Party Party Three: Return of the Alcohol

As if there hadn't been enough parties this past week or so (hey, who needs an excuse to party?), last night was the Department of Biochemistry Christmas Gathering at a hotel downtown (The Embassy Suites - where i stayed when i visited here in February). Having bought a new shirt for the occasion, and dusted off some ties, i spent a good 20 minutes sorting out my hair (I gave it a good spiking!) and off to the ballroom! Anyway, as is always best with these things, there was a lot of good food (although i steered clear of the oysters and crab claws) and some reasonable alcohol (helped by the fact it's free). Can you guess that fun was had?

Anyway, once the night wore on a bit, there was a DJ and some space for everyone to shake their booty if they so wished (I did, as did others) and a wide variety of music was played. We had some latino stuff for the people to strut their salsa if they so wished (i think i was at the bar when this was on, so i didn't get chance to) and then we had some classic old cheesy songs like the Macarena - and the dance floor was crammed full for that one. The funny thing was that the DJ decided to speed it up halfway through and consequently a lot of people got lost so we had some interesting synchronisations going. So, with dancing, drink, food, chatter, and general laughing, what more do you need at this time of the year? Other than perhaps some Alka Seltzer.