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So i haven’t posted in forever. Sorry, haha.
In follow up to the Dewmocracy articles^[1][2], WhiteOut won. It’s too bad it tastes exactly like Fresca though . I was voting for Typhoon, and i didnt post anything about it on here because i know with all my traffic it would change the vote drastically! All i have been doing since my last article is working, sleeping, looking for a car… and more recently, me and my cohort Mic-B have been entering a Vann’s contest for a Flip SlideHD camera.

Mic started entering it on the first day, i didn’t start until just two days ago with my entries.

The entries (in order of being posted):
Mic’s first entry: (July 21st)

Mic’s second entry: (July 22nd)

Now this next entry i helped him with. I was the camera man, while they did all the acting: (July 23rd)

Then i did my entry for the next day, which was some behind the scenes from the previous video: (July 24th)

Mic did a cool birthday video the same day: (July 24th)

For the 25th, (today as of writing), I just did some calm and peaceful footage of a pond:

… and later i helped Mic shoot his new video, a PSA spoof. I am camera man, and me and my truck make cameo appearances:

All of these videos are awesome if you ask be, but judge for yourself!
I will keep you all updated on any more videos we do. Which will probably be a bunch more, because the contest is still on for like 10 more days .

Peace!

If you haven’t read part one, you might want to read it first.

The hunt for the Mountain Dew DEWmocracy trio has been a long and impatient one. I couldn’t wait to taste the new flavors, yet nowhere in town seemed to have them. They official started selling the flavors Monday the 19th yet they were no where in sight.

I was beginning to feel the thirst. I was losing hope that i would find them this week, but I didn’t give up on the hunt.

Day 3, April 21st – I still seem to wake up to late to be able to stop at the store before work, so I had to wait until lunch to continue the hunt. I clocked out and booked it to Paulie’s Hotdogs. Enjoyed a hotdog with some Italian seasonings and stuff, along with a plain Mountain Dew, which got me mad because I wanted to taste the new flavors. I jumped in my truck to drive over to Safeway, even thought it was a decent ways away. I checked and thought i saw the new flavors, but it was actually lime coca-cola and a few other new Coke box designs. It’s a trap! Heading back to work I decided to check Walmart again, but the new flavors still aren’t there.

Day 4, April 22nd – I feel a storm on the horizon, and fear that I will not return from this endeavor alive. It seemed to be a nice day, went to lunch and it was all sunny. Get off work, and oh boy was it raining. I slid down the wet road in my truck and headed for Walmart. Still nothing, even though regular Mountain Dew was on sale, it wasn’t what I was looking for. I figured I would head somewhere new in hopes of finding the DEWmocracy trio so i headed down Oak to Smiths. I couldn’t find their soda isle, and when i did they only had original Dew. Disappointing. Next I headed for Target, even though it was pretty out of the way. Had trouble finding their grocery section, but they didn’t have the new flavors yet either. Then i got distracted in their electronics section checking out HD digital camcorders for like 30 minutes… heh.

Day 5, April 23rd - Much better day today, kinda… Rain is nice. Run out to subway for lunch and grab a footlong, hit up Walmart on the way back to work. Still no new Dew, but since I haven’t eaten yet I felt compelled to buy Oreo Fudge Mint Cookies. Head back to work, still a nice day. Get off of work, still a nice day. Eh. Figured i should drop by Safeway and maybe Albertsons again since i haven’t stopped there in a while. I arrived at Safeway, and glanced down the isle with Mountain Dew. Didn’t look like they had the new flavors, but I had to make sure… and woo, i found them! Finally! I grabbed three 12-can boxes (one of each) and declare victory!

Safeway has earned my purchase and I’m sure I will be back for more DEWmocracy…. But what flavor?

Mountain Dew has an interesting idea. Apparently, someone thought of the idea a few years back that the consumers are always right. How do you make new flavors you know they will like? Easy, give them the choice.

I remember the first DEWmocracy. When I heard of it, I thought it was a really good idea. Why didn’t anyone else think of this? What they decided to do was release three new flavors at the same time. You would buy these flavors, taste test them, and vote for the one you liked best. This is how Mountain Dew Voltage became a permanent flavor in the Dew lineup. You can’t please everyone, but with this system, you knew you could please the majority. I love all three flavors. They all had their good points, but the best won and for that i am happy.

Since it worked so well the first time, they decided to do it again. Enter Mountain Dew Distortion, Typhoon, and White Out. When I heard these new flavors were hitting the market for the fans to once again to decided the next Mountain Dew flavor, I could hardly wait to taste them when they came out on April 19th. Little did I know… how hard they are to find. Damn it!

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