2 Week Hiatus

I was gone for a while. I did not die moving in. I was not crushed by a futon. I just had things to do. Sorry about being absent on a 2 week hiatus. It wasn't planned. It should have been, but I really underestimated how hard getting back to work can be. All that homework and stuff just started. There was no slow moving back into the school year, but rather 5 professors all giving me several hours worth of work a night. For some reason, I don't believe that they understand that I have other classes. Maybe it's because they consistently do only the work for their own class. I'd like to see professors have to go to other classes while teaching their own and not complain about the workload.

Many things have happened these past two weeks. I moved back into college dorms and got myself a new roommate. I didn't just meet him, because we've been planning to room together for quite a while now. Still, it took some convincing to get our room in order. Now the futon is all set up and both of the beds are lofted. I would really prefer if the projector was already set up, but I not surprised that it hasn't been mounted yet. I wonder if the power cord is long enough to reach where we want to put it. It should be, but I'd rather not just assume it is, because it's still possible that it isn't. Once that's done, I'll be showing fun shows to lots of people whom I want to hang out with more often.

This reminds me. The number of friends that I have has gotten larger. Lucy called me early on and invited me over a few times. I have been hanging out with her more often than last semester, but I don't know if it's her fault. It could easily be her roommate's fault. These are two of the people whom I hang out with considerably more than previously. There are also many new freshmen on our floor and I'm really not complaining about them. Most of them are pretty cool dudes. My roommate complains about the fact that they're all dudes, but I really like not having to fend of girls with a stick every time I return to my room from the shower. That would require actually bringing a stick with me to the shower, which would be awkward.

Regardless, I also have been playing less games and watching less TV shows. This makes it harder to review things. However, I have caught up on all 4 seasons of Dexter. I've been debating a Dexter plug (cynical way to say feature), but the series is still on going, so I don't know how proper my review would be. I think I'll do it anyways because the show definitely is good enough to merit the growth in audience.

Speaking of watching shows, my friend Scott got my Linux partition working a ton better than it did previously. Now I can actually play TF2 in Linux! Have I made a TF2 plug yet? I suppose I should get to that soon enough. TF2 is worth at least 5 or 6 plugs, but I have a feeling that people would be upset with me if I did that many.

But speaking of Linux partitions working, one thing that used to only be semi functional was the flash playing ability of Linux computers. Somehow, Scott's fix made my flash player work at crystal clarity. It runs full speed with no skipping (which used to be a very large issue). It's almost like a new computer. I also got my touchpad to start functioning again after a bug that seemed to plague all Lucid Lynx installations of HP laptops. The last issue with my Linux partition is that window borders randomly disappear, but the quick fix to that is to reload the window manager. I think it happened because my Linux wasn't sure whether it was using Compiz or Metacity. Selecting either one fixes the problem. If this means nothing to you then... well I'm not surprised. It means very little to me, other than the fact that I can have multiple desktops with pretty window animation and that when people are looking over my shoulder I can piss them off by making my desktop rain. This makes more sense than you think it does. Trust me.

I've gotten off track twice now, but the flash player working in Linux is actually really great. Since my desktop computer is all pushed into a corner, it isn't very personable. However, I can set up the laptop anywhere that is convenient. This means that I have tons of freedom to watch shows where ever and whenever I want, which leads to watching as many shows as I used to, and therefore having just as many reviews. This could be good or bad, depending on my commitment to finishing work before watching random stuff on the internet. It also depends on my getting a decent pair of headphones, and how visible they are in class. I might be a problem if I spend all my time on Toradora or Fruits Basket. I know these are both "girly" shows, but they have both caught my interest. No one ever did tell me the premise to them before, but then again, I never really asked.

Also exciting in the past 2 weeks is that I got delicious candies. Milkita's are like tootsie rolls, but for people who like good chocolate. This may be judgmental of me, but I really do believe that tootsie rolls don't use the best of chocolate (even they even use chocolate at all) in their production. I'm also pretty sure that these Milkita candies do use real chocolate, because the taste difference is like the difference between Hershey's and Milka's Alpenmilch. That, for all you confused people, is a chocolate bar that frequents the shops of Germany and makes it a much happier country than the one I currently live in. If Milka was introduced to America, policies would be changed. Grumpiness would no longer be allowed, but it wouldn't matter because no one would have any reason to be grumpy anymore. They'd all have German chocolate, and that would be all that matters. Basically, candy who's name starts with "milk" is an influential factor in my life. I wonder if that's a bias... I surely hope it is, because I don't mind loving things with milk in them.

