Co-workers outside of work
I went to John’s birthday party, one of my co-workers, yesterday. It was interesting to see a few of them outside of the office. He’s a big scotch guy and I got to try some Glenlivet and Jameson. The Glenlivet didn’t have as much flavour as I’d like, but the Jameson was pretty good. I like it better than Crown.
John’s got a pretty nice pad downtown, within spitting distance of GM Place. I was amused by the fake fireplace that produces fake fire. The architecture was done fairly well; despite it being a one bedroom place, the design makes it feel a little bigger than it actually is. Heck, he’s got enough space for one of those L-shaped couches (waaaaant…but one like Curtis’, which you can lean back on like a La-Z-Boy).
Watching your co-workers get drunk off of vodka and scotch can be a rather entertaining affair. John was getting kinda pink by around 11pm. Inevitably, a few of us ended up talking about work, which kinda sucks looking back on it because I like to leave work at work if possible in a social environment. Ah well, it was a good time conversing with people with some good scotch. I find interacting with people in different environments than the norm really brings out other things you wouldn’t find out otherwise.
Alas, I would be amiss if I didn’t pimp John’s pet project: PlateRage. I actually find it pretty cool, and The Province recently did an article on it. It’s a pretty novel idea. People love to hop on the user generated content bandwagon these days. I don’t drive much, but I imagine those that are unfortunate to drive to work every day could make very good use of this site.