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November, 2017

The November Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in November 2017!

Sunday, November 5th

maddy
Maddy's face when I wake her up at 4am to see if she wants to get in bed with me.
maddy
maddy
WHY YOU WAKE IT?
cute ˆ sleepy ˆ maddy

Monday, November 6th

On Monday night I met up with Grant for a Thai feast at Uncle Boon's
Thai movie posters are next level.
poster ˆ thai food

Wednesday, November 8th

leigh, lukas
Leigh posted adorable comparison pics of Lukas with her baby photos...
baby ˆ leigh ˆ lukas
lukas, randy d
...and Randy's baby pics. Kid's a real mash-up!
baby ˆ lukas ˆ randy d

Wednesday, November 8th

grant
Odessa lunch with Grant on Wednesday afternoon.
check ˆ diner ˆ odessa ˆ grant

Thursday, November 9th

I went into Slice on Thursday and got to see them wish farewell to Sam who was their first developer!
mypizza ˆ slice
ilir
When I started working with Slice in 2015, they were called MyPizza and Sam and Ilir were 2 of the 3 employees! Congrats for moving on, Sam!
mypizza ˆ slice ˆ ilir
Came home to watch some of the Bitcoin Cash craziness. In August 2017 Bitcoin went through one of it's first forks and split into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. All holders of Bitcoin were awarded an equal number of Bitcoin Cash and the price started going up.
BCH ˆ bitcoin cash

Friday, November 10th

Grabbed the truck to run some Friday errands on Friday
truck

Saturday, November 11th

jeet, maddy, me
Met up with Gurj and we got lunch and massages on Saturday. Came back to mine afterwards to hang.
jeet ˆ maddy ˆ me
jared, matt
Matt & Jared joined us later in the evening. We had dinner and then busied ourselves...
crypto ˆ e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ jared ˆ matt
...with our crypto investors club where we decided to buy some shitcoins together!
crypto
jeet, matt
Peanut Butter Bomb cake for dessert.
cake ˆ jeet ˆ matt
jeet
Gurj getting ready to serve up the density.
cake ˆ jeet
Later that night came the Bitcoin Cash mother of all pumps I'd been waiting for.
bitcoin cash ˆ crypto
me
DUMP EEET!
crypto ˆ laptop ˆ me

Sunday, November 12th

me
About to pass out after an afternoon at the Russian Turkish Baths with Matt. Sleepy Sunday!
couch ˆ me

Monday, November 13th

Started Monday off right with an OREO-FILLED chocolate chip cookie. Fuuuuuuu
cookie ˆ treats
meredith
Meredith came over for a hang and we got sushi!
japanese food ˆ sushi ˆ meredith
VEGGIE SUSHI! Avocado roll with honey roasted peanuts is my fave.
japanese food ˆ sushi

Tuesday, November 14th

On Tuesday afternoon I got a NEW BACK TOY!
inversion table ˆ living room
Let's hear it for my first inversion table! This really helped me stretch out my lower back and tight hips. (Bit of a giant pain in the ass to set up and then take down in a Manhattan apartment tho)
e9th apt ˆ inversion table ˆ living room

Friday, November 17th

gautam, litty
Spent Friday afternoon at a LeagueApps product strategy offsite.
flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ work ˆ gautam ˆ litty

Saturday, November 18th

me, vin
Hung out with Vin on Saturday night.
taxi ˆ me ˆ vin

Sunday, November 19th

grant, reggie
Met up with Grant and his buddy Reggie on Sunday to help them...
crypto ˆ living room ˆ grant ˆ reggie
grant
...set up their cold storage hardware wallets.
bitcoin ˆ crypto ˆ hardware wallet ˆ grant
Mike Karfakis,
New guy playing The Punisher looks like Fakis!
doppleganger ˆ Mike Karfakis,

Monday, November 20th

I like this window cat.
cat ˆ window
grant
Grant came by on Monday night and checked out my new back-gadget
e9th apt ˆ inversion table ˆ living room ˆ grant

Tuesday, November 21st

maddy
Packed up Maddy and headed to the airport to fly to Florida for Thanksgiving with my family.
airplane ˆ dog in a bag ˆ maddy
maddy
Arm rest = chin rest. Awww.
airplane ˆ cute ˆ sleepy ˆ maddy
dad, mom
My dad had been undergoing chemo and was bald! But he was in relatively good spirts and it was great to see him out of the hospital.
bald ˆ dad ˆ mom
dad, maddy
Maddy loves my dad.
bald ˆ dad ˆ maddy
dad, maddy
Was really cute to see them interacting. Right in the middle of taking their picture...
bald ˆ dad ˆ maddy
dad, maddy
...she looked up to give him a kiss. Lol. I love this pic. <3
bald ˆ best ˆ kiss ˆ dad ˆ maddy

Wednesday, November 22nd

maddy, me
Running errands with the ween on Wednesday.
driving ˆ sunglasses ˆ maddy ˆ me
Later that night Brett and I walked to our favorite strip-mall bar Harpers...
bar ˆ harpers
...to meet up with our cousins and get drunk and play....
...shuffleboard!
They still have cigarette machines in Florida!
cigarette ˆ vending machine
chris b, steve b
We all grew up playing shuffleboard together in our pop-pop's basement....
harpers ˆ shuffleboard ˆ chris b ˆ steve b
brett, chris b
...the smell of the sawdust takes me back!
harpers ˆ shuffleboard ˆ brett ˆ chris b
brett, steve b
One last pitcher for last call!
drunk ˆ harpers ˆ the bird ˆ brett ˆ steve b
brett, me
We finished that bad boy in ten minutes and then made the drunk decision...
drunk ˆ harpers ˆ brett ˆ me
steve b
...to walk to the nearby 24-hour McDonalds! Yeeeessss.
drunk ˆ mcdonalds ˆ steve b

