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July 24, 2006

Coney Island

This past Friday, Jocelyn and I went to Coney Island for the day, followed by dinner at a French restaurant in midtown with some of Jocelyn's friends. A while ago, Jocelyn had pictures up of Coney Island on her blog and I was shocked to learn that it's an actual place! I had always thought of Coney Island as being a place like Atlantis that people talk about, but everyone knows it's not real. Anyway, Jocelyn and I met at Grand Central and left for Coney Island from there. When we got to Coney Island, we just barely made it into Nathan's in time to have their world famous hot dogs for lunch before a huge storm started. Jocelyn and I ate our super healthy hot dogs at a table with a bunch of "Azn gangstas" who spit chicken bones into a cup while we were eating. Gross.

Inside Nathan's:

Jocelyn taking pictures of the rain outside:

Coney Island subway station:

Jocelyn and Me:

Rain:

Once the rain let up, Jocelyn and I went to one of the Freak Shows nearby. We didn't actually go in, but seeing the outside was enough for us:

In between thunderstorms, Jocelyn and I managed to get on the Cyclone, one of the oldest roller coasters. It's this giant old wooden death track that goes so fast with so few safety precautions that you can actually feel yourself lifting up out of the seat and off the track... but we made it out alive!

The Cyclone:

As our trip on the Cyclone came to a finish, we saw safety right ahead of us... the boarding/DE-BOARDING station, de-boarding being the key element here. The de-boarding station came and went and our train of cars went half way back up the giant incline that leads to the first big drop... and stopped. Everyone was freaking out as one of the maintenance men climbed up the side of the track, poked around at a few things, and even climbed under our car to do whatever it is he was doing. I asked if everything was OK and he responded with something along the lines of "Uhhgrrrnnnnmmmmughhhh" or some other drawn out grunting noise that means "I don't want to tell you." Everyone begged him to please let us just go backwards and get off but no such luck! We went around the whole track again! Despite the terror-factor, it was actually a lot of fun and I might consider doing it again some day.

After our near-death experience, Jocelyn and I walked to the New York Aquarium to see the fishies! Jocelyn said it put her in the mood for seafood (hence the halibut she had for dinner). Outside the aquarium, we saw this gorgeous butterfly:

Turtle:

Sting ray:

Sea life:

I wish I could have gotten a better picture of this giant spiny crab (that's not the official name, although it should be). This isn't just a really close up picture, he's actually HUGE:

Pirannah:

Turtle:

Fish:

Upside-down jellyfish (no, they're not dead, they're actually supposed to be like that):

"Moon" jellyfish:

An extremely grumpy-looking deep-sea fish we named "Dad":

It's hard to see them because they blend in, but there are seals in the water here:

Otters!

Penguins!

Another one? What were they up to....

Shark:

Fish:

Here's a seal from under that same "tank" we saw outside. If you look closely, you can see the water toys that the seals get to play with:

Friendly seal:

The octopus wouldn't come out of hiding:

Seahorses:

Pregnant daddy seahorse:

More seahorses:

Fish:

Fish:

Sea stars:

Sea urchins:

Giant lobster:

Sting rays? Skates?

Walrus:

Walrus up top:

The aquarium was a lot of fun, I think my favorite part was either the walrus tank or the seahorses. After the aquarium, Jocelyn and I walked down the boardwalk and took some more pictures.

The Cyclone:

Astroland:

"Shoot the Freak":

Nathan's hot dogs:

Mural:

Jocelyn and I took a car service from Coney Island to Jocelyn's Barbie Dream Loft. It was an extremely long ride, about an hour and a half I think, because we got caught in flood traffic! We were bumper-to-bumper for so long and couldn't figure out why, but then we drove right through a flood (waves and all!) in the middle of the highway!

Flood:

When we got back to Jocelyn's apartment there was a flood there, too. Fortunately, it didn't damage Jocelyn's apartment, but it destroyed some of her neighbors'.

