the fruitcake enterprises social review—fall 2022
In the fall of 2022, I engaged in in-person or face-to-face virtual social interaction with the following people on the indicated number of days:
1. Shobhit—24
2. Alexia—9
3. Tracy—6
4. Karen—6
5. Mel—5 *
6. Kara—5 *
7. Derek—7 **
8. Tony—6 **
9. Chris—6 **
10. Dad—3
11. Sherri—3
12. Danielle—3
13. Jennifer—2
14. Laney—3
15. Matthew—2
16. Noah—3 *
17. Jake—5 **
18. Joe—4 **
19. Cindy—2
20. Kwanteria—2
21. Steve—2
22. Gabriel—1
23. Christopher—1
24. Lea—1
25. Mandy—1
26. Marie—2 *
27. Mimi—1 *
28. Nancy—1 *
29. Randy—1 *
30. Sara—1 *
31. Kathy—1 *
32. Sachin—1
33. Diane—1
34. Amanda—1 *
35. Mackenzie–1 *
36. Katy—1 *
37. Adrienne—1 *
38. Cathryn—1 *
39. Darrell—1 *
40. Justine—1 *
41. Eric—1 *
42. Kim—1
43. Emma—3 *
8. Tony—6 **
44. Jesse—2 **
45. John—1 *
46. Andrew—2 *
47. Lexis—2 *
48. Francine—2 *
49. Yu—2 *
8. Tony—6 **
50. Ben—2 **
51. Tristen—1
52. Christian—1
53. Braeden—1
54. Mary—1 *
55. Bridget—1 *
56. Tess—1
8. Tony—6 **
57. Ryan—1 **
8. Tony—6 **
58. Rashid—1 **
59. Kelly—1 *
* Attendee at work parties
** Regular attendee at Action Movie Night
Total days in the summer with social interaction: 50 (54.9%, a -7.1 percentage point change from summer)
. . . Damn! I thought the 54 people I socialized with over the course of the summer was a lot—this time, I fell only one short of crossing the 60-person mark! Surely I have never gotten that close before, although to be fair, a good number of people are now kind of baked into a sort of social frequency—hence the asterisks, as well as the seemingly out-of-order rankings when considering the number of points people have. But, if I've socialized with a person on several different days but only barely on all or most given days (as is certainly the case with most of the guys at Action Movie Night, as well as a lot of people at work parties or outings), then I decided to rank them a bit lower, based on a very rough estimate of the cumulative number of hours actually interacting with any given individual. This is why, for instance, Derek is ranked below four other people with fewer points than him. He may have been at every one of the seven Action Movie Nights this quarter (as was I), but I couldn't have said more than a few words total to him through all of those nights. Thus, ranking him at #3 would have been utterly preposterous, especially considering every time I hang out with Tracy it's always for anywhere between three and five hours at a time, at least half of that typically very direct, one-on-one conversational interaction. The same concept applies to the three people ranked below Tracy, just to a lesser degree. It's also why I decided to apply the asterisks, to give a sense of why certain people might appear to be ranked out of order. As for the others in the top five: Shobhit went from 36 points over the summer to 24 points over the fall, but of course that still left him leaps and bounds ahead of the now-standard second-ranked person: our neighbor, Alexia. (She actually ranked fourth over the summer, but had been second in the spring, and last winter.) If Alexia drops from second, it tends to be in a swap with Tracy, who is third here—although Laney managed to sneak back to the #2 slot over the summer when she was in town, plummeting to #14 now with only three points due to shifting back to monthly Virtual Happy Hours while she returned to traveling. Thus, as expected Karen easily fits into the current #4 spot, thanks to our twice-monthly lunches over FaceTime. The #5 spot is a bit more of a surprise, with Mel from working squeezing in there thanks to her organization of multiple work parties, plus our being in Book Club together, which itself meets monthly (except we skipped December). Kara got to #6 for essentially the same reason, often assisting Mel with the parties and also being in Book Club. The 7-9 spots are taken up by guys who tend to be at Action Movie Night; Dad and Sherri get into the #10 and #11 spots because of our traveling together to Wallace, Idaho for Christopher's 50th birthday party in September. I have never included family gatherings as "social" events in the same category, and track those separately, which is why no family gets points for Christopher's party, for for just getting together in Leavenworth for a few days for that matter. Dad and Sherri get these three points each because we actually went out to eat on three different days that we were together. Danielle, who only got one point in the summer, gets three points this time around due to hanging out for several hours at a time on three different dates (two of them back to back, Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, when we went to the Lighting of the Tree Cerenony). Still she only ranks #12 here, when in the past three points would typically rank much higher. I actually didn't see Gabriel over the summer at all so he fell off that list entirely (which I'm sure gave him some smug satisfaction), but we did do our annual Virtual Pumpkin Carving Party in October, giving him one point this time around and thus ranking him at #22. At that same event a single point was given to Lea, Tess and Mandy. Once we get past the top 25, the nearly all the others on the list are one-offs or two-offs of people at either work parties or at Action Movie Night. So, although I socialized on several fewer days in the fall than I did over the summer, I was still around even more people—and thus even more people on average per day that I did socialize. It's kind of a wonder I haven't gotten sick again. I suppose I should knock on wood! Anyway let's get to the who did what with whom where and when.
