what did you vote last election?" *Completely unrelated to the conversation prior
Poor fellow: "Err... What? You're joking."
Girl: "Come on! I have to know! What did you vote? Come on!"
Poor: "Well, to be honest, I delivered a vote of abstention. I didn't agree with any of the parties running."
Girl: "Oh, so you're one of those people who doesn't understand how things work? Seriously, you need to vote for one of the existing parties."
Girl2: "Yeah, you need to vote for one of the existing parties."
Poor: "Well okay, so what did you vote?"
Girl: "IT'S AN ANONYMOUS VOTE, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU."
Fuck me. At least the bar serves Yeti.