29th b-day shenanigans

note: this is only a recap because the full story would take FAR too long to actually write out :0)

it all started on thurs with a girls night at cindy's. the crew included: me, sarah, cindy, melissa, lj, michele b, iris, sarah b, kim, and ali. we all chipped in on the potluck dinner and many a drink were made from bloody mary to a modified mimosa called "the iris". i got a few kick ass gifts and many memories from this crew on this particular night. to say the least, we danced in the living room and hit up the hot tub before turning in for the night. brian and fletcher were the lucky men of the night as they were the only males amongst the crew!

friday night consisted of sarah and i trekking up to visit katie shoe in seal beach. we got there somewhere around 9ish and chilled at her and jb's pad for a bottle o beer before heading out on the town. we cruised to a wine bar first where we promptly were told that they were at last call. we downed a bottle between the four of us and cruised onto a bar that had only local microbrews. we were again told that they were at last call so we quickly ordered beers and enjoyed the general malarchy of the crew there.we made an interesting friend we'll just call "the hippy" and decided to move on again. at this point we were convinced that every place we hit we were going to hit last call!! the last place we hit up had such a diverse mix of people that we didn't feel bad seriously standing out by creating a dance floor in our area of the bar!! we danced to journey, pussy cat dolls, and just about everything else. eventually the hippy joined us and we proceeded to attempt to get away from him for the rest of the night which didn't work AT ALL. he followed us back to the apt (again after last call) and sarah and i prompty hid in katie shoe's closet where we proceeded to try on all her shoes til she brought us a bottle of wine and jb kicked the hippy out!! we watched horrible tv and fell asleep soon after the hippy left.

saturday morning we lazed around and eventually headed to brunch (without jb who slept til at least noon). we had a few mimosas and decided to stick around for a round of the most alcoholic margaritas in california!! we hit up the beach and eventually headed back to sd after many hugs with katie shoe and jb. we hit my place and had to shower and leave asap cause we'd lingered in seal beach too long. we head to tango to see paula and have a glass or two of vino before dick's. we ran into matty and crew, diane and jess, keoni and myrachel, and bg. after paying up, we headed to dick's to meet up with the crew for the night. of course, there were not as many show as had promised and we ended up with 22ish total with only 16 chairs so we ghettofied dick's by adding random chairs to the end of the table. lots of food, drinks, a blow job shot, papers being thrown, paper hats for bg and ry, and laughs later we headed out to the local to get our dance on. we lost a few and gained one on the wayto the local (those who wanted to go home and sleep......boooo to you!). we danced til the club closed and had some serious fun!! we said our goodbyes and ended the night with lots o jokes and laughs. we walked back to marty's car in the rain and headed up to my place for a final glass of vino and some good chats. finally at 4:30 in the morning......like a true rockstar......i hit the pillow and slept!

sunday was a true day of laziness and we watched like 1400 hours of movies with matty and barely moved off the couch in true recovery mode. no alcohol hit our lips that day and we begain to feel a bit ill (stupid sinus infection). it was nice to not have any major priorities and be able to sit in pj pants for the entirety of the day. we did hit up panera eventually and i hit the hay around midnight (don't worry - i napped throughout the day too).

monday i had to go teach a class in aliso viejo and my phone blew off the hook the entire day. my class even begged for me to answer when my mom called so they could hear her sing happy b-day!! birthday night we hit up tomiko for dinner but not before sarah and i enjoyed a bottle of vino from Oliver (sniiiiiifffffff). chris, paula, diane, jess, two of chris's friends, ryan, brian, sarah, and the filpi's made up the crew for dinner and i couldn't have asked for more!! it was a great night filled with sake, martinis, and my signature guinness! nancy picked up our appetizers and my guinness and posed for a pic with me. ryan and bri came back to the apt with sarah and i and we forced them to watch arrested d (which we quoted every line!!)!! i ended up practically passing out in my chair (from exhaustion not alcoholism) and went to sleep again around 12. talk about a stellar b-day!!

tues sarah and i headed to la jolla to see the cove and shores then up to las olas for dinner. it was another nice and relaxing evening and was fun to hang with matty when we got back. again, i almost passed out in the papazan (exhaustion again) and was really beginning to feel the ill coming on.

wed iris insisted that we go out for our own sushi dinner at her fav place in rancho bernardo (or one of the bernardos) and asked ry and bri to join. we hit up the sushi joint (after perusing a sporting good store) and had some very interesting pieces of sushi!! sarah got called a teenager and a falling chopstick (chopstick fall down and go boom!), she was treated to the kid's version of chopsticks, and we all had sake laughed our butts off! we played worst case scenario game back at iris's and had a fabulous night!

all in all, GREAT b-day people :0)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
~danban