just fine

an interview with martin cane five days after he did cocaine for the first time and felt just fine:

mc:  i just tried cocaine for the first time.
interviewer:  cocaine confessional.  tell me more.
mc:  umm not much to say.  it's nothing crazy like it's depicted in movies.  it made me feel more aware and that's it really.
i:  why did you?  would you again?
mc: i would.  but i would try it without drinking first.  and i did because i've been hanging out with sharon from class a lot and she does it.  so i tried it.
......................the next day..........................................................................................
i:  how do you feel today?
mc: fine.  pretty normal actually.  have you done it before?
i:  no. i won the DARE award in fifth grade.  i'm afraid they'd ask for the DARE bear back.
....................later on..........
mc:  by the way, i did it in the girls bathroom of a gay bar with one of sharon's gay friends.  little tidbit for ya.
...
mc:  and by it i mean blow.  not sex.
i:  ricki?  also:  what were you wearing?  did it affect you right away?  did you soil yourself?
mc: you know ricki?? i was wearing khaki pants, flip flops, and a shirt that made me self conscious.  no it didn't.  it took time but it definitely sobered me up.  i peed a little.
i.  why did you choose to wear that shirt?  did you fixate on anything once it set in?  did sherlock holmes use blow?
mc:  it was the only shirt i had; laundry day never commenced.  when we got back to ricki's house i just fixated on the music i put on and my wallet on the coffee table.  i hope sherlock holmes did.
i:  did you tell rayanne?  should we come up with a code word for if you feel like it is becoming a problem and you want me to stage an intervention... like if you sell your dog for a fix or stop eating or brushing your teeth?  is that what happens?
...a few nervous seconds later..........
i:  have you brushed your teeth today?  where is your dog? panic rising.  after school special status.
mc.  i didn't tell her but i might.  the code word shall be 'bananas.'  i've brushed my teeth twice today, thank you very much.  both my dogs are on my lap with ...(next message)...      knives in their guts.
i:  exactly what i suspected.  exactly what i pictured. my DARE training served me well.
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i:  why in the girl's bathroom?
mc:  there was some random dude charging his phone in the guy's bathroom.
i:  how random.