04/06/2006 Entry: "Sea My Monkeys."

I think the real question is, "How many hours can I waste at work each day staring at my amazing live Sea-Monkeys?"

I love them, I really do. The "Sea-Monkeys On Mars" kit has been sitting on my shelf unopened since my first week on the job almost two years ago, but certain recent bouts of ennui and dementia and something-something forced my hands under the seal, and next thing I knew, bam, Sea-Monkeys on the desk. I won't bore you with the specific details on how it works or how they hatch or how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE the tiny packets full of eggs, food and miracle plasma, but suffice to say, it's been over a week since they hatched and over a week since I fell in love with a monkey named Sea.

The tiny shrimp are fascinating creatures; they're small, but with remarkable pronounced features like black dot eyes, constantly fanning backs and tails just long enough to make you think you own more Sea-Monkeys than you actually do. And they're constantly moving. Not just boring, "whirl around the tank" movements, either; their paths are totally erratic and totally awesome, and as they seem to grow in size and numbers by the day, I feel okay about selling my television and reserving Family Night Entertainment for the up-and-coming Sea-Monkey Show.

Best of all, I don't have to feel guilty about them being in the office; they'll actually flourish better here than they would at home. See, Sea-Monkeys love light. Loooove it. And they get plenty of it here, as opposed to home, where we tack blankets up over the windows and read alchemy books by candlelight. While they do require some attention otherwise (feeding 'em, keeping their water oxygenated, etc.), you'd have to be a fucking idiot to screw up a Sea-Monkey. They don't ask for much. Just a little food, some water and light, and a blog post written on company time. Take that, The Man.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 04/06/2006 06:46 PM EST

I just hope your sea monkeys don't break up into their own little factions, eventually leading to a nuclear Armageddon when one of the sea monkeys accidentally presses the launch button while getting laid.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 04/06/2006 06:55 PM EST

Hey--remember that Howie Mandell show, The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys?!

Chestnuts roasted by psyKlone @ 04/06/2006 06:56 PM EST

Sea monkeys are the true dominant species on our planet. The humans are just an interesting project. See, they wanted plastic castles to live in, but didn't want to go through all the bother of evolving opposable thumbs, as that would get in the way of their years-long meditations on metaphysics. The really enlightened ones manipulate the climate so that they can retire to tiny brine-filled pits under rocks in deserts. It's true because you read it on the internet.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 04/06/2006 07:07 PM EST

I am inspired to start a Sea Monkey farm now.

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 04/06/2006 07:12 PM EST

Hey--remember that Howie Mandell show, The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys?!

No, but I remember the Sea Monkies skit from The State.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 04/06/2006 07:18 PM EST

I love Sea-Monkeys, always have. Bannana treats, living plasma.. there is just something fun about being a God and creating life from little sugar packets.

Here's a tip, while Sea-Monkeys love light and will follow a laser pointer around their aquarium, it will blind them, but it's impossible to tell since they don't go anywhere specific anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by thefuzzyhulk @ 04/06/2006 07:29 PM EST

Hmm, "melancholia" perhaps? That and "despondency" are my fav ways to describe crap feeling with laser accuracy.
psyK, I most definitely remember it. I was just asking a friend if they remembered it recently and of course got the "wtf" blank stare.
Being on the X-E blog on the company dime rules...not that I'd know anything about that.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 04/06/2006 07:46 PM EST

My memory may be faulty... but I'm remembering a very old article... about sea monkeys... and there was going to be a part 2... but there never was!

Am I crazy?

Chestnuts roasted by Piscez @ 04/06/2006 07:55 PM EST

If this post has the same effect the one about Star Wars Transformers seemingly had, come tomorrow afternoon I'll not be able to find a single Sea Monkey in a 30 mile radius.

Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 04/06/2006 09:01 PM EST

Yay for the Seamonkey post!

See, I've been waiting for this - doing little chants and spells before bed each night, hoping Matt would do the Seamonkey article soon after he mentioned he had some. Damn, I didn't think it would happen so soon.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 04/06/2006 09:03 PM EST

I can't help but feel that, growing up sea-monkeyless, I missed out on a big part of childhood. This will have to be remedied. I reneg on my $20 Amazon LEGO bucket. It's monkeytime!

