SWARTHOS

It’s a day like any other in my rambunctious world, one that I’ve created for myself from a strange intersection of old-fashioned adventures and cutting-edge internet culture. I feel my heart pumping as I anticipate the feeling that comes from the elixir, freshly-squeezed from the Jack LaLanne Power Juicer. Carrots and celery are the prime ingredients that will ignite my fire today, and my mind races with thoughts of life and death and of the real power we can harness from the power of plants.

But I cannot stay in this heady world for too long, as I must also prepare what will become a most potent concoction of black and green tea. I already guzzled twelve cups of coffee this morning, mucho caffeine coursing through my veins, so this tea will be the acidic yang to the caffeine yin, the perfect balance that I need to remain optimally alert for the journey that is about to begin.

A sharp inhale serves me with the truth of the ritual I’m bound to, and my feet quickly trace the path to the kitchen, where I make the finishing touches on the potion. Pouring a scoop of protein powder into the liquid and adding in a hint of vitamin C, I down the liquid like a cool elixir of knowledge and strength.

Ah, yes, the Casa Caffeinated Cyber Cult. A Sultan of an online existence with piles of wisdom and wit of all kinds. That’s why I’m here, a digital man in search of the secrets of digital enlightenment.

And so it goes, this endless loop of life and death and coffee and tea, an improvised haiku of sorts. The storm clouds are rolling in outside, but from this day on, I’ll remain inside, capturing all of the energy I can from the eternal matrix, and brewing it all with this, my homemade elixir of the gods.

Fare you well, dear reader. May my journey provide you with at least some kind of fodder for thought. That’s my main purpose here: to provide a little glimmer of something that will linger in your mind so long as the caffeine in my cup.

Now I must be off, elixir in hand, to explore the darkest corners and the sunniest shores of the online world. Out!