June 3, 2007

• Adam's Birthday

  First of all, Pirates of the Caribbean:  At World's End was a pretty big disappointment.  I won't go into it because I don't feel too strongly about movies usually.  Plus, I couldn't write anything better and I definitely couldn't visually produce something so fantastically amazing to look at, so I really can't complain.  I give it a 6 on a scale of 10.

  It's funny how things that you wouldn't expect can reinforce your belief in yourself.

  My neighbor and good friend Adam's birthday is today.  He threw a party yesterday to celebrate.  The only alcohol I had ever had in my entire life was half of a wine cooler on a float trip back in 2005.  I'd never been in a room with so much alcohol.  I'd never seen anyone under the age of 40 drunk.  It was an interesting experience.  I guess I can now say that I've been to a "party" and understand what they entail.  The nice thing, however, was that no one at the party said that I had to drink.  People offered to mix me drinks and make me virgin stuff.  I had a couple mixed drinks and found them less enjoyable than those without liquor.  I found out I really, REALLY don't like White Russians.  I believe I got what the kids nowadays term "buzzed" but it mostly just felt like I was really sleepy and somehow made me incredibly good at Pop 5.  It also made me worse at Liar's Dice. 

  Overall, I think drinking isn't for me and it was nice to have such a great oppurtunity to find out.  I mean, a party in the room down the hall from my own makes me feel pretty safe.  I knew I could have gotten completely smashed and been fine, even if I passed out.  I just didn't.  Not for me.  I would definitely go to another party where people I know are wasted, but I don't think I'll ever drink more than a couple of girly drinks.

  So yeah, my point with all that was that the fact that everyone accepted that I didn't want to drink much or get drunk made me feel more confident that it was the correct choice for me.  I always kind of thought that people would always consider you lame if you didn't drink at their party, but I found that people actually had quite a bit of fun having a non-drunk kid around.  It was fun arguing with Adam and Paul about whether or not they were drunk as they spilled their drinks on themselves while talking and then laughed because they forgot what they were arguing with me about.  Those kids and their Patron.

  Anyway, Jared did a tarot card ready for me at one point during the night and it was pretty cool.  It really seemed to correctly identify all the things that I've been thinking about and working through.  The main things I took away from the reading are that I really need to believe in my own ability to succeed more and that I should follow my own lead and not worry about everyone else like I have been since I started college.  I'm also going to work on improving myself by reading books that I've wanted to as well as working out a lot to get my body back into shape.  In summary, the reading really helped to pinpoint things that I think I already knew but just needed to really think about for a second.  I like tarot cards.  I should bring mine to my apartment.  They are pretty fun.

  I got a raise at work for my preformance at the last group presentation meeting.  Now I will be getting paid $9 per hour.  Still, it's not an amazing amount of money by any means, but it will be nice to have the extra money that I wasn't expecting.  I'm happy.

  Well, that's news for me.  I guess yesterday was a really nice growing experience for me.  I now know what people mean when they say "drunk" and "party" and all that.  I know it might sound silly to a lot of people but it was a big step for me.  I feel sort of proud.

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