random
..steph playing guitar
..a rose
..patrick called him charlie fred
..this is my uh. fireplace. it's a hell of a lot better and older than yours. more efficient too.
..we also have a weathervane but it's inside so it doesn't work
..if i can't live here i won't live anywhere
..the griffin's 10
..my yard through the trees
..my yard cannot decide whether it is cold or not
..okay, now it knows that it's cold
..damn you snow!
..branches with snow
..the front yard. with snow.
..the driveway. with snow.
..america. with snow.
..lauren with a giant dr pepper and a pair of glasses that really suit her.
..i call this picture katystars.jpg, and i suddenly wish that i had brought my camera to steph's party way back because we went stargazing.
..bobblehead
..it's me and the moon, she said. taken by steph.
..an afternoon sky.
.."don't you get it?! it's a pun! sweet 16!" i get it, liz
..katy at the computadora
..never take a picture of me
..i don't know what flowers are called, but these just came in
..this poor bunny has quite the flesh wound
..i like to think that this is what the weasley's garden would look like.
..blue bells.
.."Hey Madden Boy--Clean the kitchen. -The Ref."
..she did this because i was having a bad day.

family
..hiii-yah
..ima cut you bitch
..happy holidays to all
..dave, julia, and griffin all set for halloween
..here he is, uncle peter

pets
..kibby superstar
..elizabeth's puppy rugby is probably the cutest thing ever
..mreeee
..i love this puppy
..me, rugby, steph, jinx, and caroline all for a group picture
..i didn't know brady had green eyes
..greta
..the KOT king of town
..surprise!
..bitsm says, "this is the best decemberween ever!"
..bits and kibby
..mo watches the snow
..i got all up in kibby's face
..and he was like, get out of my face
..then he started pouting because i wouldn't get out of his face
..then he was like, get a shot of the screen because i love david alan grier
..when the show was over, kibby couldn't stop laughing. that guy is funny!
..mo has the most beautiful green eyes in the world
..just what is going on here?
..mo comes to sit on my lap
..walking the dog
..kibby and mo enjoying the sun
..she's either dead or tanning
..he. is. evil.
..first, check out the new windows. second, he's pecking the window.
..i named him monroe. it means From The Red Swamp.
..swamp thing was also from a swamp, so that means they're both jerks
.."wait," kibby's saying, "what's that word right there?"
..trying to deliver the serum to me now, are we, conspirator?
..mo is actually the bookworm, not kibby
..kittums silhouetted against the bright blue sky.
..greta is so street.

happy holidays 03
..amanda just chillin
..grampa described this tree as "the junk on the tv"
..steph's christmas tree
..holiday teddy
..me and val are so funnyyyy
..val hanging out, enjoying a lemon flavored soda
..pat and mikayla
..heyhey
..pat and mommy
..mike playing gameboy even though hes like 30something
..mikayla opening christmas presents
..justice served--dave takes off griffin's ridiculous hat
..julia thinks she's got the latest in toys but man i had a gogo my walking pup when i was like 4
..abby, julia, and mikayla

bunny's new years bash 03/04
..andrew
..erin
..a snowman but he's not real
..don't you wanna know how we keep starting fiyahs?
..god jul
..i am the monstar
..lauren turned into gumby somewhere over the course of the night.
..katie, katy, and steph
..katy LOVES christmas
..omg she is so hawt
..katy and steph rocking out to hanson
..there's some kind of crown over lauren's head.
..lauren and me
..one of lauren's christmas trees.
..i don't know why matt did this.
..happy new years, i guess
..life's a party for this guy
..most excellent
..andrew, andrew, lauren, deeder's head, lauren, erin, robert, kath, all wicked excited for new years
..katie, steph, katy, santa say, "happy new years!" i think
..robert
..i'll leave the light on a. whiiiii-e-i-e-ooohl.
..steph and katy love each other
..lauren dancing to hanson
..steph providing a shoulder for lauren
..um okay. no one really appreciated tinsel town like i did.
..so i have a bunch of pictures of it.
..this is my favorite house
..christmas bread bakery
..it's too bad more people didn't love this town
..donkeys or something pulling sleighs through tinsel town
..don't you feel like you're really there? i wish i was.
..give it up

happy birthday patrick
..little patrick is excited for the big day!
..shh she's not actually supposed to be here but she is and she baked a CAKE
..the candles are all blown out--what did he wish for? will it come true?????
..the big 1-3

happy birthday matt
..andrew
..other andrew, lauren, and lauren
..the other andrew, trying the door-arm trick
..happy robert
..a dear friend of mine
..the birthday boy himself with two friends
..see katy, it's not so easy holding the camera still, is it?
..after being ambushed by whipped cream, robert and lauren discuss politics or something smart
..oooh here comes the cake, quick, turn off the lights!
..much better
..last shot of the cake
..lauren, andrew, and katie
..how is he already 16 and i am not
..oh no, my friends, that is not another room over katy's shoulder. it's a REFLECTION!!

