The Choice

So there I was. standing in front of the fridge - string cheese in hand. And yet - my decision wasn't finished. Seeing as how my diet coke 20 pack had been emptied earlier this morning, I needed something to drink. As I peered into the fridge for an alternative, a white label that I would all too often overlook stared me in the face. Diet Dr. Pepper.

To most people, this wouldn't be a hard choice. But i've got loyatly issues people. Diet Coke is my drink - I don't cheat. . . well. . . unless i'm at Cafe Sabor, and all they have is pepsi products. . . then I get a diet pepsi. But you see what i'm sayin. . . this D.P was asking me to venture outside my norms . . . to go where I would rarley go. Hmm. . . . I thought. To drink or not to drink. My alternative - water. Water doesn't have caffeine. So i picked up the D.P. (*thanks caroline :) )

I twisted the cap - heard that all so glorious release of carbonated pressure - and took a swig. Oh my. . . it was really good. And so here I am - asking myself. . . should my loyalty truly lie with Diet Coke? what if. . . what if I started to venture out - mix up my drinking options a little bit? Today - Dr. Pepper! Tomorrow - Mt. Dew?! The options are seemingly endless!

Today isn't just about Diet Soda drink choices however. As most of you know, it's Super Tuesday. People across the nation are going to the polls, proclaiming their choice of who they want to represent them in this years presidential race. The way I see it - most of these people are a lot like me. They think, "Man - I would kill for a diet coke right now" But they look in the fridge - no diet coke! (* keep up with me people. . . Diet coke would be who you always thought you wanted for president. but he/she/it isn't running. Or withdrew from the race cause they were counting on florida and bombed. . . . not to mention names or anything. . . ) So you're forced with a choice. Do you vote for Dr. Pepper? Have you even tried Dr. Pepper? If you do, will you like it better than Diet coke?

My analogy is getting crazy - but my point is this. I think we need to research a little bit more than we do. Lets not all just assume that we like Diet Coke, because mom or dad told us we like it. Or just because we were at the store. . . didn't really care - and said, "Hey! I'll drink that!" A few weeks ago I was with some friends, and I was forced to defend my choice of diet coke - aka presidential candidate. I made an idiot out of myself. I had no idea why I had chosen Diet Coke. I just had. In an attempt to defend my choice - I failed. horribly. I even made diet coke look bad because I had no argument. My friends forced me to look at Dr. Pepper - which I had proclaimed to dislike. . . but then I tasted it. And liked it. I wish that months ago - I had ventured out and tasted Dr. Pepper. Could've saved me lots of trouble - and making an idiot out of myself. I hate making an idiot out of myself.