Office Christmas Party 2005

I never used to be on time, but since I moved to Toronto, it seems that I'm either early or right on time for everything... AND EVERYONE ELSE ISN'T. I suppose it's karmic.

This year the venue (The Savoy) had tables for us to sit around -- a nice change from last years where we were standing pretty much all the time.

When the bosses were handing out presents, half of us crowded along the bar.

It's 1:30am as I write this. I got home about a half hour ago and when this is done I'm very much going to bed. The night was fun, but my ears hurt from the pounding music and my throat is sore from all the scream-conversation.

Is it just me or did that sentence make me sound like a really old man?

Anyway, I got to the party late and no one had arrived yet. I spent the first 15min or so just taking pictures of the empty room and experimenting with the lightlevels on my camera. When Charlie and the others arrived though, things started to pick up ;-)

Most everyone had brought their significant other, Colin came with his wife Maggie and Markus brought along a pretty blond girl named Julie I believe. There were, however a number of us who came stag and proceeded to flirt shamelessly with the various lady-folk. And how did I spend most of my night? Talking to a pretty girl of course ;-)

The bosses went all out for the night, buying red wine & champagne as well as funding an open bar (Markus insisted that I do a shot of liquid cocaine with him, while Istvan had me drink some nasty fruity thing.) Half way through the evening, Marc and Sam brought out presents for everyone: I got a gift certificate for futureshop and another one for indigo -- very cool, Colin got one for H&M -- not so cool for him, but I bet Maggie will appreciate it ;-)

I wish my pictures had come out better, but low-light shots are always so hard with a digital camera. These are some of the better ones.

And for those interested, here's a link to last year's party.