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April, 2009

The April Roundup: Part One

Right in the beginning of April, Leigh and her boyfriend of a couple years split up. She had mostly been living at his place and when she moved out, her room back at her apt with Scott was so full of stuff that she couldn't really stay there. Haha. So she started crashing at our place! We turned our spare bedroom into Heartbreak Hotel and so began PARTY SPRING 2009! Yay!

Friday, April 3rd

leigh, scott m
LURKzark (I SEE YOU!) and Scoots in the kitchen.
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leigh, maddy
Look at how Maddy used to fall asleep! All balled up light a little speckled hedgehog.
asleep ˆ cute ˆ dogs ˆ edie ˆ puppy ˆ leigh ˆ maddy
maddy
I love how her stupid feet go in opposite directions. Landing gear up, please.
asleep ˆ best ˆ cute ˆ dogs ˆ puppy ˆ maddy
maddy, meredith
Meredith looks like a Royal Tenenbaum in this photo. Hahaha. So good.
best ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Sunday, April 5th

maddy
On Sunday we took the dogs to the dog park together for the first time!
dogs ˆ edie ˆ elevator ˆ maddy
maddy, meredith
Maddy was a little nervous.
dog park ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
Look, she's one of you guys!
dog park ˆ dogs ˆ point
Later that night I went to the Magnet Theater to see...
improv
benjamin
...Benjamin's improv show.
improv ˆ benjamin
At one point in the show, they told everyone in the audience to feel under their seat. Taped to the bottom of some seats were party poppers!
party popper
benjamin
They explained that in the next series of improv, an audience member could choose to kill any member on stage by pulling the popper when that person is speaking. They'd have to improv around all the sudden deaths. Haha. One minute you're pretending to drive a car, and then...
improv ˆ benjamin
...you're dead on the stage before the streamers have even settled.
improv ˆ party popper
benjamin
Heroic. I want an oil painting of this scene.
best ˆ improv ˆ benjamin
maddy, meredith
Later that evening, Meredith's friend Blair came over with his new puppy!
dogs ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
maddy, meredith
Hahaha. Maddy was like "I'm a dog! What are you?"
dogs ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
maddy, meredith
Edie was there too. It was a regular dog party.
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Monday, April 6th

maddy
On my way out the apartment on Monday morning I walked into the living room and these two were just sitting on the couch like this side by side. Total buds.
couch ˆ dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
maddy
Aw, really?
best ˆ couch ˆ cute ˆ dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy

Wednesday, April 8th

fatty, marina, meredith
On Wednesday night we met up with Dave and Marina and headed over to Meredith's parent's apartment in order to celebrate Pesach!
food ˆ passover ˆ fatty ˆ marina ˆ meredith
During the seder, they tell the story of the Jews fleeing slavery in Egypt.
book ˆ matzo ˆ passover
There are different things that you pass around and eat that represent different parts of the story. There's some salt water, an egg, horseradish, parsley. You're also supposed to have a lamb's shank bone...
food ˆ passover
meredith
...so rather than pick one up at a butcher store, Meredith made a drawing of one and then LAMINATED it. Hahaha.
passover ˆ meredith
Now we're ready to go!
food ˆ passover
fatty, marina
Fatty reads the bit about the part that has the thing with the egg.
egg ˆ passover ˆ fatty ˆ marina
meredith
SHANK BONE!
book ˆ passover ˆ meredith
fatty
Yeah, that's right. I had a choice and I choose to go with Manischewitz!
wine ˆ fatty
Vegetarian matzoh ball soup!
food ˆ matzo ˆ passover
leigh, maddy, meredith
Back at the apartment later that night, we snuggled with dogs...
couch ˆ dogs ˆ edie ˆ leigh ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
ellen degeneres, me
...and marveled about how in addition to looking like the real Ellen DeGeneres, I also look like the South Park version. Haha.
doppleganger ˆ tv ˆ ellen degeneres ˆ me

Thursday, April 9th

maddy
Tiny dog in a hallway.
puppy ˆ maddy
maddy
Tiny dog in a hallway: side view.
puppy ˆ maddy

