Wednesday, April 06, 2005

caffeine is the world's most popular psychoactive drug

An article on caffeine. What a great way to begin the day...sitting behind a desk sipping 8oz of java-nated caffeine....while reading about the culture of caffeine in National Geographic. I actually got this from Innerbitch.net. They're so good at random pop culture updates (even though I never have a clue about the TV shows they make reference to).
Only a portion of the article is revealed, and for the rest I guess i'll have to break down and buy a paper copy of the magazine. hrm. hrm. I will say that atleast I'm a non-sleep deprived caffeine addict. NG talks about the culture of using caffeine to maintain wakefulness and in turn not maintaining a healthy sleep cycle. I mainly drink coffee for the pure joy of it. Freshly ground, freshly roasted coffee beans at 8am is invigorating. I even pace myself, so as to not wind up with the 3 cup of coffee jitters (2 is way more than good for me in one sitting). So yay coffee. Coffee along with adequate sleep is a winning combination (though i will admit that not so long ago, in a land called undergraduate I drank putrid coffee (maxwell house) at 2am for the sole purpose of stimulating my brain cells to study biology - eh, atleast the coffee abuse blossomed into a fine relationship with java :o)

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