So this is what I ended up with: It didn't have a question about using one of the dead Biebers as a weapon against the other Biebers. I'd be totally up for using him like a golf club or cricket bat against the other Biebers. Keep a plastic bag (like a garbage bag sized one, because no-one wants to get their hands near someone else's puke) for puking in inside the car and check it before leaving, and also leave a pair of rubber gloves because touching puke is no bueno. Amateur.
Word. Sundays are for recovering. I feel like I'm not old enough to need a whole day to bounce back. Also I spent most of last night in a tree. All the cool kids are doing it. Edit- topical and barely interesting. Katy Perry dressed up as beiber for Halloween.
What's with pop stars dressing up as other pop stars for Halloween? You don't see Axl Rose dressing up as a night security guard for an out-of-the-way mall.
Rare is the moment I actually find myself agreeing with ballsack on something other than the historical accuracy of politically-incorrect profiling. With this vodka and perrier, I am actually agreeing with him on that "something else." Moment of silence please. ..... At the time of his infamous remark, I commented something to the effect that while vodka and club/seltzer water is refreshing, the perrier adds an unnecessary level of douchebaggedness while doing nothing to increase the flavor profile. Upon trying this vodka mixer for myself (el preggo wife has stocked up on the bottles and I'm attempting to create room in the fridge for more of my beer), I am completely wrong in my previous statements. Whoops.
Yes. I appreciate all the lovely contributions to the boobie thread, but I am especially grateful for those who care enough to nudge it back when it falls to page 2. Huzzah!
Uh, you really don't have to drink alcohol if you don't want to. Seriously, just... don't. An easy way to sort out who is and isn't a tremendous dipshit is to see who's bothered by your sobriety.
The only people who are annoying are the people who make it a point to tell everyone that they don't drink and why they don't drink, sort of a holier than thou attitude. These are the sorts of people where if you have three pints at a bar look at you with a shocked expression. I play hockey with guys who don't drink and you wouldn't know it. Why? Because when beers are passed around after a skate they just quietly decline and go about their business. When I go to Vegas with my hockey team, one of the guys doesn't drink and doesn't mention it, however he goes to all the bars, casinos, strip clubs etc with us. It doesn't bother him if other people get wasted, its just not his thing, but he still hangs out and has fun. There's nothing wrong or odd about choosing not to drink.
Honest question: is it bad that I am drunk while creating this test review for my students tomorrow? If there is a better way to make test reviews and lesson plans than being drunk while watching Sunday Night Football, I don't know it.
I used to be this person. I'd drink by myself, but I hated the idea of getting drunk around people because my filter goes away when I drink, and I say everything that comes to my mind. Due to having an amazingly dark sense of humor, this usually leads to people either being offended or thinking I am psychotic. I learned early not to drink around people. I still rarely get drunk in front of friends, but I will have a drink or two. I also never made it a point to announce I wasn't drinking (because what was I going to say? "I don't drink because I'll say some fucked up shit and fuck with everyone?") cause no one likes that guy. That's the same kind of guy who says shit like "I don't watch TV," as if its some kind of fucking virtue.
It's not a peer pressure thing, more of a -I've been drinking regularly for nearly 15 years and I don't know anything else. Doing anything for that long of time on a regular basis is really weird not to. I can go out and have a few beers and not get wasted, but more often than not, I do. I don't even necessarily realize it til it's too late anyways. The hangovers aren't necessarily the bad part, it's mentally depressing over time. I'll quit for a few days, feel great, and then go back into that cycle again. Now I just need to have the willpower not to. I don't think I'm better than anyone else, and this isn't some sort of statement. Sometimes you just realize cycles you're in aren't worth the downside and you want to try something new. And I realize the irony of talking sobriety on the WDT.
I subscribe to the theory that "who you are when you drink is your true self." I've slowly, strategically, been working on combining these two. The wife loves it (because she's an asshole like me, minus the social filter), but I've lost some peripheral friends because of it. The way I figure, those weren't my friends anyway. I'm just sick of the drama. When I don't drink, I'm ballsack on his best nom-edited days. When I do, I'm him without the filter. I say fuck it. tl;dr: life is easier if you pretend you're always drunk
I don't see a problem with people not wanting to be drink, but I don't understand how people can stand being sober around drunks. Whenever I've been in that situation it's been incredibly annoying. I had a girlfriend who didn't drink and frankly I'm not sure how she put up with it. I think the main reason I drink so much is I just don't know what else there is to do on weekend nights. Sure, there's other things I could be doing, but none of them seem very enticing. That, and life is just too stupid to stay sober all the time. I do wish though that I had the common sense to not ever binge drink on weeknights. Working hung over is so not worth it.
I love this song. I don't listen to it in its entirety. I only hear "Queen-Bee.". That was the name I was known as during my time running the #1 comedy club in Canada, years ago. It is also my only tattoo.
I quit a few years ago. I've certainly lost friends because of it, and not because I'm holier than thou, nor because they're worthless raging drunks. It's just once you get used to it, and it is a big change, you tend not to be in those situations where you're hanging out like that at bars. It becomes a situation that you're just not around, and you find many friendships (that were/are perfectly valid) tended to have a common thread of hanging out and drinking no longer have that basis. If there's nothing else that really binds you, well, you drift apart. I see many of those guys when I'm walking around, and there's nothing awkward about it. I'm still happy to see them, they're happy to see me, but we're just not as close. Your other friends? Most of mine are still around. Last night, my wife and I went to dinner with another couple that we're friends with. At dinner, the other three had wine with dinner. I had decaf coffee (my favorite drink). No one says anything about it, it's just the 'new' normal. Well, not really new anymore, but you get my point. Are there times I miss it? Sure. But after a while, you find other things that you enjoy. Strangely enough, I certainly don't 'get high on life' - but I am much clearer mentally. The part I miss is the numbness, when times are tough, it's better to feel nothing than feel shitty. But overall, for me (and I can only say what is right for me, not for anyone else) I'm better off not drinking, so I don't. Good luck either way. Ultimately, life is about trying to fulfilled and happy, and we all get there different ways. If not drinking helps you get there, go for it, if not, raise a pint and be safe and have a good time. It's always about what you do, not what the other guy thinks about what you do.
Because I've just taken a promotion at work, I've now gone from having every Friday, Saturday and Sunday off work to only having one Friday, one Saturday and one Sunday night off. In terms of weeknights, I now work 3 out of the other 4 every week, as opposed to 1 out of 4. Being in the hospitality industry, weeknight drinking was pretty common with those friends who worked similar hours, and weekends are just obvious because that's when everything's going down with all the other friends that work Monday-Friday 9-5. Most weeks I would drink at least 2 times, and 3+ wasn't really that unusual. Also, the only weeknight I get off now, I've already committed to doing boot camp with a friend, so ultimately I'm looking at 2 nights per fortnight to go out. This is going to be a huge social change for me. Whilst my promotion does allow for some flexibility so I don't miss certain social events I may really want to go to, I'm going to be going through a pretty significant lifestyle change. I don't think I'm really too worried about actually coping with it, because I wanted the promotion and the extra work/money that came with it, but it's probably going to be pretty difficult nonetheless.