Today, I recovered from last night.
I learned that I am not interested in over indulging in alcohol or festivities that last long into the night. Social activities are not, and will not, be a priority in my life this semester, year, or duration of college.
I’m reading Aristotle and Socrates. Currently I’m in the library, breaking from studying macroeconomics.
Each species has an important function in this world, naturally and ecologically speaking. Humans are no different. What is our function? When looking at humans, it becomes evident that our ability to intellectualize and reason is what sets us apart from all the other life forms. I would say that the highest aim and virtue is the pursuit of excellence in the area of intellectual thought. To deny this aim is to deny our unique function as humans. More thoughts on this later.
William Dare 
I always forget what a big part of life drinking is. (Specifically: college drinking.) Naturally, this is all because I barely ever do so. And then I forget why, exactly, I don’t partake in the activity…
That is, until I drink myself to the kind of hangover you see in bad comedies or PSAs, all before a good ol’ nine hour shift in a cafe on Sunday.
Worry not- you weren’t the only one recovering. Hopefully you didn’t have to wait on cof-feinds demanding, with a huff and a stomp, something “bold” in their cup.
intellectual growth is pretty tough, but at the end of the day may be considered as a pleasure. is there a value system for different pleasures?
I agree with you about the value of human intellect, although I think it’s dangerous to value it at the expense of other uniquely human qualities such as altruism. It takes intellect to be altruistic, but it is also quite easy to rationalize selfishness when you take pure, calculated reason too far.