Drinking tea more! This is definitely a sign of ageing. No word of a lie on Tuesday I had two cups of tea and no coffee. Okay so this doesn't sound groundbreaking in terms of the volume of tea consumed but I'll give you some context. Baring herbal teas which don't really count, in my life I have never drunk tea. On occasion I would just say yes if tea was offered to save on the whole conversation about why I don't drink tea. Which lets be fair in this country is on par with having the "I'm an atheist" conversation at a dinner party where at least one person is religious, or just with people that don't like your succinct you're dead you're dead stance. Back to my point I would accept the tea.
My dearest dad drinks copious amounts of tea, he has a huge mug in which he has to use two tea bags think costa massimo mug size. He recalls fights of tiny hands (mine and my bro's) attempting to shove biscuits into his tea. Given the size of the mug and the fact that both our hands could fit into the mug, he ended up with a lot of biscuit in his tea.
I would say it was back in October at about 2am when I had deblued after Vanessa's birthday party that I first began this downward spiral into tea drinking. I had a scratchy throat and wanted a hot drink, in the cupboard was decaf tea bags (my dad's for when he comes to stay) so I had a cup of decaf tea before bed and didn't hate it. It kind of snow balled from there really. Most Saturdays are spent my bro's with the Izzmeister so tea is frequently offered and I have found myself drinking a cup a week since then. Drinking tea at work was a new low. I think it was mostly born out of not wanting to make another pot of coffee. Two cups in a day though has set alarm bells ringing, those of you reading this blog regularly will be hearing more about this slippery slope of tea drinking that I'm on.
Of course it's the tea that's the clear sign of me ageing, and not the sensible cardigans I've been wearing or the two loaves of home made bread I baked this week.
Moving on from tea if i can it's been a very long and draining week. Loads of work to do, good that I'm getting sleep but I do feel drained. Friday tomorrow which means the weekend. Babysitting on Saturday which is fun, hopefully the rash is gone so I won't be treated to two hours of screaming while I try to roast a chicken. I think that coupled with the incineration of my plastic sieve last week when I decided to cook broth, rice and wash my hair all at once shows that I should try not to do to many conflicting tasks at the same time.
The title of today's blog comes from my complete loss of musical taste today. I felt the need for some bouncy mindless pop music while I trawled through lots of lovely data. Once you hit Vengaboys, you know Aqua is never far behind, not quite sure where the link is but youtube felt that I would probably want to listen to Ricky Martin as well. So I did and instead of being buoyed up by music I found myself listening to the song three or four times because I'd forgotten how ridiculous the lyrics are. An example "when she moves she moves" obviously the suggestion is that she moves in a particularly provocative and rhythmic fashion. To me it just sounds silly. Another example "we're gonna rock this town alive" I assume is Latino pop for paint the town red. It could also be a line from a zombie film starring Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson that feels the need emulate the expert punning of Freeze in Batman & Robin. A key line though is "She reminds me that a womans only got one thing on her mind" the precursor to this is "No one ever looked so fine" should the line not then be "She reminds me that a mans only got one thing on his mind" ? Also the pathetic " Talk to me tell me your name" don't know about anyone else but that is a wimpy line that if I guy said it to you would not automatically make you want to give him your best moves on the dance floor and elsewhere. I have to say it, at least Livin La Vida Loca made sense.
Top 5 songs of the day
Vengaboys- Boom boom boom
Ricky Martin-She bangs
Ricky Martin- Livin La Vida Loca
Aqua- Barbie Girl
Destiny's Child- Bug a boo
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