colin

May, 2015

We arrived just in time to see the band take the stage.

fateman jam v

June 16, 2012

Heather and Colin saying their farewell to the bride.

May 30, 2009

Back to the band again!

May 30, 2009

Six Piece Nastee!

May 30, 2009

Fatty looking for his table. Hahaha.

May 30, 2009

Kit, Andy, Dave and Colin getting ready to head out. Congrats, Fatty!

May, 2009

Instead of forcing Fatty to go to a noody bar in Queens, around 1am we all headed to our apartment and played Rockband. Haha.

May, 2009

After some warm up drinks and snacks at the Fatty's, we walked over to Flatiron for a BBQ feast at Hill Country.

May, 2009

Colin harnessed the power of his hair and managed to pull the big deuce.

November 24, 2004

Hahahahah. This one wasn't even staged. He was actually holding the ball that way while waiting for the pins to be cleared.

November 24, 2004

bowling ↗+

Emily lends some locks so that Colin's ball could have a matching 'doo.

November 24, 2004

Colin actually showed up to a social function! Here he is asking "Hey guys, remember when I actually used to have a pair?"

moving to san francisco going away party: part one

November 24, 2004

...THE POOR MAN'S COLIN! HAHAHAHAHA. It's like if Colin had a baby with a San Francisco hobo!

the november roundup

November, 2004

Hahahahahahaha.

the november roundup

November, 2004

"Hey, remember the last time we sang karaoke and totally hooked up?" "Uh, yeah. Wait, what was your name again?" Hahahahaha.

August 24, 2004

Colin (aka - Big Daddy, Bill and the King of Clocks) and the Fatty (sporting his sporty "I'm wearing a JFK Jr wig" look).

moving to san francisco going away party: part one

August 24, 2004

fatty ↗+

Man, there's nothing like smooching some KOC.

frank and liz's wedding party

August 15, 2004

KOC and Heather.

frank and liz's wedding party

August 15, 2004

heather ↗+

Heather, Colin (formerly known as "Big Daddy" who from this day forward will be known as "King of Clocks" or K.O.C - go ahead, say it out loud!), Liz and Frank.

frank and liz's wedding party

August 15, 2004

Colin and Heather.

my 28th birthday at misshapes

August 07, 2004

heather ↗+

Here's our dancefloor reaction to James dropping Van Halen's Panama.

my 28th birthday at misshapes

August 07, 2004

Grant and Big Daddy.

my 28th birthday at misshapes

August 07, 2004

grant ↗+

Fatty, Liz, Mike, Colin and Heather.

fatty's birthday and drunk guy jenga

July 31, 2004

Liz showing off her awesome shirt.

fatty's birthday and drunk guy jenga

July 31, 2004

The gang getting ready to chow down. (PS - Already at this early point in the night, Chef, who you can barely see peeking out behind Colin, was so wasted that he kept screaming at the restaurant and almost had us thrown out).

July 08, 2004

Colin "Big Daddy" Gentle kicking it Jodeci style in the back o' tha limo.

July 08, 2004

limo ↗+

Seth "Bachelor Mastermind" Miller.

July 08, 2004

Halfway through the song, he was joined by Shef, who was so drunk at this point he could hardly walk (which may explain why he choose to stay up on the stage trying to sing along with every single person until we eventually had to forceably remove him from stage).

July 08, 2004

frank ↗+
chef ↗+

Big Daddy took the mic and kicked a little Lionel Ritchie "Celebration" (and Frank stayed on stage to back him up).

July 08, 2004

"Whoa! Not coo', not coo!" Colin and Seth watched on in horror as Chef continued his a capella serenade detailing his wish to engage in anallingus with a stranger. It was around this time that Seth made the executive decision to get Chef the hell off stage.

July 08, 2004

seth ↗+

Big Daddy, Fatty and Seth.

July 08, 2004

fatty ↗+
seth ↗+

Bellies full o' BBQ, we hopped back into the limo and looked to Seth for the next destiniation.

the july roundup: part two

July 08, 2004

Colin, Bill (Colin's Hair), Fatty and two girls whose names I've since forgotten (sorry!)

