August 07, 2004

My 28th Birthday at MisShapes

Another year, already? Fuck me, I'm getting old. (Actually, eight months have already passed since I took these pics and now I'm staring down the barrel of 29, whaaaa?). Here's pics from my birthday.

Saturday, August 7th

charlene, grant — Before heading over to Misshapes on Saturday night for my party, a few people came over to share a delicious wheel from Lombardi's. Here's Charelene and Grant digging in.

Here's the group doing the obligatory shot of Brennevin (the nasty liquor that I still have a huge surplus of from my trip to Iceland) before leaving the house.

Leigh, Geordan and Gregg were nice enough to put a little party together for me at Misshapes. The minute I walked in to door a was promptly given a birthday flash by...

sophia l — Sophia Lamar!

sophia l — Seriously, can you name me a guy with better boobs?

marisa, me — I even got my photo (with Marissa!) on the flier for next week's party!

I hit the back office to grab Leigh and given a special "Happy Birthday / Sorry You're Going to Have to Live with Hippies in San Francisco" survival kit. She wrapped everything in a wicker basket that she explained was "perfect for dirty hippie picnics in the park with homeless people." Hahaha. (Bonus points awarded for the "Peace Frog" sticker and eagle-talon holding a crystal ball necklace.

leigh — Leigh got me both seasons of The Office on DVD...

leigh — ...and some dolphin/peace sign fake tattoo arm bands to go with my pendand "Just to make it easier for me to fit in." Hahaha.

colin, grant — Grant and Big Daddy.

leigh, sarah — Girl Scout Sarah and Leigh.

hillary, tiffany — Hillary and Tiffany.

pete m — So this handsome feller here is Pete. On this night, it was his job to stamp everyone's hand as they entered the party. Eveything was going smoothly until my friend Sarah D. showed up with some prissy French dude she was dating at the time who didn't refused to have his hand stamped. Pete was like "C'mon dude, just give me your hand, you're blocking the doorway and holding up the whole line." Again, he refused. And Pete was like "What's the problem, just give me your hand!" The French guy was like "I have important meetings, I can't have some stamp on my hand!" Pete was like "Homeboy, just give me your hand." The French guy got angry and indignant and started getting in Pete's face saying "Don't you know who I am?" Pete, apparently not knowing who he was went ahead and gave him a stamp...

sarah d — ...ON HIS FACE! Hahahahah. Holy shit. You might think you've seen a dude freak out before - but you've never seen anything like this. Keep in mind, this guy was getting huffy because he didn't want his HAND stamped. When he got all aggro and leaned in towards Pete, Pete stamped him with the quickness. The bouncer had to be called over, Sarah and the French guy went outside so he could cool down and Pete was promptly removed from his stamping post. Hahah.

james iha — Leigh and the kids got James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell (the guy that wrote, directed and starred in Hedwig and the Angry Inch) to DJ the party.

colin, grant, me — Here's our dancefloor reaction to James dropping Van Halen's Panama.

grant — Grant was jumping up and down and I managed to capture this clutch action shot.

tiffany — Hillary and Tiff showing off their bendiness.

charlene, emily, me — Emily, Charlene and me.

My birthday cake - after I, uh, blew it.

geordon, me — Me and Geordon.

colin, heather — Colin and Heather.

gina bonjersey, grant — Smells-good Gina (with two of her friends) looked so good she made Grant cry. Hahah.

catrinel, sarah h — Cat and Sarah Harrison.

amy k, me, meredith — Meredith and Amy K. throwing down with the birthday boy.

Jen and Rebecca.

john roche, me — John Roche (who I went to Keystone Jr. College with back in '95!!!) even showed up with a friend. Although once we got a look at how crowded it was inside he was like "Uh, happy birthday dude. Maybe we can hang out some other time?"

dens — Back inside over at the bar, I caught smarty-pants dodgeball.com founder Dennis Crowley trying to lay the mack down on this girl.

amy k, grant, me — Me, Amy and Grant (who's more tan than him?).

sarah — Ultrascout and a friend. Grant kept going on and on about how cute Sarah looked in her little outfit and then the next thing you know...

grant, sarah — ...Troop 103 had her tounge down my best friend's yob.

grant — Grant's reaction afterwards.

caleb, geordon — Hair twins Geo and Caleb.

amy k, meredith — Amy checking out Meredith's porno rizzump.

After James was finished, John took over on the turntables and turned the mutha out.

amy k, meredith — Amy and Meredith dancing up a storm (with Dolph Lundgren's son?).

catrinel, me, meredith, sarah — Moving to San Francisco in less than twenty days. (What the fuck was I thinking?)

catrinel, me, meredith, sarah — Same picture, but this time someone managed to sneak in a crafty 'FUCK YOU, BIRTHDAY BOY" finger into the mix.' Hahaha.

Sunday, August 8th

leigh — Leigh said I could have anything I wanted for my birthday. So I told her I wanted to see her try on the "I Heart NY" t-shirt I had bought for my friend Ross and Jordana's son Dashle for his first birthday. (They moved away before I got a chance to give it to him and by the time I saw them again, he'd outgrown - or so I thought until I saw Leigh manage to squirm her way into it).

leigh, me, meredith — Later that afternoon the ladies took me to Red Bamboo for some vegetarian soul food. (Most likely, because unbeknownst to me, I was being taken to a steakhouse for my birthday dinner and this gave the two vegetarians a chance to fill up!).

When I was younger, I thought that by the time I reached 28 I'd be grown-up enough to not think that taking Tic-tacs and using them to pretend you have buck teeth is something that's still funny. Go figure.

meredith — Meredith's teef.

leigh — Leigh wishing we'd grow the fuck up.

Mint chocolate chip tofu ice cream with a candle. (Later on in the night, I went out to for a birthday dinner at a fancy steakhouse, but somehow I fucked up and lost those pictures. Argh!)