the fruitcake enterprises social review — summer 2021
In the summer of 2021, I engaged in in-person or face-to-face virtual social interaction with the following people on the indicated number of days:
1. Shobhit: 26
2. Ivan: 9
3. Tracy: 8
4. Gabriel: 6
5. Laney: 6
6. Lea: 6
7. Karen: 6
8. Alexia: 5
9. Sachin: 3
10. Claudia: 2
11. Harshal: 2
12. Bridget: 2
13. Eric: 2
14. Justine: 2
15. Danielle: 1
16. Dad: 1
17. Sherri: 1
18. Dave: 1
19. Anita: 1
20. Angel: 1
21. Rebecca: 1
22. Scott: 1
23. Noah: 1
24. Charlie: 1
25. Regina: 1
26. Johanna: 1
27. TJ: 1
28. Adrienne: 1
29. Ashley: 1
30. Kwanteria: 1
31. Lexis: 1
32. Jamie: 1
33. Kelly: 1
34. Marissa: 1
35. Tess: 1
36. Brian: 1
Total days in the spring with in-person social interaction: 47 (51.1%, a -2.2 percentage point change from spring)
. . . Well, look at that: this quarter sees not one, not two, but three people's Social Review points exploding to the top, although even the #2 and #3 slots nowhere near to the degree as Shobhit, whose 26 points have not been that high since winter 2020, and compared to spring of this year, when he finally retained the top spot with all of 13 points, compared to that his points doubled. I think his decision to quit his job at Big 5 really helped here. And then, of course, there's Ivan—living with us yet again, now for the third time, since July 10, his first return to the Social Review since he left for New Zealand in 2019, but with, for him, a record-high 9 points. (He's come close a couple of times at 8 before, when he lived with us the last time in 2017, but this was a new high.) A lot of that was before he got a new job himself, though, so I kind of expect that his points will be a bit lower than that each quarter going forward. After all, his per-month average has dropped precipitously even over the summer: 7 in July alone; 1 each in August and in September. We hang out a lot at home, of course, but when it comes to a roommate, I apply the same rules as I do with Shobhit so they don't have quite as much of an unfair advantage: Social Review points only get allocated either when we go out somewhere, or we hang out together at home with someone outside of the household. And then, #3, not even someone who lives with me: Tracy! I largely have a new "movie buddy" in her (I'm in a pretty sweet spot with multiple people who will potentially see movies in the theater with me, from Shobhit to Ivan to Tracy), but I think the biggest difference with her has been the switch back to working in the office. She still regularly works from home; I would venture to say maybe 40-50% of the time, but the amount of time we spend together at work, sitting right next to each other, still allows us to come up with ways to make plans quite easily. I've already got at least three things on the calendar with her over the next month alone. The rest of the list is now fairly standard. Gabriel, at #4 with 6 points, stays pretty high on the list still because virtually every time it's done virtually over FaceTime—with one exception, when Shobhit and I actually went over to his and Lea's house on July 10. I'm still quite confident that won't happen again for months, honesty probably not until sometime in 2022. Which is fine, I only want to do what he's comfortable with. I remain ever-grateful for the ways video chat allows us to make these sorts of compromises under the current circumstances. My spring list had 45 people on it, mostly because of how I managed to make my Birth Week work; the list is down to 36 this time around, and even that is padded by relatively obscure people at two different work parties and the SLGC reunion party. So then, let's get to it: the who did what with whom where and when!
