A brief alcohol-inspired rant.

[subliminalt]

Alcohol. It may make me talk more, but it doesn't make me more sociable. If anything, I become more analytical, if more vocal about it. I'm still having trouble socializing like any other normal human person. I can do the drunken "HEY MAN, WHASS YOUR NAME? Oh, awesome (name), I'm Nelson" and add a bit of flair which I believe makes me memorable, and that's a decent start I suppose. But I can't seem to get much farther than that, and in any case I need to learn how to do this sober, how to willfully let go and just talk to anyone. It's like anything else: it just takes practice. Sure you'll always feel that anxiety about it, but you learn to cope with it, possibly even use the discomfort to enhance your performance. Just like a cold pool. I've used this metaphor before, I'm not elaborating on it.

I'ma go drink water to prevent the hangovers.

PS: I still proofread, even while quite drunk. This only reinforces my first point.