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  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    I'm at work, but I'm also mostly trying to stay OFF the internet so I can catch up on some of my reading for class...this, obviously, has only been intermittently successful...
  • Frankie_Felinius
    Frankie_Felinius Posts: 1,398 Member
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    I'm working...or AT work...not necessarily "working".
  • hamptontom
    hamptontom Posts: 536 Member
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    how much reading do you have to catch up on? me...i'm walking through my house with a legal pad on a clipboard, making notes for what needs to be done, and when...i'm 100% in "move mode" now, and planning everything so we can do this in a somewhat organized fashion. BUT - I'm also doing laundry and intermittently watching "When Harry Met Sally" as I walk through the living room on occasion.

    you and @Frankie_Felinius may be the last two regular participants in this thread that might possibly still be awake.

    and on a saturday night, no less!
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    I have almost 5 chapters left, between my various classes.

    And yeah, we're a fun bunch, aren't we?
  • belimawr
    belimawr Posts: 1,155 Member
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    hamptontom wrote: »
    i'm not interested in doing anything crazy or dangerous. I know that I'm not typical in that respect, though

    People react to alcohol differently.

    I always hear and observe how people become more open when drinking. Me? I'm antisocial to begin with... you have to pull teeth to get me to engage in conversation. Want to see me shut up completely (as if it were even possible)? Hand me a drink.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
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    When I drink, I either want to do things with power tools (looking at you Wine) OR I want to go for a jog/run (glares at Tequila). If I drink bourbon, I tend to want to just lay around. Vodka makes me wanna dance and I'm allergic to Gin. Generally, I don't drink beer.

    I'm at work. I'm largely on the computers and watching my security cameras and the c-cure monitoring client in between my rounds of walking/driving the campus. I spend a LOT of time on YouTube and perusing the forums on MFP.
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
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    I'm working...or AT work...not necessarily "working".

    Me too!!! It's one of those slow, little to do nights, but still have to be here.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    edited September 2015
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    belimawr wrote: »
    hamptontom wrote: »
    i'm not interested in doing anything crazy or dangerous. I know that I'm not typical in that respect, though

    People react to alcohol differently.

    I always hear and observe how people become more open when drinking. Me? I'm antisocial to begin with... you have to pull teeth to get me to engage in conversation. Want to see me shut up completely (as if it were even possible)? Hand me a drink.

    Well I don't need you to be talking to be useful... :wink:

    Sorry...a little sex deprived..I need a new toy. I would buy one BUT my car decided to go into full 'freak out, no starting for you or anyone else' b*tch mode. So I have to pay for that first..
  • hamptontom
    hamptontom Posts: 536 Member
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    I have almost 5 chapters left, between my various classes.

    And yeah, we're a fun bunch, aren't we?

    depends on your definition of "fun". i think you guys are the $h!t. :)
  • hamptontom
    hamptontom Posts: 536 Member
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    belimawr wrote: »

    People react to alcohol differently.

    I always hear and observe how people become more open when drinking. Me? I'm antisocial to begin with... you have to pull teeth to get me to engage in conversation. Want to see me shut up completely (as if it were even possible)? Hand me a drink.

    is this a hard and fast rule? meaning, no matter who your company is, this is you, no matter what?

    because it varies with me, depending on who I find myself spending time with....
  • hamptontom
    hamptontom Posts: 536 Member
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    When I drink, I either want to do things with power tools (looking at you Wine) OR I want to go for a jog/run (glares at Tequila). If I drink bourbon, I tend to want to just lay around. Vodka makes me wanna dance and I'm allergic to Gin. Generally, I don't drink beer.

