Mountain Dew: GAME FUEL and Soda Throwbacks!

If you recall last summer, Pepsi released a line of Mountain Dews that were only to be released in the season. Only one of these three flavors lasted (Voltage, the one I only kind of liked). The trio kind of symbolized Summer '08 in a way for me, as it was something I always looked forward to drinking every night.

So you can guess what my excitement level was when I found out they were tossing out some new Mountain Dews to kick off Summer '09 - The new Game Fuel duo. These sodas are closely promoted with World of Warcraft, much like Code Orange Sierra Mist was last year alongside Get Smart. Each flavor is supposed to show your "siding" towards which Warcraft race you slide towards - the Horde or the Alliance.

Luckily, I'm not a nerd. I take no sides. I just drink to drink the drink.


Quite frankly, I'll just say I was a little disappointed. Only one of the Dews is new, and there aren't three like last summer. But hey, nobody said they were making a tradition out of these Mountain Dew releases.

Do you still want to try these out? Well, for the sake of PURE SCIENCE, and based SOLELY off the will to serve YOU, my fanbase, I taste-tested both.


First is the Red Game Fuel. In 2007, this stuff was packaged as Halo Game Fuel to conincide with the release of Halo 3 on the Xbox 360. It was met with mixed reviews, because many said it was way too sweet or just plain gross. The concotion is listed as "a blast of citrus cherry flavor."


To my tastes at least, it wasn't bad, but it doesn't taste much like cherry. You taste the citrus alright, but a lot of the problem with the flavor identity crisis is the fact that there is WAY too much sugar in this drink. I know, I know, Mountain Dew already contains a huge amount of the stuff, but this soda has even more.

If you don't mind overly sweet and sticky liquid, try this one out. Its not bad, but it isn't something that will make you run to the liquor store to pick-up.


Next, is Blue Game Fuel. This flavor is entirely new and is supposed to taste like "wild fruit flavor." As far as I could sense from Internet ramblings, this one was the better of the bunch, much to my liking.

Before I get into how the pop tastes, let me begin with a little story. When I decided to drink the Blue Game Fuel, I thought it would be a little more classy to pour it into a red paper cup with ice unlike the previous Game Fuel. I proceded my regular routine as usual until only a few hours later. I got up to use the bathroom, and while looking at my regularly beautiful face in the mirror, I see something that is off. What could possibly make you LESS beautiful, you ask?

MY LIPS WERE BLUE.

They weren't the color you get when you're cold. They were'nt just pale. My lips were DARK BLUE. Sorry that I don't have pictures.

When I noticed this, I licked my lips hoping to maybe wash the coloring off. I even tried swashing toothpaste over them. But, low and behold, nothing.

Long story short, my last result to get this color from contaminating my perfect mouth was to PEEL the skin off. I litterally pulled all of the skin off of my lips.

The lesson of the story is this: There is probably two gallons of blue dye in this Mountain Dew. Once I had to go through this painful endeavour, I returned to my spot in the living room to find that the inside my empty cup that I was drinking the toxic from was, indeed, dyed blue. If that doesn't give you any idea of what color this is, you're beyond repair.


But, like others had thought, the Blue Game Fuel was definitely better than the former. No, I still could not taste the "tropical fruit" flavor due to the sugar amount, but the sugar amount in this one had a certain taste about it that benefitted it positively. If you're going to pick up one Game Fuel and one Game Fuel only, make it the Blue one.

But here's a tip: Don't drink it out of a big-grip glass or cup. Unless you enjoy dye all over your facial features.

Also, before we part our ways for the day, there is one more thing I wish to share with you guys that I forgot to do months ago - Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwbacks.

These sodas were advertised as returning the formulas to their roots by using 100% pure cane sugar. The most eye catching appeal to these bottles and cans are their use of the original Pepsi and Mountain Dew logos from the olden' days.

Here's my quick thoughts on them:


Pepsi Throwback tasted a lot like Diet Pepsi for some reason, but it was very different from regular, 2009 Pepsi. It tasted "fresher," lacking words to describe it. Pepsi isn't my cola of choice, but I thought this one wasn't half bad.


Mountain Dew Throwback is another story. I just didn't like it. It was like Mountain Dew but without any flavor. And no, I don't mean there was so much sugar in it that it blocked the taste like I mentioned in my reviews above, but it just didn't include an pizazz. Maybe I picked up a stale stray? Who knows, but I just thought 'whatever.'

Well, there ya go. Have a nice drive home.
(Also, I am still adding changes here and there to the layout, so keep coming back if you want to check in what's going on ;])

Pepsi Effed Up.

