movies, music, and booze

ok. it is almost 11:00. my housemates are having a party. i am not opposed to parties or them having one.
(they aren't really my housemates, i live in a garage apt in the back, we share a backyard and a washer and dryer. i don't even get to use the driveway!!!)

but bad reggea/hip hop/rap music? come on! i think sean paul was just playing. srsly!!
but then again i probably would have the worst party music ever...
some horrible pop/electronic/experimental stuff blasting from my macbook.


greg and i had a "date night" tonight. but it wasn't really. we were both incredibly stuffed from lunch so we decided to do take out from the Olive Garden and watch 300. which strangely i am way more into than greg. we didn't finish it b/c we had made plans to go see "chuck and larry" at the theatres.

(before we saw 300 we took olive to the dog park. she was fantastic and lovely and amazing and a great dog!!!)

so we went to the movie theatre and it was packed. from that moment greg and i made a vow that unless it was movie that we truly cared about we would not see a movie on the weekend.
of course our movie was basically sold out and people were all sitting with a seat btwn them and just kind of stared at us dumbly as we were scanning for seats. lame. finally a couple moved over and we were grateful but they seemed to put out to notice.

movie pet peeve 1: people who talk at regular volume in the movies. a lot of the time ppl do this during a loud part in the movie thinking it's ok and no one can hear them. they're dumb for thinking that. it's annoying.

movie pet peeve 2: cell phone lights. get off your phone. you can wait two hours to see what your friend texted you about her boyfriend's sister.

movie pet peeve 3: people who TALK on their cell phones during movies. this happened THREE times tonight. all by people who sat next to us. i think the people who moved for us had some type of something going on b/c they left early but STILL.

now for the booze part.
i don't really have a lot to say on this subject but lately i've been thinking about drunkeness and being drunk.
i don't know why people think it is cool to be drunk. i mean it kind of gives you this boast of confidence that let's all of your walls down. you kind of feel invincible and at the top of the world. but then you crash. or you drink more and you regret it horribly.

greg and i made a pact that we would never have more than one drink w/o the other there.
i added a clause today that said "if the drinking was spaced out as in: a mimosa in the morning and a glass of wine at night, it would be ok.
too much can happen off of a drink.

i am not so high and mighty that i have never had a drink in my life...or several.
but when i really think about it. the lack of authenticity that alcohol brings is nothing really to be proud of.
i remember being so appalled when i first came to TCU b/c of how much the campus promoted alcohol (not really the campus, like the dean, but the students, etc). it was just everywhere. it's hard to not get sucked into.

i guess it is just scary how something can change a person.
for better or worse.

now off to bed. i am going to stop being a slacker and acutally study tomorrow.
or that's the plan...