August 17, 2004

The Zen of Drinking Alone: Using Alcohol to Bring Out Your Inner Monkey
posted by Jerry Garcia 20 years ago
  • That was a fun read. I'm gonna get my inner monkey drunk and read it again. Thanks, Jerry.
  • Great article. I've been an MDM subscriber for about a year now, and I thoroughly enjoy its look, humor, and philosophy.
  • Also worthy of noting is getting stinking drunk online. I used to do this two years ago in college; I would chat with my aol buddies (well, ok, just the girls) and get sauced with someone over the net. It's a really odd thing... you're drunk, alone, but not really. And the internet is already such a place of anonymity that it allows for a greater range of social discourse (and asshattery), that when you mix alcohol with that it can really get interesting. Either that or it's the most loserish thing imaginable, being drunk by yourself and online at the same time.
  • Also, this has motivated me. I'm getting drunk, by myself, tonight. Seagram's 7 come to papi
  • Why I'm drinking alone right now! Thanks for the link, Jerry. I enjoy drinking alone, but have never been able to clearly explain it to my friends. Now I can just point them to this article.
  • The best sum-up of this is a quote from another MDM article: (paraphrasing) Drinking by yourself is a clear sign that you're too intelligent to put up with other people's bullshit.
  • I second DrPres! The perfect complement to a Dogfish Head Raison d'Etre (or 2... or 3, not sure... I started a couple hours ago and stumbled upon this post, while taking a break from housecleaning. The house can wait.). Great link, Mr. G.!
  • Looks like a good use for #mofirc.
  • "Drinking by yourself is a clear sign that you're too intelligent to put up with other people's bullshit." Terrific! I'm putting that on a t-shirt after I sober up.
  • /just got home, walks in the door Oh, hello there, Mr. Bottle of Seagram's. Didn't expect you to be around. I... it's kind of akward, just the two of us.... whoa... you're getting kind of close very quickly... I don't know how comfortab.... Mmmmmm... tasty. Self revelations, and a nasty hangover, here I come.
  • And it's 2:30, and you've ended up taking advantage of yourself...
  • rodgerd, was that a tom waits reference? if so, you are my new god.
  • Ahh... inspiration. I'm going to have to go to the store on Friday and pick up a bottle of something tasty. ian - you aren't alone. I've also done the online drinking thing. The last time I did it I had consumed most of a liter bottle of vodka and could barely make it up the stairs.
  • The article hit the nail on the head with the subject of music. I just love listening to old Tom Waits (Heart of Saturday Night, Closing Time) when I'm drinking alone. Scotch or Red Wine is best for this. Alas, tonight it's just beer and 70's nostalgia, but fun nonetheless. Jerry Garcia: your posts are the best!
  • Monkeyfilter: I'm gonna get my inner monkey drunk Not bad. Monkeyfilter: It allows for a greater range of social discourse (and asshattery) FANFUCKINGTASTIC!
  • Damn! One of life's true misfortunes - I can neither drink nor smoke dope. Coke makes virtually anyone on it into someone I'd like to hit with a hammer, heroin makes you puke, and I see way too many tweakers to even want to touch meth. In any event, pretty much anything tasty reacts with the medication I'm on to keep me from being an out-of-control banshee, so instead I...well...read stuff, then type stuff. But I do think I would follow this fellow's fine advice if I could.
  • I told u I was hardcore. I also have done the online drinking (or in that particular group of cronies' rhetoric, "frinking") multiple times, usually with hilarity ensuing, especially when webcams are involved. I, of course, behaved impeccably.
  • I, of course, behaved impeccably. *applauds*
  • tracicle is a gangster!!!
  • I think she needs an iPod, with downloadable vodka. Any votes for this?
  • I hereby threaten to start a "Post Drunk Here!" thread.
  • Probably a good idea, actually, pete_best, not that anyone who is drunk would actually post in the thread. We online drunk monkeys have to share our deepest insights in whatever conversation we happen to stumble into. :-)
  • Perhaps an online mofi cocktail hour is in order
  • When I get drunk online, I end up buying stuff I can't afford.
  • Oh my God, Suomynona is Anonymous backwards! Yes, the penny did just drop.
  • I'm drinking Islay on the rocks right now. By myself. And you can't stop me.
  • languagehat, I'm jealous. Had a wee glass of Laphroaig 15 last week. Oh my it was lovely. *gets misty-eyed* And right now I'm drinking water. WATER! The pain of it all...
  • Yes... I am Sdrawckab Suomynona
  • I recently had a Tennants that was brewed a couple months before. That's about as fancy as my drinking has been lately.
  • Islay...on the rocks...?? :)
  • What Wibbleflex said. Ice kills good scotch.
  • Ha ha! I knew you'd say that... but you couldn't stop me! Look, it wasn't Laphroaig or Lag or anything like that, it was a cheap Islay blend, and I felt like having it with an ice cube. Fortunately, I'm not a Scot, so I can't be deprived of my citizenship.
  • Since it was a blend, it's excusable. Has anyone else ever noticed how perfectly scotch (especially single-malt) goes with chocolate chip cookies?
  • Ohhhhhhh, yes. Not to mention steak or ice cream or pork chops or Klondike bars or celery or dental floss or movies or web porn or breathing.
  • And now I'm drinking Bowmore, with no ice of course, just a wee drop of water to bring out its perfume. By myself. But if you drop by, I'll pour you some.
  • I'm on my way! I'll bring the cookies.
  • yaknow "whiskey" is derived from Gaelic meaning "breath of life"? *wants some whiskey. And cookies.*
  • pete it's from uisge beathat (water of life) which makes a little more sense since you're drinking it not breathing it
  • also drop the last t in beatha