Note: There's not much funny in this post if at all. So no comedy hour, guise. There's nothing to be funny about in this post. So if you get bored, don't say I didn't warn you...

Alright, let me just spit this out right away - I don't like Pepsi that much. It's not surprising, but I just don't. Not only do I not usually drink the cola, but I don't get the sodas they make other than Pepsi either. That includes Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist, and whatever else they make. Its just, I don't know, everything Coke does is better.

I respect Pepsi and all their 13% intake of carb-containing beverages, and I'm glad they're around. There's a lot of people who prefer Pepsi to Coke too, so I like to think of it as peaceful competition. So let me begin with a question: WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING.

"Wow, Josh," you're saying. "Just freaking calm down."

Okay. Look at this.


A Pepsi bottle, right? Seemingly ordinary, right?

Well, soak it in, as you won't be seeing it any longer.

Enter the replacement...


...Yeah.

"Wow Josh," You say. "It's just a Pepsi bottle. Why are you so upset? I thought you didn't really like Pepsi."

I hate this redesign. Hate it hate it hate it. Bleh. They're also doing it to the Pepsi Max bottles. Here's why it shouldn't have happened:


1) The bottle/can didn't need to be changed. Apparently they've never heard of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. You've probably seen how Pepsi just semi-redesigned their packaging anyways, by letting artists slap paint over cans and Pepsi will sell them. I thought they looked pretty awesome (minus the one with the keyboard smilies)... why couldn't they just leave it?!

2) It looks way too plain. Yes, I realize that nowadays everybody seems to be following the Apple formula, but I just can't see how it can be much of an eyecatch. I mean, Pepsi is already established as the "blue" soda on the market, but that's all it has now - a color. The only example of that really working is from Coke, but seeing as Coke is the most recognizable brand name in the United States, they don't have much of a problem. (I really did read that somewhere, but I can't find it anymore) Speaking of looking plain...

3) The design looks like something on a cheap store brand soda. It's so cheap that it looks really similar to those sodas you find at Vons. But even then, the store brands look more eyecatching than the new Pepsi bottles.

4) The Pepsi font looks almost as ugly as Comic Sans. Oy. Really Pepsi? The bottle wouldn't look half as bad as it does now if you flipped the word correctly and used a non-outdated font. Looking at this makes me think they gave some 13 year old kid a trial version of Photoshop Elements and without looking at it slapped it on a plastic bottle.

What's good out of this though? They have a new design to their classic American logo. I guess its a little easier on the eyes than the older one.

Apparently, they changed it to make it look like a "smile"

"But Josh!" You continue to plea. "I don't even LIKE Pepsi. At all. I do my best not to even look at it. All I drink is Mountain Dew, dangit!"

Then it looks like I have bad news for you too, kid.

This is what happens when our corporate overlords try to be "hip"...


You see correctly. No longer shall it be called Mountain Dew... its now MtnDew.

Yeah.

At least they didn't go all Pepsi on this one, and they made a nice looking background (looks like some things are still sacred down at Pepsi!). But still. Really?? MtnDew?! I mean, its better than /|\0 |_| |\| + @ |\| |)#\|/, but I still don't see a good reason for a NAME CHANGE.

Will the mad butchering ever stop?? Can't we just leave good things to their own good ways? Pepsi says no yet again...


...Actually the new Sierra Mist can looks passable. But its still kind of plain and ugly, just not as much as the Pepsi ones.

Whatever. Sprite's better.

So, uh, yeah. If you're smart like me, you'll start stocking up on the current Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Sierra Mist cans to have a memory of when Pepsi still had their minds on Earth. They'll be long gone by either December or January depending on what state you're in.

I don't know why these kinds of things make me feel like tripping everyone in the company down the stares, but I guess that's what makes me awesome. Or... something. Oh well. I'm fine with it, as long as I can be in the next big Cola riot.

Halloween 08: Buried Pomegranate Jones Soda!

I guess I would say I'm a festive person. For example, I've been counting down every single day until Christmas since the day after last Christmas. I think holidays are not only cool because it gives people an excuse to do holiday things, but because its an excuse for big money companies to cash off your love for said holiday things. Go anywhere during the month and you'll see product placement, candy, TV specials, movies, lawn decorations, soda, food, etc. It may seem that the guys who make all the stuff are just trying to get you to buy it and benefit off of your love of the day, and really that's all it really is. But you and I both know everyone loves it and is basically what makes holidays - and this case, Halloween.

