Very Sober Drunk Night

"You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel."
- Bloodhound Gang, Bad Touch

Can barely keep my eyes open, but this blog is a therapy for me. There isn't anything wrong tonight, on the contrary I am in a fantastic mood. I just need to keep up the habit.

Tonight, Wrecking Ball and I went with Jewel and her new boyfriend to Karaoke Night at boom! nightclub. (It was Jewel's 20th birthday that I celebrated last Thursday, I just hadn't decided on her nickname yet.) She left with him, and Wrecking Ball and I stayed and danced until the bar closed, and then we went to McDonalds at 2:30 am. The funny thing is, we were both entirely sober. Staying at the bar until it closes and then going to McDonalds probably isn't something many people have done while sober.

I dove headfirst out of my comfort zone and sang a song for karaoke. I sang ABBA's Mamma Mia. I belted most of it - I figured everybody except for Wrecking Ball, Jewel and Jewel's date would assume I was hammered anyway. It felt pretty good. It was a little frightening, and it really concerned me that I couldn't hear my own voice, so I didn't know how I was doing. But when I finished, more than just my friends cheered. That was good - the crowd that night certainly wasn't applauding politely for everyone no matter what. There were a few acts that were met with awkward silences.

Speaking of "awkward," being at a bar while sober is very strange. It took a while for Wrecking Ball and I to get into a comfortable swing. To be honest, I wanted to be all over him as we danced, but I tried to follow what he seemed to want. We didn't dance even remotely inappropriately until Bad Touch came on near the end of the night - I think it was the second to last song to which we danced. But even when our dance moves were more shuffle and sway than bump and grind, I was having a fantastic time. Wrecking Ball admitted when we left that dancing while sober was a bit outside of his comfort zone. I told him being in a crowd full of drunks while sober was outside of my comfort zone, so we were pretty much equal anyway.