the corner office

The Kauai cafeteria thingamidoo at the Randburg Virgin Active has a scratch-card promo competition. No holidays at a Generic Game Reserve for me, instead I won me a free Booster. Being a staunch Energade/Powerade post-gym tippler, these new-fangled concoctions are all foreign to me. Boosters are fancy-schmancy 3-buck supplements you can get mixed into a fruit juice or smoothie. There are quite a few types of Boosters, some far more dodgy-looking than others. 'Cause I'm a real live-on-the-edge kinda guy, I figured I'd try an L-Glutamine booster, which is basically a pure amino acid supplement to boost muscle recovery and my immune system, doll.

Freshly squeezed orange juice + pure amino acids = Blehhhh.

Lesson learned. I wasn't expecting much, but a free coupon is a free coupon, dammit. Maybe it's just me... but the way I see it, these supplements are there to basically bring you as close as possible to being a speed freak, but without the legal issues, the rotting teeth, internal organ failures and impotence.

Aaaanyhoooo. At least I didn't get a coupon for a wheat grass shake. 'Cause man, I still have a tough time coming to terms with seeing live, green, growing grass in a punnet, chilling next to the sarmies and muffins in the refrigerator. What gets me, is that every now and then, you'll see that some of this grass has been trimmed, which tells me that people actually drink the stuff. Have any of my few intrepid readers tried it? Is there any corner of this planet where this self-abuse in the interests of clean plumbing is considered a delicacy?