office bull and booze sessions

it's busy times in the office on the brand the past weeks. and, as with things needing to fly lightning fast, the tendency for emotions to flare is high. as such, the account folks called for a quick team building lunch last friday. as framework so people can air out anonymously who hates who and who hates what, everyone was asked to complete the thought, "it makes me want to stick a pencil in my eye, when..." clueless and careless as i am to unnecessary office conflicts and complaining (and lacking the creativity to put in something), i didnt put in anything. there were some though that spoke of feeling underappreciated. and some who complained about "not getting their fish and chips lunch" (that's brockie the brit, framed once again, ha..). i liked what julia wrote though (and thankfully didnt put in the jar). "it makes me want to stick a pencil in my eye when jason pacheco does kick ass work & puts us all to shame." shame. shame.

@ red rock saloon (stock photo)

went out friday night with the office folks as well. 3 folks in the office are moving to other places and so we had their going away parties in the same place. best office party so far (even better than that time when we had that bachelor party). we headed a few blocks away from the office to redrock west saloon, a west side version of coyote ugly, where the barmaids would strut on the bars. nice crazy atmosphere. everyone, well most everyone, was getting loaded. dancing, shouting all over the place. they were trying to get mr. prim and proper me as hammered as they could. i guess they got to make me drink enough shots, and pints, and gin and tonics enough to be dancing and socializing around enough. nice, nice.

got to learn more about the folks— turns out karen is taking a four month leave of absence to live in new zealand to stay with his boyfriend of just 5 months. and sung is going to be a dad (and im sure a very good one) soon. and so and so hates so and so and so and so's guts coz they tried to make him appear as though he were a liar to maybe get him fired. and that so and so supervisor just got divorced. and the same so and so supervisor was once almost filed a sexual harrasment case by so and so officemate long time ago. and that the 2 jasons (brockie and pacheco) are kristi's number 1 art directors to work with. and that according to jeff, jason (pacheco) is the office's best kept secret. but once again, enough of this feeling self-important crap.

moran's, chelsea

after the partying in red rock, the 5 of us who stuck it out till the end headed a few blocks further up to eat at moran's coz we were absolutely starving. the servers there must've been laughing their brains out coz we were all in varying degrees of buzz. plus it didnt help that it was quite a fine dining place (but we were seated outside so we weren't disturbing anyone except the passersby). those who werent there, we were either prank calling or talking about (off the record but of course). had a nice heavy meatloaf and mashed potatoes dinner. and a cappuccino to lessen whatever hangover the next day. was a great dinner, especially that it was office expensed (oh, the perks of going out with a nice VP/creative director).

by the time it was time to head home, we were saying goodbye to each other as though we were saying goodbye to family. hugs and kisses to end a day of office bull and booze sessions. in the end, it all works out. just like in any not so dysfunctional quite intoxicated family.