After getting ready, Jocelyn and I took a cab to the restaurant Tout Va Bien to meet up with Jocelyn's friends for a nice French dinner.

Outside Jocelyn's apartment building:

When we got to Tout Va Bien, Jocelyn left for a minute as I watched the purses and had some creepy French guy ask me where, specifically, I live and try to buy me a drink (which I declined). His name is Alan, and there are pictures of him coming up. Some of Jocelyn's friends arrived and I got put on purse duty again, but this time it was a middle-aged Floridian asking me if he looked like a redneck. I said no, even though he was, perhaps, the only person in America who actually does look like a redneck while wearing a Lacoste polo. He told me that he's going to invent a bicycle that can ride on water and he's going to be the first person ever to ride straight around the world on a bike. Why me?

Anyway, once everyone got there, we all sat down for a delicious French dinner.

Debbie and Alex:

Jenny (from Paris-- she recommended this lovely little French bistro to us), Dave, Martin, and Angel:

Alice, Me, and Jocelyn:

Jenny with a gigantic plate of muscles:

As the night progressed, the waiters brought us free champagne and dessert!

One of the free desserts:

That chocolate cake was so delicious and HOT! Not warm, but hot which made it so much better.

The waiter used a wine glass to pop the cork on a bottle of champagne for us:

I don't really know how it works, but I think he just rubbed the wine glass on the side of the bottle:

Champagne and wine:

Cheers-ing... something. After the endless bottles of wine and the free champagne that went around that night, I doubt anyone paid attention to what we were drinking to:

If you look in the background, by this time Alan and his friend Craig had joined our table.

A really sketchy cookie that Jocelyn found on her roof I think:

Alice, Alan, and Craig:

Craig seemed likea normal guy, but Alan was completely trashed and was hitting on slash groping all the girls at the table so one of the waiters came over and asked him to leave us alone. Alan grabbed my arm and started blowing on it which was so gross, but at least he wasn't feeling up my thigh like I hear he did to the other girls. I apologize to everyone for speaking to Alan at the bar earlier that night... it was an unpleasant and unwelcomed conversation that I couldn't avoid.

Despite the creepy French men, we had an amazing dinner with some of the most delicious food ever! I actually even tried muscles and escargot and loved it, can you believe it? I guess the aquarium put me in the mood for seafood too, haha. All right, that's all for now. Brent is visiting me early tomorrow morning so I have to get some sleep. Goodnight!

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July 23, 2006

Bon Jovi Concert

My friend Kristina (who has one of the coolest internships ever at Island Def Jam Records) got two free tickets to last Tuesday's Bon Jovi concert at Giants stadium and took me along with her! We had such an amazing time. Our tickets were for the upper level of the stadium, but since we were there with Bon Jovi's record label, we got to go down and stand ON THE STAGE with Bon Jovi for part of the concert!! I can't even begin to tell you how awesome it was standing a few feet away from Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora as they sang some of the greatest songs ever.

Kristina and I took the train from Greenwich to NYC and got on the bus that Island Def Jam had gotten to take us down to Giants stadium. On the bus, we all got special green bracelets that would get us ON STAGE (ok, I'll try to stop putting ON STAGE in all caps... it was just really exciting). The concert was amazing, the band was obviously awesome, and we all had a blast. The opening act was Nickelback which also put on a great show, so here are some pictures of them:

It was one of those 95 degree afternoons that we had last week, and the air was so humid that there was a haze all over the stadium at the beginning of the show:

Kristina and I tried to take a picture together, but the sun was so strong that we were both making weird faces:

So we tried again with sunglasses on... much better:

Pretty sky:

And now... what you've all (hopefully) been eagerly anticipating... Bon Jovi pictures!

ON STAGE pictures!!! Ok, I lied about not using all caps.... Just keep in mind that these pictures aren't just super zoomed-in, we were actually that close. Unfortunately, a bunch of them are really blurry because we weren't allowed to use a flash that close.

