The Workermonkey

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

I'm back on the junk 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 3/14/2006 04:43:00 PM

Thats right. It happened before i knew it. I was doing fine. I didnt need it, i didnt crave it, i didnt miss it. Then came the freedoms of the weekend. The casual laid back mornings. The warm spring breezy air. It was innocent, it couldnt hurt. My roomates were doing it...social pressure, wants of belonging. Yes, i'll admit it. It was good. It gave me that warm feeling inside that made everything alright. A sense of awareness and a stimulation of the powers of the mind. Oh how sweet it was and how i missed it. It was never really a problem, was it? I can handle it. Next thing i know I'm doing it more and more. Sneaking around buying it, going into situations under its influence. Yes, I'm back on the junk. Sweet sweet coffee.


Ok, stupid post. I've got plans for better though. I just cant seem to find the time to get shit together. I think i need something like a barone size break of unemployment. That would do me well. You guys would get a healthy dose of branciblog then. We'll see...its always later later later, maybe maybe maybe. I'm too responsible and reasonable for my own damn good.

13 comments

i've been off coffee for a while myself. actually, i meant to post about it the other day but never got around to it. i have a cup here or there, but i havent drank it on a daily basis since december. weird thing is, this is probably the semester i need it most. finals time should be interesting.

though, part of compensating for this has been my switch to tea. i found this nice caffeinated tea i like, and drink that quite often.

By  josh, at Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:21:00 PM  

i'v only start the coffe thing recently. i NEVER drank it before i started my first job, and i didn't drink it at all while i was unemployed. now that i'm working again and its readily available for free i drink a cup or two a day.

brian, you're always welcome to live on my couch for as long as you need. It kind of bugs me thinking that i may never have that again, a nice long stretch of true freedom. i'd have to quit work or win the lotto or save up like 5 years worth of vacation to do something like that again.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:57:00 PM  

weaksauce. My usual day includes 4 cups of coffee, and 2 bags of black tea. Like a monkey on crack I tell you!

By  ron, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:20:00 AM  

Josh I am pretty sure all tea has caffeine unless it says it's decaf, it just has less than coffee. Maybe you mean you found some tea that has extra caffeine?

Wow Ron that's quite a habit. But the last I've heard is that lots of people are addicted to coffee/caffeine, and so what? it's neutral health wise.

I restarted my tea habit that I got in England when I got here, though Sweden is a coffee nation. Most recently I've switched to green tea, which supposedly gives you all these magic health effects if you drink some ridiculous amount like 4-6 cups a day. I don't.

I hate the thought of a long period of unemployment, and I've done it a few times, once for about 3 or 4 months and it was awful as that was when I was depressed, but I think that was the result of the specific situation, not the extended layoff although that exacerbated it.

By  Damon, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:04:00 AM  

I like Coffee and Tea. There are many good Herbal Teas that are Caffeine free, i drink one called African Red Bush many nights before bed, but i swear it gives me crazy dreams.

All the time im thinking about taking a "Career Break." Just traveling around the world or something. But in truth, since age 16 i have only been "unemployed" for one month, when i just got back from the army, i had no car and i went crazy, i wanted to work soooo bad. I also just got an award from the Mohegans for not taking a day off for over a year.

I think im just a WORKERMONKEY...

By  wyldshaman, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:10:00 AM  

African Red Bush. I've had that. There was a very popular tea in S. Africa called Roibois (pronounced Roy-bows). I think its the same. I also liked honey bush, or something like that (insert joke here).

I also think i would get bored with an extended stretch of unemployment. One of the things that annoys me about life is the 'damned if you do, damned if you dont' mentality. If i'm working...i dont want to be, if i'm not working...i want to be.

Plus, i'm getting all into money saving now. I havnt taken time off in a long time because i wont get paid. Its like an addiction.

By  Brancibeer, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:29:00 AM  

i simply specified that my tea was caffeinated to contrast it with uncaffeinated tea. you are right, most tea is normally caffeinated i believe (or a lot is). either way, its called "awake" and is supposed to serve the function i'm looking for. it doesnt work quite as well as coffee, but its good.

By  josh, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:45:00 PM  

Ahh Tazo. That is good stuff. BTW caffeine is highest in Black Teas and lowest in Green and Herbal teas.

My favorite is honey lemon ginseng green tea. Thats the shizit. Peppermint is always good and chamomeal or sleepy time is nice when you want to chill out. I'm not a fan of the fruity teas. The spicy ones are ok once and a while.

By  Brancibeer, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:19:00 PM  

Ah, that Roibois is supposed to be chock-full of antioxidants and be very good for you. The problem? In order to make it, they combine baby seals with lamb's blood.

I'm easily peerpressured into drinking more coffee on the job. "Matthew will take anything we offer him!" So I do like 3-4 cups a day.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:28:00 PM  

I like cup of full strength, then a cup of 1/2 caf, then 2 small cups of decag. After lunch I have one cup of tea at 1:30, Brown or Green, both are good (I don't care if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice - Deng). No more caffiene after that. Only hallucinagins, alcohol and suicide pacts before bed. Some times a hot chocalate can be substituted for any of the above, and even though it has caffiene, I consider it ok to have before bed. Masterbation is enough of a work out to cancel a little caffiene.

By  Anonymous, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 7:41:00 PM  

The only downside to the caffeine addiction is that you need to keep it up daily. If you miss a day without a cup of something you (at least I) get a splitting fucking headache that only 6+ beers can cure, if you even feel like drinking.

man, if only speed was legal....

By  ron, at Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:27:00 PM  

Yeah....if only.....

waitaminute.....

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:15:00 AM  

ha HA!

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:21:00 AM  

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