My 32nd Birthday


Here are all the pics from my 32nd birthday.

Thursday, August 7th

dad, mom
On Thursday night my parents came into town to visit and take me out for a birthday dinner!
me, meredith
Mer and me.
us ˆ me ˆ meredith
mom
My parents had never had Korean food so I took them out for a feast!

Friday, August 8th

mandy, me
I took a day off from work on Friday so that I could spend my actual birthday on the beach! Mandy met me on the subway and we headed out together!
Rockaway Park Beach 116 Street!
mandy
By the time we got to the beach it was still sunny, but the clouds were beginning to roll in a bit. Check out how empty the beach was!
It was so nice to have so much space and quiet. Nothing but the sounds of seagulls and waves crashing.
About 40 minutes after we'd arrived, the dark and ominous clouds started rolling in.
The weather held, but about 90 minutes later, thing got DRAMATIC!
mandy, me
Getting ready to make a run for it!
We made it to the subway platform just as the rain started to fall. We got to watch a lovely sun-shower as we waited for the train.
mandy, me
Check out our MAJESTIC beach hair!
me, meredith
Meredith couldn't come to the beach because she had to go to work. But I let her enjoy it vicariously through the smell of my beach hair.
lisa, pauly
At 3am I got a text from Lisa and Pauly and decided to head out to meet them for some late night drinks at Mama's Bar!
bar ˆ lisa ˆ pauly
lisa, pauly
They had been out most of the night drinking and it was clear that I had some catching up to do!
best ˆ drunk ˆ lisa ˆ pauly
pauly
It was my birthday, so they decided to humor me and play Big Buck Hunter with me! Yay!
lisa
Check out Lisa's form! A natural born killer, for sure.
lisa
Did I get him? *hic*
pauly
Hahaha.
me
Committed.
pauly
I managed to get a "Perfect Site" which caused Pauly to give me the stink eye. Hahah.
lisa
Lisa on the other hand was super-into my awesome video game skills! (Is she putting her tongue in the gun-hole? Whoa.)
lisa, pauly
Hahaha. Oh man, this photo makes me laugh out loud. Two years have passed since I took this pic. Lisa and Pauly broke up almost a year ago! Pauly moved back to Canada last week and we never see Lisa anymore. Good times, you guys. Miss you!)
pauly
3:50am. It was Pauly's turn on Big Buck Hunter but when we turned to hand him the shotgun, he was asleep on the bar! Hahaha.
lisa, pauly
Lisa had like a nano-second of compassion...
lisa, pauly
...then managed to shake it off. THUMBS DOWN, PAUL! Hahahah.
It was afterhours at this point, but since it was a real quiet night, the bartender told us we could hang for a bit and he locked the place up. This guy was the only other place in the bar so we agreed to play some Big Buck together.
lisa
Helping each other out.
lisa
Making new friends always.
lisa, pauly
The door had one of the those locks that requires a key from the inside. After we finished our game, we woke Pauly up and tried to leave, but the bartender totally misplaced his keys and we were all stuck inside 15 minutes until he found them. Pauly just wanted to get into bed.
pauly
Sleepy guy.
lisa, me, pauly
Hahah. Thanks for going out for late night drinks, you two.
grumpy ˆ lisa ˆ me ˆ pauly

Saturday, August 9th

brother lawrence
On Saturday night we had some people over our apartment for my birthday. Lawrence was the first to arrive at midnight (he was all dressed up because he had to be at work at 3am!).
ellen, me
Me and Ellen.
piper
Piper!
catrinel, sarah, vince
Catrinel, Vinny and Sar.
catrinel, meredith
Mer and Cat.
jenny penny
Jenny and PBR.
me, shruti
Shruti and me.
me
These guys are Shruti's friends They were super-nice and totally get super-wasted later on in the night (just like me!). SPOILER ALERT!
sarah v
Sarah came and brought some friends!
catrinel, jb
JB, Cat and one of Mer's friends whose name I forget (sorry!).
mandy
David and Mandy.
quinn, vince
Quinn and Vinny.
vince
Vinny showed everyone a music video he'd just worked on.
igor
My co-worker Igor came! Check out the MONSTER glass of scotch he had! Holy shit!
catrinel, lisa, pauly
Couch buds.
shruti
Radio on the TV. Shruti checking out the "Soft Rock" station.
meredith
Someone brought a nice bottle of Johnny Walker Black which someone decided we should all do shots of.
igor, jenny penny
Hahaha.
igor, jenny penny, meredith
Bad Idea Jeans.
jenny penny, josh adcock, sarah, shruti
Cheers! I love this photo.
jenny penny
That Scotch sure is smooooth.
Something's shocking.
josh adcock, lisa, pauly
Josh was there and brought his best friend from high school. Awesome.
lisa, me, pauly
Birthday coldlamp.
josh adcock, lisa, me, pauly
Hahah.
igor, jenny penny
I love how you can start to tell that people are getting pretty lit in these pics.
me, meredith, quinn, vince
Hallway buds.
josh adcock, me
Hahah. Yes! It's clear that the dance party has officially started.
jenny penny, me
This is the very last photo of me at my own birthday party! Right after this photo was taken, I made the mistake of having ANOTHER drink and smoking MORE pot and the room started spinning 'round like the blades of a helicopter. Instead of making a big deal about how sick I was feeling, I just grabbed Meredith and quietly told her "I'm gonna go take a couple of laps" and sneaked out of the party to wander the manicured gardens of Stuytown until I felt better.
lisa, pauly, sarah
I left my camera (and phone) at the party and here are the pics people took during my (lengthy) absence.
pauly
Whomever was manning my camera in my absence did an amazing job!
igor
Budmo!
jenny penny
There are a lot of pictures of people eating food.
jenny penny, shruti
Of people pretending to be Japanese schoolgirls.
pauly
Solo "comedy-eating" photos.
jenny penny
Peas and strawberries? Crazy!
sarah
Hahah.
lisa
Coldlamping with chips.
jenny penny, shruti
And co-operative "comedy-eating" photos!
jb, shruti
Shruti and JB.
meredith, pauly
Mer and Pauly.
Oooooooooooooo!
Feng Shui Brand peas!
lisa, meredith, pauly, sarah
Lisa, Sarah, Meredith and Pauly
josh adcock
This Guy? Number one! (This is an awesome photo)
shruti
I command you to open!
HAHAHA. Oh man, I love these two.
It ended up taking me well-over an hour of walking around outside for the spins to subside. Despite my party foul, I'd successfully "walked it off" (Thanks, for the life-advice Mr. Orlando!), but by the time I made it back to the the party...
me
...everyone had left! People noticed that I was missing about ten minutes after I'd disappeared. After more than an hour passed, everyone figured I wouldn't be coming home any time soon and took off. Hahaha. Thanks for coming over everyone! Sorry I missed the end!