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February, 2009

The February Roundup

Here are the photos I took in February 2008 that didn't end up in their own entry.

Saturday, January 31st

john f, michael
A few of the late night photos from John's birthday party (held on the last night on January) accidentally ended up in my February folder!
john f ˆ michael
Like these photos of the totally amazing hearse that we saw parked in his neighborhood. It had an Obituary sticker on the rear window...
car ˆ hearse
...Iron Cross hub caps (with a skull in the center) and awesome "HONKY LIPS" graffiti on the passenger side, rear corner-panel. Someone paying awesome homage to...
best ˆ graffiti ˆ hearse ˆ meta
...the graffiti that gets spray painted on the Wagon Queen Family Truckster in the first National Lampoon Vacation movie.
wagon queen family truckster
Here's a photo of the "afterhours" party we went to in an abandoned building that got shut down about 20 minutes after it opened because a big fight broke out (that may or may not have been instigated by a drunk and belligerent Meredith! Ha!).
afterhours ˆ brooklyn ˆ crowd ˆ party

Sunday, February 1st

jeet, jenny penny, josh adcock, karen, me, quinn
The next morning I went to brunch at the Hotel Rivington with a big brunch crew to welcome Jenny's cousin (I think!) who was in town visiting.
brunch ˆ jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ josh adcock ˆ karen ˆ me ˆ quinn
I ordered the Eggs Florentine and went halfies with someone who got the strawberry French Toast. Half savory, half sweet is THE ULTIMATE BREAKFAST!
breakfast ˆ brunch ˆ food

Tuesday, February 10th

mitzi
On Tuesday night I played with our filthy, verminy prisoners.
rats ˆ mitzi

Friday, February 13th

me, meredith
On Friday night we went to see Coraline in 3D. It was awesome.
3D ˆ get a load of this guy ˆ me ˆ meredith

Saturday, February 14th

maddy
One morning in early February, I mentioned to Meredith that her birthday was coming up and asked her if there was anything in particular she wanted. She turned to me and said, "You know, I don't know how much longer I can go without owning a dog. Can we get a dog already?" We'd been talking about doing it for years and it finally seemed like the right time! After falling in love with Leigh's dog Edie, I told Meredith that I really wanted to get a dappled miniature daschund.

After looking around locally for a couple of weeks without any luck, I finally found a daschund breeder in Kentucky with a dame that birth to a litter of dappled pups! After corresponding with her for a couple days, she sent us photos on Valentine's Day. Aww.
dogs ˆ puppies ˆ maddy
maddy
As soon as I saw this photo, I was like "THAT'S OUR DOG." Meredith was excited and was like "YES!" (Later, Meredith told me that she didn't think the dog was all that cute but she trusted my judgement. Haha).
best ˆ dogs ˆ puppy ˆ maddy
maddy
Aw, seriously? I called Roxane (the breeder) that day and confirmed that we wanted her. (Here's a link to Roxane's Daschunds if anyone is interested! She's was great and we highly recommend her!)
dogs ˆ puppy ˆ maddy
meredith
We had a nice dinner at home and spent the night making plans to receive our first "real" pet! (Sorry, rats.)
food ˆ salad ˆ stuytown apt ˆ meredith
Watched a little Mad Men.
tv
Gave the rats a little back-scratching.
rats
And laughed our asses off typing the beginnings of racist questions into Google. Their "auto suggest" feature is basically a window into the collective mind of modern man. "Why do men..., why do women..., why do white guys, ...why do honkies..., why do asians..., why do asian men..." There's no end to the fun you can have with this.
computer ˆ internet

Monday, February 16th

meredith
Meredith doing so pre-puppy homework!
book ˆ meredith

Wednesday, February 18th

ellen, me
On Wednesday night, Ellen and I went to the UCB Theater to see...
taxi ˆ ellen ˆ me
doug benson
...an awesome double header featuring: Doug Benson...
sorta famous ˆ ucb ˆ doug benson
zack galifianakis
...and Zack Galifianakis! The show was so great.
sorta famous ˆ zack galifianakis

Thursday, February 19th

ammon, igor, jeff g, jeff s
After work on Thursday, I went out drinking with a bunch of my Yodle co-workers. Jeff S, Jeff G, Ammon (doing the shocker, no less. Classy!) and Igor.
the shocker ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ ammon ˆ igor ˆ jeff g ˆ jeff s
ian c
Seven-Scotch Costello! What has two thumbs and loves drinks?
shots ˆ whiskey ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ ian c
This guy.
thumbs up ˆ yodle
ian c
Haha.
shots ˆ whiskey ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ ian c
dennis, igor
Igor and Dennis.
yodle ˆ dennis ˆ igor
dennis, igor, me
Igor, Denis and me (voguing?).
laugh ˆ dennis ˆ igor ˆ me
On the walk home from the bar, I saw an old 70s police car...
car ˆ police
jeet
...that had an awesome license plate. Add a "J" to the end and it's Gurj's SATANMOBILE.
car ˆ devil ˆ license plate ˆ police ˆ jeet

Sunday, February 22nd

On Sunday afternoon, I watched Fool's Gold because I was bored and it was on demand. I ended up with a school boy crush on Alexis Dziena. Whoa.
tv

Saturday, February 28th

maddy, me, meredith
On Saturday, Meredith parents came down to hang out with Maddy.
puppy ˆ us ˆ maddy ˆ me ˆ meredith
maddy
She's pretty adorable.
puppy ˆ maddy
maddy
Awwww.
best ˆ puppy ˆ maddy
maddy
She is so tiny and so sleepy. This is one of the first times she managed to fall asleep not touching one of us. Haha.
asleep ˆ puppy ˆ maddy
maddy
I'll include a couple of close-ups for all you sleeping-puppy aficionados. Puppy wrinkle-mouth!
asleep ˆ puppy ˆ maddy
maddy
Wrinkle-mouth and puppy paws!
asleep ˆ puppy ˆ maddy
maddy
Pink pig puppy belly! Welcome to the family, Maddy! Happy February 2008!
asleep ˆ puppy ˆ maddy

2 comments

  • natashamarch 1, 2011

    I see Ralphie in the litter photo! We should do a family reunion in the spring.

  • brian battjermarch 1, 2011

    Hi Natasha! Aw, that's so cute that you can pick Ralphie out! Yes, as soon as the weather changes, we'd love to schedule another dog park rendezvous! DOG SIBLINGS!