Hospital-Drunk Ramblings

  What’s with the “drunk” stuff? Well, Drunk off Heart Condition came from a friend who tried to explain why I wasn’t drinking at his birthday party held at a bar. He tried to say something to the effect of “can’t drink cause of a heart condition” but somehow managed the phrase “drunk off heart condition”. He suggested I use it as my poet/writing name, and I took it on. I didn’t know how to feel about it at first, but it has certainly grown on me. I like that it has a story, short as it is. I consider it a gifted name, and it’s certainly one I wouldn’t have thought up on my own. The reason for the title of “Hospital-Drunk Ramblings” is because I started it sitting in St. Paul’s Hospital’s ER department after having some cardiac symptoms. I wrote my first post while getting intermittently interrupted by hospital staff taking vitals or blood. It felt appropriate, considering the moniker I’ve decided to officially take on. I actually have been using it for a while. I’ve perform...

If I ever publish, I want it to be in this font. I adore Crimson Text. Anyways, onto IHOP. If you ever see me posting IHOP or some variation of the pancake stack emoji or waffle, this means I’ve had heart symptoms that are bad enough that I either need to go to the ER, or I’m already there. This is due to previous experiences at the establishment. Let’s go back. I used to attend a monthly group called Hearts of Gold, which is a group of teenagers with heart problems who meet up and do various activities together. One time we did a haunted tour of Vancouver, complete with jump scare. I remember remarking on that trip that whoever planned that didn’t really think it through, but hey, this was the same group where I started the tradition of taking a group photo in front of the Playland ride warning sign saying not to go on the rides if you had heart issues. One event was having lunch at IHOP then going on to do something else, honestly I don’t remember what. It was a lovely sunny ...