Hornblower & Jelly
I didn’t have any real good reason to buy an ‘Energy Drink’ especially one that tries to sell itself as an Energy ‘Jelly’. My energy-o-meter never drops low enough to warrant these kinds of products. My morning coffee intake usually gives me a good baseline energy level throughout the day. But I admit I was curious. The packaging similarity to a hospital IV bag sealed the deal and I bought it. I was fully intent to sample the jelly too, until I inspected the packaging more closely and noticed at the bottom that little bit of Japanese(?) followed by the 3%. There’s just too many mysteries in that three percent for me to risk ingesting a foreign jelly.

This and other mysterious products always seem to find their way into my shopping cart whenever I venture out to the kick-ass Asian market. But my eyes are way more curious than my stomach and most, if not all, of the products never get sampled. However, if the product doesn’t bring my stomach into the equation, I have much better results. Over the past week, I have become absolutely hooked on Sudoku which is odd because I usually hate (and suck at) puzzles

Last night, we went and saw the Beastie Boys concert movie, Awesome, I Fucking Shot That! True to its title, it was in fact, pretty awesome. I kinda felt like I went to a Beastie Boys concert and didn’t have to deal with the concert crowds or the high ticket prices. It was also the funniest concert movie I have ever seen. The cameo shot of Ben Stiller bugging out in the crowd and screaming along to the lyrics was priceless. And, not that I needed any more proof of what a bad-ass Mix Master Mike is behind the 1’s and 2’s but this movie really highlights what a craftsman he is. At one point later in the show, the Beasties all come on stage rocking t-shirts with the names of their favorite games on them (boggle, scrabble, mah-jong, etc). Mix Master Mike’s t-shirt? Electric Battleship!! Damn. It made me want to go make a Cribbage t-shirt immediately.

Before the actual concert movie there was a hilarious and baffling short about a day in the life of Nathaniel Hornblower. David Cross completely owns the roll of Hornblower, cross country skiing in lederhosen through the streets of New York?!?

Bonus: What’s Up Your Kilt?