Death Cab

Work has been keeping me plenty busy over the last few weeks. Unbelievably, I'm already well into week 4, and pretty soon, I will be 1/3 done... at least timewise. However, it hasn't been all work all the time. Last Monday (the 2nd), Meryl was kind enough to go with me to see Death Cab for Cutie in concert. Although we were complete outliers agewise (everyone else looked to young to be legally licensed drivers), it was lots of fun, with a good mix of new songs and stuff off their older albums. Enjoy the video.

The 12 hour Odyssey

On Friday May 16th, Mom and I packed the car and headed up north to MN. I tried to document the full experience, but sadly, the camera battery died right when we crossed the Wisconsin-Minnesota border. But, here's most of the 12 hour journey...

The only reason why the trunk isn't overflowing is Mom's master packing ability.

Beasley's already bored, and we're only about an hour in to the drive.

Yay for landmarks! About 3 hours from my apartment to the MI-IN border.

Awesome view: the Coach Factory store in the foreground, giant ass cooling tower in the background.

Plenty of time for picture-taking while stuck in the Chicago traffic.

Beasley finally takes a seat. It was pretty short lived, though.

Good-bye Illinois traffic, hello wide Wisconsin roads! If only WI didn't last forever...

Welcome to MN! We managed one picture of the Mississippi River, and then the camera went black.

Princess Gezo's 26th birthday

A few days after the end of the school year, those of us still left in Ann Arbor got together to celebrate Michelle's birthday. What began as a tame evening of Mexican food and then bowling finally came to an end at 3am at the karaoke "bar." It was a long, fun evening of burritos, strikes and bad music. Or, perhaps more accurately, bad renditions of good music.
Margaritas at the Mexican restaurant.
Princess Gezo (nice tiara), and her ladies-in-waiting.
The super cool ballon bouquet/bowling pin provided by the bowling alley.

Feeling the love. Or the alcohol...

Some guests are clearly fading...

But Michelle is still going strong, as evidenced by her heartful duet to "Barbie Girl." Shockingly, they scored 100%!

End of year BBQ

It's been way too long, but I'm finally spending my Sunday night catching up on such exciting things as laundry, bills and blog updating. First up, the Section Six year end BBQ. It feels like it happened five thousand years ago. And considering all that's happened since, it might as well have been!

Michelle and John Hawkins

After throwing the frisbee into the water, our fearless section leader Brent heads into the river to rescue it. As an Erber, he clearly has no reservations about what may or may not be in there...

Notice how everyone is just standing around, watching the professional do the grilling...