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HAPPY BIRFDAY SWEETEST BABY OF MINE!

The most important day of the year is here!

Your gift, my angel, as you enter the last year of your 20's: our love in pictures. Voila!

Click the damn thing to see a larger version.

Baby, you ARE/OWN/MAINTAIN INSURANCE ON/HAVE RUN OFF WITH/BURN/LICK/EAT/PUKE UP/EAT AGAIN/PUKE UP AGAIN/HOSE OFF/ENSHRINE/CAGE/WORSHIP/LEACH FLUIDS FROM/STOP/KICKSTART/TAKE ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE OF/KEEP A FIERCE GRIP UPON/MASSAGE/GENERALLY PLEASE...

...my heart.

HAPPY BIRFDAY!!!

HAPPY BIRFDAY TEEW YEEW

HAPPY BIRFDAY TEEW YEEW
Originally uploaded by thelizabeth.

Sorry I missed it, Greg. Like you'll notice!

P.S. Greg not pictured here. But this was taken at his birfday party. Each one of those individuals was singing his guts out for the love of Greg.

still not in his prime...but one year closer.

reese and liam
Originally uploaded by thelizabeth.

HAPPY BIRFDAY REESE! (He's the larger boy in the photo.)

So he checks this blog like twice a year, but he'll see this eventually. I hope you have tons of fun and score tons of chicks! Artsy chicks who are skinny and like nice guys! Have fun at MFPs without me!

Sniffles. Missing lots of birfdays this year, but this one's a particularly sore reminder of where I'm not. It'll be the first time I don't celebrate the anniversary of Reese's birth in... what...five...is it five..holy crapy FIVE years?!? Yowsers.

Today Chicago gets an A for effort (the blizzard was wild), but an overall D- for performance.

i have no social skills.

the bean!
Originally uploaded by thelizabeth.

The sweetest girl in the world had a joint birfday party with me last night (I know, it's not my birfday yet, but J's coming into town on birfday proper, and I don't want to share), and she was lovely, lit up the place, wowed my "date" (Sarah) with her wit, charm, and general awesomeness. I, the hostess and second birfday girl, wandered in and out of rooms, mostly just watching, occasionally verbally sparring with a guest or refilling a drink. I then kicked everyone out of my apartment at 11 and dragged them to a gay sports bar that I like.

I should just retire from the world and live on the internets. Where all I care about is tennis and photos.

frosting down the pants?

frosting down the pants! note that I only squat nearby, innocently.
Originally uploaded by thelizabeth.

HEY MBIMOTMOG! HAPPY DAY WHEN CAKE GETS MADE FOR YOU!! DON'T START A FROSTING FIGHT!!! YOU'RE ONLY HURTING YOURSELF!!!!

big bouncing birthday heart for you.

see you soonish.

happy birfday yesterday!

  karl hides.  Chris mugs. 
  Originally uploaded by thelizabeth.

Christopher, you sneaky, cheeky little bunny.  Turning _____ without warning me in advance!

I hope you had a happy day.  I hope no one covered you in your birfday cake and then hosed you down with champagne.

On the other hand, that might have been fun for you.

perfect for...that?!

My friend Bud (Buck, Buckles, George, Lonell, whatever) works as a Production Assistant for some film company that shoots commercials and the like. He was on set for a project when this producer spotted him, declared him "perfect" to star in the ESPN2 ad they were shooting for Widmer Brothers, and gave him the job.

Now Bud is, in Jamey's terms (LOL!), "really quite dashing," so I thought to myself, "You know, I could totally see him as an actor. He's got the bone structure and the youf-ful face, the cornsilk hair and the charisma, all that--yeah, I see why they picked him out of a crowd."

Well, after weeks of suspense, the commercial is finally airing. And... I'm not exactly sure how one can be "perfect" for what they did to him:

LOL! I realize the ad would be pretty un-funny without knowing Buck, but--LOL! How can you be "perfect" to don a singlet while the crew pegs you with tennis balls? Oh, I can't wait until I get to hoot and holler when this comes on during the French Open. Which ESPN2 damn well better show, or I'm gonna stage a riot.

bon voyage, ma petite em oh lei!

Je t'aime, et tu me manques!

wow. just-just--wow.

Reese painted this:

WOW. I've seen that painting in person, but just--WOW. He also painted this:

And this:

Did I already say "WOW!"? I see a Gerhard Richter influence, which is always a good thing.

If you're worried about his privacy, I'm not; I will, however, take these down before he sees them so I don't get in trouble.