Energy Drink Review: Euphoric Energy- Watermelon/ Kiwi

Yesterday, I went to Hanson's to get my regular energy drink when I came across Euphoric Energy. I took one look at the can and thought it probably tastes like Monster or something equally as bad. I then saw it was only 99 cents for a 16oz energy drink and watermelon kiwi flavored. I picked up the can and read the side, it had all of the typical energy drink ingredients: taurine, ginseng, caffeine, and sugar. There was also a description to the left of the ingredients that said the companies goal is the redefine how energy drinks taste and make you feel. They also refer to the creators as "brewologists". At this point I was pretty much sold, I really liked how the energy drink presented it's self, it wasn't just another typical extreme, adrenaline rush, energy drink.
I paid my 99 cents, walked to my car, opened the drink, and took my first sip. This energy drink was perfect, it tasted great, was lightly carbonated, and as not thick and syrupy at all. The drink tasted like watermelon Pop Rocks and carbonated fruit punch Kool-Aid. If you're looking for an energy drink to actually give you energy, this isn't the drink. It has 70mg of caffeine per serving, so about two cups of coffee. I didn't feel any different after drinking this. However, what it lacks in energy it makes up for in flavor. Euphoric Energy is seriously one of the best new energy drinks, definitely try it.

Cost: 99 cents
Where You Can Buy It: Hanson's on 22nd and Wilmont in Tucson, AZ
Grade: 5 out of 5 Lightning Bolts

100%

I got a 100% on my first quiz and a 93% on my first homework assingment on my online math summer school class. I'm pretty happy, I hope the rest of the class goes this well.

I downloaded the new Weekend Nachos album, Unforgiveable, this afternoon, it's so heavy and awesome, I really like it. They're definitely one of the best new hardcore bands to emerge in the past few years.

I'm going to see Cruel Hand tonight, I'm pretty excited. Last time I saw them I hadn't heard their album, Prying Eyes, but now I have and am in love with it. Life in Chains is playing as well, they're probably the best hardcore band in Tucson right now.

Oh, and I really like Lady Gaga. I don't know what's wrong with my brain, but her music sounds great to my ears. I'm currently looking for her debut album,The Fame, on vinyl.

Work

Work has been unusually great lately. I'm not sure why, nothing really has changed and if anything more calls have been coming in. Sunday I worked from 6:00am until 2:30pm and it didn't feel like anything. Today I worked from 8:30am until 5:00pm and I seriously feel like I worked a four hour shift and it was pretty busy. It's probably because I don't care about anyone who calls and I've learned just to not let people's bullshit crying effect me. Since today was a holiday and I was on time I get paid $19 an hour. I'm really excited about that. I'm going to see Forfeit and Life in Chains tonight, it's only $5. I remember a time when every show was $5, but for the past two or so years shows have been $7+, it makes sense becauase of gas and everything, but it's nice to see two pretty decent $5 shows this week.
I'll leave you with this video of Ben Nichols playing Tobin. I'm so glad I went to the Revival Tour last November because I doubt he plays any songs of his solo album at Lucero shows.

Lately,

Le le le le let down!

Last night finally came and I saw Manchester Orchestra. I had been waiting for this show for a very long time and was very exited. Geoff and I got to the venue right when their set started, too bad it only lasted 25 minutes and they played no songs I was familiar with. Their set was really good, but there was some songs I really wanted to hear. I guess 25 minutes is a typical time for a non-headlining band, but still, it's Manchester Orchestra. All of those indie bands play such long sets, I guess I wish they would have as well. Oh well though, it still was a fun night. I was at the Folsom show for a while, it was fun dancing to Suffer the Loss and seeing Dustin and some other friends I don't often see. Work this morning was so easy, in the eight and a half hours I was there I took 17 calls. The rest of my time (about six hours) was spent listening to my iPod. You can't beat getting paid $9 an hour to sit around. Waking up at six am always is hell, but it's so much easier now that the sun is up at that time. That's it for now.

Fun Week!

This week has been great, I always love the last week before summer starts. Graduation time is always a good time even if I'm not graduating. Wednesday I hung out with Eric in the morning/ afternoon then went to Brian's graduation with Jesse, RY, Alisha, and Geoff. Thursday I hung out with Geoff and got wings at night with David and Emily. Today I went to my brothers 8th grade promotion, went out to lunch with my family, hung with Annie for a little, then went to Ra and Frost with Hannah. This week has just been full of friends and good times. I really like how 2009 is going.

Baby Snatcher.

Yesterday I was at the Foothills Mall with Geoff, RY, and Jesse. We were walking out to Geoff's car and all of sudden some bald Mexican guy started sprinting towards this lady carrying a baby in one of those baby carry things and he started pulling on the baby. She was yelling, "don't take my baby" and stuff all loud and we were just standing on the sidewalk watching all of this action. Then he got the baby and walked back to his car and she looked shook up for a second then walked into the mall and went on with her day. It was probably his baby anyway, but whatever, it's not everyday you see that happen. Fucking weird.

Livestrong.

I'm not trying to be Lance Armstrong guy or anything, but these new Livestrong x Nike's are really nice. I'm probably going to buy these. They also made Livestrong 1's and 180's. The 90's and Zoom's look the best though. It sucks the 90's already go for $300+ on E-bay, however, the Zoom's can be bought for under $100 at Finish Line.

Shows This Summer!

Here are some good shows in Arizona this summer.