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 04/06/2006 09:33 PM EST

Aw man, I had sea monkies when I was little, those things were the shit! I mean, nothin would kill those fuckers 'cept starvin them for a month... literally.

Chestnuts roasted by Zak @ 04/06/2006 09:43 PM EST

Sea Monkeys!?!? How could you possibly enjoy anything so lame stupid and immature!?

...

I'm just kidding...I'll probably go out and buy 5 kits tomorrow.

Chestnuts roasted by TC Falcon @ 04/06/2006 10:28 PM EST

Well, they've been warning us for a month now...

The official Marshmallow Peeps site was redesigned, AND IT INCLUDES A PEEPS MESSAGE BOARD. In other words, never fear. I'll stop talking about Peeps here so much.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 04/06/2006 11:03 PM EST

I had this kit once where I put these little pebbles into a small aquarium and it will look in a few days like there are a bunch of glaciers underwater, and there is usually a shipwreck on the bottom of the tank. That was neat.

Chestnuts roasted by mjf7583 @ 04/06/2006 11:37 PM EST

Jedoc:
An interesting theory, but faulty, nonetheless. Sea Monkeys are actually a very special type of shrimp that were purposely bred by humans. Humans are good people, though; we may let other humans starve and wage pointless war, but we can all take solace in knowing that when we create creatures that the sea never intended we at least have the decency to provide them with itty-bitty plastic castles.

Take some time out of your day to hug a human and let them know you care.

Chestnuts roasted by Tougi @ 04/07/2006 12:50 AM EST

Hey Matt,

Glad you finally got Sea Monkeys to work (I remember the earlier attempt).

Now you need to go get yourself a Triops kit. Same basic idea, but the shrimp-y things are bigger. They sell them as "creatures from the time of dinosaurs" and they are weird things that look like they have too many eyes. Oh yeah, and as they grow, they eat each other until there is only one to live out the rest of its days. Like Immortals from Highlander.

Chestnuts roasted by Sean (of the fish) @ 04/07/2006 12:55 AM EST

Sorry Touji, but Sea Monkeys are about as special a breed as farmed ostriches. They're just brine shrimp. They didn't need people, they don't need people, and they'll be around long after we've burned the crops and salted the earth (what with liking salty water and all).
But they are easy to captive rear and handy for feeding your tropical fish.

Chestnuts roasted by Sean (the fish one--again) @ 04/07/2006 12:58 AM EST

Nice! With every post your job just seems sweeter and sweeter. You get to hang in hotels with bleeding monster eyes, film giant orange presents, chug turkey flavored sodas at night with coworkers, and hit toys r us on a daily. I'd work there so hard if I could.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 04/07/2006 01:40 AM EST

Wow, what a coincidence...."The Simpsons Already Did It" episode of South Park is airing now in syndication. You know which one that is....

"Sea people and meeeee...."

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 04/07/2006 02:04 AM EST

Happy Friday Everybody!!!!
I had Sea Monkeys when I was little. My dad got them for us and he was so jazzed about it. I don't remember really paying attention to them after we "planted" them. Maybe I'll get some for my son. He wants a pet.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 04/07/2006 07:43 AM EST

Did anyone ever have those magic growing crystals? Not Sea Monkeys but they were put into water and the package claimed they would grow into huge (surely toxic) multicolored mountains... what were they called and could you ever get them to work? Mine lasted all of a day or so and turned into sludge...

Chestnuts roasted by rockasoo @ 04/07/2006 08:43 AM EST

I had a magic crystal kit. I screwed up the directions and ended up with a mason jar of cloudy water. I cried. My mom had to cook spaghetti just to bring me back from the brink of total despair. But at least I learned a valuable lesson about following directions. Man, has it really been two weeks? The pain is so fresh it feels like yesterday.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 04/07/2006 09:03 AM EST

I remember that Howie Mandel Sea Monkeys show... it was on late Saturday mornings.... i loved that show, id tape it every week! YOu've inspired me to scour the internet for more.

