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Back by popular demand… a staple of version 2.0 of my website: The picture of me with a chick. (This was me in college. People say I look older now but I think I disagree.)

I’m broke. This week I’m going to try to save money by not eating out at all. [DELETED]

ABOUT HOUSES, PARTIES AND SEX
Today I went to a barbecue at Bryan’s sister’s house. We played Nintendo with his nephews and niece, ate some great food, and tried to avoid the thunderstorm. Thinking about it reminds me of the days I would have barbecues at my own house. Long ago, when I was in high school, I would have a barbecue around Memorial Day every summer. There would be a good number of people hanging out, eating, playing frisbee, and enjoying each other’s company. I left for college eventually, then my parents divorced and sold the house. Now I’m living in an apartment that can’t handle thirty people for a barbecue — in fact grills are against the rules, I believe. I miss hosting these parties. I miss living in a big house.

I also used to always hold cast parties for the plays and musicals in high school. I don’t know how I was able to handle sixty people in the house, but it has been done. One year, one of my high school music teachers showed up at the party. He was probably looking for some alcohol. As an unrelated fact, a few years later — after I graduated — he left his job teaching to go into real estate. Apparently, a chaperone caught him having sex with an eighteen-year-old senior on the band/chorus trip to Europe.

HERE’S ONE PICTURE
In the tradition of stuffing your spouse’s face with cake, here is Robert shoving a piece into Kelli’s mouth.

STRANGE LYRIC
I heard this at Robert’s wedding tonight, along with a lot of bad music. More about the wedding later, but I just needed to share this lyric right away:

SPREADING LIKE A DISEASE
An old friend from high school, Rebecca, has decided to start her own Blogger-powered journal. More power to her! In fact, she’s not the only friend named Rebecca to have a journal. This Rebecca has one, too.

REVISITED
Here are some photos I took at the Today show event last Monday.

SOMEBODY’S GETTING MARRIED NOW
If you get a chance, send Robert a congratulations on his marriage to Kelli. Their wedding is on Saturday. The air is filled with the smells of love.

LATEST WEBLOG FINDS
I’m not one for writing about other weblogs within my journal. But I’ll break that rule for a little bit tonight.

electricbiscuit has a catchy design. This one is nice, too, but I can’t find any owners names right away. Sites like those just make me wish I had more time to put into design. Then there are others that remind me that I’m not so terrible.

I’ve decided to include neighbor-sex on my side panel — not because the design is beautiful and not because it’s well written. Because it’s amusing. And probably made up.

Does anyone have experience using the Liquid Audio software to sell music online? I’ll be doing that for work this summer. I’m wondering if there’s anyone out there who has any comments about the programs. Send me some email if you have any experience.