And that's why I'm going to start a month-long of Halloween relevant posts with - surprise - a Halloween relevant post.

Halloween Jones Soda anyone?

Buried Pomegranate!

Its kind of a fact that everyone who's anyone has had at least one Jones Soda in their lifetime. I don't really think I need to introduce it, but if you forgot, they're the big bottles with brightly colored liquid inside and there's a wrapper with home pictures on the outside of little kids doing something dumb.

Along with the usual CRAAAAAAZY flavors (Berry Lemonade, Root Beer, Green Apple, Crushed Melon, etc.), around the later months they start selling seasonal sodas. Way back in 2003, they experimented by selling a new soda in November with a flavor simply titled "Turkey and Gravy". And yes, it really tasted like turkey and gravy. It sold so well that they've been releasing special holiday drinks for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas... but they decided to keep the Turkey and Gravy train going.

For Halloween, its a little different though - they only sell the new flavors in snack-size cans in 4 packs, but the good thing is there's 3 new flavors every year with a pun in the name. Because I'm cheap and all of my finances go towards Rock Band, I got only one (not like I needed all of them) - Buried Pomegranate.

Like all Jones Sodas, it was colorful - this time that color was pink. I don't even think anyone regularly sells pink colored soda on account of it looking really gay. Does it turn you gay if you drink it? If you're straight and drink it, does it make you throw up rainbows and tight pants? These were questions I hoped I didn't have to answer.

Besides thinking of really lame jokes, I took a drink.

And, well, it's actually really good.

It smells a LOT like pomegranate (and luckily not dirt-smelling BURIED pomegranate), and tastes like it too. There's not enough sugar or stickiness to make you feel gross either... it's no Berry Lemonade. Its pretty nice and light with no side of spewing rainbows.

As with anything Jones creates, I give it a thumbs-up. And if you're really lucky, I'll buy the other new flavors and tell you how those are too before you buy a bottle of liquidized crap. And on that note, I'll end this sadly lack of picture-filled post with some creepy picture I must have taken on accident:

Yes, I'll be updating with more awesome articles than this one but give me a break, I spent like almost three hours making the layout. No, I don't have anything better to do...

I live in Somis =/

Dr. Vaulter™!

Some of the greatest things in history were originally two great things mixed together to make one even greater thing. Peanut butter and chocolate became Reece's Peanut Butter cups. Pineapple and soft-serve machines became Dole Pineapple Whip. Marvel superheroes and Capcom superheroes went on to make Marvel vs. Capcom. Guitar Hero and Rock Band became Guitar Hero: World Tour Good things come in two, there's no doubt about it. So why wouldn't this almost seemingly no fail formula not work for possibly the best two sodas of our time - Vault and Dr. Pepper?

The quest for the ultimate Dr. Vaulter recipe has to begin sometime, says I.

So I could totally give you some crazy, funny explanation of why I thought to do tonight's article on blending two soft drinks, but I really don't. The only reason I felt like I should write about this is when I was finishing up P.E., was thirsty, and started to talk about Vault. But I secretly craved a Dr. Pepper. And... ta-da.

I waited for the drinks to get cold, and then I got some very unprofessionaly mismatched glasses to taste-test in.

FACT: Soda tastes 110% better with ice

I decided for the experiment, I'd see which combo tasted best:
- More Vault, Less Dr. Pepper
- More Dr. Pepper, Less Vault
- 50/50 Vault and Dr. Pepper

EDIT: I took a picture of how they all looked next to each other but my camera baleted it on accident. I'm a tard.

More Vault, Less Dr. Pepper: This kind of tasted weird. It was really sweet-tasting with no resemblance to Dr. Pepper and only slightly Vault citrus-y. The mix also looked light brown inside the cup, which made it look throw-up colored. Not a plus.





More Dr. Pepper, Less Vault: This one was actually normal colored (even if the picture doesn't do it justice), and you wouldn't be able to tell Vault was in it. The taste was actually pretty nice - kind of like lemon and lime Dr. Pepper. For some reason I could taste the 'kick' of Vault in this one more than the other, so its more refreshing than just Dr. Pepper but not quite as much so as normal Vault.



50/50 Vault & Dr. Pepper: I made sure to put near the exact amount of both drinks into this one, so I obviously thought this would taste pretty good. It didn't. It just tasted like sugar with more sugar... and Coke. I couldn't taste either soda and they canceled each other out. It was gross. Don't Breath This.




So the winrar is More Dr. Pepper, Less Vault. If you want to make the recipe for whatever reason, I poured in about five seconds worth of Dr. Pepper and two of Vault. But yeah, I didn't even finish the other ones - I drank all of that one.

