I nearly won though, dammit.

[tahariel]

Went to see my friend Dan's one-man show of Hedwig and the Angry Inch tonight, and as expected it was totally amazing. Dan is super talented so it was great to actually see him perform.

Unfortunately I volunteered for a mini contest during the show, not knowing that the first round was to be a 'who can drink a pint fastest' competition. As most of you know, I don't drink at all and never have. However, not wanting to spoil Dan's show by balking, and being really, really competitive, I downed about 7/8ths of a pint in under 30 seconds and only lost to the other guy because I had to stop to breathe.

This is really horrible. Why do people do this on purpose? My knees got all wobbly immediately and I'm all hot and flushy like I get when I'm ill and it's just really horrible. I feel like there's something disgusting inside me and then I had to drink a pint of water my friend Sally gave me and now I have too much liquid inside me and I'm all sloshy. I drove myself home fine (I'm mentally fine and my legs are better than they were at first) and I'm okay but this is just really horrible and I definitely don't want to do this again. Why do you like this, drinking people?! Bleurgh. I've eaten a bowl of cereal and drank the milk and I'm going to bed now. If I wake up with a hangover I will be seriously unimpressed.

On the plus side, my friends promised not to tell Dan how rubbish I feel, so at least I helped him feel confident on stage and made the show go well for that little part.

(Yes, I'm a lightweight, as I always suspected. But in my defence I never drink alcohol and downed that pint in under 30 seconds. And I nearly won, dammit. If I hadn't had to stop to breathe I would have won. And I really wish I had won, even though this is horrible, because I really, really like to win. Yes this is dumb. No I don't care.)

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Comments

[smoonyc.livejournal.com]

Well like you said, you're usually not downing a pint in 30 seconds so it typically doesn't hit you that hard at first, even if your a lightweight. However, if you're able to build up a tolerance and not overdo it, having a slight buzz is nice ;)

[nyargles.livejournal.com]

Because most of us don't drink enough to make us nauseous! XDDD Also, beer is just an icky drink. At least drink something that tastes nice, I say. :3 How are you feeling today?

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

I wasn't nauseous, I was just hot flushing like I do when I'm ill, and it was horrible :( I'm fine today, no residuals. Won't be repeating it.

[nyargles.livejournal.com]

Aww *snugs* At least you don't have a hangover!

But I get the hot flushing too because I'm asian. Which is usually why I drink very slowly and start after everyone else. But if I carried on drinking alcohol, I stop caring about it? XD

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

I don't drink for a variety of reasons, ranging from being a control freak, finding it unnecessary, dislike of the taste (I have tried plenty of different things and disliked all of them) on top of the fact that regular drinking can raise the risk of aneurysms, which is what killed my Mum. So I have no desire to try and build up a tolerance or stop caring about it, which to me would be even worse. I'm not sure Dan thought about the fact, either, that I'm not that big a person so asking me to down a pint - whether I drank or not - may not have been a good idea. Not that I'll tell him so.

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

...I just reread my first reply and realised it comes off quite snappish and rude. I'm really sorry, I didn't mean it that way. People keep asking me if I'm okay and sometimes that makes me fractious.