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Be prepared for really shitty, cheap-ass beer that you normally wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. 90% of the keg parties I've been to have some godawful variation of Bud Light, Coors Light, Keystone Light, Miller Light, Natural Ice or something equally terrible. The way I see it, if I want to drink watered-down piss, I can do so from my own toilet. I always thought kegs were supposed to either be a gift or a community effort - if they're a gift, the most valuable gift would be something halfway decent, and if the partygoers all pitch in, surely they can afford a beer that doesn't totally suck.
Drinking games are popular at these parties, for example there is usually a beer pong table set up somewhere. I've always been puzzled by drinking games like this - if I'm with good company, I don't need some silly game in order to drink. However when I don't join in the "fun" by playing such a game, I draw the scorn of my fellow partygoers. Is it really that much of a better time when you make up some game which determines how much you drink? I prefer to set my own limits based on the circumstances.
Usually the male-to-female ratio at these things is about 5:1, and that's being generous. At the last keg party I was at quite a few ladies showed up, but as the ones I talked to proceeded to make goofy assumptions about me (based on the fact that my hair is long, no less) and give just about every guy a lap dance, I decided they weren't my type. On rare occasion I've found someone of the opposite sex (or even the same sex) who will discuss things like literature, films, music and other topics considered too "heavy" for most. I don't consider them particularly heavy topics, but maybe that's because my idea of a fulfilling discussion doesn't involve talking about who I want to go to bed with, how brain-damagingly drunk I am or how far my projectile vomit can travel.
I would even settle for sports-related topics, as that would even be somewhat more highbrow than the usual "Man, I am SO FUCKED UP" statements that pass for conversation. (Of course you're fucked up, how many sober people wear their pants on their head?) Then again, very few here seem to know or care about sports, and those that do care about it do so at the exclusion of everything else (no book learnin' allowed) - and frequently feel the urge to "trump" my knowledge by coming up with some statistic they saw on TV somewhere. It's like they are trying to turn sports conversations into a sport, and play so competitively that it's just not fun to make a casual statement like "The Patriots are doing well this year". (That, and everyone here hates the Patriots, and New England in general - despite the fact that most have never been there)
If you're looking to get drunk for the sake of getting drunk and want a superficially good time, you'll probably enjoy yourself. Be forewarned, though - it's usually a prerequisite that you check your brain at the door, and don't be surprised if you have difficulty socializing because you brought Miller High Life or something more palatable, or if you just want 5-6 drinks instead of 20-25.
If the people you're hanging out with aren't into the whole look-how-stupid-I-can-be-when-drunk thing, then you might have some interesting discussions with interesting people. But don't count on it.
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