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Friday, July 30, 2004
This week was cool. Shipu's friend's granduncle, Jameel (we call him Jumbo), is SO cool. He constantly supplies us with cigarettes and beer. And on Wednesday, he gave us vodka. Then, my brother went into the toilet (we were all in Jumbo's hotel room) to make a joint, and he came out holding the tip of the cigarette so Jumbo wouldn't see it was rolled, but Jumbo noticed that my brother was being protective of the cigarette so he was like, "What's in that? Is that hash?" and my brother was like, "...Yeah." And we all had a laugh and Jumbo was SO COOL he's like, "Well, you guys had better go outside and smoke it fast, or the parents will come in and smell it..." Like ohmygod how cool is he! And he's, like, 60! He's so awesome.
Then on Thursday me and Brish went to buy some booze from 7-11 while my brother and Shipu had a swim. We went to the back to look at what was in the fridges, but all the stuff there 10% alcohol content max. So we went to the counter and looked at some of the hard shit. The counter guy was, to our fortune, a mix of Indian so he was extra nice to us. Haha. (Plus, most of the buttons on my oh-so-decent polo shirt were unbuttoned, and Brish was wearing an almost-backless top. Heh.) He told us the prices and the % alcohol and stuff. Then he had customers, so while he attended to them and me and Brish waited, we were like, "Hmm... That guy's really nice, yeah? Yeah..." And we said it extra loud so he'd hear. Then when he was finally attending to us again, Shipu's parents were walking by the store and they saw us! So we quickly grabbed the chocolate from the counter and started studying it. And I waved and said we were getting chocolate and the counter guy was just grinning and stuff. Then they went away and we just got a Bacardi and while he was bagging it, he casually asked, "You're above 18, right?" and I was all cool and like, "Yeah, yeah..." and he grinned and took my money and stuff and Brish added, "Despite being 18, you know, our parents... Ugh..." and he was like, "Yeah..." Like he SOOO believed us. Ha! But nice guy, he gave us the booze. So it's all good.
But I don't know what's wrong with me. I only got a little high after the joint and the rum yesterday. I SO have to detox. For 2 straight days I'd been drinking beer like water and having cigarettes like candy (i.e. excessively). Gahhh.
Yesterday when we met Jumbo for lunch, he asked me if I was okay (which I wasn't 'cause I was kinda stoned) and I was like, "Yeah." and he gave me a thumbs up sign. Which meant "hang in there, kid." Then when we were crossing the road he looked at me and grin, as if to say "like hell you're okay." HA. Gotta love him.
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