Sadly this is the only photo from this night, but last week I had a reunion with my old coworkers from my first job out of college in New York City. We were legal assistants at a boutique real estate law firm. While I dealt with some of the absolute worst people ever--alright, just one person--I also worked alongside some of the greatest guys ever. For every recollection of of screaming attorneys, I have dozens of memories of the following awesome things that happened during my period with this firm:
- Office baseball using crumpled up copy paper as the ball and rolls of building blueprint surveys for bats.
- Office basketball using crumpled up copy paper as the ball (obviously). Worked on fadeaways while sitting on our wheeled office chairs.
- I discovered blogging. Nick was I think my first loyal reader. Dan was among the first ten.
- Drinking contests with the Poland Spring water in the office. I forgot who won, but we definitely each got around to 8 bottles. Good thing the bathroom was next door.
- Survived the blackout of 2003 with Dan. Nick, who lived five blocks away from me, somehow disappeared during the walk down the office building's stairs.
Anyway, here's our group reunion photo:
Stephen Mallon has some amazing photographs of the retrieval of US Airways Flight 1549 from the Hudson River.
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Superpowers that are rather useless. Super-useless even.
In-flight flight. Being able to soar through the air still won't save you from recycled oxygen and endless stories from complete strangers. Known as the "Cabin Sparrow," this so-called power lets you fly, but only within the confines of an airplane. At least you can leapfrog the beverage cart when explosive diarrhea strikes at 30,000 feet.Psychic Amnesia This superuseless superhero foresees the future while instantly forgetting anything he has just foreseen. Known in some circles as Untotal Recall.
Ultra Short-Range Teleportation. This unamazing power lets you teleport up to one inch away. When done in rapid succession, it gives that old-timey stop action feel. It can also really push your "popping & locking" routine to the next level.
PreMOMnition The power to see what your mother is doing at all times. PreMOMnition cannot be turned off and operates similar to picture-in-picture technology, so your mom is ALWAYS in your field of vision. Oh, and good luck trying to get laid. Even viagra can’t combat real-time images of your mom waxing your father’s back.
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Funny case of miscommunication on Valentine's Day in this short by Ben Schwartz. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/2558366]
I went to Jonathan's sweet apartment for a Super Bowl party the day after my birthday brunch. At this point, my body was breaking down and I could barely speak.
Party.
Ayo trying to flip Jon. Hahah.
I wanted no part of this.
Pickens excited after the Cardinals scored.
The morning after my birthday party my friends took me out to an all your can drink brunch in Chelsea.
Munira holding up the souvenir from the bar that I discovered that morning in my jacket pocket.
Hilarious discussion among the men about grey hairs. Here, Cyrus is trying to locate the couple insurgent greys on Nnamdi's head.
We also had to educate and inform Cy that once you snipped off a grey hair it would not in fact go away. As Nnamdi pointed out to him, if that was the case, then men with grey hairs would just get a haircut to get rid of them.
Cyrus was extremely disappointed with his order of ravioli which arrived with just....five pieces of ravioli. One, who orders this at brunch? Two, how did he not know that this is exactly the reason why you never order ravioli in restaurants!
And then for a complete surprise, a birthday dessert. Aw, thanks guys!!!
(Pooja messed up the settings on my camera.) Nnamdi defending a controversial stance to Munira.
Cyrus yet again finding himself defending a controversial stance. Hahaha. Umbreen looks unconvinced.
Tic tacs!
Walking to Pooja's or rather, for some, being carried to Pooja's.
And then much hilarity such as wrestling and everyone trying to bring their feet to their nose occurred before we decided to settle down and watch Bad Boys.
Two minutes in to the movie...we hear snore, snore, snore.
Booty shaking!
After returning from Sundance I celebrated my birthday. I didn't want to do anything stressful or extravagant for a party this year. In fact I originally planned on doing nothing at all but after being harassed by friends to do something, I decided to host a shindig at my favorite dive bar.
Staceyann brought me (delicious) cupcakes!
Jonathan!
Two of my favorite people, Kaizar and Cyrus.
Cyrus and Cristina!
Dr. Stan showed up. Another member of the MRod inner circle.
Nishta.
Yay! A highlight of my 2008 was the inclusion of these fantastic people in my life, or rather their inclusion of me in their social life.
Evidence that I'm not the only one with a bad habit of pulling out this offensive gesture when imbibing.
At this point my camera got hijacked by different people so I did not personally snap the next following photos. As Murkami once wrote, "There were the inevitable gaps and elisions, some of which themselves had their own special significance. My task now, as a narrator, is to gather--ever so carefully--all these elements into a whole."
Munibhen and Nnamdi.
Mun, Nishta and me.
Pooja stumbled in finally from an earlier party. She'll find this recap as new as people who weren't at the party.
Mun showing love for her cuz.
Kaizar and ladies.
Nnamdi putting Pooja in time out.
Stay!
Haha. Dancing time.
I like how Pooja cut herself off from liquor as evidenced by her drink in this photo.
I'm not sure how I survived the night through all the shots that were handed to me, like this one. My buddy Nick told me later that him and others kept trying to buy me a shot but someone would get there first. When they finally saw me vulnerable they headed towards me. Just right before they got to me, someone handed me a shot to their frustration.
Steph and Ayo. Glad that Stephanie took the time to walk the half block from her apartment to this bar!
Cyrus, Cris, Chloe, Me, and Nishta.
"Start-ups, start-ups, start-ups," says Kaizar. "Law, law, law," replies Cyrus. "I'M DRUNK!! RAWRRRR!!" says Pooja.
Chris!
Munira and friends.
Auteur Chloe, Cyrus, and Kaizar.
What is Chloe pointing to? I have no idea what's going on in this photo.
Me, Cristina, and Stan!
Middle finger vs. fist.
Nnamdi showing his perfectly manicured nails?
Hahaha.
I like the "WTF" expression on the girl in the right.
Roberto wants to get in on all this love.
Cris and Chloe, BFFs.
Jonathan and his special lady friend. [Thanks for coming Jon!!!]
Praerna fixing my scarf thingy or so I thought...
Nope, it's so she could choke me!!! I'm NOT into that sorta play, so don't get it twisted.
Memo to self: Should probably wash that scarf...
Haha.
And this was the last photo taken that night except for some videos recorded at Subways across the street afterwards. However, I was told that I couldn't post them...
Thanks to everyone who made it out and for making my party a fun one!
Director Victor Solomon spliced together every curse uttered in every episode of the Sopranos in chronological order. This seems significant and genius, but in what way I'm not quite sure of yet. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/2998698]
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