the christmas party (2002)

we had our chirstmas party last night and it went very well.
our menu included:
an award winning chilli recipe,
rice
beans
jeremy's mom's salad recipe
chocolate chip cookies
cupcakes
chips and salsa and queso (from serranos)
vegetable plate with lite sourcream dip

we played Mafia most of the night since we had a fairly large group of people. it's this game where you draw cards and if you have the ace, you're the mafia and if you draw a jack, you're the cop. the rest of the cards are townspeople. there are two mafia and one cop.
when the game begins, the host tells everyone to lower their heads and close their eyes. then the host says, "mafia, raise your heads." so the two mafia people raise their heads and the host knows who they are. then the host says "mafia, choose your victim." then, the two mafia people have to agree on who they want to kill and point to them without making any noise. then the host says "mafia, lower your heads."

then the cop is asked to raise their head. once he does, he has one guess at who he thinks the mafia is. the host will either nod yes or no. then the cop places his or her head down and the everyone is asked to raise their heads. the host says who died and then the accusations begin flying. if the cop guessed correct, he or she must convince everyone else that a certain person is the mafia or if they know who isn't mafia, they have to convince everyone not to accuse that person. once the a townsperson makes an accusation, someone has to second it. then the accused has to defend themselves. afterwards, a vote is taken. if the townspeople vote that they think they've got the mafia, that person is dead.

the point of the game is either for the mafia to be the last standing or the townspeople to vote the mafia off.

there was a lot of diplomacy, logic, and direct lying involved. i didn't like being the mafia but i loved people a townsperson trying to figure it out.

at around midnight, we played our white elephant gift exchange game. we all drew numbers. the first person gets to open the wrapped gift of their choice. then they get to unwrap it. the second person can either take the first person's opened gift or open a present of their own. if the someone takes the another person's gift, that person gets to either take another opened present they like or open another present.

i ended up taking a person's present. it was an eeyore coffee mug from the disney store. i felt really really guilty that night for taking it because the girl i took it from really liked it. i know the whole point of the game is that everything is less than 5-7 dollars so we can all go out and buy the gifts for ourselves..but still. she's our friend's girlfriend. i think i'm going to buy her the same mug only a different character that she likes...tigger.

we played taboo and trivial pursuit as well. those weren't as fun as mafia though.

i'll post the two or three pictures i took from last night later.

now i have a history final to take. fun fun.

p.s. karen () came to my party and i think she had a relatively good time. i made her stay longer than she wanted to so i'm sure she's crashed out right now. she was so tired by the time we ended the party, i probably should have offered to take her home. she ended up being the mafia like 75% of the time we played the game. it was insane.