Even Ryan "Bobo" Mortonson has a price

That's right, former friends. Even I can be bought. I've said for years that I couldn't, but I was wrong. There are certain offers that I can't turn down, no matter the consequences.

Background: I am avidly against drinking. I am proud of the fact that I have sipped alcohol three times, all in church, and all transubstantiated, so it doesn't even count. Here I am in college and I had promised myself I would not drink until I was 21. There is no moral reason behind this decision; I just don't think that law should be broken. I have a respect for the system, as well as a stubbornness to not be like "everyone else."

But I sold out. I made a deal with the devil last night. I shook on my drinking half a bottle of wine some day before winter break. The exchange? The other people in the deal raise $500 for Alzheimer's. That is my cause, my charity, the one philanthropic endeavor I care more about than anything in the world. My grandmother suffered for six years with it; no one should have to go through that. So I agreed.

People have already started arguing with me about it, as they should. Some say I could have just raised the money. Would college kids really give much money to a charity that most of them don't give a crap about, with no incentive attached? No, they wouldn't. This way, I'm guranteeing to raise the money (lots of people want to see this) and I'm giving them something in return...Ryan Morton drunk for an evening.

I'm not going to start drinking after that, as if I did it once, might as well do it again. After this, I will go back to my prohibition, until I'm 21 or if another equally attractive offer presents itself.

I respect the law, I love my grandmother. She won out.

These people aren't bad guys. They're not going to let me get trashed, or send me nude in the street or anything like that. Everyone who donates will be invited to see it, they'll get their kicks, and the Alzheimer's Association will get $500, 76.6% of which will go toward research.

Let me know how dispicable you think I am. Chat it on the side.

Random Factoid: There are 5 drugs on the market to slow or pause dementia, but nothing to stop or reverse the deteriation process.

Pip pip.