About 2-3 times a year, I get absurdly wasted. Last night was my first of ‘08.
I’ll blame it on the sunshine. The sunshine is what caused me to blow off all of the crap I needed to do on Saturday and instead sit out on the lawn all day with my neighbors. Naturally, we eventually got hungry, which meant that we HAD to go get tacos, and duh, how can one possibly eat tacos without three 16-ounce margaritas?
After that, the next logical step was to pick a bunch of mint from someone’s front lawn—and, of course, make mojitos! And then share a bottle of wine! And then go out for beers at a bar!
At one point I actually did laps around the courtyard, chasing my neighbor’s 95-pound bull mastiff in circles. Until I fell in the mud.
And then, at the bar, we started talking politics. MDIC doesn’t do politeness when she’s drunk (in fact, she usually just says whatever the hell comes to mind), so “talking politics” was more like me shouting this on the top of my lungs: “HILLARY CLINTON IS A GODDAMN REPUBLICAN! THE LAST THING WE FUCKING NEED IS ANOTHER FAKE DEMOCRAT IN THE GODDAMN WHITE HOUSE! FUCK CLINTON! GO OBAMA!”
A woman from the table next to us came over and told us that we should learn to be quieter in public because it’s rude to everyone else, especially considering how offensive and inappropriate we were being. That didn’t go over well for me, and when she left I stood up and started shouting, “WELL, I GUESS I BETTER LEAVE THEN, SINCE SOME PEOPLE FIND ME OFFENSIVE.”
My neighbor convinced me to stay, and then launched into a loud tirade of her own about how the problem with America today is that no one is allowed to talk about the things that really matter and it is the people squelching dialogue who are destroying democracy as we know it. You can bet that we were the most popular table on the whole patio!
So I need your advice. Last night I told my neighbors that I have never seen Star Wars. Well, I watched the first one but I don’t think I saw the whole thing and it was when my father was still alive, so that had to have been nearly 20 years ago. Point is, I can’t remember it. So they suggested we rent all 6 (7?) movies and watch them from start to finish—from Episode I to whatever the last one is called.
I argued that we should watch it in chronological sequence, because what if watching it in order means that I don’t like it as much as the rest of the world does? If I don’t start with the original Star Wars, my experience may not be as sacred. On the other hand, if we begin with Episode I, which I’ve heard was sucky, then we’ll wade through the bad ones and end with a bang. Plus, the plotline may make more sense. Maybe I’ll gain some sort of supreme Star Wars understanding that no one else in the galaxy has had the opportunity to glean simply because everyone else watched the movies out of order!
It really is a quandary and it is of the utmost importance that we solve this immediately. WWTBD? (What would the blogosphere do?) Submit your advice in the comments.
I AM SO HUNGOVER.
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1 e // Feb 24, 2008 at 10:45 pm
This happened to me a few years back–at 23, I had not seen any of them. A bunch of true fanatics (they quoted fan fic throughout–that’s dedication. Or something.), they insisted in seeing them in the original order. The movie equivalent of reading the Narnia books in the order they were penned.
I have to say–it was intresting. While I did not enjoy the movies nearly as much as those who had grown up with them, I appreciated seeing the films with true fans. They made the 12 hours worth it….
2 Presidential election 2008 |Republicans Vs. Democrats » Drinking MDIC-style // Feb 25, 2008 at 12:56 am
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3 TimsHead // Feb 25, 2008 at 3:47 am
I enjoy being a loud drunk once in a rare while, yet I don’t like loud drunks. Not sure if this makes me a hypocrite or just plays into my self-loathing.
Your friend has a point. There are no civil discussions of politics like in the French salons or whatnot. We have TV shows where Bill O’Reilly or Chris Matthews and their guests all shout at once, none of them listening to anyone else’s extreme positions or engaging in true discourse. We are taught that you are for us or against us, it’s all about the oil, it’s the economy stupid and if you don’t agree than you’re just a bad person. This is why we tend to get the leaders we deserve.
I’d recommend starting with actual first Star Wars, the one with Luke and Leia. Going from the newer to the older would be jarring with the dropoff of technology. Also, the newer ones sucked, so it would keep you from getting discouraged before seeing the original ones … which are worth seeing for their pop-cultural value.
