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[juldea]

I just walked the .5 mile walk from the grocery store to home in head-on 23 mph winds carrying a 37 lb backpack full of groceries and a combined 14 lbs in my hands. That's 51 lbs, folks.

(Alternately: .8 km walk, 37 kph winds, <17 kg backpack, >6 kg sacks, 23 kg total.)

Probably not at all impressive to anyone who's done backpacking/camping seriously, but it's impressive for me. Especially since I took the time to step on the scale (3 different times!) when I got home instead of dropping everything immediately.

I need a backrub. I'm making do with the last Dr. Pepper. It's an event to remember, actually. I don't generally buy soda for myself and Dr. Pepper is hard to find in stores around here, so I don't know when I'll have my next one. *savors the moment*

...and it's gone. Goodbye, sweet Dr. Pepper.

I really crave Chinese for lunch, but I just spent $85 on groceries...

Comments

[tragicstory.livejournal.com]

HA. I drink Mountain Dew. I also got up at 1AM today to go to work. I slept in to get extra sleep so I didn't brew coffee. I thought I would have a Mountain Dew or two instead. But they were all gone. That was a really shitty surprize for me and my 4-5 hours of sleep. BTW, did you know Dr Pepper has animal lard in it? Cool huh?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Animal lard? Weird. I didn't know. Doesn't bother me, really, I'm not vegetarian or anything.

Did you know Guinness has blood in it?

[tragicstory.livejournal.com]

really? Wow, that just made me feel mightier!

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

How can it have lard in it if it's fat free?

[goldbug.livejournal.com]

well, i've never heard that it has lard in it, but for something to be fat free, it just has to say that it has 0 g of fat per serving on the label. which really just means that it has less than .5 g of fat per serving.
this brings up a vegan correlary (i'm pretty sure i spelled that wrong, but i'm lazy). cholesterol is only found in animal foods, so if one is vegan, one can look to see if the product has any cholesterol before bothering to read the ingredients. if it has cholesterol, it's not vegan. but if it doesn't, you still have to look, because it could have small amounts of animal products with not enough cholesterol to "register."
probably more information than you or julia actually wanted.

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I've read the ingredients on Dr Pepper cans enough times that I would remember if it said lard. Now maybe one of the chemical additites comes from lard, or something.
The rest of that is interesting and informative. So I guess it could have lard, even though the nutritional info says 0 grams of fat.
It doesn't TASTE lardy.

[isaiahblake.livejournal.com]

Guiness doesn't taste bloody, either. No coppery aftertaste. Just /bad/ aftertaste.

Iirc, Dr. Pepper is made from prunes. Anyone know?

[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

I don't think I buy this lard thing. Maybe Dr. Pepper is like the original Oreo cookie, and used to have lard, but doesn't anymore.

Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, caramel color, phosphoric acid, artificial and natural flavors, sodium benzoate (preservative), caffeine

I don't see how lard fits into this picture.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

natural flavor?

[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

I don't see why the hell they would throw that in, but I guess they could. I won't believe it until I see some more substantial proof; it seems like an "urban legend" to me.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Nothing about it is listed at Snopes (http://www.snopes.com). Just for reference.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

More information than I knew I wanted at the time, but I don't mind having it :)

[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

Where did you hear that Dr. Pepper has animal lard in it?

[isaiahblake.livejournal.com]

Bittersweet Symphony is done by The Verve, from their album 'Urban Hymns.'

The album besides that song is kind of mediocre.

[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

The Verve is NOT mediocre! They're one of the greatest British bands of all time. Urban Hymns is a masterpiece, and Richard Ashcroft is a genius.

P.S. Julia, do you like maple-flavored things?

[isaiahblake.livejournal.com]

Nonono. I didn't say The Verve was mediocre. I said Urban Hymns was mediocre... and I suppose I really meant mediocre as compared to, say, the rest of the band's career (and Richard Ashcroft's solo career). They're certainly a step above most radio-played material, but Urban Hymns is definitely a step down from A Northern Soul or No Come Down or The Drugs Don't Work.

Then again, I'm still pissed that Suede became 'The London Suede.'

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, I like maple syrup, but I don't think I know if I like maple-flavored things (I like watermelon, but I don't like watermelon-flavored things. Eh.) I'm open to finding out, though. :)

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Dr. Pepper is hard to find? Weird.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Have you ever been to the south? Do you know how much Dr. Pepper there is? It's a larger section in the aisle than Coke or Pepsi sometimes. The amounts I find around here are so amazingly small...

[isaiahblake.livejournal.com]

It's also impossible to find Lava, my favorite Sobe drink, in New England.

That's not even touching on the lack of Nehi.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I thought we found Lava once?

[baronbrian.livejournal.com]

I really shouldn't mention the cube of Dr. P on the kitchen cabinet but then again, it's too late now isn't it? And 50.6 pounds of weight, unevenly carried (since some was in your hands) is pretty impressive. Especially with bad weather. Feel proud.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yay! I do feel proud, especially now that you've added your knowledge. Whee...

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

I read that as a 5 mile walk, 2 times. Half a mile is still pretty impressive, though.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

5 miles would be totally badass of me. I'd throw a party.