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i threw a small party this weekend with rummy fruit drink and ended up cutting the hair of 4 friends. the two should most likely not have been combined together. rum and scissors? who vouchsafed that insanity?

at around noon, i puttered up to the phill theatre to buy serenity tickets for tonight’s extravaganza. walking up to the ticket seller, i eyed the old people with walkers hanging about with suspicion. were they buying tickets for serenity tonight? would i receive tennis ball shaped bruises as we fought for seats later on? the ticket seller smiled at me pleasantly. after all, it is her job.

two tickets for serenity tonight at 9, please. i demanded. politely. she looked at me agape for a moment. Nine? she queried. i nodded delightedly. for what movie? she asked. as if there could be any doubt! what other movie would i possibly be so excited to see tonight that i bought tickets NINE HOURS in advance for it. into the blue? the greatest game ever played? i think not. other than the bump of disbelief i encountered, the transaction went off smoothly otherwise and i am now in possession of tickets for serenity–the greatest ship that ever sailed into the vast reaches of space. except for all those other really important space ships. stupid golfing movie.

…my weirdness, i have become a baseball cap (hat? cap? i don’t know) wearer. i put it on yesterday and drove to i heart teriyaki for lunch (at 3pm). never noticed before, but now people in baseball hats draw my eye like silly string aimed at an unsuspecting foe. i feel like part of something. a larger community. of people wearing baseball hats. not other hats. not those four weddings and a funeral monstrosities, only the simple elegance of a baseball aficionado. we are one. we are brothers and sisters in a common element. i look at them and my heart feels at peace. i speak out to them and say, ‘you beese my homies, bro.’

would anyone like to go to a concert with me? it’s october 8 (saturday) and the main stage will have: the killers, modest mouse, arcade fire, doves, and british sea power. it’s at the shoreline and cheapest tickets on the lawn are $30. starts at noon.

more info here.

also, i give you fair warning now: never play badminton with ellie. never. or tyler for that matter. but only because he is 1.5 and has no motor control so the shuttlecock will constantly just land a little to the side of him while he stares at you in seeming bewilderment. ellie, on the other hand, aims for the eyeball.

1. the open bar

2. colin saying, well, pretty much anything. but mostly “WHOOOOO knOOOOOOOWWs?”

3. the porta-potty

4. the woman in green

5. passing notes in church out of sheer boredom with the greek orthodox (LONG) ceremony *(see extended)*

6. convincing a 10 year old neighbor kid that erica does the voice of lois on family guy. (i really had no part of in that lie. i was just throwing almonds down her shirt when garth started lying to the 10 year old.)

7. jenny’s rage black out where she killed the groom

8. telling jesus to step off

9. (not actually at the wedding, but) the interior decoration job at our hotel

10. getting very drunk with jenny, sarah, and erica, causing us to tell lindsey’s cousins scandalous stories about our college years, causing the rest of the wedding party to shush us during toasts, and granting us the title of rowdy vixens, the belles of the ball.

all other pictures can be viewed in the album from here.

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i could only hobble for 3 days afterwards and kristen has a bruise the size of a grapefruit on her ass (right cheek).

if anyone is looking for some good bruising, south yuba river state park is the place to go. it’s out towards truckee. anybody who didn’t go this time and wants in on the action, we’re thinking about going again sometime. it was awesome and beautiful. (see rest of pictures here)

speaking of things which are awesome. if you login to eloise you can see me (and others) in all our middle school glory. i scanned all the pictures i could find from that hallowed time and put them in the year 1993. and with gems like those below, i’m sure you can see why i felt the need to critically embarrass myself and others.

—nuala and i plan our trip to new zealand—

me (hesitatingly): i was thinking maybe about one of the lord of the rings tours…

nuala: SERIOUSLY? i thought maybe it would be too, you know, too…

me: i am a NERD.

nuala (giggling): me too.

nuala and i: HOBBITS!

happy birthday, sweetie-hobbit-lover.