Sickish

I woke up today not feeling very well, most likely due to the amount of alcohol I consumed last night.  Also, I realize I busted my ankle worse than I thought: I probably did not care at the time it happened because I was drunk, but it was heavily swollen when I woke up today and kind of hurts.  I'm sure it'll be fine, but it is still annoying right now.

Yesterday was supposed to be low-key; we originally said we weren't going to stay out and it was going to be just one or two drinks.  Cue us going to a bar with the rest of our cohort after Denny's (in which some...uncomfortable things happened), and then to another bar to kill a tower of Long Island Iced Tea.  Which was even stronger than the last one we had gotten.  For some reason, we had reasoned that "one tower wasn't going to kill us" or even get us that drunk.  Why we thought that made sense, I have no idea.  It was then where I said I was an anime fan and Brendan got so happy because he also loves it and didn't think I did.  Cue both of us nerdily geeking out and talking about shows and shit all night.  I told him he could come to Otakon too, if he wanted.  Which would be awesome.  After that bar, we went to this gay club/bar, where more drinks were had and lots of dancing occurred.  Someone commented how awesome my two belts were too, and that I apparently rocked them really well.  I appreciated that.

I ended up not going to bed until around four in the morning, and woke up around 10:30, not wanting to do anything.  Our original plan was to go out tonight but that's...not happening.  I took a nap, and was supposed to go to Wegman's but fuck I really have no energy or desire to leave my apartment, despite how much I need to do laundry and how much I need to go food shopping.

Luckily, I did catch my professor after the workshops today, and he really likes my idea for my research proposal.  I want to look at the filibuster, and how it was used back in the 50s/60s - where it was actually used rather than just threatened - versus now, where a threat to filibuster can push a bill out of the way.  He advised me to take a look at productivity as my dependent variable; I originally wanted to talk about bluffs, but he reassured me of the difficulty of measuring that empirically.  So, I think I'll look at percentages - how much can the Senate pass bills from the House, or something like that.

The idea is there, at least, so I can spend some time this weekend working on that.  Not tonight, I don't think; tonight I am going to just read and try to finish or get mostly through one of the three (four?  I'm not sure about this last one) books that I need to have read for next week.

Thanksgiving break is going to be amazing.  Carl and Brendan are carpooling down to the Island with me, and I am far too excited about the actual trip down.  Plus, I think they're both liking World/Inferno, so concert may indeed happen.  I'm going to ask them if there is any music they want for the car ride!  (We haven't established who exactly is driving, but I think I'm going to volunteer, since I'm further east than Brendan, and also because my car might need something looked at.)

I downloaded Codes and Keys, and I'm really enjoying it so far.  I'm thinking I'll also get Benjamin Gibbard's solo album.  Hell, I just want all the music.  It's odd; I've never had a music phase last this long before.


[Edit] - Because I forgot to talk about this and I kind of want to.  My eating habits have gotten horrendous once again, and this is something I have talked about a lot with my counselor.  I realized that when I eat with friends, rather than alone, I'm more likely to actually eat, and eat a normal amount rather than a more minuscule portion (which would be fine if it usually wasn't the only thing I have eaten all day).  So I've been advised to eat not only things that I really like, but to eat with friends as much as possible.  

I don't mind that.

I was also told I should look at pictures of really good food or watch the food network (or some cooking show, since I don't have cable) to try and get my appetite up.  She also told me that I might want to get help from the health center in constructing some sort of plan; it's an option available to me, and I can take it if I so choose.  I'm just afraid of that becoming a necessity rather than an option.