writing in drunkenness
July 23, 2006
catesbool
ever tried writing when you are drunk?
i know this is a first time for me.
i had one of the most perfect day today. the one that nothing is supposed to go wrong and then things start happening and you think how lucky can i get (or unlucky) and then like the cat i am, i end up landing on my feet.
today, i woke up at 11 in the morning. it was nice and i wanted to stay up all curled up in bed until my stomach grumbled and i remembered that my plants are even hungrier than i am coz i haven’t fed them any water for a week already. and i said, ok i’m gonna wake up now and water them. so i wake up and get up from bed and then open up my window ready to say "HELLO SUNSHINE!!!" only to open up my windows nearly jumping out of my skin.
coz i’ve always woken up to greet the plants in my garden outside the window (yep, i even cry when the gardeners come to mow my poppies) but this time, i couldn’t see the plants coz my neighbors kind of placed all his clothes out abd laid them out on top of the plants to dry out and oh my god, the only thing i can think about is "poor plants, he’s killing ‘em!". and then i go about my way and remember i’m supposed to water the little plants i have in my room and i water them and then all of a sudden, i nearly jump out of my skin when my neighbor appears out of nowhere in front of my window. he goes so casually, picks up his clothes from the plants, greets me good morning and all i can do is say yeah, hi! and oh my god, i’m thinking uh, where did he just came from again?
so i stay up all day, doing nothing just waiting for my husband to go online. and then my little brianne goes online and she shows me our family picture which she pasted on a coupon band and then i ask her what’s written on it. then she casually tells me that she wrote down: "Dear God, thanks for giving me a great family and a great mom and a great dad" and i was like waaaaahhhhhhh!!!! where did my daughter come from? how can i have such a sweet daughter when i’m really not a very sweet person?
and then soon enough, it’s 6pm and onie drops by my room for a chat and then leaves after half an hour. i get ready, take a shower coz i was looking forward to seeing pirates of the carribean in theaters. then i learn from adrianus that rommel is not picking up his phone and is nowhere to be found and it looks like he’s nowhere to be found and he’s not coming with us to the movies. and then my terrible temper just flies out of nowhere and i got so mad, so mad, so mad.
but we proceeded going to pathe anyway and on the way, met hermine and pem and pem’s sister and neice. and surprise, surprise (Which did not really surprise me now) the cinema has run out of tickets to sell already and so i was mad again. then i tell adrianus that i will get myself a big hamburger and then crash in on nancy and ayanda.
so adrianus and i went inside the mcdonalds beside the cinema and i order for a quarter pounder with fries and sprite and it’s 5.25 euros and i couldn’t care less coz i was already hungry and cursing and mad. we take our orders out and who do i bump with on the way there? it was nancy and ayanda and i go with them, leaving adrianus to go back home by himself which i know he was perfectly able to do himself.
so i ended up with nancy and ayanda and we go off to the bar in front of oudemolstraat where ayanda lives for a drink. we take our drinks outside the bar/cafe or whatever and sit down. i enjoyed my dry white wine and then pretty soon, pem and her sister and niece comes over to join us, not being able to find a good movie to see either. we sit there and enjoy each other’s company when this guy ( i don’t know from where but he’s no dutch) comes to buy all of us a drink. so i had my second glass of white wine and then maya comes along and joins us too. then i had my third glass of wine and then before i knew it, naik and daniella comes along also to join us and i was having my 4th glass of white wine.
and i got so tipsy i was dancing in the street with ayanda and maya. and then it was time to go home.
we dropped by ayanda’s place (which was really just three steps away from the bar where we had our drinks) and i went off to pee only to find a ghost watching me and i said to the ghost, oh go away, i’m too drunk to even pay attention to you.
then off we go with maya leading me (coz i couldn’t really walk a straight line) and i was really glad and thankful that rommel did not go with us to the movies and that the cinema has already run out of tickets to sell for the movie.
and i said, oh my god i had a really great time tonight being drunk and myself and i didn’t care. and now i’m writing these down in a half-drunken state and oh, hihihihihi!!!! i’m so happy and tipsy.
ok. time for me to sleep. i could hardly keep my eyes open and i am so glad i really showered at 730 tonight. coz that means i only need to brush my teeth and i don’t have to worry of i misspelled some words.
and i know now what is really pleasant and perfect this day: i had a few drinks with people who will let you be yourself and they will safely take you home.
and now, i’m writing in a very drunken state and i don’t even know what shit i’m churning out.
and you know, it really feels good tok know that even when i felt like a door had been slammed shut against my face, i find that God gives me room to grow and experience my life with other people who keeps on opening up their hearts to me.
ces’t la vie! and i will be here, just plain being drunk…
and i know what? it’s not so bad being me, drunk and all…
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