Entries Tagged as 'Drunkenness'

Pew pew! Pew pew pew!

This blog was dead in my mind for the past 2 weeks. Dead because I was convinced it had been ransacked by a malicious code (and it was) and that with the insignificant amount of technical knowledge I have on troubleshooting with blogs, I didn’t believe I would be able to resurrect it (and I did, after easily deleting 1 out of 5 lines in my index.php. It was that easy.).

I should really start appreciating the WP Docs.

Anyway, it’s my birth month! Last year’s celebration was thrifty in that I took it to myself not to spend more than a month’s earnings just for a one-night celebration.

This year’s celebration will be as thrifty in that I will take it to myself not to spend more than a month’s earnings just for a 30-day celebration! This year, I will be 30 times more drunk at almost the same cost! See how far I’ve gone with this 30-day project.

The plan: Drink at least one glass/shot/bottle of any type of liquor per day. I hope to exceed the minimum, but to TRULY keep the costs down I’m sticking to one a day (and to be quite honest, I haven’t been true to this). I will try to drink with a different buddy per day, and the drinking buddy profile would be people I haven’t been in touch with for the past year, like school and batch mates, or generally people who were and are close to me (this, again, I haven’t done really, cos the available and reachable drinking buddies for the past week have been the same people LOL). I feel I have to reconnect to every special soul in my life to a level that only alcohol can bring. This is so much better than gathering everyone in a night of drunkenness where I could hardly have a dialogue with anyone*.

Then, on the 30th day, I would drink with a total stranger. Or with God. HOWZATSOUND?

* True, true, but there’s just this triumphant smile on my face at thought of seeing a houseful of drunkards, so apart from the day-to-day appointments, I’m still throwing this:

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Click for details. THIS INVITATION BEING THE ACTUAL AND ONLY REASON BEHIND THIS POST, be it known that at least 3 mins of your day have just been wasted. Nothing grand. Just a teardrop gathering. Just food and drinks. My brother’s been learning card tricks, he’ll be pleased to have you all watch him. My sister’s been in a cast and bed ridden for a month after an operation, she wouldn’t mind your signing her cemented leg. Most of all it’s my birthday, I don’t mind getting you drunk, NOT EVER.

You know what, looking at this month’s plan and per-day expenses, I’ve an odd feeling this will all be Marked as Fail ie It’s More Expensive Than The Last One, but most of all Marked as Happy. What matters more, really? :)

saGuijo at 4

Hello. The weekend was full of shit.

Just kidding.

I was up for two straight nights covering saGuijo’s 4th Anniversary party. Not to undervalue myself or anything, but really, I’d do anything if I think it’s fun and exciting and is graced by the presence of free beer. So, I said LOL MKAY to Geoff of Odysseylive.net when he asked me to shoot in exchange for fun and exciting and beer and other good stuff that would come along the way.

Day 1, or the first half-felt Urbandub set ever

John Dinopol, Gabby Alipe, Urbandub

(Image link goes to my Odysseylive Media folder)

What happened during Urbandub’s set only came back to me through my photos. I saw this photo I took of John while in mid-air and couldn’t remember what song it was. I’ve always felt excited listening to and shooting them, but this time it felt like the shooting part took the better of me. I could hardly listen as my eyes were on the move and I was constantly fighting for space. I had my bestfriends and boyfriend come over. They ended up spending half the night in the streets or in other nearby place. Although they were not new to crowded gigs (and they knew how to get smashed in the weirdest of places anyway), I still couldn’t help but think how the night could have been more fun for them if they actually got to see what was happening inside.

I heard about 300 fucking people tried to fit in that night.

More sweating, less drinking and listening. At least for me.

saGuijo felt strange for a moment. I felt isolated despite the intimacy that that small place offered. I don’t know, maybe it’s just my getting used to being with someone, which would have been kind of impossible that time given that the kind of work I had to do required me to be mobile and slinky. I’ve always liked going to gigs alone, but not on this night. I guess because it wasn’t one of those nights that I can just ditch if I find someone better to be with, when I don’t have to stay until the last song is played.

Day 2, or entertaining the thought of doing this for the next couple of years

Blood red fingernails of love. (Image link goes to my Odysseylive Media folder again)

Note that I did have an awesome Day 1—except I was getting the hang of things and was a bit conscious of myself. JUST. A. BIT. Finally on Day 2, when I found the right timing and balance to chug down 4 beers and stand up straight to shoot, did I have fun. I could work and move more freely since the floor was more controlled.

Day 2 got down to a hassle-less program, the guys of Giniling Festival pausing halfway a song to do some stunts while posing for my camera, and a heart-stopping four-track performance by Taken By Cars that caught me dancing.

Now I want Nachos.

Traveling half across the world to sit in a small bar where Spencer Krug’s band/s (any of the 5, if not all) is/are playing, “Why do I drink so much?” is a rhetorical question, Andrea Corr’s armpits, your hidden/secret playlist with some Matchbox 20s and Spice Girls, we always end up spending the night talking about music and how much we like it, and I like how each night always ends up that way, if you know what I mean.

Beer in a tea cup

Reflector table tops and low EQs that border on apathy.