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Tree hugging buds.
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We stopped deep in the woods and communed with some trees.
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Awwww!
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Happy birthday, Kim!
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Ready to...
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Gurj getting to know Mr. Hart!
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...to congratulate the new couple!
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City-folk arriving by the carload all day!
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...Brett, Amy & Max got an early start on their drive back to DC.
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On Friday night we all got to together for dinner to wish Meredith a happy birthday!
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Later Tuesday night I went out to Mesa Coyoacan to celebrate...
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Maddy is a big fan of Ellen.
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...and lining up to congratulate the new married couple!
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Later that evening, went out to Brooklyn to celebrate Cynthia's birthday. Happy birthday, Cynthia!
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So hard to know it and not smash it with love.
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...Happy New Year!
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Ground hugs!
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NOT ENOUGH!
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Just as we were finishing up, Siege, Katie, Cynthia and Amanda arrived!
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Hugging mom.
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FRONDS!
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Pile on!
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Haha.
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Even the ATM got in on the love-fest.
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Bear hug.
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Congrats, Jenny & Josh!
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Astra and Katie.
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Last song of the night.
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...BLAMO! First Fatty Face of 2010!
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Leigh, Ryan and Justin.
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After dinner we headed over to Lit. Karen!
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Una and Simone!
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The birthday boy and Leigh.
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SMASH THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!
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Welcome to the family, little one!
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Her neck smells like soft puppy.
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Brett and Meredith getting in on the love-fest.
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Happy 2009, everyone!
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After the show, I went back to Sarah's place and right after we got there, Gurj, who'd been away for weeks and weeks, got back. Look how excited these two are to be reunited!
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Hahaha. I love this photo.
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Hahaha. I love this photo. Our friends flooded the lanes right in the middle of the game to congratulate him. It was some real Chariots of Fire shit.
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Hahaha.
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FRONDZ!
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Great success!
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...and Scott hugs on the way out! Oh, and Lisa also managed to pay Scott back for the choke out with an awesome comedy-rimming! How about a close up?
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But at the end of the karaoke day, we still managed to stay on the bouncer's good side. He even gave Lisa...
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Bromance! Happy New Year!
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And here's the birthday boy!
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Happy 2006, Michael Martin!
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The Tinny! I stole this picture from Amy's account of the night because I like it so much!
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Karen and Sarah getting their hug on.
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Later that night I ran into Josh...
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And we finally got to meet Emilie's new boyfriend Alessandro! Beyond being one of the nicest guys I've ever met, he got extra bonus points for being a member of Nine Inch Nails.
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Reunited and it...
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...right next to Josh, Gurj....
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David and a buddy of his that he hadn't seen in a while (I think!).
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Which I figured she like better than this creepy-ass person-shaped squishy pillow for sleeping with. Hahah.
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But they certainly do make you feel all warm and snuggly inside.
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DKNY gives the Grizz a hug.
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Later that night, she packed her bags and I dropped her off at the airport! Back to having no friends! Bah.
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C'mon over ladies.
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And then I gave her a creepy hug.
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Papi dishing out some loving.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! (Oh, and sorry about the whole "Now you'll never get to be president" thing.)
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Here's me giving Sarah a hug for inviting me to what was one of the best private shows I've ever seen (and probably marked the last time the Killers played a venue that holds less that 300 people).
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Paul and Sarah.
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On his way out, Ed was trying to be all smooth and kick it to Julie. Little did Ed know, while he was whispering sweet romantic nothings, Grant was behind him frantically motioning for me to get the camera out - because he'd gotten his balls out.
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Candy and Carol.
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Bday Vin and Sar. That's it! Happy Birthday, Vin!
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Awwww. Friends! Yay.
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...that's right, y'all: FRANCES! Who could forget the septagenarian, chocolate, love-nugget that I French Kissed on my last birthday? (I'm so not kidding by the way, go on, click it. I dare you.) What's better than her cute lil' face pressed against my chest? She looks like one of the California Raisins! (Remember them?)
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And hey, remember this guy? So he's sort of been sitting on the side watching our dance party and when Amber asked him if he wanted to dance he said "How about we all smoke a jay instead?" And busted out this big, brown, gorilla finger of a joint.
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...birthday hugging ("YAAAAAY, roommates!")...
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On Monday evening I met up with Liz and Frank for some East 6th Street Indian food action. Frank's not in any of the pictures because I was too busy taking pictures of our waiter falling in love with Liz. He kept bringing more and more random shit out to our table just so he'd have an excuse to flirt (/molest) Liz. (Check him out trying to use his lil' moustache to tickle her ear. Smoooooove.)
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But not before gratuitious man-hugs were administered by the Fatty.
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Right when we got into the club, Grant ran into John Henderson, yet another high school pal of his.
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As well as the "Hey, it was nice to meet you too" hug. If there was audio, this is where I'd have a clip of the "I did mention I have my own TV show coming out, right?" conversation. Hehehe.
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On the way out Counter gave Fatty a goodbye hug and assured him he'd keep watch over his Jdate harem.We met these two as we were leaving. They were in town from England and when they heard that we were getting ready to take a trip there, they became our new best friends. The guy in the scarf was so drunk that we're actually holding him up in this pic.
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Here he is with Jenny Kijowski leaving the office with a box of stuff cleared off of his desk. (Partial list of said box: Tongue Joy, tongue mounted vibrator and attachments; Viagra sample pack; Penis extender weight kit with instructional video; Family pictures; CB2000 male chastity harness; AC/DC figurine and “ The Accommodator” chin-mounted dildo.)
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Me and Sarah (aka - Karaoke Lingerie Birthday Superstar).
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For those of you not in the know, Frances is the the sixty-seven year old bar-back at Rosemary's Tavern.
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So somewhere around this time, I started spitting on my friends. Well, more like spitting on my hand and throwing it at them. I don't know, it seemed funny at the time. Needless to say, people weren't happy with me. After realizing that I'd been an asshole, I apologized and Seth opened his arms for a hug. Little did I know, it was a set up: while I was hugging Seth, Grant snuck up behind me and poured his beer down my shirt (while Fatty, privy to the plan, waited in the wings with the camera. Bastards).
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Au revoir pour toujours, ma petite tomate!
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On Friday night I went over the Blu on Avenue C to wish farewell to Em & Lo who were leaving the next morning for their eight week, cross-country tour to promote their book that had just come out.
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Vin and Amy Werner.
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Here's my little brother Brett providing further evidence to support the recent scientific discovery that being the "motherfucking Mack Daddy" is likely genetically predisposed.
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Here's a picture taken to document Grant's promise to me that he would under go "saline augmentation of the scrotum" for his next "I Did It For Science" column. Booyah!
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Me and Tookie. See that lake in the background? That's the lake the Tookie's house is on!
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This is Frances. She works at Rosemary's. She's 64 years old and still can shake her thang. God bless her little heart.
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It was a very emotional night.
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Hugs turned to slow dancing.
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Buttsecks!
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Then things started getting weird.