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U-S-A! U-S-A! Grant salutes in front of the light-up flag we scored at K-mart for $12 in honor of his visa coming through. ˆ grant ˆ flag ˆ salute ˆ

Josh, Dave, Vin & Tyler all showed up nice and early to get this party started right (and quickly). ˆ dave g ˆ josh ˆ tyler ˆ vin ˆ

Hannah, Becky and Emma = All three Taylor sisters! ˆ becky ˆ emma ˆ hannah ˆ

Just in case there were any lingering doubts about Grant's sexuality, they were finally dispelled with this dandy pair of striped socks. Jesus. ˆ grant ˆ socks ˆ

Around 11:30 the party started warming up... ˆ 105 bowery ˆ crowd ˆ party ˆ

Dave Forman, y'all! ˆ david f ˆ jen dolloff ˆ

Amy, Mandy and Chris (the future Mr. & Mrs. Chris Hanigan). Fack. ˆ amy a ˆ chris hanigan ˆ mandy m ˆ

Sarah gets mad props for being the only person to bring me a non-alcoholic gift. (A sweet-ass pair of Pumas). ˆ me ˆ sarah l ˆ

Sarah, Rachel (Sarah's new roommate), Josh and Vinay. ˆ josh ˆ rachel ˆ sarah l ˆ vin ˆ

Amanda, Melissa (who in case you didn't know happens to be one of the "Queens of Brooklyn Electroclash" hahaha), Debbie T and me. ˆ amanda ˆ debbie ˆ me ˆ melissa burns ˆ

Deb and April left my party early which would've been lame if they weren't leaving early to have totally fucking hot lesbian sex. Seriously. ˆ april ˆ deb au-yeung ˆ

Karen Landes with "3 POUNDS!!!" of pretzels - which believe it or not somehow got finished before the end of the night. ˆ karen landes ˆ treats ˆ

K. Marsala and Josh show some o' that winning ivory. ˆ josh ˆ karen marsala ˆ me ˆ

Dave G ("The Ladies Choice") warms it up with K. Landes. ˆ dave g ˆ karen landes ˆ

The electric, light-up bulb flag was nice, but it just wasn't enough. So at some point in the night I dragged out the 4ft. sparklers that we bought on our recent NH Vacation. ˆ me ˆ sparkler ˆ

See? That's much better. (BTW, who are these guys?) ˆ flag ˆ sparkler ˆ strangers ˆ

Grant Stoddard looking for a swordfight. (This kid's always looking for a "swordfight" if you know what I'm saying...) ˆ grant ˆ metal ˆ sparkler ˆ

Jim Jazz likes sparklies! ˆ jim jazz ˆ sparkler ˆ

Joey Cavella in the hizzouse. ˆ joey ˆ sparkler ˆ

As the night wore on, part of the party busted out the back door onto my porch. ˆ connor ˆ dave g ˆ josh ˆ karen landes ˆ 105 bowery ˆ roof ˆ the bird ˆ

And part of Grant busted off the roof onto my neighbor's patio below. Doh! ˆ grant ˆ pee ˆ roof ˆ

Mark Bibbins (aka - Tha Notorious B.I.B.) & Grant. ˆ grant ˆ mark bibbins ˆ

Emma Taylor got her drink on! Here she is trying to make Grant swing dance (to Weezer, no less). ˆ emma ˆ grant ˆ dance ˆ

Karen M, Natasha, Kahn-ur, and Karen L. ˆ connor ˆ karen landes ˆ karen marsala ˆ natasha ˆ wink ˆ

Me & Em. ˆ emma ˆ me ˆ

Tookie & Grant. ˆ grant ˆ tookie ˆ

This is the 2nd best pic of the night. Vin & Josh blow up Grant's spot ("Who does that guy think he is back there?") as he tries to kick it to Amanda in the background. HAHAHA! ˆ amanda ˆ grant ˆ best ˆ get a load of this guy ˆ mackin ˆ

But what Vin & Josh didn't realize was that Grant was wearing his "sexy socks" and then the next thing you know.... ˆ grant ˆ joey ˆ get a load of this guy ˆ socks ˆ

...uh-oh, makeout! Maybe Grant's got some game after all? ˆ amanda ˆ grant ˆ josh ˆ kiss ˆ makeout ˆ

Or maybe Amanda was just sha-sha-shitfaced! Check her out making the make on Jen D. Doh. ˆ amanda ˆ jen dolloff ˆ girl on girl action ˆ

Yep, about 4am and the party started to get a leeetle rowdy. ˆ connor ˆ karen landes ˆ tit squeeze ˆ

Here's the best pic of the night: Em & Vin! Who knew? ˆ emma ˆ grant ˆ vin ˆ best ˆ

The aftermath. My kitchen table, 5am. ˆ 105 bowery ˆ mess ˆ party ˆ

The next moring, Dave and Grant (aka - the bestest friends ever) came over to help me clean up. Check out Dave way in the background rocking out to Laura Branigan's "Gloria" while mopping. ˆ david f ˆ grant ˆ 105 bowery ˆ

Ahhhh....all clean. ˆ 105 bowery ˆ