The year in review?
Dec. 31st, 2014 08:51 pmMy sekonjabin experiment failed again.
So I've decided it's a metaphor representing 2014.
First, I put a lot of good things into it. Some of the things I'd been saving for a while, some were recent acquisitions.
Most of the things I did this year were the same kinds of things I do every year, or at least have done more than once.
So I followed the paths I've usually followed.
To be fair, this year I tried some new things, too, and the same goes for the Sekonjabin.
My methods hadn't changed though.
So at the end of the experiment, I expected to have a syrup about the consistency of maple syrup to strain and pour into the bottles I've been hoarding, so I can give them out as presents.
Instead, I got something radically different.
Don't misunderstand me; what I have is perfectly consumable. It is NOT a light syrup that mixes easily with cold water, however.
What I have is a thick syrup, similar in consistency to the goo inside of a "Stretch Armstrong". Straining it is something of a strain. (See what I did there?) There is mystery goo ALL OVER my counters, in random viscous droplets on the floor, on the backs of my arms, and in other places that continue to perplex and bewilder me. (How did I get a droplet THERE?)
I'm straining it in slow motion into several bottles now. Both batches nearly turned into candy, so I have quite a lot of this weird goo.
So, despite my using my usual tactics and patterns, and familiar ingredients, 2014 yielded strange, unexpected, and awesome results.
Some of which were messy and got into everything.
Yeah.
That's about it, really.
Here's hoping that regardless of what 2015 yields, the results are good.
So I've decided it's a metaphor representing 2014.
First, I put a lot of good things into it. Some of the things I'd been saving for a while, some were recent acquisitions.
Most of the things I did this year were the same kinds of things I do every year, or at least have done more than once.
So I followed the paths I've usually followed.
To be fair, this year I tried some new things, too, and the same goes for the Sekonjabin.
My methods hadn't changed though.
So at the end of the experiment, I expected to have a syrup about the consistency of maple syrup to strain and pour into the bottles I've been hoarding, so I can give them out as presents.
Instead, I got something radically different.
Don't misunderstand me; what I have is perfectly consumable. It is NOT a light syrup that mixes easily with cold water, however.
What I have is a thick syrup, similar in consistency to the goo inside of a "Stretch Armstrong". Straining it is something of a strain. (See what I did there?) There is mystery goo ALL OVER my counters, in random viscous droplets on the floor, on the backs of my arms, and in other places that continue to perplex and bewilder me. (How did I get a droplet THERE?)
I'm straining it in slow motion into several bottles now. Both batches nearly turned into candy, so I have quite a lot of this weird goo.
So, despite my using my usual tactics and patterns, and familiar ingredients, 2014 yielded strange, unexpected, and awesome results.
Some of which were messy and got into everything.
Yeah.
That's about it, really.
Here's hoping that regardless of what 2015 yields, the results are good.