Spewing in the New Year

Can we kiwis drink? Was I asked this? I like to think so. Gives some sort of sad reasoning as to why I did what I did to myself.

Cosima, Justin, my sister and I joined Chris and her friends for New Years. I knew drinking games were going down so I started pushing for them early. I didn't want an all at once drinking session. Nicer when it is spread out I reckon. So we began shortly after dinner. AB... did we play any others? Anyway, when we hit off for town I was happy but not wasted and I slipped in a couple of beers for town into my jeans. When we got to the club I downed these and was pretty good for a night out. Not sure on the others but am guessing they were all good too.

Then drinks started coming in. I'd taken no money out and I'm not sure where they all came from but I know Chris bought up. Shots (Cock sucking cowboys maybe?) and beer were there all night. We'd also had champagne, cida, wine and beer back in the flat so avoiding the mixing of drinks was not gonna happen.

But I remember drinking up. I remember pouring my beer out into other people's glasses to avoid drinking it but them seeing me and making me drink it all anyways. I even remember going outside the club to throw up in the snow and then walking back in and being given another drink. By now I think I had gone from happy to wasted, skipping drunk on the way.

I don't remember going home. Chris walked me. Says I wouldn't stay there but kept saying i wanted to go out again and then I jammed my finger in the door (nail is still black a month later with little blood spots all over the fleshy part too).

(pics of finger)


I woke up to find I had thrown up on my sleeping bag. In 23 years, including four at university and 8 months of travelling, I'd never managed that before. Bugger! Not a great start to the year. Missed out on the next day of snow. Missed out on feeling great about New Years. Hell, I pretty much missed out on New Years, remembering little of the night at all but I do remember the count down.

My new years resolution - If I don't want a drink, man up and say so!