Sunday, October 23, 2005

   Vodka Party at Ichigo's!
Woohoo! Yeah, so I thought I would explain a little bit about why I like this icon and how it relates to me. It's really fairly short, but I felt compelled to. (Not really, but that's okay.)

I used to be fairly con-drinking. It was more that I was con-underage-drinking, but I never thought that I would drink myself. I never liked the smell of anything my parents had and beer really left a bad impression on me. (What can I say, I'm a picky person when it comes to food and drink.)

After I graduated high school I went to the Netherlands for a year as an exchange student. (Yay Nederland!) The legal drinking age... well, I'm sure there is one, but it's not really that important. Teenagers drinking is the norm in the Netherlands, really Europe in general. It's legal and that's how they're brought up.

I figured, since it was legal, I might as well try it. I'm a curious person and do things like this. Our first month there we went to a week long orientation with the organization I was over there with. The last night we had a little party type thing and they sold beer there. I figured I would give it a try. (Just picture 6 previously underaged Americans now having legal access to alcohol.) I took one sniff of it and that was enough for me. I still refuse to try beer until it smells better.

Anyways, a friend that I made would go to a club every couple of weeks and she invited me a couple of times. Everytime we went to this club she would get red vodka/red bull. I had tried a couple other types of alcohol, including rum, before this and hadn't really cared for them. I had a sip of her drink and actually found that I liked it. It's the only type of alcohol that I can say that I actually like. (And it was worth it hearing my mom's reaction when I told her of my revelation over the phone. Amusing times.)

Ichigo. I love strawberries! They're like my favorite food. Strawberries and pizza. Okay, that really had nothing to do with this explanation, but I was thinking Ichigo and just had to let it out.

Bleach! I am currently obsessing over this series, as I believe I said in my previous post. That's really where Ichigo comes in.

So, as you can now see (or not,) a vodka party at Ichigo's has special meaning to me. Well, at least it makes me smile everytime I see it. And what better purpose is there for an icon? ^_^
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