the september roundup september, 2006

Here they are, all the pics I took back in September of 2006!


Saturday, September 2nd
ben cho, gurj, quinn asteak
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

ellen hart, john fewell
John and Limesmile were both there.    tags: ellen hart john fewell misshapes

brian battjer, sean dack
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

leigh lezark
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
meredith silverman, vin ganapathy
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

david fateman
...and the Fatty. We took a cab crosstown to the Port Authority so that we could...    tags: fatty taxi

david fateman, meredith silverman, vin ganapathy
...catch the bus to...    tags: fatty meredith vin bus

meredith silverman
...IKEA! Meredith loves herself some Poang, that's for sure.    tags: meredith ikea

david fateman
Fatty. Relaxing. You know, doing his thing.    tags: fatty ikea

vin ganapathy
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

david fateman
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

amy k, brian battjer
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

meredith silverman
Later that night we stuffed Cranium into a backpack...    tags: meredith cranium

meredith silverman, sarah lewitinn
...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

brandon reilly, brian battjer
Here's me using Brandon as a puppet.    tags: brandon me apt 3a cranium puppet

meredith silverman, sarah lewitinn
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

brian battjer
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

brandon reilly, sarah lewitinn
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

brian battjer
Dance for me! Dance I say!    tags: me apt 3a asleep dogs monkey


Wednesday, September 13th
ellen hart
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
leigh lezark, thomas oronato
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

meredith silverman
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

meredith silverman
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

, ellen hart, karen ruttner, matt rubano
...for a party!    tags: ellen hart jenny penny karen matt apt 3a

meredith silverman
Wooo! Party! (Looking at the cupcakes, I'm guessing this was somebody's birthday party? Sorry I forget who!)    tags: meredith apt 3a

, edie the dog
There were lots o' dogs.    tags: edie piper dogs monkey

ellen hart, karen ruttner, leigh lezark, matt rubano
After a couple hours of "regular party," the party turned into a CRANIUM party!    tags: ellen hart karen leigh matt apt 3a cranium

katie james, lawrence lewitinn
Lawrence and Katie.    tags: brother lawrence katie apt 3a

, brandon reilly, leigh lezark
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

leigh lezark, sarah lewitinn
Tins and Sarah.    tags: leigh sarah apt 3a

, karen ruttner, sarah lewitinn
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

ellen hart, matt rubano, quinn asteak
And the legend of "FEET! FEET! VAGINA-FEET!" was born.    tags: ellen hart matt quinn apt 3a cranium

karen ruttner, sarah lewitinn
Now, for an overview of the competitors! Karen and Sarah were as the newly-named "Team NoJenny."    tags: karen sarah apt 3a cranium laugh

clayton cubitt siege, gurj, katie james, meredith silverman
Team 2 was Gurj, Siege, Katie and Meredith.    tags: gurj katie meredith siege apt 3a cranium the bird

ellen hart, matt rubano, quinn asteak
Team 3 was Quinn, Ellen and The Joobs.    tags: ellen hart matt quinn apt 3a cranium

brandon reilly, brian battjer, leigh lezark
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

clayton cubitt siege, gurj, katie james, meredith silverman
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 reilly
Brandon lost the poop-patrol coin toss.    tags: brandon bed best turd

clayton cubitt siege, gurj, katie james, meredith silverman
Back to the game!    tags: gurj katie meredith siege apt 3a cranium

karen ruttner, sarah lewitinn
Karen and Sarah tried to work on a trivia question...    tags: karen sarah apt 3a cranium

karen ruttner, sarah lewitinn
...but were constantly derailed by fits of laughter because...    tags: karen sarah apt 3a cranium laugh

clayton cubitt siege, gurj, katie james, matt rubano, meredith silverman
...everyone just kept yelling out "FEET FEET VAGINA-FEET!"    tags: gurj katie matt meredith siege apt 3a cranium

leigh lezark
Leigh showing off her Cranium-Clay sculpture of Edie.    tags: leigh clay cranium kiss

brian battjer, leigh lezark
Hahaha.    tags: leigh me apt 3a clay cranium ugly face

karen ruttner, meredith silverman, sarah lewitinn
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

meredith silverman
...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

brandon reilly, meredith silverman
...it was photo time! Brandon crept in for a cuddlin...    tags: brandon meredith apt 3a asleep bed spoon

clayton cubitt siege, meredith silverman
...and then Siege stopped by for a quick rimmin'!    tags: meredith siege apt 3a asleep bed best rim

ellen hart, leigh lezark, matt rubano, meredith silverman, quinn asteak, sarah lewitinn
Stay classy, everyone!    tags: ellen hart leigh matt meredith quinn sarah apt 3a monkey


Wednesday, September 20th
edie the dog
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

edie the dog, meredith silverman
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

edie the dog
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

edie the dog, meredith silverman
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

edie the dog, meredith silverman
...she got out of the way...    tags: edie meredith bed dogs

edie the dog, meredith silverman
...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

, elaine carrick, stephanie battjer, sue mehta
My mom with her three sisters! Sue, Elaine, Steph (my mom) and Barb!    tags: aunt barb aunt elaine aunt sue mom

, brett battjer, sue mehta
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

ellen hart
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

murdo mcgrath
And here's Murdo showing off his claystache!    tags: murdo clay moustache


Sunday, September 24th
meredith silverman
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 silverman
...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

, meredith silverman
Explorin' Meredith's shoulder.    tags: meredith ratso


Yay, new pet!    tags: ratso


Thursday, September 28th
candy gemelle, david fateman
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 gemelle, david fateman
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
amy k
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

brian battjer
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

brian battjer
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!