EDIT ADD:
I made it! I called with my answer to the Starbucks
Crossword puzzle and made it within the first 20 minutes (and hopefully the first
750 people). My answer was correct, (I
just know, they didn’t confirm it or anything) and I should be getting a call
tomorrow between 10AM and 3PM CST with further instructions…a tie-breaker
puzzle. (Dum, dum, dum!) I can’t wait. Mucho kudos to my Dad and Uncle Lee who
helped out.
Wow.
Work is so much funner while listening to iTunes all day!
AND I’m getting to listen to a whole album’s worth of music. Seriously, Mike
and used to joke around because I’d never make it past track 2 or 3 of any
given CD. He’d say “Did you hear that song (insert song name here) on that cool
new album?” Nope—I never did, only the first song or two…but now, I hear the
whole thing! So fun…and it ironically keeps me more focused on what I’m doing
at work than not listening. So fun…
(Yes, I know that funner is not a word).
So I was in the University Bookstore at APU getting some
stuff for my new classes at Cal State LA, and my eyes spied some candy near the
register (whoever started putting stuff by the registers at supermarkets was a genius). Not only did I desire some
candy already, but here was a new twist on one of my favorites: Sour Mentos! I had never seen these
before! Fantastic!
Fast-forward about 30 minutes later (after I chomped the
Skittles I bought as well), and they were the grossest thing I have
tasted in a long time. The only candies that rank higher in the grossness
factor are the Harry Potter Jelly Bellies (that really taste like salt,
boogers, and vomit, among other flavors) and misc. spicy/salty Mexican candy
things—that honestly, can’t be called candy.
I’m not sure how to describe them exactly, except that they
tasted old. Really old. And I’m pretty sure they were from another country, and
must have been shipped here on a slowly moving boat, or perhaps a drifting raft
carried them to US shores. I’m not sure. They were pretty much tasteless, and
when I did get a hint of flavor it was bitter—like eating handfuls of
pepper–just plain wrong. They tasted nothing like Green Apple, Watermelon, or
Lemon—or anything else for that matter. Except poop. Maybe they tasted like
poop. Yep. That’s what it was. That’s it ladies and gentlemen! If you want to
experience the taste of poop without actually having to eat it, try new Sour
Mentos!
(mentos jingle here)
