Last night, we helped with a Reno in 2011 bid party (since we had a room, that party was here), and I'd asked before we came to Balticon if the parties were wet or dry. We were told dry, so that's what we did.
Then last night, we found out that "closed" parties could have alcohol -- for various values of closed. I didn't really regret not having alcohol in this instance, since we wanted a very open party.
During the evening, I'd duck outside every now and then for a cigarette, and there was a young man (at one point, he declared he was 22) smoking out there who was hitting every alcohol-laden party here.
Over the course of several hours, I saw him out there...getting more and more drunk. Declaiming poetry. Becoming louder, and more intrusive. And I was very, very glad that he wasn't my problem.
Like you, I'm a wuss...and that bothers me not at all...
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Then last night, we found out that "closed" parties could have alcohol -- for various values of closed. I didn't really regret not having alcohol in this instance, since we wanted a very open party.
During the evening, I'd duck outside every now and then for a cigarette, and there was a young man (at one point, he declared he was 22) smoking out there who was hitting every alcohol-laden party here.
Over the course of several hours, I saw him out there...getting more and more drunk. Declaiming poetry. Becoming louder, and more intrusive. And I was very, very glad that he wasn't my problem.
Like you, I'm a wuss...and that bothers me not at all...