the september roundup

september, 2006

Here they are, all the pics I took back in September of 2006! Saturday, September 2nd I kicked off the month at MisShapes. I got there late and found Ben Cho, Quinn and Gurj hiding out in the back booths.    tags: ben cho gurj quinn misshapes John and Limesmile were both there.    tags: ellen hart john fewell misshapes Sean loves to say "ooooh" photos. It's the new hotness.    tags: me sean dack misshapes I tried sneaking up behind Leigh so I could take a candid photo of her DJing, but at the last second she threw up a record cover and blocked the shot! I guess I'm not as sneaky as I thought I was.    tags: record Vampire! Hiss!    tags: leigh misshapes vampire Thursday, September 7th On Thursday I saw this awesome license plate. Keep it in mind; it'll play a big part in helping to name our new pet in a few weeks.    tags: ratso jeep license Saturday, September 9th On Saturday afternoon, Meredith and I met up with Vinay (seen here holding a disposable camera that I found that was from back when he and I were in college!)...    tags: meredith vin taxi ...and the Fatty. We took a cab crosstown to the Port Authority so that we could...    tags: fatty taxi ...catch the bus to...    tags: fatty meredith vin bus ...IKEA! Meredith loves herself some Poang, that's for sure.    tags: meredith ikea Fatty. Relaxing. You know, doing his thing.    tags: fatty ikea Vin pretty much had this expression on his face the entire time we were in the store. Who doesn't love Ikea?    tags: vin smile All the shopping wore poor Fatty out and he needed to take a lil' nap on the bus ride home.    tags: fatty asleep I spent the next couple of hours in furniture-assemblage hell, finding it hard to believe that just a few hours ago I had been in love with Ikea.    tags: chair ikea Super late that night I went out and had drinks with Amy K (who's pretty much the only person in the world who's worse than me at updating her website). Jeesh!    tags: amy k me Sunday, September 10th The next morning I installed the light fixture I'd bought in the living room! Betcha didn't know I was so handy, eh?    tags: 239 e 7th ikea lamp New kitchen table and chairs.    tags: 239 e 7th ikea table Later that night we stuffed Cranium into a backpack...    tags: meredith cranium ...and headed over to Apt 3a to play with Sarah and Brandon in a boys vs. girls battle of the sexes!    tags: meredith sarah apt 3a cranium Here's me using Brandon as a puppet.    tags: brandon me apt 3a cranium puppet Sarah using Meredith as a puppet! (PS - Check out Meredith's sweet-ass souvenir shirt from Stingray City! This was her favorite shirt, but then two days later, Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray and she was like "Fuck, now I can't wear it because people are going to think I'm being smarmily-ironic about his death!" Hahaha).    tags: meredith sarah apt 3a cranium puppet Me showing off my mad-crazy Cranium sculpting skillz! The clue was "afro" so I made a little dude with an afro and put a lil' pic in his hair and Brandon totally guessed correctly!    tags: me afro apt 3a clay cranium Yep, it probably will.    tags: brandon sarah apt 3a Sleeping Monkey.    tags: apt 3a asleep dogs monkey I want to smash her furry little face!    tags: apt 3a asleep dogs monkey Dance for me! Dance I say!    tags: me apt 3a asleep dogs monkey Wednesday, September 13th On Wednesday night Ellen and I went out to dinner with a band manager we both like and afterwards he took us all to Flash Dance (awww, yeah expense account!). Here's Ellen nervously laughing about getting ready to walk into a strip club for the first time!    tags: ellen hart Saturday, September 16th On Saturday night I went to MisShapes and hid down in the basement with Leigh and Thomas.    tags: leigh thomas o misshapes Sunday, September 17th On Sunday Meredith and I went out to Far Rockaway to say goodbye to summer! The beach was practically deserted!    tags: beach far rockaway We ate fruit.    tags: meredith beach far rockaway I entertained myself by throwing carrots and watching the seagulls viciously fight over them, only for the winning bird to pick it up every time and realize that it wasn't even something good to eat.    tags: beach bird far rockaway Birds + Carrots = Comedy Gold! (Yes, I know that I'm retarded).    