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first time i met
Brett & Sam.
the july roundup part2
July, 2017
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Haha. Such a Battjer.
the july roundup part2
July, 2017
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Got to wake this guy up from his nap.
the july roundup part2
July, 2017
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Nice to meet you, Sam! <3
the july roundup part2
July, 2017
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Proud papa with number two!
the july roundup part2
July, 2017
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I also got to meet my 2nd nephew Samson for the first time!
the july roundup part2
July, 2017
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This day was the first time we met Gaby! She was at the beach with her friends and Matt brought her over to say hi.
the july roundup part1
July, 2017
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...was priceless. ;)
memorial day lakehouse
May 26, 2017
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The look on Jared's face as he drove his new boat on the lake for the first time...
memorial day lakehouse
May 26, 2017
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...baby Juniper!
the march roundup
March, 2017
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THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR FOR UNCLE BRIIIII-AN!
the january roundup
January, 2017
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Almost as soon as I'd gotten there, Leigh was like "Here you go" and handed me Lukas to me and just walked away to do stuff in the kitchen. LOL. It's really funny to meet a baby person for the first time. You can really feel a sense of what they're like even though they're brand new!
the january roundup
January, 2017
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We were vibin. Nice to meet you, Lukas! Welcome!
the january roundup
January, 2017
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On Tuesday I went to visit Leigh and meet Lukas for the first time. He is really cute and was smiling in his sleep when I met him. Haha.
the january roundup
January, 2017
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On Wednesday I rode my bike to Union Square to have my first meeting with LeagueApps as a prospective client. (The meeting went great and I ended up helping them with Product & Sales growth for the next 2 years!)
the april roundup
April, 2015
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Welcome to the world, bud!
the december roundup
December, 2013
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I immediately was struck with the intense feeling that I knew him already somehow. And also with the feeling that he felt the same way!
the december roundup
December, 2013
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When I arrived, I got to meet my three-week old nephew Max for the first time in person!
the december roundup
December, 2013
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Grant's friend Carla had just moved to NY from Vancouver!
the april roundup
April, 2013
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...and we had drinks with Penelope and Iovana.
the january roundup
January, 2013
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Nice to meet you, Henry!
the december roundup
December, 2010
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Dave even took the time to dress Henry up in a Nasty Magic onesie!
the december roundup
December, 2010
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On Sunday we headed out to Brooklyn to see Marina and Dave and meet two-week old Henry for the first time!
the december roundup
December, 2010
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The first time I met Jason he was dressed up as Clark W. Griswold from Christmas Vacation. Squirrel on back = perfect.
halloween in florida
October 29, 2010
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...and their brand new, two-week-old baby girl!
the october roundup
October, 2010
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...to meet up with this dude-bro posse...
great adventure
September 19, 2010
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...where I met Jon Danovic for the first time and saw a screening of the movie he did for the Airborne Toxic Event called All I Ever Wanted.
the september roundup
September, 2010
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Amber met up with us and it was also the first time I met Tyson.
the august roundup
August, 2010
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We got shit-hammered and ended up going back to Matt's place!
the august roundup
August, 2010
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See? It was so unbelievable. This photo looks totally staged with her little paw draped over my shoulder, but this was how she wanted to ride right from the get-go. It was about this time that we realized we'd gotten a weirdo.
a puppy named maddy
February 27, 2009
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As soon as we got her into the warmth of a cab, she stopped with all the strange mewling noises she was making and immediately settled down. We were trying to hold her on our laps, but she kept climbing up and wedging her self between our backs and the seat. It seemed like she really wanted to sit perched up on our shoulders.
a puppy named maddy
February 27, 2009
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She arrived wrapped in a blanket inside a tiny crate. We took her out and she was cold, shivering and making adorable "mewling" noises. We took her out of the crate and she was delighted to be with us immediately. We couldn't get over how cute she was.
a puppy named maddy
February 27, 2009
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So this was also the night where I met the a special lady who's since become a dear freind to me, Ellen! (Who now has her very own photo site!)
first misshapes of 2005
January 08, 2005
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Danny (from Tarantula) and Algy.
the october roundup
October, 2004
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After the party, Mike had to go back to Casanova and DJ so I ended up teaming up with Mike's best friend Michael. Michael and I ended up going to some other bar in the neighborhood so that he could...
the october roundup
October, 2004
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So after my first month in town (that was mostly spent apartment hunting and then going to bed early because I couldn't find anyone fun to hang out with at night) I finally met my savior: Ladies and Gentleman, Mr. Mike Fucking Doyle. Mike saw on my site that I was moving out to SF and on the first Saturday in October sent me an email tipping me off to a backyard party that was going on later in the evening. I wrote him back and was like "Thanks for the invite, but would you mind meeting up with me and we can go together? I don't know anyone in town and I don't want to be that guy that's standing around at a small party where everyone knows each other and everyone's wondering what he's doing there." Mike agreed and I went over to a bar called Casanova where he was DJing to meet up.
the october roundup
October, 2004
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Later that night I finally met up in person with long time internet buddy (yep, we're dorks) and fellow photo-diarist, Amy K.
playing hooky at the beach with meredith
August 04, 2004
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Mmmmmmm....Silverman.
fatty quits and two karaoke nights
March 01, 2004
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...aw yeah, Meredith Silverman. (While Meredith and I were introduced that night, we actually never spoke until several months later. She's since gone on to become one of my favorite people - and was the first person to come out and visit me at my new place in San Francisco. A trip that inspired her to get her very first digicam and start her very own photo diary!)

