{"id":348,"date":"2009-03-11T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=348"},"modified":"2009-03-11T04:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T08:30:00","slug":"another-awards-dinner-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Another Awards Dinner-Dance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SbeCqHTGbpI\/AAAAAAAABI8\/mLVBY0KzbUw\/s1600-h\/Revealpost.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SbeCqHTGbpI\/AAAAAAAABI8\/mLVBY0KzbUw\/s320\/Revealpost.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311857945532067474\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">Oh cripes, it&#8217;s that time of year.  Invitations for Spring events are coming in from all these groups.  Non-profit organizations, political groups, alumni groups, social groups.  The invitations all seem to say the same thing, year after year after year:<\/p>\n<ul class=noindent>\n<li>Come to our spectacular event, where you can see [so-and-so who you probably don&#8217;t know]<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>And tickets are a donation of <i>oooonly<\/i> [insert US$ astronomical sum]<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>But wait!  <i>There&#8217;s more!<\/i> for ooooonly [insert double US$ astronomical sum], you can come to the special VIP pre-event reception and meet [so-and-so] in person!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Enjoy great [don&#8217;t insert &#8216;rubber chicken&#8217;] cuisine and fine [plastic bottled] wine with a terrific [still frozen] desert!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Applaud [way too may long-winded] award-winners!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>And remember, it&#8217;s for [insert name of great cause that you already donate to anyway]<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Get there early to participate in our [who&#8217;d wanna pay anything for <i>that<\/i>?] <i>silent auction!<\/i><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>And plan to get your groove on with [insert name of band no one has ever heard of] for a night of dancing! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Uggghhhh&#8230; these fundraising events labeled awards-dinner-dances are prolific, at least in my neck of the woods.  Not that I am &#8220;Mr. Popular,&#8221; but I have received invitations so far for 6 of these events in April, 9 in May, and 7 in June, with more coming.   AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!<\/p>\n<p>BTW, did I mention before that I can&#8217;t dance and hate trying to?  Did I mention that my partner, Mr. Recluse, hates these things more than I do, so it&#8217;s our agreement that I don&#8217;t even mention them?<\/p>\n<p>While personally I would like to blow off all of these things, there are some events that I can&#8217;t avoid for various reasons.  I&#8217;m on the Board of Directors, or they&#8217;re giving me some some token of appreciation, or someone bought me the ticket, or I am presenting an award, etc., etc.   On comes the monkey suit, the smile turns upside down, and off I go.<\/p>\n<p>But why must they include a band and dancing?  I figure that I&#8217;m not the only one who gets tired and just wants to go home.  But some of the organizers actually think that people <i>like<\/i> to dance.  And seeing those old grey-haired farts shaking [insert name of body parts] on a dance floor is, well, not a pretty sight.  (There are so many other things I could say, but I&#8217;m restraining myself.)<\/p>\n<p>Oh well, such is life.  I promise, as soon as the last award is presented and the last long-winded speech ends, I&#8217;m outta there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Such is my life &#8212; the life of a non-dancing guy who would much rather just be home, in bed.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh cripes, it&#8217;s that time of year. Invitations for Spring events are coming in from all these groups. Non-profit organizations, political groups, alumni groups, social groups. 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