tags: beach bird far rockaway These huge military-transport helicopters kept flying back and forth in front of the beach.    tags: beach far rockaway helicopter Around 4:30 it started to get chilly and we decided to head home. Meredith wore her sunglasses all day and when she took them off she realized she'd gotten a tan-line on the bridge of her nose! Haha.    tags: meredith subway sunburn Later that night we walked over to Apt 3a (and saw this kitty on the way)...    tags: cat ...for a party!    tags: ellen hart jenny penny karen matt apt 3a Wooo! Party! (Looking at the cupcakes, I'm guessing this was somebody's birthday party? Sorry I forget who!)    tags: meredith apt 3a There were lots o' dogs.    tags: edie piper dogs monkey After a couple hours of "regular party," the party turned into a CRANIUM party!    tags: ellen hart karen leigh matt apt 3a cranium Lawrence and Katie.    tags: brother lawrence katie apt 3a Leigh, super-wasted Jenny and Brandon. It was after this night that a new Cranium-rule was instituted: "If you're too drunk to speak without slurring, you're too drunk to play Cranium." (AKA: The Jenny Penny Rule).    tags: brandon jenny penny leigh apt 3a get a load of this guy Tins and Sarah.    tags: leigh sarah apt 3a Karen, Sarah, and Jenny started out as a team, but about 15 minutes in the game, Jenny got a red-card for being too drunk to understand how the game was played. This was also the night that Jenny coined a phrase that I still happily use on a weekly basis. During one of the challenges where Sarah was required to draw a picture and get her teammates to guess a clue, Jenny watched her draw and started yelling out guesses. "Uh....it's FEET! Uhhhhh. Uhhhhh. Hmmmm. Oh! Feet! No, VAGINA! OH, FEET!"    tags: jenny penny karen sarah apt 3a cranium And the legend of "FEET! FEET! VAGINA-FEET!" was born.    tags: ellen hart matt quinn apt 3a cranium Now, for an overview of the competitors! Karen and Sarah were as the newly-named "Team NoJenny."    tags: karen sarah apt 3a cranium laugh Team 2 was Gurj, Siege, Katie and Meredith.    tags: gurj katie meredith siege apt 3a cranium the bird Team 3 was Quinn, Ellen and The Joobs.    tags: ellen hart matt quinn apt 3a cranium Team 4 was Brandon, Tinny and me! (We may have lost the game but we definitely won the award for "best team photo!")    tags: brandon leigh me apt 3a cranium Katie, Siege, and Gurj trying to figure out Meredith's pantomime. In the middle of our heated game, a timeout was called when it was discovered...    tags: gurj katie meredith siege apt 3a ...that one of the many dogs in the apartment (or maybe Jenny!) had decided to make their displeasure known.    tags: bed turd Brandon lost the poop-patrol coin toss.    tags: brandon bed best turd Back to the game!    tags: gurj katie meredith siege apt 3a cranium Karen and Sarah tried to work on a trivia question...    tags: karen sarah apt 3a cranium ...but were constantly derailed by fits of laughter because...    tags: karen sarah apt 3a cranium laugh ...everyone just kept yelling out "FEET FEET VAGINA-FEET!"    tags: gurj katie matt meredith siege apt 3a cranium Leigh showing off her Cranium-Clay sculpture of Edie.    tags: leigh clay cranium kiss Hahaha.    tags: leigh me apt 3a clay cranium ugly face In the end, Team NoJenny won! (Meredith decided to represent for Jenny by popping out her knockers!). After Cranium, we all hung out for a while and then someone noticed that Meredith had disappeared. When Meredith disappears from a party, it's usually because...    tags: karen meredith sarah apt 3a boobs cranium ...she's snuck away for a nap! Once the rest of the party got wise to Mer's disappearing act...    tags: meredith apt 3a asleep bed ...it was photo time! Brandon crept in for a cuddlin...    tags: brandon meredith apt 3a asleep bed spoon ...and then Siege stopped by for a quick rimmin'!    tags: meredith siege apt 3a asleep bed best rim Stay classy, everyone!    