Sunday, March 27, 2011
apprehension stems the tide
the information I feel at times exhausts me as it causes me to think. why do I try again? I've told myself to become wary and apprehensive before yet as time passes I find that I fall back in. These lessons are ones I want to learn, I need to make better choices and I need to become more vigilant of my feelings. My cautiousness when all is said and done is all I have, I cannot fall for if I do I'm not sure I'll be able to get up. It's easier to run than risk.
she scares me.
she scares me.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Untitled
Milla: hey there, are you okay?
Dan lying on the ground with blood smeared on his forehead
Dan: uhh what?
Milla: Are you okay? I saw you fall from that window. Your cut looks deep.
Dan: I don't remember falling, (touching his head). What happened?
Milla: You fell from there (pointing to the window above) about 10 minutes ago. I was walking from there when I saw you land. Were you pushed?
Dan: (now sitting up) I...uh don't remember. ugh, what's your name?
Milla: I'm Milla, Milla Slova. I live over there (now pointing down the street) What's your name? Do you want me to look at that?, it looks very painful.
Dan: No I'm okay, I think. Have you got a smoke? (touching his head again, bleeding has stopped)
Milla: No I don't smoke. Here let me help you up. (she bends down and grabs his arm, as she does she notices his tattoo on his right forearm, it's a picture of a ship) what's that?
Dan: (still slow to move he looks her in the eye then looks to his arm) I'm not sure, a ship I guess.
Milla: It's nice. Do you need to see a doctor or something? I can take you.
Dan: (still looking at his arm in a daze) Umm no I should be alright. thanks though.
Milla: what are you gonna do now?
Dan: I'm not sure, you said I fell from that window (pointing upwards to the second floor)
Milla: yeah you fell from there, luckily for you it's not that far, you could be dead.
Dan: I guess I'll go back up there and see what I was doing.
Milla: you mean you don't remember anything? what's your name?
Dan: I..uhh I can't remember
Milla: you better go see a doctor, I'm coming with you.
At the doctors office
Doctor: Sir it looks like you have a mild case of amnesia.
Dan: what?
Doctor: Have you been in an accident recently?
Milla: well he hit his head today, but you already knew that.
Doctor: Yes, but have you hit it before. Your x-rays show multiple head traumas.
Dan looking puzzled, Milla becoming worried
Dan: I don't think so. I can't remember.
Doctor: Well you should be fine now, your wound should heal nicely. Be careful and take this prescription.
Milla: What about his amnesia? Will it go away?
Doctor: Only time will tell. Go to the front desk and book another appointment for a month from now. take care.
Doctor leaves
Milla: We were told to book another appointment by the doctor
Receptionist: I'll need to see your ID sir.
Dan: reaches for his wallet but only pulls out a folded piece of paper, it's a picture of a ship, one he's drawn
He immediately looks to Milla, she looks to him puzzled. He's remembered a moment. He runs out of the office. Milla follows
Dan lying on the ground with blood smeared on his forehead
Dan: uhh what?
Milla: Are you okay? I saw you fall from that window. Your cut looks deep.
Dan: I don't remember falling, (touching his head). What happened?
Milla: You fell from there (pointing to the window above) about 10 minutes ago. I was walking from there when I saw you land. Were you pushed?
Dan: (now sitting up) I...uh don't remember. ugh, what's your name?
Milla: I'm Milla, Milla Slova. I live over there (now pointing down the street) What's your name? Do you want me to look at that?, it looks very painful.
Dan: No I'm okay, I think. Have you got a smoke? (touching his head again, bleeding has stopped)
Milla: No I don't smoke. Here let me help you up. (she bends down and grabs his arm, as she does she notices his tattoo on his right forearm, it's a picture of a ship) what's that?
Dan: (still slow to move he looks her in the eye then looks to his arm) I'm not sure, a ship I guess.
Milla: It's nice. Do you need to see a doctor or something? I can take you.
Dan: (still looking at his arm in a daze) Umm no I should be alright. thanks though.
Milla: what are you gonna do now?
Dan: I'm not sure, you said I fell from that window (pointing upwards to the second floor)
Milla: yeah you fell from there, luckily for you it's not that far, you could be dead.
Dan: I guess I'll go back up there and see what I was doing.
Milla: you mean you don't remember anything? what's your name?
Dan: I..uhh I can't remember
Milla: you better go see a doctor, I'm coming with you.
At the doctors office
Doctor: Sir it looks like you have a mild case of amnesia.
Dan: what?
Doctor: Have you been in an accident recently?
Milla: well he hit his head today, but you already knew that.
Doctor: Yes, but have you hit it before. Your x-rays show multiple head traumas.
Dan looking puzzled, Milla becoming worried
Dan: I don't think so. I can't remember.
Doctor: Well you should be fine now, your wound should heal nicely. Be careful and take this prescription.
Milla: What about his amnesia? Will it go away?
Doctor: Only time will tell. Go to the front desk and book another appointment for a month from now. take care.
Doctor leaves
Milla: We were told to book another appointment by the doctor
Receptionist: I'll need to see your ID sir.