Til the morrow, when I'll hopefully remember to post again...

The Beach!

I went to the beach today. I was almost dragged there. I guess though, that made me like it even more. I think when I expect something to not be fun, it ends up being more fun than I expected it to be. I think this makes a ton of sense.

Activities that were done today include eating breakfast at Bob Evans, going to an arcade, getting fries and ice cream, playing mini golf, buying candy, and eating calzone like foods.

I like eating, so that was great. I enjoyed my omelet smothered in hollandaise, even though I'm fairly picky about hollandaise sauce in general. However, they had good hollandaise and used it in the meal well. I am happy with Bob Evans. I will have to return to there at some point in the future. This is what I do with things I like. I repeat them. I also liked the calzone, though I'm not sure if that will be a repeatable experience. It may be one of those experiences that I like, but not love enough to do a million times. In fact, I probably won't seek out a Bob Evans, but I've seen them on the road before and I acknowledge that I would now be willing to go to one in the future. Boardwalk fries and ice cream are things that I already knew I loved and will probably get every time I go to the beach.

As for the playing mini golf, I enjoyed it much more than I usually do. Often, I find mini golf to be really fun, but today I didn't think I was going to have any fun. That all changed though, when I decided to own everyone that I was playing with. Winning always makes an experience better. Well, it doesn't always, but it is a common trend.

As for the candy, I haven't actually tried it yet, but I'm sure it will be delicious. I have chocolate things and caramel things. These are some of my favorite things to have. I also bought a box of taffy, because I almost feel like I have to every time I go to the beach. I think it's because my dad always buys a box of taffy that he shares with me when we go to the beach together. He likes taffy because it's one of the few candies that he can actually eat. Being allergic to bread sucks when even some puddings are thickened with flour.

So, all in all, it was a fun day. I enjoyed myself. I think I do that often when good food is involved. I still want to be a chef some day.

Sleep

You know that thing where you go to bed and close you eyes and then hours later you open them and get out of your bed? Yeah, sleep. I don't get enough of it. It may be my fault, but I really try my best to find as much as I can and never let go. Unfortunately, it isn't easy to find when you plan on working 8 hours with a 2 hour commute ad still want some free time and it isn't easy to hold on to when you have someone living with you who will yell at you even though he gets into the work transportation vehicle after you do. He always says it's my fault when we leave at 8:47 rather than 8:45, but do I say anything when he starts his shower at 8:32? The answer to that question is yes, but I don't say any of it to him. I leave the complaining for elsewhere.

Regardless, summer is a time for teenagers to catch up on all the sleep they lost over the school year. Now I can't do that and I've been walking around like a zombie day in and day out. I need some relaxation time, which is never gonna happen on my current schedule. As it currently is, I get maybe 6 hours on a weeknight and 8 each night of the weekend. 8 hours is not enough to bring my schedule back up to speed.

This is why I dislike having a summer job. It isn't that I hate money and it isn't that I dislike work. I just feel behind on my sleep. The problem is that I wouldn't catch up on sleep if given a week off. I would catch up on tv shows and games. Perhaps sleep too, but it would be sleep from 3:00 until 14:00 rather than from 22:00 until 9:00. That's one of the biggest problems. In order to sleep well, I would have to go to sleep an hour or 2 after I arrive home from work. That would mean I would spend all my time doing nothing but sleeping and working. Is that how a man should live? I say no! I say a man should work 8 hours including commute. This would leave a person with 8 hours to sleep and 8 hours to do anything he or she pleases every single day. If you split the day into thirds this evenly, then you would never have too much of anything, because you would have the same amount of everything.

Imagine what you could do with 8 hours of free time. You could watch TV for 2 hours, play games for 2 hours, and still have 4 hours for any other hobbies you like. You could use some of that free time for sleeping if you missed any the night before. The whole day would be yours to do with what you see fit.

The real problem here is that I wake up for getting to work on time at 8:00 and I don't get home until 19:00. That's almost half the day. It is half the day when the metro is acting up. That means I have some 5 hours of free time if I don't want to miss sleep. I'm trying to steal back my free time, but since I can't take it from my work or boss, I end up taking it from my sleep. Instead of having 8 hours of sleep I general have 5, which gives me my usual 8 hours of free time. However, this means the only person I am punishing is myself. Though really, what teenager would act differently, given the same situation?