Kristina and Me ON STAGE:

I love this picture:

Better-than-front-row video:

Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora coming over to shake hands with everybody ON STAGE:

Dancin' in the Street:

Check out the guy standing in front of us high-five-ing random strangers and totally rocking out:

More pictures:

Jon Bon Jovi is the only rock star I've ever seen stop literally every two feet to shake people's hands:

The person in front of us singing "Have a Nice Day" in the worst voice EVER is now on my X-list... along with the towns of Groton and Oswegache for not having immediate Starbucks access when I was driving to Rhode Island a couple weeks ago. Anyway....

Great picture:

Richie Sambora's turn in the spotlight:

"I'll Be There For You"

Around this time, a freak storm hit the stadium with torrential rain, extremely strong winds, and a lot of thunder and lightning. The band kept going with no complaints (except for between songs when they had a group huddle and screamed out to the rain not to f**k with them because they weren't stopping the show).

"Shout!" right as the rain started:

Another of my favorite pictures:

Check out the rain:

The rain and lightning got so bad that I kept thinking they were going to have to stop the concert, but the show went on! Even though I'm sure it was extremely dangerous for everyone involved, the lightning, wind, and rain made the show even more amazing and definitely got everyone (including the band) really pumped up. The guys totally got into it as did the whole entire audience since not a single person left the concert even when the storm got really bad. Here's a video that shows how much lightning there was. I think the screams you hear around us are screams of terror, but that didn't stop everyone from standing up and dancing as the wind sent beer cups and everything else not attached to someone flying all around. I kept grabbing onto my sunglasses and ducking down because I thought that 1. my precious Prada sunglasses would go flying or 2. I would go flying with them... but highly undesireable. Anyway, here's the video:

The bracelets and tickets that got us ON STAGE:

I know that everyone there that night including the band will remember it as one of the greatest concerts ever.

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July 22, 2006

Turkeys at the Beach

We finally have our internet service back! I am so far behind on blogging that it's going to take me a while to get back on track. Before I get to the good stuff (Bon Jovi concert, Coney Island, dinner in NYC), here are some pictures of our beach... which is also "good stuff" but less exciting than being on stage with Bon Jovi.

Anyway... here's the beach:

Rushing water:

Rainbow:

Turkeys at the beach:

Ok, that's all for right now. I'm off to the gym to work off the delicious scones that Kara's mom got my mom to make for us... mmmm. I don't have work for a little while so I should be able to post more pictures soon!

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July 19, 2006

Marblehead, MA

Wow, it's been a really really long time! We're having some serious internet problems at my house (I'm on the neighbors' wireless right now, shhh!) so I haven't been able to post in a while. Anyway, last Wednesday, my mom, my dad, and I went up to Marblehead, MA to see my dad's side of the family. They're all from Marblehead and now my Uncle Sam and Suzie live there again, so we had a little family gathering back on Dad's old stomping grounds (I can't believe I just used that phrase).

Anyway, we had a great time and I've definitely discovered which side of the family I inherited my picture-taking obsession from.

My cousin, Alison, and her boyfriend, Doug:

Uncle Hugh and Mom:

Uncle Les and my dad... most likely discussing real estate:

Suzie and Uncle Sam:

Aunt Susan and Uncle Les:

Uncle Les and Me:

Aunt Anne, Uncle Les, and Alison:

My dad, the neighbor who stopped by (I forgot his name), Uncle Sam, and Suzie:

My cousin, Seth, Uncle Les, and Alison:

Seth, Aunt Susan, and Uncle Les:

Uncle Hugh and Me:

Dad, Mom, and Aunt Susan:

Uncle Sam and my dad cutting the filet for our BBQ:

Uncle Hugh, Uncle Sam, my dad, and Uncle Les:

My mom and Aunt Susan:

Aunt Anne, Seth, and Suzie:

The filet's "before" picture:

I don't think there's an "after" picture of the meat because we ate it so fast! My family knows what to do with food.

