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happy birthday to me!!! |
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(o tanjoubi omedeto!) |
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my birthday is october 21st, but as that was a thursday, i had a party saturday the 23rd. i wisely had it at david's house (across the river and close to the train station) and we crammed about as many people as will fit into david's living room. i think the final count was around 30. friends came from all over nagano, and even one friend from tokyo made the journey. |
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(l-r): ross, rie, her friend (who's name i don't know...oops!), daiki, and tomohiro relax around ross' gift-a case of old milwaukee. we made him drink it all night.. even in japan, you can't escape the beast! |
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mochi (a matsukawa taiko all star) and shinichi (the object of every female AET's affections) get cozy towards the end of the evening, when maybe people were not as sober as they could have been... =) |
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backs to the wall l-r: shinichi, rie (his girfriend, and the object of every female AET's jealousy), tricia (from hawaii!), angie, ross and eiko (one of my english teachers at school who now has a very different image of me. =)) front: betsy. very early in the evening, this was before clare's killer punch took effect. |
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clare, me, and vicky, vamping it up- what a suprise. =) |
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| julia, me, tomohiro and eiko. |
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i was trying to teach craig and shinichi how to hula. at least, i think that's what i was trying to do.... =) |
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vicky plays the messiah to (clockwise from back left) sarah, clare, julia, helen and andrea. |
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so that's it. it was a great night. thanks to everyone who came, and next year, we'll do it again! =) |
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