Monday, June 21: with Dad, out for breakfast (Red Light Garage)
1. Shobhit: 26
2. Ivan: 9
3. Tracy: 8
4. Gabriel: 6
5. Laney: 6
6. Lea: 6
7. Karen: 6
8. Alexia: 5
9. Sachin: 3
10. Claudia: 2
11. Harshal: 2
12. Bridget: 2
13. Eric: 2
14. Justine: 2
15. Danielle: 1
16. Dad: 1
17. Sherri: 1
18. Dave: 1
19. Anita: 1
20. Angel: 1
21. Rebecca: 1
22. Scott: 1
23. Noah: 1
24. Charlie: 1
25. Regina: 1
26. Johanna: 1
27. TJ: 1
28. Adrienne: 1
29. Ashley: 1
30. Kwanteria: 1
31. Lexis: 1
32. Jamie: 1
33. Kelly: 1
34. Marissa: 1
35. Tess: 1
36. Brian: 1
Total days in the spring with in-person social interaction: 47 (51.1%, a -2.2 percentage point change from spring)
. . . Well, look at that: this quarter sees not one, not two, but three people's Social Review points exploding to the top, although even the #2 and #3 slots nowhere near to the degree as Shobhit, whose 26 points have not been that high since winter 2020, and compared to spring of this year, when he finally retained the top spot with all of 13 points, compared to that his points doubled. I think his decision to quit his job at Big 5 really helped here. And then, of course, there's Ivan—living with us yet again, now for the third time, since July 10, his first return to the Social Review since he left for New Zealand in 2019, but with, for him, a record-high 9 points. (He's come close a couple of times at 8 before, when he lived with us the last time in 2017, but this was a new high.) A lot of that was before he got a new job himself, though, so I kind of expect that his points will be a bit lower than that each quarter going forward. After all, his per-month average has dropped precipitously even over the summer: 7 in July alone; 1 each in August and in September. We hang out a lot at home, of course, but when it comes to a roommate, I apply the same rules as I do with Shobhit so they don't have quite as much of an unfair advantage: Social Review points only get allocated either when we go out somewhere, or we hang out together at home with someone outside of the household. And then, #3, not even someone who lives with me: Tracy! I largely have a new "movie buddy" in her (I'm in a pretty sweet spot with multiple people who will potentially see movies in the theater with me, from Shobhit to Ivan to Tracy), but I think the biggest difference with her has been the switch back to working in the office. She still regularly works from home; I would venture to say maybe 40-50% of the time, but the amount of time we spend together at work, sitting right next to each other, still allows us to come up with ways to make plans quite easily. I've already got at least three things on the calendar with her over the next month alone. The rest of the list is now fairly standard. Gabriel, at #4 with 6 points, stays pretty high on the list still because virtually every time it's done virtually over FaceTime—with one exception, when Shobhit and I actually went over to his and Lea's house on July 10. I'm still quite confident that won't happen again for months, honesty probably not until sometime in 2022. Which is fine, I only want to do what he's comfortable with. I remain ever-grateful for the ways video chat allows us to make these sorts of compromises under the current circumstances. My spring list had 45 people on it, mostly because of how I managed to make my Birth Week work; the list is down to 36 this time around, and even that is padded by relatively obscure people at two different work parties and the SLGC reunion party. So then, let's get to it: the who did what with whom where and when!
Monday, June 21: with Dad, out for breakfast (Red Light Garage)
Monday, June 21: with Dad and Sherri, Mount Spokane State Park, and picnic lunch at Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
Wednesday, June 23: with Rebecca, Office Lunch Meetup #47 [via Microsoft Teams]
Thursday, June 24: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime
Friday, June 25: with Scott, Noah, Tracy, Justine, Eric and more, Merchandising Department party on the office patio
Saturday, June 26: with Alexia, Seattle Asian Art Museum, out to lunch (Ayutthaya Thai Restaurant) and Capitol Hill Pride Festival at Cal Anderson Park
Saturday, June 26: with Shobhit and Harshal, out for dinner (Bombay Burger)
Sunday, June 27: with Gabriel and Lea, FaceTime Movie Night (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift)
