I went to Newcastle yesterday afternoon and got back home about an hour ago. It's a 3 hour drive, so me and a mate decided to visit a friend up there, have a few beers, watch him DJ, then crash at his place before leaving today.
That was the
plan....
What actually happened was my idiot mate decided to drink in the car on the way up. Half-way there he told me to stop in the middle of the freeway so he could vomit. That was the point of no return. He undid his seatbelt on the freeway as I was driving, he tried to grab the wheel a few times, half-passed out, stumbled and toppled as we tried to get some food. Then trying to get into the bar where our friend was DJ-ing, he was miraculously let in but he wandered around, collapsed on the floor, vomited, fell asleep in his chair, and made rude gestures at the security before being dragged out.
Me and our friend took him back to the house so he could sleep it off, only to wander away several times in a city he's completely unfamiliar with, flip us off, fall into bushes (only to be recovered by 3 guys in the middle of the night, who happened to be really nice), and generally make a nuisance of himself. It took our friend the step of locking him inside so he wouldn't escape again, to which he fell on the floor and fell asleep.
After that chaos, my friend and I ended up not going back to the bar and just sat there, drinking beer and chatting for hours on end. That was the best part of the trip, by far. He's a really nice guy and it was good to catch up with him and talk about a lot of things. After a while his girlfriend got home and my mate woke up with absolutely no memory of what he did most of that night. He was fine from that point on.
So overall, it started out awful with my friend so drunk he was completely incoherent and unbalanced, but it got good after that. I think I'll make a notion of no more drinking in the car. What an idiot.
Going bar hopping tonight with a guy, we're just friends right now, but it might turn into something else
That's awesome! I hope it blossoms into something further.
So-so. I'm relieved that my random onsets of depression have been settling down lately but at the same time I feel more alone than ever and this loneliness is slowly eating away at me.
So sorry to hear you're still depressed, Malice. :

: And lonely, too. If you ever need someone to talk to, my inbox is available, even though I'm just some keystrokes from Australia.