In lieu of juice

[netpositive]

Just because it's not on a computer
doesn't mean it's not important.
-me

The daffodils in the yard are drooping,
waiting for some sun to renew their glow.

I received a very meaningful compliment
today, from someone who (I think) had no
ulterior motive in giving one to me. The
best compliments, I think, are those that
recognize one not when one is trying, but
just when one is being. So I am happy that
an action which I felt was simply "natural"
in myself, was noticed and appreciated as
an attractive quality by another person.

Even Superman wanted someone to appreciate
him, y'know. Goes for Superwoman, too.

I went to Total Beve^H^H^H^HWine tonight.
It's a rather strange experience for me
to go shopping for wine on my own. Among
other things^*, I've never quite understood
wine descriptions, and certainly not ones
that talk about "hints of tobacco and ash"
as selling points for a vintage! My likings
in wine have broadened some over time, but
I still don't care for many of the standard
varieties of grapes, so I can ignore immense
aisles of "Cab This" and "Pinot That" and
"Rose Zinfandel" on my way to a lonely corner
housing Malbecs and other "Alternative Grapes".

Anyway, we'll see if the wine I got is as good
from the bottle as it was from someone else's
glass.

Don't wait for death to solve your difficulties.
Do what you must while you are still alive.
Deng Ming-Dao, in _365 Tao_

^* I have an odd spatial perception of how wine tastes, as if it were interacting with a Rubik's Cube of "spatastial" receptors in my mouth in addition to just receiving regular tastes. Wines I "like" are ones I perceive as distributing more evenly throughout all 27 possible sectors; wines I "dislike" tend to concentrate along 9 side(s). This doesn't happen with any other alcohol, beverages or food that I know of, and I don't generally have any other mixed perception akin to synesthesia. So it is an interesting experience for me, but confusing to try to explain to others...