Mr. President
Apparently, the
White House has an official photostream on flickr. They're fun to flip through and an excellent example of how tech-savvy this administration is. I mean, is there a networking site they haven't infiltrated?
Regardless, I like the caption posted with this photo:
"At center-right is the hieroglyphic that the President comment on saying it looked like him."
Gramatically incorrect, but amazing nonetheless.
Thanks to Kate for the heads up.
Reese Brink: wedding and more
Picasa to the rescue! This should work as a temporary work-around to Blogger's crotchety mood this morning...
This is the bridal party from Lauren's wedding. No, we are not huffing fumes from the bouquet, we are taking sips from our cocktails. Lauren was the mastermind behind this fantastic "Boozy Bouquet" idea. Basically, the base of the bouquet is a margarita glass, and the flowers were arranged (by us!) on top of a lid for the glass. We fitted the lids with some straws and the rest is history. Genius, eh?
Myself and the beautiful bride:
The happy couple:
Speaking of better pictures, I can't help but brag a little about the bachelorette party... Of course, there were the usual things: wedding/marriage-themed games,
gratuitous penis*, lots of good food, a bar-centered scavenger hunt, etc. BUT. My favorite part of this party was the theme. Yes, there is always a theme with me, haha. This one was executed pretty well, though. Behold:
The "Ugly Bridesmaid Dress" theme. The girls were instructed to procure a dress from their local thrift store, or use one they had lying around. As such, we got a spectrum of "ugly" but hot damn if we didn't stand out in a crowd! It made the scavenger hunt a lot more interesting.
Ok, I think that's enough of embarrassing my friends for one day. Until next time...
*Cartoon penis. Just trying to get some more hits on the ol' webpage ;)
Business Time
Well, it has been an exceptionally busy blogging hiatus. Starting in mid-March, my weekends have been completely stacked. This looked something like (in order of appearance): a ski trip to Utah, a bridal shower for Shosh, Matt and Dayna's visit!!! and Noelle's wedding!!! (here in Altanta), Adam's wedding in New Orleans (and the resulting brush with swine flu, yuck), a surprise party for Nick's birthday AND Lauren's bachelorette party in one weekend (both of which I had a hand in planning), Mom's visit!!!, and finally,
Lauren's wedding in SC, in which I was a bridesmaid/ baker/ lighting engineer/ decorator/ giddy friend :)
Holy potatoes, that's a lot of social crap. There was not one dry weekend from mid-March to late-May. It was tons of fun, and I'm so glad it's over!
Now, I can focus on my work, my (much improved!) garden, and lazily making plans for my upcoming trip to Europe.
Trip what-where?!
I am going to France, Switzerland and Germany next month!!! As my first official trip off of this continent, I am SO incredibly excited! The impetus came when my abstract was accepted for presentation at
Computational Neuroscience, a conference which is in Berlin this year. That means, this is technically a business trip which ensures that the July 18th-24th portion is paid for. Lucky thing too, because my dollars are not liking the look of the exchange rate lately...
Well, there is much planning to be done, and I should get to it. I am hoping to write more here this month, but blogger seems to be hating my photos at the moment so we will see how this goes down. Until then, bon weekend!