Conclusion? Dr. Vaulter isn't that great. But I guess it was worth a try and you got a blog article out of it.

PS. I'll have announcements on stuff soon. Also, 98 days till Christmas :)

"SQUIRT? WHAT'S YOUR POWER LEVEL?" "ITS OVER 9000!!!"

Yeah, yeah, you might be thinking - when does this guy ever stop talking about food? I'm sorry, but this will be the last for a while, promise! Wait, no, Pinky swear! Now that's commitment.

Short article tonight, because I don't have much to say (still recovering from my recent loss). But I went back to that liquor store and although not very rare, thought I'd bring this home just for you readers.

ENERGIZED REFRESHMENT. Serious business.

This time it's Squirt: Citrus Power. Other than sounding like a dirty movie, this new version of Squirt is apparently an official "ENERGIZED REFRESHMENT". I guess the 7Up company is trying to capitalize on the Monster-grown generation of kiddies.

All I could see that was energizing was caffeine. How unoriginal. I realized that this was nothing compared to Vault or Mountain Dew - at only about 73mg of caffeine per serving, that doesn't beat Vault's 130mg. So, I declare a FAIL.

Time to taste and stuff. Because that's what you do with soda.

When you open it, no bubbles really fizz up other than this crown of fizz. Which is weird. But I took a sip.

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It's not very good. It tastes like Squirt, all right... but, a lot more sharp, a lot less fizzy, and more citrus-y. Tastes like an overload of ... vitamins or something like that.

But, after drinking it for a while (and spilling a good share of it on my desk...), it woke me up. Which isn't very good, seeing as I'm trying to go to bed early to get ready to get up early for school again. Oh well, it was worth it.

Wait... no it wasn't.

JOSH REVIEW: Don't drink it. DRINK VAULT.

How long will this chain of frequent posts last? I dunno, lets find out tomorrow!

...SHOOT!

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

11:42:35 PM Josh!: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
11:43:39 PM Josh!: You stumble upon a room, each wall with a door. One door leads to a soda, the other, a different soda. A smaller door leads to an unidentified scented candle.
11:43:47 PM Josh!: To choose door 1, go to page 3.
11:43:54 PM Josh!: To choose door 3, go to page 75.
11:44:02 PM Josh!: To choose the small door, go to page 900.
11:44:06 PM Taylor: where did you find this?
11:44:12 PM Taylor: and i have a book like that
11:44:18 PM Josh!: you just have to choose.
11:44:24 PM Taylor: oh
11:44:26 PM Josh!: Which page do you turn to?
11:44:31 PM Taylor: 900!
11:45:26 PM Josh!: You crawl through the smaller door, being the curious little bugger you are. But, curiousity killed the cat in this case: it wasn't a candle, but really a man-eating moose.
11:45:27 PM Josh!: THE END
11:45:36 PM Taylor: haha
11:45:37 PM Josh!: Do you cheat and go back to the previous page? Y/N
11:45:41 PM Taylor: Y
11:45:45 PM Josh!: k
11:45:50 PM Josh!: You stumble upon a room, each wall with a door. One door leads to a soda, the other, a different soda. A smaller door leads to an unidentified scented candle.
11:45:53 PM Taylor: wait do you have this book?
11:45:56 PM Josh!: To choose door 1, go to page 3.
11:46:00 PM Taylor: or is it on the internet
11:46:00 PM Josh!: To choose door 3, go to page 75.
11:46:04 PM Josh!: To choose the small door, go to page 900.
11:46:14 PM Taylor: page 3
11:48:17 PM Josh!: You turn the knob slowly leading to door one. The wood paneling creeks. You put one step in... and realize you're in no danger. No, there's just a window with the light gleaming onto a small yet fashionable table. On this table are two containers: One containing Orange Sierra Mist, the other a Coca-Cola. After realizing this, the door closes behind you automatically. A slow, blood-curdling voice comes out of no where, saying "You must choose one... or you die."
11:48:31 PM Josh!: To choose the Sierra Mist Orange, go to page 1337.
11:48:49 PM Josh!: To choose the Coca-Cola, go to page 1337101.
11:48:57 PM Taylor: 1337.
11:50:12 PM Josh!: You pick up the Sierra Mist. "Here goes..." You feel the sweat coming down your forehead, thinking wether or not you made the right choice. The bottle feels cool, refreshing. You decide it's better to just get it over with, and you tilt your head back and take a couple drinks.
11:50:23 PM Josh!: Continue to page 9000.
11:50:33 PM Taylor: 9000
11:51:31 PM Josh!: You let out a refreshing "Ahhhh." The Sierra Mist seemingly tastes normal, and tastes quite good running down your throat. You wipe the sweat off your forehead and take a seat on the ground. But, just then, something... strange begins to happen.
11:51:44 PM Josh!: Say your prayers and continue to page 12345.
11:51:50 PM Taylor: 12345
11:56:30 PM Josh!: At first, your stomach begins to rumble. Feeling sick, you lay on your left side. Your skin quickly becomes a white pale, and your eye whites begin to yellow. You feel your fingernails growing at an alarming and shockingly quick rate. The walls begin to draw away, or so you think. The door opens, and gasping for air you steadily move towards it. Creeping with a limp leg, you return to your initial starting place, where you collapse with consciencness failing. But, with your last open eye-light, you see a sign on the label of the Sierra Mist. You look closer, with your teeth beginning to rattle and nose bleeding, and it says with a very subjective print: "You just lost the game". The End.
11:57:50 PM Taylor: NOOOOOOO
11:57:52 PM Taylor: I
11:57:53 PM Taylor: just
11:57:54 PM Taylor: lost
11:57:55 PM Taylor: the
11:57:56 PM Taylor: game
11:58:03 PM Josh!: HAH!


