Normally, I just stick to wine coolers, typically peach or strawberry. I also like strawberry daiquiris, strawberry wine, peach brandy (which I developed a taste for as a child and especially like in eggnog), and, perhaps most of all, honey mead.
I kinda like B&B but I have to be careful because I easily cross from buzzed to drunk, and I don't even feel that drunk (though lazy and affectionate). Once I tried bringing up TV eps on the computer thinking I only had a slight buzz but kept hitting all the wrong keys. But it has a very pleasant feeling, unlike most other forms of alcohol, and there's this "warmth" I feel when I drink it that spreads pleasantly through me as I drink a little more...and a little more...
JShell1265 Wrote:I also stay away from vodka now . . . . had a friend marry a Russian lady and her entire family made sure my shot glass was full for every toast they had. I couldn't understand them speaking in Russian . . . but after a few toasts, I couldn't even understand English. : P
Back in 2000-2001 I picked up some Russian, but as one high strung Russian American said, I "butchered the language" with my atrocious (Texan) accent. But one day I ended up drinking a bunch of wine & vodka and strangely I spoke & understood (at least I think so) Russian better than I ever had before, and even the Russians said my accent had gone away I sounded like them. Ever since, when I tried speaking Russian I always tried to sound I had a drunken slur--and it worked! :tongue:
There was a Russian craze of women smoking cigars for awhile, too, and after I had some vodka a very close friend got me to try one....me who feels sick from just taking a drag of a cigarette...and she forgot to tell me HOW to smoke a cigar so I took a puff like it was a cigarette...I thought I was literally gonna hurl and for weeks after if I even smelled cigarette smoke I felt a little sick again. I swore off vodka after that since it hampered my better sense.
Unfortunately I never got that good with the Russian and after years of disuse I'd pretty much have to start over (well, I know the alphabet...). Though when I saw the movie White Oleander I recognized "mother" from "Милой мамочке". But I had to get a Russian friend to tell me what the entire phrase was (roughly "to my sweet mother" IIRC).