Welcome to National Caffeine Awareness Month!

[lagilman]

No, really. Yahoo says so, and they're never wrong...

Caffeine Nation Marches On
By Michelle Heimburger
Thu, March 1, 2007

Today kicks off Caffeine Awareness Month and we're buzzing with excitement at the thought of 31 days dedicated to our favorite addiction. In the spirit of the event, we wonder, are you aware of caffeine? Statistics suggest you are, since 90% of Americans consume caffeine daily, and it's the most widely-used drug in the world. Great! Our job is done: We're all aware of caffeine.

Mostly a rehash of the old known stuff -- caffeine BAD. No, caffeine GOOD. Caffeine DRUG. Well, d'uh.

But that does not negate the fact that March is, apparently, Caffeine Awareness Month. Take a moment to pat your tea kettle, your espresso maker, your soda machine, and say "thank you, pal. I couldn't make it through the day without you."

(because, let's face it, we all know at least one person who has a closer relationship with the coffee maker than s/he does with most people. In fact, some of you ARE that person.)

Comments

[newroticgirl.livejournal.com]

Heeheehee... my very first freelance writing job was doing PSAs for Caffeine Awareness Month!

[lisamantchev.livejournal.com]

I knew this icon would come in handy.

And anyone with a deadline or a newborn will laugh maniacally all the way to the coffee pot at the idea that caffeine is evil.

*goes to suckle from the teat of sweet, sweet espresso*

[lagilman]

It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
it it by the beans of java that thoughts acquire speed,
the hands acquire shaking,
the shaking becomes a warning,
it is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.


Why is that not already an icon?

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE!

[lagilman]

is that a chant, a prayer, or a howl?

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[girasole.livejournal.com]

Tea it is a blessed thing.

While my tolerance for caffeine is decreasing at a rate I would rather not examine to closely, life without tea would not only be unbearable, it would be quite dull, as I could not find my brain at all.

[lagilman]

"instant human: just add hot water."

[leethomas.livejournal.com]

Coffee is pretty.

No coffee make Lee sad.

[lagilman]

and sad Lee is bad.

So coffee good!

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

I wear your ring around my cup
I pour you down, I drink you up
I pray to you, St. Caffeine.

[knitmeapony.livejournal.com]

... I love your icon, deeply.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

*g* I've got this one too.

Feel free to grab if you want them.

[knitmeapony.livejournal.com]

Oh man. *trying to suppress the giggles* Classic lit is so full of wonderful sentiments.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

You have one of the best livejournal names evar, by the way.

[knitmeapony.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! Old theatre story. I was playing a spoiled princess in a kids show and had to improv while they took care of a techy issue, so I had a temper tantrum wanting a pony, and demanded one of everyone else on stage.

To the knight: "Go to a tournament! Win me a pony!"
To the queen: "Mama, mama, buy me a pony!"
And to the old nursemaid type knitting upstage: "Granna, granna, knit me a pony! KNIT ME A PONY!"

And I actually did knit my sister a pony for Christmas one year! So it's stuck. I even have http://www.knitmeapony.com/, tho' I haven't updated it since I left school.

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

I'm not a caffeine junkie. I'm caffeine-dependent.

There's a difference. 8)

[lagilman]

so they all say...until someone tries to take the last cup and draws back a bloody stump.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

I used to drink several pots of coffee a day in the States. Then moved to France and had to confine myself to one pot a day in order to not do a bing-bing-bing-bing richochet rabbit imitation. Now, I have sadly reached a moment in time when more than 3 cups of coffee gives me heartburn and never after 6pm if I plan on sleeping that night. *sigh* I wish decaf tasted like real coffee, but it's missing something. Do you think it's the caffeine? *grin*

[knitmeapony.livejournal.com]

From today's Writers' Almanac:

Poem: "A New Lifestyle" by James Tate from Memoir of the Hawk. © The Ecco Press.

A New Lifestyle

People in this town drink too much
coffee. They're jumpy all the time. You
see them drinking out of their big plastic
mugs while they're driving. They cut in
front of you, they steal your parking places.
Teenagers in the cemeteries knocking over
tombstones are slurping café au lait.
Recycling men hanging onto their trucks are
sipping espresso. Dogcatchers running down
the street with their nets are savoring
their cups of mocha java. The holdup man
entering a convenience store first pours
himself a nice warm cup of coffee. Down
the funeral parlor driveway a boy on a
skateboard is spilling his. They're so
serious about their coffee, it's all they
can think about, nothing else matters.
Everyone's wide awake but looks incredibly
tired.

[baka-kit.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I miss caffiene.

Stupid TMJ.