Booze n' Branches

Watch Wednesday (Week 16)

Stats:
Running Mileage: 263.99/1,000
Push-ups: 2,165/10,000
Sit-ups: 2,130/10,000
Pages Read: 3,312/10,000
Books Completed: 9/25
Words Written: 29,349/100,000

Fasts (Days without)
Internet: 29/100
TV: 41/100
Gaming: 104/100
Meat: 43/100
Junk: 25/100
Booze: 18/100

A Letter to Alcohol

Dear Al,

We've been pretty close friends since we met back in my freshman year at college. I thought you were a little weird at first and I wasn't sure exactly how to act around you. It didn't help that lame Uncle Sam forbid us from hanging out, but we made it work. Those were some good years, and we were practically inseparable when we went to Scotland. 

But I'm four years out of school now and I'm afraid our relationship has stagnated. Sure we've gotten more serious, I got into brewing and I'm able to keep nice liquors in the house for more than a few days, but I'm getting less and less out of this arrangement. Your tastes have gotten REALLY pricey since moving to Boston and you never foot the bill. Our interactions are more exhausting than I remember and I'm in a lot of pain after a night of hanging out. You make me eat bad food and things always get so emotional and intense with you around.

The thing is, Al, I'd like for us to go to being just casual friends, meeting up maybe two or three times a month to catch up and maybe have a little fun. But damnit Al, it's just too hard. 

We have all the same friends and I can't hang out with them without you showing up at some point. EVERYONE thinks you're just the life of the party and I tend to agree with them, but sometimes I wonder if it's all hype. Yeah you have the special way of getting people to relax and feel good about themselves but I see how you treat a lot of people too. You're manipulative and selfish and sometimes downright maniacal. I don't even think you realize the effect you can have on people...

Anyway, I don't know if this letter will change the nature of our relationship or make much of a difference in the long run, (we could end up friends for life,) but I at least wanted you to know how I feel.

Thanks for being there, despite everything.

Michael

Haiku of the Day:

Our show was cancelled
due to a freak lighting surge.
Supremely saddened.

Today's Drawing (inspired by the word "Mythomane" from Dictionary.com's word of the day. It means an individual with a strong propensity for lying or exaggerating.)

Today's "365" Project (Do something with a map)
"T Expansion"