July, 2004

fatty ↗+

In a crazy-ass coincidence, later that afternoon Colin and Heather showed up! They parked their set up a good 25 yards from us (so they could cannoodle in peace).

gay pride at fort tilden

June 27, 2004

Fatty and Big Daddy.

the may roundup part two

May, 2004

Check him out petting and congratulating his birthday hair.

the may roundup: part one

May, 2004

...COLIN'S HAIR TURNING 30! Woooo! Happy Birthday, Colin's Hair!

the may roundup: part one

May, 2004

Colin doing his patented dance move.

seth's surprise party part two karaoke and afterhours

March 13, 2004

strangers ↗+

Colin and Bill's amazing duet managed to bring even more girls we didn't know up out of their seats and on to the dancefloor.

seth's surprise party part two karaoke and afterhours

March 13, 2004

Heather demonstrating the proper way to dance at a Catholic High School prom: "leaving enough room for Jesus in between."

seth's surprise party part two karaoke and afterhours

March 13, 2004

This photo makes me happy.

seth's surprise party part two karaoke and afterhours

March 13, 2004

Heather and Big Daddy.

seth's surprise party part two karaoke and afterhours

March 13, 2004

heather ↗+

"Hi, this is Colin. Oh, you want to speak to my hair? Hold on one second. Bill, phone call for you."

seth's surprise party part two karaoke and afterhours

March 13, 2004

heather ↗+

The late night crowd.

March 11, 2004

Stern Liz, Heather, Colin and Colin's hair (it's so volumnous, it's become a separate entity. In fact, from this day forth, Colin's hair will be called Bill).

March 11, 2004

It was awesome. He was totally surprised. The best part was with each turn of his head he'd spot another group of friends that were there and was more surprised with each new realization.

March 11, 2004

Liz, Fatty, me, Birthday Boy, Heather and Colin.

March 11, 2004

Okay, okay and to make jokes about Colin's hair. (You know I love you, Big Daddy).

the march roundup

March, 2004

band ↗+

Hey! Here they are! Colin, Frank, Grant and Fatty.

February 28, 2004

Colin tried out a vintage jazz bass.

February 28, 2004

guitar ↗+

After we finished unloading the entire contents of the truck into the new apartment, the guys took a break and watched me...

February 28, 2004

So we killed time by playing with the photo filters on my camera (Oh, and by making wisecracks about Colin's hair - but I guess that goes without saying).

sarah's birthday bash: part two

February 28, 2004

moving ↗+

Oh look, Colin's going home. That must mean it's around 11pm.

welcome back grant party

February 26, 2004

"Yes, three beers. Oh, and the lady will have a glass of Merlot." Bwahaha.

welcome back grant party

February 26, 2004

Jamie, Lo, Jenny, Frank, Colin, Fatty's hair and Emma.

February 07, 2004

Me, Colin and Frank.

sarah's birthday bash: part one

February 07, 2004

frank ↗+
me ↗+

Frank, Adam's eye, and Colin.

sarah's birthday bash: part one

February 07, 2004

frank ↗+

Later that night I went out to Frank and Colin's place in Brooklyn to watch the Superbowl. (They actually had two TV sets set up right next to each other: one with the game on mute, the other showing HBO Sunday night TV! Hahah. Curb Your Enthusiasm was so much better anyway.)

the february roundup

February, 2004

Colin showing some nip!

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

Colin and Shady Chiara.

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

Crowd shot.

a karaoke christmas

December 22, 2003

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Colin "Big Daddy Fat Knut" Gentle on soul-axe.

em and lo's book reading

November 25, 2003

guitar ↗+

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After the video, Six Piece Nastee retook the stage...

em and lo's book reading

November 25, 2003

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Before Em & Lo went on, the fabulous Six Piece Nastee took the stage and warmed up the crowd. By the way, four of the six pieces of said nastee are made up by none other Colin (on guitar), Frank (on kit)...

em and lo's book reading

November 25, 2003

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Friday night I met up with Jamie Kirkpatrick, Colin and Colin's rand new lady Heather.

the october roundup

October, 2003

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Big Daddy in the house!

tara's 21st birthday and goodbye party

September 30, 2003

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Colin (Big Daddy) and Dave (The Fatty).

tara's 21st birthday and goodbye party

September 30, 2003

A few minutes later, Colin realized he'd missed one of his quarter-hourly sunblock applications and we had to evacuate the beach before he spontaneously combusted. Um, either that or it was just getting late - I forget which.

two beach days at fort tilden

September 07, 2003

Colin lounging in the (*stiffles laughter*) fold-up beach chair he brought along.

two beach days at fort tilden

September 07, 2003

Grant, Fatty, Colin (Big Daddy) and me.

two beach days at fort tilden

September 07, 2003

Matt Lesser and Colin.

