Last night was epic. Two Christmas work parties in one night, one Santa hat, too many Patron tequila shots, and lots of fun and laughs. Man, I love working for video game companies!

I decided not to bring my huge camera along for the ride, so my point and shoot had to do for the night. It started out at the Vancouver Aquarium, for my work party. I was really impressed how neat the Aquarium is at night! They put out all these beautiful trees and white strings of light, and they really dim it down nice and dark… I made sure to bring my Santa Hat along, as it always makes it way to every Christmas party

Our table got to sit in front of the Whytecliffe Park saltwater tank, which I thought was really neat… that’s where I did my practical dives for my PADI scuba diving license.

Our CEO and other executives made some great speeches and a toast!

Suzanna and I…. we all got 2 drink tickets each… but I managed to accumulate some more tickets from some coworkers and ended up with a grand total of 12 extra tickets.

It all went to good use… we ended up buying lots and lots of Patron tequila shots, my favourite kind too. I was totally stoked that our drink tickets were good for all kinds of premium liquor! What a breath of fresh air for a work party!

I sat with my team at work for dinner. It was great getting to see everyone out of the workplace and with their significant others. Our CEO joined us for the picture. I can’t say enough good things about him! He really inspires us, and me.

Our CEO ended up buying us some more tequila. To the point where the bar ran out.

URGENT! TEQUILA NEEDED! No problem, more Patron was rushed over to the bar and our CEO bought the whole bottle.

More fun and drinks.

We then got a ride to Yaletown with the VP of HR and her husband (Director of Animation/Cinematics), who also happens to work at the same company as Allan… (also, my previous company). Such a sweet couple, and so in love with each other. Really a great couple to look up to who both work in the video game industry. It was great to see some of my old coworkers again! Here’s Noah and I outside of Coast Restaurant.

Inside of Coast Restaurant in Yaletown… CMart was already rowdy when we arrived.

The boys were dressed up to the nines!

My foosball partner, Christine (aka H-Sauce) and I got a little close.

The night ended up winding down after a bit and we headed home. We ran into some friends outside, Matt and Alison! Turned out to be a fantastic night.

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Tomorrow we head to Mount Baker, Washington for a little SNOW and some boarding. Should be a great day and an early start. I think we’re leaving around 6 am, so it’s off to bed for me early!