April 2011
22 posts
But what an aftertaste
Thanks to the magical power of a large spoon, the meat paste thing is finished. (4:23)
Leafing through the labels, it was barbecue canned chicken spread. Diabolical.
Mystery Can Challenge 2011 Day 7
And now it’s time to say goodbye, to all our family…
It’s the last day of MCC for this year (that I know of). Like last year, it’s a somber feeling. I mean, yes, my internal organs have been put through a veritable hell, but it’s not as if I was forced into it. Besides, some items have been pretty good.
Some.
Today was not really one of those days.
The last can in...
Mystery Can Challenge 2011 Day 6
Blahhhhhhh.
Today’s been rough. A nagging cough that appeared on Saturday has turned into a visiting wheeze and slight fatigue. Nyquil taken last night to combat that (what? it’s got medicinal properties) resulted in my body attempting to get more sleep than it usually does under the effects of Nyquil. It’s been unseasonably warm today (Chris is of the temperate blooded...
Mystery Can Challenge 2011 Day 5
No more ouchies.
After yesterday, my confidence was a bit downtrodden. I mean, canned asparagus? Really? Thanks a ton for the ball slap in a can, Cassie.
Three more cans lingered in the box, and none of them were particularly pleasing to the eye; however, one really stood out from the others. It was large and in charge, apparently the result of two cans joined at the hip (lid? lip? shoulder?...
Mystery Can Challenge 2011 Day 4
Can 7: This isn’t going to end well.
I woke up today getting almost more sleep overnight than I did nearly all of last weekend combined. It’s been raining like crazy, which I’ve enjoyed immensely (it’s time to go through the Netflix queue). Even my leftovers have been delightful.
Why I decided to throw it all away by opening one of the cans that Cassie gave me a slight...
Mystery Can Challenge 2011 Day 3
It would appear that yesterday, I fed myself canned mangoes, not canned peaches. In my defense:
1. I’ve never seen canned mangoes before. 2. They sure as hell tasted like peaches.
Nonetheless, I had no problem with them. Today, I was a little worried. It wasn’t a bad day, it just wasn’t a great day either. Trepidation set in for me. A syrupy odor wafting from the can...
Mystery Can Challenge 2011 Day 2
Oh Cassie. It takes only a year for our cruelty to fade, doesn’t it?
But a scant year ago, you were sending pork by-products and foreign foods and everything else under the sun that you said I couldn’t give to you. And now?
Now, you bequeath to me peaches.
Can 2 was a normal sized can of peaches in syrup. Dread crept into me through the day, but now? Clearly I have nothing to fear,...
Mystery Can Challenge 2011 Day 1
Dread.
That’s probably the best word that can describe what I’ve felt today. Having been at work all day, I’ve been terrified about the end of the day.
-Office work -Lunch -More office work -Hit the gym -Go home
And at home is where the trouble is: the first can in this year’s MCC. When I got home, my stomach was growling. Was that hunger from the day? Was it hunger in...
It looms
Given to me was a box. A large box. Of dooooom.
It’s almost akin to donut boxes found at the much beloved bakery of my hometown, Knakal’s bakery in Culpeper. Perhaps it’s more of a cake box? Nonetheless, this might create some issues for me when I visit my family.
But I digress. There’s a large box with a pop-off top sitting on my kitchen countertop. Just like aglets,...
Mystery Can Challenge 2011
I must be a fool.
Or a masochist.
Seriously, that would explain a lot about me. Past relationships (“I’ve had a few”), jobs at work (TINO is always title in name only, now here’s some additional work for the same pay), classes, preference in video games, neighbors, taste in liquor, all are parts of my life where I’m clearly asking for more than my hands can handle....
March 2010
22 posts
Mystery Can Challenge 2010 Day 7
So.
Here we are, the last day of the Mystery Can Challenge for 2010. I’ve honestly been dreading this day for a couple of reasons. The first reason being, I’ve really grown to enjoy this. It’s fun to take part in a wacky game that has no real point outside of laughing at it with the other participant. It’s a release from the day to day grind. Also, a person can learn some...
Mystery Can Challenge 2010 Day 6
They say that the first meal of the day sets the pace. With that adage in mind, I was extremely terrified with what made its way into my gullet today.
There are now only two cans left, one that requires a can opener to get into, and one that needs no extra tool in order to rock. So, what did I choose? The handicapped can. With my logic, I figure that anything that could send my stomach into...
Mystery Can Challenge 2010 Day 5
It is a new day upon us-and I have a can that must be consumed.
Today has been nothing but fear for me.
The last four days have easier than expected, but karma has to make its way to me eventually. That was the thought in my head as I grabbed the oblong can in the bag of metal and nightmares that had been given to me.
The oblong can has probably scared me more than any other can. I fear it with...
Mystery Can Challenge 2010 Day 4
Cassie and I met up to celebrate the the halfway point of the 2010 Mystery Can Challenge for a real live simulcan (my word, don’t blame her for the lameness of it). Throughout the challenge, I had been propagating the fear of a certain can that she had been given, so I was very fearful of the car that was to be hitting my way.
Fear has been a common factor of this game. And baby, I am full...
So...
The power of technology tells me that what I ate was pork gravy. Which, luckily, I only ate half the can of.
I didn’t even know gravy came in pork flavor. Sausage, sure, but pork? Wow. Looking back, that would explain the pork like flavor.
Mystery Can Challenge 2010 Day 3
It’s day three and I’m utterly terrified and honestly this close to peeing my pants because of it. For the seven day challenge, the first two have been surprisingly decent. With fear in my body, I chose a smallish sized can.
Strangely, there’s no smell or odor to it-but by God, does it look atrocious. And yet familiar.
I think I’ve picked a can of gravy. It’s not...
Mystery Can Challenge 2010 Day 2
Yesterday was a good day. I lucked out. I really lucked out. When you grow up and Chef Boyardee is one of your favorite foods, getting it as the first can in the challenge is a fairly good piece of fortune.
So of course I was absolutely terrified today.
Not being able to work from home, I decided to have the second can as a late afternoon snack of sorts. Ha. Snack is a very relative term....
Mystery Can Challenge 2010 Day 1
So, I’ve now taken the first step into this delightfully horrific game.
The tension has been near dire. Much smack talk has been thrown around, with one primary set of directions given by both sides: “Don’t die.”
Not foreboding at all, nope. Anxiety has been gripping me for the past two days. After receiving the bag of canned sins, I very nearly began the game last night....
Mystery Can Challenge 2010
So, I figured I’d start this Tumbler blog thingamajig for the purpose of documenting the Mystery Can Challenge that I’ll be participating in.
You don’t know what Mystery Can is? In a few words, Mystery Can is a game of sadism with slight masochistic tendencies. Still don’t understand it? Take a gander here for more info.