Wednesday, September 21: with Shobhit, Tony, Derek, Joe, and more, Action Movie Night (Payback) Friday, September 23: with Dad, Sherri, Christopher, Tristen, Christian and Braeden, out for dinner (The Fainting Goat) Sunday, September 25: with Dad and Sherri, Northern Pacific Railway Depot Museum in Wallace; and out for linner in Moses Lake (Michael's on the Lake) Sunday, September 25: with Dad, Japanese Peace Garden, Moses Lake Monday, September 26: with Dad and Sherri, Ohme Gardens, Wenatchee Monday, September 26: with Dad, Sherri and Shobhit, out for pretzels and drinks (Icicle Brewing, Leavenworth) Tuesday, September 27: with Shobhit, out for a walk through Leavenworth Wednesday, September 28: with Shobhit, out for a walk and picnic lunch through Enchantment Park, Blackbird Island and Waterfront Park Monday, October 3: with Tracy, to a movie (Bros) Tuesday, October 4: with Shobhit and Alexia, movie night at her place (original theatrical version of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back) Wednesday, October 5: with Shobhit, Tony, Jake, Derek, Chris, Rashid and more, Action Movie Night (Bullet Train) Thursday, October 6: with Shobhit and Alexia, movie night at her place (original theatrical version of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi) Friday, October 7: with Karen and Diane, out for drinks (Altitude Sky Lounge) Tuesday, October 11: with Tracy, to a movie (The Woman King) Wednesday, October 12: with Alexia, Movie Night at her place (Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens) Friday, October 14: with Laney, virtual Happy Hour with her in Eureka, CA Saturday, October 15: with Jennifer and Matthew, out for dinner (La Cocina Y Cantina) and drinks and staying the night at my place Sunday, October 16: with Jennifer and Matthew, out for brunch (Terra Plata) Monday, October 17: with Tracy, out for dinner (Lost Lake), out for dessert (Molly Moon's Ice Cream) and for a walk up Broadway and back Tuesday, October 18: with Kwanteria, virtual movie night (Addams Family Values) Wednesday, October 19: with Tony, Chris, Chris, Ben, Jake, Derek and more, Action Movie Night (District B13) Thursday, October 20: with Danielle, fast ferry to Kingston and out for dinner (The Grub Hut) Friday, October 21: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Friday, October 21: with Mel, Steve and Kara, Book Club at Queen Anne Beerhall (This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan) Friday, October 21: with Gabriel, Lea, Tess and Mandy, Virtual Pumpkin Carving Party 2022 Saturday, October 22: with Alexia, Movie Night at her place (Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi) Thursday, October 27: with Alexia, Movie Night at her place (Star Wars: Episode IX - The Last Skywalker) Friday, October 28: with Tracy and Cindy, dance party at Neumos Sunday, October 30: with Shobhit, West Seattle Harvest Fest Monday, October 31: with Mel, Kara, Francine, Lexis, Emma, Marie, Mary, Yu and more, PCC Halloween Happy Hour Monday, October 31: with Shobhit, Capitol Hill Halloween Walk Wednesday, November 2: with Shobhit, Derek, Joe, Chris and Jesse, Action Movie Night (Den of Thieves) Friday, November 4: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Friday, November 4: with Mimi, Nancy, Randy, Sara, Kathy and more, Kathy's retirement party Friday, November 4: with Shobhit and Alexia, movie night at our place (Raiders of the Lost Ark) Thursday, November 10: with Shobhit and Tracy, to a movie (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) Friday, November 11: with Laney, virtual Happy Hour with her in Enumclaw, WA Sunday, November 13: with Alexia, for a walk downtown and back Wednesday, November 16: with Shobhit, Tony, Jake, Joe, Derek and Chris, Action Movie Night (The Hunt) Friday, November 18: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Friday, November 18: with Kwanteria, virtual movie night (The Birdcage) Saturday, November 19: with Shobhit and Alexia, Seattle Festival of Trees 2022 Sunday, November 20: with Shobhit, Julefest: A Nordic Christmas Celebration Wednesday, November 23: with Shobhit, Sachin, Kim and a bunch more, party at Sachin's place Thursday, November 24: with Shobhit, out for a Thanksgiving afternoon walk Thursday, November 24: with Shobhit and Danielle, Thanksgiving dinner at our place Friday, November 25: with Danielle, Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Westlake Center Friday, November 25: with Shobhit