Do you know why tonight was so great? Not because my brother sang the National Anthem at the Twins game. Not because I wore a shirt all day that on the back said: "MY BROTHER SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IN TONIGHT'S TWINS GAME." Not because the Twins won for the 5th straight game....not even because I got to drink a lot of free beer and I didn't drunk dial anyone or make a fool of myself in front of my parents. No, the reason why tonight was so great was because I got to drink with my brother for real for the first time. Usually both he and my oldest bro are so reserved and are responsible. But tonight we celebrated his singing and his birthday, so a lot of his friends were there and his wife was the DD. So I got to have some real Brother time. Although, if it weren't for the round of shots presented to him, I don't think it would've happened that way. Hopefully in a year or so I'll have enough money to take my brothers out for a real night out and drink it up. I never got to do that with them....makes me kind of sad. Anyway, I knew that he was on the drunken edge when he pointed to me as I left with the parents tonight, and called out: "You! You need to get some Budweiser and have fun tomorrow night!" This was in obvious reference to being home alone and finally being able to watch a Vikings pre-season game. As much as I'd love to get drunk tomorrow night....I'd be ALONE. And, most importantly, without a female counterpart, and that'd suck all together. So yeah.....it was a good night.

Now, i think I'm going to switch on the CD of Summer Rain and Piano Solos. Good stuff to fall asleep to!