Poshdeluxe

this song feels like my birthday

so, my birthday was last sunday.

and if you know me at all, you know that i think that BIRTHDAYS ARE A BIG FREAKING DEAL.

mostly cos i like any excuse to eat yummy food, consume sugar and be around my fantastic friends.

and i like presents. yay!

i write all of this to preface the fact that this post is CHOCK-FULL of pictures.

see, i got a digital camera from my mom and dad… oh sweet cracker
sandwich. if you thought i took a lot of pictures BEFORE… a digital
camera in my hands is like a tool of the devil. I CAN’T STOP.

and yes, i am the last person on earth to get a digital camera.

otay, so friday night i drove to h-town and went to chacho’s (obvs)
with ray, juliet, amy, jessica and sofia. i would link all of their
names, cos all my friends are SO ONLINE, but i’m lazy.

i taught everyone the ASL sign for “turtle” cos it’s my favorite. and they all did it, cos it was my birthday. see?

saturday my parents took me to lunch. i heart them.

that night, i attended the bachelorette party for becky, ye olde friend
from high school (and get this– i’m actually performing the ceremony
in june. holla!!! i promise not to read 1 corinthians… unless becky
wants me to).

this party was CRAY CRAY.

first, there was a lingerie shower. we played a game where everyone had
to draw different “types” of penises (like, “ready for action” or
“after a cold shower”) on little pads, and then becky picked the
winners.

and yeah, it’s silly.

BUT MY MOM WAS THERE.

my mom was THERE, and she drew penises.

AUUUGHH!!!!

seriously, i think this is why i drank so much later. i tried to blot out the memory of this happening.

does that make me immature?

the best part was that my drawings won “best in show.” i don’t know what this says about me.

anyway, here’s becky, wearing the requisite bachelorette gear:

here’s becky’s little nephew, mason, who is Really Excited about lingerie.

after the shower, five of us girls hopped into a limo and headed downtown.

and OF COURSE we had to have champers.

apparently, very complicated champers.

cheers, dahhhhlings!

since i had just received my camera that day, i was required to take
lots of “abstract” pictures that “look cool.” here’s one of becky in
the mirrored celing of the limo:

so we headed to the village, got hit on by 45 year-old men (if anyone
needs the advice of an ex-cop, i’ve got his card. it’s blue plastic. no
really, it is), then headed downtown.

let’s just say… we� had a really good time.

MOVING ON

on sunday, i headed back to austin for a night of CRAY CRAY karaoke.
i’m starting off with this photo cos it truly captures the Fine Essence
of that evening:

i wish i was multi-cultural enough to have two awesome korean guy
friends in austin, but i don’t. those guys just work there. but they
totally ruled. more on that later.

so first, i get back to my apartment… and LOOKEE!! it exploded birthday!!!!!!

thank you, henri pants!!!!

and now everyone on the internets knows what my apartment looks like. hmm.

asks me how long i’m gonna keep all of that stuff up. THAT’S RIGHT! FOR-EVER.

anyway, we were planning on eating at jorge’s, but then matt called and
informed me that it is closed. perhaps for all of eternity.

BOOOO.

so we tried out santa rita, a place by my house that none of us have
ever been to before. and while that’s usually not a good idea, we
discovered that… yeah, it’s not a good idea.

ok actually it was super fun, but not cos of the restaurant. it’s cos we are silly, silly people.

here’s me and kc. check out the cool mirror behind us. you KNOW i took lots of “abstract” photos with that thing.

josh scares me sometimes. like right here. he’s offering me the Purple Cup of Death. eeeeee.

ok the following two pictures are THE WORST PICTURES I HAVE EVER TAKEN.
sure, there’s the photos i took when i got my first camera in 6th
grade. but they PALE in comparison to these monstrosities.

so please prepare yrself. i will say that both of these pictures
involve the disturbing use of fajitas. if you have a problem with
fajitas, LOOK AWAY!! NSFW!!!!

first, here is henri. oh gross.

next, here is matt. it looks like he may actually be trying to snort the fajita.

GAH.

ok quickly quickly moving on

josh messed up the table while making a tiny ball with aluminum foil
from the total of four tortillas we were given (santa rita must be at
war with some other mexican place, cos they are SERIOUSLY rationing).

he tried to cover it up with a napkin but WE ALL KNEW.

after matt snorted the fajita, he became quite surly. kids, this is what drugs do to you:

afterwards, we drove over to austin karaoke, which has a BITCHIN’ sound
system. and i never EVER use the word “bitchin’,” so you know it must
be good.

it’s also v. v. complicated. the remote was as big as my head. here’s
one of our new friends, trying to explain it (keep in mind that ALL of
the buttons were in korean. seriously).

and then guess what?!! josh and kc and henri made me cupcakes!!!!!!

CUPCAKES!!!!

and they decorated them all purdy.

and by purdy i mean charmingly wonky.

the one in the middle has either a penis or a manatee on it. you decide (and NO MY MOM DIDN’T DRAW IT. gah, you guys).

we gave some cupcakes to the karaoke guys, and they LURVED them. in
fact, when we checked out, they gave me a gift certificate for my
birthday!!! how neat is that?

the microphones made our voices sound SO INCREDIBLE. i think it went to
josh’s head… isn’t this the ultimate “suck it, paparazzi!” photo?

the first song we did was, OF COURSE, november rain. josh even brought
a wig! i lurve this picture cos it is the closest i will ever come to
being a rock star. esp. cos the photo has the “we’re rocking so hard,
it’s blurry!” quality.

josh and henri are a grrreat karaoke duo. here they’re either
performing “take on me” or “gettin’ jiggy with it.” apparently both
a-HA and will smith generate the same dance moves.

kc and i put a lot of emotion into “eternal flame.” i think i almost cried, it was so beautiful.

i believe that kc and josh are singing “oh darling!” (the beatles song)
here but i’m not sure. regardless, kc’s expression is… what IS it?

this was matt’s first time to karaoke. awww!!! i think he’s singing
“creep” in this photo. later we sang “wonderwall,” and i pretended to
get in a fight with him at the end.

[note the flask in his hand... a sure sign that he is my friend]

henri and i performed “separate ways” by journey, which was AWESOME. i
think both of us were meant to be in 80’s drama bands. i mean, just
LOOK at the expression on my face.

that is some INTENSITAH.

anyway, there’s a ton more pictures from becky’s party and my birthday at my new flickr site (cos heaven knows you haven’t seen enough pictures of people with microphones and contorted facial expressions).

and the bottom line is that i had a wonderful birthday. and i’m older.

and i’m v. v. blessed.

honestly, i think the world would be a better place if everyone did a little more karaoke.