In a mixing glass 1/2 full of ice, combine everything but the vodka and shake 8-10 times. Fill highball glass with ice, add vodka then fresh-made Bloody Mary mix on top. Garnish with any or all of the following: celery stalk, lime wedge, green olives, cocktail shrimp, cocktail onions. (If you plan on making quite a few of these, you may want to keep on hand a shaker full of the dry ingredients combined, and a jar of the wet ingredients -- minus the tomato juice -- combined.)