I suppose, I should be getting to sleep earlier. That is not what I want to do. I want to have fun, sleep, and enjoy my summer. Money helps, but it does not make my life tons of better.

Also, UPDATE: On Tomato Mozzarella
I bought a Tomato Mozzarella from the Bagel Bakery today. They call it a Howard Beach. It was incredibly delicious. It might even rival Santucci's sandwiches. The were still a few key differences though. The sandwich was on French Ciabatta bread instead of a Kaiser roll, there was pesto and vinaigrette in place of the olive oil, salt, and pepper, and they put roasted red bell peppers on it. The sandwich still had its regulatory thick slices of mozzarella and sweet tomatoes, but the whole feel was different. It seemed drippy, because of the sauces, instead of solid like the Santucci's sandwich. Also, the size and shape of the bread made in less holdable, though slightly more crunchy, which I like. I think they both stand in the ranks of greatest sandwich ever made, and one cannot be placed above the other. I guess it really all comes down to whether or not you like salt, olive oil, red peppers, or some of the best creamy pesto I have ever tasted.

Interests

Do you know what frustrates me? My friends frustrate me. It isn't that they are annoying or that they try to spite me, but that they just don't seem to care about me. When one of them tells me something is good, I generally show some strong interest. Ben likes Borderlands and I actively tried to level my character so that I could play with him. It was me spending my own efforts to play nicely with others. Then I got Bioshock 2 and GTA4. I played them some, but went back to TF2 and League of Legends rather quickly. You know why? Because I wanted t play with my friends. Ben got Prototype and then played that for a good chunk of time. He only went back to TF2 when the engineer update went live, and I don't know how long that's going to last. I can't play single player games anymore because I feel bad when my friends are playing multiplayer games and I'm not. I don't know why I should but I do.

Now, this is great. I play what my friends suggest (not always, but a good chunk of the time) and I enjoy playing with them. However, when I find something cool or fun, it is not often that they enjoy playing that with me. In fact, often they won't even try it. I've been noticing this more and more with my college friends, but it actually started with my brother. I was always disappointing that my brother was so presumptuous. Now, I couldn't help that he was my brother, so I would just go play on my own or with my friends. Now that I'm having the same issue with my friends, I don't know what to do. If my friends really just assume that they don't like what I suggest to them, then I don't think I want to hang out with them quite so much. And on top of that I like hanging out with people who share my interests.

It extends to more than just games too. In food, they will not try things I say I like. I don't mean that they've tried it before and I'm trying to make them give it a second shot. I mean that they've never tried it before, and they really aren't going to change their minds no matter what I say. This means I end up always going where they want to go, eating what they want to eat, and doing what they want to do. I wonder if I'll ever be able to enjoy myself when hanging out with them. I mean, even when we all decide we want to play TF2, we play on the maps they want to play on. Chelsea won't even try new maps now that she's found the ones she likes and Ben finds excuse in the fact that he's playing a map that's on my favorites list. I think they don't understand that I like variety. Just because some map is on my favorites list doesn't mean that's the map I want to play right now.

There's yet another thing that bothers me. They don't like variety. Once they've found something they like, they stick to it. I'm not saying that determinism is a bad thing, but try new things. That's how you might find something better than what you had before. So what if it's bad? Then you know not to try that next time. I certainly hope they aren't opposed to change. Wait, that's silly. They are opposed to change if they won't try anything new. This means that Joss Whedon will always be the best TV script writer ever. This is just not the case. He is very good and may be one of the best for a very long time, but nothing guarantees his position for all of time. Trying new things is incredibly important. That is how society advances. Would you all still be thrilled if televisions were still in black and white? Would the world be dandy if no one ever thought to make a video screen because we already have the radio? Be happy with what you have, but aspire to greater things. This aspiration is what improves. It makes things better.

Then the worst part is that my friends either push these few things they love onto me, or they don't even mention them. I want them mentioned, but I don't want to feel forced. What would happen if I don't share your love? Would you be upset? I know I would. However if you introduce them to me then I might share your love. I can't if you don't let me try. Unfortunately, I don't see my friend's thinking or feeling that way.

So there they are, set in their solid paths, which is by no means a bad thing. And I, though not of the most friendly nature, am the outgoing one. I'm the one that is pushed to try new things and to force my friends to share them if I even want them to try something new. Or if I myself want to try something new, since I'm always persuaded to their will.

