you know what your decision is, which is not to decide

The problem with drinking while working is that it can quickly turn into just plain drinking, and from there it's a short stumble to "work? what? yes, of course, definitely pour me another."

Er…oops.

To keep things language-focussed, I did start a new game of awarding "vocabulary points" to those who used neglected or difficult or otherwise-impressive words, which resulted in our drunken conversation being relatively highbrow. (Although I must admit, toward the end of the night, the words did get harder to pronounce. This is when I started up the corollary game of awarding "enunciation points".) And I made everyone play freerice (which has evolved from being just about vocabulary and is now also about maps, chemical symbols, learning foreign languages, and artwork), so although we were drunken idjits, we were charitable drunken idjits.

At least I managed to get half of my words for the day before becoming totally delinquent, so that should help minimise today's catch-up.

In the meantime, the evolution of vampire moths is unspeakably cool.

On The Steps Of The Palace (Into The Woods)

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Comments

  1. Sir Tessa [3 November 2008 @ 4:53 pm]

    …damn, you, I just spent half an hour on freerice.

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  2. damselfly [3 November 2008 @ 5:21 pm]

    :mrgreen:

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  3. K [3 November 2008 @ 7:13 pm]

    We so cool… Being intellectual when drunk..

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  4. damselfly [3 November 2008 @ 7:16 pm]

    Cool…or geek…

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  5. Ben Payne [3 November 2008 @ 7:56 pm]

    Just leave him a clue, for example a shoe…

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  6. damselfly [3 November 2008 @ 8:00 pm]

    EEK! You know "Into The Woods"?! That song always makes me laugh.

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  7. Sir Tessa [3 November 2008 @ 11:58 pm]

    Who durnt know Into The Woods, sully gel.

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  8. damselfly [4 November 2008 @ 6:59 am]

    Clearly I'm hanging around with the wrong crowd!

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  9. Jiffy [4 November 2008 @ 5:46 pm]

    I'm drinking while updating my resume. I expect to see a succinct and professional CV when revisiting it tomorrow morning. Do not ruin my fantasy.

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  10. damselfly [4 November 2008 @ 6:35 pm]

    Oh hey, well, the alcohol worked wonders for my manuscript, sure, yeah, definitely… :|

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  11. Jiffy [4 November 2008 @ 6:41 pm]

    I choose to believe you because I know you would never lie to me. Ever.

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  12. damselfly [4 November 2008 @ 6:44 pm]

    Good girl. No wonder we get along so well!

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  13. Jiffy [4 November 2008 @ 6:53 pm]

    Heh. I think I love you :)

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  14. damselfly [4 November 2008 @ 7:13 pm]

    Ah, so the alcohol is starting to kick in. This is excellent!

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  15. Steve Brown [5 November 2008 @ 10:59 pm]

    Another great charity site is AIDtoCHILDREN.com. It donates money to
    children in need through World Vision.

    Check it out at http://www.aidtochildren.com

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  16. damselfly [6 November 2008 @ 7:50 am]

    Thanks, Steve. If it's anything as addictive as freerice, I'll be suckered in ;)

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