bright daze, ash nights

These snaps were most likely taken in May 2009.

It feels like several lifetimes since I last saw live music in Albuquerque.

(I'm going to make it a point to see a band tonight.)

Good times at the old apartment. My sweet little apartment. I could have fit the fridge in my back pocket.

That's what I call a................... SPARKS TONGUE!!!!!!

Sparks night. Great. These snaps should make absolute sense, then.

What song were we singing?

Thursday night dance party at Burt's?

Looking at party pics from several lifetimes ago feels like walking through a graveyard.

Heart breaker in tennis shoes.

this is clearly another night. which night? which month? which year?

Even though I love Lane's drawing the most, this one is the most accurate based on the rendering of his arthritic joints.

We should all be so lucky as to be made fun of loved by our friends this much.

sushi night and disco slop

Since I am stuck inside today because I got sun poisoning yesterday (plus, even though Marc doesn't believe me, the bottom of my feet are sunburned. He said they couldn't be because I was wearing boots all day, but that's not true! I switched into sandals and then sat in the passenger seat of the car going south on San Mateo with my ankle crossed over my knee for a long time ... omg, too many details, sorry ...) ANYWAY, I'm resting my poor withered skin from the sunlight by staying inside all day so I may as well post these oldies from Sophia's birthday.

They celebrated at Sushi Hana and we tagged along:

Can you imagine being 24 with 2 kids?! Can you imagine being any age with 2 kids?! I still remember when 9 seemed impossibly old...

Eating sushi in Albuquerque and going to a meathead bar with the grungy boys in one week. It felt like a daydream.

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summer blues: eventual press club party

It was Simey's final moving to NYC party (thrown by his real friends). We got together to fall apart ...

LOL! Am I being a little melodramatic?

We had a leetle get-together at Jessica and Sam's. TEQUILA SHOT!

Jessica's summer tan ... beautiful beyond words.

See, this is exactly why I need to wash my hair every 24 hours. :( Why am I such a grease head?

I take it all back about Tres' smiling ham face! I WUV IT! (Surely, it beats mr. sourpuss).

Dear future self, weren't your mid-twenties a blast?

omg ... remember wedges and summer cocktail parties. meeemmmories!

B.E.E.!!!!! (best expression ever!)

awwwwwwwwww .... btw, did I tell you Lukey is going with M and me to SXSW in March? COME WITH US, PLEASE ASH!!!!

errrr ... resisting urge to photoshop the ... bottle ...

We got in the car for a cool kids party at the press club ... let's get ready to feel inferior, yay!

some of us were already there ... haha, jk, it's just a bad photo.

Awwww! Mrs. Laura, really, one of my favorite (only favorite) alibi persons!

A girl from america's next reality model was also there ... our two big groups stayed separate. Guess who jumped ship?

Nothing beats the sweet heat of Albuquerque and having nothing to do all together. Nothing.

Ooooh, did G la fille forget to wear a bra?

Remember how steep that hill outside of the Press Club is?

Hey, you gotta give me credit for remembering to pose even when blackout.

Simey, how are you more coordinated on a steep hill over a FLAT SIDEWALK?!

(boner...)

Back to Jessica's for after after after party.

Put on a record, light the hookah, cool down. Perfect after party.

Our conversation was on fire. wow, if I only knew how fun it would be to be your friends ...

Of course, we had to get home eventually.

(you know I will be studying these pics later when my boobs are around my hips, ri?)

So rich, so pretty ...