Bourbon and ginger ale, please (10-30-06)

HOLLAWEEN

My friends Ann and Dabney host an annual Halloween party called Fright Pint. Last year was the first year and they were sushi. (I was Bob Ross) This year, A, D, Jen B. and I decided to make a group costume. It took us forever. Finally, A&D came up with a great idea. Can you guess what we are???



BTW, I am not that short. I was scrunching down to make the sizes different. Really. No REALLY.

Needless to say, making these costumes was drama at its highest. A, D & J made the skirts and aprons. And then the next day they stared at me to "make it work." Luckily, we all pulled together...
(we meaning D & I, while J&A were doing this)


and made it work a la Tim Gunn.

At the party, we had the Suicide King and Queen of Hearts:


And Dot and Patty Trailer-Trashe


Good times, good times.

For a complete story, see A&D's or Ashbloem's posts.
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Anyone in NYC want to quit smoking? If so, let me know.

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I have been working, working, working, and now have 13.75 vacation days left. Can you believe it? Last year I had 24 vacation days and 12 sick days and I used every last one of them. But this year -- I came in with 18 vacation days and I have 13.75 days left. What is that about? When did I become a workaholic? Of course my friends would say that I have always been one, but that's not true. When I don't want to, I won't. However it turns out I do want to and I have too many vacation days and not enough time to take them. But my work has a "use it or lose it" policy. So, I better start soon. I think I will plan hanging out and catching up on the sleep that I have been missing this year. And get my haircut.

Yes, I am going to spend my vacation time doing nothing. I can't wait.

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you know, it is virtually impossible for me to take a picture without making some weird face. Exhibit #1 is the hair shot below.

Exhibit #2


Exhibit #3


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This email goes out to:
MIKE, PAUL, FRANCOIS and SUN AE -- Rocky Horror next time
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, LORI AND KIM
BON VOYAGE, ROB and BUSSELL
ANN, DAB, JEN B. and Mr. Fiedler

Hair Before

I haven't cut my hair since May. That is the longest I have waited before a haircut. I thought I would take a before shot. My haircut is tomorrow night, yes HOLLLLAWEEEEN.

One time in Vegas...

As I said, those evil microbiologists infected me while I was in San Fran. So right when I was getting a leetle bit better, I had to go to Vegas for work. I took all precautions:



My first moments in Vegas, I met up with Annie's parents and aunt. We shall call them the Annies:

Here is Dad Annie:



Here is Mom Annie:



Here is Auntie A:


We ate at Salo Salo, a fantastic Filipino restaurant in Vegas:



There we had (BTW I am doing this to torture Annie -- look at the wonderful fooooooooood, Annie):

Pansit


Sour Chicken Soup


Fried Calamari



Spring rolls


We also had bbq beef and chicken adobo fried rice and some other dishes. It was amazing.

We capped off the meal with this. Can't remember the name, but they are bananas wrapped in spring roll wrappers and deep fried with purple mountain sweet potato ice cream:



BIG THANKS to the Annies!!!




Much love, Annie's "Fawn"

I am craving cream of wheat.

HOLLA! Yes, it's been a month since I last wrote, but it's been a jam packed three weeks. I was really lazy and then really busy and then really sick and then really busy again. And jet lagged.

So what was I up to? I went to San Francisco at the last minute for the American Society for Microbiology's 46th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). There, I ate my first banh mi, which was super. Pork banh mi. yummmmmmmmy.




Then I had the best burger I have ever eaten. At Zuni Cafe. Also had the restaurant made anchovies and pickles. YUMMMMMY.








I think though that the microbiologists infected me with their test viruses because I came home with a stomach virus. That was gross. Everything came out. Even water wouldn't stay in. It was horrible. Those evil scientists really did something to me.

And once I got better I went to Las Vegas. That is Adult Playland. I immediately knew that it was going to be a different kind of trip when three goombahs wearing track suits and giant flashy watches were laughing and talking about how much fun they were going to have. THEN I saw David Blaine. YES, the boy in the bubble. The man who froze himself. like a popsicle. Well, he was waiting to get onto MY Jetblue flight. And he sat in the middle seat. Of course, after floating around in your own filth for a week, sitting in the middle seat is no big deal.

And while in Vegas, nothing happened. Absolutely nothing.

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I did get a sunburn on my lips. They blew up like tires.


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This week\'s horoscopes go out to:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVEN!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN-IN-LAW!
HAPPY RECOVERY RUSSELL!


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