...I then preceded into the kitchen to get an Orange Sierra Mist. It was delicious.

Soda Jelly Beans STICKREVIEW!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm still alive. I've been doing science and I was still alive. While you're dying I'll be still alive. And when you're dead I'll be still alive.

...All horrible Portal references aside, I just kind of said eff it to my blog for a while. I was getting bored, basically. But now I realized that it was more boring not thinking all day about what to write in this said blog than to skip it entirely. So I'm back to stay, but with that said, I probably won't write a new a article every day. (RHYME! BOOM!)

Anyway, what I'm here for is to show you something that I've been searching for forever... the highly collectible SODA POP SHOPPE JELLY BELLY BOX.

Its gourmet.

It may really not be THAT rare in question, but just look at it. It's one of those commonly sold things that just begs to be an item that in some 20 years the average nostalgic High School Musical-generation kid has to blog about. I promise that will be the longest sentence of this post tonight.

Anyways, this container of joyous jelly beans includes six popular soda brands and flavors... Orange Crush, A&W Root Beer, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up, A&W Cream Soda, and Grape Crush. Dr. Pepper ftw, but where's my Vault flavored Jelly Belly?? Coke... pitch a meeting as soon as you get this message.

Well, let's have a little look-see now, shall we? First up, Grape Crush.

Ah, Grape Crush. The younger, less attractive sister of Orange Crush. I never really liked Grape Crush that much. It was just always kind of... there, right next to Orange.

But, alas, I sample the jelly bean. Although I don't drink the pop often, I knew that it really didn't have the zing to be called the Grape Crush soda-flavored Jelly Belly. Kind of just tastes like a sharp grape one. But... I guess it tastes good?

3 out of 5 Grape Jelly Beans
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I can't say it was really too hard finding Orange Crush in a bag full of white and brownish colored beans. Upon first bite, I realize it tastes... like Orange Crush.

The difference between a Crush bean and a plain orange one is that I guess they paid attention to the sweetness of the soda. I would say it tastes sweeter. So, uh, yeah. If you've ever had an Orange Crush, you'd immediately recognize it.

4 out of 5 R.E.M.'s
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Guess what time it is? Hammertime Time to be a pepper! Dr. Pepper was pretty much the flavor I only bought this box for, as when I opened it I rummaged threw the bag like a kid digs in his box of Cap'n Crunch for a Batman toy.

It took me a while to find it, but it was great. Maybe its my totally unbiased opinion from my hatred of Dr. Pepper, but this is probably the best of the box. Artificial fizz, great flavor, it's good to be a pepper. (shameless advertisement slogans two for two tonight!)

90 out of 5 Mana-mana's
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I have a confession. I actually had the A&W Root Beer one before I found Dr. Pepper, but I felt the Dr. should be above it. And there's reason.

This one felt kind of bland compared to the others. I mean, its root beer flavored, it has that. But I couldn't taste as much of the nice fizz they could create like they did for Dr. Pepper and Orange Crush. Maybe it's because this bean was actually the first soda-flavored bean to hit the market, further creating other monsters. Kind of like how Gizmo from Gremlins was nice, innocent, and couldn't do crap while his evil clones could destroy the entire city and sing Snow White tunes. It's still good though... just, not EVIL GREMLINS QUALITY.

