“I am. I am. I am Superman. And I can do anything.”
If there was flickr in the 90s, I would’ve favorited this photo.
The funny thing about this photo is that it was taken on September 18, 1996. It’s my birthday! Happy birthday, BrowserMetrics! You’re 25!
Now take a look at who’s helping me to celebrate. They are co-workers from Ruby’s, fellow servers. For my last birthday, it was just my family. I can’t believe that I had celebrated a birthday not with family. It’s been a long time.
The other aspect of this photo is that the girl I was crushing hard on at the time is also there to celebrate it as well. That’s why I’m ducking out of the picture. This can’t be real. Someone pinch me. The problem though is that I was a drunk at the time. So it was hard to figure out what happened on this night.
When I pulled this photo off the floppy, I didn’t know any of these facts. I had to search my memory for it. I had to look at the date on the files just to be sure that I had the right year. This time of my life is a drunken blur. I must’ve been having too good of a time to chronicle it. And yet I wish I had.
Currently, I like to chronicle my life with social media. Blogs, flickr, twitter are all contributing to making my memories indexable by google. Yet, these formative years of my twenties weren’t and they make it a big, black hole. So I look at this photo, and smile as it’ll help me recover them.
Here’s how I think the night happened. Drinks at the Harryman House. More drinks at one of these guys’ house. Passed out drunk. What a birthday! As I look back on it, I wish I wasn’t a drunk and I had put the moves on that girl. Some things are still the same with me.
So what I have here is an artifact of funness, something which I’ve been missing these last few months. I’ve been in a funk. I just need to get my drunk on and just have a good time. Like that bastard in the photo.
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Hey man, go for the fun! But think twice about the drink… alcohol is loaded with carbs! this ain't jersey shore. LOL
The fun is done.
But I want a lot of drinks. Just a lot of drinks. Right this moment.
I thought you wrote that stopped you from getting what you wanted… The GIRL!! I dunno man
Of course it did. I was too busy being a drunk than asking her out.
I'm just wanting a drink to make this week and this poor feeling go away. It's been a long, long week.
Yeah I hear ya. But wanting…wanting is the basis for all suffering. Screw that illusion of a job and have a hot chocolate.
I know it sounds Disney but I hang out with kids. Ha!
To quote one of my favorite movies Labyrinth, let em know: "you have no power over me"
Stay breezy!