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I pretty much drank away the weekend. Again.
And yesterday's rainy weather made it real easy to sleep in, watch a movie on the couch, take a nap, eat some pasta, make some phone calls, and watch another movie before calling it a night.
Hell, even this morning I went downstairs planning on riding my bike to work and discovered that my bike was gone. Some motherfucker stole my bike!
No. After about two seconds of rage I realized I had left it outside my friend's house on Saturday night. Duh.
I gotta ease off the juice.
Because really, I only have so many weekends left here, before I return to the states. And I have a long list of all the things I want to do before I leave. It's mostly writing and artistic endeavors but some of it is personal. Like... I think I'm going bungee jumping on Thursday. That's not on the list, but I thought I'd mention it.
Just having a definitive end to living here, working here, having a specific departure date has, as they say, lit a fire under my ass.
I've been slacking a bit. Sure, we launched the first issue of Chief Magazine, but I haven't had time to help Percy upload pics of our August adventures, and I've been slacking on this blog a bit. Not that Boraxx hasn't, in fact, he still owes me two drinks, and drinking at his expense on Friday night was pretty sweet.
I don't know exactly where I'm going with this guilt-ridden diatribe. Is it a pep talk? Is it an excuse?
No more excuses, that's what I'm telling myself.
But wait. Camilla comes to visit tonight. And if I know anything I know I'll be drunk again before you even read this.
It's not easy. The nature of being a writer calls for isolation. Writers can only produce (and often be happy) when isolated. For a drunkard this can be a challenge.
And I accept this challenge! Speaking for alcoholic writers around the world, I vow to battle my inner thirst and hold tight to my priorities. I vow to write and create each and every night. I vow to stay committed to the A.P. SMITH TCB MONTH OF THE CENTURY.

Cheers!