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So here I am at work, pretty bored. Lately work has been busy and I have had projects to do so I didn't bring anything to read on my shift today. I figured there wouldn't be time. So of course today my boss is out and no one is in the lab and the projects I have been working on are pretty much finished. Guess I'll update my livejournal then shall I.
Let's see.... Today I am going to take a bunch of textbooks back to the university bookstore to sell them in hopes that the sellback cash will partially cover the cost of the books I need for my summer classes. ONE book was $110. I'm still waiting for the other two books and the booktech course packet to come in. If my 2 summer classes cost me as much as my full course load last semester, I will be seriously peeved, especially since last semester was super expensive.
I've been thinking about alcohol use lately, probably because I went to Jillian's on Friday night and then 2 a party on Saturday and alcohol was present and noticable on both occaisions. Why do people like to get so drunk that they lose control of their bodies and especially their mouths? On Friday night my friends and I had a couple of drinks, played some pool, and generally had a good time. Everyone was in control the entire time. No one embarassed themselves or ended up doing a walk of shame or Xeroxed their butt or anything idiotic like that. I got a mild hangover but then again one strong drink can give me a hangover. My body just couldn't process the whopping 2 I had that night.
Cut to the next nights party. Lots of booze flying around. I meet a person who seems like an intelligent interesting human being until she gets totally tanked. So drunk that the thinks it is a good idea to punch Wyndam a few times just for fun. So drunk that she is lying in Dave's lap shouting at the top of her lungs about how everyone at the party is dumb because they all want to sleep with her and the only cool people there are Upsilon and Quietguy. So drunk that she doesn't realize how stupid and obnoxious this makes her look as she flings insults at people who are sitting 3 feet away from her. She probably thought we couldn't hear her, probably didn't think she was shouting. And one or two other people are blitzed enough to join in, shouting similarly idiotic things. About 10 people at this party have this night as their first memory of this woman. Why on earth would a person choose to have that be the image that they burn into another's mind? I mean, until she started acting like an ass I might've wanted to be friends with her but after seeing this stupidity, I have no interest in any further contact. I know I am not the only one that came to negative conclusions about her as a result of her drunken antics. This is not a person who is addicted. None of the people I know who do this sort of thing are. Most of them are people who go through their lives sober and are far more interesting to be around when sober. But every few months they decide to get drunk off their asses and act like idiots. Not tipsy, not "relaxed" or "happy" but knock down piss drunk. I just don't get it.
Let's see.... Today I am going to take a bunch of textbooks back to the university bookstore to sell them in hopes that the sellback cash will partially cover the cost of the books I need for my summer classes. ONE book was $110. I'm still waiting for the other two books and the booktech course packet to come in. If my 2 summer classes cost me as much as my full course load last semester, I will be seriously peeved, especially since last semester was super expensive.
I've been thinking about alcohol use lately, probably because I went to Jillian's on Friday night and then 2 a party on Saturday and alcohol was present and noticable on both occaisions. Why do people like to get so drunk that they lose control of their bodies and especially their mouths? On Friday night my friends and I had a couple of drinks, played some pool, and generally had a good time. Everyone was in control the entire time. No one embarassed themselves or ended up doing a walk of shame or Xeroxed their butt or anything idiotic like that. I got a mild hangover but then again one strong drink can give me a hangover. My body just couldn't process the whopping 2 I had that night.
Cut to the next nights party. Lots of booze flying around. I meet a person who seems like an intelligent interesting human being until she gets totally tanked. So drunk that the thinks it is a good idea to punch Wyndam a few times just for fun. So drunk that she is lying in Dave's lap shouting at the top of her lungs about how everyone at the party is dumb because they all want to sleep with her and the only cool people there are Upsilon and Quietguy. So drunk that she doesn't realize how stupid and obnoxious this makes her look as she flings insults at people who are sitting 3 feet away from her. She probably thought we couldn't hear her, probably didn't think she was shouting. And one or two other people are blitzed enough to join in, shouting similarly idiotic things. About 10 people at this party have this night as their first memory of this woman. Why on earth would a person choose to have that be the image that they burn into another's mind? I mean, until she started acting like an ass I might've wanted to be friends with her but after seeing this stupidity, I have no interest in any further contact. I know I am not the only one that came to negative conclusions about her as a result of her drunken antics. This is not a person who is addicted. None of the people I know who do this sort of thing are. Most of them are people who go through their lives sober and are far more interesting to be around when sober. But every few months they decide to get drunk off their asses and act like idiots. Not tipsy, not "relaxed" or "happy" but knock down piss drunk. I just don't get it.
