Drunk words, sober thoughts

I spy a trend coming on here. Since I head down to Arnie's Bar every Thursday night, and pretty much every time I go to Arnie's I'm pretty much coming home half-buzzed...and when I decide to post on the blog after a night of drinking, I tend to say things that I normally wouldn't talk about because I really don't give a shit what people think. So, any of you out there that visit the site regularly could have a nice little treat on Friday morning. Here it goes.

I knew New Year's Eve Girl was gonna be down at Arnie's tonight, and I knew that Other Guy was gonna be there with her. For reasons beyond all logic, I went down to the bar early. It took a while for my friends to show up, so I pretty much had no one to commiserate with. Not that it was all that bad being around those two, but my skin was crawling nonetheless.

A few drinks helped a bit. The band was great as usual, but between sets was a Bud Light-sponsored Rock Paper Scissors tournament. Sounds weird, huh? What was even weirder was that it was co-sponsored by A&E Network. A bunch of us signed up, and I made it to the second round, as did many of my friends. My second time up, I got paired up with Colleen, my friend and ex-fiancee. It was great entertainment for the crowd to watch two people who've known each other close to ten years match wits in a child's game. We tied about twenty times before she eventualy beat me. Rock beats scissors...shit.

I drank a bit more and managed to forget both defeats to some extent. I left the bar and drove home, all the while listening to a mix CD I made for myself. Normally, I either sing along or drum along to the song, but this time I just listened and thought about the New Year's Girl fiasco. The song was "My Stupid Mouth" by John Mayer. The lyrics are as follows:

My stupid mouth
Has got me in trouble
I said too much again
To a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see
She was offended
She said "well anyway..."
Just dying for a subject change

Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one soon

We bit our lips
She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess with the salt and pepper shaker
And I could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
Between what was good, what just slipped out and what went wrong

Oh, the way she feels about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again.
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one

I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
Than she desert me

Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now

One more thing
Why is it my fault?
So maybe I try too hard
But it's all because of this desire
I just wanna be liked
I just wanna be funny
Looks like the jokes on me
So call me captain backfire

Oh, the way she feels about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again.
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one

I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
Than she desert me

Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now

Words to live by, I guess.