Today was interesting to say the least. I bought a 20 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew last night, just in case my drawing project took longer to finish than I anticipated. It didn't. SO, I had this full bottle of Mountain Dew.

I've been drinking pretty much only water for this entire semester, so my body wasn't used to having that much caffeine at once. Mountain Dew already made me pretty hyper, even with my body being used to a lot of caffeine. Ohhhhh, but this time....this was different.

I drink about 1/3 of it with breakfast, and bring it with me to Art History since I normally zonk out and start falling asleep in that class.

I drink some more of it at the beginning, and then later chug the rest because I dropped the cap and didn't want to knock it over and spill it on the carpet. So, I drank the entire 20oz bottle (91mg of caffeine) in the course of about 20 minutes. Here's a breakdown of my day.


9:30am - Class starts, I'm fine.
9:45isham - The drink is all gone, I'm still fine.
10:00am - I'm feeling really good, more awake than I have in months, but basically still fine.
10:15am - I'm getting very fidgety, tapping my foot and fingers.
10:20am - Barak asks what's wrong with me. I tell him \"Ihaventhadmountaindewinareallylongtimean diforgothowhyperitmakesme. He stares at me blankly. Fidgeting continues and gets worse.
10:22am - Everything has become very funny, and I giggle uncontrollably. Also, the light in the upper left hand corner of the room looks really pretty and I stare at it for several minutes.
10:25am - The light got boring so I then concentrated on the exit sign. For some reason, I was trying to figure out exactly what color it was. I pondered this for several minutes, still being very fidgety.
10:30am - Class only has 15 minutes left, but BOY did I have to pee. So, I leave class to go use the restroom. It wasn't until I stood up from my seat that I realized how much energy I had. I used the bathroom, and then began jumping up and down as I was washing my hands at the sink. Luckily I was alone. I return to class.
10:32 am - My face itches, so I move my arm to scratch it. I felt slightly light headed and everything seemed to be moving very quickly. I probably look like I'm on crack at this point, as I am still fidgety.
10:35am - I lose to 3 matches of tic tac toe to Barak. Freakin cheater. I try and take notes on the lecture instead. The exit sign distracts me again.
10:40am - I feel the need to bounce up and down in my seat.
10:45am - Class ends, and I leave for Sculpting. Josh asks me if I'm ready for the drawing critique, I say \"yeahasreadyasilleverbeiguessireallyhatem ypicturebutatleastigotitdone.\" He also stares at me blankly.
10:47am - I'm in the art studio getting ready for class to start. I'm still very fidgety and now I feel the need to to jump up and down. I get awkward stares from the people already inside, but I explain to them that \"idrankawhole20ozbottleofmountaindewthism orningandihaventhadthismuchcaffeineinalo ngtimeandijusthavealotofenergy.\" I assume they understood.
10:55am - Colleen walks in. She says hi. I yell hi and most likely had a crazy expression on my face. She asks what's wrong, and I tell her the same thing I told the other people. She said I was like the squirrel from Over the Hedge. I slightly agree. I begin to dance in place as I talk to her. \"Heycolleendoyouthinkitsweirdthaticantalk thisfastwithoutactuallystutteringimeanno rmallywhenitalkatnormalspeedistuttersoth isiskindofcool.\" Yet another blank stare. No one understands me...
11:00am - Class begins, and I start planning out things for the chair I'm building. Colleen tries to help me, but fails miserably. I don't think it helped that everything I said came out of my mouth at a mile a minute.
11:30am - Still working, still feeling good, but less fidgety.
12:00pm - Working, starting to crash, but I actually manage to get things done.
1:00pm - Still working, getting very tired, but am able to focus on things better.
1:40pm - Sculpting is over, and I leave to go to Drawing, feeling extremely tired.
2:00pm - My legs feel like jello (jumping up and down for 20 minutes probably didn't help) and I'm falling over as I'm trying to walk.
2:10pm - People try and push me over because they think it's funny.
2:30pm - I eat some chips in drawing class and I start waking up again. I am now normal.
3:00pm - Teysha's drawing project was about a guy hyped up on coffee buzzing around his house. I said the same thing happened to me this morning, and was asked by Michelle to tell my story and asked if I got the same concept from her drawing. I did. Good job Teysha.
4:00pm - Sarah and Colleen think it's a good idea to give me various energy drinks and videotape my craziness. I may or may not let them.


It was a great end to a very stressful week. Sorry this journal is so long though hahaha. I hope you appreciate it.


Moral of the story, don't let me have Mountain Dew!!!