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May 29, 2011

The kids host their first grown up BBQ party

This afternoon Randall and I headed to millbrae for a BBQ at sushi's house where Sam and chris were kind enough to provide a feast. There were a bunch of folks there and the crowd was divided between the sunny, but windy, backyard and the mutiple old school game platform equipped nerd dungeon. I parked myself near the snacks where I made friends with all the dogs. Sushi was, as always, territorial, but somehow I managed to make friends with scooby. As you can see, he liked me. He might have just wanted to lick the hamburger off my face, but you get the idea.

Afterwards we all fell asleep on the couches thanks to our full bellies, or maybe it was the copious amounts of drinkage. You know, it's hard to tell. Job well done kids! Job well done!

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May 30, 2010

in memoriam to our youth

This weekend the weather proved to be amazing BBQ weather, this was
good because i was headed to a couple of them today. We started off in
the east bay at jessi and chris's house. They have a pretty sweet
backyard and the east bay means at least 5 degrees more in warmth. The
crowd was a nice mix of folks, and while there were still more non-
parents than parents, quite a few babies and toddlers were in tow. I
started to feel old (how can I be somewhere where so many peers have
children?), but then someone brought jello shots and I knew everything
was okay.

After an entire afternoon of drinking in the sun, r and I headed to
the Parker brother's party. Every memorial day they do a 12 hour
(2pm-2am) backyard house party, complete with disco ball (yes
outdoors!), djs, and so much food and booze. Every year I say I'm
going to go, but never have the opportunity to make it. This year I
put all excuses behind me (including all day sun drinking) and dragged
Randall to the shindig. We didn't stay too long (see: all day sun
drinking), but we did have a good time. Plus, we got to see a bunch of
Santa Cruz folks we hadn't seen in years, and more Bridget time before
she leaves for turkey.

The party itself was the opposite of the first party. Both were loads
of fun (and can I just stop myself for a sec and tell you how great
the food at jessi and chris's was? Seriously I ate so much
deliciousness), but both made me aware of my age. On one hand I was
surrounded by babies and wondered how we ended up at this point in our
lives, and on the other I wondered how long until raging house parties
will be too much? Either way I'm going to try not and dwell and just
live in the now. Jello shots, disco balls, and all.