tags: ellen hart leigh matt meredith quinn sarah apt 3a monkey Wednesday, September 20th On Wednesday, Meredith and I got ourselves a lil' visitor! Edie! Leigh was going out of town on and off for a few weeks and we happily agreed to look after her pooch. Here she is making herself right at home.    tags: edie dogs Fwiends!    tags: edie meredith dogs Meredith and I went out for the night and when we came back, Meredith's flip flops were in Edie's kennel! (Not one of them...BOTH of them!)    tags: cage flip flops She missed Meredith (Awwwww!) so she dragged them in there because they must've smelled like Meredith (Yep, Meredith smells like feet!)!    tags: edie cage dogs flip flops Leigh lets Edie sleep in the bed and Edie made it pretty clear that she expected as much from us. Daschunds were bred so that they'd be able to chase animals into holes and they apparently still love to burrow. As soon as Edie saw that I was coming to bed...    tags: edie meredith bed dogs ...she got out of the way...    tags: edie meredith bed dogs ...and wriggled under the covers and slid down to the foot of the bed! Hahahaha.    tags: edie meredith bed dogs Saturday, September 23rd On Saturday Meredith and I went out to a restaurant in NJ to celebrate my grandparent's 60th Wedding Anniversary! Here they are renewing their vows!    tags: grandma grandpa wedding Cutting the wedding cake (again!).    tags: grandma grandpa cake wedding Cake feeding!    tags: grandma grandpa cake wedding I was hoping one of them would do the cake-smash, but no such luck!    tags: grandma grandpa cake My dad gave a speech and made a bunch of jokes about how tough they were on him when he first started dating their daughter. They were nicknamed Queen Ann & Cowboy Bill, so my dad busted out a little tiara for gram...    tags: dad grandma crown tiara ...and a cowboy hat for grandpa. Happy 60th, Queen Ann & Cowboy Bill!    tags: grandma grandpa cowboy surprise tiara My mom with her three sisters! Sue, Elaine, Steph (my mom) and Barb!    tags: aunt barb aunt elaine aunt sue mom Family shot! Clockwise from top left: Uncle Nahlin, Katie, Chad, Drew, Kristie, Brett, Lindsay, Barb, Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, and Sue!    tags: aunt barb aunt sue brett chad grandma grandpa jay kristie lindsay uncle nalin Later that night, Ellen and Murdo came over to hang out. Here's Ellen showing off her creepy, high-waisted jeans. Boooo!    tags: ellen hart jeans And here's Murdo showing off his claystache!    tags: murdo clay moustache Sunday, September 24th I was puttering around the apartment on Sunday and Meredith texted me to announce that she was coming home with "a surprise!" She walked in with a huge smile and a tiny box!    tags: meredith rats She'd gotten a baby rat! We took her tiny self out of the box and put her into one of them "walking-around" balls so she could explore while...    tags: ratso ...Meredith assembled her new home.    tags: meredith cage Critter treats. Oh, hello there new friend. You will be called "Ratso."    tags: ratso Monday, September 25th After work on Monday, Meredith and I spent a whole bunch of time getting to know our tiny new friend!    tags: ratso We marveled at her tiny pink paws (cute!) and her equally pink eyes (not so cute!).    tags: ratso She was really interested in us and didn't mind being handled at all!    tags: ratso Explorin' Meredith's shoulder.    tags: meredith ratso Yay, new pet!    tags: ratso Thursday, September 28th On Thursday night I went to go see my friend Candy's new band that included Fatty on the bass!    tags: candy fatty band Candy's shows are always awesome because she always wears teeny tiny booty shorts and you can always see her "ass from the front." Awwww, yeah.    tags: candy fatty band Saturday, September 30th On Saturday, Meredith and I went down to Chinatown to the aNYthing store to visit Amy K. Meredith brought her a CD-holder that was shaped like a giant cheeseburger. Amy was so excited because it matched her cheeseburger bicycle bell!    tags: amy k bike burger smile No joke!    tags: burger Then we went inside the store and I tried on this one of a kind "awesome" hoodie by graffiti-artist turned fashion-designer CLAW.    tags: me CLAW hoodie Slamming! How much would it cost if you wanted to look this "awesome," you ask?    tags: me CLAW hoodie Why, the bargain price of $999!