May 26, 2006 18:54
here is something bizarre about me:
as a child i was obsessed with fishing and marine biology. i didnt wake up early for cartoons, but to see old men catch fish. i loved it!
as an only child i had to entertain myself, so i spent a lot of time pretending in the bath, to be a scuba diver. and also in the swimming pool. id imagine myself swimming through different levels of the ocean, on the deep end id dive and tell myself, SWIM FAST! this area is infested with sharks! and beyond the rope is lion fish. do you know if you are stung by one of these the only cure is BOILING WATER!
and then, as i got closer to the shallow, the water became less and less treacherous, finally at the shallow end where id emerge gapsping for air, i imagined sweet creatures like seahorses and star fish.
ive been thinking about drinking, why grown ups drink. the way they act when they drink. they laugh more and tell more jokes and dance and their inhibitions are down so they say things they wouldnt ordinarily say and they forgive people for being dumb easier. . .
they drink to become kids again.
i want to be drunk without drinking.