a guide to getting past life's little quirks | wednesday | period 2 | august 5

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

Unlike last week, Loki was back in the classroom, grinning smugly at each student as they entered. Once they'd all settled, he stood up and started talking.

"Welcome back," he greeted. "I hope you all enjoyed you free day last week. Seems I had other things to do and couldn't be here but I am glad to see that some of you stayed and some you...didn't."

He'd be getting to that later.

"Today, we're going to be talking about alcohol." His stomach panged just thinking about alcohol. It was just fucking unfair. "Now, I'm sure most of you have been exposed to alcohol in one form or another. Whether you're a connoisseur, a social drinker, or the one who gets to drag your drunk friends home, there's pretty much now way that you'd miss exposure to alcohol around here."

Or you were him and you had to watch people drink and yearn.

"And, for some of you, this class might be old hat," he said, looking around. "But, if you're going to be out on your own, exposed to all the things life can throw at you, you're gonna need to know how to control your alcohol intake so you can still function. That doesn't mean you can't go out and get rip roaring drunk when it's needed but if you're drink every single fucking day of your life, your gonna kill your liver amongst other things. You need to find your tolerance and stick with it on days you have to function. Don't fucking mix beer and liquor unless you wanna be praying to the porcelain god all fucking night. And for fuck's sake, be careful when a stranger pushes a drink in your hand and you don't know where it fucking came from."

That was just begging for trouble.

"Find a drink you like and fucking stick with it," he advised. "Change it up when you can but if you find something you like, you'll know how many you can drink without taking off your pants, putting a lampshade on your head and singing off tune fucking karaoke. For today, we're going to try and demonstrate the effects of what too much drinking can do to you in everyday situations. Those of you that stayed last week--" Big giant nerds. "--you get to wear beer goggles. Put them on and keep them on for the entire fucking class period. Talk to at least one other fucking person in the class with the beer goggles on. This can be easily solved during the class activity portion. Doesn't have to be a meaningful conversation, just has to be a conversation. For those of you that left class last week, you get to wear this.

Oh, that shirt was just so fugly, Loki couldn't even stand it.

"I wish I could actually give you guys alcohol but that'd probably get my ass fired," he said. "So, after you've got your beer goggles and t-shirts on, pair up and talk about your experiences with alcohol. I don't care if you have no experience, a lot of experience or something in between. Chat about it with a partner while you're wearing your awesome fucking accessories. Get to it."

There was one amused angel at the front of the room, oh yes.

Comments

class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

Partner up, talk about your experiences with alcohol while wearing your beer goggles or fugly shirt!

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper's experience with alcohol mostly had to do with watching its effects on others. Whether it was clueless beasts who'd drunk the liquid left by fermented grains, or foolish humans who'd drunk the stuff on purpose. Either way, there was no way she was ever going to touch the stuff.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[life_inshadow]

"Hi," Tara said softly. "So I don't drink. W-want to work together?"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Also do not," Firekeeper agreed. "So, work together, yes," she nodded.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[life_inshadow]

"Okay," Tara said, nodding. "So, um ... I guess we should talk about why we don't?"

She had no clue. The wolf was kind of an attention-grabber, too.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"In wild, fermented grains make beasts stupid and dulls senses. Easy prey," Firekeeper told her. "I not wish to be easy prey."

Blind Seer let out a slight, grumbling growl. "He wish me to add it do much same to humans who make drink on purpose," Firekeeper translated. She kicked him slightly in the ribs. "Was going to say this next," she admonished him.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[life_inshadow]

Tara had to grin at how that was phrased. "That makes a lot of sense," she said. "If you drink, you're off your guard, bad things can happen."

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

George didn't drink all the time - too much ale dulled your reflexes, and thief that he was, he couldn't have that.

But he also wasn't about t'order cider at a alehouse like a child.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[puppy_fair]

Zack was totally going to have a conversation! A conversation with someone who could see!

... It was fortunate, perhaps, that the goggles brought down the voltage on that shirt, some.

"Hi! Wanna team up?"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

"How d'you see through those things?" was the response from George.

He paused. "Err, I mean, sure!"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[puppy_fair]

"I think half the point is that I can't see through them," Zack laughed. "Everything's all fuzzy and wiggly and weird. How stupid do I look? I mean, really? Be blunt, I can take it."

Yes, it really was that easy to get Zack off on a tangent.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't be wearin' 'em out in public if I could help it," George said honestly. "But then, they can't be tha' much worse than th' shirt."

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[puppy_fair]

There was a bit of an awkward silence while Zack attempted to make out the shirt through the goggles.

...

"I can't read it with these things on," he noted. "Maybe that's for the best, huh?"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

...at least he wasn't having to wear that shirt.

Prince Edward sat, goggles on, and simply stared forward.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen sighed and sat down next to Edward.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Edward sighed.

"Hello, Helen."

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Edward," she said with another sigh.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

BIG sigh.

"I suppose you have an experience with alcohol you wish to discuss?"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

"Not really, no," Helen admitted. "Well, I suppose creema di leema was mildly alcoholic, but otherwise I rarely have more than a small amount. You?"

She understood the sighing, but honestly, it was only encouraging her to get bad ideas about tormenting him.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona put on her 'glasses' and looked around for someone else to talk to.

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff pulled at his shirt as he spotted someone in goggles without a partner. "Can you see me at all through those?"

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"Your head," she said with a little laugh, though the color of the shirts and the color of the glasses do make for an interesting effect."

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"I fear wearing this shirt out of doors," he said, shaking his head. "It could distract pilots at seven thousand feet."

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"I think there might actually be a danger to anyone if you brought that outside," she noted with a little grin, "considering what would happen to that color in bright sunlight."

Re: class activity | alcohol management [llq 08/04]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

He shuddered visibly, "Yeah, I don't need to go blind. You're lucky you've got those goggles on." He reached out to tap the side of the lens. "Very cute."