hanging at steph's
..i'm playing time consumer, duh
..yes my shirt does say "pasta"
..lauren, me, and steph. don't take a picture of me.
..lauren starts fights with everyone
..bad posture
..admiring billy boyd on the telly

party at katy's
..thatsa my shoe
..tori and her massive camera
..tori and i are sooo funny
..oh stephy whats wrong?
..ahahaha it's katy's butt
..thumbs up
..lauren being beautiful
..carving her name across your arm
..preppy lauren and katie
..when i entered katy's mom said, "we have a flute too, if you want to play"
..katy's asian? what? how?
..yeah i don't remember what was happening.
..steph's shoes. i had a thing for shoes today.
..no i mean, i really had a thing for shoes today.
..i think she was going for the "rock and roll" look but it came out more like "word"
..lauren on the ice. on the rocks. no i'm just kidding, she was on the ice.

um. happy birthday me.
..grampy, grammy, and patrick
..julia, griffin, me, colin, aunt maureen, abby, aunt kathe
..just more cake pictures
..and another
..different party entirely. my boys katy steph katie bunny deeder robert andrew and andrew threw me a surprise party
..andrew and lauren got in a fight with my balloon
..deeder being the voice of reason as lauren abandons the balloon and goes right for the face
..deeder standing on bunny's back, andrew standing on bunny's butt
..because she is a saint, deeder made me this cake
..it was so delicioso that i had to take another picture
..the happy birthday sign that i completely missed when i walked in
..i didn't notice the streamers either. what am i, blind
..katy and andrew
..then we took a walk down to the pond and OH MY GOD DEEDER LOOK OUT something's after you!
..bunny walking like a sim. did you know she doesn't sweat anymore?
..katy laughing, probably because deeder is running from the lightning
..looks like some kind of satanic congregation. night vision on my camera does that.

straight from godspell to junction 18
..the cast of godspell
..katy sitting on the ground durign godspell
..this girl got in the way of so many pictures
..after katy's play we "jolted" to all about records to catch a junction 18 show.
..jucntion 18 drummer and guitarist, and these two girls who always got in the shot as soon as i took it
..katy's feet as she danced the night away
..andy singing the night away
..well if they'd stop moving so much i'd get a good picture
..some girl, andy, and the guitarist who couldn't stop moving his head
..here he is in mid-head-move
..andy told her she could have a hug, "but i'm all sweaty and gross." i almost told him, "it's okay, so is she," but decided not to embarrass her and just said, "cool" instead.

"it's odd when i try to save 'katybutt.jpg' and it says i already have that file"
..this is katy's butt when she fixes the tv
.."take a picture of my belt"? please. i'm taking a picture of your butt.
..this is katy's butt when she fixes the radio. she is most vulnerable when she fixes things.
..haha she thought my camera was broken
..this week our dear friend lauren has joined the katybutt.jpg collection
..katy and lauren with their hands in their pockets.

the pond. the band.
.."have you heard of The Band"
..katie drinking a drink
..and then totally drunk from nestea
..katie and deeder holding hands. see that thumb? that's deeder's because it's adorable
..the andrews getting ready to take a dip and katy documenting their taking-off of the clothes
..andrew being a jerk and pulling katie's hair while deeder tries to save her
.."get away from me i hate you"
..katie still pissed that her hair was pulled
..andy mcdoogle unsure of whether or not he wants to go swimming
..katy running away from the andrews who threatened to throw her in the water
..andrew tackling deeder
.."my sneaks! i'm still wearing my sneaks!"
..moments before they fell into the water. unfortunately my camera was a jerkass and the batteries died so i didn't catch it.
..deeder putting on andrew's shorts and, later, all of his clothes so that they'd be soaked just to spite him
..the andrews apparently thought i was photographing them. well they're wrong. i wanted the duck.

pam's baby shower
..my cousin pam is pregnant so we had a baby shower
..my auntie maureen was very proud of her display
..so i took a few pictures
.."another baby shower, our fifth in a row..."
.."...we can't help but feel obligated to go..."
.."...dozens of presents, ooohing and ahhhing..."
.."...you call this a luncheon?"
.."I'M STARVING."
..a bunch of baby clothes cleverly put together on a clothes line
..what the heck is val left-handed for?

