Freedom and Friends

Considering it's a long weekend this will be a short post as I got too messed up to recall most of what happened. For the most part when you drink your perception of things changes, what made you angry when sober no longer bothers you drunk, if it's balls hot when sober the temp doesn't seem so bad when you are drinking, and of course time always seems to fly like when you are sitting on a stool for 20min and it actually turns out to be 3hrs.

Saturday was Canada Day and for some reason I was not drinking. I usually have a reason like not wanting to drink two days in a row or I drove or something. For some reason though I can't remember why I wasn't. That night was pretty laid back for me so I'll just touch on it. After grabbing a bite to eat at the Sherlock Holmes downtown we headed to house party being put on by our old home boy Sean. It was an all day bbq/party but we missed the majority of it so there's not much I can say except that there was a handful of DJ's with a very loud speaker set up, a hot tub, a swimming pool, a group of prepubescent sluts, and a shit load of heavily wasted people. It was something to see and I'm sure if I was intoxicated on the level that they were it would have been a hell of a time.

Sunday would turn out a little different for myself as I once again planned on not drinking but ended up blacking out and almost spent the night sleeping on the can with my pants around my ankles.

The Players:

Pat
Smith
Bryan
Ross
Pannich
Jessie
Adriano
Ang
Speilbergo

We would start the day by going to watch Superman Returns and for myself I had pretty much figured that that would be the bulk of my day as I had made plans to do something with Francine before she left for St. Paul. After the movie ended Smitty tossed up the idea of having a bbq at his place so Jessie and myself went our respective ways to gather the rations we needed. Once at Smiths we we're joined by Bryan, Ross, Pannich, Adriano, and Speilbergo. We ate and a few of us drank a bit before deciding to head out to the Globe after hearing they had some drink special in honor of the long weekend. I had not planned on going but after Fran cancelled on me again some of the guys insisted I come out and drink. Before leaving for the Globe a bunch of us decided to head to the nearest convenience store (other than Poxy's) to grab some slushes and whatever else we felt like, I myself had been in the mood for a chocolate bar of some sort and now thinking back I don't have a clue as to what type I bought. Not feeling the flavor of slushes they had I decided to go with a Fresca knowing that 10 out of 10 Fresca drinkers prefer Fresca. After a short walk back to Smiths we finalized the plans and drivers so I headed home to change into more bar appropriate clothes. While at home and waiting for Adriano to pick me up I decided to concoct a beverage using my recently purchased Fresca. The drink I made went something like this: 1/2 bottle of Fresca (give or take), 1oz Vodka, 1oz Malibu. I have to say that given the refreshing taste of Fresca I had thought it would have tasted a hell of alot better than it did. I can actually say that I have the exact taste of the drink narrowed down to a cantalope. Now I'm not a big fan of cantalope to begin with but I'm not talking about the taste of the orange part of the fruit, I'm talking about the green part in between the orange and the peel (if it's even called the peel). So now imagine just eating the green part of the cantalope and you'll know what my drink tasted like. Anyway, we were now heading down to the Globe.

Location: Globe
Time: 9:35

As we arrive we find that there is no line and the place is pretty much dead. Before going in we purchase a wrist band for $5 that will allow us to partake in the coin drink special. Once inside we met up with Ang who was there for a buddies stag and I made my way to the washrooms to see Black Peter but for the second week he was MIA. Afterwards we all hit the bar and took advantage of the special they had going on by loading up on drinks before the deadline hour. My choices we're vodka slime doubles and of course MGD. The remainder of our time at the Globe was spent sitting on the patio shooting the breeze as our collection of cups and bottles grew. So after about an hour or so of talking about football, hockey, girls, mistakes we've made with girls, and some of the awkward but entertaining situtations we've gotten ourselves into involving girls we were pretty much tanked enough to leave. On the way out however Ace of Base began pumping over the dance floor and everyone knows what that means, but unfortunately it would be delayed till our next location.

Location: Suede Lounge
Time: 11?

Once we arrived at Suede we all pretty much headed straight for the bar. I do recall my balance being some what off (it must have been that bean I had eaten early) so I grabbed the nearest stool. Once we were settled we maned-up and ordered a round of tequila in honor of the Swedes, this would not register for me as the alcohol had already taken effect. I don't recall being there very long but as I mentioned earlier it's hard to keep track of time when drinking and by this point it was hard enough to keep track of the people I was with. A handfull of the guys had left to check out some other bars on Jasper, the Druid and Stonehouse I think, but I did not notice till they got back. For the most part I was kept busy with the entertainment Smith was providing as he tried to smooth things over with some girls he knows as he hit on some others. Between that and having the guys and the chick working the bar giving me advice on the pros and cons of my current relationship I was pretty much set, as long as the booze kept flowing, which it did. At some point in the night I managed to get up and head out the door as we were done for the night, the few of us left included Adriano, Smith, Byan, and myself. Well not all of us were done as Smith decided to stay and work some more on a girl he was chatting up, which would be cause of Adriano having to go back and wingman for him.

Location: Home
Time: ...

I think I came in through the front door as it would seem the most likely and headed for the mini fridge, once there I grabbed a bottle of gatorade headed for my room. Now everything that was happening seemed to be in a very slow strobe light as things would go dark on me for a few seconds and I would find myself somewhere else in the house. After trip to the can I found my bed and I'm pretty sure that was it for me as I woke up sometime later still fully dressed with one shoe on.

It took a bit of detective work and some drunken text messages to piece together what had happened this night even though it's all pretty much useless.

It's still fun to have a guys night out of drunken stupidity.