Decaffeinated, Chris Clark’s defunct weblog

With winter comes the sucking

Went to Steve’s Bar last night with Shaye, both of us expecting the place to be overflowing with familiar faces (as it would be, normally). It was not. We met maybe one or two people there that we would qualify as “acquaintances” in a half-empty hotel. It would seem that:

• Winter scares away the regulars. Too cold, or somesuch.
• Everyone we know is getting “too old” for this kind of thing

Both of these possibilities scare me, since it means we’re another step closer to clubbing. I loathe nightclubs — I hate them with a passion — hence my predisposition to bars and pubs, so any move towards that kind of activity scares me. There is, however, one more possibility that I have not accounted for.

• It’s midterm. Everyone is studying

I pray that this is the answer.

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