Little Miss Leigh Lezark turned 23 on Thursday. On Friday, we took her out for dinner to celebrate. ˆ alexis ˆ gordon ˆ jackson ˆ leigh ˆ max ˆ scott m ˆ

Leigh and Max make their rat faces. ˆ leigh ˆ max ˆ

"Happy Birthday, dear Lee-eigh!" ˆ leigh ˆ max ˆ scott m ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ

Make a weeeeeeeeeeeeesh! ˆ leigh ˆ max ˆ scott m ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ

Then on Saturday night, there was a party for Leigh's birthday at MisShapes. (I heard she knows the people that throw that party so they hooked it up for her). ˆ leigh ˆ me ˆ best ˆ tongue ˆ

I don't remember if there was a reason behind all the tongue sticking out or if we just thought it was funny at the time. (And just for the record, I still think it's funny). ˆ leigh ˆ best ˆ tongue ˆ

It's really difficult to ever "throw" Leigh a party because she's always hiding and disappearing (into places like secret backrooms and utility closets), but at 2am Max managed to pin her down to the backroom so that... ˆ leigh ˆ max ˆ birthday ˆ

...Geordon could bring out a bunch of ice cream cone cupcakes and we could all embarrass the crap out of her by singing Happy Birthday. ˆ geordon ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ

Make another weeeeeeeesh! ˆ leigh ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ

Awwwww, who's an embarrassed little Tinny? After the singing was over, we went over to the DJ booth... ˆ leigh ˆ misshapes ˆ

...where MonsterMask and Jackson were DJing. ˆ jackson ˆ dj ˆ mask ˆ

MonsterMask (ok, and Jackson) got the crowd dancing... ˆ crowd ˆ misshapes ˆ

...and even managed to incite a mini dance party amongst Leigh, Jimmy Webb (the walking party who manages Trash & Vaudeville who I LOVE) and Alexis. ˆ alexis ˆ jimmy webb ˆ leigh ˆ misshapes ˆ

Around 3am, I went down into the basement and ran into Sheal... ˆ me ˆ sheal ˆ

...and Scott, who was just about wrapping up his "official" duties as the "whitewall photography guy." ˆ scott m ˆ

Max was downstairs with his friend Blake that he'd just finished shooting a movie with. (Who a couple of weeks later became much more well known when Gossip Girl started airing). ˆ blake lively ˆ max ˆ misshapes ˆ

The normal "secret backroom" downstairs was way too crowded so Geordon took it upon himself to unlock some unmarked door and a new "ULTRA SECRET" backroom was created! ˆ geordon ˆ secret room ˆ

Your private birthday room is ready, birthday girl! ˆ leigh ˆ

Thomas even came downstairs off the door to bounce that shit. ˆ me ˆ thomas o ˆ

Scott came in after he'd finished taking pictures and slipped Leigh some birthday tongue! Hahaha. His expression is soooooo funny. ˆ leigh ˆ scott m ˆ best ˆ gross ˆ tongue ˆ

Kissing girls is THE WORST! ˆ leigh ˆ scott m ˆ gross ˆ tongue ˆ

Then it was present time! I gave Leigh her birthday present from Meredith and me (picked out by Meredith cus' she's the best at getting people good gifts) and it was... ˆ leigh ˆ gift ˆ tongue ˆ

...wiener dog soap! That looked just like Edie! ˆ alexis ˆ leigh ˆ dogs ˆ

Alexis was doing something weird in the background of this photo and when I showed it to her... ˆ alexis ˆ leigh ˆ dogs ˆ

...it somehow inspired the two of them to recreate the photo from The Sounds album cover. ˆ alexis ˆ leigh ˆ secret room ˆ

They totally had it down, I just took the photo from the wrong angle. Blarg! ˆ alexis ˆ leigh ˆ boobs ˆ

And because all "Let's take silly photos" moments eventually devolve into an Ugly Face Contest...here we go! Alexis kicked it off with a solid smoosh face! ˆ alexis ˆ smoosh ˆ ugly face ˆ

Max started off with a Happy Smoosh Face... ˆ max ˆ smoosh ˆ ugly face ˆ

...but thought it wasn't "ugly enough" so he took off the hat and went for this much more serious Smoosh Face. ˆ max ˆ smoosh ˆ ugly face ˆ

I forget this guy's name (maybe he was a friend of Max's or Blake's?), but regardless, he represented with a brand new kind of Ugly Face. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm pleased to present to you, the "Retarded Robert DeNiro is Sad" Ugly Face! Solid! ˆ strangers ˆ ugly face ˆ

I stepped in with my triple threat masterpiece! The Wonky Eye / Slit Mouth / Neck-Wrinkle Combo! POW! ˆ me ˆ ugly face ˆ

When I turned my camera around to newcomer Blake, she DID NOT disappoint. I simply said: "UGLY FACE! GO!" And she immediately pulled this little ditty out! The best part was, after reviewing the photo she was like "I can do better! Give me another shot!" I was skeptical... ˆ blake lively ˆ sorta famous ˆ ugly face ˆ

...but Blake proved that she could indeed hang with the "cool kids." Holy cramoly, that, my friends, is a prize-winning ugly face! Wow. ˆ blake lively ˆ best ˆ sorta famous ˆ ugly face ˆ

And then Leigh finished off the night with her impression of a Birthday Turtle! Happy 23rd, Leigh! ˆ leigh ˆ ugly face ˆ