Bottle Capping the Subject

The time shall come in every blogger's life when she will say to herself ‘Wow, what the hell have you been doing & WHERE are your priorities?!’ That moment presented itself to this girl at work on Tuesday when a fellow Berry worker (& all-time rock star of a McAwesome friend!) turned to me and said something to the effect of: “What’s up with the blog lady? Did you fall off the ghetto laminated beer map or something?” She doesn’t even really drink beer and even SHE’S calling me out for dropping the blog ball.

Nice.

I made some half-assed joke to MGD a while ago about quitting the blog on my 1 year Anniversary (August 6^th for anyone wishing to send gifts/flowers/beer to commemorate the occasion).  As it turns out, my funny joke (funny to me, not MGD so much) wasn’t all that far from the truth considering my lack of dedication & attention lately. I can’t even whip out my favorite excuse of having a professional photographer boyfriend who puts so much effort into editing etc., that I have to wait quite awhile for pics before I can scribe anything. He specifically carved out a bunch of time to get mucho pictures done for me before he took off for a few months. Totally screwed me over with that one, being all efficient & timely. Guess my persistent hints that he should be doing a few guest blog from the land of the New ZzZzZ’s aren't really coming across as intended.

So even my McAwesome friend, who knows that I’ve been overwhelmed & busier than a busy thing with moving and a zillion other things, now questions my blogginess. Fine. Okay. Fine!

I’m planning a special blog for the 1yr specialness that is my creative outlet & excuse for drinking so much. For now, I’ll leave you with an inside look into my home life. I'm so busy & important that I dedicated the better part of an hour to organizing my cherished (chaotic) bottlecap collection.

Adventures in Bottle Cap Organizing
(Alternate Title: Hell Yeah My Life is Exciting, Try to Keep Up!)

Finally found a big enough container to house all of the caps I’ve collected over the last year.  Although I have some sweet ones that I could have taken pics of (if my fancy smart phone camera wasn't currently broken), I’ll leave you with an internal snapshot of my favorites through the memories they conjured  when I found them.

Rebus'n it up w/ Justin @ Parkway

• Kona Brewing – I have a ton of these, super heart that the inside of each features a Hawaiian translation. My faves: Moana/Ocean, Ola/Life, Honi/To Kiss & Hoa/Friend.
• Rainier – Features those rebus puzzles. I’ve never ordered a Rainier in my life, these caps have all been given to me by Justin Johnson @ Parkway on one random night or another.



My efforts on NYE, 2hrs worth

• Heineken – In Spring of ’10, my roomie traveled to Amsterdam and brought me back a custom made bottle of Heiny. Custom made =’s having my full name printed on the label. For whatever reason, I decided to open & drink this bottle during a BBQ at my house. Twas the same night that MGD & I became an ‘us’. Totally awesome souvenir. Totally awesome night. Totally awesome beginning.
• Dogfish Head World Wide Stout – Long story behind losing the cap and even longer story about how much time I spent looking for it at a New Years Eve party at Amocat Café. Thought it was lost forever but Mr. Alexander (owner of Amocat & doubter of bottle caps existence beneath cooler that night) did find it and then lost it again. Last seen in a 'safe place where I wouldn't lost it' so if you have any information as to it's whereabouts please call 555-JerkDoucheFace.



In NYC, before completion.

• 1403 – Random cap labeled with a little garage sale circle sticker, from the Parkway Pro-Am beer judging event. It was my favorite IPA and did not win. Let's face it, the only thing better than a 1403 is an Ithaca BC Flower Power IPA.
•  Red Stripe – Once I realized there was a Rock/Paper/Scissors game inside the caps, it was on like Donkey Kong. Collected each and every one for the 2 sets while in New York City last winter, except the final one I was missing that I found at Parkway during Full Sail Night. Talk about your epic liBEERian freak out happy dance party.
• Magic Hat Brewing – MGD collected a ton of these for me while on his journey through the United States. They state awesomeness such as ‘Magic Hat won’t make you fat’ & ‘#9 is on my mind’.
• Goose Island – Drank one shortly before boarding my flight home from Chicago. I was going to type why this one is important but I think I’ll keep it to myself. Let’s just say that when I opened the cap, I bent it almost completely in half because I was so distraught.
• Dogfish Head Caps – Well… they get their own special container. I still have big plans for those little guys involving a giant wooden pallet & a power saw.

Needless to say, the collection is still going strong. There are 100’s more where those super nostalgic ones came from and they are all chilling in the kitchen windowsill. Silently waiting for their numbers to grow, reeking of ale & memories & laughter & tears.

If I'm gonna collect something, might as well be small, kewt & easy enough to keep the collection up.

flippin' my lid & yours,
the pissed liBEERian