my first office x-mas party

rules to follow at an office x-mas party: 1) no passing out or throwing up 2) no singing 3) no statements to your bosses/ co workers that you want to hit yourself over the head about the next day 3b) no doing of anything that would result in the same phenomena 4) no wearing of outfits that people have seen you wear on halloween, especially if they involve leather pants and a barely there shirt.

first authentic new haven experience: brief detour to the fantasy of lights, pre holiday party (there were signs, we couldn't resist). what i saw: a bunch of corporate sponsored light displays, including dinosaurs wearing santa hats. what i listened to: the radio station that played 5 commercials thanking the corporate sponsors for every 1 x-mas tune. what i payed for this experience: $4.

realization at the x-mas party: scientists are a bunch of dorks. and we can't dance. james brought his wife, i think she was scared (but maybe she had already been to a scarring office x-mas party of her own and didn't want a repeat performance). have decided that dennis (guy in my class from SoCal) is very wierd (even for a scientist).

at least they played 80s music and not booty rap (which would have potentially resulted in the breaking of all aforementioned rules).