Now that I'm working three jobs, time to myself has become a major commodity. Today was my first day off following a 60-hour work week, and I took the opportunity to sleep in, eat an enormous breakfast, do some laundry and devour my roommate's copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (pretty good despite the lame-ass epilogue, a lot of unanswered questions and some blatant borrowing from Lord of the Rings.)
My third job is at a micro-winery run by a friend of a friend, and it's been fun so far. Business is slow most days, but we do get the occasional customer. I have to say, it's pretty funny watching people taste wine, especially the ones who take it really seriously. The best are the men who bring their wives/dates in for a tasting and attempt to show off their vast wine expertise by questioning us, the staff, about mouth feel and varietals and tannins and such, at which point I just want to say "It's $16 a bottle! Get a grip!" but usually don't.
My own knowledge of wine has increased dramatically over the past two weeks, but that's not saying much--before I took this job, the only "varietals" I knew about were "comes in a box", "two-buck Chuck" and "ooh, let's get that, it has a cute animal on the label."
Oh, and I'm 22 now, and have been feeling simultaneously older than I've ever felt and younger than I've ever felt. It's odd.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
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