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Xmas Recap

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Xmas ended up being a load of fun. Wednesday night I went with Jayson & Gretchen to Outback. We didn’t do anything crazy, just dinner and hung out at their place afterward. On Xmas day they had about 15 people over. It was a mix of family and friends. The food was great, well too good since I stuffed my self on appetizers and never did get around to eating the main corse. I have done that before. What can i say, I like appetizers.

I ended up staying over at Jay’s until Friday morning. I took a morning train back to the city. I ended up trying to do some shopping in the afternoon but that was a disaster. I always forget that the day after Xmas is a huge shopping day. I wanted to get some stuff at Macy’s but when I got there it was packed.

Drinks With Friends

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Tonight I meet up with a bunch of friends at Blaggards to celebrate the holiday. I was able to get out a little early and got there a bit after 5. I was able to see Jose, William, Calvin & Josh. With the exception of Josh I hadn’t seen any of those guys in months. It was good to catch up. I also hung out with Luke, Ben, Herbie, and others. I had a good time. I hadn’t been out with these friends in a while and after being out yesterday reminds me I miss it. After the new year I will endeavour to be out more with them.

Thankfully I wasn’t out too late since I had half a day of work tomorrow. Thankfully I am working remotely tomorrow so I can sleep a little later.

Dinner Monday

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Today was freezing out. I was working from home and all set to stay in and warm. That didn’t end up happening. I meet up with Jayson for lunch near Time Square. I was going to head home to finish the day off but I realized I had dinner plans with people from work and a vendor down by my office. So after lunch I ran down there to finish the rest of the day of work at work. 

Dinner was great. We went to a nice Italian restaurant. I had some Veal. For desert I we all had some Mcallan’s 15. It was good. I have had it before and Mcallan’s is fast becoming one of my favorite Scotches. I am going to look for a bottle for my apartment.

I didn’t get home till after 10, so it was a long day but all in all a good one.

And I Thought Buying Electronics Was Confusing

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Over the past few months I have gotten more and more interested in cooking. I am not sure if it is because I decided I want to eat a bit more healthy. It could also be due to the kick ass grocery store that is now open across the street from me. I am now motivated to eat a bit better and I have a steady supply of fresh food to choose from.

My problem is that my cooking equipment is a bit lacking. I have a small George Forman grill and a cookie sheet. Sad, I know. I already ordered a new bigger easier to clean George Forman grill that shows up sometime this week. I also started looking for pots and pans to cook things I am interested in. The problem I found is they don’t make it easy to pick just 2 or 3 things to get. Most of what I have found are sets of 11 or 12 pieces. I want 3 things. A frying pan, large pot, and a steamer. The loose stock items you can get aren’t what I want. I might end up needing to get a set that I don’t really need. I also can’t identify why the price of this stuff varies so much between sets. I know there is probably some fundamental difference between stuff but I don’t know what it is.

At least with technology I knew what to look for no matter how confusing stuff was. I bought cheap steak knives thinking they seemed fine, and now I know why they cost like $20. They are starting to rust after a few uses. This whole experience is teaching me that I have allot to learn.

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email backlog is almost gone for now. Dinner is done and cleaned up. Maybe it is time to sit down and relax a bit.

Company Party Vs Reunion

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Yesterday was a bit hectic at work. I worked out of two different offices. I ran from one to another at lunch so I could be at meetings at the other location in the afternoon. It was very hectic but also extremely productive.

After work I headed out with a bunch of people to the company holiday party. I ended up not staying. There were really long lines. Truth be told I was double booked. A bunch of friends I used to work with at Partsearch were getting together and I hadn’t seen some of them in almost two years. I originally wanted to goto the holiday party and mingle for a while and then head out to the other get together. Well we needed up leaving for the party late, and then there was a huge line so I decided to skip out. I am a bit upset by that, but almost no one I know was going to be at the party. My team wasn’t going.

The Partsearch semi-reunion was cool. One of the big things I miss from working there was hanging out with everyone there. I still am friends with many people I worked with there, but it is still different being friends and seeing people everyday and doing almost everything together. To be able to go out to lunch with a group of friends at work is priceless. OK, enough reminiscing. The get together at No Idea (of course) was fun. I ended up staying out till after 10. Not so late, but late enough when I had a meeting at 8:30 AM today.