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Tonight was the big members' party for the new director, an event which I have done a thoroughly mediocre job of letting the membership know about. The turnout was good, but I realized anew how much better off the Gallery would be with someone who was actually, you know, good at the job. I was also underdressed, but made up for it by being servile.

Discoveries of the evening:

1. I can fit ten coffee cups onto the fingers of my left hand. This is a tie with S. of Facilities, who is fiftyish, British, and excellently sarcastic.

2. In pouring punch, as with many things, the key is not so much precision as audacity. If you pour slowly and carefully, you will get punch all over everything. If you firmly and swiftly transfer liquid from ladle to bowl, you have a fighting chance of keeping your guests' spangly costumes clean.

"Is this punch?" said a guest.
"It is." I said.
"Is there a charge?"
"Heck no." I said. "Take two."
Well, you get tired.

Then the Curator of Asian Art and I discussed the best way to get cake home in our pockets. Over the last of the goat cheese, a famous local artist urged me to eat the orchids. I'm not sure what she meant by that.

I think I am not cut out for life amongst the elite.

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