NEED CAFFEINE

[gogmagog]

Oh God, Diet Mountain Dew tastes like antifreeze. At least it has plenty of caffeine. I'd like to find a more pleasant way of ingesting caffeine, but I hate coffee. Maybe I should try No-Doz, though that always reminds me of the infamous episode of Saved by the Bell where Jessie gets hooked on caffeine pills. XD

In another startlingly true-to-life episode, a stressed-out Jessie resorts to caffeine pill abuse in order to manage her school work and committment to the singing trio with Kelly and Lisa. Ever the concerned friend, Zack tries to convince her to stop. The thrill of the pill proves too strong, however, and it is only after an emotional breakdown ("I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so...scared!") that Jessie recognizes she has a problem.

TULZSCHA
A belching column of sick greenish flame... spouting volcanically from depths profound and inconceivable, casting no shadows as healthy flame should, and coating the nitrous stone with a nasty, venomous verdigris. For in all that seething combustion no warmth lay, but only the clamminess of death and corruption.

A crystalline, cold green fire: six mints with white pepper and cucumber.

In the bottle: Mint. Definitely mint. Spearmint, perhaps? Whichever is the one with kind of the leafy bite.

Wet: Still spearmint(?) and some kind of mellow undertone that kind of reminds me of tea. The white pepper, maybe? Anyway, this basically smells like a tall glass of iced tea with a sprig of mint. Or possibly a mint julep. It would be a really nice summer scent.

Dry: The mint is a little less sharp, and the cucumber shows up a little more, gives it a crisp vegetable-y undertone that's much nicer than it sounds.

Verdict: Actually, I could totally go for more of this. A Lovecraft scent that I actually like enough to want a bottle, yay! Of course, since it's more of a summer scent I'm not in a huge hurry to procure one. XD

Also, something that irritates me: The Escapist's article on "women in games." Specifically, they've got this guy writing about women in games, who is officially full of shit. His half-baked, rudimentary use of evolutionary psychology to make such amazingly original statements as "women want to play games featuring social reasoning" and "the ideal women's game would be an interactive bodice ripper" irritate me SO MUCH. So apparently all the female gamers on my friendslist are actually some kind of freakish unwomanly mutants or something? (Since they enjoy games like Fatal Frame, which is clearly not about maneuvering through the world using your advanced social skills, but about KILLING SOME EVIL FUCKING GHOSTS WITH YOUR CAMERA BEFORE THEY KILL YOU.) His claims aren't entirely invalid; the Sims games were massive bestsellers, and those arguably center around socialization - but they sold so well because a helluva lot of guys bought the game as well as women.

Also, from enkiae: Old Grandma Hardcore. This old biddy ROCKS. Any grandma who plays Growlanser and Fatal Frame is A-OK with me. XD

Comments

[enkiae.livejournal.com]

I know nothing of evolutionary psychology, I just know that anyone who uses evolution as an argument for social issues is 99% likely to be full of pseudo intellectual head-up-the-ass geek-doesn't-know-anything-about-real-life good old fashioned BULLSHIT (that evolved from T Rex shit?) :D

That grandma owns me man. I wish she were my grandma, we'd be up all night yelling obscenities at the crawling woman from Fatal Frame 3 :D

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

Clearly, Enkidu, you need to start training your own grandma in the way of videogame-fu. XD

[shisochou.livejournal.com]

That was the best (worst?) SBTB episode ever.

When I first took caffeine pills, I was paranoid because of that episode. But then I realized that I've been known to down whole pots of coffee in one sitting, so I figured one caffeine pill wouldn't kill me.

[shinkun.livejournal.com]

That's how the addiction begins...

[shisochou.livejournal.com]

The addiction will never end.

[shinkun.livejournal.com]

Cheers.

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

That's one of the few SBTB episodes that I actually remember - mostly because I remember thinking at the time how ridiculous it was, but apparently it stuck with me. XD

But yeah, I'm thinking I'll probably pick some up tomorrow so that I can make it through the days of papers and exams...I finish on Tuesday, so at least I don't need to worry about becoming ZOMG ADDICTED.

[eikitty.livejournal.com]

Dude, I swear, that episode has to be a classic icon of our generation or something. At least three times a year I have a time to reference it and EVERY TIME Saved By The Bell comes up in conversation that episode is discussed. A friend of mine and I recently discussed that episode in particular, and subsequently came up with what we believe to be the top 10 Saved By The Bell eps ever:

1) Jessie ODs on caffeine pills.
2) Zack and Kelly break up; Slater and Jessie sing "How am I supposed to Live Without You?"
3) "Zack Attack" retrospective starring Casey Kasem.
4) Rod Belding comes as a substitute teacher.
5) Screech meets Violet Bickerstaff (Tori Spelling) and falls in love.
6) The 2-parter at the murder mystery mansion
7) The 2-parter when the gang finds stolen money and decides to buy concert tickets.
8) Zack, Screech, and Slater get fake IDs to go clubbing
9) Zack and Lisa kiss, making Screech jealous
10) Zack breaks his leg and needs surgery

Remember Violet Bickerstaff? Good old pre-boob job Tori Spelling? XD

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

Actually, sadly I don't remember Tori Spelling, or a lot of the moments you mention. (I think I do remember the concert tickets episodes, and the Zack-breaking-leg - at least I remember him in a hospital bed with his leg up in traction or something, I think. Oh, and the Zack/Lisa kiss too.)

See, Saved by the Bell was not hugely my thing - I was a bit young for at least the early episodes and in my mostly-black private school I guess it was less of a HOT THING than in other schools. But I did catch episodes here and there, either during the original run or in rerun. (For a while years back they were airing reruns on Saturday morning - back when I still watched Saturday morning cartoons because I was young and they DIDN'T SUCK.)

[shisochou.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's an awesome list; it definitely brings back memories.

Slater and Jessie sing "How am I supposed to Live Without You?"

I think I was at a friend's house when that episode first aired, because I remember asking, "Are they lip-synching?"

[enkiae.livejournal.com]

Dude TBS here has been showing Saved by the Bell reruns all morning. 2 hours of oldschool for the whole weekdays.

I'm rehooked XD