Tomato Mozzarella

A simple sandwich, yet ridiculously simple to screw up. It really only requires 6 ingredients. This sandwich is not just bread tomatoes and mozzarella, but I suppose it could be if you're the kind of person who throws chicken into a pan with non stick spray and eats it when it's cooked through. (This is basically the recipe most of my friends used when they decided they don't like tofu, but that's a different rant.) Simple does not have to mean bland. In fact, simple should not mean bland. If you complain that a meal you cooked is bland, then you have to cook it again but use more spices. I say more cause I assume you wouldn't complain about something being bland without first trying to spice it. You should not assume the dish is bad and never make it again. Now that that's cleared up, I can get to telling you what a good tomato mozzarella sandwich should look, feel, smell, and taste like. I don't really care about the sound of my sandwiches, but that's your call. And if the sandwich doesn't sound right to you, then try increasing or decreasing the resonance frequency of your sandwich. I'm sure it will all work out in the end.

The bread you use. It should have a crust. I don't care if it's a flaky crust like on a croissant or a hard crust like you'd find on a German brotchen. If you have sliced loaves then I suggest you either go back to the french toast post or go out and buy crustier bread. Personally, I don't like brotchen that aren't made in Germany or floppy croissants for holding together wet ingredients (which most sandwiches will have unless they are actually made with sand). Therefore, I go with a Kaiser roll. French bread will also work, but absolutely make sure that it isn't stale. Stale bread makes everything except for sea voyages worse. Cut the bread in half sandwich style. (If you don't know what sandwich style is then please educate yourself with google image search.)

The cheese. It should be mozzarella, but I'm guessing you already knew that. It should be in a ball or similarly round shape. Sliced or string mozzarella will not do here. You should unpackaged and slice the cheese with a thickness between 1 and 2 centimeters. It's hard to slice mozzarella thin, but that's okay because less cheese isn't necessarily good. If you're on a diet, don't make the slices thinner, eat half of the sandwich for lunch instead of the whole thing. You would still take in the carbs from the bread with tinner slices, and my method leaves you half a sandwich for dinner, breakfast tomorrow, or to give to your friend. Layer the cheese on one half of the bread.

Then the tomatoes.  Or tomatoes I guess depending on how you pronounce them. (The best part is you probably read that the way I intended you to without even thinking. Yes, I am psychic. Thanks for asking.) You need to slice them as well. Perhaps a centimeter thick. Perhaps slightly thinner. I don't mind. Use your own discretion. I trust it to serve you well. Now piece those slices into a layer on top of the layer of mozzarella.

Now come the important ingredients. You need salt, pepper, and oil. I don't care whether or not you like pepper, just take some out of the cupboard. Put the salt on the tomatoes. A pinch or two should work fine, but I generally put on more than is necessary without too many consequences. (I tend to like my food salty) This should get the tomatoes to dry a little fairly quickly which is good because in a dish this simple, things as seemingly unimportant as the tomato texture can make or break the dish. Now put on pepper. Once again, I don't care whether or not you like it. The mozzarella cheese (if cut thick enough) will absorb most of the flavor put onto this sandwich. That's why I see many people not minding putting jalapeno peppers on this sandwich. They taste much less spicy with a slab full of cheese. If you actually want your sandwich to taste peppery, then put on a bit more than you usually would. After the "spices" are on (spices is in parentheses because salt and pepper are more staples than spices) you should put on olive oil. A tablespoon or two should be enough. In fact, two should be more than enough. Aim for one. Use a second if your sandwich is particularly large.

If you want to get interesting you can put on grilled zucchini, steamed bell peppers, roasted carrots, or numerous other vegetables (raw artichoke hearts work well), but I believe the plain mozzarella tomato should be tried first so you know the strength of the sandwich that you are messing with. It's base is an amazing piece of architecture that you should explore and take in before you cover the walls with paintings and photographs. For one of the best instantiations for this monument of a sandwich, you should try the Mozzarella Tomato on a kaiser roll at Santucci's in Silver Spring, Maryland. They have seemed to perfect the sandwich, as I have enjoyed it every time I get one there.

Addiction

I don't know why, but I get obsessive. I quickly become entirely entranced in one subject, and don't waiver for quite some time. Then, once I see the next piece of cool, I immediately drop the last. I obsess over specific games, game genres, recipes, TV shows, music, and tons of other arbitrary little things one after the other, but rarely get good at any particular one.

