rejection of oneself through the other (II)

It is decisively not 1992 the next time Dennis checks, though Clark and his associates are explaining the premise of the ball drop in Times Square as he glances at the TV, and Dennis is certain he can't possibly be drunk because he can still swat away the plastic cup Charlie throws at him at one point, draped across Mac's lap now with all the subtlety of an oncoming train. He is physically sitting on his legs, and Dennis remembers his plan to change them, to…to fix them…without remembering any reasons that might not be a good idea. "Doesn't…do you not think it's weird to sit like that?"