Volume 1, Issue 29 | Gifts
Three years ago, Livvy, Norton, and I celebrated Christmas together. None of us could make it home for the holidays, so we came up with a plan to buy ourselves our own Christmas gifts, wrap them up, and then get together and open them on Christmas morning and play with them. I got myself Legos, Norton got himself a video game, and Livvy got herself a board game. It was great.
This year, we again couldn’t make it home for the holidays, but this year we also knew other people who were going to be around for a variety of reasons.
So we did the self-gifting thing again. And it was even more fun.
So that’s what we got up to this past week, as you’ll see in the photos. We hope whatever you got up to was equally fun. And now that you’re back (you are back, right?) we look forward to seeing you again and often.
—Ivan
Happenings
This week:
Moonlight Showcase #1261, Monday, Dec 30
Moonlight members only (for now). This is where Moonlighters show off work from the last lunation and commit to projects for the next lunation. Interested in joining a social club for side projects based around the cycle of the moon? Reply to this email.
Old Year’s Resolution Party, Tuesday, Dec 31
What happened to you this past year? How did it resolve? Before whatever wild midnight celebration you’re going to, come to The Company and make a small artifact of 2024.
We’ll provide prompts for guided reflection and also have a chance to hear from each other.
No, old acquaintance should not be forgot. Why do you keep asking us that? →
Weekly Wednesday Worknight, Wednesday, January 1
The Company is about combining creative work with good friendships. Make an appointment with your side project this (or any) Wednesday at a Worknight, where we oscillate between enforced, focused, quiet time and optional chatty social time. $5, or free for Company and Moonlight members.
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Also coming up: PowerPoint Party No. 22, Yoga with Dan 🔥 Edition, Glint: Resolve, In the Making.
Nostalgia
Do you remember how Allyson came by for a chat? That we talked for a long time about love and family, and we felt glad that it wasn’t the nice couch?
How Brynn came by and brought cookies that she and London made? That Dan brought a printer? And he helped us with our character sheets?
How we finally broke out the chess set again?
Do you remember Christmas morning? The stress and flurry of impromptu cards, the perfection of gift selection? How Livvy started inventing a system for gift-opening order and then almost everyone just chose to pick the next person in the circle? How we all then played with our new toys, and then had a potluck, and then played some more? How the bathroom light got fixed?
How the rest of that week the company was otherwise quiet or absent, or at least not at The Company?
Bureaucratic Minutiae
The Company now has a (working) printer, thanks to a kind loan from Dan. Instructions for members have been added to The Wiki.
Jim fixed the bathroom light. At the moment, it’s tied to the lock—like an airplane lavatory. To turn on the light, get inside the bathroom and lock the door.
We’ve updated how we handle ticketing for members. A new benefit for members: a way faster flow for getting tickets. Details to come in the Discord, the Wiki, and in an email to members.
There has been a minor reorg within Management. Respective departments and personnel have been notified.
Finally, a reminder that The Company is a membership-supported mixed-use creative space, and if you know any of us, you’re welcome to pop in any time for free (outside of events). If you know that one of us is here and you’d like to come by, reach out and we can let you in.
Do you know anyone in the Denver area who might be looking for creative community? Feel free to forward this email along to them. Everyone loves Paperwork.
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This issue of Paperwork was made possible by the support of our members, Halie, Drew, Justin, Mason, Lexi, José, Mary Ann, Trevr, Aubrey, Allyson, Madison, Melissa, Elijah, Dan, Michelle, Jim, Jacob, Mark, Ben, Sabrina, Beth, Dani, Chris, and Brynn.
