how to get over it in 24 hours or less

...if you're me.

1. If someone offers to buy you ice cream, graciously accept; then, order two scoops in a waffle cone.

2. Play a ridiculous party game with a bunch of people; play until it hurts to talk for all the laughing and screaming. If the rules don't include a round of charades, make up new rules. Get to the point where people yell "Twist!" for the correct answer "Chuck Barris" and where someone undulating an S-shape somehow leads to guessing "Stephen Soderberg".

3. Participate in a geekfest (aka TCG tournament) and don't suck; in fact, come in not last and rank not the lowest out of all your team-mates to get the best bang for your buck. Also: wear a shirt that proudly proclaims you have "no time for losers" in sparkly pink lettering to highlight the fact that you're the only double-Xer in the room.

4. Get dressed up in your favourite purple silk top and attend the symphony; go with someone who appreciates it being Star Trek night as much as you. Play "Where's Worf" while waiting for the show to begin. Afterwards, wait like a groupie outside the artists' entrance to get John de Lancie's autograph. Giggle like schoolgirls all the way home.

5. Chat well into the wee hours with your best friend and remind yourself that life is pretty damn sweet.

Bonus
6. Have dinner with a work friend who'll tell you why not getting the job of your supposed dreams is probably only going to work to your benefit.