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Feb. 28th, 2019 08:16 pmAli Velshi event last week went well, and I got to enjoy the fancy post-program dinner with our special sponsors. Ali is very nice and accommodating, and I wrote a write-up about the event here, though it went through two editors who wanted different things so I honestly think it's worse than the first draft! Nevertheless.
I canceled a lunch with friends to catch up on extra reading and sleep, but Kevin and I did make it out to a wine bar with M and X and X's girlfriend S. It occurs to me I should probably try to avoid real names when this is still public. I should just make this private. Anyway, the wine bar was nice, and the wine was nice, and we ended up shouting a lot about politics, though we all largely agreed. Good times.
Another work event on Monday with an offsite post-program dinner at a lovely French restaurant downtown. Met a cute AI seal, mingled with rich folk, bonded with one of our speakers about hockey. (He's a Canucks fan, poor guy.) Didn't get home 'til 11! So I took a shorter day on Tuesday. But this week has mostly remained busy in the lead up to our major fundraising gala, the Tiger Ball, on Friday. I went through an ordeal with Rent the Runway for my dress, but I do have it! The one I'm going to wear tomorrow is a high-low cut with a cute criss-crossed back and pockets. I wish it were full red instead of a red and white lace pattern, but oh well.
Finished City of Thieves yesterday and it was strange, absurd, disturbing, funny, sad, but I enjoyed it. Set during WWII's Siege of Leningrad, two thieves are sent by a colonel on a hunt for a dozen eggs. So many more books await me!
I canceled a lunch with friends to catch up on extra reading and sleep, but Kevin and I did make it out to a wine bar with M and X and X's girlfriend S. It occurs to me I should probably try to avoid real names when this is still public. I should just make this private. Anyway, the wine bar was nice, and the wine was nice, and we ended up shouting a lot about politics, though we all largely agreed. Good times.
Another work event on Monday with an offsite post-program dinner at a lovely French restaurant downtown. Met a cute AI seal, mingled with rich folk, bonded with one of our speakers about hockey. (He's a Canucks fan, poor guy.) Didn't get home 'til 11! So I took a shorter day on Tuesday. But this week has mostly remained busy in the lead up to our major fundraising gala, the Tiger Ball, on Friday. I went through an ordeal with Rent the Runway for my dress, but I do have it! The one I'm going to wear tomorrow is a high-low cut with a cute criss-crossed back and pockets. I wish it were full red instead of a red and white lace pattern, but oh well.
Finished City of Thieves yesterday and it was strange, absurd, disturbing, funny, sad, but I enjoyed it. Set during WWII's Siege of Leningrad, two thieves are sent by a colonel on a hunt for a dozen eggs. So many more books await me!
