This is the appropriate thread for this post.
As I exited Bobby Dodd, I decided the Vortex was the appropriate destination to drown my sorrows. Just the right mix of desperation and alcohol. Off I went.
As I walked down Techwood, I reflected on the nut punch I had just received. As I did, the dulcet sounds of REM’s
Everybody Hurts emanated from the KA fraternity house. Kudos, fellas.
I shambled through Tech Square and passed Cyrpress Street Pint. Full to the gills, as expected. Cheers, you beautiful bastards. Drown your sorrows.
I walked on to Peachtree and hung a left. My oasis glowed in the distance. Surely the tattooed temptresses of the dazed skull would dull the pain that Ma Tech had inflicted this night. As I approached, I noted that no queue stood in the way between me and my booze-filled respite. A glimmer of hope filled my bosom. I reached for the handle and pulled with no effect. Rejected. The Vortex has abandoned me this wretched night.
On I went. Surely Fado would apply the salve I so needed to soothe my aching soul. I entered and locked eyes with the barkeep. He motioned with his hand at his neck. Service was ended. I was relegated to contend with my existential crisis alone.
As I retreated to the desolate streets of Atlanta, I thought back to the line I saw in front of Bulldogs across from the Vortex in my darkest hour. Do I relent and sell my soul for the liquid relief my fandom requires? No, I must push forward.
My forlorn strides carry me north. Surely there must be somewhere in midtown where a heartbroken Yellow Jacket can drown his sorrows on a cursed Thursday night? Slowly but surely the reliable visage of the winged buffalo emerges in all its neon glory.
Taco Mac will have to do. I saunter to the bar and catch the bartender’s attention. What libation to quench this dire affect? The inspired logos of The Dude springs to mind… “I’ll take a Caucasian…”
The barkeep will not abide… “We have no creamer.” Well, isn’t that an additional kick in the scrotum. “I can make a Tito’s and Bailey’s?”
Why the öööö not….