Company Holiday Party
I took Mauricio to my company holiday party. It was very "white" to him, but he seemed to have a good time.
The theme was casino night, in which you are giving casino chips, and at the end of the night, you trade in the chips you have left for raffle tickets. Mauricio said that he never has won anything in any sort of drawing, but he wound up winning two $50 gift certificates!
I was pretty popular that night because I wore a belt buckle that has a scrolling electronic message on it. I programmed it to say "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!" and people loved it. I was like a raccoon when I got it: "ooooooh, shiny thing! I must have!"
During award giveaways ("most organized person", etc.), they finally got to my department and said the "this person is very innovative..." and I was trying to figure out which programmer they were talking about, then I heard, "...for his work in developing the lab interfaces..." and my heart jumped. Then I heard "Kip LeCrone! Come on down!!!" I was kinda freaked out. I accepted my plaque and said a funny, and then quickly returned to my seat. I was actually kind of embarassed. I never considered myself the best programmer there, and here I was getting an innovation award. Oh well; right place, right time, I suppose. I didn't want to be negative about it, but it really was something unexpected. Instead of it being an innovation award, I'm considering it being my you-have-no-grounds-to-fire-me award or my you-best-give-me-a-good-raise-at-review-time award. Hahaha.
Afterwards, Mauricio and I went to the gay club Rain. I changed my buckle to say "YOUR AD HERE" and lots of people got a kick out of that. It's weird seeing so many people stare at your crotch. I continued to liquor Mauricio up, because I learned the most interesting things from him last time. This time he said he had no more secrets to give to me. At some point, probably during breakfast at Kerbey Lane, we got on politics, and I was playing devil's advocate slightly. He got very passionate with me and on the ride home, I had to start bitching back at him that I didn't know where this anger was coming from. He apologized later, but I know he wishes I was informed in world events more. I have no plans on being a political activist, so my small contribution comes during the time we vote, or when I have to call an ignorant person out on their shit. I don't want to be consumed by the evils going on; there are better suited people to do that for us. Besides, if we were all activists, that just wouldn't work very well for our country.
This morning he called an apologized for being so passionate. I don't mind him educating me more on world events; but I'm definitely going to educate him more on the leisures in life.
The theme was casino night, in which you are giving casino chips, and at the end of the night, you trade in the chips you have left for raffle tickets. Mauricio said that he never has won anything in any sort of drawing, but he wound up winning two $50 gift certificates!
I was pretty popular that night because I wore a belt buckle that has a scrolling electronic message on it. I programmed it to say "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!" and people loved it. I was like a raccoon when I got it: "ooooooh, shiny thing! I must have!"
During award giveaways ("most organized person", etc.), they finally got to my department and said the "this person is very innovative..." and I was trying to figure out which programmer they were talking about, then I heard, "...for his work in developing the lab interfaces..." and my heart jumped. Then I heard "Kip LeCrone! Come on down!!!" I was kinda freaked out. I accepted my plaque and said a funny, and then quickly returned to my seat. I was actually kind of embarassed. I never considered myself the best programmer there, and here I was getting an innovation award. Oh well; right place, right time, I suppose. I didn't want to be negative about it, but it really was something unexpected. Instead of it being an innovation award, I'm considering it being my you-have-no-grounds-to-fire-me award or my you-best-give-me-a-good-raise-at-review-time award. Hahaha.
Afterwards, Mauricio and I went to the gay club Rain. I changed my buckle to say "YOUR AD HERE" and lots of people got a kick out of that. It's weird seeing so many people stare at your crotch. I continued to liquor Mauricio up, because I learned the most interesting things from him last time. This time he said he had no more secrets to give to me. At some point, probably during breakfast at Kerbey Lane, we got on politics, and I was playing devil's advocate slightly. He got very passionate with me and on the ride home, I had to start bitching back at him that I didn't know where this anger was coming from. He apologized later, but I know he wishes I was informed in world events more. I have no plans on being a political activist, so my small contribution comes during the time we vote, or when I have to call an ignorant person out on their shit. I don't want to be consumed by the evils going on; there are better suited people to do that for us. Besides, if we were all activists, that just wouldn't work very well for our country.
This morning he called an apologized for being so passionate. I don't mind him educating me more on world events; but I'm definitely going to educate him more on the leisures in life.