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Melty Cheese

Had a few friends over tonight for fondue. Yup, that's right, it's the 70's, but c'mon, there really isn't anything better than bite-sized bits of veggies and meat dipped in melted cheese. Mmmmm. We played a card game too, something to do with arranging letters into words for points. I sucked (well, I certainly would have if it weren't for the help I received, I ended up in 2nd place, but not because of my mastery of the dictionary or my ability to look at 10 cards and and assemble high scoring words). I'm better when it comes to card games that deal with numbers than games that rely on your knowledge of obscure dictionary words. Despite the game torture, it was a fun night. Although, I'm pretty sure I gained a few pounds from all the beer and the fondue foods.

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Detox, and then more BEER

Yesterday was a detox day. Kelly and I got up around 11am, made cheese & red bell pepper omlettes (I added a bunch of jalapenos and hot sauce to mine, naturally), and sat around a bit before going out to my folks place for my Mum's birthday. Kelly prepared a delicious chicken parmesan dish (despite the fact she's vegetarian and couldn't eat it herself) for dinner, ate some cake, and then came home to watch Stranger Than Fiction, which was really good. I ate way too much, but felt all the better for it.

Tonight I met Snooks at Kennedy School after work for some beers and some manly/nerdy conversation about Battlestar Galactica, life, the universe, and everything. Kelly met us later as she headed home from a happy hour hang-out with her soon-to-be ex-coworkers. Fun evening. And yes Aaron, this is for you, since you made such a big deal about me not blogging over the weekend 🙂

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Beer Food

Night at Rose & Thistle

Tonight Kelly and I met up with our good friends Ty & Aymie at Rose & Thistle. It had been far too long since we'd seen them, so it was great to catch up, have a meal, and a few pints. It was also a great way to end the crazy week. Had the delicious pasty for dinner, and many pints of Guinness of course. After our bus ride homeward we stopped at Binks for another pint (had the Amnesia Brewing ESB) before walking home. Great night, though I think both Kelly and I were suffering from last night's outing (to 'celebrate' her layoff) … starting at Kells at around 3pm, then to Thirsty Lion for a meal and a few more pints, a quick stop home to drop some things off, and then hopping the bus to Moon & Sixpence to meet up with my brother Travis. Basically, we've hit just about every pub in the Portland area over the past 2 days. 🙂

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Beer Food Work

Weekend report

Well,week w/o posting again. Here's a quick recap. Tuesday I met Snooks at Kennedy School for a little bit, finally feeling well enough by this point that I needed to go out and have a couple beers. Thursday, met up with Snooks again, and my brother Travis, at Moon & Sixpence. Hadn't been there in a little while, and they had finally gotten Smithwick's in again (a really delicious Irish ale, slightly on the malty side, and overall quite delicious).

Yesterday was the last day for a coworker of mine (sniff) who is leaving SuperSweetCo to pursue a writing career. After work the company threw a happy hour in the break room (people mixing 'chocolate martinis') for my departing comrade. At around 6pm Kelly joined us when she got into town, and by 7pm it was down to about 7 of us. Most of my coworkers decided to go get sushi, but my manager wanted everybody to meet later at Moon & Sixpence. I figured, "Two nights in a row at Moon? Sure, no problem!" so Kelly and I went straight there, got a table and got some dinner. My coworkers were to meet us at about 9pm. By 9:45 they still hadn't arrived and Kelly and I were feeling pretty tired (probably a combination of the long work week, the beers, and the food). We waited until about 10pm before we bailed, and I texted my manager to let him know. He texted me back, I guess they were just on their way, and said something about dinner taking forever (can it really take that long to eat food that doesn't even have to spend any time cooking? hehe), but by that point we were on the road for home.

I fell asleep on the couch at around 11pm, and stayed there until I woke up in this really uncomfortable position at about 4am.

I've spent the day cleaning and organizing my office, and getting all my paperwork in order for the dreaded taxes that I need to get done. Kelly and I are going out this evening to Rose & Thistle with Miranda & Brian and Mr. & Mrs. Ghost Dog. Looking forward to it, and hope we can last the night out without having a yawn attack. 🙂

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Company party, and more sick?

The weather today was fantastic (60 degrees and sunny) so I finally spent some time in the yard, doing some much needed pruning of the roses. Lots more to do, but at least I've made some headway.

Tonight my place of employment threw a big party at a downtown club called Aura, to both celebrate the launch of all the new products, as well as to celebrate the company's 6th anniversary. Happy news all around. I've been recovering from my cold, and felt pretty well ready to party the night away. The company provided taxi vouchers so Kelly and I could be safe and have a paid ride to the party and back. Excellent.

For the party, the company rented out Aura for a few hours, where we would have food and drink provided. Kelly and I arrived shortly after 7pm and were halted at the door "this is a private party" … to which I replied "yeah, I work there"… I think the girl at the door wasn't quite sure how to ask "are you with the private party?" SuperSweetCo should have provided employees with a password or super secret handshake or something. Oh well. The place itself was pretty "hip", with lots of modern stylings. The music was blippy and loud, the lighting was low with bright, focused lights and trippy video displayed on a large screen dividing the space in two, a seating towards the front and a dance area towards the back. Pretty interesting spot, though nothing I'd likely go to normally.

Kelly and I got a couple drinks (bottle of Guinness for me, blueberry martini for Kelly) and wandered towards the back where all the food was set up. They had many of the things on their menu out on a few tables, and Kelly and I snacked a bit. I tried their mini chicken burger, and both their beef and chicken skewers while Kelly had their gigantic prawns with cocktail sauce. Spent a bit of time chatting with coworkers and then suddenly started not feeling so well. "Great" I thought, while I tried to ignore it, continue hanging out, and having another 2 beers (an Amstel Light and another Guinness). Finally, at around 9:15pm my stomach wasn't feeling well at all, and Kelly and I left. I was very bummed, because the party was really just getting going when we left.

We got home just after 10pm, and Kelly and I took to the sofa and watched some TV (a NetFlix disc we'd recently received, Black Books, a hilarious British comedy) where I found myself freezing cold. I went to bed at around 11pm, shivering violently until I fell asleep. I woke up today (sunday) feeling mostly fine, but still taking it easy. Not sure what happened, perhaps it was the food, but either way, I'm none too pleased.