Tiny Hand

2013/03/20

Blame It On The Booze...

When you and your mum meet at the door of your house at 1 a.m. and you both start to shovel snow and talk about sexual innuendos, you know you've had a nice evening and/or definitely enough booze!
At least that what happened to me last week. Yeah, it's that snowy in March in Germany... I had the smaller shovel and I started to make jokes about how "things that aren't big and wide enough don't really do the job" and she kind of joined in. I hope she doesn't remember it :x
This incident made me think of some of the weird things that usually only occur when you're intoxicated. And although I've been anti-alcohol until my 18th birthday (let's just take this as a starting point for my openness about drinking), I've experienced some pretty weird things while being either a bit drunk or totally wasted. Of course, I learned some valuable lessons from these nights, so let me share them with you!


1) Gain a lot of weight in order to tolerate more alcohol!
Being an L and not an XS, you have the advantage of being able to tolerate more alcohol. Quite handy, isn't it? And that is the ONLY reason why I don't really try to lose weight *cough*
Despite my alcohol intolerance (which I got confirmed a few years ago due to a lack of a certain enzyme or so) I can handle more drinks than any of my 60kg-friends. PRAISE THE FAT!


2) You think you are smart and clever with your jokes? Think again!
Many people get tired when they're drunk, some get emotional and others get aggressive. I'm one of those people that gets more talkative when drunk. And even worse: I think I'm funny, too! :x I make uncreative puns and think they're the shit! And in my head, everybody's clapping for my amazing humor. I become Sassy McSasspants with the wit of a thousand comedians and I bring my inner Honey Boo Boo child to life!
In the end, I'm the only one who's laughing about my jokes while the rest is either in a state of apathy or still sober enough to giggle a bit out of pity for my stupidity...


3) Drinking alone is not a bad thing - unless you combine it with antidepressants :/
Sometimes, you just need a bit of red wine to calm yourself down after a hard day. And that's totally fine! But when you visit a friend and decide to try something out before leaving with some booze left in the bottle that you're taking with you, it can get a little out of hand... Don't get me wrong! I don't take antidepressants! But one night, I foolishly thought that taking just ONE pill would not make a difference, because my intoxicated mind thought "It's only a placebo, this won't do any harm!" ... So I swallowed the pill at a friend's house with some alcoholic beverage and let's just say: It escalated quickly...
I can only remember waking up next to the staff of a train in a different state in Germany, feeling like somebody exchanged my brain with cotton candy and as high as a kite. Luckily, I somehow made it home without any difficulties. Let this be a lesson to you: Don't combine two different kinds of drugs (even if you think it's "only a placebo") !!!


4) Drink a lot (and I mean A LOT) of water!
Nothing's worse than a bad hangover on the morning after. Well, there might be several things that are (What is this racoon doing in my bed?), but for the sake of this post, it's the worst that can happen to you. One thing you can do to lessen the chance of a mind-blowing headache is drink water. Two liters before going to bed should do the trick. You might have a bladder that is on the verge of exploding when waking up, but even that is better than wasting a whole day because of feeling meh.


Drink with responsibility, people! Have fun, but know your limits ;)
I just thought I'd share my experiences with you. Now that this is done, let's get to my current favorite tracks!

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~music time~


The White Panda - Firefly
(A nice mashup using Ellie Goulding's 'Anything could happen', Lumineers' 'Ho Hey' and other samples)


Monitor 66 - Follow You


Bastille - Overjoyed


Aluna George - I Wanna Be Like You (Jungle Book Cover)


Andy Bull - Keep On Running


Deadmau5 & Imogen Heap - Telemiscommunication
(My favorite of the bunch. Plus, the video is insanely good.)


I hope you've enjoyed these tracks and that you won't take me as an example when it comes to alcohol ;)

Greetings
~maximiwax'*

2013/03/07

Wind in the hurrrr...

I had to say 'Goodbye' to a very special friend of mine. A friend I loved for many years, a friend that was closer to me than everything else in this world... My hair.

I finally went to a hairdresser after years of cutting my own hair. I was traumatized in 7th grade when I went to a peculiar, female version of Edward Scissorhands that ruined my hair completely. I went from shoulder-length to something that classmates and friends called "a Hitler-mushroom-bob."
Now imagine how utterly cruel children react to a guy with this kind of hair when about 13 years old. Yeah, it was rough...
Which is why I started cutting my own hair in a way that I felt comfortable with - like an emo-curtain.
But I liked and needed it that way. Up to this day, I need to brush through my mane with my fingers at least once a day for several minutes. I even grab and pull it a bit as a kind of head massage. Also, I needed it that long to hide behind it, to hide my skin in the first place. And let's not forget about the incredible things you can do with long(er) hair and a bit of shampoo! 
Well, anyway... To overcome my trauma and to finally have something that I can call a "hairstyle", I asked my friends to give me a voucher for a haircut and after several months of anxiety, I made a date to dismiss the majority of my dark chocolate brown curls.
I sat there trembling and shaking like a leaf but eventually overcoming my fear and actually enjoying the relief - it was a LOT of hair, after all...

So this is it. I overcame my trauma of going to the hairdresser and now I kinda look different. Does this mean that I alter the way I draw my little mini-me version for this blog? AWW HELL NAW!
I guess I'll let it grow back longer, anyway. The good thing about short hair is that people see the earphones of your mp3-player and know that you can't hear them - something I definitely will benefit from because people talk to me all the time although I can't hear a thing. The bad thing is, though, that aaaaaaall of your face is in the focus now, especially the little things that you would want to hide.

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So what am I listening to with the earplugs that are now finally visible to strangers? Let's have a look!


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~music time~


Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton - Freedom (Kool & Kabul Edit)
Niia - Libertine Hero
Clueso - Herz (Hundreds Remix)
Atlas Genius - If So
The Irrepressibles New World (iamamiwhoami remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege


I hope you enjoyed these tunes!
And fingers crossed that you won't get a hitler-bob next time you visit the hairdresser! ;)

Greetings
~Maximiwax'*