a thing in 4 photos in 2007
drink
I arrived at the dinner feeling really shaky because I'd had a crazy day at work and had only managed to grab a quick snack for lunch. We ordered food, but it took a long time to arrive and so I ended up drinking two of these espresso and chocolate ice cream martinis and then sneaking outside with Matt and Karen to smoke a joint on Broadway.
After our sneaky smoke, I came back to the table and was like "Uh-oh, I don't feel so well." I felt really spinny and felt the blood drain from my face. I told Meredith I felt ill and told her I was going to catch a cab home.
I made it downstairs to the restaurant's lobby, and then right there in front of a group of like 30 people waiting to be seated for dinner, fainted! I remember getting to the bottom of the stairs and thinking "Oh no, I think I'm going to throw up. No, wait. This is something different...is that what it feels like when you're going to faint?" I apparently then went down like a pile of bricks. I was awoken a few minutes later by alarmed staff-members who were totally freaking out and I had to talk them out of calling 911.
Lesson Learned? Caffeine + Alcohol + Weed + Empty Stomach = FAINTING IN PUBLIC! Just because your drink has Gummy Bears in it doesn't mean it still can't kick your ass.