:: Life on Planet Dan-E ::

:: Saturday, December 06, 2003 ::

:: Quarters is Fun ::

While the school has taught me quite a bit in regards to commercial arts, it certainly hasn't made much of an impact in terms of augmenting my common sense. Or occasional lack therof (then again, artists were never very pragmatic).

Take Friday night for example. A couple of friends threw a party at their apartment to celebrate the end of the quarter. I woke up rather early that morning to get to work and I had to wake up even earlier the next day (7:00am... on a SATURDAY) so I figured at most that I'd make a token appearance, say "hi" to a few people, and maybe have a beer or three, and get out of there by 11:00.

So nightfall rolls around, I didn't get off work until almost 7:00, two hours past my planned clock-out. I decide to meet some friends for a late dinner. We didn't even finish eating until about 10:45 so at that point, my plans were revised to leave no later than midnight, which would still leave me with a comfortable six hour window for sleep.

So we get to this party and it hasn't even started yet. This being South Beach people don't start milling in until midnight, and that's when things start really getting intersting. It was at this point I realized how tenuous my otherwise well-laid out plans were. Maybe "1:30, 2:00-ish is feasable" I think to myself. Besides, that keg looked quite inviting.

Eventually, 2:30 rolls around and I've been deeply consumed in a game of "Quarters" for the past two hours. I've been on roll and out of the original six participants, one girl was extremely determined to end my hot streak of getting everyone else hammered while consuming very little beer myself up to this point. Actually, everyone else seemed to have it in for me but she was particularly vindictive. I should mention up to this point that this was only my second time playing Quarters in my entire life up to this point (the first time being, not coincidentally, at party thrown by the same people earlier in the year). The fact that I was completely and while she wasn't probably helped me a little. It was rather hilarious (for me) since I was been responsible for this girl's plastered state of being, despite her being a "veteran" at this game. Not that I'm proud of causing another's drunkenness by any means but considering that a lot of people came to this party intending to annihilate their sobriety, I didn't lose any sleep over it.

So back to the original point of this blog; I had to work the next day at 8:00, which meant I had to wake up around 7:00. Going to sleep at 4:00am the night before isn't the best way to successfully accomplish that. Now I did somehow drag myself to work and even clock in two minutes early but I was lethargic all day. It amazes me how this is a weekly occurrence for some people. And unlike me, they have hangovers to deal with. Ugh.

:: Miscellaneous Ramblings by Dan-E at 7:46 PM [+] :: | 0 comments
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