and Danielle, leftovers dinner at our place Monday, November 28: with Mel, Kara and Steve, Book Club at Buckley's on Queen Anne (The Library Book by Susan Orlean) Wednesday, November 30: with Noah, Marie, John, Emma, Mel, Andrew, Bridget, Kara and more, PCC Harvest Potluck Wednesday, November 30: with Shobhit, Tony, Jake, Joe, Derek, Chris, Chris, Ben, Jesse and more, Action Movie Night (12 Monkeys) Thursday, December 1: with Noah, Amanda, Mackenzie and Katy, out for drinks (Miracle on 2nd) Saturday, December 3: with Shobhit, to a movie (Violent Night) and for a walk Monday, December 5: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Wednesday, December 7: with Noah, Adrienne, Cathryn, Darrell, Justine, Eric, and more, Merchandising Holiday Night Out 2022 (Pasta Casalinga) Thursday, December 8: with Shobhit and Alexia, Holiday in the Park 2022 (Volunteer Park) Saturday, December 10: with Tracy and Cindy, "Cookies, Cocoa & Carolers" at Occidental Square, and "Saturday Family Fun" at Westlake Park as part of Seattle Holiday Lights and Delights 2022; Seattle Center Winterfest 2022 Saturday, December 10: with Tracy, to a movie (Bones and All) Monday, December 12: with Laney, virtual Happy Hour with her in Enumclaw, WA Wednesday, December 14: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Wednesday, December 14: with Shobhit, Tony, Chris G, Chris B, Jake, Derek and Ryan, Action Movie Night (The Retaliators) Friday, December 16: with Mel, Emma, Lexis, Kelly, Francine, Kara, Andrew, Yu and more, PCC Ugly Sweater Brunch Friday, December 16: with Shobhit, to a play (Moulin Rouge! at The Paramount) Saturday, December 17: with Shobhit, to a movie (Avatar: The Way of Water) and Fleurs de Villes NOËL at Pacific Place
1. Shobhit—24
2. Alexia—9
3. Tracy—6
4. Karen—6
5. Mel—5 *
6. Kara—5 *
7. Derek—7 **
8. Tony—6 **
9. Chris—6 **
10. Dad—3
11. Sherri—3
12. Danielle—3
13. Jennifer—2
14. Laney—3
15. Matthew—2
16. Noah—3 *
17. Jake—5 **
18. Joe—4 **
19. Cindy—2
20. Kwanteria—2
21. Steve—2
22. Gabriel—1
23. Christopher—1
24. Lea—1
25. Mandy—1
26. Marie—2 *
27. Mimi—1 *
28. Nancy—1 *
29. Randy—1 *
30. Sara—1 *
31. Kathy—1 *
32. Sachin—1
33. Diane—1
34. Amanda—1 *
35. Mackenzie–1 *
36. Katy—1 *
37. Adrienne—1 *
38. Cathryn—1 *
39. Darrell—1 *
40. Justine—1 *
41. Eric—1 *
42. Kim—1
43. Emma—3 *
8. Tony—6 **
44. Jesse—2 **
45. John—1 *
46. Andrew—2 *
47. Lexis—2 *
48. Francine—2 *
49. Yu—2 *
8. Tony—6 **
50. Ben—2 **
51. Tristen—1
52. Christian—1
53. Braeden—1
54. Mary—1 *
55. Bridget—1 *
56. Tess—1
8. Tony—6 **
57. Ryan—1 **
8. Tony—6 **
58. Rashid—1 **
59. Kelly—1 *
* Attendee at work parties
** Regular attendee at Action Movie Night
Total days in the summer with social interaction: 50 (54.9%, a -7.1 percentage point change from summer)
. . . Damn! I thought the 54 people I socialized with over the course of the summer was a lot—this time, I fell only one short of crossing the 60-person mark! Surely I have never gotten that close before, although to be fair, a good number of people are now kind of baked into a sort of social frequency—hence the asterisks, as well as the seemingly out-of-order rankings when considering the number of points people have. But, if I've socialized with a person on several different days but only barely on all or most given days (as is certainly the case with most of the guys at Action Movie Night, as well as a lot of people at work parties or outings), then I decided to rank them a bit lower, based on a very rough estimate of the cumulative number of hours actually interacting with any given individual. This is why, for instance, Derek is ranked below four other people with fewer points than him. He may have been at every one of the seven Action Movie Nights this quarter (as was I), but I couldn't have said more than a few words total to him through all of those nights. Thus, ranking him at #3 would have been utterly preposterous, especially considering every time I hang out with Tracy it's always for anywhere between three and five hours at a time, at least half of that typically very direct, one-on-one conversational interaction. The same concept applies to the three people ranked below Tracy, just to a lesser degree. It's also why I decided to apply the asterisks, to give a sense of why certain people might appear to be ranked out of order. As for the others in the top five: Shobhit went from 36 points over the summer to 24 points over the fall, but of course that still left