Sunday morning during brunch, two Starbucks employees lugging a cooler came to Stern Dining and passed out free Starbucks Doubleshots. I quickly gulped down my cinnamon drink – it tasted not dissimilar from those starbucks mocha drinks in the glass bottles. That Sunday was the most productive day of my college life. With very few distractions, the energy and focus I experienced allowed me to finish my entire eleven page Chinese Lit paper in one day. By the time I finished, I was dead tired (from having woken up at 7am that day), and decided to go to bed. Only, I could still taste  the doubleshot in my mouth and feel its satiety in my stomach. Determined not to waste any more time with insomnia, I grabbed my book and started on my research project, reading until 4am. The next morning, I woke up naturally at 7am and still felt the caffeinated effects ( I didn’t even fall asleep in physics). Finally, I crashed at about 11am and slept through lunch.

Man, that doubleshot stuff really works, or maybe I’m just a sucker for Starbucks’ promotion (O! poor victim of commercialism!) I bought a pack at 12 at Costco that evening and right now am at the library with my reading to my right and a can of doubleshot to my left. It really does give you a huge immediate boost of energy, but please only use it in emergency situations. I’m no expert, but I doubt that much caffeine can be good for your health.

They should pay me to be a Starbucks spokesperson or something…

M/PT/ST: 2/5/2