Recent obsessions are Buffy (which I finished yesterday), pita sandwiches, and voice changing software. I've obsessed over voice changers before but obsessions are not one time deals. They ebb and flow, deciding for me when I like them and when I don't. I've been obsessed over the Archos products for about 5 years now, but I saw them first when I was in about 6th grade and didn't really think about them much between 2 years ago and 1 year ago. I find them awesome even when I don't obsess about them, but it brings a whole new level to it when I look for news all over the internet.

My biggest current obsession is Monster Hunter Tri. That game is amazing. To me it feels like PSO, but with much better controls. I love the crafting because I love hording loot and being able to make the weapons I currently own do much better, rather than replacing them. However, I did just get a new weapon because I wanted one of a different type. Today marks the acquisition of my first bowgun. It feels completely different than the swords or hammers. It almost plays like a new game. The movement are still the same, but the aiming that replaces the chaining and combos really makes a difference. Also, the quests are all very similar, but all fun to me, especially when they help me fill out the Hunter's Notes log.

So, you can see how I get when I'm obsessed with something. I was the same way for Borderlands until the game actually came near. When I heard the news that all the guns were bullet weapons I was upset. There was so much promise for random alien weaponry, but all of the innovative weapons were really terrible. I could create better weapons than those developers did. And I did. I went into my save file and built a shotgun that could drop in the game, but had league of power beyond any other gun I had seen before it in the game.

Once again, how I get with obsessions. I have said many times that I'm addicted to addictions. I fall into things completely until I have something else to put all my efforts towards. I guess the current one is blog posts. I hope I will keep up with them, but so far only my weekday posts have any consistency. At least I'm trying. And at this rate my writing skills should just sky rocket. I can see it now. This time next year I'll have a novel to my name and everyone will love it. Unless they have eyes...

Well, I do hope you enjoy reading and I hope you continue. And tell you friends I need more readers. I do love readers. They make me happy inside.

French Toast

This here is an important post. Remember it well. French toast is a time honored tradition full of deliciousness and cinnamon. I'm hoping you all found that last sentence to be redundant. Otherwise, please get out of my kitchen right now. You have no taste and do not deserve any of the delicacies that I design and bring into being.

So, I hope you all understand how french toast works. It really isn't hard. There's eggs, bread, and butter. These are the main ingredients. But just these 3 things will never come together into a fine piece of culinary art.

I don't love ingredient lists because people tend to skip over recipes if they don't have everything on the list, but they're standard for shopping trip so here goes. And remember, you don't need everything here. My dad made french toast with no milk the other day and it was still quite delicious.
A loaf of bread
4 eggs
A half a cup of milk (that's 4 tablespoons, right?)
Butter, about a stick of the stuff
Some salt
Some pepper if you like the stuff
Some nutmeg
Some sugar
Some cinnamon (If you skip out on any part, please don't make it this one. You can have cinnamon-less french toast, but it's like soulless love. Something is just.... missing.)

On this list, when it says some, if you are just scraping the bottom of the barrel for the last little bit, you probably still have enough of it. Just make due with what you have.

The bread should be sliced. If not, then slice it. I don't care how thick you slice it, as long as you slice it. Loaves of bread make terrible french toast. Note, however, that thicker slices will need to soak longer. So, sandwich sized slices tend to work out quite well.

Now that the bread is all in order, you'll want to deal with the eggs. Put about 4 eggs (minus the shells) into a bowl. Stir with a fork. This is a fun part. I enjoy scrambling eggs in a bowl. Yum! Killing chicken fetuses really whets my appetite for breakfast. Then put in about half a teaspoon of salt (normally chefs tell you not to add salt to eggs until they're almost done cooking, but french toast doesn't work as well with salt as an after addition), an eighth of nutmeg, and another eighth of pepper. I hate chefs telling you to use "a pinch" but that actually would be good terminology here. However, I included measurements in case you are "pinch" incompatible. Stir some more. It's great fun! Add a teaspoon of milk per egg (this recipe works even if you want to expand it because it doesn't give amount of milk, but milk to egg proportions!) to the mixture and stir again. Yes, there is a lot of stirring, but I certainly believe it's worth it.

