Thirsty Thursday - Pre-Eclipse Party!

Alright, hands up: who's excited that Eclipse is less than a week away??? (I'm seeing it Friday the 2nd, so not for me, but for the rest of the world!) You say you're excited??? I'll drink to that! It is time for the pre-Eclipse party at my place, and you are all invited!

Now, as I'm sure you remember from our younger days, all good parties start with a shot. Maybe everyone didn't spend part of their twenties in a Palace by a Porn Store with a full bar in the basement, so if you didn't, let me show you how we party 'round these parts. I present to you the perfect Eclipse kickoff shot (IMO): The Bonfire.

You read that right: we're gonna set this bitch aflame!

Ingredient Roll-Call:

"Present and accounted for!" ~ Edlet

1/2 oz Grenadine

1/2 oz Amaretto

1/2 oz 151-proof Rum

Now, to construct this drink, I used TH's pour-slowly-over-the-back-of-a-spoon tip for the second and third layers. Sadly, I don't have a pic, because I was home alone, and even I am not that photographically talented. Also, I've yet to teach Edlet how to work the camera. So, visit this post to see the technique.

Edlet does NOT want to watch this. This is where I set fire to the top layer of 151.

What a pussy.

Success! My shot is flaming!

After allowing it to burn for a few seconds, I blew it out, took the shot, spilled half of it down my front (I'm not good at taking shots), and celebrated!

Edlet was happy I survived. I think he's pretty sure TH would have thrown him out if I had burned the house down (in the event he had managed to escape the inferno).

The shot was yummy. The top was warm and the bottom (the Grenadine layer) was cold, probably because I keep the Grenadine in the fridge. So it was interesting in terms of temperature. The combination of rum, amaretto, and grenadine was delicious, too - the rum really cut the sweetness of the other two, but the aftertaste was nice because of that sweetness. And once I washed my face and throat and changed my shirt, I was no longer sticky. Win!

Alright, so now we've got a nice little buzz going, a little rush from the danger of the flames, and no one told us a depressing-yet-oddly-inspiring story about how we should try to kill ourselves to save our loved ones, so let's keep drinking!

In honor of the Volturi presence in Eclipse, I give you: Felix's Feast.

Yum, right?

Edlet! Let's get rid of some of these tiny bottles! Line up the ingredients!!

So much Irish Cream, so little time...

Yes, I mixed Irish Creams. I needed, like, half a glass!

Edlet wanted to keep an eye on anything having to do with Felix. So he watched me fill the rest of the glass with chocolate milk.

No shaker pics this week, but I dropped some ice in this for y'all.
Action shot!

Cheers!

Yumyumyum. Oh, Felix, how I underestimated you. Of course, this drink does sneak up on you and overtake your senses, so maybe it has more in common with Felix than I initially thought! It is as delicious as you would expect: chocolatey and Irish creamy and nomnomnommmy.

Felix for the win!
"Wait a minute..." ~ Edlet

OK, since we're celebrating the THIRD film in the series this week, we need a THIRD drink! (And how I wish I had a drink called the THIRD wife... oh well.) I know I don't often post anything for you Team Jacob folks, and that is about to change. I give you: Wolf (Howlin').

"You howled?"

Edlet was not happy about this choice, but helped out lining up the ingredients, nonetheless.

*grumble* ~ Edlet

1/2 oz Vodka

1/2 oz white Creme de Menthe

1 oz Blue Curacao

Pour spirits into a glass...

...add ice...

...fill with Sprite (I'm using 7-Up - I hate that new Sprite commercial where the guy explodes).

The instructions say the prefer serving with a blue cherry. Um, yuck. No thanks.

Cheers!

Edlet continued to keep his eye on this drink, saying he doesn't trust the wolves. It didn't attack me or try to rape me, though, so he was okay in the end.

This drink is kind of a fail, but you'll see why I have to put "kind of" in a minute. It tasted like fizzy mouthwash. This is why they don't make mint sodas. Oh, wait, they DO. I've never tried that one, but I'm not wowed by this one. However, it got me intoxicated to the point that I accidentally took a thumbs-up photo.

Can you even see Edlet back there?

So I guess I didn't mind the taste that much. Or maybe I'm just so dedicated to these posts and finishing the drinks so I can give you a fully realized review that my judgment has been impaired by all the drinking. No? Alright, you know as well as I do that anything is pretty good after you've had a few.

Yeah, Rob knows what I'm talking about...

To finish up our little party, Edlet has a suggestion:

"Movie and candy marathon?"
Why, yes, Edlet (and, hello, Charlie the Kitty), don't mind if I do.

What are YOU doing to prepare for Eclipse? Tell me in the comments...

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third. ~Knute Rockne