the price of a ghost

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: i owe ghost energy drinks my bachelor’s degree.

ghost energy drinks were marketed to me originally in 2020/2021 as hype with specific ingredients that touted the idea of more focused brain activity for lengthy durations of time, which was the perfect thing for a guy pulling late nighters in college like me.

(not because i was studying particularly hard, but rather because reconciling the lifestyle of a gamer with the necessity of being a university-level engineering student came with its fair share of problems that affected my sleep heavily.)

i try not to drink them nowadays because they do truly give a boundless amount of energy, but more because they make your soul feel decrepit after you’ve drank one. it’s the lingering and nauseating taste of sugar substitutes that inhabits your tongue even hours after you’ve finished drinking one that reminds you of the price you’ve paid for energy.

i needed it because i fucked my sleep schedule so ass backwards talking to a girl i like and staying up late at night that i was falling asleep essentially mid-day.

so… i’m gonna say that that’s a good use of it.

thanks for reading today’s post.
i can still taste it, even now, over 12 hours later…