Now take a medium or large pan and melt butter in it. The amount of butter depends on the size of the pan. This could be anywhere from a quarter stick to a full stick. You're the one that knows if you're on a diet, so modify accordingly (This means less for smaller pans and more weight conscious people). While that is melting you have to make a decision. Do you think you suck at cooking? I don't want you to tell me, I just want to know for these next instructions. If you're worried about burning the butter, then add a tablespoon of oil. Either corn, vegetable, or olive will be fine. I'm not a fan of canola oil, but if you like it then go ahead. This heightens the burning point of all those lipid substances in the pan. It will change the taste a little, but not enough to make most people care. This distinction here is whether you care more about not burning food, or staying truer to your goal flavor. It's a very light distinction, so don't sit on it too long. At least decide before th butter starts to burn.

Now it's time to put the bread in the eggs. Your hands will get messy. If you didn't wash them before you started, definitely do it now. Let them soak until the butter has finished melting. Maybe a little longer if they don't feel floppy when you try to move them. It should be slightly difficult to keep them in one piece depending on the bread you use, but don't let that discourage you. Broken french toast is still delicious french toast. Put the floppiness into the pan. Fit as many as you can in while leaving a gap between the pieces. Don't try to do them all at once. Now, wash your hands again so you can pick up the spatula. Wait a couple minutes and then flip them over. Once you flip those over put the next few slices of bread into the egg mixture. Timing here is crucial. If you mess up one nanosecond the entire recipe will be ruined! Melodramatic time is over. Your french toast will be fine. Once you remove the first set of french toast you can put on the second. Then isn't much need to re-butter the pan, but I suppose you can if you love fat that much. Glutton... Yay demeaning my readers! That's the way to get more hits. So then, repeat this frying and soaking process until you run out of either egg mixture or bread. You should have enough to feed 3 or 4 people if it was the egg that you ran out of first. Or, you could feed me. I would love you forever. It's true.

The last step here is crucial. I'm not joking this time. Take a small bowl and put in about 2 tablespoons sugar to 1 cinnamon. Stir with that tablespoon you used for measuring. Now take spoonfuls of this wonderful spice and gently sprinkle it over the french toast. You can go overboard with this stuff, but it takes quite a bit to do so considering how delicious it is.

If you have leftover bread you can put it away. If you have leftover egg mixture than you can make some scrambled eggs.

I look forward to you guys making this. Everyone puts a personal spin on french toast eventually, considering that after a couple months of cooking most people find it elementary. Just tell me what you put on french toast so I can duplicate and eat your designs. Actually, I would prefer you making it yourself, as no chef can follow a recipe as well as the chef who made it, but if you won't come over to my house I'll settle for just seeing it. And make french toast for your friends. It is one of the most delicious breakfasts ever when made properly. Then you can tell them where you learned to make your toast so frenchy and delicious and my readership will double! Unless of course you all have more than one friend. Well, enjoy!

Juices

You know what's delicious? Blueberry juice. It comes from a fruit so small that you don't even think you can juice it, but there it is, right between Cranapple and Crango. It's tastes much better than it has any right to. It's not even blue. The juice is this deep maroon color. That's closer to red than it is blue. But I can't criticize this fruit in any actually way because the juice that comes from it dances on buds of taste. It is sweet, but that's not why it's good. Apple juice is sweet too, but blueberry surpasses apple by miles.

It's like the first time I had strawberry nectar. It's smooth, but with chunks of strawberry in it. It's creamy, but has no cream. There's flavors in strawberry nectar that don't exist in the strawberries themselves. It's impressive. It's amazing. It's imprazing. That's where strawberry nectar lies on the taste-o-meter. At imprazing. And blueberry juice is right up there with it. It hasn't the leaps and bounds of the nectar, but it's the best juice I've ever tasted. Though, many juices can be made twice as good by mixing them. Apple and orange work well. Mango and pomegranate tastes far better than one would expect. And cranberry pretty much just mixes well with everything. That is one category where blueberry juice falls short. It doesn't have a good mixing buddy. I have to believe it's out there, but I haven't found it yet. Even though blueberry falls short on the mixing side, it is by far the best standalone juice on most grocery stores' shelves.

So there you have it. I know you have all seen it, even if you don't remember walking by it in the store, but the next time you go to fill your fridge, make a stop in the juice aisle and pick up a liter or two. You won't be dissatisfied. You might even be gracious! And then in your gratuitous nature you might tell your friends about this great blog where you saw that blueberry juice is the wave of the future. Then they'll drink and think about how cool their friends are. Don't you want to be cool? Try blueberry juice today!

Next time on Lukas' food reviews, we will explore the intricacies of chocolate milk. Or, we might even review a food!