Doug, Alison, and Uncle Hugh:

Davey on his cell phone (as usual):

What a beautiful harbor view!

Whatever, Life is Good:

My dad said this looked a lot like Grandpa's old barometer... maybe it is?

My dad and Me:

Aunt Susan and Uncle Les:

Right as we were starting to grill outside, a huge storm hit! It was the day of the tornado in Greenwich (an F1 for anyone who might be interested) but apparently there were a number of tornadoes in the Northeast. As we were standing outside we saw this dark line cross over the sky. I think I know a lot about meteorology, but I couldn't figure out what it could be. If anyone knows, I'm really curious! Here are a couple pictures and videos:

Even a tornado-producing storm can't keep us from our BBQ dinner!

Uncle Sam and my dad out by the grill in torrential rain:

This picture got messed up but I thought it looked cool, so I'll put it up anyway:

Uncle Sam grilling in the rain:

Uncle Sam and my dad bringing the first round of filet in:

My dad eating:

Alison, Uncle Hugh, Uncle Les, Seth, and Aunt Anne:

Uncle Sam, Suzie, and Aunt Anne:

My dad, Uncle Hugh, Uncle Les, and the visiting neighbor:

Suzie, Uncle Sam, and Aunt Anne:

My mom, Alison, Doug, and Seth:

My dad and Uncle Sam:

Aunt Anne, Alison, and Seth:

While we were all together, Alison and Seth had the great idea of surprising their parents, my Aunt Anne and Uncle Hugh, with a cake for their 40th wedding anniversary! What a sweet (and delicious!) idea:

Seth, Aunt Anne, Uncle Hugh, and Alison:

Proof that my picture-taking obsession is genetic:

Blowing out the candles:

I really liked Suzie's decorations, she told us that her mom used to make hats and gave her one of the model heads, pictured here:

Seth in everyone's favorite chair:

Can you tell they're brothers?

Aunt Anne, Aunt Susan, and Uncle Hugh:

Uncle Hugh, Uncle Les, the visiting neighbor, and Seth:

My dad looking confused the next morning:

My dad, Uncle Sam, Uncle Hugh, and Aunt Anne as we ate breakfast:

Uncle Sam, My dad, and Uncle Hugh:

Aunt Anne and my Dad:

Uncle Sam's car, "Marblehead, MA" on his Florida plates:

We had to leave right after breakfast so it was a short visit, but a whole lot of fun. On the drive home, we had another storm:

Well, that's all for my Marblehead pictures. Just to give you all a preview of what's to come on The Blonde Excuse, last night my friend Kristina took me to the Bon Jovi concert with her company, Island Def Jam, which happens to be Bon Jovi's record label. Needless to say, we had the best seats available... well, I guess you can't really call ON STAGE "seats." I don't want to give anything else away, so you're going to have to wait and check back soon!

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July 18, 2006

Technical Difficulties

I am currently blogging from my sidekick because the internet in our house isn't working for some reason. Sorry it has been so long since my last entry but there's really nothing I can do until everything is up and running at our house again.

When I get back to posting (which will hopefully be very soon) I have a bunch of pictures of my dad's side of the family up in Marblehead, MA last week (of course I was in Mass. the day the tornado hit Greenwich, ugh).

Tonight, my friend Kristina and I are going to the Bon Jovi concert!!! Kristina interns at Island Def Jam Records and got free tickets and knows I'm a big Bon Jovi fan so she invited me along. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures and post them ASAP! I hope everyone had a great weekend and I should be back to The Blonde Excuse really soon!

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July 13, 2006

Happy Campers

This past weekend, a bunch of my friends and I went camping and had an amazing time! We wish more people could have come, but we're awful event planners. Anyway, Vanessa, Spencer, Molly, Cathy, Pat, Ali, Greg, Brent, and I packed up all our tents, sleeping bags, lanterns, food, firewood, and most important of all... bug spray, and headed off to the campground where we had one of the best sites in the whole area. We were right on top of a grassy hill with a view of the gorge (or something gorge-like) behind us. Pat didn't appreciate my "Have you seen the gorge? It's gorgeous!" joke, but I know you all do.