Addendum December 28, 2008: I'm working on putting all these old entries into a database and I'd like to point out that this is the very first photo I ever took of my future wife! How crazy is that?
fatty quits and two karaoke nights
March 01, 2004
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Here's Cynthia and Siege.
the february roundup
February, 2004
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And it was also the very first time I had the pleasure of meeting Bridgette and Karen+1! Wooooo! Soooo goooooooo! (Pictured here with Lindsay.)
the january roundup
January, 2004
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The only thing worse than digicam webdorks is phonecam webdorks! Hahaha. Emilie caught in the act of taking pics for her uber-nerdy site. Nerd!
the january roundup
January, 2004
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And...this is so exciting...after almost two years of super-nerdy "we're CYBERFRIENDS!" online correspondence...I finally managed to meet up with (the smoking hot...hooo-ah!) Emilie Elizabeth.
the january roundup
January, 2004
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On Thursday night Grant called me from LA to tell me that his buddy Clayton Cubitt (aka "Siege" a photographer who work Grant and I both love whom Grant had met while writing a piece about him for Nerve) was going to Marc Baptiste's photo opening near my apartment and that I should meet up with him. I got set up on my very first grown-up "play date."
the november roundup
November, 2003
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And then on the way out, this guy (Bryan Carlin) came up to me because he reads this site and recognized me! We actually since become friends (and I even hired him to do a freelance coding project for the new company I'm working for!). Strangers really are just friends that you haven't met. (Except for some of them, they're just assholes you haven't met yet).
the november roundup
November, 2003
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Tara and I making fun of the pic that was taken of us the night we met at Pianos back in January.
saturday night out
April 04, 2003
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So check this - I'm at Piano's on Monday night. It's like 3am. I walk past this super cute girl on the dancefloor while looking for one of my friends. Two minutes later, as I'm trying to squeeze back through the crowd , the girl on the left in the pic above (later I find out her name is Lauren) shoves her friend (the cute girl, whose name I later find out is Tara) into me. Tara, who's now leaning back on my chest, turns around and looks at me and says "hi." Lauren starts cracking up. So I say to Lauren:

"So is that your smooth way of introducing us?"
Lauren: "No, it's my not-so-smooth way of getting you two to MAKEOUT!!" Me: "Holy shit, huh?"
Lauren: "Here's the deal: I'm a big lesbian and this is my roommate. I kissed her and she's the worst kisser ever. She says it's because she was drunk, but I don't believe her and I refuse to kiss her again. So now you have to kiss her and tell me if she's a bad kisser."
Me (in disbelief, pointing to Tara): "You want me to kiss, um, her?"
Lauren: "Yes."
Me: (looks at Tara).
Tara: (Smiles, nods and points to her mouth).

So, I smooched her. Add it to the list of "Top Ten Best Random Things Ever to Happen To Me in NYC."
end of january
January 18, 2003
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Later on that evening, I find out Tara (pictured above looking not nearly as cute as when I kissed her) knows my friend Gibby.
end of january
January 18, 2003
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As Lauren and Tara were leaving, I was like "Wait, I have to get a picture of you!" (Ok, it was only an excuse to smooch her again, but hey, at least I can admit that). So later on in the night, Gibby gave me Lauren's email address, I sent the above three pics to Lauren and said "I don't know if you remember this, but I made out with your roommate." and it led to Tara and I dating.
end of january
January 18, 2003
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Grant, Frank and Nina. Frank took one of those "fake butt" things, cut out eye holes, glued wig-hair all over it, attached a strap-on dildo, and transformed his entire head into a giant cockn'balls. I'm not really sure what the Star Trek shirt had to do with anything...
halloween model party
October 31, 2001