I'm 21!
Well yesterday was my 21st birthday and it was quite a good time!
My friends from the Art Ed. department invited me over to have a drink at their place so I could hang out with the couple of them who weren't 21 yet, then the 21-year-olds took me to the local bar, The Cornerstone. I invited my friend Lindsey who had just turned 21 the day before to come out with us, as well as our friend Amber who turned 21 in January but didn't get to have much of a celebration due to some obnoxiously drunk people at her party.
My first drink was a shot of 99 Blackberries in a glass of fruit punch. It was ok, I already felt a bit dizzy drinking it but I got over it by the time I finished drinking the cup. Next we went to the bar where I had a few sips of beer which was God-awful. I think it was probably weak to begin with and/or watered down because it was just kind of tangy water. Next I tried a bit of a cranberry/vodka mix, something that tasted like lemonade, and a Rum and Coke. I wasn't really fond of any of them. The lemonade thing tasted fine but, like most of the drinks, just reminded me of rubbing alcohol. Then I had a Fuzzy Navel, which was a 99 Peaches/Orange Juice mix and was the only drink I liked and finished at the bar.
Lindsey, Amber, and I left after that at around midnight. Lindsey went home and Amber and I went to my former roommate Ryan's new off-campus townhouse to have a few drinks with him. Since I never drank when I was underage and he did he was always excited to have a drink with me when I finally came of age. I had a Straub beer at his place, which he and our other roommate, Ben, always raved about. He said it was a bit old and therefore not a great representation of the Straub company, but I still liked it much more than the beer from the Corner Stone and finished it. While at his house, with one of his new roommates, his ex-girlfriend, two other girls, and Amber, we played a very fun game called Crud. It's played on a pool table with just the Cue Ball and 8-Ball. The Cue ball is used to knock the 8-Ball around the table; everyone takes a turn in rotation; shots can only be taken from either end of the table, not the middle; if the 8-Ball stops moving before the person hits it with the Cue Ball they get a letter (like Horse, you're out if you spell "CRUD"), and if someone knocks the 8-Ball into one of the pockets the person after them loses their turn and gets a letter. It was a lot of fun :)
I ended up going home around 1 or 2, never got drunk, threw up, or had a hangover. All in all alcohol was fine, but nothing that I'm really dying to have again. It's not very tasty and I don't find the prospect of being drunk all that appealing. I am glad, however, that I will no longer have to be the only person not drinking at parties anymore. That always felt kind of weird.
My friends from the Art Ed. department invited me over to have a drink at their place so I could hang out with the couple of them who weren't 21 yet, then the 21-year-olds took me to the local bar, The Cornerstone. I invited my friend Lindsey who had just turned 21 the day before to come out with us, as well as our friend Amber who turned 21 in January but didn't get to have much of a celebration due to some obnoxiously drunk people at her party.
My first drink was a shot of 99 Blackberries in a glass of fruit punch. It was ok, I already felt a bit dizzy drinking it but I got over it by the time I finished drinking the cup. Next we went to the bar where I had a few sips of beer which was God-awful. I think it was probably weak to begin with and/or watered down because it was just kind of tangy water. Next I tried a bit of a cranberry/vodka mix, something that tasted like lemonade, and a Rum and Coke. I wasn't really fond of any of them. The lemonade thing tasted fine but, like most of the drinks, just reminded me of rubbing alcohol. Then I had a Fuzzy Navel, which was a 99 Peaches/Orange Juice mix and was the only drink I liked and finished at the bar.
Lindsey, Amber, and I left after that at around midnight. Lindsey went home and Amber and I went to my former roommate Ryan's new off-campus townhouse to have a few drinks with him. Since I never drank when I was underage and he did he was always excited to have a drink with me when I finally came of age. I had a Straub beer at his place, which he and our other roommate, Ben, always raved about. He said it was a bit old and therefore not a great representation of the Straub company, but I still liked it much more than the beer from the Corner Stone and finished it. While at his house, with one of his new roommates, his ex-girlfriend, two other girls, and Amber, we played a very fun game called Crud. It's played on a pool table with just the Cue Ball and 8-Ball. The Cue ball is used to knock the 8-Ball around the table; everyone takes a turn in rotation; shots can only be taken from either end of the table, not the middle; if the 8-Ball stops moving before the person hits it with the Cue Ball they get a letter (like Horse, you're out if you spell "CRUD"), and if someone knocks the 8-Ball into one of the pockets the person after them loses their turn and gets a letter. It was a lot of fun :)
I ended up going home around 1 or 2, never got drunk, threw up, or had a hangover. All in all alcohol was fine, but nothing that I'm really dying to have again. It's not very tasty and I don't find the prospect of being drunk all that appealing. I am glad, however, that I will no longer have to be the only person not drinking at parties anymore. That always felt kind of weird.