A Monstrous Experiment

So a couple days ago my brother was out and found a great deal on Monster energy drinks so when he got back the next day I saw what he had and had an idea, I've always wondered what kind of effects energy drinks actually have on the body so I bought one from him. Today was Monday and the hardest day to wake up for seminary and school so before we left I took my pulse and just mentally cataloged how I was feeling then started drinking the Monster.

Well after about five minutes or so I took my pulse again...WOW my heart was racing, probably because the most caffeine I've ever had was a small amount of a much less potent energy drink. Meaning by the time we got to seminary I had drunk half of the thing and was a little on edge, twitching and blinking more often than is normal, I had to get to French early but the whole class went by in a blur in which I think I got a question right, YES! Then came art which was mainly reviewing what we'll be doing this week but that wasn't very exciting so I just worked on my project while the teacher talked. Then came 3rd the most dreaded of classes, right in the middle of the day and Algebra the most boring subject they can teach, well it'd been about 3 1/2 hours since I'd finished the Monster so of course I started to crash. It all started with a yawn, the first one of the day and I knew where I was headed. I tried to stave it off but it was futile and only more exhausting. I soon found myself having to be involved in the discussion to stay awake. OH THE HUMANITY! Being involved in a math discussion, what had I become? A true Monster.

As soon as class was over I ran down the hall to lunch to find some sort of refuge among a more lively discussion of The Hills Have Eyes 2, how delightfully disturbing : ). But since recently I ran out of lunch money I can't buy food which normally wouldn't be a problem but now I had a Monster sitting in my stomach in more ways than one. Seth you see had just happened to forget to inform me of what happens a few hours after you drink an energy drink on an empty stomach. So throughout lunch and biology I found myself trying to stay awake AND not throw up at the same time, a difficult task. At least we did the baby food lab last week.

The long term affects on the youth of this generation will be blamed undeniably on these energy drinks that pump the body full of caffeine and sugar leading not only to diabetes but also make the heart weak and enlarged leading to horrible after affects like respiratory problems and heart disease. Not to mention all of the things we haven't found already. Needless to say I probably won't be buying another energy drink any time soon.