Chestnuts roasted by Lou @ 04/07/2006 09:08 AM EST

My childhood was deprived of Sea Monkeys for reasons I can only assume stem back to some disheartening experience my folks had with them in their youth. I begged and pleaded for the stupid things for years until I finally didn't care anymore, only to always get the same "Those things are a ripoff, they're just stupid little bug things that you can barely see, you don't need any" type response. I feel this lack of Monkeys in my life is probably why I turned out the way I did.

On the other hand, I did have those Magic Crystals things. I remember mine did work, but I don't remember what became of them. I think I probably took them out of the jar to use as backdrops for He-Man battles or something and broke them. Stupid Magic Crystals. I bet Sea Monkeys would have thrived forever in Eternia, though.

Chestnuts roasted by lugnut @ 04/07/2006 09:24 AM EST

Dear mjf7583 and rockasoo,

They were called Magic Rocks, and you can still buy them... in fact I ran into a package at the Smithsonian Museum a couple months ago. They were so awesome in theory, but never really worked that well, and they did fall apart in a matter of days. I wish I had some right now, though.

Here they are.

Chestnuts roasted by Michael @ 04/07/2006 10:23 AM EST

So, are we going to get to read about what happened to you when you drank the contents of the Sea-Monkey tank or what?
-jared

Chestnuts roasted by ohgodtherats @ 04/07/2006 10:39 AM EST

Strangely enough, I've been thinking about that a lot lately. Not like I'd really do it or anything, but I'm just thinking about how I wouldn't be all that grossed out by drinking the Sea-Monkey soup. I have no idea why. Maybe I'm thirsty/hungry.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/07/2006 10:43 AM EST

You should mix a packet of Cherry Cracker in there just to see what happens!

Chestnuts roasted by Michael @ 04/07/2006 10:48 AM EST

Long live Sea Monkeys--and slacking off at work!

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 04/07/2006 11:09 AM EST

On the topic of eating Sea Monkeys, most kimchi (korean cabbage sidedish) has some sort of fish extract or brine shrimp mixed in with it to move the fermentation along. So if you've eaten kimchi, you've probably eaten Sea Monkeys!

Chestnuts roasted by rockasoo @ 04/07/2006 11:18 AM EST

Oh God, I had to come here and read the drinking-the-sea-monkey-water when I have a headache and feel ill. :X Uuuuuugh. Thanks guys.

On a better note, I had magic growing crystals when I was little, and guess what? I STILL have them! Yes, the same exact jar with the same crystals in it. I don't really know where it is at the moment, but I know it's around here somewhere. It's more than 20 years old.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 04/07/2006 11:36 AM EST

Does anyone remember Magic Sand?? It came in this cool little Genie Bottle. You poured it into water and it wouldn't get wet.

Chestnuts roasted by Scottyflamingo @ 04/07/2006 12:10 PM EST

I still have my bottle of Magic Sand. It is really interesting stuff. The only drawback is the drying process described in the instructions. I have the blue sand.

What if King Kong was a Sea Monkey?

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/07/2006 12:18 PM EST

Seeing how I'm 20, and young enough that Rugrats episodes had a significant impact on my childhood, I have a feeling that's why I didn't have any Sea Monkeys. I knew what they were, and I just never saw the appeal. The fact that I had a large number of actual mammalian pets probably had something to do with it too.

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 04/07/2006 12:34 PM EST

More exciting then the fish we have here at work. By the way, Matt, my sister and I were watching the last half of Troll 2 last night on cable (just happened upon it) and the first thing my sister said was Matt has to do a review of this with the animated stills...If horrible "trolls" with rubber masks and growling like a pride of lions and a boy trying to destroy them with a bologna sandwich isn't X-E material I don't know what is!!