3 out of 5 Amburgers and Woot Beers
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Mmmm. That was the reaction from the 7-Up jelly bean.

It actually doesn't taste EXACTLY like the soda, but you can easily detect the lemon and lime. It has a LOT of the fizz, just like the drink, which is an added plus. It has the most kick of the whole bag, hands down. Maybe it's better than the Dr. Pepper one? DR. PEPPER FOR LIFE BABY

5 out of 5 The Spot's
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And lastly, the A&W Cream Soda Jelly Bellys.

Uhh... tastes like cream. Not cream soda. No fizz.

THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISING
THIS SUCKS

1 out of 5 Lawsuits
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Well kids, there you have it. Jelly Belly Soda Pop Shop. In stores everywhere.

But, before I go, one last picture just for you:

...DR. PEPPER FOR LIFE

Adventures to Walgreens and Burger King.

I was supposed to write about this on Sunday, but I've been slacking. So I'll just write it now (even though I'm sick)!

This weekend, my grandma decided to throw a birthday "party". She mainly just invited the family. Knowing if I were to show up, I realized the adults would only be talking the whole time. I really didn't want to go, but because I knew my cousins were coming and I could pick on them, I agreed to come.

I was there for only a couple minutes, and the only excitement I really had was locking my cousin on the balcony for maybe 10 minutes until someone let him go.

We told him there was candy on the balcony. He believed it.

After that, me and my cousin Taylor were bored. We were just kind of sitting around and after I ate a roll and my gum, she decided that we were going to go walk to the store and escape this party, because as you can tell, was getting way out of hand.

We got permission from my aunt to leave, so we did. Kyle and Hannah (the youngest) wanted to come too, but we kicked them back into the house after telling them our grandma wanted us to buy her pudding for the party (we don't really know where pudding came from, but it worked I guess). So we walked along some strange roads, and after maybe a little over a mile of taking random pictures, having guys watering plants staring at us, and passing roadkill, we found a Walgreens.

There's a TV screen over my head...

We pretty much just went inside Walgreens to take pictures and annoy strangers. We got a lot accomplished during that time, such as walking around backwards, following some lady that was caught staring at us, and even finding cheap rip-offs of vitaminwater. We even got video... but I'm waiting for SOMEONE to send it to me still.

After all of that, Taylor realized that she has never experienced drinking a Vault yet. So I reached into my pocket and realized we had $3.15 cents. We both ran over to the soda section... but found nothing. Only cheap store-brand grape sodas. I fell on the floor in dismay. But it was then what we realized what we had to do...

We had to go on a quest to find Vault.

So we quickly ran out of the store, jumped the brick wall leading to a street corner (which kind of hurt) and ran across the street awkwardly to a 76 Food Mart.

We walked in... and yet again, felt defeated.

Again we ran to the OTHER side of the road to a Shell station. We waited outside (awkwardly, of course) for the owner to open up the shop because he used to restroom or something like that. We looked at the mega-sized vitaminwaters for a few seconds... and a tear rolled down our faces as we saw nothing yet again.

Feeling like another gas station would hold Vault, she tried to convince me to go to another gas station. I felt like I had given up, and just decided to go get some crazy pictures from the distant Burger King playground. We walked over there, with Taylor running straight into the kids area. I had to get her to come back inside, seeing as the whole restaurant was staring at her because there was a huge sign saying the play area wasn't open. So we sat down, and talked about what we've done that da-

OMG HOLY CRAP WHAT'S THIS?!

The holy grail!

That is exactly what it looks like. VAULT IN A BURGER KING SODA FOUNTAIN. Being completely honest, I flipped when I saw it. I almost screamed. We ran over there to find that it was legit. Like any Vault fan should know, it is really rare to find Vault through syrup form, let alone at all in a national chain restaurant. And I'm not going to lie. I felt like a giddy little school girl seeing Fall Out Boy in public.

Proof!

Seriously. I was excited and very thankful that I had some left over money from the movies to go buy a drink.

I waited in line for a couple minutes (with Taylor filming me break dance while standing up, awkwardly of course) and when I finally got my BK cup, I was about ready to shake the cashier's hand.

So we walk over to the Vault button, and guess what happens?

Nothing comes out.

"..." we started blankly.

But! Hope was not lost! I simply waited in line AGAIN, and asked the cashier if she could go in the back to where they get the drinks for the drive-through customers and get me some Vault there. She did gladly, and we had Vault on tap at last!

