A night out

Wow... tonight was something else. I went out for the first time in a long time. It was a spur of the moment decision. First Uzair and I went to Ale pub and had mojitos. They were cheap (for Finland) and refreshing. We had very interesting discussions about the debate club, war photography, supernatural occurrences and the importance of education. Then we met our Spanish friends in Doris, a club that plays alternative and rock music. I met some Finnish journalism students from UTA. I thought I would just hang around and have a few drinks, but I ended up dancing. Pretty big step for mild homebody like myself :P. I got bored, so I went to a corner of the club to sit down. As I sat still, the music and the conversations around me continued. It was a numbing feeling. I felt alone but at peace. Later, I walked back to the dance floor and Uzair pointed to me and said, "That's a girl who enjoys life." He was speaking to a Finnish guy we had noticed earlier. A slightly older guy with a prominent mustache, not dancing, just standing at the bar watching people. Uzair left and the guy began to tell me about his recent revelation that everyone should enjoy themselves; everyone wants to enjoy themselves, nobody wants war. "I'm a hippy," he shouted over the music into my ear. Initially, he was angry with people in power, people in the government. It caused him a lot of stress. He spent a year abroad in Texas and lived with a family who knew about social problems but turned their backs to it. It made him realize that he needs to wake people up. He studied architecture but went on to designing jeans. Now he will quit his job and find a real way to wake people up. We spoke a bit more, and then a Finnish girl dragged me to the dance floor. At about 3:30 a.m., we made our way back home. It was a beautiful walk, the ground was covered in snow. The snow brightened the darkness.