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ugh! tonight we have our legal practice groups' client appreciation drinks at somerset house.
this is such a naff ordeal. as a consultant to the practice group, they are my clients, not the actual companies we bill. so I know no one, and have no work history. i go with the burden of having to pure blow boloney at any person i talk too.
also, after a 25 ish day drinkathon whith only 4 sober days pepparing that run, i am off drinking. i actually don't even want to drink. my body is enjoying the cleanse. i had a lovely dinner of salmon, and spinach/artichoke/prawn/asparagus salad. my skin cells are humming again.
last year it was miserable. trying to talk to people, and un-latching from clients without social graces, which is 99.9%, trying not to talk to friends at work so that i could actually feel like an employee that is doing her job. And for my efforts? 25 awkward pauses, 5 conversations that were more to the nosehairs of the horribly ungroomed beyond 50 year old bankers, 1 attempt at entering the mens instead of the ladies (oops), and 1 nasty canape consumed that probably left my breath smelling like a salmon spawning zone.
A quick diatribe on the grooming habits of british men post 50. It is disgusting. Do they rub rogain on their nose and ears? and i don't just mean the insides of their nose! i remember, unfortunately vividly, going to lunch with a notable City commentator who seemed to think it was acceptable, and maybe even attractive, to have 3 inchlong wiskers growing out of the top of his nose!! oh gosh, i am feeling sick...if ever need to supress appetite i will just re-read this sentence. I don't think i even need to go into the teeth, breath and comb-over issue.
I don't want to spend too much time there. As long as i talk to two clients, i will feel that i have discharged enough my employee duty. And one of the two must be with, in tandem or near a parter of mine so that my discharge is duly noted. No canapes, Pelligrino only. I plan on leaving by 7:20. The key to this is attack rather than defense. In and out, quickly. ironically, the same strategy i have with men i want to pull. hmmm, must think on that one....
this is such a naff ordeal. as a consultant to the practice group, they are my clients, not the actual companies we bill. so I know no one, and have no work history. i go with the burden of having to pure blow boloney at any person i talk too.
also, after a 25 ish day drinkathon whith only 4 sober days pepparing that run, i am off drinking. i actually don't even want to drink. my body is enjoying the cleanse. i had a lovely dinner of salmon, and spinach/artichoke/prawn/asparagus salad. my skin cells are humming again.
last year it was miserable. trying to talk to people, and un-latching from clients without social graces, which is 99.9%, trying not to talk to friends at work so that i could actually feel like an employee that is doing her job. And for my efforts? 25 awkward pauses, 5 conversations that were more to the nosehairs of the horribly ungroomed beyond 50 year old bankers, 1 attempt at entering the mens instead of the ladies (oops), and 1 nasty canape consumed that probably left my breath smelling like a salmon spawning zone.
A quick diatribe on the grooming habits of british men post 50. It is disgusting. Do they rub rogain on their nose and ears? and i don't just mean the insides of their nose! i remember, unfortunately vividly, going to lunch with a notable City commentator who seemed to think it was acceptable, and maybe even attractive, to have 3 inchlong wiskers growing out of the top of his nose!! oh gosh, i am feeling sick...if ever need to supress appetite i will just re-read this sentence. I don't think i even need to go into the teeth, breath and comb-over issue.
I don't want to spend too much time there. As long as i talk to two clients, i will feel that i have discharged enough my employee duty. And one of the two must be with, in tandem or near a parter of mine so that my discharge is duly noted. No canapes, Pelligrino only. I plan on leaving by 7:20. The key to this is attack rather than defense. In and out, quickly. ironically, the same strategy i have with men i want to pull. hmmm, must think on that one....
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