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y. @ 04/07/2006 12:45 PM EST

I once had some lil' sea monkleys, I loved those lil buggers imensly, until the next day(my birthday) and i received a grimlock, HO-HO !! bye bye sea-monkeys!!! heellllloooo good times with grimlock!
they subsequently died the following few days, i cried, so yes i am an idiot, my sea monkeys died....
JoshC

Chestnuts roasted by JoshC @ 04/07/2006 01:13 PM EST

Holy crap, I remember Sea Monkeys. I was never successful in ever really getting the things to grow. Thank god it's payday, ("I want my $2!" because now I have a newer higher purpose in life - breeding brine shrimp and having a damn fun time doing it too. So, I know exactly where the hell I'M going this afternoon after getting out of "work". The Sea Monkey is mine! Look out LeChuck!

Chestnuts roasted by Tim @ 04/07/2006 01:25 PM EST

(It took me 3 times to even spell my name right. Oh boy... what a day.)

TRU sells the sea monkies. They have Sea Monkies on the Moon, at The Beach, and in The City. They come in little containers that aren't near as huge as Matt's is. It's more of an octagonal 3-4 inch high thing with a snap on lid. The cool thing is that they have various "magnifying" spots where you can see your monkies of the sea up close. They are 10 bucks a pop.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 04/07/2006 03:32 PM EST

Um. Okay, so this has nothing to do with Sea Monkeys, but I was looking at the old Modulok article again earlier and an acquaintance pointed out something I'd missed before...

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0885/i3.jpg

Is that thing coming out of his neck what I think it is?

Chestnuts roasted by lugnut @ 04/07/2006 04:30 PM EST

Good lord lugnut. It just kind of jumps out at you doesn't it? There is a MOTU weapon\characteristic that you don't see every day.

Chestnuts roasted by theniXer @ 04/07/2006 05:44 PM EST

One more thing.. I was just thinking of a more appropriate name instead of Moduok.........

Dick-a-neck

Chestnuts roasted by theniXer @ 04/07/2006 05:46 PM EST

Look how small that thing is. No wonder he's cranky.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/07/2006 06:06 PM EST

I have a 12 month Sea Monkey calendar in my kitchen...but alas, never actually had any Sea Monkeys. I seem to remember ads for them in Archie comics, though, and I always begged for them but to no avail...*sighs* Someday.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 04/07/2006 06:49 PM EST

Just curious, I don't recall the sea monkey show with Howie Mandel. When did it air on TV? I wonder if he still had hair.

At least NBC is playing it safe and airing Deal or No Deal only twice a week. That's more sensible than what ABC tried with the Millionaire show by overkilling it six nights a week.

Chestnuts roasted by mjf7583 @ 04/07/2006 06:49 PM EST

The Sea Monkey show was (correct me if I'm wrong) on CBS somewhere in the range of 89-92. I didn't remember Howie Mandel being in it, but then, I never really watched it either.

I'm still worried about Modulok's neck.

Chestnuts roasted by lugnut @ 04/07/2006 07:27 PM EST

I just want to give a shout out for some PEEPS love here. I have always thought Peeps just "went" with Easter, but this year it just hit me out of the blue how much I love those little chicks and bunnies. Cant really eat them anymore but all the stuff they have out is awesome. I crave the coloring book mainly. And have some Peeps socks. Aw they are awesome.

Sea Monkeys are cool, never had any though.

Chestnuts roasted by Kittycatgirl @ 04/07/2006 07:36 PM EST

Ugh I hate laundromats. Two hours and four dollars later, I have nothing but a mess of wet towels that smell like rubber. :/

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 04/07/2006 09:12 PM EST

Here's the original article: http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/444.html
There's a picture in there from the Mandel show...ghastly.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 04/07/2006 10:40 PM EST

Off-topic: I was watching Bernie Mac tonite and they mentioned something called "brown Kool-Aid" where you mix purple KA with orange KA to make the brown KA. Has anyone here done this?