Saturday, April 11th

maddy
OMG! Meredith's latest CRAFTQUEST! at the time was sewing matching outfits for the dogs.
crafts ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ maddy
maddy
Is adorable?
crafts ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ maddy
leigh, maddy
Hahaha. This photo makes me laugh out loud. (I also like how there's a rat in the background.)
best ˆ dogs ˆ edie ˆ leigh ˆ maddy
maddy
When these two fight, they make weird honking noises and if you were in the other room you would think it was geese and not dogs. Total weirdos.
dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ fight ˆ maddy
maddy
BAP! Stubby brass paw to the ear!
dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ fight ˆ maddy
maddy
Nose licking retaliation.
dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ fight ˆ maddy
maddy
Ear cleanse deluxe! No charge for you!
dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ fight ˆ maddy
leigh, maddy
Ten hours later and they're still at it. Although, they moved the BATTLE ARENA to the much larger couch.
couch ˆ dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ fight ˆ leigh ˆ maddy
maddy
I ATTACK YOU!
dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ fight ˆ maddy
maddy
No, I ATTACK YOU!
dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ fight ˆ maddy
leigh, maddy
Maddy would go at it fiercely until her puppy batteries ran out. Which happened a lot.
asleep ˆ leigh ˆ maddy
meredith
Meredith was playing Zelda on DS...
glasses ˆ nintendo ds ˆ videogames ˆ meredith
...and we watched SNL. New Jersey Gay Couple!
snl ˆ tv
maddy
One minute Maddy would be getting her puppy belly rubbed...
sleepy ˆ maddy
leigh, maddy
...and then puppy batteries would run out. Look at how her head is hanging totally limp! Hahaha. Dead tired!
asleep ˆ best ˆ leigh ˆ maddy

Sunday, April 12th

maddy
When I came home on Sunday...
dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ stuytown apt ˆ sunbathing ˆ maddy
maddy
...I found these two napping in the sunshine in the their matching outfits. Reeee-diculous.
asleep ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ stuytown apt ˆ sunbathing ˆ maddy

Tuesday, April 14th

meredith
On Tuesday evening, Meredith and I met up at Radio City Music Hall after work...
nyc ˆ meredith
...to see Flight of the Conchords!
poster
It was pretty great.

Wednesday, April 15th

On my commute to work on Wednesday morning, I caught a glimpse of this woman's awesome sweater from a distance and wove my way through the crowd just like the football player knit into the back in order to get close enough to get a clear photo. So good.
football ˆ strangers ˆ subway ˆ sweater
leigh, meredith
Later that night back at the apartment, Leigh got all excited and busted out a box of those nose pore cleaning strips!
bathroom ˆ biore nose strips ˆ leigh ˆ meredith
meredith
Have you ever tried one of these? They are equal-parts amazing and gross!
bathroom ˆ biore nose strips ˆ glasses ˆ nose ˆ meredith
leigh
First you wash your face real good with hot water so your pores are open...
bathroom ˆ biore nose strips ˆ leigh
leigh
...then you put the strip on your nose. It has some sort of sticky glue stuff on it. When it dries, it fastens to the all the gunk stuck in your pores. When you pull the strip off, it pulls out all the blackheads and if you look at the strip closely afterwards you can see hundreds of them standing up like grody little stalagmites!
bathroom ˆ biore nose strips ˆ leigh
leigh, me
Hahaha. They had a whole box so I wasn't gonna be the only one in the house with a scummy nose!
biore nose strips ˆ get a load of this guy ˆ laugh ˆ leigh ˆ me
me, meredith
Letting them dry real good.
biore nose strips ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith
meredith
When the strip dries completely, it's rock solid like a plaster cast and it makes your whole face tickle.
biore nose strips ˆ meredith
leigh
NO PEELING YET!
biore nose strips ˆ leigh
leigh, maddy
Three clean noses!
dogs ˆ edie ˆ leigh ˆ maddy
leigh, maddy
You literally can't have a bad day with these guys around.
best ˆ dogs ˆ edie ˆ leigh ˆ maddy

Thursday, April 16th

On yeah? Well, check out these grills, dawg.
grill

3 comments

  • meredithmarch 25, 2011

    Leigh is holding the nose strip she laminated for posterity. I wasn't the only crafter in the house!

  • guestmarch 28, 2011

    is it just me or does maddy kind of sleep like meredith (with feet in the air).

    (also, the fact that i know how meredith sleeps is creepy. I have to stop hanging out here)

  • salt water nasal rinsemay 26, 2011

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