#drunkennes

To some who claim they are occasional drinkers, Mr. Jack Daniels, Dr. Ciroc or Mrs. Baileys and some other expensive ones could be the spiritual mentors whose services they patronize. Whatever be it, spirits intoxicate. As I delve deeper with this writing, I’ld be killing two birds with one stone, explicating how “Spirits” affect spiritually, although they are consumed physically.

According to the Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth, it is clearly stated that our bodies are temples of our maker, thus we are to keep it sacred. This is not to say intoxication is the only way of defiling the temple, although it entails taking spirits into the body, though it’s done physically. Substance abuse and injection are also physical means by which the temple is defiled. We could also defile the temple spiritually through some sins that happen physically, such as fornication. With that said, to break the ice for anyone reading this who has not yet got where I’m going with this writing, the theme “Spirits” is a litotes for alcohol.

Some foods we consume are already stored as alcohol in our bodies, hence no need for the extra consumption or intake. According to Ephesians 5:18 which states, “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit”, it is clearly explicated that getting inebriated does not conform to the Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. However, it did not mention that we are not to drink. (For this statement I just made, some “Christians” may say I’m condoning drinking. No, not at all! The point I’m arriving at is farfetched from that. I’m being objective in my dissection of the scripture).

Not to beat about the bush, let me slapdash to the central message of this writing. In my opinion, according to the Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth, I believe it is not advisable to drink “lightly” because alcohol is a “spirit”, and spirits create a congenial atmosphere for addiction. Some Christians drink “lightly” and justify that by emphasizing on the point I mentioned earlier with regards to Ephesians 5:18 as an excuse. To delve deeper, in conjunction with the fact I mentioned earlier that alcohol is a “spirit”, and spirits create a congenial atmosphere for addiction, this clearly implies that one is slowly drifted into being a drunkard, which affirms the second part of the Ephesians 5:18.

Now the reason for my stand against spirits is because I believe when one is inebriated, that state of debauchery and vituperation leaves the person vulnerable to the penetration of evil spirits and the declaration of negative utterances which are made subconsciously. These utterances are in turn carried away by evil spirits and are later materialized. Some people also do not believe in spirits, yet believe in positive and negative energy. (Ain’t that quite contradictory though?) However, I do believe in the existence of evil and good spirits. I believe everything is formed spiritually before it manifests and is created physically.

To conclude, if you disagree or think this is debatable, I would like to end on this note with a rhetoric question, “Why do people decide to drink first, when they want to indulge in any vituperative, sinful or promiscuous act, do something they would never do consciously, or to help them self-destruct when they are going through issues in life?” (Food for thought).

So. I heard an amusing story in my creative writing class yesterday. I have decided to write it up in my own words for you today. This is pieced together from two different people, one who saw the event and the other who witnessed the aftermath.  J

There was a guy, perhaps middle-aged with friends… rather drunk. It was in the middle of the afternoon, not far from the local pubs and bars. And for whatever reason, this man decided that it would be a good idea to try and climb the tree. So up he went, precariously attempting this feat and at first, it seemed to be going okay… until a resounding crack shivered through the tree and the man fell to the ground like a plank of wood… his head hitting the solid pavement below with a loud thump. Soon, an ambulance was called and they arrived along with police, who drove up beside the man and carried him onto one of those wheelie beds…

The next minute, the man was up, smacking the ambulance woman squarely in the face before hurtling away, pushing past a group of people… his white top stained red with thick blood. It is only when the man has gone past, that the onlookers see the flap of skin hanging from the back of his head, the blood covering the back of his shirt and coming out in rhythmic gushes from his head. Soon, the police men were after him once more, and as the man tried to stumble away around the corner and down the steps, he was grabbed by the policemen, who soon get drenched in blood, to try and take him back to the bed and onto the ambulance.

Continuing the series of "What I've been up to," I present to you DrunkenNES. Created by the great Batsly Adams, with music by Kris Keyser, help from Adam "I soldered three wires" Gets Awesome, as well art by myself, Alex Baderian, and Kathleen Wisneski. As you can see in the above video, DrunkenNES is a homebrewed Nintendo mod featuring a breathalyzer contained in a NES cartridge. Blowing into the cartridge gave you a score based on how much you had drank, then giving you a corresponding bad animal pun:

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My images were the dancing robot, based on AdamGetsAwesome and the Facundo screen. I also did a Drunktopus, but I don't think that was added since we premiered the DrunkenNES at February's Pulsewave.

We received an incredible amount of press for the device, including from websites such as Motherboard, Gizmodo, Laughing Squid, Destructoid (which got the name wrong), and my personal favourite, Bit Rebels, which said the following :

"That’s really why three guys set out on a mission to create the very first party game for Nintendo NES.  The three guys are Batsly Adams who is the coder, Kris Keyser who created the chiptune music and artist Emi Spice who’s the Motherboard photographer.  They all got together and created the Breathalyzer Party Game."