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 04/08/2006 12:40 AM EST

I'm tired of the term "Kong Sized" anyone else? maybe i just watch too much tv...So John Lovitz is in a Subway commercial and Bench Warmers at the moment. Kinda sad...he was much better suited as a SNL member because he could play a good variety of characters. Yes I know he had dollar signs in his eyes when he left but what SNL cast members really have been THAT successful? I'd say Sandler has made some stupid movies but he always finds a way to put on a show. He has strayed away from yelling all the time and using that voice he uses when he sang those songs on SNL in the early 90's. Bill Murray has lasted playing essentially the same character in almost all of his movies (his most recent movie are an exception). I mean its crazy that Bill Murray wins an oscar and Jamie Foxx from In Living Color won the best actor oscar. He did a great job in Ray so don't think I'm taking that away from him, but when i look at him I think of the character WandA

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 04/08/2006 01:21 AM EST

In Living Color breeds Oscar nominees. Jim Carrey's been nominated twice, and he was that steroid-popping weight lifter.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 04/08/2006 07:34 AM EST

phunqsauce: I find your lack of faith...kongsturbing.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 04/08/2006 08:18 AM EST

JLAJRC
Tamarind (it's a Mexican flavor)Kool-Aid is brown. That's the closest I've gotten.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 04/08/2006 10:15 AM EST

With the Superman movie on deck, now's the time to make a Sea Monkey tank in the shape of the bottle city of Kandor. Or the Empire State Building, with Kong on top, looking like he's swatting at the Monkeys.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/08/2006 02:34 PM EST

As a result of this blog entry, I have now ordered the Executive Set and the Magicquarium. I've never had Sea Monkeys befor, but they look like they make good decoration for my desk.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 04/08/2006 05:30 PM EST

Oh man....i *love* Sea Monkeys! I've had about 4 seperate tanks over my lifetime. Two tanks ago lasted about a year. I had generation spawn another generation etc. They'd just die and form a unsightly build-up of carcasses...but those suckers *thrived*! I was sad to see only one remaining after so long.
The last tank I had had an unfortunate demise. I was moving apartments and thought...yeah, the Sea Monkeys will do just fine on the seat next to me in the car. Well, they didn't. I Sea Monkey water and squirming little shrimps everywhere. Please, for the sake of Sea Monkeys everywhere....put them in one spot and let them remain there.

Chestnuts roasted by Allygator @ 04/08/2006 05:47 PM EST

Oh yeah, I remember that Growing Crystals thing. My Uncle got one for both my brother and I each. I remember it having the decor of a polluted sea (i.e. tire, grimy sea floor, ugly fish, all made of molded plastic of course). As further decoration, you had a little fisherman sitting on a dock that you could attach along one of the top edges. Basically, you just added this toxic chemical to the water.

Well, both of ours worked (thanks to the help of our Mom), but my brother, being the curiuosly destructive little bastard that he was, decided to see what would happen if he were to break the grown chutes of the crystals in his tank. They didn't grow back. And so in an upset rage, my brother fucked up my tank as well.

My brother has always had a reputation for wrecking stuff, which is why I stil won't let him play with my NES.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 04/08/2006 05:58 PM EST

no sat. night thread?? Where is everyone??

Chestnuts roasted by mike the great @ 04/09/2006 12:05 AM EST

Drunk.

Well, at least that's where I am.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 04/09/2006 12:23 AM EST

I'm with you, Mystie! I'm bummed there's no SNT...my poker night ended early, so I thought I would pop on the blog...damn. *sniff* Oh well- hopefully Matt is having a good night, wherever he is, and whatever he is consuming.

As for me, this has been my first time drinking beer in 3 weeks. I forgot how good it is.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 04/09/2006 12:27 AM EST

i just got home from work...lol

Chestnuts roasted by mike the great @ 04/09/2006 12:31 AM EST

I guess this is the April fools? Maybe? Happy Saturday.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 04/09/2006 12:39 AM EST

It's like a ghost town here tonight-never seen X-E so quiet....

Chestnuts roasted by Mike the Great @ 04/09/2006 12:55 AM EST

I sure feel the fool meanwhile I went to www.petiononline.com/future2 and signed a petion so Nike will make some sneakers like Marty McFly wore in the Back to the Future II
and I say feel free to post drunk it can be kinda funny, just don't post like 10 times cause of it.

