Homecoming?

Gin: tastes like water.

Problem?

(I’ve largely been drinking beer and wine of late).

I mighta thunk

… that my consumption of gin might have been curbed by my long abstinence…

But I’d be wrong.

(No matter my substitutes, my distracting concentrations, or other satisfactions – not even my stock-standard if increased b47hr00m m4s7urb47!0ns.)

Seems like my visits to the freezer (for gin + ice), the chopping board (for fresh slices of lime), and my consumption levels have diminished none, and perhaps even increased, since I vowed toward moderation.

O, moderation is still my principle.

But for such a pure and cleansing alcohol, for which no real limits seem to exist, it’s difficult to discern where one’s “natural habits”, “dangerous concerns”, and perhaps “healthy consumptions” begin , end, merge, etc.

Jake, my excuses are not your excuses.

Gin

There are three kinds of gin, as far as I’m concerned:

1. Bad gin.
2. Moderate gin.
3. God-given, heavenly, soul-shaking gin.

I’m pretty much confined by finances to indulging in category 2. Currently this is Gilbey’s. It’s $27 a litre, which is a good price for a taste that still beats out Gordon’s.

It’s just too bad I can’t afford a bottle of category 3. Bombay a week.

Opportunity sure does cost…