So I was at my third annual Zoology Xmas party on Friday and I'm not going to lie, I had the time of my life. I have no REALLY close friends yet in Zoology as such. I know and get on well with lots of people and I am currently forging quite close relationships but they are not yet established. So this essentially means that I'm at this party on my own. So in these circumstances I tend to adopt a persona that isn't completely unlike my own, but it is considerably more drunken, camp and outrageous. It can be fun but I'm not sure why it happens.
So had predrinks in the Zoology department. I hadn't brought any with my but luckily I had a half bottle of M & S champagne in the office that my deskmate had given me due to the fact that she is allergic and I am an alcoholic.
So drank that, with the other postgrads, all female and then we left and arrived at the Gingerman. I immediately got a pint of Bulmers and was deciding who to hang around with. This is my next problem. I don't tend to know who to stand with. I know alot of the 4th years quite well because of UREKA over the summer, and most of them are closer to my age than alot of the postgrads so I do tend to gravitate towards them. So I was beckoned by a girl who knew that I had some gossip about people in the department for whatever reason so I went over and put my hilarious gay bitch hat on. Which was grand. So I had somewhere not to feel socially awkward. It takes about 2.5 drinks until no longer feel strange entering a group of people. So that was fine.
So TJC arrives and isn't sure how to get there. I leave to get him and I see some of the other fourth years heading out. I asked were they leaving... they were just heading to the offo for sneaky naggins.
SUCCESS
So I filled TJC in on everything and we went to the bar, got pints and yager bombs because he clearly needed to catch up. I didn't need to catch up... but I needed a yager bomb so whatever... So we talked to people and shit and TJC found out that 2 of the 4th year girls were into him. Things started to get blurry for me at this point. I mingled for a while and the music started to get louder, so I went to dance with some of the 4th years. They were the easiest to get to. So I camped it up as usual. As far as I am aware I am now the only gay in the village. I think there might be one in 3rd year but that is speculation... More dancing, the Zoology Department Goddess was locked, as she hadn't eaten. We danced obnoxiously as we do at every Xmas party. I gave her the nod and she jumped into my arms and swung back.. clearly attracting attention. FUN TIMES!
A little later, it's rain men came on. I don't really like this song and there are only a few places it is socially acceptable for a gay man o dance to it.
1. If it's a wedding
2. If its a 21st
3. If you are in the country somewhere
4. If you are the only gay person in the building (that you are aware of)
There may be one or two more exceptions, but it is not acceptable to listen to or dance to this song in a gay bar or at some sort of gay/socially progressive event. The same goes for songs like YMCA and possibly "I will survive" but there is a bit more leeway with that one...
So that went down and then some third years with crazy wigs walk in. Clearly as we were making the party happen we needed to figure out how these people came across these wigs and why we weren't wearing them. We were clearly more important... So it turned out that they crashed a private Xmas party across the road that was 80's themed. SUCCESS. So me, and a couple of others (including the possible gay) went over to the thing, wearing the wigs that the other people had stolen in order to look inconspicuous... We partyed there for about 8 songs apparently. I remember two/three. We then decided to go to the bar. We figured out that the Bank of Ireland were at the party so we were all letting on to work for them. I was waving my laser card in the air saying "look, I have a Bank of Ireland Laser card, I work for them". The possible gay was photobombing office pictures too so all in all it was a successful party crash.
Then we left and tried to get al the people to move on somewhere else. We decided to o to Renards because the girls had sore feet. The place is a hole. The dance floor gives the impression of a pit and the bar is a pit within a pit... So we were up on the raised area where you look down on the dance floor (the pit). This woman who looked like a 40 year old lesbian from the early 90's accidently took one of the 4th year's drinks. They mixed up bear and cider so I was like "I'll sort this out" so I went over and tols her what happend go the drink and chatted to her for a while. I have no idea what I spoke to her about but it was all nice and friendly and grand.
So then the party got started and decent music came on. Some of us got up on the tables and started dancing. Which was fun. So then after a while the lesbian comes over to me and is like "erm, could you please leave, this is a private function for cpl and we have this area reserved, your friends are causing a scene, and one of them stole a drink from an individual in our party"
She was foolish to start an arguement with me. I had only broken up with the BF two days previously and I was moving out the following day. I wasn't ncessarily stable. So I told everybody that was with me that I was going to o over there and destroy her. I first had to find out if someone actually did steal her drink, which they hadn't so I went back and had a little chat..
"First of all, I don't understand why you want us to leave, we are clearly making this party happen. Do you not want your company to have fun is that it? You people don't want to have fun? no? Oh and HOW DARE YOU say one of us stole a drink from you, the reason I spoke to you in the first place was because you took one of OUR drinks. HOW DARE YOU (higher pitch). I was personally standing there wen we got these drinks and for you to suggest that we stole your is highly offensive. We can al WELL afford to buy drinks without having to steal any. HOW DARE YOU."
So then she was like, "well maybe I should get security if you aren't willing to ask your friends to leave" So I replied, "there are no signs saying we cannot be here, you go get security and you tell them to talk to me and we will see what happens then."
She left for ages. Eventually she came back... no security... she just stood there giving me evils with one of her work friends. Score one for Jason!
So it was winding down at that point. We went for a dance and TJC decided to leave, I was following and apparently found a group of girls that I decided to stay and dance with... it lasted 1 minute and I followed TJC out. I walked him to the nightlink and then headed back to the flat. He told me he was on the nightlink. I made a Rosín Murphy reference... He didn't get it. But it was fine. Soon he will.
So I popped in my earphones, put Britney on LOUD, and danced obnoxiously with myself all the way back to the flat.
Fun times!
