Thursday, April 01, 2004

Of coffee, tummy aches and pretensions

My tummy's disagreeing with me lately.

It all started with a megadose of caffeine in the form of an espresso-based iced coffee concoction. How megadosed? In addition to the caffeine from the espresso, the drink was full of real roasted coffee beans, BOTH whole and crushed. So wired, i actually can pick up AM radio.

I suppose that's because my digestive system suddenly went into high gear. Ergo the flipflop acrobatics my stomach has been performing for the past 6 hours. Apprently, my tolerance for coffee has gone to an all time low - which is actually a good thing since I am cutting down on the stuff. Regrettably, the appeal of coffee is now lost to me. Maybe that's primarilly because I'm sick of the intellectual posturing that comes with hanging out at coffee places - i.e. being at Starbucks, or any other shop of its kind, makes you look smarter.

Am I wrong? Maybe I am. Then again, I maybe right.