Saturday, December 20, 2003
Another weekend
Last night was my company holiday dinner, and what great fun it was! Open menu and open bar at Napalatano's. The only previous time that Chris had been there was for Charlie and Marcy's rehearsal dinner. That was the night before we met!
We ate a ton (I highly recommend the buffalo shrimp), drank a swimming pool's worth of booze, and opened our Secret Santa gifts. But some folks left before they got to hear me sing karaoke! Yes, Friday nights are karaoke nights at Nap's, and my co-workers succeeded in getting me on stage. I mean, if your boss gets the waitresses (One of whom sang a sexy line of two of a Lords of Acid song for me!) to tell the djs to skip all the other folks in line so that you can do your little No Doubt song, what else are you going to do? It was pretty bad, though. I'm a decent singer, and I *like* to sing, but my throat was dry and scratchy from the drinking, and the song was keyed too high for me. But my colleagues were just impressed that I had the balls to do it.
Today brings x-mas shopping. *All* of the x-mas shopping. C&I were waiting to get our bonus checks before doing much gifting since we're still paying off my wedding/engagement rings. It's going to be hell out there, but we'll have fun, spending left and right for things to make our friends and family smile. We've got a good list, and know our plan of attack, so we're starting off on the right foot. Wish us luck out there!
We ate a ton (I highly recommend the buffalo shrimp), drank a swimming pool's worth of booze, and opened our Secret Santa gifts. But some folks left before they got to hear me sing karaoke! Yes, Friday nights are karaoke nights at Nap's, and my co-workers succeeded in getting me on stage. I mean, if your boss gets the waitresses (One of whom sang a sexy line of two of a Lords of Acid song for me!) to tell the djs to skip all the other folks in line so that you can do your little No Doubt song, what else are you going to do? It was pretty bad, though. I'm a decent singer, and I *like* to sing, but my throat was dry and scratchy from the drinking, and the song was keyed too high for me. But my colleagues were just impressed that I had the balls to do it.
Today brings x-mas shopping. *All* of the x-mas shopping. C&I were waiting to get our bonus checks before doing much gifting since we're still paying off my wedding/engagement rings. It's going to be hell out there, but we'll have fun, spending left and right for things to make our friends and family smile. We've got a good list, and know our plan of attack, so we're starting off on the right foot. Wish us luck out there!
idyllicchick, 9:29 AM
