This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

"oh man let's go climb a hill and watch some fucking stars"

Man do that shit anyway

Impulsiveness is awesome!

except when it's not

you will be more satisfied being honest with yourself having done something and not cared instead of making excuses as to why it's ok

I know, and as far as friends go mine are pretty up there on the bitch-tits scale (I know one of you might be reading this, so hello ) - that's totes a real thing and not something I just made up.

It's more that people ask "ok, but explain to me why you went to the park after that gig and climbed trees and scared the crap out of each other while failing to find a bridge or joggers to scare the crap out of instead", and mentioning you had a drink at the gig makes it totally ok in this modern day and age. Doing it sober (or "sober", considering like I mentioned I've never gotten close to bathroom-redecoratingly drunk) just makes you a weirdo.

Then again we bought a five-and-a-half-foot paper machie Día de los Muertos-esque figure (who was called "Michael Jackson" by the craft store owners for some reason), and took turns carrying his awkward arse all the way back to my mate's. We stopped at a cafe and caught a bus, and did this in broad daylight because the craft store in question wasn't open late, but more because we were that goddamn awesome. The bros agreed to call him Alejandro because one of them is the biggest film nerd.

^The point I think I was making with the above tangent is that we're not above doing silly shit, but a drink or two is accepted social signalling for a night where shit's going to go down. Maybe it's as physiologically negligible as the right pair of shoes, or listening to the right kind of music before a night out, but it's just part of the atmosphere for me, I guess. I'm pretty sure I'm only a social drinker - I don't drink alcoholic beverages at home.

My friends and I have all grown out of the rebellious teenage drinking years and are, as far as Facebook anecdotes go, predominantly responsible drinkers. Having said that, the main gig pub does a mean ginger beer, which is my only exception to the "no voluntary beers" rule.