i've been super duper busy lately, xmas shopping and helping organize a party that went down last night... my best friend got a martini book for his birthday, so i suggested having a martini party for the holidays. we'll make it a pot luck of booze and everyone will bring a bottle of something. and he said, yeah, but martinis are so strong that everyone will be wasted by 9:00. and i said, well we should eat a big starchy meal before we start drinking. so, he made vegetarian shepherds pie (with fake meat) and i made a corn casserole, and this other girl brought death by chocolate for dessert.
well i'll tell you, it worked- we were all drinking like superheroes! i drank 1/2 a "christmas martini"- that tasted like rocket fuel so i moved on to appletinis- yummy. i had 3 of those (minus the amount i spilled on the front of my shirt at the end of the night). it acutally wound up being a shot and martini party, because before the party i got my present from jamie- a shot recipie book! i did maaaaany shots... grasshoppers, peppermint paddy, woo woo, candy cane, after 8, kamikaze, and the dreaded brain hemmorhage- i saw the picture in the book and it looked so disgusting that i HAD to try it. you fill the shot glass 3/4 full with peppermint schnapps, add a layer of baileys, and a drop of grenadine for bloody effect. the baileys coagulates into this ball which feels kinda chunky on the way down. GROSS.
i defintely satisfied my curiousity on that one (and the curiousity of the other people i persuaded to do one with me)
well it all went well, everyone had lots of fun. this is what the holidays are all about- being around your friends and family and just having a good time. i felt kinda bad for my friend's husband whos a recovering alcholic, because every other person there was drinking in obscene amounts. he seemed to have alot of fun anyway... hes really cool like that. he's been sober for a few years and really doesn't seem to have any difficulties being around alcohol... and doesn't judge anybody or anything either.
i eventually passed out on the couch with all my clothes on, and someone put a blanket on me at some point.
well i'll tell you, it worked- we were all drinking like superheroes! i drank 1/2 a "christmas martini"- that tasted like rocket fuel so i moved on to appletinis- yummy. i had 3 of those (minus the amount i spilled on the front of my shirt at the end of the night). it acutally wound up being a shot and martini party, because before the party i got my present from jamie- a shot recipie book! i did maaaaany shots... grasshoppers, peppermint paddy, woo woo, candy cane, after 8, kamikaze, and the dreaded brain hemmorhage- i saw the picture in the book and it looked so disgusting that i HAD to try it. you fill the shot glass 3/4 full with peppermint schnapps, add a layer of baileys, and a drop of grenadine for bloody effect. the baileys coagulates into this ball which feels kinda chunky on the way down. GROSS.
i defintely satisfied my curiousity on that one (and the curiousity of the other people i persuaded to do one with me)
well it all went well, everyone had lots of fun. this is what the holidays are all about- being around your friends and family and just having a good time. i felt kinda bad for my friend's husband whos a recovering alcholic, because every other person there was drinking in obscene amounts. he seemed to have alot of fun anyway... hes really cool like that. he's been sober for a few years and really doesn't seem to have any difficulties being around alcohol... and doesn't judge anybody or anything either.
i eventually passed out on the couch with all my clothes on, and someone put a blanket on me at some point.
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herpes:
it was not a fun time. I drove all the way to LI on business earlier, then could not find the shop I was supposed to go to, drove in LI traffic for like 4 hours, and went back upstate once rush hour hit. I never even met the girl in person, but I talked with her and she was not mad, she seems like just as much of a goofball as me, so she didnt seem mad at all... I am supposed to go back down after christmas...
it was not a fun time. I drove all the way to LI on business earlier, then could not find the shop I was supposed to go to, drove in LI traffic for like 4 hours, and went back upstate once rush hour hit. I never even met the girl in person, but I talked with her and she was not mad, she seems like just as much of a goofball as me, so she didnt seem mad at all... I am supposed to go back down after christmas... 
_bossanova_:
Happy Holidays