recovery

Music: Meat is Murder (1984)

If I were to pass away tomorrow for some reason and had the luxury of deciding how I would be remembered, I think something like this would be nice: "Josh was a kind person, a good cook, a decent scholar, a great teacher, a closet romantic, but . . . he threw really awesome parties!" I think last Saturday night qualifies as an awesome party, and few things make me happier than seeing people having a good time. We ate. We drank. We danced. (They smoked). We slept with smiles on our faces.

The evening started off with a casual pre-party with fellow assistant colleagues (once you graduate to associate, you get excluded like Rudolph). Then waves of people bearing food rolled in. Then we danced. Crowd pleasers included the electro-house remix of Tegan and Sarah's "Back In Your Head" and various remixes of "Four Minutes" by Madonna. It if anything was going to hail the cops hither, it was the 1:30 a.m. "Come On Eileen" sing-along. I knew this playing this song would cheer folks, but I had no idea it was going to be the party's anthem. Ok, so, if you are an Eileen, the party people want you to come on, big time!

A gallery of the evening is here. couldn't make it this year? Well, you'll just have to come to the Halloween costume party in the fall. Mark your calendar for traveling: Halloween falls on a Friday this year!