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...without any problems...
european vacation part 2: reykjavik, iceland.
October 21, 2003
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...and then the realization that we were actually IN ICELAND hit us. Iceland! Oh, snap.
european vacation part 2: reykjavik, iceland.
October 21, 2003
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Miraculously, he managed to avoid getting a ticket (but he did accidentally lock himself out of the car...Doh!). We thanked him for the tour (it's still one of the nicest things a stranger has ever done for me - so Smari, if you read this, thanks again!) and then told him that we were thinking about checking out the Blue Lagoon on the way back to catch our flight but that the lady at the rental car place had seemed underwhelmed when we asked her about it. Smari told us "Fuck that lady. If there's only one thing you could see in Iceland, it should be the Blue Lagoon. Don't miss it. Go there now." That settled it. We bid Smari farewell, and headed for Grindavik.
european vacation part 2: reykjavik, iceland.
October 21, 2003
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After we got our money all squared away, we headed over to Hertz and rented a car. We told the woman at the counter that we only had a few hours and we asked her if, besides Reykjavik, there was anything that we should be sure not to miss in the short time we had. She was like "Eh, not really." So we were like, "What about that Blue Lagoon place? We saw video about it on the plane and it looked amazing! Is that worth checking out?" Once again we were met with a tepid "Eh, it's ok" and a shrug. (We wrote off her lethargy as an effect of the less than four hours of sunshine Iceland receives during its winter days).
european vacation part 2: reykjavik, iceland.
October 21, 2003
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7:25am: Lost. We were right on target until the highway we were on turned into this crazy-ass rotary that shot us off in the wrong direction. We stopped at a gas station for directions, but nobody there spoke enough English to be helpful - so we hunkered down with the map and tried to figure it out. (Check out Fatty's priceless "We're lost" expression).
european vacation part 2: reykjavik, iceland.
October 21, 2003
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6:40am (local time and still pitch black out). We spent the hour-long drive into Reykjavik betting on what time the sun would rise. Price Is Right rules in effect: the one who managed to come closest, without going over would be declared the winner. It was then agreed upon that the winner would get to make out with Gemma, Grant's hot little sister, (mmmmmm....Gemma) when we stopped at Grant's parent's house in Essex on the last leg of our trip. But then we all remembered that Gemma had a boyfriend. (Booooo).
european vacation part 2: reykjavik, iceland.
October 21, 2003
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We spent our cab ride discussing tricks and traps we could employ to scare the crap out of Grant and capture it on tape.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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And look, I even managed to figure out how to take a half-decent pic of myself, which was no easy task, because it's a big, heavy, digital SLR that you have to hold with a side-grip. (Which is why I've got that weird "looks like I'm pooping" expression on my face.)
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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T-minus 3h 50 minutes until arrival.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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8:30pm: We got our boarding call. Here's Fatty's picture of me...
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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Here's three portraits I took playing around with my cam. Chris (not so good, was getting used to some of the manual settings).
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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Chris uses Fatty's inflatable neck pillow to do his impression of a Greek Orthodox priest. (He's so going to hell now).
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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We breezed through security and made it to our gate just a little past 6pm (which gave us just over 2 hours to kill). We grabbed a snack in the cafeteria, read a bit and (what else?) goofed out and took pictures. (Chris and I had both just gotten new cameras so we spent a lot of time familiarizing ourselves with how to use them.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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Boarding.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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...taking a picture of him. Hi, we're dorks.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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Before getting in the cab, we neurotically checked to make sure we had our passports with us for the 11th time. You know, just in case one of us had somehow managed to loose it on the 25ft trek from Fatty's apartment to the street.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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Chris got to Fatty's around 3:45pm. We spent the next half an hour going through all of our checklists and making sure that we had everything we needed.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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4:13pm: Outside of Fatty's apartment, bags all packed and double-checked we coldlamped for one last photo before hailing a cab.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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Later in the afternoon, we met up with Chris back at Fatty's and ran through our "Things To Pack For Vacation" checklist. Here's Chris on Fatty's back porch getting ready to have the eargasm of a lifetime.
the day before vacation
October 16, 2003
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Hahaha.
the day before vacation
October 16, 2003
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After dinner we all went back to my place to take a nap. Everyone fell asleep except me (damn you, coffee at dinner!). Chris fell asleep on the couch and I woke him up by throwing my roommate's cat, Herman, on him. (Yet more animal abuse).
saturday park dinner at suba and karaoke
June 28, 2003
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Saturday night Grant made reservations for the Über-fancy restaurant, Suba. The food was so pretty, that our entries all merritted us all posing with them.
saturday park dinner at suba and karaoke
June 28, 2003
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Here's Chris (doing his impression of Robin Williams) and me giving mad props to our deep-friend cinamonny-doughnut thingy that was filled with chocolate and so kicked all the other desserts' palsy asses.
saturday park dinner at suba and karaoke
June 28, 2003
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Here's Chris with his roasted duck breast (served with puree avocado and grilled sea scallops).
saturday park dinner at suba and karaoke
June 28, 2003
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Look! It's the ARMY OF DUDES. Can seven guys get into a nightclub on Friday night with only one female?
coney island then plaid
June 27, 2003
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After a shower and a nap, we headed out later on in the evening to meet up with Chris Apostalou for dinner at Lovely Day...
coney island then plaid
June 27, 2003
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...and then stopped by Amy Werner's bday party over at some patio bar on 2nd Ave. Chris, Grant, Vin, Chris Rubino and Dave the Ladies' Choice. (The birthday girl's not pictured in any of these...doh.)
coney island then plaid
June 27, 2003
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Philip, Amanda, Me, Fon-Lin and Chris.
guest bartending at iggy's keltic lounge
May 08, 2003
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Just when we were about to kill ourselves - we got the call from Chris, he was around the corner in his car and was ready to get us the hell out of that God-forsaken town. Thumbs down for Philly.
trip to philly
April 19, 2003
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Chris, Erica and Grant.
trip to philly
April 19, 2003
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Can you pick out what's different here? Yep, that's right. Only one person is wearing a blue shirt. (From L to R: Lil' Buddy, Tall Stranger that was trying to be "money" like Vince Vaughn, Chris, Grant, and Grant's crazy friend Alyssa who came back to my place and tried to cheat on her boyfriend with me. Crazy, crazy, cuh-razy.
the mermaid parade 2002
June 22, 2002
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Nina, Grant and ChrisTheGreek.
nerve make-out party
February 21, 2002
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Chris, Nina, Grant "I Did it for Science" Stoddard, me. (BTW, ever notice that as soon as I get a few drinks in me, okay more than a few, I have my mouth open in every photo? 1 in a series of 3.)
nerve celebrates its hbo tv show
January 19, 2002
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Chris, our new friend Claudia, and my main man Vinay.
one messy weekend
January 11, 2002
I edited together this montage of some choice cuts of the hits from the evening. (My favorite moment is Fatty's expression at 3:20) Enjoy! Track listing:
1. Christmas Wrapping
2. I Can't Go for That
3. Christmas Wrapping (part 2)
4. Head Over Heels
5. Plush
6. Peace on Earth / Ziggy Stardust
7. Let's Go
8. Fairytale Of New York
9. Creep
10. Don't You Want Me
11. Do They Know It's Christmas?
the december roundup
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