Leigh's 23rd Birthday


Leigh turned twenty-three! We had two parties to celebrate!

Friday, July 27th

alexis, gordon, jackson, leigh, max m, scott m
Little Miss Leigh Lezark turned 23 on Thursday. On Friday, we took her out for dinner to celebrate.
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Leigh and Max make their rat faces.
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"Happy Birthday, dear Lee-eigh!"
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Make a weeeeeeeeeeeeesh!

Saturday, July 28th

leigh, me
Then on Saturday night, there was a party for Leigh's birthday at MisShapes. (I heard she knows the people that throw that party so they hooked it up for her).
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I don't remember if there was a reason behind all the tongue sticking out or if we just thought it was funny at the time. (And just for the record, I still think it's funny).
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It's really difficult to ever "throw" Leigh a party because she's always hiding and disappearing (into places like secret backrooms and utility closets), but at 2am Max managed to pin her down to the backroom so that...
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...Geordon could bring out a bunch of ice cream cone cupcakes and we could all embarrass the crap out of her by singing Happy Birthday.
leigh
Make another weeeeeeeesh!
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Awwwww, who's an embarrassed little Tinny? After the singing was over, we went over to the DJ booth...
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...where MonsterMask and Jackson were DJing.
MonsterMask (ok, and Jackson) got the crowd dancing...
alexis, jimmy webb, leigh
...and even managed to incite a mini dance party amongst Leigh, Jimmy Webb (the walking party who manages Trash & Vaudeville who I LOVE) and Alexis.
me, sheal
Around 3am, I went down into the basement and ran into Sheal...
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...and Scott, who was just about wrapping up his "official" duties as the "whitewall photography guy."
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Max was downstairs with his friend Blake that he'd just finished shooting a movie with. (Who a couple of weeks later became much more well known when Gossip Girl started airing).
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The normal "secret backroom" downstairs was way too crowded so Geordon took it upon himself to unlock some unmarked door and a new "ULTRA SECRET" backroom was created!
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Your private birthday room is ready, birthday girl!
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Thomas even came downstairs off the door to bounce that shit.
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Scott came in after he'd finished taking pictures and slipped Leigh some birthday tongue! Hahaha. His expression is soooooo funny.
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Kissing girls is THE WORST!
leigh
Then it was present time! I gave Leigh her birthday present from Meredith and me (picked out by Meredith cus' she's the best at getting people good gifts) and it was...
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...wiener dog soap! That looked just like Edie!
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Alexis was doing something weird in the background of this photo and when I showed it to her...
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...it somehow inspired the two of them to recreate the photo from The Sounds album cover.
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They totally had it down, I just took the photo from the wrong angle. Blarg!
alexis
And because all "Let's take silly photos" moments eventually devolve into an Ugly Face Contest...here we go! Alexis kicked it off with a solid smoosh face!
max m
Max started off with a Happy Smoosh Face...
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...but thought it wasn't "ugly enough" so he took off the hat and went for this much more serious Smoosh Face.
I forget this guy's name (maybe he was a friend of Max's or Blake's?), but regardless, he represented with a brand new kind of Ugly Face. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm pleased to present to you, the "Retarded Robert DeNiro is Sad" Ugly Face! Solid!
me
I stepped in with my triple threat masterpiece! The Wonky Eye / Slit Mouth / Neck-Wrinkle Combo! POW!
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When I turned my camera around to newcomer Blake, she DID NOT disappoint. I simply said: "UGLY FACE! GO!" And she immediately pulled this little ditty out! The best part was, after reviewing the photo she was like "I can do better! Give me another shot!" I was skeptical...
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...but Blake proved that she could indeed hang with the "cool kids." Holy cramoly, that, my friends, is a prize-winning ugly face! Wow.
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And then Leigh finished off the night with her impression of a Birthday Turtle! Happy 23rd, Leigh!