Saturday, April 4, 2009

Noise

So I hit up Clyde's to meet some of my former co-workers last night...at happy hour. I stared temptation smack in the face, and I'm proud to say that my chastity belt remained in tact. I was actually more tempted by a really fruity looking key lime martini looking thing one of the ladies was drinking than the beer; I seem to be learning more about myself in my alcohol deprived state than I care to find out...

Anyway, I had a good time, but was definitely more aware of some of the more annoying aspects of the bar scene. I definitely noticed the smoke in the air more without drinking (good work on getting that taken care of in 2010, VA legislature), and I definitely noticed the noise a LOT more.

I've never really been able to hear myself think at a vast majority of bars, but it never really mattered, since I have selective hearing when I'm under the influence, and I tend to talk about 5 times louder than I normally would. Last night, though, I couldn't block out the noise, which was annoying because I actually wanted to hear what everybody was saying.

Weird.

Ok, so it's time to see if this madness is having any beneficial effects on my body. And the scale says...




Okay- that's better! Dropped 3 pounds in the first week. Not bad- I felt like my belly was jiggling a bit less this week.
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  1. AnonymousApril 6, 2009 at 9:13 PM

    Agree about the noise and the rabble of a crowd at a bar. Also people seem to jabber on endlessly about nonsense when you're sober. You also notice when a drunk person spits when talking when you are sober. It seems like alcohol acts as a mask when you are talking to a spitting drunk blithering idiot.

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  2. AnonymousApril 7, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    Interesting observations. I think that should you continue on your sobering journey, over time, you would find that most of the drunken blather being bloviated non stop in such places is mostly inconsequential tripe. In fact a lot of it could very well be deemed "anti-intellectual". Hence, the more you listen and heaven forbid... participate, the DUMBER you get.

    Now... should you be there for the sole purpose of observing.... I daresay that as the evening progresses, the drunks can become downright amusing. Pay close attention to how all things deteriorate. The pronunciation of words. The perception as to the skank at the end of the bar suddenly becomes attractive.... How the standards drop as the inebriation level escalates.

    Take a close look... and then ponder.... "Gee... was I like that????"

    The answer of course... is painfully evident.

    ;-) Cheers!

    Boneman

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