2006-06-02

Mad Fantasy Golf Skillz

Total fluke but I actually kicked everyone's butt in the fantasy golf league recently and won a prize! Normally, for me, fantasy golf is like *oh man, the humiliation continues... at least I'm still doing better than Cal though...* but somehow, I put together a great team just for that one week and won it!

That week's prize was some SwingJuice energy drinks! SwingJuice UPS'd me a 4 pack and as a complete absent minded professor, I put the entire UPS box into the back of the garage fridge while distracted and just totally forgot about it.

Few weeks later, I'd been working really long hours and decided to pop a couple vitamin C's just to keep up with my mojo. But I was out of bottled water (spoiled Californian) so I went to the fridge looking for anything non-beer - hard to find in my fridge

Then it hit me: *Oh yeah, I've got that SwingJuice in the back* I brought the box up to my desk and opened it with my trusty Honda ignition key and...

YUCK - lemonade flavor! I hate lemonade! Never liked it, never will. Lemonade - pfft.

     BEATRICE
        Are you here to make fun of me too?

      KAY
        No ma'am.
        We at the FBI don't have a sense of humor that we're aware of.
        Mind if we come in?

      BEATRICE
         Sure.... Lemonade?

      KAY
         Oh yes please

So I debated with myself for a bit on whether I should just drink some tap water -heaven forbid- or make a run to 7/11 for some mountain spring water.. but I lost the debate deciding: bah, I'm too lazy, plus there's no time for a water run...

I decided to gag down the lemonade SwingJuice, along with some vitamins, all in one quick swooping motion.

So my first sip of Swing Juice was with two vitamins in my mouth and...

boy was I surprised. The stuff actually tastes great! I mean like really great - like the best lemonade you've ever had great. I know taste is an opinion or something that is acquired and is different for everybody but for me, I really liked it.

I drank 3 of the 4 bottles before it dawned on me that I could tell everyone on Eat Golf how good SwingJuice is. So I promised myself that I would save the 4th bottle unopened so I could take a nice pro-style picture of it out on some grass next to some golf tees.

BTW, this stuff really is an energy drink. And I didn't feel like I drank tons of coffee either - I don't like that hopped up on caffeine feeling and this isn't like that. It just tasted good, was cold, and has some good herbs in there to help you out. For me, the energy was similar to the feeling you get right after you eat an apple.

I'd say that the flavor of SwingJuice is tantamount to a round supple and full bodied flavored lemonade, moderately complex and finely distinct in rich flavor, with mild aromas and a firm sumptuous acidity. voluptuously crisp, medium long on the finish with layers of tart lemon vs. a sweet sweetness suite of sweet complexity with legs that boast a luscious transparency:

So where is the picture of the unopened 4th bottle?

Yes, they're that good - I couldn't wait - it's empty!!

* all adjectives in italics courtesy of my Pinot Noir / Chianti wine collection

Go check out their official site SwingJuice.com

Some more Men in Black movie for ya:

CUT TO: EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY

*The LTD pulls to a stop at the end of the driveway that leads to Beatrice's farmhouse, where the alien ship landed. The wrecked pickup truck is still there. JAY and KAY get out, very undercover cop. Jay starts up the driveway.*

      KAY
        Not so fast. Walk up slow.

      JAY
        Why?

      KAY
        Part of the routine.
        Makes it look like we're sizing up the situation.
        Gives her time to get the wrong impression.

*BEATRICE appears in the door to the house, curious.*

      KAY (CONT'D)
         Puts some fear into her. Makes things go smoother.

*Beatrice calls to them.*

      BEATRICE
         Can I help you gentlemen?

      KAY
        How do you do, ma'am, I'm Special Agent Manheim,
        this is Agent Black, FBI.
        Had a few questions about your visitor.

      BEATRICE
        Are you here to make fun of me too?

      KAY
        No ma'am.
        We at the FBI don't have a sense of humor that we're aware of.
        Mind if we come in?

      BEATRICE
         Sure. Lemonade?

      KAY
         Oh yes please

CUT TO:

INT. FARMHOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

      BEATRICE
        And they said to me,
        "If he was murdered, how could he walk back in the house?"
        And I must admit, I was a little stumped by that one.
        But I know Edgar. And that wasn't him.
        It was more like something else that was wearing him.
        Like a suit. An Edgar suit.

      JAY
        Damn.
        If he was this ugly before he was an alien...

      BEATRICE
         Sorry?

      KAY
         Go on.

      BEATRICE
         Anyway, when I came to, he was gone.

      KAY
         Did he say anything?

      BEATRICE
         Yes! He asked for water. Sugar water, if I remember.

      KAY
         Sugar water.

      JAY
         Did you taste her lemonade?

*Kay nods, puts on his sunglasses. Takes out another pair, hands them to Jay.*

*Kay draws his neuralyzer. FLASH! Beatrice freezes, staring straight ahead as if hypnotized.*

      KAY
        Okay, Beatrice.
        There was no alien,
        and the flash of light you saw in the sky wasn't a UFO.
        Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket
        and refracted the light from Venus --

      JAY
         Whoa! That thing erases her memory, and you give her a new one?

      KAY
         Standard issue neuralyzer.

      JAY
         And that's the best you can come up with?

      KAY
        On a more personal note, Beatrice, Edgar ran off with on old girlfriend.
        Go stay at your mother's for a few days and get over it.
        Decide you're better off.

      JAY
        (butting in)
        Yeah, and you're better off 'cause he never appreciated you anyway.
        In fact, you kicked him out,
        and now that he's gone,
        you ought to buy some new clothes,
        get a facial,
        maybe hire an interior decorator to come in here quick,
        cause damn...