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Stuffy holiday affair
By Sparky | December 8, 2005
Tonight was the dreaded annual holiday party for my company. At least this year was better than years past, but good lord - I hate work events. I don’t understand why everyone seems to pressure me into coming to these things. Back at my old company my boss had to all but threaten to fire me to get me to come to the blasted things.
It’s not necessarily any one specific thing - but I don’t like events you have to dress up for, I don’t like big group events, and I don’t like things in Belltown. I guess I’m an old stick in the mud but I just don’t like it.
Am I weird that my idea of the perfect evening is going home early, taking a nice long walk with Skype, then spending the rest of the evening geeking out on the couch, content blaring and my powerbook in my lap.
After a few hours of torment I dragged Brien off. The Engadget Seattle meet-up was tonight, but somehow I didn’t seem to be in the mood for it. I was actually a little disappointed. I got a chance to meet Bre, but aside from that it seemed much of a fanboy crowd than people looking for technical discussion. From reading a few other peoples blogs it sounds like there were a few other cool people there but I just was not in the mood to stand around making small chat. We stayed less than 15 minutes then made for the door.
Now I’m home, have my TNG, my puppy, my powerbook, and am quite relaxed. At least the night was not a total loss - I managed to get a few shots I’m happy with at the work party before it got crowded:
Someday perhaps I will understand the rest of the world. I’ll understand fashion, bars, and the need to continually party and be social. Until then I’ll be happy holed up in my little fortress, puppy at my side.
Topics: Daily grind, Events, Photography |