notes for future reference

[taennyn]

it is entirely possible to babble for 2.5 hours at a slightly o.0 roommate about the seven topics of my final exam. my academic is perhaps not as rusty as i thought.

enough caffeine in my system messes with my balance somewhat [increased tendency to lean on things in order to see them/focus on things past them], and exaggerates my startle reflex.

fortunately the doorbell rang while i wasn't close to anything.

school really does bring out the inner college student; grocery run recently netted a 12-pack of beer, a 12-pack of red bull, a case of caffeine-free diet dr. pepper, and five vitamin waters. should've gotten more ofthe waters; i made the roommate make tea today so i wouldn't drink a third red bull in the space of three hours because i was thirsty.

also we just ordered pizza, hence the doorbell thingy. mmm, carbohydrates.

the idea that context is everything is really serving me well in this class; everything's linked to everything else and you can't ignore sociopolitical contexts for 'science'.

Comments

[youraugustine.livejournal.com]

Yes, water is a good thing.

[taennyn]

it is not tasty. only wet. mleh. =p

[youraugustine.livejournal.com]

Have juice? :P

[taennyn]

only orange, and i'm tired of orange. this is why i got the vitamin waters, originally, but i drank them all, so.

am drinking a white tea with no sweet in atm, so it's at least only lightly flavoured water?

[youraugustine.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's allowed. *gracious*

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

Next time you are in the wilds of Canadia and searching for an energy drink: http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/beaver_buzz/

[taennyn]

. . . 0.o;; the red bulls are only packing 80mg of caffeine in a serving; those are packing 110. that'd take some getting used to.

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

The big cans have 228! :-)

And they're cheaper than a small can of Red Bull, and IMO, taste a little bit better.

[taennyn]

. . . Yeah, let's completely fry my synapses, shall we? Yeesh.

I actually picked up a taste for Red Bulls during my undergrad degree; I tried Monsters (don't think I ever tried Rock Stars, mostly due to places selling them also had Bulls around and the Bulls were a familiar taste by then), but they registered as a bit powdery/chalky? I'd buy italian sodas to alternate sips with.

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

I avoid Rock Star on account of the the founder/CEO, Russel Weiner, the son of Michael Savage, being a white-power fuckhead.

So, advice, if you get a can of Big Buzz: sip. SLOWLY. :-)

[taennyn]

Hey, good reason not to develop a taste for those, then. :)

>.> I'm bad about sipping. About the only category I consciously sip is alcohol that's nearly legal to drink itself. Everything else just kinda goes away. (Which certainly doesn't help the synaptic frying problem.)

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Leaded tea is a diuretic too, so more thirsty. There's dry flavor packets you can add to water that don't have various nasty things like dyes and nutrasweet etc., usually at health food stores or natural food grocery stores round here.
I've been fighting myself to stop drinking heavily-leaded Earl Gray and switch to camomile or ginger or something else usefully herbal to help water go down in hoarse coldbug-damaged throat.

[taennyn]

Yeah, oolong's sneaky like tha'. =P I switched to a tisane called fountain of youth last night ('s got things like ginseng, etc in).

I'd offer to grab you a sampler of tisanes etc from my favourite place in Victoria (Special Teas; I think they've got a website, actually. May go look them up http://www.specialtea.com/ ), but you'll hopefully be recovered by the time I actually get up north again.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Me lubs Victoria! (Only got to see it once, that was good for me.)
And thank you very much for the link and for offering!
Ahh, recovery, I'm much better now. Allergies have taken over instead!! (Better, actually.)
This week we can haz pollen making out in our sinuses instead, all the trees are in massive full bloom. Gorjus, but do not need tree-sexxor inside my skull.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Thanks again for link, have put in an order for Rooibos among others. I think it may prove helpful for some of my aunt's health issues. Great website, looks like they'd terrific to visit in person.

[taennyn]

Visiting them in person is a lot of fun, even if it tends to be bad for the pocketbook; the roommate and i have started referring to these guys' organic earl gray as the orgasmic earl gray. i mean, their decaf didn't smell at all bad. then he popped the organic's tin open for us to smell. good lord.