Do I Collect Dinosaurs?

Last week a guy at work asked if I collect themed cans.  Yes.  He said, "What about dinosaur-themed?"  YES!

That's when I found out yet another Jurassic World movie is coming out.  And as usual, there's a series of cans based on the new movie.

This one is labeled #3 Quetzalcoatlus.  Neat can design.  

I gave up trying to collect entire series years ago, but if some of the cans fall in my lap I'll gladly take them.  I haven't watched the trailer yet for this newest movie, but I might.  I'm more interested in just collecting the cans though.

Graduation Gift

My daughter graduated from college yesterday.  And on the trip I got a new can.

This is another Alani Nu energy drink can, Orange Kiss.  The cans are so artful.  This can came from my daughter's friend.  She saved it for me in case I didn't have it yet.  And I didn't.

My daughter may have received a diploma from a great college yesterday, but I got a new can for my collection.

A Peachy Day for Golf

Well, today we tried to go golfing at a different course than the one from two weeks ago, but the course was closed.  We've had a lot of rain recently and the ground was too wet.  As a consolation gift, the lady at the club house said we could putt around on the practice green and do some chipping for free.  So we spent about 1-1.5 hours getting better by practicing in the chilly breeze with gray clouds overhead threatening to make the ground even wetter.

And then my golf buddy broke out his Red Bull Summer Edition White Peach.

So the day wasn't a total loss.  We got some much-needed practice and I got a much-needed can for my collection.

He Likes Coffee

A guy at work likes coffee.

He's saved a cans for me before, but this week I got two.  One is a Monster Killer Brew Triple Shot called Loca Moca.  Wow.  I felt a little surge of energy just typing the name of that one!

The other is Vanilla Bomb, a Black Rifle Company Espesso 300 triple shot.  A real man's drink.

We'll see what energetic beverage can he saves for me next time...

Red Bull Variant

WAY back in 2018, I posted about Red Bull Summer Editions and the newest can I had, Coconut Berry.

Last week I went golfing.  I noticed around hole 3 what my cart buddy was drinking... a Red Bull Coconut Berry.  This is my new can from that golf outing. 

When you have thousands of cans at home, it's hard to remember what you've already collected.  But this can looked awesome with its white and "chrome" look.  And the flavor sounded pretty funky.  So I took the can when he was done with it.

It was later I checked my blog and realized I already had this flavor... from years ago.  But upon closer examination, I noticed the sizes (both mL and OZ) were printed in reversed order.  This is the can from seven years ago.

It's fun collecting different brands and different flavors, but at my level of collecting I'm also looking for variants.  And this can, even with just the different order in which they listed the can size, is considered a different can.

So if you're a deep collector, always look carefully at the can.  At first glance it may look like a can you already have, but even the smallest change can make it a "new can" for your collection.

Alani New 3

Someone at work really likes Alani Nu energy drinks.

I recently saved these from a terrible recycling fate.  I really wonder what these taste like because the names of the flavors are pretty cool.  Here we have Dream Float, Strawberry Sunrise, and Witch's Brew.  

Of the three I'm most interested in the Witch's Brew.  I wonder what magical powers you get from drinking it.

Vikings

And this week brought a cool surprise.

This cool Monster Juice can with a Viking theme.

The flavor is Viking Berry but I didn't think to ask what it tasted like.  The can has a nifty story which ends "Grab your drinking horn and take a swig, skoll".

What's a skoll?  In Norse mythology, Skoll is a wolf, alongside his brother Kati, who are fated to chase and devour the sun and moon respectively, ultimately leading to the end of the world during Ragnarok.

So this week you've seen a cool can and possibly learned something.