Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

I've loved energy drinks since college, but my body can't handle the megadose of sugar and caffeine the way it could when I wasn't taking a few medications and had slightly better blood pressure. But I can't give up the pretty, shiny cans altogether, so I tend to limit my consumption to every once in a while.

I split my allegiance between drinking a couple of tried-and-true favorites -- Crunk and NOS come to mind -- and occasionally trying new things, such as the Steven Seagal drink I blogged about a few months ago. (Incidentally, I didn’t drink that. It looked too gross to even bother.)

I've also really been into pink lately, which is a little disturbing because I don't consider myself a "girly girl" (says the woman in her pink PJs lounging next to her cell phone in its pink case with pink Bluetooth headset). Not that girly girls are the only people who wear pink, but it hasn't been part of my wardrobe until recently.

So in my latest pursuit (low-cal or low-carb energy drinks that actually taste decent), I came across a bright pink package, judged the book by its cover, and bought a $2 can of Bad Girl Power Drink by the Bad Boy folks.

Verdict: Yummy! Twenty calories a can, and a little more than the caffeine content in two cans of Vault Zero. Both the can and the drink are bright pink, so No Boys Allowed ... except for really metro boys who are secure enough in their masculinity that they dig pink.

I also bought a can of the much more masculine Sugar Free Crunk. Haven’t had a chance to try it yet, but I love regular Crunk, so I’m hoping the sugar-free version stacks up.

So energy drinks -- love them? Hate them? Know a good one I should try? Wouldn't touch one with a 10-foot pole? Let me know.