People around these parts are pretty happy that Obama is now president.\u00a0 I haven’t seen folks this fired up since…well…since ever.\u00a0 I wasn’t born yet when Kennedy was inaugurated.\u00a0 As for Bill Clinton in 1992, I think we all would have liked to feel wonderful about him, but there was something about the guy that made you want to take a shower after he shook your hand.<\/p>\n
Believe it or not, I did not attend the festivities at in Argus.\u00a0 Instead, I schlepped across the bay for my friend Kim’s party in Oakland.<\/p>\n
Overall, it was a fun evening.\u00a0 Kim’s friend’s are intelligent people and nice folks overall.\u00a0 There was plenty of food and drink and I managed to avoid making a complete ass of myself by staying away from hard liquor and sticking to beer.<\/p>\n
My choice of beverage turned out to be a wise move indeed.\u00a0 An ex-girlfriend in attendance made some comment about how I had passed out in the fetal position in the walkway of her house at a party some years ago.\u00a0 That particular story always reminds me of why I think of myself as damaged and just not good enough for normal human interaction.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure why this is.\u00a0 I’ve done far worse.\u00a0 Maybe her habit of bringing up that night lends my indiscretion importance it wouldn’t ordinarily have.<\/p>\n
With just few beers in my system, I was content\u00a0 to turn away from her and engage others in conversation topics with a heightened level of crassness.\u00a0 This is known as the “nothing bothers me, I joke about fontanel fucking” defense and it has served me well over the years.<\/p>\n
If whiskey were introduced into the equation, it could have been much worse.\u00a0 When I young, I might have engaged in some sort of alcoholic performance art like carving “Blow Me” into my forearm with a steak knife or dropping my pants and taking a shit in the kitchen sink to show how much better I am than everybody else.\u00a0 As an older and somewhat wiser man, I would probably say some things I genuinely regretted.<\/p>\n
Of course, not letting inconsequential stuff get to me at all would have been the wise move but I’ll save that life lesson for another day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
People around these parts are pretty happy that Obama is now president.\u00a0 I haven’t seen folks this fired up since…well…since ever.\u00a0 I wasn’t born yet when Kennedy was inaugurated.\u00a0 As for Bill Clinton in 1992, I think we all would have liked to feel wonderful about him, but there was something about the guy that … Continue reading How I Spent Inauguration Night<\/span>