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Rob Likes to Get His Friends Drunk, Part 2

For a minute there, as I stepped inside the bathroom of local “club” Anemos to find birthday boy Kalium spitting into the handwasher, I felt rather responsible for him. He’s such a righteous, mild-mannered guy that to see him totally wasted and blaming me for it made me somewhat self-conscious. I arrived at Anemos at around 10:30PM or so and things were just starting so his group was quite easily the largest one in the joint. Something in me (quite possibly the devil) told me I should get this guy drunk tonight. Could’ve been my affinity for making people let loose, I don’t know… the first thing I did was treat him to a tequila shot at the bar so he could then chase it with a beer; he seemed determined to have a good time so that was pretty much the green light I needed. Made him drink shots and chasers every half hour, and by the time the clock struck midnight he was already smashed and I know this for a fact because he was stumbling and dancing in that very singular way he does (somebody needs to put this on film, seriously) so I guess this was a mission accomplished. As always, I kept pushing the enveloped until someone told me to stop and, overlooking the fruit of my efforts dancing to his heart’s content with his college/assorted friends I decided to stop feeding him drinks. He seemed fine.

I don’t think he set himself to get hammered last night at all but leave it to me to waltz in and drown him in Jose Cuervo. I felt rather guilty (as I should) as I was in the bathroom and Kalium kept trying to keep it together. It was sudden; when we decided that we shouldn’t let him drink anyone, El Bear and another good friend of ours, I’ll call him Yau Ming, decided to take the guy outside and treat him to one of the absolutely awesome tacos they sell on the street around the block, where Unplugged and some other clubs/bars are. Next thing I know I get a phone call from El Bear and go into the small hall where the bathrooms are so I can hear him better but, to my surprise, this fine lady and her friends were resting their backs against the walls as they waited for someone inside the men’s room. “Kalium’s in the bathroom,” they say.

It’s the morning afterwards now and my hair smells like smoke snce I haven’t had the chance to shower yet due to my extracurricular activities but I’ll get to it soon enough. Kalium’s fine… but dealing with a crazy hangover. It’s times like these where I feel I seriously need to show some restraint because if I keep making people get so hammered something’s going to happen someday. It’s days like these where I’m in conflict with myself.

You’ll be seeing some of “Héroes Ficticios” next week as I gear up for that. I’m also looking to post the other short film Key-K and I collaborated in along with a whole bunch of other cool cats called “La Verdad Nada,” if only I could get a hold of the guy… anyway, I’m going to sink my head into some cold water now to see if I can fight the hangover.

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