March 15th, 2004

After my first harrowing week at my new job, I figured that I needed to unwind and hang out with my best friend, Alcohol. Ok, so Alcohol isn't my best friend, but it ranks pretty high up on the ladder. Accompanying me on this quest for relaxation were my buddies, NottheDaddy, BigWhite, ShortnStrong and Irish.

I hang out with NottheDaddy and BigWhite every couple of weeks or so, but it's a rare time when the rest of them find the time to hang out as well. In fact, the last time I saw the entire group at once was back in May of 2003.

That's 10 months and a whole lot of catching up to do.

Catching up always includes lots of alcohol. Generally of the Guinness variety. Sometimes we toss in a half dozen Irish Carbombs just to be safely hammered. It's never much fun unless one of the guys ends up squinting at a hot girl who actually looks like she got hit with the titanium baseball bat, then got run over by a freight train.

That's when the jokes start flying and the real fun starts.

We ended up heading out to a pool hall nearby to ingest the sweet nectar of the gods and to see who would end up paying for most of it. Over the course of the next 3 hours, we drank, we played pool and talked the most shit I've heard in months. That's how we bond. We bond over beer and laughter at another person's expense.

These get-togethers although rare, are something I definitely look forward to.