Thursday, November 02, 2006

Intoxication

At the moment, the kind that you get from drinking a couple of beers and a smidge of tequila.

But a lot of other things qualify as intoxication, at least in the sense that they give you a temporary high and make you forget your immediate surroundings, or enhance your enjoyment of them:

A good song. Sends chills up your spine, and makes you forgetful of yourself and happy to just be alive and listening to this song.

Waiting for an e-mail to pop up when you're having good back-and-forth correspondence with someone who's funny and witty. When the e-mail pops up, your brain is like, "Yay!"

A good night's sleep, after several days of sleep deprivation. The next day you're floating around, thinking, "How come I feel this good?"

The prospect of a fun outing. Creates a little knot of anticipation in your belly when you think about it. Who knows if it will live up to your expectations, but in the meantime, who cares?

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