[quote name='munch']It that a blog from TheMangoKnife? I can't read it. With someone copy & paste?[/QUOTE]
All right, I'm going to start a set of two blog entries about last night. Let's just say I decided to have a final get together with co-worker friends before I move away since I got a new job. I only have two days of work left at my current job, then I might never see some of them again. I tried to think of a day/place to go. Since I enjoyed the food at DuClaw and liked one of their drinks before, I decided to hold the event there. Word got around quick about the party at work, but thankfully tons didn't show up (didn't want to be overwhelmed). A co-worker gave me the idea of having shots when I discussed about having a little more beer than normal.
This is the beer list for reference:
http://www.duclaw.com/beers.aspx
I had a co-worker pick me up because I was unsure if I'd be able to handle the amount of alcohol I was going to consume (keep in mind I'm a small guy who rarely drinks....haven't had a beer since August 2011 at nightmare452's party). I started off eating my plain hamburger with fries. After I finished the hamburger + Pepsi, I decided to have a drink. I was initially going to drink hard stuff first, beer later, but that didn't work out since I was unsure what to drink. One co-worker told me to smell the beer he got (it was either a Venom or Old flame), and I said it smelled like "Goo Gone". I ended up ordering a Sawtooth:
I felt the taste of it was okay, but preferred the "Bare Ass Blonde". I was debating what else to drink, but then decided to try a EuForia. EuForia had the following contents:
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This creamy, medium bodied, dark brown pint of liquid bliss combines smooth drinkability with a jubilant swirl of caramel, almond, and toffee flavors to leave you in a state of ecstasy.
That ended up being the best beer I ever had. I liked it a lot and could had more to drink easily. Sort of had a coffee taste in a way. I ended up having 2 waters in the meantime. I started to get a little tipsy after the two beers, but I wasn't bad. My co-workers and I were trying to think of the best mixed drink combination. On the menu, we settled for a some sort of vodka martini which had chocolate, cream, cinnamon, sugar, etc. mixed in. We substituted one ingredient for vanilla vodka. Let's just say it was a VERY strong mixed combination.
Once I started sipping it, I started losing it. I could barely walk/move around easily without a problem. The world felt like it was spinning. I mostly just sat there early on, but I did a few things I rarely/never do, such as pat friends on the shoulder (opening up a bit more socially). I was sending a TON of tweets on my Twitter with spelling errors and other things. I also sent a bunch of text to friends about what I was drinking and what was going on. I even accidentally text a few people on CAG. I had to use the bathroom over and over again and kept drinking water on top of the mixed drink, but I was still out of it. I followed my co-workers to the mexican restaurant next to DuClaw since they wanted margaritas. I didn't care to try any since I don't care for lime, but I did try new food all of a sudden that I would do sober (like Tortillas). Some text I sent were funny like "Save me (insert co-worker name)". Many of my Twitter followers were enjoying following me last night. I only had water at the restaurant. Just before we left to go to the third place of the evening, I started to feel a bit better were most alcohol wore off.
At the final place I went to which I'm going to discuss in the next blog entry, lets just say I had another beer there (just a Coors Light). Most beer I had in one night was two, but I had three. I also had that mixed drink which sent me to another world. The drink was so good, kind of tasted like chocolate eggnog to me. I wanted to keep on drinking it, but sort of tried to stop myself because I was getting pretty big (I didn't want to get plastered to a point I'd have to be carried home).
When I got home around 12:30pm, I instantly tried washing my clothes, took a shower, and headed off to bed. I could carefully concentrate on anything I was doing (I was super tired). I was hoping I'd be fine in the morning (sleeping was painful because it felt like time moved slowly), but I woke up with a headache. I still have the headache now and not going away (looks like I have my first hangover). UGH, I really hate that feeling. Part of me feels like I should have never went through this (sort of makes me a bad person, and I was worried about wrecking my career doing this). Oh well, it happened and I doubt I'll be having another drink for a good long time.
I didn't have to pay for anything since people at work wanted to pay to see this all happen.
EDIT: These were some of my tweets last night I barely remember:
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@ManaKnight Had two beers. Having a mixed drink next.
@ManaKnight I am already super tipsy. Barely can function
@ManaKnight I can barely function. Drink taste so good.
@ManaKnight (insert CAG member Twitter) dude, I am so lighyheaded now.
@ManaKnight I am not going to remeber this night