Things that you have to learn the hard way

Overly sugary energy drinks have become a mainstay of my time on the bike trainer; I find them somewhat wretched, but I crave them while I pedal. Well, I decided to try a new Rockstar flavor, and apparently didn't engage my eyeballs very well, because it wasn't until just now that I noticed it was GRAPE. Yeah guys, it's true, I actually spent money on Rockstar's version of grape soda. There's no excuse; I was emotionally calm and completely sober when I performed this act.

It tastes like some kind of Lovecraftian monster strangled to death in the Berkeley pit and left to putrify in a glass jar for a couple of weeks in August. With caffeine.

For the love of dog, save yourselves, don't ever try this stuff. I'm going to drink it anyway. That'll teach me.