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[gratteciella]

Oof. There is nothing like attending a seminar on Passion in the Workplace* and then reading friends of friends' fabulously interesting LJ's to make me feel like I'm wasting my life. (Hi, seltsame - I saw your post on knittingActually, I *am* wasting my life. I should be working. I shouldn't be sitting in my office reading LJ all day

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[kalliplokime]

Apparently my knowledge of musical theater has withered and died. I got Chorus Line, definitely. But not the others, although I know I know "We Can Do It!", I just can't call it to mind at the moment.

[pandoradeloeste]

Did anyone else look at the phrase "Passion in the Workplace" and think of hot steamy office affairs? Or do I just have my mind permanently stuck in the gutter? (Hmm, would such a seminar be about the hot steamy details of said affairs, you think, or more of a stern lecture on how they're terrible and should never be done?)

[evelio]

How do you know Seltsame?

[gratteciella]

I don't, but I've seen her responing to your and turing's posts. And now on knitting.

[kalient]

I caught A Chorus Line and Les Miserables under "Current Music," but the others I dunno.

Sorry I don't have any suggestions for getting people to come to a party. Dunno if you like the idea, but I think that sometimes games can make good mixers. It's structured, which can make it easier to interact with new people. Depending on how active you expect the group to be, something like Cranium or Taboo might be good for the less shy (who probably don't need help interacting). I was recently introduced to Fluxx (at a Hive-based gathering), and that was pretty fun. It's a card game with changing rules, and you can kind of choose how mean you're going to be to the other players. I later found it at a specialty store -- I don't know if it's worth trying to order online by next weekend.

Good luck!

[gratteciella]

Thanks. Actually, I've done a game party before and it's been kind of fun (though you definitely feel like a dork if you try to put too much pressure on people to play games).

And I *heart* Fluxx. I have my own copy already.

Incidentally, I spent a good chunk of this weekend playing board games with my brother. It was fun, and he started talking about how he really enjoyed board games and how it would be nice if his friends wanted to play them more often. I suggested he could have a board games party. He looked at me as if I were an idiot and said he thought that would be way, way too dorky. Brothers are weird.