Sweet Start

I guess I might as well start out with what initially brought the whole "blog" idea to my mind: hookah.

I just got my new shipment of hookah coals & tobacco in the mail yesterday from Hookah-Shisha.com, which included their Valentine's Day promotional free 50g pack of Sweet Start.
So, why not try it out?

When I opened the sealed package I was hit by a smell that reminded me of bubblegum ice cream. Honestly, as sweet and nice as it smelled, this was a bit off putting, as I'm not too fond of really sweet shisha flavors, despite my lifelong love of candy.

At first the flavor and smoke were incredibly light, which surprised me considering the Romman name on the packaging, but after adjusting the coals the smoke got thicker and the flavor came out more. The flavor stayed light and sweet, not nearly as overwhelming as the smell, which was kind of nice. After the first hour, though, it got a little old. I stuck it out until the end of the bowl and came to the conclusion that it'd be better as a mixer. What to mix it with, though, I'm still not sure.

After writing all that, I just realized - it almost tasted like cotton candy.

All that said, I hesitate to give any sort of positive/negative or 10-point scale type of rating for this.
Seeing as I think I may end up reviewing more flavors and/or mixes in the future, I will instead say this: If you like sweet shisha, but are not a fan of the many artificial fruity flavors out there, then this may be for you. If you prefer your shisha a little less sweet, perhaps along the lines of jasmine or rose, then you likely won't like Sweet Start.
If, however, you're like me and like a lot of different flavors then I'd say give it a shot. I wasn't a huge fan of it, but you just might be.

Oh look, I started a blog!

Why? Because it's easy? Because everybody's doing it? Am I hoping to pick up chicks with my clever posts?
Honestly, I have no idea. I may never post here again, but hey - it's free, so why not?

So, why "My Favorite Occupations?"
Well, if you've known me for any amount of time and have talked to me in the last 6 or 7 years, then you'll know that I am an occupational therapist. What is occupational therapy? Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it.
If you don't feel like reading all that, I don't blame you. But if you really want to know in any amount of detail, it'd probably take me a lot more words than that article has.
But basically, it's a profession that strives to help others get into or back into everyday life, doing the things that are meaningful to them.
See, here we're not talking about your job occupation, but looking at anything that occupies your time. Your occupations, then, are the activities and tasks that are meaningful to you.
Yeah, it's not the best name we could have picked, but that's what they went with way back when, so we're kind of stuck with it.
But, because what we do as occupational therapists is so client-centered, you hear and learn about a lot of different occupations that people have.

The way I see it, I have a wide range of interests, both professionally and personally, so this may be a great place to display my passions for the world to see.
Also, I like to talk a lot.
I mean a LOT. If allowed to, I could probably talk about anything and everything for hours on end, perhaps only pausing to eat or drink a little.

Actually, the idea for a blog probably started a year or so ago, when I thought about posting some tutorials on hookah preparation, hookah smoking having become a new occupation over the course of a year of casual smoking at hookah bars.

So, here it is. A place where I may put my favorite occupations on the internet to be read, berated, and taken out of context at the reader's whim.
Maybe I'll post something again soon, maybe not for a while, and maybe not at all.
I think I said that at the top of this post already. Oh well.