Saturday, July 3: with Tracy, Braeburn Condos Theater double feature (Batman and Batman Returns), out for coffee/chai, hanging out at Cal Anderson Park
Sunday, July 4: with Shobhit, Danielle and Rylee, Independence Day dinner and fireworks at Danielle's house and in her neighborhood
Tuesday, July 6: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime
Thursday, July 8: with Laney, Happy Hour at La Cocina Oaxaqueña
Saturday, July 10: with Shobhit, Gabriel, Lea and Tess, lunch and movie (Fast & Furious) at their house in Federal Way
Sunday, July 11: with Shobhit, to a movie (Black Widow) and out for lunch (Piroshky Piroshky at Victor Steinbrueck Park)
Sunday, July 11: with Shobhit and Ivan, watching a movie at our place (The Hunt)
Monday, July 12: with Shobhit and Ivan, watching a movie at our place (Adam's Rib)
Wednesday, July 14: with Ivan, out for dinner (The Pho')
Friday, July 16: with Tracy, Claudia, Justine, Eric and more, "Pizza, Sun & Fun!" office lunch party
Sunday, July 17: with Alexia, walking to Volunteer Park and back
Sunday, July 17: with Tracy, Braeburn Condos theater double feature (Alien: Resurrection and Amelie)
Sunday, July 17: with Ivan and Tracy, watching the second movie of the Braeburn Condos theater double feature (Amelie)
Saturday, July 24: with Laney, Charlie, Regina, Liz, Johanna, TJ and more, SLGC Reunion Potluck 2021
Sunday, July 25: with Ivan, out for lunch (Bombay Burger)
Thursday, July 29: with Shobhit, out for dessert (Pie Bar)
Friday, July 30: with Shobhit, Ivan and Alexia: out for dinner (Saffron Grill)
Saturday, July 31: with Ivan, to a movie (The Green Knight)
Sunday, August 1: with Shobhit, Harshal and Ivan, samosas and chai at home, then to Discovery Park and Ballard Locks
Monday, August 2: with Shobhit and Alexia, sharing samosas at our place
Thursday, August 5: with Tracy, out for dinner (Thai Ginger) and to a movie (The Suicide Squad)
Friday, August 6: with Claudia, Bridget, Jamie, Kelly and Marissa, going-away Happy Hour for Claudia, at Queen Anne Beerhall
Saturday, August 7: with Tracy, out for dinner (La Cocina Oaxaqueña)
Wednesday, August 11: with Shobhit and Sachin, hanging out at our place
Thursday, August 12: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime
Friday, August 13: with Shobhit and Laney, Happy Hour at Volunteer Park
Saturday, August 14: with Shobhit, Gabriel and Lea, watching a movie over FaceTime (Fast Five)
Sunday, August 15: with Shobhit, out for breakfast (Peloton Cafe Bike Shop) and to the nude beach (Howell Park)
Monday, August 16: with Shobhit, out for a walk
Friday, August 20: with Adrienne, Bridget, Ashley, Kwanteria, Lexis and more, "Lunch-n-Fun" office lunch party
Friday, August 20: with Shobhit, Happy Hour at Diesel and then for a walk
Saturday, August 21: with Shobhit, Gabriel and Lea, watching a movie over FaceTime (Fast & Furious 6)
Saturday, August 21: with Shobhit and Tracy, to a movie (Respect)
Monday, August 23: with Shobhit, out for a walk
Thursday, August 26: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime
Saturday, August 28: with Shobhit and Laney, Kanaskat-Palmer State Park
Sunday, August 29: with Shobhit, Angel and Brian, out for breakfast (Peloton Bike Shop Cafe) and then with Angel, taking in the views at the Sheraton Hotel Seattle
Sunday, August 29: with Shobhit, Gabriel and Lea, wachinmg a movie over FaceTime (Furious 7)
Thursday, September 2: with Tracy, to a movie (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
Friday, September 3: with Laney and Shobhit, Happy Hour at Mercado Luna
Sunday, September 5: with Shobhit, Karen, Dave and Anita, picnic lunch and visit out on their property in Tulalip
Sunday, September 5: with Shobhit, Gabriel and Lea, watching a movie over FaceTime (The Fate of the Furious)
Thursday, September 9: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime
Thursday, September 9: with Laney, Happy Hour at La Cocina Oaxaqueña
Saturday, September 11: with Shobhit, Ivan and Alexia, dinner at Alexia's
Sunday, September 12: with Shobhit, to a movie (The Card Counter)
Sunday, September 12: with Shobhit and Sachin, pantry transfer from Out of the Closet, and dinner at our place
Wednesday, September 15: with Shobhit, out for a walk
Saturday, September 18: with Shobhit and Sachin, hanging out at our place
Sunday, September 19: with Shobhit, out for lunch and dessert in the middle of a long afternoon of shopping (Honest Biscuit and Indi Chocolate)