Dan: reaches for his wallet but only pulls out a folded piece of paper, it's a picture of a ship, one he's drawn
He immediately looks to Milla, she looks to him puzzled. He's remembered a moment. He runs out of the office. Milla follows
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
good samaritan
there was a moment today when I was walking home
I saw a man as I was crossing the street
his face was sullen and weathered
he looked sad
his eyes permeated me with a brutal intensity
I felt bad for him
he'd made me feel something
so I reached for my wallet
I handed him a twenty and said "take this"
he looked at me and said
"is that it?"
I called him a cunt and walked away.
the end
I saw a man as I was crossing the street
his face was sullen and weathered
he looked sad
his eyes permeated me with a brutal intensity
I felt bad for him
he'd made me feel something
so I reached for my wallet
I handed him a twenty and said "take this"
he looked at me and said
"is that it?"
I called him a cunt and walked away.
the end
Thursday, March 10, 2011
the pirate diaries: malted scotch production
Welcome to round 3 of the pirate diaries.
This week I’m going to focus on how Malted Scotch is prepared for distillation.
Okay then here we go.
Malted Scotch Production goes as follows:
1. First you need Barley
2. To help change Barley’s starch into fermentable sugars a confidence trick is played on the grain where by you fool it into thinking it’s time to start germinating.
3. This is done by immersing the grain in water (an average of 3 times) over a period of 48 hrs.
4. Cool air is then blown over the grain where in after 5 days the starches have now changed to a term called “green malt“. Shoots and roots are now being made available at this time as well.
5. This growth however, now needs to be stopped by drying the grain in a kiln, this is usually in some cases where “peat” is used.
6. Peat is semi-carbonized vegetation, which in turn when burned gives off a perfumed smoke rich in flavour compounds known as phenolics. Not all malted Scotch is dried with Peat as some use charcoal during this stage.
7. After being dried, the Barley is then ground into a rough flour called “Grist”
8. This Grist is then blown into a large vessel called a “mash tun” where it is mixed with hot water. The temperature of the water is vital at this stage to help trigger the enzymes present into converting the starches into fermentable sugars.
9. A mash tun operates like a large tea bag. The hot water filters through the grist dissolving the sugars. This sweet sugary liquid, known as “wort” (really they couldn’t have picked a better name here…gross!) is then drawn off the bottom of the mash tun, cooled and then pumped into a fermenter or “washback“.
10. Now in the “washback” another amount of water (even hotter) is added to rid out any remaining sugar.
11. After this last stage of filtering, the wort is now cooled completely where in yeast is now added for fermentation. The sugars are eaten by the yeast and converted into alcohol, while CO2 and heat are given off. All the alcohol is converted in a span of about 48 hrs giving a liquid wash of about 7-10% abv (alcohol by volume).
12. A quick fermentation is needed and is vital in the creation of flavours. If left too long the yeasts will begin to eat anything, even themselves. This quick fermentation helps build a complex combination of flavour compounds known as “congeners“. If these congeners have not been created in the washback they cannot be concentrated and captured in the next part of the process: Distillation.
I’d go on further but distillation is one messy process and well I don’t want to clutter all them pretty minds of yours at once.
But before I leave here’s a short video to help you understand what the heck I just wrote.
This week I’m going to focus on how Malted Scotch is prepared for distillation.
Okay then here we go.
Malted Scotch Production goes as follows:
1. First you need Barley
2. To help change Barley’s starch into fermentable sugars a confidence trick is played on the grain where by you fool it into thinking it’s time to start germinating.
3. This is done by immersing the grain in water (an average of 3 times) over a period of 48 hrs.
4. Cool air is then blown over the grain where in after 5 days the starches have now changed to a term called “green malt“. Shoots and roots are now being made available at this time as well.
5. This growth however, now needs to be stopped by drying the grain in a kiln, this is usually in some cases where “peat” is used.
6. Peat is semi-carbonized vegetation, which in turn when burned gives off a perfumed smoke rich in flavour compounds known as phenolics. Not all malted Scotch is dried with Peat as some use charcoal during this stage.
7. After being dried, the Barley is then ground into a rough flour called “Grist”
8. This Grist is then blown into a large vessel called a “mash tun” where it is mixed with hot water. The temperature of the water is vital at this stage to help trigger the enzymes present into converting the starches into fermentable sugars.
9. A mash tun operates like a large tea bag. The hot water filters through the grist dissolving the sugars. This sweet sugary liquid, known as “wort” (really they couldn’t have picked a better name here…gross!) is then drawn off the bottom of the mash tun, cooled and then pumped into a fermenter or “washback“.
10. Now in the “washback” another amount of water (even hotter) is added to rid out any remaining sugar.
11. After this last stage of filtering, the wort is now cooled completely where in yeast is now added for fermentation. The sugars are eaten by the yeast and converted into alcohol, while CO2 and heat are given off. All the alcohol is converted in a span of about 48 hrs giving a liquid wash of about 7-10% abv (alcohol by volume).
12. A quick fermentation is needed and is vital in the creation of flavours. If left too long the yeasts will begin to eat anything, even themselves. This quick fermentation helps build a complex combination of flavour compounds known as “congeners“. If these congeners have not been created in the washback they cannot be concentrated and captured in the next part of the process: Distillation.
I’d go on further but distillation is one messy process and well I don’t want to clutter all them pretty minds of yours at once.
But before I leave here’s a short video to help you understand what the heck I just wrote.
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