11/28/2012: Looney Tunes Coffee Cup

Despite the antlers on Taz, Daffy and Wile Coyote, this Christmas themed Looney Tunes coffee cup is used year round. Part of the random assortment of coffee cups I have. 

See Also: Empire Strikes Back Coffee Cup, Monkey Coffee Cup

4/24/2012: Homer Coffee Cup

4/9/2012: Coffee Canister

This airtight canister will help you better prepare and store foods for the up and coming Monsoon months. Also, OXO SoftWorks POP containers are ideal for storing leftovers to help stretch your food dollar. This 2.7 quart Sealz 'em Right container will keep hot dog buns fresh for days or would make an ideal coffee canister.

See also: Cuisinart Automatic Grind and Brew Coffee Maker

3/9/2012: Big Ass Elvis Coffee Cup

I don't know that I've ever actually used this big ass Elvis coffee cup to drink coffee out of, it's just a novelty souvenir my parents picked up for me when they stopped at Graceland. Though many mornings it looks tempting, I just don't want my coffee to get too cold before I finish it.

See Also: Empire Strikes Back Coffee Cup, Monkey Coffee Cup

2/6/2012: Monkey Coffee Cup

Behold my monkey coffee cup and know the true meaning of the word "covet." To be honest it doesn't function very well as a coffee cup - the bottom is narrow so it tips a little too easily and the handle is awkward, difficult to grip properly. But none of the really matters. What matters is it's shaped like a monkey.

I picked this up not too long ago (which could mean anything from last year to five years ago, time melts into itself when you get to a certain age) at World Market. There was also a giraffe and a zebra version I think, but neither seemed as organic as the monkey cup. 

1/20/2012: Insulated Travel Cup

This is my second cup of coffee in the morning. My first cup of coffee, as I'm sitting around in the morning thinking "Fuck I really don't fucking want to go to fucking work fuck fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK" and having breakfast, is in a real coffee cup, like my Empire Strikes Back coffee cup. Then I pour a cup into one of my insulated travel cups (I have three just like this, two brown and one blue) for the commute to work and the long trek in from the parking lot. About 30 minutes or so after arriving at work I use it for my third cup. Then my fourth a little later. And often a fifth if I'm finidng it difficult to make it through the afternoon and remain awake at my desk.

Now that I'm writing that... I drink a LOT of coffee. I'm also posting a lot about coffee related items. Maybe I have a problem.

SIDENOTE: This is also the same cup Castle brings Beckett her coffee in when he arrives at the station in the morning. My coffee cup is famous!

1/14/2012: Grind and Brew Coffee Maker

This is my Cuisinart Automatic Grind and Brew coffee maker. Combined a built in grinder with the coffee maker. It also has a timer which I almost never use, because that requires you to think about setting it up the night before to brew in the morning.

This is actually my second one of these, the first I had died awhile back and I recently replaced it is with the new one. It still worked as a coffee maker, but the grinder had gone out on it. And once you've gotten used to fresh ground and brewed coffee... well, there's no going back. OK, you can go back, cause I did for quite a number of months, but fresh ground is noticeably better. After several months of suffering without fresh ground coffee in the morning I happened across this one on one of those crazy deals on Amazon just before Christmas.

Right now as I write this I'm enjoying my second cup of the morning. And yes, for those wondering, I happen to be drinking it out of one of my Empire Strikes Back coffee cups. I know some people don't drink coffee, don't like the taste, don't need it to wake up in the morning and to those people I say: "You're nuts."

1/2/2012: Empire Strikes Back Coffee Cup

Pics of my stuff continues (I've stuck with it for 2 days now! Go me!) with my Empire Strikes Back coffee cup. I actually have two of these, picked them up at Barnes & Noble a few years ago while there for a little post-Christmas calendar shopping. Along with the calendars, these cups were also 50% off. Too good of a deal to pass up, even though the prequels had tarnished my deep nostalgic love of the original movies. But no matter how crappy episodes 1, 2 and 3 are I still fondly recall that summer when I turned 11, me and my brother seeing Empire over and over and over at the River Hills downtown. And here, in 50% off coffee cup form, was a reminder of those good times. But mainly I got them because I was low on coffee cups, always seemed to run out of clean ones before the dishwasher was full enough to run a load. What else could I do? Wash cups by hand between loads? C'mon, I'm not Amish.