Sofa king glad that’s over. It’s not easy looking at facebook pictures of a certain someone celebrating Christmas with his family, while I sit with mine and watch back-to-back episodes of Mad Men and contemplate how long is too long to wait for my next shower. I decided this was a perfect opportunity to get completely inebriated and have therefore been more or less drunk since Christmas Eve (I thought it would be in my best interest to wait until after church services to get the celebration underway). Bless his heart, but it didn’t help that my father greeted me with, “hey did you hear so-and-so (a childhood friend of mine) is getting engaged??” Yup—not necessary to be lucid today. In my drunken stupor, I even managed to force down some mussels at the dinner table despite the fact that 1) I’m a vegetarian and try to limit my fish consumption, and 2) I hate the consistency of the slimy flesh found in most shellfish (shudder). [Read more...]