Afterwards, Grant made his French-face (aka "What eez zee poin?"), which spawned a whole conversation about the other types of things that characterize different stereotypes. So we decided to have everyone try to represent their heritage in a photo!
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And since I'm total mutt of like 10 different nationalities, I acted loud, drunk and ignorant FOR AMERICA! Fuck, yeah!
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me
Wednesday, July 19th On Wednesday night I went out to celebrate Rachael's birthday! Here's the birthday girl with Emily. (I've known both these girls since 1993!)
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emily
rachael
birthday
Thursday, July 20th On Thursday was my old company's summer party! Here's a whole bunch of us getting ready to leave the office at noon...
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hafeez
ian
john merlino
mike db
cci
...to head to Dave & Buster's in Times Square for a day of food, drinking and arcade games! Woooo!
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After a huge buffet and a two-hour open bar, we were split into teams, giving unlimited passes to the arcade and told that the team to earn the most tickets in the next 90 minutes would win a big prize!
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pete chen
cci
As the time for the big ticket count-off approached, I decided to adorn myself with them so all the lay-dees could see my ticket-earning potential!
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me
tickets
Levi joined me in showing off his ticket-sexiness...
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cci
tickets
Whenever alcohol and competitions are mixed, you can be fairly sure that sooner or later some arm wrestlin's gonna break out! Mike Montero was making excuses about why his team lost and it turned into Phil challenging him to some arm wrestling! Mike felt pretty confident going into the match, but Phil immediately took a strong lead!
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mike montero
phil modestin
arm wrestle
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After Mike lost to Phil, a lady that we all work with (I forget her name) decided to challenge Mike to a match! Everyone started teasing Mike and the ENTIRE company gathered around the table to watch. Mike is the king of shit-talking and knew that if he allowed himself to be defeated by a girl, he would never hear the end of it so he started really psyching himself up. Mike got himself so pumped up that when the match started he almost threw the lady out of her seat. (Which was probably the funniest thing I've seen in like 5 years). Here's the pic I snapped (of the lady yelling and almost getting her arm broken) right when we yelled "GO!" Hahahahaha.
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mike montero
arm wrestle
best
cci
Waaaay later that night (after I'd gotten a chance to sleep off my afternoon-drunkeness), I went to the Annex for a dance party with Sarah...
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sarah
dj
Karen was wearing her sexy-ass wolf shirt (which, incidentally, is the same EXACT shirt kids in my high school used to mock Eric Witzling for wearing back in 1992. If only they'd known that he was a fashion GOD fourteen-years ahead of his time!)
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karen
wolf
Sunday, July 23rd On Sunday afternoon, Grant came over and showed me how to use a knife to saber open a bottle of champagne!
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grant
me
champagne
saber
I understood the basic principle, but was unable to get it to work the first few times I tried. (I've since gotten it down cold!) So I handed the bottle back over to Grizz and let him show off the magic!
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grant
me
champagne
saber
Voila! He did it! He did it! (How awesome is that clean break?)
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me
champagne
saber
Champagne makes me both sleepy AND cranky. Fast forward to this awesome photo Meredith took of me trying to read-away my wine hangover. (I highly recommend the book I'm reading: The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwarz
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me
book
cranky
Tuesday, July 25th On Tuesday night I went to see a band with Sarah.
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band
I have no idea what band it was. Sarah, any idea?
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sarah
Wednesday, July 26th On Wednesday night I went over Tinny's house to hang out. Her birthday was coming up and she'd just received her mom's gift in the mail! The bad news was that it wasn't exactly her style. The good news was...
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leigh
nightie
pink
...pink is totally my color! (If you look closely you can totally see my nips playing peek-a-boo!)
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me
cross dress
nightie
pink
All of the gender-bending left Edie confused. Hahaha.
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edie
Thursday, July 27th On Thursday night I went out to go dancing at Sarah and Karen's basement party in the Annex (by the time I got there, it was kind of deserted).
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dance
But I ran into Karen M, Karen L, their blond friend, and Natasha and we ended up hanging until the wee hours!
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karen landes
karen marsala
Friday, July 28th Friday night I went out with Amanda and this is the only picture I took. (???)
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Saturday, July 29th Meredith and I finally decided to take the plunge and move in together! We expected a long and tumultuous apartment hunt, but we hit the jackpot on the very first place we looked at! On Saturday afternoon we were given the keys and headed over to scope the place out and prepare for our move a few days later! Here's Meredith kicking back in our brand new "holy shit we're living together" bathtub!
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meredith
bath
Later that afternoon, we hopped on the subway and headed out to Brooklyn to attend...
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meredith
...my friend Amy Albano's going away party! After almost 10 years in NYC, Amy (who I've known since middle school!) had decided to move out to New Mexico to attend grad school. (But much like my ill-fated move to San Francisco, she ended up back in NYC less than four months later!). Our friend Jen that hosted the party is a baker! Check out the amazing cake she made for Amy!
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cake
Here's Jen and Vivian, both whom I grew up with! (Vivian grew up in the house behind me and I've known her since I was four years old!)
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jen hoche
vivian tjoa
Ellen was there (but for some reason, I only have pictures she took of me with her dog)! Here's me with Piper (in the only shot where her tongue's NOT sticking out.
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piper
dogs
And the tongue comes out on take two!
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me
piper
dogs
Sunday, July 30th On Sunday I went over to Geordon and Greg's apartment for Leigh's birthday party! (See? I'm not the only one who calls her Little Miss Leigh! Hahaha)
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leigh
birthday
After Leigh's party, I walked a mere three blocks to head up to a rooftop party to wish Mike Cohen a happy 35th 34th Birthday!
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mike cohen
birthday
cake
Just because there's champagne doesn't mean Fatty's gonna give up his Smirnoff Ice! (PS - Check out Grant in the background giving Fatty the "Flying L for Loser." Hahahah)
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fatty
grant
Immediately afterwards, Grant made history by attempting the first "flying brain!" Alas, he wasn't able to get his nuts out in time. Hahaha.
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fatty
grant
meredith
Of course, this led to more jumping action shots! Meredith did the jumping jack while Grant went for the more difficult David Lee Roth version
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meredith
dlr kick
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Grant tried to brain Mike, but his shorts were too tight! Hahaha.
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by Barry Schwarz tags: me book cranky
