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hot damn! // 2002-12-20

last night we had our team holiday party at mark's place. aj slaved in the kitchen over his super-secret spiced cider, which included rum and some cinnamon liquor i never knew existed, something called "hot damn!". or something. when looking for mugs, we found a bong in one of the cabinets. while i'm not generally amused by people who smoke pot, i am amused by people who i work with who smoke pot.

i drank three huge mugs of the cider, hoping i might get drunk to make the party a little more bearable, but nothing. all i was left with was a nasty, gritty, sugar coating in my mouth. i tried to mask it by eating a bunch of this really delicious cheese. it started out super good, but after a while it was nasty. my last bite tasted like acid reflux. so i took a swig of cider, thinking that would make it better, and then remembered why i was eating the cheese in the first place. so i ate a chocolate chip cookie followed by a mini pecan pie/tart thing, and then felt overwhelmed by the sweetness.

in short, it was a no-win situation, and i went to sleep last night with a tummy ache.

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