June 2nd 2024 - Ahoy Lather Games!!
Well I'm back again today, this is the first time I've shaved consecutive days since AA 2022. Not too bad but I figured I should tone down the aggressiveness until I'm back in the swing of things.
• Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts w/ Maggard Razors G5A 26mm Synthetic
• Razor: Merkur 34G
• Blade: Feather
• Soap: Declaration Grooming - Admiral
• Aftershave: Chatillion Lux - Admiral
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - The Soft Lawn
• Brew: Onyx Coffee Lab x Pull & Pour Coffee - "Anhydrobiosis" Ethiopia Halo G1 Washed (13% water content)
Pretty good shave again today, Admiral is one of those very polarizing scents that lots of people loved or hated. I really like it but I don't find that I reach for it very often, it's smoky and floral and just really nice. Shawn describes it as, "Named after and inspired by the famous riverboat that spent many years patrolling the shores of the Mississippi River and was one of the art deco icons of 20th century Saint Louis. This is a sweet breeze on a summer day patrolling the banks by Laclede's Landing. It is a modern scent inspired by the modernist design of the iconic mid-century modern riverboat." So while the aquatic nature of the frag might not fit today's theme, I feel like the fact that it's literally named after a riverboat should fit the nautical theme. "Nautical" does not restrict things to the oceans or seas, it simply means an association with all things maritime including seamen and ships of which "Admiral" would certainly qualify.
The 34g shaves exactly like the beloved 34c but it's much fancier and plated in gold.
I figure I'd pick a fragrance that is equally as polarizing as Admiral, The Soft Lawn. For anyone who hasn't smelled this, it smells just like an open can of tennis balls, only worse. Supposedly it has some green and floral and citrus notes but all I get is synthetic rubber balls.
Anhydrobiosis is "life without water. It encapsulates when microbial activity diminishes to transport coffee globally while maintaining its stability. Only coffee is never devoid of water. The two maintain a symbiotic relationship. Not merely symbolic this connection impacts the lifespan of green coffee & influences the roasting process in significant ways. Exploring variable humidity in green coffee, we've prepared the same coffee in two ways. One has remained at a standard 9% moisture content; the other has been rehydrated to 13%, allowing us to ask, is there really 'life without water?'"
Grown at 2100 MASL this bean is tiny and dense and generated a lot of fines in my ZP6 but while I wasn't happy with the pourovers I was getting, using astrophysicist, Jonathan Gagné's aeropress recipe yielded me a fantastic cup of coffee. I get lots of sweetness, very light black tea body, and some really nice fresh lemon acidity on the finish. It's a very good coffee but very difficult to dial in.
I don't know anything about this dinosaur guy but if he won lather games last year, he must be doing something wrong with his life. Nobody ever wins lather games because they are living up to their full potential, they win it because an empty void in their life has them doing ludicrous shaving shit for randos on the internet in the hopes of winning the admiration of people they will likely never meet. But that said, the fact that I've never heard of him and I've only missed the last 2 lather games means that this guy must have come hard and with some solid content because the competition is fierce! Way to go man and congrats on your meaningless internet victory! 🫡