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Days Sans Internet

I’ve spent the last 40+ hours with no Internet access, which basically never happens unless I’m away. Note, it wasn’t exactly by choice that I didn’t (and at home, still don’t) have Internet access. But when you don’t have the option of using the ‘net, you don’t really have the desire to use it, either.

Of course, it means I’m overwhelmed with all the webcomic updates, LiveJournal entries, and blog posts I’m now supposed to catch up with, but it’s nice not to have to worry about what people are posting, for a couple of days. Also, it means I had more time to do other things, like read.

A real test of my ability, though, would to remove more than just one form of technology.

BeanBoozled

Yeah, I haven’t blogged in quite a while! I don’t have much of a life at the moment. What with leaving all my work until the last minute, my busy weeks, and the fact that all I want to do is sleep, I haven’t been around as much as usual. However! My busy weeks at work are subsiding, and I finish exams and assessments early next week, so all will be right in the world very soon. Now, onto tonight’s entry!

BeanBoozled packet

That right there? That’s a packet of BeanBoozled jelly beans. When a co-worker brought them into work, I thought they seemed very cool. Not as cool as Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans would be, of course (although Wikipedia tells me that Jelly Belly have their own product with the same name), but they work like this:

  • Purple can be plum or black pepper
  • Green can be juicy pear or booger
  • Yellow can be popcorn or mouldy cheese
  • Orange can be peach or vomit

Et cetera. Sounds pretty fun, right? Well, I thought so at first. I often got the “bad” flavours, but they usually at least semi-palatable. Pepper is fine, and booger tasted like grass in lolly form, but then I got a rotten egg flavoured bean. Which made me dry retch. I was this close to vomiting at work. And then I dared try another yellow bean, and almost threw up again.

They seem cool at first, but I’m scared of them now, and I’ll never look at jelly beans the same way again. When did eating jelly beans become a game of Russian roulette?