Thursday, November 23rd

brett, dad, me, mom
Happy Thanksgiving from the Battjers! <3
family ˆ thanksgiving ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ me ˆ mom
brett, dad, me, mom
Compared to this flashback pic from the late 90s!
family ˆ nostalgia ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ me ˆ mom
brett, grandma, me, mom
Visited with Grandma in the afternoon.
family ˆ thanksgiving ˆ brett ˆ grandma ˆ me ˆ mom
After we headed to Chris and Jen's for Thanksgiving feast and kid-mayhem.
trampoline
jen b
Jen & her Mom video conferencing with her sisters.
jen b
Pre-meal sing-along!
sing ˆ thanksgiving
chris b
Chef Chris says the Thanksgiving buffet is open!
hat ˆ thanksgiving ˆ turkey ˆ chris b
brett, chris b, corinne, jen b
Thanks for having as, Chris & Jen!
aunt laura ˆ family ˆ thanksgiving ˆ brett ˆ chris b ˆ corinne ˆ jen b
maddy, me
Maddy hoping for some turkey.
maddy ˆ me
chris b, steve b
Post-feast dog party.
thanksgiving ˆ chris b ˆ steve b
brett
Brett giving Romeo some love.
romeo ˆ brett

Friday, November 24th

brett, uncle bruce
Friday night we went over to Uncle Bruce's...
couch ˆ brett ˆ uncle bruce
steve b
...for a VR party!
virtual reality ˆ steve b

Saturday, November 25th

Love the morning sun in Florida...
breakfast ˆ pool
...and eating my little breakie outside by the pool.
breakfast ˆ coffee
Yoga and a swim after breakfast.
feet ˆ foam roller ˆ pool
maddy
Then cleaned up all the lizards that Maddy had murdered. This one was really pretty and had a strawberry-looking dewlap! (Had to look this word up - knew there had to be a specific word for it: "dewlap: a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, especially that present in many cattle."
dead ˆ lizard ˆ maddy
maddy, me
Took an afternoon snack-run with my favorite lil lizard murdered...
driving ˆ sunglasses ˆ maddy ˆ me
brett
...to McDonalds! Second time in one-week!
mcdonalds ˆ brett
uncle bruce
Steve picked me up in his dad's bitching convertible...
car ˆ convertible ˆ uncle bruce
...and we drove to the lovely Jensen Beach.
beach
maddy, steve b
Gotta soak up the Florida sun!
beach ˆ maddy ˆ steve b
maddy, me, steve b
Beach day in a convertible is pretty great.
convertible ˆ driving ˆ maddy ˆ me ˆ steve b
brett, mom
That evening Brett and I helped our Mom setup and decorate the Christmas Tree.
family ˆ ornaments ˆ xmas tree ˆ brett ˆ mom
dad
Dad supervised. I love this supervisor's smile in this photo. Lol. (Miss this guy.)
bald ˆ best ˆ dad
brett, dad, me, mom
This ornament is really cute. Love looking back at old photos. (Who would've guessed that about me, right?)
family ˆ flattop ˆ nostalgia ˆ ornaments ˆ xmas ˆ xmas tree ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ me ˆ mom
brett
Brett makes his "look we're doing something that mom made us do" face.
ornaments ˆ brett
dad, grandma, maddy
We turned around and our audience of supervisors had tripled!
best ˆ family ˆ dad ˆ grandma ˆ maddy
Stayed up late doing internet things on my laptop.
laptop
Saw this cool circular letter and number design that I'd never seen before. Thanks, Internet!
writing
Thanksgiving 2017 was the height of the crypto boom and the memes were dank.
crypto ˆ meme

Monday, November 27th

maddy
Maddy loves all the pillows at my parent's place. Lol
pillow ˆ maddy
Pretty sunset light on our drive to meet...
bonnie, brett, dad, me, mom, roger
...my dad's best friend Roger and his wife Bonnie for dinner. Roger is British and my dad's version of Grant. It was really sweet to watch them hang out and interact. (Sadly, Roger passed away just a few months after my dad in late 2018.)
bonnie ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ me ˆ mom ˆ roger
brett, dad, maddy, me
On our last night we took family pics by the tree.
xmas tree ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ maddy ˆ me
brett, dad, maddy, me
xmas tree ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ maddy ˆ me
brett, dad, maddy, me, mom
Mom couldn't stop crying because she kept thinking about how it was probably dad's last Christmas (it was).
cry ˆ family ˆ xmas tree ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ maddy ˆ me ˆ mom

Monday, November 27th

mom
Got up early to head to the airport with Brett. Mom came out to see us off.
house ˆ wave ˆ mom
brett, maddy, me
Brother time at the airport with the ween.
brett ˆ maddy ˆ me
Had an early Thai dinner back in NYC.
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ thai food
next lev kev
Later in the evening Kev came over for a reiki trade...
crypto ˆ laptop ˆ thumbs up ˆ next lev kev
next lev kev
...and then we got into some shitcoins!
crypto ˆ next lev kev
next lev kev
Kev was early on the Cardano train and we got in $.05 (It's quantum proof, Bri!)
crypto ˆ next lev kev

Thursday, November 30th

book
A protection against gossip and slander.
book
jared, jeet
Grabbed a late-night Thursday drink at Loverboy with Gurj & Jared. Happy November 2017!
jared ˆ jeet