1. Step one: The asking. Do you wanna be Drunks of the Week? The answer: he drops his pants. I'll take that as a yes. Credit: Kelly O

Man, oh man! This was such a particularily good week for Drunk of the Week. I met, for the first time, two excellent friends named Suzye and James. A former DOTW named “D” introduced us. Suzye told me it was her birthday. Then she said she’s wanted to be a Drunk of the Week since she was in high school. “Dreams really do come true!” I told her. And then this is what happened next…

1. Step one: The asking. Do you wanna be Drunks of the Week? The answer: he drops his pants. Ill take that as a yes.
  • Kelly O
  • Step one: The asking. Do you wanna be Drunk(s) of the Week? The answer: he drops his pants. I’ll take that as a “Yes.”
Step two: Start taking the photos. Oh hey, theres Bendelacreme! Step on my face! Just do it! Step on me...
  • Step two: Start taking photos. Oh hey, there’s Bendelacreme! “Step on my face! Just do iiiiit! Step on me… Okay, pretend choke me, too…”
Step three: Keep taking photos. Careful dont hurt him, bouncing up and down on his groin!
  • Step three: Keep taking photos. Careful don’t hurt him, bouncing on his groin like that!
Step four: Encourage them to step it up. Suzye pulls down her stockings. Uh oh.
  • Step four: Encourage them to “step it up” a bit. Suzye pulls down her stockings. Uh oh.
Step five: Aaaaaaaaaah! Noooo!
  • Step five: Aaaaaaaaaah! Noooo! Suzye!

Kelly O—formerly a Stranger staff photographer, music writer, Drunk of the Week columnist, and more!—finished art school and a soul-crushing internship at a corporate advertising agency in Detroit,...