Chestnuts roasted by mrjayberry @ 04/09/2006 01:02 AM EST

Anybody watch Little People, Big World on Saturday nights? It's about a family where the parents and one of the kids are little people...The dad played an Ewok in one of the Endor sequels.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 04/09/2006 01:13 AM EST

I've spent almost all day reinstalling programs and shit on my computer. My old ass scanner keeps encountering "fatal errors" and popping up messages like every 3 minutes. Ugh. This is exhausting, but I have things I really need to scan. Grah. Sleep.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 04/09/2006 01:18 AM EST

not drunk but, def not low.

still a wack saturday, a nite of 70s funk/porn/cartoon instrumental music making - cuz that's just what i do

Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 04/09/2006 01:21 AM EST

Sigh no SNT.

Anyway, has anyone tried Coke Blak? The grocery near my apt was selling four bottles for 1.99 so I picked some up. They're not yet cold, but once they are all post my thoughts.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 04/09/2006 01:24 AM EST

Eddie I tried it. The first sip is gross, but then as you get a taste of the "coffee essence" you become sort of immune.

Then it just tastes like diet coke with some instant coffee mixed in. I'm not a fan.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 04/09/2006 01:29 AM EST

Whoah that sounds really freaking gross. I don't even like coffee, so I'm not too pumped to beging with. I pretty much bought it because I thought it was an energy drink, but then realized it's more of a flavor thing. Thanks for the heads up. It's almost cold so soon I can share in your pain.

P.S. I meant "all are I'll" in the first post. Try saying that 10 times fast. There's no frigg'n way!

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 04/09/2006 01:35 AM EST

try saying "once they all are I'll" 10 times fast - the extra words means it's extra catchier

Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 04/09/2006 01:38 AM EST

Yeah, it's gross. Another way I could describe it is like if you took coffee-flavored jelly beans, and mashed them up into your diet coke. That's pretty accurate (and awful) I think.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 04/09/2006 01:47 AM EST

OK just drank it. It wasn't as bad as I had hoped/feared. As you said, Mr. Boligarky, it tastes like coffee-flavored jelly beans. If you ate like 4 coffee jelly bellies and 6 Dr. Pepper jelly bellies at the same time you'd essentially recreate the flavor. I think I'll stick to Monster energy for my caffeine fix. Anyway, it was a cool experiment for Saturday night.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 04/09/2006 02:01 AM EST

well u live and u learn. there's always a new soda out there to warp your senses with.

me i'll stick to the mind altering substances

Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 04/09/2006 02:15 AM EST

Speaking of new soul killing soft drinks, has anyone else tried the new berry Dr. Pepper? It's just unpleasant.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff @ 04/09/2006 03:33 AM EST

I've tried the Diet Berries and Cream Dr. Pepper, and I kind of liked it. It takes a little for the flavor to hit.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 04/09/2006 06:59 AM EST

Nobody should feel this bad in the morning after having had so little fun the night before. Screw you, sand court volleyball.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 04/09/2006 09:05 AM EST

I like drinking weird soda. I have a 6-pack of Vault sitting at my desk at work. My job has become 70% answering e-mails from idiots that don't know how to shop online, so I needz my caffeine and I'm not a huge coffee person. I totally have to try this Coke Blak as I was totally in love with Pepsi Kona. Ahh... I love all the new product craziness in the soda biz. If I had a working car I'd totally go try all this new stuff out. Hm. Maybe I should go seen if the engine will be nice to me now...

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 04/09/2006 10:34 AM EST

This is my 4th day without soda of any kind... The 2nd day was horrible, but I'm over the "withdrawl" period, thank God.

I bought some of the Kool-Aid "singles" - little packets of Kool-Aid with sugar already in it that make an 8oz glass. They have been my saviors when I thought I would go insane.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 04/09/2006 12:41 PM EST

The Kool-Aid singles are fantastic. Eat one. It's totally great.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 04/09/2006 12:43 PM EST

I kind of want to try this Coke Black stuff, but I've been busy dying for the last week. Not literally (sorry to disappoint you) but I've been super sick. I'm pretty sure I'm never going to smoke another cigarrette- even the thought of one kind of makes me nauseuous now, and I've been a smoker for ten years. It's been over a week now, and I don't have any cravings. Also, I think I've lost a bunch of weight, since I have barely eaten for a week and my clothes fit looser.

