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my first X'mas party in four years

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2011.12.01

I attended my first company X'mas party since 2007, tonight.

It wasn't my employer, curiously, but it was excuse to break with the usual routine of work->home->work->home that makes up life in Toronto when you're middle aged. Actually, given the free booze, an oyster bar, and the chance to see four hundred people behaving like 2008-2010 hadn't happened, it was rather pleasant indeed.

I realize that the good times aren't coming back, but found tonight's affair a civil thing worth doing even in lousy times.

rand()m quote

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounding yourself with assholes.

—William Gibson