It tasted even better on tap than in a can

So I guess the moral of the story is that when you go to your grandmother's birthday party, you'll find Vault at some random Burger King. Later, however, Taylor and I both got yelled at by our parents for not only missing the entire party, but forgetting to tell my dad that I was leaving in the first place.

Oops.

But it was totally worth it! Here's a couple pictures from our quest...

"Networking for Women"...?

The most awkward babies' shirt ever. "What happens at Grandma's stays at Grandma's"...? That's, erm, nasty.

I heart Burger King

...I love Vault.

New Mountain Dew Number 3!

Okay, I have a confession. I had a huge adventure concerning Vault this weekend with my cousin, but I forgot to write about it. So its going to be a short post tonight, maybe I'll write two tomorrow.

But on Saturday BEFORE my excellent adventure, I bought the next Mountain Dew in my quest for caffeine and victory.

So, I tried Mountain Dew Voltage. Its described on the bottle as a Raspberry Citrus flavor. Upon opening it, it had a somewhat strong scent reminiscent of SuperNova and unlike Revolution. I took a drink...

...

It was really good! Not SuperNova great, but not Revolution mediocrity either! It was kind of like Pepsi - its not Coke, but its not RC Cola! So it comes in a close second, but my vote goes to SuperNova.

I had pictures of the bottle and stuff, but I lost them again. I need to stop losing pictures.

Thats all for today. Sorry! I have to get up early for Adventure Weeks, my summer job that has me up at the exact same time i get up for school sadly. But its cool. It'll be supercool.

...tomorrow, review and adventure!

TODAY'S MY VAULTIVERSARY

So, as of today, i've been drinking Vault for exactly 2 YEARS.

Intense, huh?

Well, sorry, finals week, can't really talk much.

Its going to be like this all week, like i said yesterday.

...I might write more tomorrow. Maybe.

I had a Really Intense Weekend! - also, New Mountain Dew Number 2!

So this weekend was pretty intense, and the title isn't lying. But actually it wasn't that bad. Because it started off with me going to La Mirada and eating at another of the world's best places to eat ever (and also the greasiest) on Friday night...

Fried Chicken and Pizza = YESSS

Yeah, I went to Shakey's Pizza Parlor. They make 100% greasepizza, greasechicken, and greasepotatoes. Did I mention it was greasy? But honestly, its so good. Its the best combination of food choices ever. And when you're done you always have leftovers for late-night fried chicken and pizza. And who doesn't like chicken at 2:00 am?!

The next day, I wake up and my dad tells me I have to go with him to my grandparents' house (which is like a 3 hour drive from where he lives when there's traffic) so he can help them with their will. So then, being the genius he is, remembers his car has one of those TV screens in it where you can hook up things to. So guess what he tries? Putting Rock Band and my Xbox in the car! Also being one not to over think, I was like "alright". Now guess what I see when we're on the road and we try to hook it up!

What this basically means is "Sorry, but your Xbox is f'ed up."

...So not even 5 minutes into the trip I find out that my Xbox 360 is bricked. And I didn't even know what happened, whether it was from trying to hook up a Halo-playing energy waster, or maybe because it was like 90 degrees in a hot car. But I just kind of shrugged it off after we stopped at the gas station to find THIS...

MORE NEW SODA WOOOOOO

I decided to try the Revolution Mountain Dew this time. If you're cool and been following my epic Dew quest for glory, then you would have known about the three new flavors. SuperNova was freaking good. But how was Revolution?

...

It was alright. Just alright. No fireworks, no midgets on dirtbikes, nothing. Kind of average. SuperNova is still the supreme ruler so far. But when I try Voltage, I'll let you know. Because I love you guys like that.

Anyways, all I had to do in the car for almost three hours was try to fix a broken Xbox, drink okay Mountain Dew, chew Cinnamon Stride (which is really good, but I don't want to have to take another picture of it), and listen to Kroq. So thats exactly what I did for three hours straight!

...It kinda sucked.

And then we got there. And then guess what I did for THREE MORE HOURS?

Absolutely
Nothing.

And I'm completely serious. I sat in a chair and played with the gum in my mouth. I did almost nothing else... I ate a piece of pizza, pet their dog, and tried to fix a computer for a total of about 15 minutes. I didn't really want to complain or anything though, because I turned down wanting to go swimming by myself in some strange neighborhood. But whatever.

After all of that (and the ride back), I went to see Indiana Jones again. It was even better the second time, honestly. I noticed a crapload of things that I missed the first time around. So yeah.

Then that was the end of Saturday.

And then I wake up on Sunday to find out something HORRIBLE HAS HAPPENED.

