let's talk strawberries...

strawberry fest goodness for everyone!!! woohoo!!!

although this happened ages ago i thought that i would share something relevant to life in new orleans (well, louisiana, anyway). a few saturdays ago gavin, stephanie, nick, and little ol' me went to the strawberry festival in ponchatoula, louisiana. although it was hot as hell, a good time was had by all. we had all of the alcoholic strawberry concoctions one can imagine (and then some), not to mention some fried food, food on a stick, and food that we just stared at wondering if people really ate that crap. we played some carnival games, wandered around, i got an airbrush tattoo of a fleur de lis (cus really i just want to be like meeg- :P ), and I rode roller coasters (because the three other adult i was with were just too scared to ride them- note in the photo that the kid i'm sitting next to can't be older than 7 and then think of the 3 30 year olds standing on the ground watching!). it was fab fab fun and here are some pics for your enjoyment!

steph, my steph

as some of you know, my birthday is coming soon (on the 28th i'll be 31 >shudder<) and i am having a party at my friend stephanie's house on sunday the 26th. we had a bit of a misunderstanding earlier so i went over to her house a little while ago to make sure everything was ok. of course, it was. we have been friends for 8 years and been through tons together so i suppose i knew that it would be ok. anyway, i got some fab pics of her and her man nick and her wonderful backyard. here is some lovely stephanie (the younger) for you to look at...

steph by her coy pond

steph looking fab as per usual

and for my stephanie, a quote from her beloved nietzsche...

a philosopher; a man who constantly experiences, sees, hears, suspects, hopes, dreams extraordinary things; who is struck by his own thoughts as if from without, as if from above and below, as by his kind of events and thunder-claps; who is himself perhaps a storm and pregnant with new lightnings; a fateful man around whom snarling, quarreling, discord, and uncanniness is always going on. a philospher: alas, a creature which often runs away from itself, is often afraid of itself- but which is too inquisitive not to keep 'coming to itslef' again...

steph's pond

steph and her boyfriend nick