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November 27, 2002

Thanksgiving

I headed home to NJ to enjoy delicious turkey with the fam and catch up with all my cracka-ass friends from high school.
emily, me
As soon as I rolled into town, I gots on tha horn and wrangled up Emily Cmielewski and Rachael and we went over to the bar at Chi-Chi's (yep, the Mexican restaurant chain) for some strip-mall style Jersey nightlife action.
coldlamp ˆ emily ˆ me
me, rachael
Rachael loves Chi-chi's. No, for real.
kiss ˆ me ˆ rachael
emily, jo jo russell, me
After getting the ladies all wet with a solo rendition of the Police's 1978 hit "Roxanne," Emily and I stepped up to the mic to kick a duet of Human League's 1982 hit "Don't You Want Me." Check out DJ/Entertainer Jo Jo Russell (the karaoke emcee) pumpin his fist Arsenio Hall style. "Hoo Hoo Hoo!"
duet ˆ karaoke ˆ nj ˆ emily ˆ jo jo russell ˆ me
jo jo russell, me
Me and Jo Jo on tha go go. Yo, you gotta be pretty hard to rock the paisley vest, you know what I'm saying?
point ˆ jo jo russell ˆ me
jamie rubin, mike byank
Bearing witness to our stunning performances were RHS alumni, Jamie Rubin and Mike Byank.
roxbury high school ˆ jamie rubin ˆ mike byank
matt weiner, me
Also on hand was Matt Weiner; an RHS alumnus, a Syracuse alumnus and he lives right down the goddamned street from me in NYC. For those of you new to my site, Matt is so revered for making faces that there have been contests held to pay homage.
best ˆ flipped eyelids ˆ thumbs up ˆ ugly face ˆ matt weiner ˆ me
john c, me
After closing out Chi-chi's (at a rokking 10pm!!!), we headed over to Roxbury's other hot, hot nightspot, The Barn where we ran into John Christie!!!
tit squeeze ˆ john c ˆ me
emily
Now, check this - Emily's had a crush on John since she was in 9th grade and she subtley hinted that she might want make out with him (she did this by grabbing my arm and whispering "I totally want to make out with John Christie."
best ˆ emily
emily, john c
The only problem is, Emily's shy and John, although he talks a big game, has a history of "fumbling" when the ball is handed off to him. So I told John that Emily wanted to make out with him and then was like "Hey Emily, why don't you come sit down next to John." Then I got up and took this photo. Look at their "we both totally want to makeout but we're shy" faces. Hehehehe.
shy ˆ the barn ˆ emily ˆ john c
brett, emily, rachael
Here's my little brother Brett providing further evidence to support the recent scientific discovery that being the "motherfucking Mack Daddy" is likely genetically predisposed.
hug ˆ brett ˆ emily ˆ rachael
dad
Speaking of...here's the Daddy Mack (literally), carving our turkey.
carve ˆ family ˆ thanksgiving ˆ turkey ˆ dad
mom
And here's my dad's BabyMomma whippin us up some potatoes.
cooking ˆ family ˆ thanksgiving ˆ mom
grandma, me
Yo, you gotta give up some love for the Grandma.
family ˆ grandma ˆ me
brett, dad, me, mom
Here's our annual "Family Pic in Front of the Fireplace."
family ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ me ˆ mom
doug
The next day, I drove out to Garfield, NJ to recuse, I mean pick up Doug who was staying with his family.
sunglasses ˆ doug
doug, mr toth
Doug and Papa Toth.
surprise ˆ doug ˆ mr toth
doug, grandma toth
Doug and Grandma Toth! See? You gotta give up love for the Grandma!
doug ˆ grandma toth