him leaps and bounds ahead of the now-standard second-ranked person: our neighbor, Alexia. (She actually ranked fourth over the summer, but had been second in the spring, and last winter.) If Alexia drops from second, it tends to be in a swap with Tracy, who is third here—although Laney managed to sneak back to the #2 slot over the summer when she was in town, plummeting to #14 now with only three points due to shifting back to monthly Virtual Happy Hours while she returned to traveling. Thus, as expected Karen easily fits into the current #4 spot, thanks to our twice-monthly lunches over FaceTime. The #5 spot is a bit more of a surprise, with Mel from working squeezing in there thanks to her organization of multiple work parties, plus our being in Book Club together, which itself meets monthly (except we skipped December). Kara got to #6 for essentially the same reason, often assisting Mel with the parties and also being in Book Club. The 7-9 spots are taken up by guys who tend to be at Action Movie Night; Dad and Sherri get into the #10 and #11 spots because of our traveling together to Wallace, Idaho for Christopher's 50th birthday party in September. I have never included family gatherings as "social" events in the same category, and track those separately, which is why no family gets points for Christopher's party, for for just getting together in Leavenworth for a few days for that matter. Dad and Sherri get these three points each because we actually went out to eat on three different days that we were together. Danielle, who only got one point in the summer, gets three points this time around due to hanging out for several hours at a time on three different dates (two of them back to back, Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, when we went to the Lighting of the Tree Cerenony). Still she only ranks #12 here, when in the past three points would typically rank much higher. I actually didn't see Gabriel over the summer at all so he fell off that list entirely (which I'm sure gave him some smug satisfaction), but we did do our annual Virtual Pumpkin Carving Party in October, giving him one point this time around and thus ranking him at #22. At that same event a single point was given to Lea, Tess and Mandy. Once we get past the top 25, the nearly all the others on the list are one-offs or two-offs of people at either work parties or at Action Movie Night. So, although I socialized on several fewer days in the fall than I did over the summer, I was still around even more people—and thus even more people on average per day that I did socialize. It's kind of a wonder I haven't gotten sick again. I suppose I should knock on wood! Anyway let's get to the who did what with whom where and when.
Wednesday, September 21: with Shobhit, Tony, Derek, Joe, and more, Action Movie Night (Payback) Friday, September 23: with Dad, Sherri, Christopher, Tristen, Christian and Braeden, out for dinner (The Fainting Goat) Sunday, September 25: with Dad and Sherri, Northern Pacific Railway Depot Museum in Wallace; and out for linner in Moses Lake (Michael's on the Lake) Sunday, September 25: with Dad, Japanese Peace Garden, Moses Lake Monday, September 26: with Dad and Sherri, Ohme Gardens, Wenatchee Monday, September 26: with Dad, Sherri and Shobhit, out for pretzels and drinks (Icicle Brewing, Leavenworth) Tuesday, September 27: with Shobhit, out for a walk through Leavenworth Wednesday, September 28: with Shobhit, out for a walk and picnic lunch through Enchantment Park, Blackbird Island and Waterfront Park Monday, October 3: with Tracy, to a movie (Bros) Tuesday, October 4: with Shobhit and Alexia, movie night at her place (original theatrical version of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back) Wednesday, October 5: with Shobhit, Tony, Jake, Derek, Chris, Rashid and more, Action Movie Night (Bullet Train) Thursday, October 6: with Shobhit and Alexia, movie night at her place (original theatrical version of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi) Friday, October 7: with Karen and Diane, out for drinks (Altitude Sky Lounge) Tuesday, October 11: with Tracy, to a movie (The Woman King) Wednesday, October 12: with Alexia, Movie Night at her place (Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens) Friday, October 14: with Laney, virtual Happy Hour with her in Eureka, CA Saturday, October 15: with Jennifer and Matthew, out for dinner (La Cocina Y Cantina) and drinks