Late. (Although the time stamp on the post is Norway-time, not California-time, so it's not that late.)

Just returned from the Microsoft party. We worked hard to get in, but we left quickly. Why? It just wasn't very...good. Really.

The male to female ratio was 99 to 1, which, to be fair, wasn't Microsoft's fault - it's this damn industry we're working in. It's a men's only club. If it weren't for marketing and PR, there would be nothing but beards and beer bellies. Granted, you can still have a decent party without the women (in theory - it's yet to be proven), but this wasn't it. Again, I don't blame Microsoft. I blame the geeks. And I blame the nerds.

Geeks are good people. They're really are. They're just not good party people. It's not their natural environment. Like lions in a zoo, they retreat to the corners, growling, aggressive - deadly. Mmm...not so much, no.

Ah, heck, it has nothing to do with the geeks or the nerds. While my nerdish genes are few and far between, I've been known to geek out once in a while, and yet, strangely enough, I do all right at parties.

It's all because of the women. Or lack of it. Them. Lack of them. Women are the secret ingredient. Parties just aren't the same when you put five hundred guys in a room and turn down the lights.

(Besides, the music sucked, the food wasn't very good, and I was tired. I think the 'tired' bit is the truth behind the 'sucky party' complaint. I needed my Zs. Desperately.)

Bedtime. Night.  ¶ 08:52