Zel-kun’s Words

Yes, so soon after my previous post about the delicious breakfast delicacy known as waffles, is yet another post about the delicious breakfast delicacy known as waffles.

*ahem*

So I loaded up the truck Monday night and headed to the apartment.  It took an hour and fifteen minutes to get there after work, but all in all, the drive wasn’t too horrible.  We unloaded the truck and ate dinner at Las Esperanzas, where I got my usual chorizo torta (pork sausage sammich).  Afterwards I set to work setting up my entertainment system.

Setting up the entertainment system is a battle I fight every few years, and it only gets more difficult with time as more components are added.  I remember curling in a fetal position, back in 1998, wondering why I had DVD sound, but no picture.  I remember whimpering in the corner in 2000, wondering why all the speakers on the left wouldn’t function.  I remember cackling madly on the roof in 2004, questioning the heavens why only channel 3 came in.

So, when I stood there, looking at the stack of components and bundles of wires, I was not looking forward to the task at hand.  I took a deep breath, and set to work, and began setting components and connecting wires.  After about twenty minutes or so, I had connected all the wires to the places I think they should go.  I take my remote, and wait for everything to go wrong.

Everything turned on, everything had sound, and unlike before, I could use both the VCR and TV as the channel tuner (the thingy you flip the channels on), and still have surround sound on both.  Yes, somehow, on my first try, I not only succeeded, but managed to hook everything up better than before.  It was shocking because I had a couple extra component cables that I couldn’t figure out where they went.

So I spent a little while revelling in my success, then went to sleep on an inflatable mattress on the floor.

In the morning, I woke up to the smell of fresh homemade waffles with strawberry syrup.  I had never had waffles that weren’t the prepackaged frozen kind, and I gotta say, homemade are a LOT better.  We ate on the living room coffee table because we don’t have the kitchen table yet, but it was a hot breakfast before work, and that’s something I haven’t had in years.

So, yes, I still like waffles.

Zel-kun out.

So, for whatever reason, Skittles has decided to release a limited edition of ‘carnival’ flavors.  They are so confident that people will like them that they put a few of the flavors in other bags of Skittles, just to give the consumer a taste.  A bag I bought came with the ‘Green Slushy’ flavor (I’ve always spelled it ’slushie’), which does not sound appetizing at all.  But, it was in the bag, so I ate one, and it was good.  Kinda like a lemon-lime-flavored skittle.  So I decided, why not, I’ll try a bag.

I have never eaten a less tasty candy.  Its like they got together and tried to make the most disgusting mix of horrid flavors imaginable.  I paid $.50 for the bag, and I regret it.

Candy Apple - I must give them credit, it tastes like a candy apple.  Or rather the stuff they dip the candy apple in.  That’s good, but the reason why a candy apple is good is because the apple tones down the immense sweetness.  As you might imagine, there are no apples in the Skittles, and I think I just became diabetic eating one.

Bubble Gum - Ugh.  It tastes a little like bubble gum, but about four or five times as much sugar.  I’m pretty sure that pure sugar has less sugar than one of these.

Cotton Candy - The lesser of evils, I suppose.  It does taste like cotton candy in Skittle form.  They did a good job on this one, too bad I don’t overly care for cotton candy.  It should be noted that cotton candy is really nothing but spun sugar.

Red Licorice - Yes, the red candy, the king of any bag of multicolor candies you buy.  From Starburst to Mike & Ike, the red is the most coveted (green and white to get cult followings, in many cases).  So I popped one of these, and it tasted like red licorice.  Not twizzlers or redvines or any of those other popular licorices, no no.  Have you ever had that cheap store-brand licorice that tastes dry and crumbly?  Yeah, its like that.  Although, compared to the other flavors, its almost palatable.

So, my advice, do not buy these carnival flavors, unless you want to try ‘Green Slushy’, because that is a good flavor.

And for those curious, the bag contained:

14 Red Licorice
14 Green Slushy
12 Cotton Candy
11 Bubble Gum
9 Candy Apple

60 Total

So, at least the good flavor was one of the most plentiful.

Any candies you’ve bought and been bitterly disappointed in?

Zel-kun out.