Here's a step-by-step guide to camping for those of you who aren't experts like me.

Step 1 -- Start A Campfire

Step 2 -- Set Up Tents

Step 3 -- Hug Your Boyfriend

Step 4 -- Get the Food

Step 5 -- Gather Firewood

Step 6 -- Apply Copious Amounts of Bug Spray

Step 7 -- Wear Your Best Camping Gear

If you follow my expert camping guide you're sure to have a good time.

Anyway, here's Vanessa getting some food:

Rocks in the gorge:

Me hiding in the woods taking pictures... because I'm sketchy like that:

Cathy and Me:

Brent eating:

Brent (with his mouth full) and Me:

Greg and Ali:

Picnic bench by our hill:

Molly and Me:

Around the campfire:

Vanessa and the hatchet:

"Here Comes Joe!" the ice cream man:

Vanessa and Spencer:

Greg and Ali:

Brent took these random pictures of me without me knowing. In the first one, it looks like I'm doing the "I'm a little teapot" dance:

Vanessa, Spencer, and Brent:

Ali:

Spencer's hatchet that Brent is extremely jealous of:

Brent and Spencer:

Molly, Me, Vanessa, and Ali:

Everyone going exploring in the woods:

Brent and me on a very steep hill in the woods:

Campsite picture again:

The guys were mesmerized by the smoke coming out from underneath the bark. Our boyfriends are all so easily entertained:

Spencer posing with the hatchet:

REALLY gross spider:

I don't know if you noticed the little lumps all over its back, but when we tried to kill the spider by pouring soda over it (yes, girls kill insects with Diet Coke) the little bumps scrambled all over because they were actually baby spiders... eww!!

Lots of "explorer" pictures:

Me, Vanessa, and Molly on the edge of a cliff-like thing that led to the gorge-like thing. Yeah, I'd be a pretty bad explorer:

The guys told us to do an explorer pose and somehow this is what we came up with. I was holding a piece of bark that Vanessa was chopping with the hatchet and Molly was... uh... being Molly:

Spencer scalping Vanessa:

Molly and Brent (I love Molly's face):

In the woods:

Spencer's hatchet:

Brent's Swiss Army knife:

I like how the guys bring out all their toys for the one time they'll ever go exploring.

Molly on a log:

At the bottom of our gorge:

The guys were very excited to use their cutting toys to mark their territory. Spencer and Brent carved things for Vanessa and me in all the dead trees they could find. Don't worry, no living trees were harmed (for those of you who care about that stuff).

B <3 L:

Spencer carving Vanessa's initials with his hatchet:

VSR:

BR + LA:

Spencer:

I'm not sure what the point of this was:

I couldn't decide which one of these pictures I liked better, so I'm putting them both up:

We were surrounded by a lot of... nature. I don't really like all the creepy crawly nature, but here's one of the bugs we found in the woods:

The rocks we had seen from our campsite earlier:

Spencer found a dead tree just waiting to fall down and took it upon himself to help it along. Brent, of course, accepts any opportunity to use the hatchet, so he did a lot of the chopping too:

The guys both had to have their hand on the hatchet:

More camping fun:

A plane that kept flying over our site:

We played some net-less badminton on our field which was a lot of fun. Here's a picture of Cathy playing and me... poking around in the grass for some reason:

Spencer and Molly watching Ali and Vanessa playing badminton with Cathy and Me:

Pat:

Badminton:

Brent double-fisting the BBQ:

The food cooking (Spencer boiled hot dogs in beer for the chilli he made later):

Brent at the grill:

Brent and the hatchet:

Spencer:

Brent relaxing:

There's nothing like cooking over a campfire:

Food:

Beautiful sunset in the woods:

Greg is making a great face in this picture:

Brent by the fire:

Campfire:

The "hobo whiskey" as the guys called it:

Ali's dad gave us corn whiskey in a jar for our camping trip. I didn't try any but the guys' faces when they smelled it gave me a pretty good idea that I made the right choice.

