ode to vodka

i bought this today (skyy vanilla vodka)... the big glass (750ml) of it... because it looked good, and yesterday was payday, and i haven't bought alcohol in awhile...

scott and eric were over tonight to watch "fiddler on the roof" with me and colleen... eric's not really into vodka and colleen doesn't really drink so scott was my only hope of getting someone to try it with me... he tried just a fraction of a shot and decided it was decent but asked what i'd mix it with... when i told him i planned to drink it straight, he gawked and was surprised, but agreed to pour...

he poured us each about 1 shot worth and i laughed at him and said i wanted more... this repeated itself until he finally gave me 3-4 shots worth, and we stopped then, not because i didn't want more, but because scott really didn't think i knew what i was doing... at any rate, i was done with that glass in less than 5 minutes... scott had given himself half as much and took half an hour to finish... he got up partway through the movie and got himself some wine... and refilled me another 3-4 shots worth, which i again finished in under 5 minutes (you can't sip vodka :-P)

anyhow, neither eric nor scott believed i knew what i was doing and both commented when i started on my first glass that i was gonna be passed out on the floor before the movie was half done, but really, i felt nothing... no sight impairment, no behaving obnoxiously, no loss of balance... and i had 6-8 shots of 70 proof vodka in a very short period of time... the boys were impressed :-P

i've been saying for awhile now that coffee has way more of an effect on me than alcohol, and people have laughed (because they've seen my caffeine highs and caffeine blackouts), but not thought that was possible... but tonight, scott's comment was "dude, i don't think i'd ever want to go up against you in a drinking contest... i'd be sunk"

yes, lara can drink a LOT, and not be affected a BIT... go vodka :-P