Hello, blogorinos! Anne has asked me to do a second blog, and I can't say "no" to Anne... ever.

Anyway, let's talk about bars. Since Anne recently became employed at a bar and I recently turned 21, it seems to be an appropriate subject.

So last weekend I went to Beaver Dam, WI via Madison to visit Marc, my boyfriend. Being a square, I took advantage of the "STATE STREET IS AWWWWWWWWESOME!" kids, vaguely nodded my head in agreement, and promply vacated the party zone.

But before I left, Marc and I stopped at a little eatery called TGI Friday's (you may have heard of it) where we met up with a friend of his. Since it was FRIDAY at TGI FRIDAYS (ha ha), it was rather crowded. Therefore, we had to wait for a table with one of those cool vibratey, flashy, table-be-ready things and while we waited (and since I had just shared an awkward six-hour car ride with complete strangers) I said, "Let's sit at the bar!" (more specifically, I said, "I need a drink!")

Turns out I didn't need a drink. Turns out we were the youngest, hottest people at the bar by default. That's not fun. It's like winning a race against an eighty-year-old in a wheelchair. You can't take pride in a thing like that without feeling like a terrible person in the process. Also, I am certain we liked each other more than anyone else there.

Now, we weren't carded and I can't tell if this was the bartender's touching attempt to not make us stand out any more than we already did, or because Marc's gnarly face-moss made him think we were 30.

I just feel a little ripped off at the relative disappointment with the bar scene. As a Wisconsinite, I am used to bars on every street corner. Pissing away my hard-earned dollars is not only accepted but expected; yet every time I've sat at the bar and ordered my very own drink, I've felt like I got to sit at the grown-up table for the first time at Thanksgiving, only it's NOT COOL.

The weird thing is, it's JUST BARS that freak me out. It's something about being elevated. I'm sure of it.


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