Blogman's Best: Movie Libations

The Matrix (Not Reloaded or Revolutions)

This movie calls for vodka.  I realize some people find the taste of vodka overpowering and even repulsive, but just remember, "taste" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.  The flavors found in a vodka gimlet complement the bittersweet sentiment of watching a Keanu Reeves movie and actually enjoying it.  

Recipe:

2 oz. vodka

2 tbs. Rose's lime juice

Ice

Shake and strain.  

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

The best part about Peppermint Patty shooters is that the chocolate syrup masks the taste of alcohol--much like the candy-centric plot of Willy Wonka hides the fact that it's a story about an old man looking for a child to live with inside his chocolate factory.

Recipe:

1 shot peppermint schnapps

1 squirt of chocolate syrup

Mix together by vigorously shaking your head.

Kill Bill Vol. 1

She loves Bill but he shot her in the head.  I have a similar relationship with warm sake. It's smooth going down, but it will kick your butt if you're not careful.  Bonus: the story is told in chapters--perfect pause-points for refills. Sake cups are small. 

Recipe:  

Dry Sake 

Boil water in a small pan, then turn off heat. Pour sake into a flask (ceramic is best) and place in water until sake is warmed.  

Edward Scissorhands

Is he good or bad? Natural or mechanical? Man or monster?  This movie explores the "in between" and requires a drink that does the same.  Hard lemonade is intoxicating yet refreshing.  It's the perfect blend of sweetn'sour and it leaves you wanting more.  

Recipe:

2 cups water

1 cup sugar

1 cup fresh lemon juice

5 oz. citrus vodka

Heat water and sugar in a pan until dissolved.  Mix with lemon juice, vodka, and ice.   

Vertigo

Madeleine is possessed by Carlotta Valdes who committed suicide and is now trying to get Madeleine to do the same.  Except Madeleine is already dead because her husband killed her and then hired her doppelganger to play his wife and act possessed.  The plot doesn't really makes sense, but somehow it works--just like Fanta and Schnapps...unexpected, yet pleasurable!

Recipe:  See previous post

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Desert Island 5's

Blogman Award: Worst Playlist

Something I forgot to mention in my previous post:

My dad's playlist may be awkward but it was definitely not the worst playlist I've seen.  Before living on Alcatraz I used to live with a person named "Ted".  One day I saw Ted's WinAmp playlist which consisted of a variety of songs:

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Jars of Clay - Flood

Lil' John - Get Low

Kenny Chesney - She Thinks My Tractors Sexy

Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again

Three Dog Night - One Is The Loneliest Number

Linkin Park - In The End

plus many more...

Later, Ted told me that he wasn't sure what kind of music he liked so he went to Kazaa, typed "song" in the search box, and downloaded everything that came up.  Living on Alcatraz is so much better than living with Ted.  

Dadman Visits Alcatraz

It was visitors day here on Alcatraz so my old man came to check in with me.  Over the years we've shared some special moments, but sometimes we're not on the same wavelength.  Such instances create Dad-isms.  Here are some of the most memorable:

Random Acts of Kindness:

Dad:  I was at the music store and I got you the Awesome Powers*1 soundtrack because I know you like that movie*2.

Blogman Translation: 

*1   "Awesome Powers" = Austin Powers

*2  "I know you like that movie" = We watched it on TBS a year ago.

Catching Up:

Dad:  I saw your old friend Tracy Brooks *1 and her mom at Bed, Bath, Beyond, and Things*2. 

Blogman Inner Monologue: 

*1  I don't have a friend named "Tracy Brooks".  I think he may be referring to Stacy Book, whom I haven't spoken to since the first grade.

*2  What is Bed, Bath, Beyond, and Things?  

Embracing Technology:

Blogman:  How do you like the iphone?

Dad:  It's really neat because I can hook it up and listen to my music when I'm driving.

The Dad iPhone Playlist:

1.  Eagles-Desperado

2. ABBA-Dancing Queen

3. Honky Tonk Badonk a donk

Blogman Loves Dadman.

Merry Xmas!

Love, 

Blogman

Learning The Facts of Life

While carving jack-o-lanterns one autumn afternoon, Stergie asked....

Blogman:  Do you even know what that means?

Stergie:  It means cutting away skin.

That's an apt definition for a 5 year old.  Watch out Merriam Webster.

Carlotta Valdes

The Person

The Song

Jimmy Stewart follows Kim to where your portrait hangs on a wall

Such a haunting image he forgets his partners fall.

Jumped into the San Francisco Bay

I'll follow you in  

I know you can't swim

When you've been dead 100 years, Carlotta

Carlotta Valdez

I will make you her.

The Drink

8 oz. Pineapple Fanta

3 oz. Peach Schnapps

Serve chilled/on ice.  

Garnish with maraschino cherries

Wherz Mah Bucket?

When I was a little Blogman I remember using my imagination to transform common household objects into inventive playthings.  Now I look at pictures of my youth and I realize that I was just a weirdo.  But, I think all kids are strange.

I'm not sure what I was "imagining" in this one.

 

Apparently my nephew shares my childhood interests.