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS IS ON FIRE AHHHHH

Yup. The Universal Studios backlot was on fire. The flames burnt down the clock tower and courtyard from Back to the Future, the King Kong thing that was on the Studio Tour, and even New York Street. But thats not all! A little piece of Hollywood was lost...

...And also a piece of my heart.

And then I went back to my house to find out my cat had a stroke and that my puppy's nose almost got torn off. So that helped I guess.

But, I don't know. Other than those things, the weekend wasn't HORRIBLE. I just like to complain. Makes a good blog I guess. Because other than that I'm pretty much living a boring life while I'm still in school.

Ahhh well.

And on that note, 9 MORE DAYS LEFT OF SCHOOL. Yay! Then I can bring you quality stuff EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

...I can't wait =D

New Mountain Dew is SUPERCOOL.

Quick post for right now... I have a lot of homework and a report to write, so in the unlikely fact that I can't update tonight I just wanted to get a little bit of me in for you. Aren't I great? (nod your head.)

So I went over to get some food at the best place in the world when I spotted this little beauty...

HOLY CRAP NEW SODA.

A new Mountain Dew! Yesssssss. Its called SuperNova, and as described by the label, "DEW(R) With a Blast of Strawberry Melon Flavor and Ginseng (WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS)". Its freaking great, which is a lot of props to my mortal product enemy.

I guess this flavor is only 1 of 3 new flavors, part of the DewMocracy contest. You have to vote for which one will stay in convience stores forever: SuperNova (this one), Voltage (raspberry citrus), or Revolution (wild berry "fruit" flavor, which I'm not exactly sure what they're revolutionizing).

Is this considered product placement? I want a check.

And just to be fair, I don't completely hate the Dew. Its just... Vault is still way better. But, unlike Vault, Mountain Dew seems to be coming up with new flavors every now and then, while Vault still only has 2, one of which isn't even sold in Ventura County anymore.

So yeah. Two thumbs up for SuperNova. Go try it and the other flavors. Whatever.

...new post maybe later.

Soda Cans, Indiana Jones, and Disneyland

Yeah, sorry, I know. This post isn't going to be a huge article with me insulting kids. And its probably just going to be about random things I can think off the top of my head. But I just can't write 5-star articles EVERY day, and also try to include that I have school tomorrow and I've been working on freaking math all night. But the little hamster running the wheel in my brain will give you what it can.

- So I went to the store and bought some Cokes, right? Well, take a look at it...

In Soviet Russia, Coke drinks YOU!

Even though the glare kind of covers it, instead of Coca-Cola it says Koka-Kona. As in its in Russian. I guess Coke is doing some Olympic collection of 5 different languaged Cokes. Pretty intense. Speaking of soda cans...

- Dr. Pepper is promoting the new Indiana Jones movie. So their cans have a picture of a character from the CGI fest of a movie (which, actually to be fair, wasn't that bad). I got one with the kid from Transformers...

Optimus Jones... I'm so clever.

I love Dr. Pepper. But now I while I drink, I can read this engaging description about Mutt: "REBELLIOUS RENEGADE... RELUCTANTLY SEEKS INDY'S HELP". ...In the movie hes actually not that rebellious. At all. But that's marketing for you I guess...

AND SPEAKING OF INDIANA JONES...

- Today in Disneyland the kicked off the "Summer of Adventure" with Indiana Jones running everywhere. Just for the record, I love Disneyland. Its my favorite place ever because I can't ride/don't like roller coasters. Bleh. But even if I did, I can't go a year without mouse ears and pineapple whip.

In this picture, Indy readys for his ROUNDHOUSE KICK.

What they did was make random Indy "events" for Adventureland, where at any given time, they'll have some bad guy and Henry Jones Jr. fight on buildings, in the Rivers of America, or on the Tarzan Treehouse bridge. They also give out maps to find clues for the treasure of - wait for it - FREE COMPUTER WALLPAPER. Also, they replaced Aladdin's old storytelling oasis crap with that Jedi Academy thing they do in Tomorrowland, only they find treasure and go through how Harrison Ford hates snakes. I bet the kids will think its fun, but the show looks really lame.

SPEAKING OF BEING LAME...

- New Mega64 video today that made me laugh. Just watch it, and if you have my sense of humor, you WILL laugh. Just keep waiting for it...


They make fun of video games and stuff. I love it, maybe you will too. They have a new podcast every Tuesday, so check it out tomorrow.


Well, thats all I have for today. Tomorrow I'll have a freaking awesome post... but you'll have no idea what it will be about =P.


...I hate snakes.