a thing in 2,397 photos best So proud! It's funny that we relate to places we used to live as old friends. I remember my dad's Mustang parked out front of the house. I had night terrors when I was a kid and when I couldn't sleep he'd drive me around the neighborhood. After dinner, we listened to Sean play songs with his family for a few hours. This makes me laugh out loud every time I read it. ...the incredible homemade card he made to apologize for the time he puked in his bandmates' mother's car on a previous visit to Boulder. On our way up. ...Chautauqua Park. (It's not as nice as Tompkins Park, but it was alright). Don't worry buddy, we're all headed home! Bon voyage, Dr. McGraw! After coming back from visiting his family late on Sunday night, Doug stayed at our place one last night before heading back to Finland! Saying goodbye to Meredith & Maddy. ...I ran into my neighbor Theresa . We got to chatting and she invited me into her studio (that's attached to my building)... Friday was Doug's last morning staying with us. We send Maddy in to wake him up! Haha. It was an excellent show. I've known and loved these two since 1994. Thanks for helping me celebrate another year! Birthday friends who came out late on a Wednesday on short notice! ;) DOGSCARF! Ellen drew Meredith this adorable picture of Maddy. Left over pizza for breakfast! We found a fire pit near the barn and got ourselves a nice campfire going. Whatever you do in life, make sure you lean in. LET THERE BE LIGHT (other than the giant paper globe that Matt was walking around with). I like this photo very much. Happy birthday, Leigh! Hahaha. Matt thought he was meeting up with Jenny and her friend. When he approached the room, we ripped open the door... ...and a whole roomful of people he knew yelled SURPRISE! We even invited her to our presentation via a custom website (build by yours truly). Walking the hound. So good. ...Catrinel's birthday! He ended up drawing a crowd. Haha. The bark like dogs when they're out of the water. Look at his gorgeous fin. Don't cross the streams! And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself -
Yea, all which it inherit - shall dissolve,
And like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep. They killed it, but unfortunately only one of the chicks there was into Ozzy's older stuff. A lovely day... Get 'em up in chairs! Aerial view of the action. BBQ! ...head to a bar right down the street to meet up with these two to see.. Look at that smile! So full of pizza and happiness and getting ready to nap out on a dog-pillow! The show-stealer of the evening was most definitely Hans' BRUTAL sunburn. Haha. SUPER HANS! GURJ IS 30! Gurj was scandalized! Hahaha. Later that afternoon, I busted out my NeuroSky BCI headset... LAZY SUNDAY! When timed correctly, a photo of Maddy yawning is basically Odie from Garfield. Haha. So much fun. Happy birthday, Caiti! ...his adorable new dog! Hugging mom. Aileen with her dad. Aileen's entrance was right out of a movie! Limo with the brights, wha? They had superhero-esque wetsuits! Me and Alex with our DM about to get wet. Fraggle treating us to some hot, carved-bamboo jazz flute. This invariably led to more physical violence. Well, except for this one. Hahaha. Hung out with these two jokers for a bit... Warming up and drying off between dives! Mer snapped this great action shot of me getting wet! Saw this big, bright yellow spider making a web in the garden while we waited for our laundry to dry in the sun. On Monday morning we checked out of our hotel and got ready for another long travel day to Alona Beach on Panglao Island, the site of Aileen and Ryan's wedding at the end of the week! Here's me with a Buddha on the beach. Our Lady Virgin of the Homeless Church. ...we ran into pack of beach puppies! Pulling away from Malapascua. Picture perfect. Meredith, in her safari dress, sailing the blue Visayan Sea. (This is one of my favorite photos of Meredith.) Unloading luggage. ...make a new travel buddy! Like this sleepy little abuela who spent most of the bus ride bouncing her tiny snoozing noggin against my shoulder. Haha. Adorable. One of the prettiest sunsets I've ever seen! Spicy Thai food and girly drinks on white sand beaches are all things I like. What a shithole! Meredith and Amanda out in the unreal, bath-warm water. Later that evening, we went out for a late night dinner on the strip. Fun motorcycle sidecar taxi ride. Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel for an early night jammy party. ...over to the hotel to meet up with Amanda! Amanda had been in Hong Kong and when she'd heard that we were going to be in the Philippines, we'd planned to meet up! Happy birthday, friend. I feel lucky to have had you in my life all these years. ...to this! Which is just the sort of thing that happens when you go to someone's party who knows aerialists, I guess. ...she abruptly fell over into Sal's lap! Haha. ...sing along. Eight minutes later! Ta-da! Jenny and her friends ended the night with an awesome I Want to Dance with Somebody (who loves me) closer. I look like a tiny, terrifying dinosaur when I sing this song. All finished! Private room at Sing Sing on a Saturday night. Prime time! Group shot! That sake stuff sure works! Thanks, Amanda. Bye, guys! Thanks for having us! Hope to see you again soon! ...take a group picture with the auto timer! Perfect! ...and Dennis! Seen here with Grant doing a "I can't believe you wrote this sex-book / built this Foursquare app" mutual-admiration sesh. Piled so high! ...with a huge platter of birthday doughnuts for Katie! And then before we got our game on, Cynthia briefly disappeared and then made a grand entrance... First we started things off by ordering WAY TOO MUCH sushi. ...you all are way more fun than Skyrim! Ok, I'll admit it... Pile on! On Tuesday evening I was walking Maddy through Tompkins when I happened to have a chance encounter with The Dark Lord. 
