Here's the first half of the photos I took back in April 2007! It's the April Roundup Part One!
Friday, March 30th
I went out Friday night, but came home around 2am because I wasn't feeling well. I came into our bedroom and found this little git cuddling a stuffed animal and playing her Nintendo DS! tags:meredithbednintendo ds
Saturday, March 31st
I woke up the next morning with a fever and spent all of Saturday in bed. Boo. tags:sick
Sunday, April 1st
On Sunday I took the train out to NJ to visit my parents and grandparents. For whatever reason, I only took pictures of the train ride and no pictures of people! Hahaha. I don't know why, but I really love the strange, swampy marshland that's in New Jersey right outside of New York City. tags:train
I love the way the water and grass contrasts with all the old, abandoned industrial train tracks and factories from when this area was huge manufacturing district. tags:train
I got home a little past midnight and when I went over to say hi to the rats, I noticed that something was different. tags:ratsorats
...and by different, I mean that one of them (The Good One) was dyed bright pink! Meredith bought some Kool-Aid and decided to give Ratso a little bit of color. tags:rats
Cuddle Rat! (Meredith, you're a weird rat mom!) tags:meredithratsorats
Monday, April 2nd
On Monday afternoon, I met up with Antony for some delicious Mexican food... tags:posh tony
By the way, I'm writing this almost a year and a half later and after years and years of touring, Antony's band is finally starting to blow up! Check out this vid of Pamela Anderson introducing them as the musical guest on The Sunday Night Project, a big variety show that airs in the UK. Insanity, right? tags:five oclock heroesvideo
Then this happened. Then we got yelled at by the bouncer for our lack of subtly. Hahahah. I love this photo. tags:chris blackhalliesmoke
Thursday, April 5th
Thursday night I hung out with Leigh (the Scared Elf) and Max... tags:leighmax
...and then on my way home, I picked up the Fatty and MADE HIM come over try out Guitar Hero. He had a little trouble getting it at first... tags:fattyguitar herovideogames
...don't forget, back in the late 80s, Fatty (fourth from left - check out THAT MANE!) was the main ax-player in Nasty Magic, the sickest metal band in the entire greater-New Milford area of Connecticut! tags:fattybandnasty magic
"Fatty Impresses The Rat Cellar with Gripping Set!" 4 Stars and 91% of notes hit? Who says that THE MAGIC is gone? tags:fattyguitar herovideogames
Meredith: "Uh, and you call me a nerd for playing my Nintendo DS?" tags:meredith
Monday, April 9th
On Monday, Joe and Brandon came over for more Guitar Hero dork-action! Joe was killing it right out of the gate... tags:joeguitar herovideogames
...Brandon, however, not so much. After his second or third attempt, he was like "How about I just watch you two play?" Awwww! tags:brandonguitar herovideogames
Wednesday, April 11th
On Wednesday night I went all the way over to the Meatpacking District to visit Leigh who was DJing at some new club that had opened up over there. tags:crowd
By the time I got there, she'd finished DJing. The music was way too loud - but because she was promoting the place, she couldn't leave to go somewhere more conducive to having conversation. Leigh's solution? Steal a bottle of vodka and a bucket of ice and commandeer the back bathroom as our private lounge! Problem solved! Of course, drinking vodka on the rocks for a few hours... tags:leigh
...leads to faces like this! Hahaha! I love you, you little klepto elf! tags:leighmedrunk
Friday, April 13th
On Friday afternoon, Mike and I took Court out to a farewell lunch! Two weeks earlier he'd announced that he was resigning his job as Chief Operating Officer of Community Connect (where he was my boss) in order to take a job as the CEO of a new start-up called Yodle that helps local business advertise online! (Where I currently work and Court is my boss again! Yay!). tags:courtmike monterocci
I know he's my boss and all, but I just can't help myself and need to point out that I think Court is exactly what McLovin will look like when he grows up! tags:mclovin
Later that night after work, I went to the opening of Katie & Ellen's show in the East Village. A bunch of the pieces there were collaborations between Ellen and Katie and there were a bunch of a familiar faces... tags:art
...or familiar masked-faces! Check out Grant flexing down in his Mexican wrestler mask! tags:grantart
My favorite was this illustration of two monkeys that was done on an old-school 5 1/4" floppy disk! I liked it so much I bought it as a gift for Mer! tags:artmonkey
Later that night I went over to the Blue Owl to wish Karen M. a happy birthday! Here's the birthday girl with Karen L. and Dens. (Dennis had just recently left Google and was saying goodbye to his old ID badge). tags:denskaren landeskaren marsala
Around 2am we all went around the corner to see the apartment that Karen had just bought! Here she is showing off the "fish tank in the fireplace" in her new building's lobby! tags:karen marsalafish
I tried to take a group shot of us all in the elevator and failed miserably. Boo! tags:menatashaelevator
On the way home I took this super-spooky of Tompkins Square Park! tags:tompkins
Saturday, April 14th
On Saturday night Meredith and I went out to meet up with Vin and Dave. tags:dave groisvin
Meredith caught Vin and I taking one of our signature "Tough Guy" photos that we've been doing as joke since at least 1998, and wanted to give being a "tough guy" a shot. tags:mevintough
Hahaha. She pretty much nailed it her very first time! I like how she combined the "NJ-Guido Brow-Furrow" with the "Staten Island Mouth-Pout." A very effective combo! tags:memeredithtoughus
Tuesday, April 17th
On Tuesday night Meredith and I went to the Bitter End to see Caitlin sing (with "WHITEBOY" Mitch Mitchell on guitar!!! LOL!). It was a charity show to raise money for... tags:caitlinband
...The Pinwheel Project; a non-profit that has programs to provide sick children with extra care during their hospital stays. tags:meredith
Caitlin's pretty much the best singer I know, so the show was great. And as an added bonus... tags:caitlinband
...Coco was there! We hadn't seen her in ages and got to catch up! tags:cocomeredith
Thursday, April 19th
After almost dying on my bike ride to work on Thursday morning (a big truck pulled over into my bike lane and almost smooooshed against a row of parked cars), I decided to stop being an idiot and went to the bike store during lunch and bought a helmet. tags:mehelmetwork
...and we all marveled at "Heart of the Cajuns" painting that Siege's agent had given him of an old family photo of Siege with his mom and little brother. tags:siegeart
