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Posts Tagged ‘coffee’

Oct
16

I Am Addicted To Bass

First I want to apologize for Friday — I fell off the wagon and did not post a ZW blog for the day.

I thought I would mount up and post about deadlines when I got home from the theater (NC Comedy Arts Festival 2011 submissions closed at 6pm yesterday AND it was the FINAL day for me to pay my 2009 Taxes — More on Taxes later, DEAR GOD!); I thought I would write after shows but I didn’t have the energy OR an iced coffee waiting for me in the fridge, and I knew that today would be equally packed. So I crashed, woke up early, cleaned my house (SURPRISE!), packed for a Sunday roadtrip with JRev and started to think about what I do to stay motivated while I work all day and, sometimes, all night.

Biz objectives and personal goals get us motivated, but How do we STAY motivated? Now I’m not talking about short vs longterm goals, I’m talking about what’s in your iPod? What is your Battle Cry!? What elevates your productivity? I listen to DubStep, Drum&Bass, Electronica. When I’m hustling in #vampiremode I just need a couple things: Coffee (either Iced or Fresh Hot drip coffee — Iced if I really need the caffeine, Hot if the psychological impact of the smell in my house might do the trick) and Beats.

What gets you going?

(Thanks to Rene Duquesnoy for introducing me to Ministry of Sound)

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Aug
30

Hmm, what does it taste like?

Entrepreneurs might simply enjoy all the labor and hard work, but I am preparing for that blessed day when I can FINALLY say I WON THE GAME and FINALLY celebrate by EATING my victory. That’s what I’m working for after all. My celebratory feast. And so that all my ZW #Hustle does not go to waste, I would like to know what victory tastes like, OFFICIALLY — I mean, maybe I’ve had victory before.

Does it taste like an iced coffee from Parker & Otis?

Or like a peanut butter, banana & honey… WITH BACON!

What exactly does victory taste like?

If I’ve had victory before and I didn’t know what it tasted like was it not still victory? What if I ate it in the woods and only the trees were around to hear me chew? How do you know? How do we recognize victory? How do we EVEN know when we have the right ingredients to make the meal we THOUGHT we wanted?

… But if true victory IS the process of hard work,

… And if my hard work tastes like Iced Coffee and PB&B&H(&B),

… Well, Back to the Hustle!

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May
5

My Double Dirty Starbucks

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John Betz Jr and I met on Tuesday to hit up Starbucks for coffee before class at DSI

A simple cash for caffeine transaction. Or so we thought.

Leslie (Starbucks): What can I get you?

Zach: Hmm, How ’bout A Grande Nonfat No Water Double Dirty Chai (expertly delivered as if specialty coffee drinks were my second language — Thanks Rosetta Stone)

Now, I sense hesitation so I take my order back a step. Another barista at the machine waits for confirmation. I look at her, I look at Leslie. I pause. I explain.

Zach: Should I just say Double? I know some places don’t say dirty…

Leslie: (without skipping a beat) No, No, I like it dirty.

John looks at me. I look at John, snap back, something hits the floor. A girl behind us starts a chain reaction of laughter. The other barista drops a second shot glass. Leslie realized what she just said and immediately starts to turn RED, probably not the best time to ask her for a HIGHFIVE. But I did anyway. It was hilarious.

An incredible moment that made so many people just laugh out loud.

John and I waited at the bar for our drinks and the barista made a point to call my drink EXTRA LOUD.

Barista: Double Dirty!

But our trip was not quite complete. John got a frozen something and he had asked for whip. The barista had already put the syrup on and the customary cold drink plastic dome. No whip. But No drama. John politely asks if he could get some whip cream and so she naturally starts to take off the lid.

John: Oh no, You don’t need to take it off. You can just…

Barista: What? I can just what… (she clearly knew what he was about to say)

Zach: Yeah John, she can just What? (we both knew what he was about to say)

John: You can just (…he knew what he had to say) put it in the hole.

AND SCENE! Best Starbucks trip ever.

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