Hey all - the title means any fallout from last night's party. Even though it was horrid at the time, I think it was good that I had a really bad experience work party wise so early in life (17), at my first job, won't get into details, but was accused of sexual harrassment, for the first and only time - like I said, bad at the time, but nowadays it always resides in the back of my mind and I mind my Ps and Qs at work functions - well, as much as I can with free flow of alcohol and stuff :)
No, I didn't do anything terrible last night, going back to the title, but you can never tell what you can see is harmless and someone else misinterprets it. Went to the pub after work, the do wasn't getting started til 6.30 and I got off shift at 4, so some time to kill. Sharon got off work at the same time I did, well yeah, but she got sidetracked by a customer and wasn't at the pub for almost an hour eek - spent my time watching us getting dicked by the Aussies in the cricket again, only day one, fingers crossed it will get better LOL.
Anyways, Sharon and Anne turned up at about 5.00, had a drink or two - Jo also made a pre show appearance, and Bruce and Di also wandered in. Had a couple of beers, a bourbon and a bowl of chips - Sharon is seriously in love with that garlic sauce they have there LOL. Wandered upstairs to Kylie's apartment shortly before official kick off time LOL, and OMG it is a HUGE space for an inner city flat, I don't even want to start contemplating what the rent is LOL. Maybe not as big as the Friends flats, but maybe a Seinfeld size (thinking of inner city TV apartments here LOL) - WITH a balcony. I was wondering how they would fit forty people in there but with a bit of moving furniture around, it was all sorted :)
The bathroom was full of alcohol, and the bathtub was filled with ice and beer (bottles, not draught LOL), and Kylie had hired a couple of girls (one a workmate, actually the girl that cooked the sausage sizzle a few weeks ago, Naomi) to put that all together. I liked the sound of the menu and stuff whereas a few others were a bit iffy about it (and Sharon couldn't eat three of the five offerings, hence the chips at the pub beforehand), but when it came to it, it looked nice, it tasted nice, especially the mini pizzas, but with the focus on the beer, well, food was nice but wasn't really noticing if you get my meaning :)
As with most parties at a person's actual place as opposed to at a venue, my recollections are more a vignette (if that is the right word, I like the look of it so in it goes LOL) rather than a straight A to B to C narrative. Anne had gotten a taste for bourbon - she's not much of a drinker, but she was happy last night - and when picking up some cigarettes, got a hip flask LOL. Had one bourbon, and a sparkling wine (no, it's not from France so it can't be called champagne LOL, had a bit of a discussion with Kylie about that) but apart from that stuck on the beer.
Was talking to Jo when Melanie went by eating a strawberry in the wine, and Jo was miffed that I wasn't concentrating on her - so yeah, from memory, that was my biggest possible faux pas (spelling?) of the evening - like I said, we will wait for the verdict on Monday LOL. Melanie apparently has a new boyfriend, or has gotten back with the old one, so at least for me there's not that singledom what iffing in my head. Talked to Kim for a bit, nice girl, and she was out of her usual shell last night as well. Met Glen's partner, Doogie - no, not as in Howser LOL - Scottish guy, seems nice enough. Mel and Lennie came along, got a big hug from Lennie, which was umm surprising - I guess me just doing the nice accepting thing is seen as a huggable thing LOL.
Maureen brought along her husband Graham - has a big Merv Hughes style moustache LOL - nice enough guy seemingly though. Had a couple of good conversations with Adrian, apparently he is a divorcee - never struck me as the marrying type LOL - was talking to him about my thing about Canada, and he said he completely understood - with him it is Japan. Had a good talk to Lindsay as well, even though he is on another floor now :) Lisa didn't make an appearance hmm, but she is coming to both nights next week, so will have a chat to her then. Oh, and had a good chat to Kylie's flatmate, Steve I think was the name, a Kiwi, talking sport LOL, how typical is that, mmm rugby :)
Getting late in the evening, about midnight or so, and there was Kylie, Adrian, Melanie, Sharon, Khalinh, and assorted others, but not too many, and Sharon was saying to me shall we head to the train station, and thinking she had missed the last train - it's Friday and midnight is early for the trains, not that early, but early LOL - when Melanie banged her head against the wall or something - apart from the watching her eat strawberries out of wine, and a quick chat at the start, I hadn't talked to Melanie that much - didn't want any more of the attraction to leak out than already lol, especially when drinking - just the way I am, and I am sorta maybe kinda spoken for - V came up more than once in the conversation in the evening :)
Anyways, Melanie had banged her head and was lying in the hallway, not out cold but wasn't moving - asked her how she was as you do stupidly in situations like that LOL, and she was talking but not moving - one of the guys lifted her over to the couch, and went over and was going to chat to her, when Sharon made the I'm going motion LOL, and of course, to get myself out of any more strawberry trouble, plus I was feeling a bit tired by that stage, and the fact that Shazza is a friend blah blah, decided to head off - I hadn't been hearing it, but apparently the others were thinking about going out on the town - I was not in that mood at all by that stage.
Got to the train station, caught a train, Sharon put on her headphones, I fell asleep and got poked awake at my station LOL, Sharon gets off a couple of stations beyond mine. Got home, slept for a few hours, got up (never can sleep after a big night out), with a teeny headache, just there or thereabouts, not anything that couldn't happen just having too many hours awake and not enough sleep... we will see what Monday brings, and I hope Melanie is alright with the bang on the head or whatever...
Earlier in the day, had a Xmas Party organising committee (the full building party, not the section one as described above), and had a few good ideas and was umm yeah assertive is the word blah blah - as Weezer says, god damn you half Japanese girls - attractive girl number 4,321,674 LOL, one of the Billing girls, and is Asian if not Japanese, but perfect Aussie ekksent, I remember about ten years ago, at a party at a mate's place, talking to this Chinese girl with a perfect Kiwi accent - stop drooling Paul LOL. Anyways, with this Billing girl I might have to figure out her name LOL...
That's the personal entry out of the way for today, next one up will be websurfing :)
Pauly
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