May 23rd : Manchester Orchestra @ Club Congress

May 28th : Cruel Hand @ The YMCA

June 2nd : Alkaline Trio and Finch @ The Rialto

June 5th : This Time Next Year and A Loss for Words @ The YMCA

June 7th : Broadway Calls @ The Living Room

June 13th : Third Eye Blind @ The Marquee

June 18th : The Effort @ The Living Room

June 20th : Santigold (Santogold?) @ The Rialto

June 28th : 2 Live Crew @ The Rialto

June 29th : AA Bondy @ Modified Arts

July 21st : Madball, Bane, Death Before Dishonor, Terror, Trapped Under Ice, Crime in Stereo, This is Hell (for only $10)@ The Marquee

July 25th : Off With Their Heads @ The Phix

August 4th : Mother of Mercy @ The YMCA

August 19th : Hatebreed @ The Rialto

There's a lot of good bands coming through. I'm really excited to see Alkaline Trio again, AA Bondy, and Manchester Orchestra.

Sick

I've been sick for the past three days. I have some cold or whatever the fuck it is. My throat hurt, I keep coughing, and my nose keeps running. Sometimes I cough up boogers too, which is hella gross. My dad gave me some medicine last night and it actually worked. I woke up this morning almost feeling great. My nose is still a little congested and I've only coughed a few times today. Last night was by far one of the worst nights of my life, I woke up every hour from 9pm to 3am super thirsty and with a killer headache. My whole body hurt too, I could barely walk to the kitchen to get water. I had my windtower on full blast next to my bed and the ceiling on high and I still felt so hot. The only times I have ever wished I was dead have been when I have a night like that or when I'm stuck in traffic behind a Sun Tran. Hopefully this ends soon.

I Talked to Chad: Part 2

Last summer I met Chad from New Found Glory at Chain Reaction in California at an H2O show. It was alright, mainly just said hi and bought that Gorilla Biscuits tshirt. Tonight, however, I was standing in the back of The Rialto with Sean, and Chad comes out and walks up to th fence where we are standing and asks me what color's of their split 7" I got. I told him both copies I got where blue and he said he'd get me a green one. Then he trades me blue for green and talks with Sean and I for about a half hour about hardcore, Madball, movies, and other stuff. Then he tells us to twit him on Twitter, haha. Fucking awesome night. The show it's self was kind of lame, the bands all did very well, but the crowd was horrible. Anyway. tonight ruled.

Depressed.

Last night I watched Monday night's episode of How I Met Your Mother. I think it was the last episode ever or at least a sign that the show is going to be over within the next season. It made me hella sad because I love that show so much. Monday nights without How I Met Your Mother are going to have no purpose anymore. A lot of people get sad when high school or college is over, I get sad when tv shows finish their season. South Park is over for the summer too as of two weeks ago. What the fuck am I supposed to do with myself?

No Second Chances?

I was almost positive I was going to get fired from my job today. Yesterday I blatantly did not show up at work or even call in, which apparentley is "the worst thing you can do at this job." I mentioned something to my boss that I wasn't coming in on Sunday while he was busy and he said, "ok cool." So I used that as my excuse to make him look stupid today. He asked me why I didn't come in on Sunday and I told him we talked on Saturday and he told me it was alright if I didn't come in. Instead of looking into the situation he fakes a time-off request for me for Sunday, has me sign it, then turns it into his boss and tells him he approved this time-off request but just misplaced it. I told him I would work an eight hour shift on Thursday, because I guess I felt bad. I should have been fired a million times from this place already and still to my knowledge have never even been written up. However, I feel like my clock is ticking and my employment is expiring in the near future. In a way I feel like I should take my job a little more seriously, because as much as I love to hate it, I think I would be sad if I didn't work there and had to work at some shit job for way less money. My job is easy, I really have nothing to complain about. I come in, sit around, take a few calls, listen to my iPod, read, do homework, get Starbucks, then go home. It really is the easiest job on Earth. Since I didn't get fired today and I guess got a "second chance" I think I'm going to go to Burberry next week and get some clothes, haha, since I don't have to worry about not having income now. If I still am working here during summer, which is about two weeks away, I think I am going to work full time. Summer is so slow and I need a Louis Vuitton messenger bag and Millionaire sunglasses, and like 15 hours a week isn't going to get me that and allow me to save money. I'm glad I still have a job, even if I don't like it. Instead of only giving 30%, I'm going to start giving 70% so I can work there until something better comes along instead of getting fired.

I have nothing to complain about,

but I know i'll still complain.

I don't know why I'm not as upbeat as I used to be lately. It's not really bothering me, but it's just something i've noticed. I get stressed out more over little things, get bummed easier, and don't care as much about things I used to. Maybe it's just growing up or maybe I'm letting more things bother me that I used to just brush off. For example, I used to not care about going to work at 6am on Sundays. Now by Thursday I'm already in a bitter state of mind because I know I have to work at 6am on Sunday, and because of that my "nice" attitude and pma level's drop. I've been finding myself having more "Larry David" moments, where I get stuck on one little thing and put a lot of energy into being pissed off at it rather than just moving on. For example, today I came home from the mall and my sister had parked her car in the middle of the fucking driveway, so I had to make a uturn and park on the curb. It wasn't a big deal, but I made it seem like a huge deal. My mom asked me how my day was and I replied with, "great, until I came home and saw Erika's car in the middle of the driveway." Then an hour or so later I went to the grocery store with my dad and he said I seemed upset and I told him, "maybe I wouldn't be if I didn't have to park on the curb." Just shit like that, I should probably learn to not get so worked up over nothing. A lot of people have way bigger problems than me and all I seem to ever do is complain about little things.

What Happened?

I was walking around the grocery store the other day looking for stuff and a lot of the food I remember having as a kid was no longer available. Before I started eating Kashi Heart-to-Heart everyday, I loved these. Dunk-a-Roos obviously aren't cereal, but they go along with the point of this post.