Hello Tiffy!

So, the party was not a bust exactly, it was just so…. boring! I am not even sure I should talk about it on the blog, it’s not like I would get fired but I don’t want to get in trouble either…. Ok I will share. Well this was my 4th EA party. The 1st one was held at the St Francis in San Francisco and it was pretty bad ass. Part of the reason that I think it was so bad ass was it was touted as “formal” which, for a female like myself, is great. Not only do all the guys look like studs but you get to go pick out a “prom dress” all over again. It’s rare to have the chance to get all gussied up once you are over 18. So it was fun - they also had monte carlo style gambling which at the end of the night the top 3 people with the most chips would win cool valuable things like gaming systems. The 2nd and 3rd year were the same kind of party - except semi casual dress. Which was on one hand nice, but on the other hand less thrilling. Not to mention, they were held on campus, so it was nice to be closer to home but I think we all realized EA was trying to save lots of money by not renting out a place, which is a bad thing to think!

Well they still did monte carlo nights and still offered prizes and still had tons of food. Well this year they rented out the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium- which was quite a step up! I had high expectations. The place was decorated so nice, and the BGCA is generally a concert hall so they had a 70’s cover band and then an 80’s cover band. On stage with dancers, that was the shit! Good music there.

Then it came time to want drinks. It took 10-15 minutes waiting in line per drink. That in my opinion is unacceptable. My feet were killing me in those heels dammit! lol - The food was not bad, but they definitely had a more interesting and better spread in past years, probably because they saved so much on the venue before. They would have rooms where you would walk from room to room with a different country food. Crazy, extravagant and very cool. Well my final disappointment with this year’s party was the casino part. They have roulette, Texas hold em, and blackjack (this year, even fake slots machines!) - However this year you were just given free chips and it didn’t mean anything. Isn’t the only fun in gambling is you get something?! I heard rumors that they gave out trips and things to local indian casinos if you sat there long enough and/or won a big amount while at one time. I didn’t even try, which is *highly* unlike me. I was bored, I wasn’t drunk enough and my feet were killing me. So, whatever.

I am glad I went, I saw a lot of my old friends/co-workers which was my main excitement for going and there is one totally cool thing that was going on there - free face painting. HOLY SHIT! I saw the lady in the blue sparkly wig drawing a star around some girls eye, then I got in line. (There was no line, so I was next) I told her that I wanted a Hello Kitty on my face. She said she knew what she looked like kinda, but she asked for a hello kitty and I didn’t have any reference in my purse. But she drew a very cute dollar store Hello Kitty and I loved it. (Dollar store hello kitty is like one of those knock offs of Sanrio products that dollar stores sell, like Hello Kitty looking cartoon stationery with (for example) a different shaped bow so you just know its not real Sanrio but it is cheap and a 4 year old wouldn’t know the difference). In my case, the dollar store spot is that she has a mouth. WTF? Never, ever has Hello Kitty had a mouth! I loved it anyway. She has a pink sparkly bow, and everyone thought it was cute (as I did as well!) I also shook hands with the CEO (something I never got to do when I actually worked there - I was about to write his name but then he might google his name, find this blog, kill me, then hire my company to take it off of the internet). He was really nice! He commented on the Dollar Store Hello Kitty face paint and asked where I got it. (I guess he isn’t in touch with Event planning :P) That was pretty cool though!

Oh, on the way home from the party, I walked into the liquor store to grab cigarettes and all these people were staring at me. You would have thought I had a booger. I didn’t get it, then I got home and looked in the mirror and realized, oh, the Hello Kitty. haha. It was fun, and I guess I will tell you later about those things I promised to tell you about before.

Here are some of my pics, one of the outside of the venue which I thought was cool, and a few of me posing with my Dollar Store Hello Kitty.

Cute! Banner!

It looks like a nice sexy bed, but it’s just a cute square sitting chair. (Hello! Kitty!)

I am famous for bathroom pictures on MySpace and possibly Flickr too. I am too vain to trust random pictures most of the time. Mirrors are good for getting the cute, happy shot you want. Even so, these pics are terrible. I guess it is ok to look bad once in a while. Haggard Post-Party Kitty!

Haggard Kitty!

Close up of my kitty. (HA! ^_^)