Sare ([info]sare_liz) wrote,
@ 2006-06-14 21:37:00
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Okay.

So, you can tell that I'm feeling better, right, because I was mad productive - mad - I was Super Aunt today, building desks, giving guitar lessons, teaching six year olds the niceities of serving coffee and drinking tea, dealing with Strep Throat in stride and getting through most of my todo list. And then I went for a bike ride (wee!) and posted a fic, cleaned out my inbox...

And found this.

A good friend of mine in NZ sent me this. They're all from Rugby people - players and commentators. Two of them come from Tana Umaga, which is sad because I just adore him (he was the captain of the All Blacks, but stepped down this year). Oh well. It's funny, at any rate, and I'm kind of in a funny productive way, so I thought I'd share.



"Nobody in Rugby should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." - Jono Gibbs - Chiefs

"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." - Rodney So'ialo - Hurricanes - on University

"You guys line up alphabetically by height." and "You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle." - Colin Cooper - Hurricanes head coach

Chris Masoe (Hurricanes) on whether he had visited the Pyramids during his visit to Egypt: "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."

"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is." - Colin Cooper on Paul Tito

Kevin Senio (Auckland), on Night Rugby vs Day Games "It's basically the same, just darker."

David Nosafora (Auckland) talking about Troy Flavell "I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'David, I don't know and I don't care.'

David Holwell (Hurricanes) when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to reach for 150 or 200 points this season, whichever comes first."

"Andy Ellis - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago"(Murray Mexted)

"Colin has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator." (Ma Nonu)

"He scored that try after only 22 seconds - totally against the run of play." (Murray Mexted)

"We actually got the winning try three minutes from the end but then they scored." (Phil Waugh Warratah)

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body." (Jerry Collins)

"That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which was identical." (Tony Brown)

"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." (Tana Umaga)

"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in rugby - but none of them serious." (Doc Mayhew)

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."(Anton Oliver)

"I would not say he (Rico Gear) is the best left winger in the Super 14, but there are none better." (Murray Mexted)

"I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat." (Ewan McKenzie)

Murray Deaker: "Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?"
Tana Umaga: "On what ?"

"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw."(Murray Mexted)

"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer."(Murray Mexted)


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[info]elisa0984
2006-06-15 01:40 am UTC (link)
Hee!

And why are six year olds learning to serve coffee?

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an ode to my oldest nephew
[info]sare_liz
2006-06-15 02:03 am UTC (link)
Because he's adorable and interested, of course.

He patiently listens while I tell him how to brew coffee, and the difference between filtration and steeping (I didn't even get into percolation, that most horrid method). Then we had a tasting. Black coffee (washed down with some Ginger Ale, because he rightly thought it was terrible), and coffee with sugar and half and half.

Served up with style and my Bolivian dematasse cups, I have to tell you, the 1 1/2 oz he consumed, he adored.

::smiles::

This is what happens when Aunt Sarah babysits, and little Ryan stays home from school with strep. That, and we assembled a desk. (When he was five, he was taking the tires off cars when his father wasn't looking - all in the spirit of 'helping', mind you.) He loves to cook and take things apart/put things together. He's either going to be a chef or an engineer. I can't wait to find out which.

So really, as you see, coffee was a natural choice...

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[info]elisa0984
2006-06-15 02:17 am UTC (link)
That's wonderful! And not just him, but also the method of really teaching him something useful. Good coffee brewers are a treasure.

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[info]sare_liz
2006-06-15 02:23 am UTC (link)
I completely agree.

::sighs:: And i just know when he goes to church on Sunday, during coffee hour... He's going to ask for coffee. I'm not sure of a tactful way to point out that he'll absolutely hate it, because it's terribly old, stale, weak coffee that has had terrifically bad powdered creamer added to it.

::swallows, glances around::

Okay, I admit it. I'm a bit of a coffee snob. Okay, I'm a huge coffee snob. I'd really rather not drink it if its going to be unpalatable...

...ooooh, I need an icon to that effect. Coffee snob. Oooh...

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Re: an ode to my oldest nephew
[info]elisa0984
2006-06-15 02:35 am UTC (link)
Nothing but the cold truth. Or let him taste it and hope he doesn't denounce it as not being coffee.

Oh so am I, but I think I'm at the other end of the spectrum than you. I only drink black coffee but in order to do that it has to be really really good black coffee. I start pouring the cream and sugar in when it's unpalatable.

Until espresso comes on the scene than I'm more than willing to opt for the latte or mocha or just a bit of cream and sugar. There is such a thing as too strong.

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[info]sare_liz
2006-06-15 02:45 am UTC (link)
Mmmmmm... Espresso. Espresso with an unseemly amount of sugar. Oh yes, bring on the espresso. Strong and sweet. A good way to have coffee. A good way to have boyfriends? One can hope. ::resists the urge to check eHarmony convo status::

I learned how to drink black coffee so I could appreciate the differences in roasts, brewing methods, and the origin of the bean, and in that context I find it quite enjoyable, but for my personal coffee enjoyment, I don't like it straight up. I leave that for my single malt spey-side.

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Re: an ode to my oldest nephew
[info]elisa0984
2006-06-15 02:54 am UTC (link)
Could you think of a better way?

Ah we have a connoisseur of coffee on hand. Not just a snob. ;)

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Re: an ode to my oldest nephew
[info]sare_liz
2006-06-15 03:00 am UTC (link)
I could, but none of them are quite so pleasant. ::smiles::

::laughs:: Well, I admit. I spent slightly under 6 months working for Starbucks, and while it clearly was not my ideal job for many reasons, I took their training (all 40 hours of it) very seriously. I like to think I absorbed as much of it as I can. Consequently, I can now differentiate and describe black coffee as I taste it, I can pull a perfect shot of espresso, and I can make a damn fine latte, even on my piddly home machine. (My piddly home machine that I adore, mind you. It's just not industrial strength, etc.)

::thinks::

Ykno. I have an espresso machine, two french presses (different sizes, of course), a small mr. coffee, a coffee grinder and a bolivian coffee service.

::thinks more::

But it's not just coffee. If there's a drink with a ritual attached, I can dig it. If there's caffiene involved, I'm totally there. I love tea and adore mate/terere.

I think I'm really a Caffinated Drink Ritual Fangirl. Or maybe I'm just a liturgist, through and through...

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Re: an ode to my oldest nephew
[info]elisa0984
2006-06-15 03:12 am UTC (link)
I think when all said and done that the knowledge taken from the job is the best thing one can get. Money is always nice of course, but there is a method and art that you can bring to enrich your life. Sometimes it's more satisfying creating the drink yourself for yourself than being dependent on another.

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