More small things.

[camwyn]

1. Executive still hasn't signed the letters. Oh well. Will talk to him before I leave.
2. The tailor says there's not enough fabric in the seams to lengthen the sleeves or the cuffs appreciably. He did, however, indicate that something might be possible were I to buy about a quarter of a yard of fabric of approximately the same weight, texture, and colour.
3. The craft store nearby sold me said fabric - relatively soft canvas rather than stiff heavyweight linen, but approx. the same texture and weight and definitely the same colour - for $1.50 at lunchtime.
4. The craft store is three stores over from an Emack and Bolio's run by a Chinese family. I don't know how much custom the store gets - it always looks empty when I glance at it on the way to other stores - but they've got a wide menu of things you don't see all that often in shops around here. Including something like fourteen or fifteen different kinds of bubble tea. The peppermint green variety tasted very good and was very kind to my throat. I may have to go back soon.

All in all, a good day so far, even if you include the realization that I had this morning. Namely, that I have more disturbing thoughts before 8:45 AM than most people do all day. (It had to do with VicMage.Asia, and a particular song on the radio. An awful lot of stuff that ends up in my games or fiction comes from songs I hear on the radio. I don't mind having a half hour drive or longer to work, because car time is music time and music time is inspiration time.)

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[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

...bubble tea?

[camwyn]

Oh yes. I'd heard about it before lwood mentioned one of its other names, boba, but I hadn't known whether it was worth pursuing or not. I rather like it. Basically, it's sweet iced tea with (sometimes) fruit flavouring and milk in it, and crushed ice, and big-ass black tapioca pearls about the size of small marbles. The maker shakes it up real good so that there's foam on top and pearls in the middle or sinking to the bottom, and you drink it through a straw that I swear is at least as big around as my forefinger. The experience is a little surreal, especially when you hit one of the pearls for the first time, but it was really enjoyable as far as I'm concerned.

Have a look at this page if you want a clearer explanation from one of the companies that sells the ingredients.