PARTYING IN DC

This may sound very strange considering how long we've been living together, but last night was the first time that Maria, Yan, and I went out drinking... it felt more complete to have all 3 of us there as opposed to the other time, when it was just me, Yan, and Nathan.  We went to a bar and a club last night at Dupont Circle and met up with some of Maria and Yan's guy friends.  For the most part of last night, I was very buzzed and so I was having tons of fun.  I discovered the secret to getting drunk on a budget last night!  From now on, I'm going to start off each night with a tequila shot and then move on to other drinks.  Strangely enough, I have a better tolerance for the taste of tequila than for most other alcoholic drinks.  The advantage is that tequila is quite strong and takes effect almost immediately; thus it is great for low-budget drinking.   Last night, I had my first cosmo and a shooter called come cosi (I don't know how to spell it).  Both tasted very good, but had little effect on me until my shot of tequila.  After that shot, I was high for the rest of the night and I think I did many unspeakable things... haha.  At one point, Yan and Maria's friend told me I was hot... imagine that!  (hm.. either that or he asked me if I was hot)  I didn't even know how to respond to a comment like that and so I just said "thank you" to him.  He seemed a bit disappointed... but oh well, it was probably the alcohol talking anyway.

The concept of hanging out at a bar or a club is still very strange to me.  It makes little sense that we would choose to go to a place so dimly lit that you can barely see the other person's face and so loud that your conversation is reduced to simple commands and/or very short sentences of a 3rd or 4th grader.  In addition, you pay 10 times more for alcohol and you are crammed onto this tiny of a dance floor where you are squished like sardines.  You may wonder why I keep coming back to places like this, right?  I don't know the answer myself!  For most of the time, I go for the experience, I go to meet guys, and I go to shed my sorrows.  The advantage of the darkness is that you can do more risque things without feeling embarrassed and the advantage of the loud music is that you can get closer to the other person without feeling like you are invading their personal space.  But still, I don't enjoy bars and clubs as much as I probably should.  The fun I get there is so fleeting and there's always the consequence to drinking.  The kind of fun I like is the more innocent... the trips to Disneyland and to the beach.  I like the wholesomeness of this kind of fun and the warm fuzzy feelings that accompany these trips.  Can you tell how much I miss California?  Drinking I can do perhaps once a month, but Disneyland and the beach, I can do every day!