4 fern_forest // Feb 25, 2008 at 7:36 am
thank god someone else will call out hillary clinton. i swear when i say such things it is akin to saying, i have scales underneath my clothes. spit on her.
i didn’t see star wars until i was in my mid-twenties, too. definitely the ones from the 70s are good movies. i liked them a lot. i was like, ooohhh… so that’s why everyone loves these movies… they’re really good. i liked the new ones in the theatre too, but mostly because i think the cinematography was really good and i love to watch a movie with a running orchestra as its soundtrack. go for the 70’s version first. see if you like them.
hope you are feeling better. gatorade for hydration, something really greasy to fill your stomach and make it quit hurting, and a soda to settle it from there. oh - and a really long nap. that’s my stand-by remedy. now if you’ll excuse me, i have the day off of work and i’m going to go sip mini bottles of vodka.
5 MaximaBella // Feb 25, 2008 at 8:52 am
with that mix of cocktails, Im not suprised you are hungover..you should be dead!
I agree w/ the advice above, but add a really good multi-vitamin to the concoction
6 Sasha // Feb 25, 2008 at 2:36 pm
i hadnt seen star wars either (unless you count the time i fell asleep in the movie theater after katie puked next me back in highschool). matt and i watched them all before the last one (episode three?) came out. i suggest you start with the originals and then watch the new ones. ill be curious to see what you think about them… i miss getting drunk with you!
7 lizzy // Feb 25, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I’m not a fan of Star Wars so I’m probably of no help to you.
If you’re going to spew, spew into this (holds out dixie cup). Here’s one more thing that sucks about aging. Hangovers are no longer headaches and that’s it. Hangovers become 2-3 day full-body affairs that make you wish you were dead. And they have some sort of memory-erasing quality that makes one ponder things like “is it a good idea to do all these tequila shots?” and then later find yourself standing on a table dancing to “Sweet Caroline.” and even though it wasn’t a good idea last time, somehow you don’t remember.
8 malahat sunset // Feb 25, 2008 at 11:21 pm
MDIC, definitely see the movies in the order they were released, for all of the above-mentioned reasons. I personally prefer Episodes 4-6: better acting, better dialogue (after episode 1 came out, someone complained about the awful wooden dialogue, referring to it as “Lucas lines”), better characters, better everything (even though, admitedly, some seams did show in some of the special effects).
By the way, your language at the bar made me think of a bit from the movie “Jagged Edge”: Glenn Close says to Robert Loggia’s constantly foul-mouthed character “Did your mother ever wash your mouth out with soap?” He replies “Yeah, but it didn’t do a fuckin’ bit a good.” My point? Don’t have one. It just reminded me.
9 Un Joe // Feb 26, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Oh Dear , This does not sound too flattering.
The Lady was just voicing her opinion except
a little more directly….
10 michael5000 // Feb 26, 2008 at 9:23 pm
MDIC, MDIC…. Next time you are going to get hammered and fall down in the mud, please have the common courtesy to let me know so I can go up there and get some footage for YouTube. Sounds like an awesome night.
I LOVED Star Wars movies!!! When I was a child! Watching them as an adult is pretty tedious, although I stopped after the first one of the “new” ones, so maybe the more recent ones are marvy, who knows. But you don’t like movies you haven’t already seen, so why take on six of ‘em at once?
11 drew // Feb 29, 2008 at 1:42 am
If nothing else, watch “Empire Strikes Back”
It’s great great great. The rest are a “meh,” especially if there’s no nostalgia for you. I can safely watch and enjoy the original 3. Making fun of Mark Hammel the whole way through
12 Maude // Feb 29, 2008 at 9:42 am
Don’t even bother with the new Star Wars–get as large a screen as you can and enjoy the first films (last episodes). The new films are an insult to the originals.
And yes Clinton is a Republican but maybe Obama is too.
M
13 Rebel // Mar 3, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Yeah… alcohol & politics - that’s a combo that always goes over well.
As for the Star Wars episodes…. just watch the original 3. Pretend the “prequels” don’t exist. You’ll be happier I promise.