The Class of 2026

Yesterday my daughter graduated with her Masters degree.  That was the biggest success of the day.  But there was a smaller success too... I got more cans.

Friends and family know I collect cans.  So when many of us gather it's not uncommon to be given cans they've saved for me.  Yesterday was no exception.  The more people, the more cans.

I got my first Martinelli's juice can, along with two more Izze's, a La Croix Lemon, a small Dr Pepper can, and another Bubbl'r flavor, Watermelon Lime Smash'r.

The haul also included four new Reign flavors: Orange Dreamsicle, Reignbow Sherbet (I see what they did there), Watermelon Sour Gummy, and White Gummy Bear.  And a new brand for me, El Jefe Energy Drink.  Those flavors are Pure White and Zuma Watermelon.  And to round it off, a Goya can of coconut water.  

Quite the diversity.  Now they'll be placed in a box to enjoy post-college life with many other cans from all walks of life.

Plenty of Poppi's

I may have mentioned my daughter likes Poppi.

These are a few more cans from her that have collected in my pantry in the last few months.  The flavors are Doc Pop (their version on Dr Pepper), Cranberry Fizz, Alpine Blast (their version of Mountain Dew), Punch Pop, Ginger Fizz, Shirley Temple, Lemon Lime, Orange, Ginger Lime, and Wild Berry.

Believe it or not, there are even more flavors out there she hasn't tried yet.  But as soon as she does I'll be rewarded with more cans for my collection.

All Mountain Dews

As hinted at in last week's post, I pulled all of my Mountain Dew cans to show what I've collected over the years.

Here are all of my 12oz Mountain Dew cans.  While setting them up, I found a few favorites that I haven't seen in a while.  The two World of Warcraft Game Fuel cans have always topped my list of favs.  And I like the old steel cans, shown in the lower left corner of the pic.  And I don't remember where I got the Mountain Dew X test can (silver can up front in lower right corner), but it's a cool addition to the collection.

And here are my larger cans in the Mountain Dew lineup.  I especially like the fancy Black, Green, and White Label cans in the lower right corner.

And there you have it.  I could never dew this with my Coca-Cola or Pepsi cans, I have WAY too many.  Either would essentially be a mountain of cans.

More New Dews

And this week brought two more Mountain Dew cans to me.

This week I snagged another Baja flavor, Tropical Citrus Punch.  Is there no end to new flavors?

I also grabbed the first Dirty Mountain Dew, which is a cream soda flavor.

I've received a lot of Mountain Dew cans recently, so it made me wonder how many I have in my collection now.  It'll take some digging, but I plan on posting a pic of the Dew collection next week.  It will mainly be the normal 12oz size cans.  The bigger or slim cans are in a different part of my collection.  Now let's hope I find the time to dew it.

BUBBL'Rs

This week I feature three new BUBBL'R cans people have saved for me.

These are antioxidant sparkling waters that boost, energize, and restore balance (in case you can't read what the can says, haha).  This week's flavors are Peach Raspberry Dazzl'r, Tropical Dream'r, and Wild Cherry Chill'r.

These are some pretty cool designs.  I'm not sure they could make them any cool'r.

Java Monsters

These have been in my pantry for a while.  So it's time to get them out of there.

These are two Java Monster coffee energy drinks.  The first is Loca Moca and the second one Salted Caramel.  The second one sounds tasty to me.  I'm not sure where I got these, but I'm glad they found their way to me.

I drink black coffee every morning just to get going.  I can't imagine what coffee + energy would do for me.  And I'll probably never find out.

More Energy, Please

Last week I got a text from one of my can contributors that said he left a bag of cans for me on his patio.  So I went by after work to see what was there.

I found a bag of cans.  When I got home, I pulled these cans from the bag.

There were three colorful, nicely-designed Monster Energy Drink cans.  They were Ultra Punch Punch, Ultra Red White & Blue Razz, and Voodoo Grape.  Awesome.

Also included was my first Gorilla Energy Drink can, Watermelon Melon.

Unlike doctors nowadays, I do make housecalls.  So if you have a bag of cans for me, just leave them outside your house and send me a text.  I'll be by after work to get them.  Thanks.