    I'm at work. I'm largely on the computers and watching my security cameras and the c-cure monitoring client in between my rounds of walking/driving the campus. I spend a LOT of time on YouTube and perusing the forums on MFP.


    you're pretty self-aware, ma'am...to have specific traits assigned to specific drinks. i pretty much go to the same places, do matter what i'm drinking. however, i've largely sworn off beer since getting on the fitness kick. i was harboring the misconception that liquor had less calories than beer (which, let's be honest, is probably true), and now i've kinda gotten in the habit of sticking to either Captain Morgan or George Dickel. my horizons are woefully limited. :)
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    edited September 2015
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    belimawr wrote: »
    hamptontom wrote: »
    i'm not interested in doing anything crazy or dangerous. I know that I'm not typical in that respect, though

    People react to alcohol differently.

    I always hear and observe how people become more open when drinking. Me? I'm antisocial to begin with... you have to pull teeth to get me to engage in conversation. Want to see me shut up completely (as if it were even possible)? Hand me a drink.

    I'm a mild introvert. It takes me a while to warm and open up to new people. Alcohol usually melts away my shyness and I become more social and outgoing. According to some of my friends who have been around me when I drink. I've been told I am a happy drunk, I get giggly, finding the most random things funny and that I want to dance with everyone. The dancing thing is the most surprising thing for me since I rarely do it sober.

  • belimawr
    belimawr Posts: 1,155 Member
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    hamptontom wrote: »
    is this a hard and fast rule? meaning, no matter who your company is, this is you, no matter what?

    Yes, pretty much that's what happens every time, not that it happens often, I meet up with some high school buds like once or twice a year on a major holiday.

    @lilaclovebird I don't need to drink to want to do things with power tools ;) I get one in my hand and I start going about the house grunting like a caveman, Tim Allen style.
  • Frankie_Felinius
    Frankie_Felinius Posts: 1,398 Member
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    It is my Tuesday...but it is kinda quiet for a "Saturday"...

    When I drink, I definitely get social. I used to be a social butterfly, would talk to anyone, no issues with personal space or eye contact. Nowadays, I'm pretty cloistered in my own head when I'm out in public. Head down so people won't try to initiate conversation, people who know me know I don't like people too close to me. Well...get a drink or two in me...I won't start up a convo with anyone but I will participate if I have something I want to say...which normally I'd just keep my mouth shut. I'm VERY outspoken but typically don't volunteer my opinion unless provoked/asked, etc. The bar we go to is a nanobrewery with a pretty regular patrons. One Bloody Sunday I was up there drinking bloody marys (is that correct plural?) and this pair of dudes that frequents the place asked if I wanted to play pool. Normally, sober me would say no but I actually played pool with 'em because I was inebriated. Another time I was up there on a Friday night and a pair of non-regulars came up to me. One dude who looked like Kumar was trying to buy me a drink and I said no thanks. I ordered my beer and he slid his card to the bartender as I slid my card over...luckily the bartenders know me and my fiance well and took my card. Kumar kept trying to hit on me and I was annoyed at this point because I had expressed disinterest. His buddy started talking to me (clarifying he wasn't going to be a weirdo like his friend) and asked about my hair as HE TOUCHED IT. Number one...don't touch pinups' hair. Number two...don't touch strange girls' hair. But since I was under the influence...I just went with the flow. Sober me probably would have smacked his hand. I was down at a show once with my girlfriends at the time (they love me drunk because all personal space goes out the window and I'm all handsy...I'm like the fancy porcelain doll that you aren't supposed to touch...but then you get to and it is exciting) and they were sitting on one side of the booth, I alone on the other. Some guy came over to talk to one of the girls and asked if he could sit next to me, which I was already half sauced so I said yes. Half hour later, another broad we know squeezes in and I'm thigh to thigh with this strange dude AND I'm trapped against the wall...but I was having a good ol' time...thank-you booze...couldn't have done it without ya...

    As for WHAT I drink. Huge beer nerd/snob so typically beer. When I cheat on beer...I dig margs, bourbon and ginger ale or Squirt, whiskey sours, Moscow mules, sometimes red wine...and my big shame...Lime-a-ritas! Being beer nerds/snobs...we don't have Bud products in our home...but I love those damn things. The first time I bought it my fiance took a pic and posted it on IG and called me out, lol. Whatever. I drink what I enjoy...
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
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    It is my Tuesday...but it is kinda quiet for a "Saturday"...

