Friday, December 17, 2004
The Christmas/holiday/whatever-the-fuck staff party for Jacquie's school last night went off fairly well. Work-related parties in which spouses are invited are always bizarre for the spouses. You always end up sitting there, listening to the shop talk and then looking for someone or anyone that isn't talking shop. In my case, I have to listen to teachers talk about their day-to-day lives, the students they teach and whatever is going on at the school. With Jacquie, she gets stuck listening to me talk to others about company politics, recent technology news, the difficulty of some stories and dealing with those above us who make calls we don't agree with.
Last night was fairly good. I talked geek and games with a couple of guys there, one a supply teacher and the other a full-timer (a music teacher, I believe). The gamer guy is a big online player, but he's not into typical shooters and such. His passion is Diablo -- and what a passion it is. Actually, he talked with so much enthusiasm about it that I came home, dug out Jacquie's copy of the game, installed it on my laptop and played it until about 11:15 or so.
I was never big into Diablo when it came out, but I'm giving it another chance. I've got my warrior up to third level already, and then I'm hoping to bring him online.
Last night was fairly good. I talked geek and games with a couple of guys there, one a supply teacher and the other a full-timer (a music teacher, I believe). The gamer guy is a big online player, but he's not into typical shooters and such. His passion is Diablo -- and what a passion it is. Actually, he talked with so much enthusiasm about it that I came home, dug out Jacquie's copy of the game, installed it on my laptop and played it until about 11:15 or so.
I was never big into Diablo when it came out, but I'm giving it another chance. I've got my warrior up to third level already, and then I'm hoping to bring him online.
// posted by Chris @ 9:06 AM 
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