I've recently sparked a lot of interest amongst my peers as to why I don't drink alcohol. c'mon?

Its quite obvious I suppose, and I get reminded alot, is how little I drink in terms of alcohol consumption - particularly say after work with the guys from my office. And I suppose _it is_ strange when everyone instinctively drinks alcohol as if there is no other option (or thing to do)- and you do not. It kinda upsets the cosmic balance somewhat I think as they recoil in horror and bemusement. Anyway, I've never thought about the impacts or effects of drink other than the casual hang-over and subdued senses from time to time. Sure, for some drink calms and eases one, that's where the term 'Dutch courage' comes from. But for me alcohol is just no nessesary. Ok, but - and this is where it gets interesting - the effects of alcohol are necessary for some people. First, its socially accepted to drink alcohol - and I'm cool with that. I routinely buy stuff that looks cool on billboards and posters, so that's ok by me. Second, it prolongs conversation and enables a seemingly more comfortable sense of being - fine by me. Arguably this is because your senses 'relax'. In doing so, so does it relax your accurancy, reasoning and patience thus facilitating ones ability to listen and not mind inaccurate conversation. Fourthly, it's most often done socially and importantly includes groups of people. Fifth, it quenched thirst. In my experience, this is the least effective reason to drink alcohol.

So alcohol comes a few complications which are enough for me to avoid alcohol altogether...

Firstly, it's toxic and is unhealthy. Nothing reminds me more of this than when I got so very sick because of it. It also contains a lot of calories and can tend to help you gain weight and undo many hours at the gym.
Secondly, you can't gym after drinking as it affects your performance and concentration which is dangerous. Thirdly(and these are the less important things) is not wanting to get drunk. I don't crave the calm sense-numbing effect of alcohol.
Fouthly, it doesnt really do a great job at quenching my thirst nor appeasing my sense of taste.
Fifth, I don't like the conversation between people under the influence.

That's essentially it. This fundamentally doesn't stop me from drinking from time to time but consciously these are the consideration I generally have.

Its cool, I don't drink and it doesn't hugely bother me and i quite like the control and choice involved. I just substitute alcohol with non-alcoholic drink which works functionally just as well. Unfortunately what you can't avoid is the expectation to drink alcohol.

Having said that, I need a beer....

So today's been not really hectic but not uneventful but pleasing. I went to like a hardware store of stationary, like a massive warehouse - supremely awesome. I loved every moment I browsed it. cool thing I that it's right next to where I live and I'd never been in it. did I say it was awesome? no? well it was and If I bought every 'useful' thing I saw, I'd be seriously out of pocket. It's rare that a get so worked up by wondering a store. Dunno, maybe it was the quietness of it and the aloneness(weird?) of just going at my own pace.

Got Whiteboard material, foldable and easy to store and manipulate - this is for me when I get ideas. I get this really irritable feeling when I don't interact with an idea. Using paper and pen irritate me too, so does using a tablet. I guess it's just a preference or quirk of mine.

Got lookin around my apartment and started to rethink my use of space. i also found after surfing the web on my board that their are some cool things im not doing, like dividing space into areas like entertainment, office, sleeping etc... then i 'resaw' the curtains with my new found style knowledge thought I'd pull down the bland curtains and get a little creative with my space. So I headed to Ikea, got on the tram and basically got bored - of specifically not knowing where best to look without looking at people. I know, in weird. Got into ikea and decided to focus on one thing, and one thing only else I'll never leave and get anything done. So my focus was blinds, blinds, blinds, blinds. After following the snake directions through ikeas departments, doubling back a few times and visiting the same places more and more often as I went, I finally got to textiles. grabbed 120cm wide black/blue blinds and headed the hell out of there. Got home after a short detour and a few tram stops short, I preceded to begone the DIY exercise. There was no screws. That sucked. So I put the old curtains away neatly and realised that I'd have to go and get a drill and screws the next day... so ive got no curtains at the moment.

I got a comment from a dude about a tutorial I wrote on installing bluej on macosx saying it was really useful. So I added a cool new comment feature to my blog to showcase the comments I get. Then I uploaded new pics I took since I went to Scotland with my cousin, Kirsty. I did something else but I can't remember and in getting tired but cool tomorrow is another day.