doug and inka visit


The last time I saw Doug, he was in town visiting from the Czech Republic and was dating a Czech girl! A little over three years later, and this time he was visiting from Finland with his Finnish girlfriend, Inka! (Happy to report that I'm writing this a year and a half later and they're still together!).

brian battjer, doug toth

On Wednesday night I got the call that Doug had arrived and we met up for a drink! Here's the first pic of our epic reunion. Unfortunately, I thought we were both going to do the whole "smiling nicely thing" while Doug clearly thought it was "funny face" time. ˆ doug ˆ me ˆ

brian battjer, doug toth

So I pulled the ol' "get a load of this fugging guy," but Doug... ˆ doug ˆ me ˆ get a load of this guy ˆ

brian battjer, doug toth

...was in the process of smiling when I went to make my ugly face! We promised that we'd rehearse over the next couple of days. ˆ doug ˆ me ˆ ugly face ˆ

doug toth

Smiley! ˆ doug ˆ ugly face ˆ

, meredith silverman

On Wednesday evening, Meredith (and Hector in a bag!) and I... ˆ hector ˆ meredith ˆ dog in a bag ˆ dogs ˆ

doug toth, john roche

...met up with John and Doug and we all got delicious Korean food together! ˆ doug ˆ john roche ˆ food ˆ korean food ˆ

doug toth, john roche

After dinner, we went back to our apartment and played a little bit of Guitar Hero as a warm up. Then, for the main event... ˆ doug ˆ john roche ˆ guitar hero ˆ videogames ˆ

john roche

...we walked over to Planet Rose for some karaoke! John kicked it off the jams with... ˆ john roche ˆ karaoke ˆ planet rose ˆ

...Rocky Raccoon from The White Album. ˆ karaoke ˆ tv ˆ

, doug toth

When we were all in college together, John was totally straightedge! So Doug was shocked to see him drinking and getting all crazy at karaoke. ˆ doug ˆ inka ˆ

Next, Inka's friends who were twin sisters sang! (I forget their names! Sorry!) ˆ karaoke ˆ twins ˆ

doug toth

Then it was Doug's turn! He went big and decided to bust out some IRON MAIDEN! ˆ doug ˆ karaoke ˆ

doug toth

Here he is channeling Bruce. (With his foot up on the monitor, no less! Ha!) RUN TO THE HILLS! ˆ doug ˆ karaoke ˆ

doug toth

RUN FOR YOUR.....LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE! ˆ doug ˆ karaoke ˆ

doug toth

Adrian Smith air solo! ˆ doug ˆ air guitar ˆ karaoke ˆ metal ˆ

brian battjer, john roche

Nothing makes two guys more cuddly than a tender rendering of an old Maiden classic. ˆ john roche ˆ me ˆ laugh ˆ

brian battjer

Then I sang something. Before I relinquished the mic... ˆ me ˆ karaoke ˆ

brian battjer

...I apparently used it to pretend I had a big, black cock. ˆ me ˆ karaoke ˆ

Next up! Inka and one of the twins! Inka ended up rocking out so hard during the intro to her song... ˆ inka ˆ karaoke ˆ

...that she totally ate shit and fell before her jam even got going! Hahha. ˆ inka ˆ drunk ˆ fall ˆ karaoke ˆ

Hahaha. I don't remember if this guy was drunk or just embarrassed! ˆ embarrassed ˆ

But these two certainly weren't going to let a little falling face-first into the carpet dampen their karaoke party! When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade! And when your singing friend falls down during karaoke - you just mount their stomach and ride them like a cowboy while they hump the air underneath you! That's just what you do! ˆ inka ˆ drunk ˆ Girls Gone Wild ˆ karaoke ˆ

doug toth

Right, Doug? ˆ doug ˆ best ˆ embarrassed ˆ

Inka, out of all the girls Doug's dated, and I've met most of them, you are, by far, my favorite! Woooooo! ˆ inka ˆ

brian battjer

Incredible! ˆ me ˆ surprise ˆ

john roche

Just in case the photos haven't tipped you off, we were pretty drunk by this point in the night. Right around this point, John put in a song, but they guy that was queuing up the songs accidentally played a different song that the same name twice in a row...and John, one of the nicest guys I know, totally got drunk and shitty with him... ˆ john roche ˆ surprise ˆ

brian battjer, doug toth

....and we got thrown out of the karaoke bar! Hahahaha. Here's me and Doug laughing outside about how for the first time it was John getting us in trouble instead of the two of us getting John in trouble! ˆ doug ˆ me ˆ

, doug toth, john roche

Despite our karaoke set back, it was only 2am so the night was still young! We decided to head downtown and check out Orchard Bar. We relaxed and had another drink... ˆ doug ˆ inka ˆ john roche ˆ

...and then we decided to hit the dance floor and turn the one-person dance party into a... ˆ dance ˆ strangers ˆ

doug toth, john roche

...FOUR-PERSON DANCE PARTY! Woooooo! ˆ doug ˆ john roche ˆ dance ˆ

amanda berkowitz, brian battjer

Then Amanda joined in and we had an epic FIVE-PERSON DANCE PARTY! ˆ amanda ˆ me ˆ dance ˆ

doug toth, john roche

Wanting to make sure we avoided a second round of trouble, Doug and John worked to befriend the bouncer! I had to get up early the next morning, so I ended up calling it a night around 3:30. Doug, Inka and one of the twins ended up going out to John's place in Brooklyn and pulled an all nighter! Great seeing you guys! Miss you all so much! ˆ doug ˆ john roche ˆ bouncer ˆ