September 02, 2003

So every once in a while, one of my friends will pull an expression in a photo that just begs to be Photoshopped into something else. Case in point - Frank and Colin were joking around and were pretending to flip a table and and then the next thing you know...

September 02, 2003

As the night gained momentum, we abandoned our little table in the corner and took over the couch directly in front of the stage. Here's Frank, Seth, Colin and Tara.

September 02, 2003

Same goes for this one.

September 02, 2003

Yep, and this one too. (Although, now that I think about it, I think we all might have been singing the four-part back up bit to Aerosmith's "Love In An Elevator" in these last two.)

boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc

September 02, 2003

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So we ended up having so much singing at Frank's that we decided to round up a crew and head to Nolita Tavern for some Saturday night Sid & Buddy Karaoke action. Emily Cmielewski was in town from Boston apartment hunting for a place in NYC so she came with Bev (who I also went to high school with) and met us there. (L to R: Bev, MLE, Grant, Fatty and Colin).

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

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Big Daddy tearing it up with Huey Lewis' seminal "I Want a New Drug." Homeboy kicked it so hard he needed not one, but two blonde, hula-clad male dancers. Check out that face; the urgency - can't you see how much Big Daddy wants that new drug?

karaoke with brett

August 09, 2003

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L to R: Some girl that after 3 beers Grant almost took home (I think her name's Namoi??), Grant and the one, the only, Big Daddy.

karaoke with brett

August 09, 2003

grant ↗+

After breakfast we said our goodbye and hopped in our respective rides. Colin, shown here in his Ford Focus SVT (only 7,000 made yaknow!), headed back to Brooklyn solo and Seth headed back up to Boston solo. Grant, Frank, Fatty and myself decided we were going to go back to Manhattan and see "American Wedding." We split up into two cars (me with Fatty, Grant with Frank) and decided we'd have a race back to NYC. First team to make it to the movie theater wins. Aw, yeah.

August 01, 2003

The Six of us looking surprisingly not-hungover (um, expcept for Fatty).

boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc

August 01, 2003

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This is hands down my favorite pic of the night. Bert N' Tha Boyz.

August 01, 2003

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Here's Big Daddy doing a physical interpretation of what Jagermeister feels like going down.

August 01, 2003

punch ↗+

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Then the bartender, Frank, Colin and Seth sang the theme song to "The Jeffersons" (movin' on up...) in four-part harmony.

August 01, 2003

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As "last call" drew nearer, we bid the lovely ladies a fond farewell and hit the road to head over to some other bar where Seth and Frank knew the owner (If you look in the background behind my arm you can see Seth showing off the can of beer he snuck out of the bar by strategically hiding it in his asscrack. Sweet.)

August 01, 2003

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So we chatted them up for a while, found out that they were down on vacation from Braintree, Mass (and Fatty made some more "Fatty" faces).

August 01, 2003

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A few minutes later, we convinced them to take more pics ("Taking pics is fun, right?") and Grant got in on the action.

Okay, I think it's safe to say that we were all pretty liquored up. At some point during the next few hours, every guy on the trip managed to get their luggage out...which leads us to the very first ikeepadairy.com contest!

August 01, 2003

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We headed out to some restaurant on the water of dinner and some drinks. Yay, drinks!

August 01, 2003

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After months of getting people to willingly pose with my balls, it was time to try something new: getting unsuspecting people to unknowingly pose with my balls. I discreetly whipped out my bag, and grabbed one of our new friends for a picture. I handed off the cam to Seth who totally shit the bed by not managing to get my balls in the pic. Doh! The rest of the guys in the pic (Check out Grant and Franks' faces) were laughing so hard that the girl in the black shirt was totally confused...

August 01, 2003

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After dinner, we once again failed miserably to integrate with the fellow Newportians...