As a way of getting healthy, being sick is not recommended, but I think I'm going to end up in better shape than before once I finally feel better. Now if I could just eat something more than a fruit cup.

Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 04/09/2006 01:06 PM EST

Jedoc was Kenny Loggins "Playing with the Boys" somehow involved. Please say yes.

Chestnuts roasted by mrjayberry @ 04/09/2006 03:43 PM EST

Wow spaz good on ya for the break from smoking! Keep it up, you've already come so far, you can totally see it through!
What I think I hate most about being a filfy smoka is being sick and knowing full well that smoking will just make it worse and last even longer but you do it anyway because you're a slave to a tube of paper stuffed with poisons that will eventually do you a lot worse than the little case of the sniffles you're currently whinging about. Maybe that's just me though.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 04/09/2006 03:51 PM EST

squee-

I certainly don't intend to be one of those ex-smokers who looks down their nose at those "filthy smokers". Heck, I'm still not sure if I'll be able to stick with this once I feel good. I know that I'm going to be sitting on the front porch some spring/summer evening and the urge is going to finally hit- bad. I think if I can get through an evening of reading outside with a beer in one hand without smoking, that will be the absolute toughest challenge. There's just something about the combo of languid breezes, a good book, a brew, and a cigarrette or pipe.

I will admit to feeling annoyed when I had to walk past someone at a local fast food place who was on his smoke break. Maybe this is a good sign.

Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 04/09/2006 05:30 PM EST

I dont think I've EVER checked a site so many times in one day hoping for an update...I swear, this has to be the 18th time ive checked...
JoshC

Chestnuts roasted by JoshC @ 04/09/2006 06:22 PM EST

Heh, I've been doing the same thing, Josh. I'm like 90% sure Matt's not going to do an article this weekend, but I keep thinking, "Well maybe he'll do a Kool-Aid or cereal thing..." I guess I just need a distraction from the all the scanning and encoding and photographing and writing and everything I've been doing. ^_^

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 04/09/2006 07:16 PM EST

For the record, I tried the Berries and Cream Dr. Pepper. It reminded me of those swirly life saver candies..oh, yeah Creme Savers. I would probably drink it again, if I went to the store and said, "Hey I think I want to drink Creme Savers." But I would not drink it if I actually wanted Dr. Pepper.

As for Coke "Blak", I haven't tasted it and I don't plan to. And they put a line over the "a" which means "long a sound" so it technically should be pronounced like "blake", but it's obviously supposed to be like "black". What were they thinking? I don't know why that really annoys me.

Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 04/09/2006 08:32 PM EST

Mystie, JoshC, me too. Maybe we'll get lucky and Matt will give us a Sunday night thread. Won't be Saturday, but I've got nothing important to do tonight. Well, other than writing an article for my site, but the Hostess cakes are starting to make me sick.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff @ 04/09/2006 08:41 PM EST

I've started to love sea monkeys

Chestnuts roasted by Yelinna @ 04/09/2006 09:26 PM EST

There've been a number of Sunday article posts. And Sopranos ends soon, so there's always hope

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 04/09/2006 09:38 PM EST

Lulu, I thought the same thing about "Blak"! My coworkers didnh't get it at all. Idiots.

And since I don't drink soda or smoke, I have nothing to add.

Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 04/10/2006 12:35 AM EST

I used to have Sea Monkeys on my desk too. Loved them!

Be sure no one tries to turn them upside down. People tend to think they work like a snow globe. =(

Chestnuts roasted by Merry @ 04/11/2006 11:31 AM EST

I almost forgot: If your sea monkeys happen to die, I'm pretty sure you can stir up the water and they will come back to life. (If I remember correctly) Have fun!

Chestnuts roasted by Merry @ 04/11/2006 11:38 AM EST

this brings back memories.good times good times.

Chestnuts roasted by robo bot @ 04/12/2006 10:32 AM EST

Sea monkeys... Yum yum lunchtime

Chestnuts roasted by Reid @ 04/12/2006 09:40 PM EST