and staying the night at my place Sunday, October 16: with Jennifer and Matthew, out for brunch (Terra Plata) Monday, October 17: with Tracy, out for dinner (Lost Lake), out for dessert (Molly Moon's Ice Cream) and for a walk up Broadway and back Tuesday, October 18: with Kwanteria, virtual movie night (Addams Family Values) Wednesday, October 19: with Tony, Chris, Chris, Ben, Jake, Derek and more, Action Movie Night (District B13) Thursday, October 20: with Danielle, fast ferry to Kingston and out for dinner (The Grub Hut) Friday, October 21: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Friday, October 21: with Mel, Steve and Kara, Book Club at Queen Anne Beerhall (This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan) Friday, October 21: with Gabriel, Lea, Tess and Mandy, Virtual Pumpkin Carving Party 2022 Saturday, October 22: with Alexia, Movie Night at her place (Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi) Thursday, October 27: with Alexia, Movie Night at her place (Star Wars: Episode IX - The Last Skywalker) Friday, October 28: with Tracy and Cindy, dance party at Neumos Sunday, October 30: with Shobhit, West Seattle Harvest Fest Monday, October 31: with Mel, Kara, Francine, Lexis, Emma, Marie, Mary, Yu and more, PCC Halloween Happy Hour Monday, October 31: with Shobhit, Capitol Hill Halloween Walk Wednesday, November 2: with Shobhit, Derek, Joe, Chris and Jesse, Action Movie Night (Den of Thieves) Friday, November 4: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Friday, November 4: with Mimi, Nancy, Randy, Sara, Kathy and more, Kathy's retirement party Friday, November 4: with Shobhit and Alexia, movie night at our place (Raiders of the Lost Ark) Thursday, November 10: with Shobhit and Tracy, to a movie (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) Friday, November 11: with Laney, virtual Happy Hour with her in Enumclaw, WA Sunday, November 13: with Alexia, for a walk downtown and back Wednesday, November 16: with Shobhit, Tony, Jake, Joe, Derek and Chris, Action Movie Night (The Hunt) Friday, November 18: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Friday, November 18: with Kwanteria, virtual movie night (The Birdcage) Saturday, November 19: with Shobhit and Alexia, Seattle Festival of Trees 2022 Sunday, November 20: with Shobhit, Julefest: A Nordic Christmas Celebration Wednesday, November 23: with Shobhit, Sachin, Kim and a bunch more, party at Sachin's place Thursday, November 24: with Shobhit, out for a Thanksgiving afternoon walk Thursday, November 24: with Shobhit and Danielle, Thanksgiving dinner at our place Friday, November 25: with Danielle, Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Westlake Center Friday, November 25: with Shobhit and Danielle, leftovers dinner at our place Monday, November 28: with Mel, Kara and Steve, Book Club at Buckley's on Queen Anne (The Library Book by Susan Orlean) Wednesday, November 30: with Noah, Marie, John, Emma, Mel, Andrew, Bridget, Kara and more, PCC Harvest Potluck Wednesday, November 30: with Shobhit, Tony, Jake, Joe, Derek, Chris, Chris, Ben, Jesse and more, Action Movie Night (12 Monkeys) Thursday, December 1: with Noah, Amanda, Mackenzie and Katy, out for drinks (Miracle on 2nd) Saturday, December 3: with Shobhit, to a movie (Violent Night) and for a walk Monday, December 5: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Wednesday, December 7: with Noah, Adrienne, Cathryn, Darrell, Justine, Eric, and more, Merchandising Holiday Night Out 2022 (Pasta Casalinga) Thursday, December 8: with Shobhit and Alexia, Holiday in the Park 2022 (Volunteer Park) Saturday, December 10: with Tracy and Cindy, "Cookies, Cocoa & Carolers" at Occidental Square, and "Saturday Family Fun" at Westlake Park as part of Seattle Holiday Lights and Delights 2022; Seattle Center Winterfest 2022 Saturday, December 10: with Tracy, to a movie (Bones and All) Monday, December 12: with Laney, virtual Happy Hour with her in Enumclaw, WA Wednesday, December 14: with Karen, lunch over FaceTime Wednesday, December 14: with Shobhit, Tony, Chris G, Chris B, Jake, Derek and Ryan, Action Movie Night (The Retaliators) Friday, December 16: with Mel, Emma, Lexis, Kelly, Francine, Kara, Andrew, Yu and more, PCC Ugly Sweater Brunch Friday, December 16: with Shobhit, to a play (Moulin Rouge! at The Paramount) Saturday, December 17: with Shobhit, to a movie (Avatar: The Way of Water) and Fleurs de Villes NOËL at Pacific Place
