Ramblings of a mental patient

I think tomorrow I’m going to pay a visit to Keir (my tattoo artist). I think it might be time to start planning my next defacement.

Here is my

1. When was the last time you drank?
10 seconds ago

2. Who was the last person you drank with?
Kat

3. What is your favorite alcohol drink?
Probably captain & coke followed by a good wine

4. Are you an alcoholic?
yes

5. How many drinks does it take you to get drunk?
about a bottle of wine or a good 5 captain with a splash of coke’s.

6. What is the last alcoholic drink you had?
wine

7. Have you ever gone to school/work drunk?
yes.

8. Do you get hangovers?
yes, but not bad ones. Usually I’m just a little off kilter and slightly dehydrated.

9. When did you start drinking?
When I was about 15.

10. Have you ever thrown up on someone because you were so drunk?
Well, there was the time I was trying to hit on a girl at a party and things went horribly wrong…. so, yes.

11. What is the craziest thing you have ever done while drunk?
Attempted suicide. Pills. Oddly enough it didn’t work.

12. Have you ever hooked up while you were drunk?
yes.

13. Do you wish you were drinking right now?
I AM drinking right now.

14. Have you ever been so drunk that you don’t remember what happened??
Yeah, Kat remembers the drunkening after GSK….

15. What is the worst drink?
any really sweet shot or cinnamon liquor.

16. Do you drink during the week?
Yes, but usually I keep it under control.

17. Has someone asked you to stop drinking?
Yeah, but I’ve also had people say I’m a nicer person when I’m fucked up, so draw your own conclusions.

18. Have you ever been kicked out of a bar?
yes.

19. When is the last time you were drunk?
2 nights ago I had a pretty good buzz going.

20. Have you ever been in a fight when you were drinking?
yes

21. Does your family drink?
they’re all alcoholics.

22. What is your favorite drinking game?
Games slow me down.

23. If you could have only one alcoholic drink for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Probably captain & coke or maybe belgian ale. You can’t go wrong with a good belgian ale….

24. Have you ever had a drink named after you?
not that I’m aware of

25. What is your favorite day of the year for drinking?
today

26. What is the earliest time that you’ve started drinking?
When I turned 21 I managed to stay drunk for 3 consecutive days. We did shots for breakfast. There was chemical assistance.

27. What is the longest stretch of time that you’ve drank?
My 21st birthday.

28. Have you ever passed out from drinking?
many times.

29. Ever have to go to the hospital because of something alcohol related?
oddly enough, no.

30.? where’s question 30?

31. Have you ever had an interaction with police while under the influence?
Yes, but it was fine. We were drinking at a friends bbq. The cops showed up to make sure we weren’t under age. Matt & I nearly took off then remembered we turned 21 a few weeks prior.

32. What are your parent’s drinks of choice?
Vodak or beer.

33. Ever done a keg stand?
No

Hrm…#34 has gone missing…is this an online version of whisper down the lane?

35. What is your favorite alcohol related beer commercial?
I don’t really have one.

36. What’s your favorite karaoke song?
“My way” — the sex pistols version

37. Do you have a favorite bar?
Not really. Kildares has good beer and its close.

38. Have you ever woken up in a strange place after a night of drinking?
yes.

39. What types of alcohol have a bad effect on you?
jack daniels

40. What is your favorite hangover cure?
aspirin and a beer.

41. What is your favorite drunk food?
greasy fried food

I don’t know why I do this to myself.

I found myself looking at upenn’s website today (again). I would make a deal with the devil to be able to go to that school’s veterinary school.

The clear headed, pragmatic side of me knows that unless I was able to essentially go to school full time starting asap I’d be in my 50’s before I got my doctorate. This assumes that I somehow overcome my existing educational handicaps, figure out a way to support the wife, and 5 cats while going to school and somehow manage to feed myself. In short, its good to want things.

The irrational side of my brain doesn’t care. I know I’ll be working until I die. I might as well do something that matters. Its a shame there isn’t something I can do that would help animals daily yet pays well. I suppose its the golden handcuffs, really. All I have to do is decide to give up what I have to pursue what I want.

Its a rather illogical situation.
* I know what I want.
* I’m attached to what I have and fail to do what’s required to meet my goals.
* I must be mistaken about what I want.

I should get modus tollens tattood on my f’n head. Blah.

I got my first tank of gas over the weekend. The mini is much better on gas than my jeep was. Having a car you love to drive means you actually want to be the designated driver. I fell off the wagon a little over the weekend, but managed to remain in control enough to not get drunk. I think this was one of the few times I didn’t drink like a priest. Go self control!

Boris is just that fun to drive. Even rum was not strong enough temptation.

That all said, it was good to see every one over the weekend. I accidently bought the wrong beer for ’s birthday. Evidently it falls to Lex to filter it through his liver. Happy Birthday, Antipathy.

Part of me is knocking around the idea of going with Kat this weekend. If I stay home it’ll take me 45 minutes to go stir crazy when she’s missing. If I go with, I don’t want to be a wet blanket about the running around. Decisions, incisions.

In a rare turn of events it was me who suggested we hit the club tonight.

So who’s in?

The cut backs continue in the animal byproduct area. I’m by no means giving up meat yet, but its way cut down from where it was. I’ve discovered that I actually like boca burgers now and then simply because they taste good.

Otherwise veggie lasagna is good, and now that its cooling off I may make another huge vat of my veggie chili.

I made it up to see for his birthday dinner, which was nice.

Saturday saw me losing my mind with my ex insurance agent. Long story short, I found a better agent and saved money on insurance.

This allowed me to pick up my new car.

This thing is incredible to drive. Its a mini cooper s. I got the convenience (heated seats, climate control, heated washer fluid) and sport (limited slip differential, traction control) packages. All I can say is holy shit. Compared to the 15″ of clutch play and 8ft of stick throw my old jeep had… this is a whole new world. It sticks to the road like its glued on and moves… Granted, I’ve been very good and haven’t really opened it up yet, but I can see where long trips will require extensive use of cruise control to avoid speeding tickets. And yes, its a stick.

Kat went to play croquet today and since I’d rather watch paint dry I knocked around the park. I sat where we got married and had lunch. I also paid a visit to my old cat’s grave. I miss that furrball, he was a good man. Its been about 3 year since he died.

I had a strange dream of thrashing out with a band. It was kind of fun to be playing guitar again. The mesa boogie sounded sweet and the drummer was incredible. Since it was a dream I actually played well

I think I’m just nostalgic about the Venom show still. That was such a fun show. I ran into tons of people I hadn’t seen in forever whose names I forget.

In diet news, I’ve cut way way back on eating meat. I’ve been bad at work, I still get some sort of poultry for lunch. But at home I’ve been eating vegetarian quite a bit. I also haven’t been drinking during the week. Sure, Kiki still kicks my ass on saturdays with the captain and coke, but other than that I’ve chilled way out.

I wish I could say I felt better or lost some weight, but I’m way too out of tune with my body. Maybe I’ll see a difference in a couple months. I have been sleeping a bit better. Not waking up hung over most days is a nice change of pace.

Venom — At the troc.

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