lesson I learned last night:

It's NOT a good idea (and that's putting it mildly) to drink half a liter of bourbon.  That shit got me drunk and gave me a horrible stomach ache the next day, but didn't even cause me to lose my memory or black out.

*EDIT*  I just found out a few hours ago that I did apparently black out.  I remember everything that happened up to a certain point, but I never had any recollection or awareness of the point of time when I was completely discoordinated and started vomiting pure bourbon over the porch outside the fraternity house.  Oh well, suffice it to say, I learned quite a bit that night.

Cheers.

just got back from rugby.  went out w/o eating dinner; by the end, my stomach was empty, but the beer and punch prob didnt help matters much (and hop didnt hurt too much).  its late, im tired, and hopefully the morning will be kind.