When Life Gets You Down, Drink Saki

I stumbled upon a new tradition. Well, I don’t know if you can call it a tradition. We’ve only done it once and I mostly made it up out of necessity. My wife and I were having a long week full of first world problems and petty work drama. Knowing that negativity enjoys company, we felt that we deserved a night out.

Booze has been used as a pick-me-up since Jesus turned water into wine. The Devil followed close behind, convincing man that this elixir would erase all problems. But in spite of every bloodshot morning’s revenge we still choose to drown out the next day’s sorrows.

That being said, we had our eyes set on finding a place to eat and begin our bitch session. We heard about a Japanese Restaurant with a rooftop bar that sounded like a good place to start. We ask for their drink menu first. I don’t know what I was expecting but the only alcohol they had was Sapparo beer and Saki. After deciding if we wanted to stay or not we settled on a Sapparo each, both in agreement that Saki taste like warm piss. We jumped right in to our complaints of the work week when suddenly it dawned on me. Sometimes life sucks… you know what else sucks? Saki. “Excuse me!” I hollered as the waiter walked down the stairs, “Would you mind grabbing us a thing of Saki and two shot glasses?” Amanda looked at me like I was crazy.

Let me explain the rules of this new "tradition". As simple as it may sound, you fill the shot glasses with Saki and toast to what has been bothering you the most. Shoot. Pour. Repeat. In contrary to the celebratory shot complete with an Irish blessing and words of congratulations, these toasts consisted of every bitter life complaint we could invoke. All the minor annoyances that bring you down through out the week are quickly replaced by the pungent taste of Saki. After the flavor of rubbing alcohol wears off, so does a life of negativity. By the time the bottle was gone, we couldn’t think of one thing to complain about.

Life is too short to not live on the bright side. So the next time your boss asks you for one too many TPS reports or you find yourself amidst a pity party of epic proportions, just remember, sometimes life sucks… and so does Saki.