Yosemite

Week one in California.

I went up to Yosemite with my Dad for four days and got to see all the sites in the park, including waterfalls, giant Sequoia, and lots of granite. It's one of my favorite places and his too. Here we are at Glacier Point with Half Dome in the background.

Party No. 4

The fourth big-time themed party came and went, and it was a huge success. The Spring Cleaning Swap Meet was centered on the premise that while it would be great fun to have all our friends over to our apartment for a party, it'd be even more fun if they brought something cool to trade with the other guests. Some of the items (and I can't come close to recounting all the gear) brought to trade included : shirts, hats, scarves, belts, ugly sweaters, a water balloon launcher, a nice ski jacket, salt and pepper shakers (traded separately), cowboy hats, cowboy hats with fake fur, tin foil, tin foil hats, home-brewed beer, bottle rockets, a bike pump, candle sticks, a barbecue skewer set, a laptop case, a stuffed toy goat, a gift basket with soaps and shampoo, a bamboo musical instrument from Bali, a Chairman Mao watch, a bottle of wine, a carton of wine, and much else...

I think the pictures below of Higs, myself, JLew, and Loco capture the spirit of the party, with JLew and I swapping a smooch. Much was traded that night, and everyone went home with something cool to show for it. (That's not to say that JLew and I went home together...) All in all the whole thing was a big success.