The State of Modern Beverages

[vovat]

Happy Martin Luther King Day to everyone! This entry has nothing whatsoever to do with Dr. King, but I still thought I should acknowledge the day.

They recently replaced the vending machine at my current workplace that had apple and grape juice with one that no longer has those things, but does have enormous quantities of Vitamin Water (which "contains no juice," according to the nutrition information on the side) and energy drinks. I realize that I, with my penchant for sweet beverages (albeit mostly fruit juices, which are probably healthier than sodas and punches, but are much more expensive), am in no position to criticize other people's choices of drink. And hey, I've never tried those things. Maybe they're actually great. But could anyone possibly come up with a blander-sounding product name than "Vitamin Water"? And energy drinks kind of frighten me for some reason, even though there have been plenty of times when a quick burst of energy would have useful.

Speaking of things with disturbing-sounding names, I saw a sign today advertising an Infrared Body Wrap. Wasn't that a psychedelic band from the sixties? :P

Aside from buying a few things at the store, I haven't really accomplished all that much of actual consequence today. I did, however, organize the songs on my MP3 player so that it wouldn't list so many different names for the same artists. I mean, for Frank Black, I had:

Frank Black
Frank Black & Gary U.S. Bonds
Frank Black & Teenage Fanclub
Frank Black & the Catholics
Frank Black & They Might Be Giants
Frank Black + TheC's
Frank Black - Live w/TMBG
Frank Black and the Catholics
Frankus Blackus

And that's not even counting the stuff he released as Black Francis or Frank Black Francis, which I kept separate. I also removed the word "the" from the beginnings of band names, because apparently adding an algorithm to disregard leading articles is too complicated for the makers of modern machinery. I should probably do some physical cleaning in addition to the virtual stuff, but I'm lazy. Besides, I still have to finish reading my friends page. Okay, I don't actually HAVE to, but I like to read everything and I don't like falling behind, you know?

Comments

[onesto-hotel.livejournal.com]

Consolidation is good...the more I look at my iPod, the more I realize it needs to be more streamlined. (I still don't get why iTunes insists on having separate categories for "Alternative" and "Alternative & Punk". I think I'll just shove everything from the first category into the latter.)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Do iPods disregard leading articles when alphabetizing? I know iTunes does, but I think I remember someone with an iPod saying that it still thought band names beginning with "the" should go under T.

I usually just leave the genres alone, even though there are some songs and artists that I think are poorly categorized. I'm not entirely sure why that category is even necessary. It's not like I usually think, "Hey, I want to listen to some Indie Lit Rock," or anything like that. (I don't think I actually HAVE any Indie Lit Rock, or even know what it actually is, but it's on the list of genres in iTunes.)

[revme.livejournal.com]

Frankus Blackus? What'd he release as that?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Nothing, really. It was the name he used to use to post on the Frank Black Forum, and someone used it for a live recording.

[kristenjarrod.livejournal.com]

Vitamin Water = Koolaid. It's everywhere now. Coke owns them now, so this is probably the reason.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Actual Kool-Aid, or just a similar flavored sugar water product? It certainly doesn't look very colorful, which I've always thought was one of the selling points of Kool-Aid.

[kristenjarrod.livejournal.com]

It's sweet colored water basically. It's almost 200 calories a bottle. I used to drink a lot of it, but I kinda tapered off due to the calorie amount.

The only one I buy the rare times I see it is the defense one, its in a burgundy and white label.