My
Halloween party went pretty well, I think. We had copious amounts of food, including homemade
sushi and homemade
cheesecake. And the drinks were top-rate, I must say:
Stewart's, provided by
Ouroboros, and my
Everything Cider. Yummy. So, let me tell you who was there of
E2:
-
blowdart, our overseas visitor, who brought
Twining's and a
London Tube t-shirt. heh. He was in costume as...a
geek. (Well, that's what his shirt said.) His quote: "You people take Halloween WAY too seriously!" He seemed quite
amused by us all. Of course, THEY take
Guy Fawkes Day way too seriously, so nyah.
-
factgirl, who brought blowdart, and was in costume as a
non-geek. (Well, she had a cute pleated black skirt, I dunno.) She seemed cool, but I didn't get to talk to either of them because I had to go get food, and they left soon after. Foo. (blowdart wanted to go
schmooze with
Microsoft people.
Ewwww!)
-
Ouroboros and his female friend, who brought the
sodas. I've met Ouro before, but didn't get to talk to him much although they stayed the whole time.
-
m_turner, who was wearing a very cool
Ren faire-ish jacket with
Celtic knots on it. Know what? Didn't get to talk to him much either. Kept doing the
hosting bit, curse it all. Oh well. But he seemed good as well. He, Ouro, and Ouro's friend were the very last to leave.
Anyway, I hope everyone had a good time. Everyone seemed to hit it off, and I think we could have skipped the movie and just chatted for four hours. Other groups represented included
Tamson House,
SFWOW,
Berkeley CS grad students, and
Bordertown. I didn't end up going as Gwynn, just as some sort of
Good Fairy, which felt stupid, but oh well. Sigh. There's no way I'm going as that to work on
Halloween--too awkward--so maybe I'll do some sort of generic
Republican China thing.
The only thing ruining my good mood right now is that
banner ad. I'm happy about the
t-shirts, but...
LEARN TO PUNCTUATE!it's? How
embarassing.