Night Out

Tonight I got to hang out my best friend from Edmonton. He came down with his wife to visit his parents. We went out to dinner with a few of our friends in town then went out to CJ's. It is the first time I've been to a club since retiring from one last October. My opinion of clubs has gone back to a view I once had. Before working at one I basically never went clubbing. I wasn't a big drinker and I not the type of guy who would pick someone up at a club, so it's basically pointless. Then I started working at one and they became fun. My alcohol intake also increased. I was drinking before, during and after work. It certainly made for fun times being partially buzzed working. Once I retired (yes I refer to it as retiring, it just sounds cooler than quiting) I still held the opinion that night clubs were fun places to hang out. Now my opinion has gone back to the way it was. As it stands once again unless you plan on getting sloshed or picking up a women, they're not that much fun. (However, clubs can be fun; sober or not, if you want to go dancing or have a fun night out with your g/f). It also just so happens that I've gone back to rarely drinking. It's good to know I'm able to quit cold turkey. Thus the obvious correlation here

being drunk = fun at a club
sober= no fun at a club
Who would have thought eh? ...LOL

I also realized I know quite a bit of people in town. I was running into people I knew left and right. My friends were like "do you know everyone?". I even ran into someone I used to work with at the club. He is now running CJ's. I haven't seen him in over a year, and he offered me a job portering. He needs some good people to work for him. He said he could even teach me to be a bartender if I wanted. He also said if I put on a 100 pounds I could be a bouncer. It was tempting b/c I know he'd be a cool guy to work for but I'm done with all that now. It does feel good to know that I could easily get a job working in two different bars in town.