So I am not the best at posting - I would like to claim to be a busy dude. Mostly, I merely prefer talking about chocolate with people in person over type-preaching to the intangible blogosphere.
But tonight is different. Last night we had our Venezuela - Round II meeting, and I have some sweet jazz playing (The Bad Plus - check them out if you like acoustic jazz).
I really love chocolate. It has definitely transcended food or snack. Nearly daily, I smirk to myself while telling a new person how IN to chocolate I am while also trying to not sound insane. I don't mind sounding weird - I just don't want large dudes in coats showing up at my door with an I-love-me jacket.
I am absolutely loving the Chocolate Society. We are a group of people who love chocolate a lot. Sometimes, newbies are a little reserved when it comes to sharing their opinions, but they get over it at their own speed. Not everyone is as mouthy as me. But it is exactly what I hoped. We are reaching ever higher levels of understanding, and we are becoming more capable of discovering, isolating, and identifying the flavors on display.
Apparently, I am effective at being the very-much-not-omniscient leader, and people are comfortable disagreeing with me - even when I jokingly attach them to defend their position. That makes us more what I want us to be: a group of individuals loving chocolate separately together.
As we continue to grow in numbers and skill and taste, we are going to have more fun and really develop our passion in our own individual ways while working with each other. Maybe someday the international chocolate world will be curious about our opinions. Maybe they won't be. But we will be tasting chocolate, all right - probably louder than would make sense. And I intend to keep loving it. Feel free to join us.
Brian
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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