The guys' new project-- melting bottles:

Pat and Brent:

Pat (the bottle was glowing from the heat):

Brent:

Spencer:

I used a 15 second exposure to take this picture of the moonlit clouds in the sky late at night:

Vanessa and Spencer writing "Vanessa" with the lantern (another 15 second exposure):

Ali and Greg writing "Ali" or "Alison" or something:

Brent and Me trying to write "Lauren":

Me trying to write "Brent":

Brent's second try at writing "Lauren":

Brent and Me under the lantern with a car going by behind us:

After sitting around the fire talking for a long time, we all went to bed only to wake up completely bruised since none of us cleared out the rocks under our tents. Oh well... I'll put that on next year's "Expert Guide to Camping."

Grilling bagels for breakfast on the keg grill:

Breakfast around the fire:

Brent insisted on grilling his bagel on a stick over the fire and it came out completely black. He ate it anyway:

Brent setting marshmallows on fire:

Don't eat that!

He ate it...

Hawks circling above the mountains:

Vanessa and Spencer got in a sticky marshmallow fight:

Around the fire:

Using his knife on the wood:

Aww:

Burning wood in the fire:

Spencer and Vanessa:

Ali and Greg:

Vanessa climbed in Ali's sleeping bag and her wonderful boyfriend took that golden opportunity to beat her to the ground with a rolled up sleeping mat:

Shocked onlookers:

Just kidding, everyone was laughing and no one got hurt.

Anyway, right before we left, Pat found a tic on his arm and got it out with the pliers on Brent's Swiss Army knife:

We packed up all our things around noon and headed home. On the way back to Greenwich we saw a beaver and this dam (probably not made by the beaver):

And finally, has anyone heard the Christmas song "Carol of the Bells?" Well, to keep ourselves occupied on the drive home, we sang it in four part harmony with the windows down so that everyone could enjoy it.

Ding Dong Ding Dong:

Before I end the camping entry, I have to say that we also went swimming in the giant river/lake that was right by the camping area. We all crossed the river and some of us (Molly and me) got caught on the rocks because we weren't all that happy with the muddy riverbed we had to walk through. I wish someone had brought a waterproof camera of some sort so that we could have taken pictures because it was one of the funniest things ever to watch Molly screaming before falling in the water and frantically running through the river.

Well, that's the end for camping! I have some pictures coming up soon from our recent trip to Marblehead, MA so come back!

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July 11, 2006

Beach

Sorry for how long it has been since my last entry, but Brent has been visiting and we've been on a camping trip with some friends (pictures coming soon, of course). Anyway, here are my pictures from the beach when we went about a week ago.

Vanessa, Me, and Cathy:

The guys playing catch on the beach:

Alberto and Spencer:

Alberto, Hristo,and Spencer:

My sandy legs and the guys in the background:

It's always an adventure when the gang goes camping, so check back soon!

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July 06, 2006

Post Fireworks Party

For all of you regular readers, you know that I left off after Saturday's "4th" of July fireworks when everyone was heading over to Ali's house around 11pm for a little party. Ali, Greg, Cathy, Vanessa, Spencer, Alberto, James, Tommy, Spencer's friend Hristo from college (slash Bulgaria), and I spent a few hours out back by Ali's pool swimming and playing bierut (what a combination!) I was driving home so rather than playing beirut, I spent my time taking pictures... as always.

