{"id":1327,"date":"2007-06-13T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2007-06-13T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T23:36:00","slug":"big-events-in-bryan-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/?p=1327","title":{"rendered":"Big Events in Bryan-land"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally something (relatively) interesting to write about. Finally a big event that will change my life forever. Yes, it’s true – <\/p>\n

I tried Ice Cucumber Pepsi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I didn’t set out to try Cucumber flavored soda, but I was shopping for groceries last night and there it was sitting on the shelf. I picked up a bottle and took it home to chill until Kuniko got home from her drinking party. <\/p>\n

We tried it together, and it was better than I expected. After trying the wasabi soda a while back I was ready for anything, but this one wasn’t as exotic as I had hoped. When you open it you really do get a gentle but unmistakable hint of cucumber. It’s pretty heavily carbonated and that kind of balances out the sugar level, which seemed kind of high for a cucumber soda. It reminded Kuniko of melon soda which is a staple on the soda fountain machines here in Japan. <\/p>\n

I don’t know if I’d buy it again, but it is kind of fun for the novelty factor. It was cheap, too – only 97 yen for a bottle.<\/p>\n

Kuniko crashed out but I was still awake so I camped out in the living room with the laptop and surfed the web hoping to fall asleep. There was some good news, however – I got a congratulations e-mail from the grad school<\/a> I had applied for – I’m in! They are sending the official paperwork by “courier”, which I think it Australian-speak for “mail”, but I’m not sure. Anyway, that was really good news, and the next step will be getting the classes I want, getting the right textbooks, and paying the (gulp) first bill.<\/p>\n

Kuniko is in the second of three weeks in a row without a day off. Having a drinking party tonight was a good stress reliever for her, and I was glad she could do it. Hopefully she’ll have another chance or two before the ordeal is over!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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