Friday, 1 June 2007
raising a coffee
Just got home from the train. Went to Melbourne for a few days. Visa stuff as well as shopping, picking up my plane tickets, getting some american moolah, etc. What I realised (while on a tram in CBD Melbourne today) was that I am actually no different from most people. Obviously there's the similarities with anatomy, hair, clothes, etc, but it's more than that. Recently, I've been feeling alienated in Echuca because I thought people here aren't like me. What I realised today is that they are, they just have different levels of human emotions, characteristics, etc.
Let me explain this better. A latte is often considered a fancy coffee to be had by snobish sofisticates in trendy little cafes. A flat white on the other hand, can be found in almost any truck stop servo in Australia. Both coffees contain coffee and milk. The only difference is the quantity of milk, the quantity of coffee, and where the bean came from.
Echuca people like cappuccino's. Trust me, I know this, I sometimes make them for them. And the bean is often good old coffee brands that everyone recognises. Most people in Bendigo, when I worked in Bendigo, drank lattes.
Hm. Still not saying it, am i?
Everybody has stuff going on inside their head. The difference between myself and a lot of other people is that I often say whatever is in my head - which means I sing out loud, I laugh when something is funny, I say the witty comment while the moments right instead of thinking "man, i shoudl have said that", but i also say the dumb thing while the moment is wrong.
I think a lot of other people have all that stuff going on inside their head, but they don't do anything about it. Perhaps it's nerves about what the reaction will be. (I used to feel that tightening of my throat and stomach just before public speaking, hell, i still do, but I try to ignore it), or perhaps it's their knowledge of propriety telling them that singing whilst on a tram, no matter how catchy the tune, is not appropriate behavious for a young lady of well breeding, perhaps they simply prefer not to speak. The point is, is that we're all made of the same ingredients, we just end up being different coffees because of the choices we make.
I am a doppio.
And proud of it.
Let me explain this better. A latte is often considered a fancy coffee to be had by snobish sofisticates in trendy little cafes. A flat white on the other hand, can be found in almost any truck stop servo in Australia. Both coffees contain coffee and milk. The only difference is the quantity of milk, the quantity of coffee, and where the bean came from.
Echuca people like cappuccino's. Trust me, I know this, I sometimes make them for them. And the bean is often good old coffee brands that everyone recognises. Most people in Bendigo, when I worked in Bendigo, drank lattes.
Hm. Still not saying it, am i?
Everybody has stuff going on inside their head. The difference between myself and a lot of other people is that I often say whatever is in my head - which means I sing out loud, I laugh when something is funny, I say the witty comment while the moments right instead of thinking "man, i shoudl have said that", but i also say the dumb thing while the moment is wrong.
I think a lot of other people have all that stuff going on inside their head, but they don't do anything about it. Perhaps it's nerves about what the reaction will be. (I used to feel that tightening of my throat and stomach just before public speaking, hell, i still do, but I try to ignore it), or perhaps it's their knowledge of propriety telling them that singing whilst on a tram, no matter how catchy the tune, is not appropriate behavious for a young lady of well breeding, perhaps they simply prefer not to speak. The point is, is that we're all made of the same ingredients, we just end up being different coffees because of the choices we make.
I am a doppio.
And proud of it.
# posted by Hil : Friday, June 01, 2007
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some people believe that their lives are under the control of someone else, God, Karma, other people's decisions. I think its all about Cause and Effect. There is no way you can anticipate everything everyone else is doing. All you can do is make the best decision for you at the time. Which to me says, make the comment, do the thing, because its what you can control. Too many people let someone else rule them
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: 9:57 pm
Too many people let someone else rule them
nobody who read this blog.
think about it: you, me, "menelaus", shell, (i'm just going to assume) mike, jo, julie, michael, chris, mark, etc....
all very strong minded people, i think.
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nobody who read this blog.
think about it: you, me, "menelaus", shell, (i'm just going to assume) mike, jo, julie, michael, chris, mark, etc....
all very strong minded people, i think.
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