22-Sep-2007
--- M.Lawrenson attempts to rehabilitate self
Over the last few months I've been aware of my reclusiveness. As, I'm sure, have my few remaining readers. I've just not done very much. My house has sold, finally, and I'm getting used to have something resembling a disposible income. I've bought a few books (on subjects like Ludwig II of Bavaria, King George III and Princess Alice of Battenberg - detect the common theme there, and no, it's not that they were royalty), watched episodes of Mythbusters and drank some half-decent wine. But I've not done anything as far as Future Plans go.
I don't consider myself as yet ready to go into the world of work. I have what could be termed 'major issues' about people and their intentions towards me. My actual thoughts and feelings about this are not the subject of this post, but I need to do something about it.
What normal people do when they seek to be social is, I'm told, go to the pub and drink enough so they can talk to people easily. People who know me, and long-time readers of my blogs will know that my attempts at this (and I have tried, believe it or not) have been disastrous. I usually end up drinking too much, talking complete crap, and ending up sitting on my own to avoid a panic attack. Since I can't do 'unstructured', the logical step is to do 'structured' instead.
So, looking to do something new (and with the help of Dr. Whisky's website, I've joined The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. No, I don't do things in half measures, and since I'm now over 30, I feel qualified to drink single malts. I've already planned a holiday in Edinburgh for a few days this month, and that'll give me somewhere to go when I've done the museums and shops. Plus there's a 'New Members Tasting' on 2nd October in London to provide me with an easy learning curve. I can take guests so anyone who wants to come with me can (I promise not to get hammered as they'll only give me five single whiskies to try), if you think you can put up with me for two hours.
I'm also looking at booking the Australia Encompassed trip for next year, which will be me and 18 others in a truck going round Australia for 18 weeks. Well, I'm bound to learn something.
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I don't consider myself as yet ready to go into the world of work. I have what could be termed 'major issues' about people and their intentions towards me. My actual thoughts and feelings about this are not the subject of this post, but I need to do something about it.
What normal people do when they seek to be social is, I'm told, go to the pub and drink enough so they can talk to people easily. People who know me, and long-time readers of my blogs will know that my attempts at this (and I have tried, believe it or not) have been disastrous. I usually end up drinking too much, talking complete crap, and ending up sitting on my own to avoid a panic attack. Since I can't do 'unstructured', the logical step is to do 'structured' instead.
So, looking to do something new (and with the help of Dr. Whisky's website, I've joined The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. No, I don't do things in half measures, and since I'm now over 30, I feel qualified to drink single malts. I've already planned a holiday in Edinburgh for a few days this month, and that'll give me somewhere to go when I've done the museums and shops. Plus there's a 'New Members Tasting' on 2nd October in London to provide me with an easy learning curve. I can take guests so anyone who wants to come with me can (I promise not to get hammered as they'll only give me five single whiskies to try), if you think you can put up with me for two hours.
I'm also looking at booking the Australia Encompassed trip for next year, which will be me and 18 others in a truck going round Australia for 18 weeks. Well, I'm bound to learn something.
Labels: holiday, rehabilitation, whisky
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Good for you. Hopefully you got across a few of those fine backstreet pubs in Edinburgh with various potions on offer.
I quite like the feel of pubs myself rather than the appeal of the having to drink to socialise in pubs. I find abstinence until a certain point works just as well. Someone has to be designated driver of stability for earlier parts of the proceedings. Somehow I got picked ?
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I quite like the feel of pubs myself rather than the appeal of the having to drink to socialise in pubs. I find abstinence until a certain point works just as well. Someone has to be designated driver of stability for earlier parts of the proceedings. Somehow I got picked ?
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