so i bought i ticket to see west side story. I went with Danny and two other people from work; Jay and Lauren.

Anyway i like to believe im pretty good with alcohol. You know generally I drink a lot and it just doesnt ever kick in. Emma has frequently felt the same way. However, last night for whatever reason it was different.

So Jay (who luckily has a company car/petrol card lucky bastard) picked us up at 6 and we drove in. We went to Star City Casino first in search of some food. BUT turns out ALEX (who seems to have monopolised the restaurants of Star City) is a very mean man and charges too much for food?

so we made our way to the Lyric and found this place that sold MINIBURGERS?!!!! I wanted one so I could eat it and pretend I'm a giant? but sadly the line was too long. so we settled for a bar/pub like place and bought some pizzas and drinks. for my second beverage i got a GRASSHOPPER which is just a huge glass of MINTCHOCALCOHOLICICECREAMY GOODNESS. but i had to skull it cuz we were running late. and the i got the worst brain freeze of my life. I wanted to die, right then and there. but im glad i didnt in hindsight. cuz the rest of the night was pretty good. wouldnt have wanted to miss that on account of a little death now would i ?

so we run to the theatre and theyre yelling out "last call!!" like theyre tough shits and all. and still didnt let us in? so we LOGICALLY bought another drink to wait out the ten minutes before we could be taken in quietly.

So by now im starting to feel a bit dizzy. Danny i believe had had one more drink than i had? (although god knows what was in the grasshopper?) And they had been downed in a matter of ten minutes. so he was also complaining of some dizziness. but i mean WE EMBRACED THAT SHIT. By which I mean we proceeded to be led to our seats where we spent the first ten minutes trying to open/eat our pringles and malteesers as silently as possible.

IT ISNT POSSIBLE.

I swear i was louder than the guy on stage? i felt sorry for Jay next to me, cuz me and Danny just kept crunching and giggling. double blacks in one hand, chips in the other.

i should note that Jay was driving. so he couldnt drink much, so the hilarity of our noisiness wasnt really appreciated by him as much as it was by us.... he told me at least once that we'd get ourselves kicked out.

Anyway, the PLAY was amazing. I only wish I could remember the first half better? i remember the Keep Cool song. they jumped like in the poster? It was great. I sort of wish the lead had been more fun to look at ? haha. But then... being drunk turned on me. I know right? who would have thought alcohol would have NEGATIVE concequences?

You see sitting in the dark, not moving, listening to a bunch of slow songs and being rather tipsy... it makes you sleepy? I'd be lying if I said that I didnt struggle to keep my eyes open once or twice. The annoying part being I didnt WANT to sleep. I actually really liked the play. But i had no control. Alcohol 1 Mary 0?

I was glad to hear that Danny had had the same problem when we talking during the intermission. I felt a little less guilty then? I was rather impressed by how much control I had to be honest. The really posh elderly woman in the fur coat and wearing pearls whos bag i knocked out of her hands in the bathroom was less impressed.

ANYWAY. Then Danny and I found Jay in the line at the bar. he was getting coke (driving) but of course Lauren, Danny and I thought it would be a great idea to buy another drink. Strangely however I remember the entire second half.

The rest of the show and stuff passed by pretty uneventfully which tbh is probs a good thing yes? but then in the car we got a bit enthusiastic with the sing a longs? teenage dirtbag, tribute and mr. brightside were high on the list of course.

so then we get home and Jay and Lauren go off on their merry way. and Danny and I obviously knew it would be stupid to throw in the towel at only 11pm? why stop now when the night had been going so well? so we set up the fire on my balcony and broke out some of his double blacks.

GUYS if you ever need to keep your drinks cold I personally suggest getting a huge bowl and proceeding to fill it with ice that you can just keep using to refill your cups with. if youre worried about it melting youre obviously not drinking fast enough.

Had some interesting conversations around the fire that probably shouldnt be repeated here. so i wont repeat them here. haha you thought i was going too. sucked in.

Dad had to pick grace up from maccas at 2 so it was only right of us to go with and buy two medium 10pack nugget meals which we soon demolished. which indicated bed time. sleep was good.

work today and the hangover and the current headache im still suffering from (it's 5.40pm) is not so great, but dare i say completely worth it?

Danny where did our maccas cookies go?


HOPEYOUENJOYED my playbyplay of my night??

i apologise for the crap punctuation and the thousands of spelling mistakes i probably made. but i cant be bothered editing this really long post.


lesson learnt: dont skull ice cream cocktails. EVER. even if an octopus or some equally as random creature is chasing you. just dont do it.