february 08, 2008
john's karaoke birthday
On Friday night I went to a Korean restaurant in the East Village for my buddy John's birthday party.
When I first arrived at the restaurant, there was no sign of anyone! I asked a waitress and she explained that the party was in a big room in the back where they had karaoke. Korean food and karaoke? YES! I found my way to the back room and ran right into the birthday boy! See the girl to his left?
Yep, her! That's Wendy! She and John were dating at the time - which was a real surprise to me because John is one mellowest guys I know, and Wendy is totally at the opposite end of the spectrum; as rowdy as John is quiet.
And on this particular night, she'd brought along two of her even rowdier (and that's saying a lot) friends: Lani and Gio.
Hahaha.
The next thing you know, John was getting plied with drinks and everyone agreed it was time to...
...fire up the karaoke! Gio and Lani's duet.
Pics from Wendy's cam!
I love this pic. Look how gnarly my face is. Hahaha.
Wendy showing off a zoomed-in pic of what she calls my "crazy eyes." We sang karaoke for about an hour or so and then around 12:30am they came in and told us the restaurant was getting ready to close. We decided to head over to Hanger Bar to see Sarah and Karen. Even though we'd only been drinking for a little while...
...everyone was SHIT-CANNED. Check out this human pile-up that happened on the walk over to Hanger Bar. This happened in middle of 1st Ave!
Scissor hold!
After you've laid down in the middle of the street, I guess climbing through a fence-hole into a dumpster pen is like NBD.
YOU GET OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW!
We also stopped and made friends with this puking stranger.
What am I up to? Oh, you know. Just hanging out on the hood of a white Monte Carlo...
...having a smoke. Yeah, the usual.
Joyous celebration upon arrival!
Mandy was DJ and Brother Lawrence and Michael were both there!
Haha. Another great pic from Wendy's cam of our crew bro-in' down with some B&T kids!
Me and the Jeeeeet!
Wendy cam again. Totally killing it with this pic of me and Lawrence going apeshit over a song!
Hahaha.
One dance is all it takes and then Wendy's popping out wabs!
Happy Birthday, Birthday Boy!
I love the sly smile on John's face while he makes direct eye contact with my camera.
Lani saw what was going on and wasn't about to miss out on all the hot MAN-MILK action. (The best part is how Lani's delicately squeezing with her thumb and forefinger. Hahaha).
Thatta girl.
Wendy and Lawrence (lotsa blurry pics because I totally dropped my camera earlier on in the night. Doh).
Who's a little instigator? Lani?
Yeah, I'd say you could call her that.
This is probably the most "partying" pic of John in existence. I love the way he's got them both in a headlock and is also holding a beer. Epic, braaah. Epic.
BEST BIRTHDAY EVAR.
4:03am! Here's me saying a fond farewell to my two new favorite people!
Gio and Lani.
Happy Birthday, John! Hopefully this pics serve as a happy reminder of a night you most likely don't remember too much of!