Virgin Islands

I've never really had any desire to visit the Virgin Islands. They just seem so... touristy. Island, beach, resorts, blah, blah. You can get that anywhere, with maybe even some "culture" added into the mix. Then Kara moved there, and I moved to D.C., and a warm tropical island (with a free place to stay) wasn't seeming like a bad vacation choice.
Amy (aka my hetero life parner) and I headed down there in the end of January. We slept and went to the beach and went out. That's all. And it was nice. And very different than I had expected (less resorts, less fat, obnoxious tourists).

Nevermind, there were plenty of those.


Ow, ow! My wifey and I


My favorite sister




Amy's calves



Kara said there was a trail through the rocks to get to the smaller, secluded beaches. There wasn't. Amy wimped out, but Kara and slipped and slid our way over the rocks till we got there.


Rocks like these.


Or we walked through the water when possible.



Kara's driveway.



We also went out.


And tried to find... men?



Islanders are hot.


Wasn't that guy in Pirates of the Caribbean?


Sunrise off of Kara's balcony.


Bye bye islands. I'll be back soon.

I Am So Photogenic

I used to think that this was the best picture of me ever taken:




But I now know that this is, by far, the best picture of me. Ever.

My Title

I still don't have internet in my house, which explains why I haven't been keeping up with my posts. Oh, and the 60-70 hour work weeks. Those are over for the moment.

Also, I broke my camera (again). It wasn't my fault! Some dude sat on it at a bar. Some dude that looks exactly like that guy behind me:


It took me awhile to figure out what had happened, because my screen now looks like bad modern art. But, it still takes pictures! I took about 35 pictures that looked like the following, while trying to figure out what was up:
So, since I've last posted there was a trip back to Ann Arbor where I:

played with my puppy


drank good beers with good friends


drank more good beers with more good friends while avoiding cigarette smoke


hung out with my photogenic family

and took corny pictures with them (pajama pants and a cashmere sweater)


let Monica laugh at me after she sprayed lime juice in my eye


got a serenade of Mark's original compositions


and uhhh, drank some water.

Also, Caitlin and Kathleen came to visit for New Years! It was pretty darn fun.

This is us an one of our NYE friends. He gave us rides and stuff.


This is a jumbo slice. It may not be the best pizza ever, but it's big. Really big. Jumbo. And that is good enough.

Amy made lots of friends that night.

And, hm, so did Caitlin.


Even though he/she looks like a devil, this is the cutest squirrel I have ever seen. It's almost white, even though you can't tell. He/she lives by the Vietnam Memorial.


Oops! Don't forget my lcd screen is broken! (and I have no viewfinder; apparently cameras don't need them anymore. Apparently muscley guys who shave their arms don't sit on peoples cameras often enough to have a need for viewfinders)

A beautiful day in Washington D.C.

I'm really working on getting internet soon, or at least breaking into one of the secured networks.

Some Stuff

I've been busy. Really, really busy. I wanted to take pictures of all the neato things here in D.C., but I haven't seen or done any of them. I probably won't have time to do them until February. Instead you get the usual pictures of my dog, and me at the bar.

This is Kelsey sleeping. She slept on my lap almost the entire 9 hour drive from New York to Michigan:


This is Will and me and Karina and Tobias and Karla. Some of my bestest high school friends:


Karina and Jacob:

As promised, here are pictures of me at the bar. This looks like the 8 ball. It didn't smell so bad this particular night:

Caitlin and Adam- this is one of the few pictures from this night I feel comfortable posting in a public place:

Caitlin and Jamal turning the 8 ball into a dance party... kind of.



The glass war that took place under my bed.
Mirror vs. Cup.
Mirror won.


Tito was in D.C. for a few days! Que Saudades! A little bit of Salvador! Crazy hair! Yay! I look super pale but I swear it's just the camera!

Sandra, Tito, Me. This one didn't turn out so well:


Awww.... One real Baiana and two wannabes:

Thanksgiving Day

I'm in Hamilton, New York right to visit my father's side of the family for Thanksgiving.


Kara came back from the Virgin Islands to visit:


All the females on this side of the family:


A close-up on some of the beauteous ladies:


Thanksgiving is fun!



Kelsey getting manhandled:


My 9 year old cousin is an amazing artist. It's worth zooming in on this photo to see the portrait she's drawing:


Dinner, minus turkey:



Dinner:


And the best part of the previous photo, in case you didn't catch it:

Kelsey, waiting for the turkey to fall on the ground:


Some of the pies:

This is what happens when you have a "Who Can Gain the Most Weight In One Day?" competition: