Every two months, the Oakland Scottish Rite holds their Gaskell Ball. Since it's December, the Christmas Ball took place. Tom and I BARTed over to Lake Merrit and walked a few blocks to the Scottish Rite building. I did bring a change of clothes to the event. Luckily, there was a swanky dressing room for the ladies. As the ladies were getting dolled up in Victorian Era clothes (of which I do not have, and my EGL and EGA don't count), I got into my Qi Pao.

Tom ran into a friend of his from high school. In fact, Tom was the one who introduced me to Gaskell. He's been doing it longer than I have (1998!). It's very nice to take a break from the anime crowd and go into a completely different fandom. There was much waltzing, polka-ing, and shcottishing.

Tom and I left Gaskell at about 11PM to catch our train back to the city. We nearly took the wrong train back (Richmond line!). However, we safely returned to my apartment.

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