Hristo (which sounds a lot like Cristo), Cathy, and Vanessa:

Vanessa, Me, and Cathy:

Cathy and Me:

The guys taking a swim:

Alberto:

In the pool:

Vanessa:

Alberto and Hristo:

Spencer looking for Vanessa:

Spencer, Alberto, and Hristo:

Vanessa and Cathy:

Spencer:

Vanessa and Ali:

Hristo, Vanessa, Ali, and Greg:

Alberto:

Greg and Ali:

Vanessa and Spencer:

James:

Cathy and Alberto:

Everyone:

Spencer:

The table:

Cathy and Alberto:

Ali and Greg:

Hristo and Vanessa:

Everyone:

Looking up into the trees (I guess I got bored):

Self-Portrait:

Across the pool:

"Funny faces picture" of Me, Alberto, Vanessa, and Spencer:

Oh Alberto:

Cathy, Ali, Me, and Vanessa:

I don't know why Ali is fondling Cathy's boob:

Aww...

The table:

And finally... this is how the guys dance:

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July 05, 2006

Happy 4th of July!

Ok, so I'm a day late. Before I begin with fireworks pictures, I want to post the one picture I have from the BBQ at Cathy's house on Saturday. I forgot to bring my camera with me, but I used my phone to take this one shot of Cathy's grandma playing beirut:

Anyway, Greenwich had its fireworks on Saturday the first of July, not the fourth like normal people. I went with Vanessa, Spencer, and Alberto to the park at the end of my street to sit among the mob of parents, children, pets, and other cool people (like ourselves, of course) to watch the annual fireworks display! As usual, the fireworks were amazing, but very loud. I took a bunch of pictures and videos so check it out.

Vanessa, Alberto, and Spencer:

Vanessa and Me:

This picture doesn't even sort of show how many people were there:

The moon:

Fireworks:

If you're not too bored, here are some of the videos I took. I'm trying out a new video-hosting site, so let me know what you think of this one compared to the one all my other videos are on.

Fireworks videos:

After the fireworks, everyone went over to Ali's for a little party that went until about 2:30am, so make sure you come back for those pictures later!

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July 03, 2006

Late Night Uproar

Friday night, Kristina, Cathy, Vanessa, Molly, Spencer, Alberto and I went to a Late Night Uproar show at The Space in Hamden, CT. Jon from Late Night Uproar is one of my good friends from college and has promised to remember me when he's a star. His band is doing really really well, they're playing in a number of CT and NYC locations this summer and at the Bank of America Pavillion in Boston! They'll be opening for Ashlee Simpson, Muse, and (one of my personal favorites) Ashley Parker Angel from the former boy-band sensation, O-town. Anyway, all the guys from Late Night Uproar are really cool so I want you all to check them out at Their Website and Their MySpace. Listen to their music, you'll love it!

Anyway, here are some pictures from the night. My friends and I arrived early so we wandered around upstairs taking stupid pictures. The Space is filled with all sorts of random garage-sale type stuff which is a little weird but also really cool-looking.

The bathroom:

Urinal?

My name was on the chalkboard! It probably wasn't meant for me, but oh well:

Cathy put her initials up (no, not Jesus... the other one):

Alberto, Spencer, and Cathy:

Kristina and Molly:

Kristina and Me:

Vanessa and Kristina with some weird girl in the background:

Molly and Spencer:

Jon (from the band!) and Me:

Cathy:

Molly and Cathy:

Kristina and Me:

Spencer and Vanessa:

Alberto and Cathy:

Kristina and Me:

The Space:

Group shot! Molly, why are you making a face....

Cathy and Kristina:

Pink Flamingos:

Best picture EVER of my boobs... I mean, of Cathy and Me:

"In-Action" shot of Kristina:

The lovely ladies of The Space:

Ok, so the show began and I stopped obsessively taking useless pictures. Here's what you've all been waiting for, Late Night Uproar!

Jon:

Blake and the new percussion section:

The band:

Jon:

Blake:

Ken on the drums:

"The Jon Face":

Girls!

Here are a couple videos of the band so that you can get a feel for their music (make sure to listen on their websites too!):

I had been holding off on this post because I wanted to get my last (and favorite) video uploaded but it's not working so you'll all be in for a treat when I get it to work and post it later.

Everyone loved Late Night Uproar and you will too so check them out!!

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