Have you ever been drunk, but only like 70 percent of you is drunk, and the sober 30 percent of you is watching Drunk You but is trapped inside your head and can’t do anything about it? That’s how I was last night. Either I hadn’t eaten enough or I’d drunk too quickly, but before I knew it I was standing in my friend’s kitchen, looking at my image in the mirror as it kept scrolling up before my eyes like a TV with a vertical hold problem. Then I was lying on the dining room floor, while Sober Me wished Drunk Me would just go away.
Matt took me home and I was asleep by 11:30. Some Friday night.
I feel like that most of the time, if you substitute “foolish” for “drunk” and “wise” for “sober.”
I experienced a similar split last nice, but it was more like 70% “Drunken Fool” and 30% “Self-Conscious and Cringing at Myself.” Nice to have seen you out and about.