Thoughts from Culhwch

Well, I’ve been on the job for one week. So far it’s been pretty slow, since most of the projects I’ll be working on will require meetings with professors and the like. For some of those projects we’re not exactly sure who the professor is going to be.

I guess I should say having a job is loads of fun, but honestly, who would really believe that? It is nice to come in and earn a living, though.

I think the first few weeks are always a little stressful too, since I’m constantly trying to figure out if I really am good enough. I think that’s just built into my personality. Whenever I come into some place new I always feel like I have to establish myself, or prove that I can fit in, or whatever. The funny thing is, when I’m not bothered by that, I usually just find my place and go on like there wasn’t ever a possibility of my not fitting in in the first place. I guess the lesson is that I really shouldn’t worry so much… funny how that lesson keeps popping up in my life.

I have also definitively established that my old blade grinder makes it very hard to make espresso any better than mediocre. This after a complex procedure of slowly filtering out the finer and regrinding the larger grounds, until I could come up with some sense of consistency. Also… the plastic tamper that comes with the Silvia may make a nice decoration, but not much else, given that it is approximately two millimeters smaller than the filter basket. But not to worry Rocky should be on his way soon, along with a 58 mm tamper. Also, when I get the money (which won’t be soon now), I should probably get a full sized filter basket, since the laMarzoco filter baskets are supposed to fit in the rancilio portafilters… I think that’s what I read somewhere… or maybe it was that the LaMarzoco portafilters fit on rancilio machines… anyway… I’ll probably enjoy the extra room for more grounds.