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June 12, 2003

Random RHS Reunion

So check it out: Hope Stevenson, this girl I went to high school with (who was two grades older and was one of the dreamy older girls that we all had crushes on...awwwww) somehow came across my website and emailed me. Turns out she's dating PJ, another guy we went to high school with - and invited me and Amy Albano (who ALSO went to Roxbury High School) to go out to Brooklyn and see PJ's new band, The Love Scene, play.

amy a, me
Amy and I met up in Manhattan and took the NR out to Park Slope. Turns out that Southpaw, the venue PJ's gig was at, was right around the corner from the apartment Amy and I were roomies at when I first moved to NYC in January of 2000. Here's us posing with the freaky Zulu Lady statue right outside of our former subway sto
statue ˆ amy a ˆ me
amy a, hope stevenson
As soon as we walked in the door we spotted Hope. Despite the fact that I hadn't seen her since '93 (what's up, ten years?!?) she looked almost exactly the same (minus the totally hot B.U.M. Equipment stirrup pants and Candies™ she used to wear. (Aw yeah, Jersey lemme hear ya!).
roxbury high school ˆ amy a ˆ hope stevenson
amy a, hope stevenson, pj
Amy, PJ (who I think goes by "Peter" now, so that's what I'll call him moving forward), Peter's bandmate (Matt, I think?) and Hope.
roxbury high school ˆ amy a ˆ hope stevenson ˆ pj
amy a, hope stevenson, me, pj
After catching up inside for a bit, we headed out to see Peter's band's tour bus...
amy a ˆ hope stevenson ˆ me ˆ pj
...a short bus (or to those of us who grew up in less-than-PC New Jersey, a "tart cart")
pj
Back in high school, Peter played guitar in a band with Scott Jentzen called Symaryan. Peter asked about Scott and they hadn't talked in a few years so we called him (and woke his married ass up). Incidentally, I just Googled the name "Symaryan" hoping that I could find some obscure mention of them from way back in the day (we're talking like '91-'92 here) and all that came back was a transcript of some text-based Dungeons and Dragons game (M.U.D.) where somebody's magic warrior elf-sprite is name "Symaryan." Too bad you think I'm kidding.
phone ˆ pj
hope stevenson, pj
Peter and the band were kind enough to give Amy and I a ride back to Manhattan on their way to NJ.
bus ˆ hope stevenson ˆ pj
amy a, me
Amy and I made an immediate beeline for the backseat...because, you know, that's where are the cool kids sit.
bus ˆ amy a ˆ me
After parting ways with the lovely Hope and company, Amy and I popped into Bleecker bar to say hi to her friend that was bartending. There was some big "work party" thing going on and we busied ourselves trying to guess what they all did for a living.
strangers
Junior Mortgage Brokers. Definitely Junior Mortgage Brokers. The Teva's gave him away in a heartbeat.
mandals
matt l, stephanie
After that, Amy headed home and I went over to Piano's to sing a quick diddy at Sid and Buddy's Karaoke. Here's Stephanie and Buddy tearing it up.
duet ˆ karaoke ˆ matt l ˆ stephanie