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I love having my party in this garden. Such a great space to have in the neighborhood!
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Got this excellent flyer handed to me by neighbors in my building advertising their awesome upcoming party! (I obviously went!)
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Look at the spread! Feeling very thankful. ;)
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THE NEW SYSTEM LISTENS TO YOU
OBSERVES YOU
UNDERSTANDS YOU
AND GIVES YOU WHAT IT KNOWS YOU WANT
AND NOTHING NEED EVER CHANGE

ALL AROUND YOU ARE TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OF
PEOPLE WHO DIED LONG AGO.

THEY SAY: DON'T BOTHER WITH THE FUTURE
STAY HERE WITH US
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After drunkenly crashing around in the woods, I came inside at 3am to find these guys crashed out on adjacent couches.
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We managed to get the entire gang together for a group photo before...
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Burger in the right. Pizza in the left. 100!
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Here's to at least another twenty.
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After BBQ, a bunch of different people played music. And then after a few songs, the musicians invited kids and anyone else who wanted to play music up to join them. I wish every party had this. It's so weird that we mostly listen to recorded music at parties instead of make it.
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...and a whole roomful of people he knew yelled SURPRISE!
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...sing along.
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Not one, but TWO king cakes!
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This photo is so creeptastic.
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...and handed them out so we could kick the night off with a festive streamer explosion!
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If not for our last-minute guests, the party would've definitely been over! We had the dance floor for another whole hour.
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More Rockband! Happy Wholesome Bachelorette Party!
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...FOR THE WIN!
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Ease on in...
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...which led to a huge impromptu party sesh on the beach!
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...a dance-party explosion! The source? Look directly under the disco ball and peep DJ Matty Matt on the decks in the other room! Hahaha!
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We immediately ran into our favorite hosers who were sporting a six pack of Bud Pounders and totally, in Canadian parlance, GIVIN'ER! Hahaha.
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Bonus points to whoever that is in the foreground hoisting a forty of homemade Brass Monkey (one of the Crowley Crew, no doubt). As the party started to get going, it was time to kick off the karaoke!
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When you're following Grant on the karaoke stage, you always gotta bring out the crowd pleasers.
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I got to Rothko and it was all crazy prom-decorated with pastel balloons everywhere. It looked almost exactly like my prom...
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And here she is cutting the bread with her grandfather. Challah! (This is one of my fave pics).
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This is one of my favorite pics of the night.
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Crowd shot from the karaoke stage.
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Usually when you go to a house party, you see the same people (give or take a few randoms). This party was awesome because there were all sorts of different groups of people that came out to celebrate the 3 friends' birthdays. Around 3am the party hit full stride. Everybody was having fun and getting drunk and it was right around this time that the crowd started getting...
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...the birthdays of Dan Burn and Laura Young! Here's the invite they whipped up for their combined party.
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...TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART!
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...and my apt was filling up nicely...
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Oh, and by "full effect," I mean shirtless. Check out kooky Candy getting caught up in the karaoke moment and whipping off her shirt and swinging it over her head...
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Priscilla, Mari, Grant, Xio (and again, bonus points this time to Jim Jazz for his background face).
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Around midnight the party was in full effect and... (on to Part Two, trust me, it gets good.)
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Sarah decided to throw a Hawaiian party at her pad. (on a side note, when I asked Tara if she wanted to go to a "Hawaiian Party" with me she asked "Do I have to dress Hawaiian?" Me, "Um, I think so." Tara, "So does the girl that's throwing this party have big boobs?" Me, "Yeah, how'd you know?" Tara, "Because if I had big boobs I'd throw Hawaiian parties all the time and show them off.")
I edited together this montage of some choice cuts of the hits from the evening. (My favorite moment is Fatty's expression at 3:20) Enjoy! Track listing:
1. Christmas Wrapping
2. I Can't Go for That
3. Christmas Wrapping (part 2)
4. Head Over Heels
5. Plush
6. Peace on Earth / Ziggy Stardust
7. Let's Go
8. Fairytale Of New York
9. Creep
10. Don't You Want Me
11. Do They Know It's Christmas?