二日酔

[chronovore]

GodDAMN I hate cheap nihonshuu. I had three - just THREE - tiny little ichi-go bottles of the stuff at a cheap izakaya, and my head is pounding and I feel like puking. The way it has been explained to me, nihonshuu is a brewed beverage but commonly the cheap stuff is fortified with distilled liquor similar to a rice-based shou-chuu. So drinking crap sake is akin to mixing one's alcohol types, and therefore will easily cause a hangover quickly.

Which is where I am today. Man, I'm NEVER drinking that crap again.

How to go from being favored to being reviled in 8 minutes: While in this ragged state, I arrived at Sakai at 9:52, so I decided to get a latte at Sol Latino Caffe in the supermarket, which opens at 10:00. I waited nearly 10 minutes for the shop to open, at which point the clerk informed me that store hours had been changed, and now they're open from 10:30.
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So here's a coffeeshop which now opens at the very moment from which I need to be in the office every morning.
In a mall where there is a patisserie which opens at 07:30 every morning with cheaper coffee.
In a mall where the MOS Burger opens at 08:00, and they at least serve their bitter swill in thick ceramic mugs.
In a mall where there is a KFC which opens at 10:00 to support everyone's mid-morning fried chicken jones.
Every other shop opens at 10:00 or earlier, but the one place with coffee that tastes right is closed to me.

I should be bringing my thermos anyway.

Other news: How to lure me away from iTunes - Amazon is offering the new NIN album, Ghosts, as unprotected MP3s for US$5.