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[akeyoftime]

I am a day late, but happy five years to akeyoftime! May you continue to house my inane, sometimes amusing blatherings for many more years.

Also.

I went out to lunch with my grandmother and father about a week ago and on a whim, ordered a Shirley Temple. I used to drink them all the time as a kid and it was one of my favourites. So here I am, sitting at the table eagerly awaiting the drink of my childhood... and when it arrives, three quarters of the glass is filled with orange juice. While I applaud the Vitamin C and other health benefits, I am baffled. I have never, in my long history of Shirley Temples, seen on with orange juice in it before. Are my memories wrong? Is this a regional thing?

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[katieupsidedown.livejournal.com]

WTF? Shirley Temple = No orange juice! No!

I still order them sometimes and have never seen such a thing.

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

Just a wierd, wierd restaurant then. The waitress looked at me like I was crazy when I was surprised there were oranges in it.

I was disapointed too, because I'm allergic to oranges and couldn't have the drink.

[satanseraph.livejournal.com]

Holeh moleh. XD You've been here five years? Even according to my oldest LJ, I've only been here since around 2003-ish. xD;;

<3

And, er, aren't Shirley Temples made of sprite and cherry syrup? Or even possibly strawberry. Either way, I thought they were red?

[satanseraph.livejournal.com]

Erm, as taken from Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple_cocktail):

A Shirley Temple is a non-alcoholic cocktail made with lemon-lime soda and grenadine syrup, garnished with a maraschino cherry and slice of lemon or orange. It can also be made with (and ususally is) 7-up, Sprite, Coca-Cola or similar. It is often served to children dining with elders to let them share the experience of drinking a cocktail, which is why it is sometimes called a kiddie cocktail.

Grenadine is traditionally a non-alcoholic red syrup. It is used as an ingredient in cocktails, both for its flavour and to give a pink tinge to mixed drinks. "Grenadines" are also made by mixing the syrup with cold water in a glass or pitcher, adding ice or not.

The name "grenadine" comes from the French word grenade for pomegranate, as grenadine was originally prepared from pomegranate juice and sugar. However, "grenadine" is also a common name loosely applied to syrups and beverages consisting of other fruit juices (e.g. raspberry, redcurrant, blackberry) and sugar syrup. The characteristic flavor can be obtained from a mixture of blackcurrant juice and other fruit juices with the blackcurrant juice predominating.[1] Some grenadines now are artificial and contain no juice.

:)

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

That's what a thought.

You're a smart cookie to check wikipedia.

Maybe that's why you're a Raven-hybrid and I'm a Gryffinpuff :P

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

I had a span where I stopped updating, between fall 2001 and something like February 2003, but the journal has existed under this name for five years. It's kind of awesome.

[satanseraph.livejournal.com]

XD Ohh. I used to play on chibimae a lot, but then I lost interest in the name and started this one. :D And I sort of fell out of LJ interest. It was hard to keep updating when I first started (I came here due to a friend), but after joining a few comms, it became more fun. XD

And your waitress is on crack. I have no idea why she put orange juice in your ST. XD Maybe she heard "orange" temple? XDD

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

I don't get where they sound alike, but I suppose... XD

I think that was part of the reason I left LJ for a time as well. I had a very small flist and it was full of acquaintances. I forget how I happened on the site in early 2003, but the fact that it had gone invite-only made me want *in*, so I dug arournd and managed to re-open this account :P It stayed small for a long time (I did not start including RL friends for another year and that was largely by accident), but I stayed with it this time. I think that the distance from my stroke helped with things like attention span and even having energy to sit up at the computer.

... excuse the babble.

[satanseraph.livejournal.com]

XD; You should have seen my LJ when I resurrected it (chibimae, I mean -- I had deleted it and gone and un-deleted it at one point). It was FILLED to the brim with memes. And I don't mean those fun interact-with-the-flist ones. I mean the YOU'RE A [insert picture] MEME WHORE! Haha. I had so many. XD I went through and deleted all the nonsense, and then came out with what I have now. Either way, LJing back then wasn't fun at all. It felt like work.

<-- is not typically the diary-keeping type. ^^;

It wasn't until I became more interactive that I had fun. Now the internet's more like the mall, to me. It's a place to hang out. >>; I hate it when my friends are like: you're such a frigging hermit. I'm like: HOW SO? -_-

Anyway, excuse my babble, too. XD

akeyoftime reminds me of Kingdom Hearts. *g*

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm feeling better too. I had a couple of crappy, crappy weeks. *hugs*

You realise this means we've known each other five years too, right?

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

Okay, granted, it was kind of a vague acquaintance five years ago. I'm pretty sure you were in JetCJr10.

We met more officially when you friended me on LJ... well, sometime in 2003 or 2004.

[katherine8504.livejournal.com]

Ew, orange juice?! I wouldn't have been able to drink it. :(

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

I couldn't! I'm allergic to the stuff, so back to the kitchen it went.

I'm glad to know I'm not crazy or even worse, wrong :P

[partytodamascus.livejournal.com]

happy lj-anniversary!
.. and i've always had shirley temples with OJ, gingerale and grenadine... *shrug*

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

You are the odd woman out, I'm afraid. But we still love you!