Catrinel's Birthday

Amanda and Scott with the birthday girl in her kitchen upon our arrival! ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ scott ward ˆ

Even though it was a Thursday night, everyone had off work the next day for the 4th of July. Even though this photo was taken right around midnight, most people were still arriving and hanging out in the kitchen. ˆ catrinel ˆ party ˆ

Pretty ladies looking pretty. ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ best ˆ pretty ˆ

Cynthia hard at work in the kitchen preparing Cat's birthday cake! ˆ cynthia ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ peach ˆ

DOOOOOOOD, are you kidding me? This photo makes me drool. ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ peach ˆ

Cake is for me? ˆ catrinel ˆ maureen ˆ sarah h ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ

CAKE IS FOR MEEEEE! ˆ catrinel ˆ maureen ˆ sarah h ˆ best ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ excited ˆ

Speech! ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ

Wish! (PS - If you look at Sarah's dress you'll notice that I must've accidentally used Cat's wish. Sorry about that, Sar.) (PPS - I love the fact that she's blowing out two haphazardly-placed votive candles Hahah.) ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ birthday ˆ boobs ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ peep ˆ

Pose for photo pretending you're cutting the cake! ˆ catrinel ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ

Actually cut the cake! ˆ catrinel ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ

Meredith was there, but she was really just trying on lesbian fashion hats and biding her time until the cake was served. Then she was gone. ˆ meredith ˆ hat ˆ

Cat's one of those people who's is friends with lots of different groups of people! So her parties are always great because you are guaranteed to meet new people! ˆ catrinel ˆ maureen ˆ house party ˆ party ˆ

Some of the new people I met decided to lead the party in a collaborative dance. First you throw your hands up! ˆ dance ˆ house party ˆ

Then you roll into a ball on your back! ˆ dance ˆ house party ˆ

Now turn over! ˆ dance ˆ house party ˆ

Ok, now race to the couch! First person who gets off the couch, races across the room... ˆ couch ˆ dance ˆ house party ˆ

...and gets their HEAD SMASHED by Sarah Harrison IS THE WINNER! (Or something like that). ˆ sarah h ˆ smoosh ˆ

Amanda and Cynthia manned the music station, made a party-playlist... ˆ amanda ˆ cynthia ˆ computer ˆ

...and inadvertently started a hula hooping party! ˆ catrinel ˆ hula hoop ˆ

Catrinel showing off her moves. ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ hula hoop ˆ

This is Fran. She had serious hula skills. ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ

Regular ol' hula hooping quickly grew tiresome and we immediately moved onto several make-them-up-as-you-go games... ˆ catrinel ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ

...all which involved trying to through the hula hoop... ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ

...with lots of backspin... ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ

...and then you celebrate while someone tries to run through it? ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ best ˆ dance ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ wtf ˆ

Success! (Possibly!) ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ laugh ˆ

Her Royal Birthday Highness. ˆ catrinel ˆ best ˆ birthday ˆ carry ˆ meta ˆ

This picture is great in so many different ways. My favorite part about this picture is looking at Cynthia and Amanda and realizing that they totally remind me of...

...Vin and Josh from pretty much every photo I have of them in college. Here's a pic of Vin and Josh from 1998 for comparison's sake. ˆ amanda ˆ cynthia ˆ house party ˆ metal ˆ notable pants ˆ

Cynthia, Scott and Cat. ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia ˆ scott ward ˆ

Birthday uh, mandolin? ˆ catrinel ˆ mandolin ˆ

LESBIAN BED DEATH will be playing a show near you shortly (on mandolins). ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia ˆ mandolin ˆ serenade ˆ

Buddies. Scott, Amanda, Cynthia, Cat, Fran, Cristie and Linda. ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia ˆ scott ward ˆ couch ˆ house party ˆ

Couch-hug for the birthday girl! ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia ˆ scott ward ˆ birthday ˆ couch ˆ house party ˆ metal ˆ notable pants ˆ

MOAR HOOPING. Linda doing her thing. I can't believe this photo predates the ZEF SIDE video. ˆ best ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ laugh ˆ notable pants ˆ

These girls might look regular old wacky Williamsburg girls, but they were not. They were wacky Bucharest girls from Romania AND THEY WERE AWESOME. Check out the girl in the background tapping her friend on the shoulder - "I'm hooping next - cue up my jam an' shit." ˆ butt ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ shorts ˆ

SHA-POW! ˆ butt ˆ hula hoop ˆ shorts ˆ

Color them HOOP-DAZZLED. ˆ house party ˆ hula hoop ˆ notable pants ˆ

Amanda celebrates her awesome shirt. ˆ amanda ˆ

Fran. (Bonus points to CAt for rocking out in the back) ˆ catrinel ˆ hula hoop ˆ

I could watch... ˆ catrinel ˆ hula hoop ˆ

...Fran hula hoop forever. ˆ booty ˆ butt ˆ hula hoop ˆ

Srsly. ˆ butt ˆ hula hoop ˆ

Speaking of awesomely tiny shorts, Linda sat down, tuned up the mandolin and she and her equally pants-challenged friend teamed up for... ˆ butt ˆ house party ˆ mandolin ˆ notable pants ˆ shorts ˆ

...a mandolin-fueled duet called "__________________." (Please enter your suggested song titles in the comment section at the end of the page. And be NICE because these two are adorable and you know it). ˆ duet ˆ house party ˆ mandolin ˆ notable pants ˆ

More hoop throwing. ˆ catrinel ˆ hula hoop ˆ

More hoop catching. ˆ hula hoop ˆ

More hoop rolling. (Oh, and Catrinel's also playing with a hula hoop in the foreground). This photo makes me cackle every time I look at it. ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ scott ward ˆ bass ˆ best ˆ house party ˆ makeout ˆ