    When I drink, I definitely get social. I used to be a social butterfly, would talk to anyone, no issues with personal space or eye contact. Nowadays, I'm pretty cloistered in my own head when I'm out in public. Head down so people won't try to initiate conversation, people who know me know I don't like people too close to me. Well...get a drink or two in me...I won't start up a convo with anyone but I will participate if I have something I want to say...which normally I'd just keep my mouth shut. I'm VERY outspoken but typically don't volunteer my opinion unless provoked/asked, etc. The bar we go to is a nanobrewery with a pretty regular patrons. One Bloody Sunday I was up there drinking bloody marys (is that correct plural?) and this pair of dudes that frequents the place asked if I wanted to play pool. Normally, sober me would say no but I actually played pool with 'em because I was inebriated. Another time I was up there on a Friday night and a pair of non-regulars came up to me. One dude who looked like Kumar was trying to buy me a drink and I said no thanks. I ordered my beer and he slid his card to the bartender as I slid my card over...luckily the bartenders know me and my fiance well and took my card. Kumar kept trying to hit on me and I was annoyed at this point because I had expressed disinterest. His buddy started talking to me (clarifying he wasn't going to be a weirdo like his friend) and asked about my hair as HE TOUCHED IT. Number one...don't touch pinups' hair. Number two...don't touch strange girls' hair. But since I was under the influence...I just went with the flow. Sober me probably would have smacked his hand. I was down at a show once with my girlfriends at the time (they love me drunk because all personal space goes out the window and I'm all handsy...I'm like the fancy porcelain doll that you aren't supposed to touch...but then you get to and it is exciting) and they were sitting on one side of the booth, I alone on the other. Some guy came over to talk to one of the girls and asked if he could sit next to me, which I was already half sauced so I said yes. Half hour later, another broad we know squeezes in and I'm thigh to thigh with this strange dude AND I'm trapped against the wall...but I was having a good ol' time...thank-you booze...couldn't have done it without ya...

    As for WHAT I drink. Huge beer nerd/snob so typically beer. When I cheat on beer...I dig margs, bourbon and ginger ale or Squirt, whiskey sours, Moscow mules, sometimes red wine...and my big shame...Lime-a-ritas! Being beer nerds/snobs...we don't have Bud products in our home...but I love those damn things. The first time I bought it my fiance took a pic and posted it on IG and called me out, lol. Whatever. I drink what I enjoy...

    This. And I will try anything twice. Just to make sure I like/don't like it. :grin:
  • Frankie_Felinius
    Frankie_Felinius Posts: 1,398 Member
    edited September 2015
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    I love that quote.

    Reminds me of one of my favorite song lyrics for some reason...

    "It won't make it better...but I wanna make sure."

    Can be taken either way...either you want to try, hoping it will make things better or you'll try anyway, knowing it won't. This particular song is referencing drinking away the pain of lost love...but I can relate to it in many aspects of life...especially doing the same effed up things over and over...
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
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    I love that quote.

    Reminds me of one of my favorite song lyrics for some reason...

    "It won't make it better...but I wanna make sure."

    Can be taken either way...either you want to try, hoping it will make things better or you'll try anyway, knowing it won't. This particular song is referencing drinking away the pain of lost love...but I can relate to it in many aspects of life...especially doing the same effed up things over and over...

    I actually only learned that from my ex-husband. It's what got me into....stuff...
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,214 Member
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    @lilaclovebird - Love the new photo! :smile: Very nice. :+1:
  • hamptontom
    hamptontom Posts: 536 Member
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    @lilaclovebird - Love the new photo! :smile: Very nice. :+1:

    agreed. awesome shot. :)
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,214 Member
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    11 hours to go and I'm out of here!