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March, 2007

The March Roundup

Here are all the pics I took in March 2007 that didn't end up in their very own entry!

Friday, March 2nd

me
On Friday night I went out to Brooklyn for Siege's Mardi Gras-themed birthday party! Here's me with Catrinel (I think!).
mask ˆ me
meredith
Meredith doubled up with a mask and a hoodie in an attempt to go incognito (but I'd know those blue eyes anywhere).
hoodie ˆ mask ˆ meredith
nina
Nina, however, doubled up using a mask and a wig and it worked because she came up to me and I had NO IDEA who it was.
cat ˆ mask ˆ wig ˆ nina
nina, sarah h
Sarah and Black-Haired-Nina!
wig ˆ nina ˆ sarah h
katie, siege
A little after 1am, Katie brought out a King Cake that Siege's mom had FedExed up from New Orleans for the occasion!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ katie ˆ siege
siege
Hahaha. It's rare thing to see this man surprised.
birthday ˆ mask ˆ surprise ˆ siege
katie, siege
Happy Birthday, Siege!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ mask ˆ katie ˆ siege
katie, meredith, nina, peter
Katie, Nina, Peter and Meredith.
katie ˆ meredith ˆ nina ˆ peter
me, nina, sarah h, siege, wendy
Sarah, Nina, Wendy, the Birthday Boy and me.
me ˆ nina ˆ sarah h ˆ siege ˆ wendy
siege
After everyone had eaten their King Cake, the party moved to the room with a camera and...
camera ˆ siege
...well, the rest is just too predictable.
naked ˆ party
siege
When Siege takes the camera off the tripod...
camera ˆ siege
...you know it means things are getting...interesting.
party
siege
Hahahaha. I love this photo so much. I love how he's all shrugging like "Who, me?" Happy Birthday, handsome!
camera ˆ shrug ˆ siege

Saturday, March 3rd

On Saturday night Meredith and I went to the midnight movie at the Landmark Theater to see muthafucking CONAN THE BARBARIAN on the big screen!
movie
Hahaha. Oh, man. Best worst-movie EVAAAAAR!
movie

Sunday, March 4th

me
On Sunday night we cleaned the rats' cage and then I decided to give them their very first...
bath ˆ me
...bath! Hahaha. The Good One (Ratso) didn't mind the bath at all. In fact...
bath ˆ rats
...Meredith gave her a little chew-stick treat in the middle and she seemed downright happy to be nibbling away in the water.


Here's a "rat bath" vid where you can see her leaping up out of the water at the end.
bath ˆ rats ˆ video
After I was finished soaping her up real good...
bath ˆ rats
me
...I gave her a vigorous rubbing with a towel which she actually seemed to like a lot. (The Bad One, however, turned out to pretty much HATE taking a bath and scratched the shit out of my arm when she tried using it to climb up out of the water!)
bath ˆ rats ˆ towel ˆ me
me
After we finished bathing our vermin, I started making cupcakes for Meredith's birthday!
cooking ˆ cupcakes ˆ me
meredith
It's 12:08am! Happy Birthday, lady!
cooking ˆ meredith

Monday, March 5th

me, meredith
On Monday night, Meredith and I went to NINJA for a birthday dinner with her parents! Here's me (doing my best ninja impression) with the birthday girl!
birthday ˆ ninja ˆ me ˆ meredith
chuck, joann
Meredith's mom and dad (showing off his wicked karate chop!).
kung fu ˆ ninja ˆ chuck ˆ joann
meredith
Meredith chowing down on her fancy ninja-cuisine!
birthday ˆ food ˆ meredith
meredith
Any restaurant where you get to hold giant katana swords is A-OK in my book! (The best part is, Meredith's now the fourth person on this site to appear in a photo tagged with the word "sword!")
best ˆ ninja ˆ sword ˆ meredith
meredith
After dinner, we went back to our apartment for Meredith's birthday party! Check out the turnout for Birthday Cranium!
birthday ˆ cranium ˆ meredith
piper
Piper was there doing her thing. Walking across the game board...
cranium ˆ dogs ˆ piper
piper
...showing off her doggy-dingus. You know, the usual.
butthole ˆ cranium ˆ dogs ˆ piper
caitlin, candy, coco
The Three Cs: Caitlin, Corrie and Candy!
birthday ˆ caitlin ˆ candy ˆ coco
leigh
Leigh!
hat ˆ leigh
lauren flax
Even Lauren Flax (who are hadn't seen in forever) came!
lauren flax
catrinel, sarah
Sarah and Cat.
catrinel ˆ sarah
katie, nina
Katie and Nina.
katie ˆ nina
siege
And here's Old Siege One-Eye getting down with one of the birthday cupcakes I made!
cupcake ˆ siege
leigh, meredith, sarah
Sarah, Leigh and the Birthday Girl!
birthday ˆ hat ˆ leigh ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
I CAN HAS CUPCAKE?
rats
leigh
Eeeek! Vermin!
hat ˆ laugh ˆ leigh
piper
Ratso wanted to meet Piper but Piper was too scared of her! Hahaha.
rats ˆ piper
caitlin, me
Caitlin and I.
caitlin ˆ me
It was a Monday night, so by 3am the party had pretty much cleared out except for a few stragglers. One of whom was the guy sitting on the left who'd brought his dog along! (I think he's one of Meredith's friends from grad school)
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His dog was down to keep on PARTYING!
dogs
lauren flax, leigh
Leigh started wrassling with him and got him all riled up.
dogs ˆ lauren flax ˆ leigh
leigh
Watch out for the red rocket!
dogs ˆ leigh
lauren flax
After Leigh got the dog all wound up, it would leave Lauren alone. Hahaha.
dogs ˆ lauren flax
lauren flax
"Mmmmmmm....delicious arm!"
bite ˆ dogs ˆ lauren flax
lauren flax, leigh, meredith
Hahaha. Happy Birthday, Mer!
best ˆ birthday ˆ couch ˆ lauren flax ˆ leigh ˆ meredith

Sunday, March 18th

alysha, me
A week later I got a call from Alysha who was in town visiting from San Francisco! We went to Veselka and got our latke and pierogi on...and then headed over to the basement of Lit for some Sunday night karaoke action!
alysha ˆ me
natalka
After I snapped this pic of Natalka (who I hadn't seen doing karaoke since the Sid and Buddy era of karaoke!), my camera died! Boooo!
karaoke ˆ natalka