Mondays are a pretty worthless day overall I think. It also seems to me that most people on this planet feel the same way and act accordingly. Just talking about how mean everyone can be on this day. I wonder if the violent crime rate is higher on Mondays due to the general angst and orneriness that everyone suffers from. If I would have had to deal with one more person today I might have gone insane. Luckily things are settling down.
I am one of those people who think everything about football, the sport, is great. Just watching the plays and the way things develop and move is something I truly enjoy. It is always nice to watch games that I do not emotionally invest myself in, i.e. any non-LSU game, to really enjoy the spirit, motion, and complexities of the game. I have watched the game since I can remember being able to see and every year my appreciation for this time of year and what goes on increases. I truly miss this sport when it is not on in all its incarnations. Well maybe just the NFL and definitely college football and more importantly, the SEC.
I was thinking that the prevalence of drinking in the young adults that I know and see in the area of this country I live in is pretty amazing. I do not know what the social aspects of drinking are in other areas of the country , but in the South it is almost a religion in and of itself. I know people who dedicate their days and lives to finding the perfect drink and enjoying it regularly. I have spent whole days drinking but I feel that the time of life for that is passing me by, while at the same time I feel that maybe there should have never been a time in my life for that. I guess it happens everywhere and all over the country but not with the regularity that it occurs here. Go down to a LSU game or spend a long night in New Orleans and experience the type of drinking that can only be described as sport, a long, punishing sport. Also, a sport to which I am a regular participant, as are all my friends.
At least when we get wasted we are not all over television or the Internet like the "famous" people in Hollywood now. Although our antics are much more cheeky. Rather than just getting wasted at a bar, walking to a car, and showing off our baby-making parts we all actually get some shit done while we are drunk. I know that out of a sense of civic duty some of the ladies I hang out with moved some construction cones out of the street because as we all know, they are a danger to the drunk driving crowd causing all sorts of senseless and confusing accidents to occur. That is real activism. Cleaning up the streets so we can all drive safely. I send the girls the thanks of all the imaginary people who read this. Why this weekend a friend gave a crack head, or perhaps he was just insane, a cigarette. Truly helping the homeless and drug abusing street roamers is not for the elite. Any regular Joe can make sure that a crack head sleeps comfortable and without a heinous nicotine craving, thus ridding the world of unnecessary drug withdrawals. Drought can be a big problem too, especially in this part of the country and with global warming rising. So in an effort to rid our streets and neighborhoods of gross, decrepit flower beds and lawns, we often take the time to "water the plants", if you will. Yes? Good, I thought you might. Drunks have been keeping this nation green for centuries. Really this service is generations ahead of its time since drunks have been lending their services on this front long before environmental issues reached the national conscious. Leave it to drunks to be about ten steps ahead of the ball on anything.
I guess my point is to illustrate that while we may drink a lot, we can also help a lot. I believe we can, in fact, have our cake and eat it to. Why not go party with your friends, or families, and help make America a better place too. While you enjoy the libations this country grants you the privilege to drink, why not express your gratitude by lending a helping hand. Try to ignore the whining of those who see good, old fashioned American charity and civic mindedness as the actions of a blackout drunk. We are all better than those people. We are the middle class philanthropist and activist. So next time you are mind erasing drunk or are around those who are, toast yourself or those around you and go out into the world and help clean this country up. I am sure there is a raving lunatic craving for cigarettes right around the corner or perhaps your neighbors yard leaves a lot to be desired. A life of drinking and philanthropy awaits you and it all starts at your local bar, club, or nationally owned and conglomerated convenience store; which is nice because who understands the American charity spirit better than our biggest and most powerful corporations. God bless this country and God bless you, good sir or madam. Keep drinking and keep making America better.
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