5.15 was hot so i went outside
..these are boring pictures by the way
..she seems to have spotted a bug. she does love to eat those things.
..my pretty puppy
..papa bunny is the only bunny that doesn't try to sever my hand because he's a sweetheart
..mo seeking shade on such a hot day
..he was like, whoa. whoa. he also needs a new nametag. i blurred out my number; in your face.
..kibby was like, "whoa, you got shade over here?"
.."let me check this out."
..standing in my backyard, this is how close i am to the golf course
..i could have taken a really awesome picture of the course were it not for this ant hill
..kibby was like, "ima take care of those ants for you."
..this golfer noticed me taking the picture so i ran. i don't know why; it's my backyard, i can take pictures of whatever i want
..greta got out of the hot sun. because damn, it's hot.

marco island, florida 04
..our original plane, then we were ushered onto a different one
..this guy is having way too much fun dying (middle picture)
..funny. i don't recall asking anyone to tell me what to do.
..clouds and america
..donot push
..we went on a boat tour
..i was in a bad mood most of the time. this is the boat when they turned on the lights a bit.
..people on other boats always wave. i'm not on a tour to see you, asshole. don't you wave at me.
..osprey nest number six
..caution--this is not a seat. i'm sitting on you anyway, bitch.
..i thought pelicans were fake
..look out.
..because i'm not joking when i say it burns like the fire of a thousand suns.
..what else was i supposed to take pictures of?
..nothing, that's what.
.."people will want to live in darkness after this," i told steph
..mum and steph told me to take a picture of my awkward but surprisingly unpainful sunburn
..steph flashing one of her winning smiles
..mum smiling suspiciously
..a flattering picture, i must say
..this is the beach from milo and otis where the fox comes bounding out of the trees and prances about, burying his food, which milo later steals
..the spot where it crested, rolled back and drifted, into theeee sea
..the very first night, we stepped outside and realized we could literally watch the sun sink into the ocean
..i liked this one
..mom looking flustered and silhouetted
..a family and the sun
..and after all those suns, you wouldn't think there'd be a moon. but you'd be wrong.
..steph smiling sheepishly
..you know. i don't remember why she did this.
..i think this was staged, because i had a few of them
..and then steph shouted, "look! ducks!"
..i didn't visit the pool much because there were hundreds of babies. plus i was afraid of running into eric. :O
..on the last night, we sat on the porch
..the sun started to set, and we said, "i'm not going back to school," nearly a billion times. nearly.
..sunset, still
..i know you all hate my shaky pictures but you must understand, it's night time, and the flash looks tacky
..i don't know why i like this one so much
..steph said she really really wanted to climb this tree. it looks very lion kingy here.
..this is my favorite fountain of all time
..even more than the bellagio
..no one goes in the gazebo
..stairway to hellllll
..there are many many stray kittens about in marco island
..he's eating in the corner
..then his brother came to eat. they were sooo tinyyyy
..dear lauren,
..yours forever,

six flags 04
..i don't like the word tram. what's wrong with trolley. trolley's a good word.
..daffy, katy, and wile e. coyote. and some guy in the back who looks very pleased.
..i, robot
..i. cannot stand this old man. there's no way he's a real old man. he has to be fake.
..katy's butt on the nightwing, a rather nauseating ride. this big thing comes down and pushes on your butt, and i think there was a collective, scandalized gasp from everyone.
..a rather incomplete warning on poison ivy, one of the most bemusing rides. if they took a picture, i think everyone would be cocking their heads to the side in amused skepticism, not really sure what they just went through.
..that is, everyone except my mom, who enjoyed it very much
..batman really is quite fun
..not many people in the pool, as it wasn't the sunniest day
..i don't know if i could go on this ride. i'd be afraid of flying right off.
..the fountain in the grove
..we LOVE utopia! i have pictures from last time too. it looks like a great store. good times.
..tito neato benito, fung wah buses!
..the old guy who drives this car looooves to dance. (i got rid of the license number, which takes away the charm but... dance away, sir. i bet it's the six flags guy.)
.."that's not how you spell boston," mom said in regards to the third line. (again, i got rid of the numbers. fung wah buses gets enough calls as it is.)
..there were two of these mobiles

6.30: boston and harry and the potters
..lauren and i, both running on four hours sleep, sitting on the bus. together.
..america is so delusional
..the pets.com dog, formerly voiced by michael ian black, hitting on lauren
..don't take pictures of me. and my fingers are way long.
..lauren is the guitar god
..making out with a lion.
..some fountain in that park.
..a gothic medieval church, though i much prefer calling it a castle.
..my favorite castle reflectionized
..three different worlds, reflectionized.
..they look like they're posing but they're not
..steph and i sitting in the park
..lauren's butt and man i'm white
..it's hard to tell who's winning this one
..finally, after waiting several several hours, we got to see harry and the potters
..this is probably the best band ever--ernie and harry year 7
..harry year 4
.."this is a song i wrote going into my fifth year, which is strange because i'm harry year four. none of my friends would send me owls... so I. AM. AN.GRY."
..this was easily the best portrayal of harry's frustration over the summer
..bad picture, but harry year 7.
..lauren and i got shiiiiiirts because we support this band to no end.
..steph and katy on the bus ride home
..it's july pal, smarten up.

happy fourth of july
..the sky as i tested my camera and as dusk settled
..fucking... aliens man...
..these guys didn't notice the fireworks going off yet
..i made up names for every firework. this one's a dandelion.
..these are comets
..sparkles. except i call it a spahkle.
..whoa, a firework that actually looks like a firework.
..eclectricity
..i don't know what this kind is called so i'll just call it an airborne catherine wheel
..a fizzler and a catherine mating, like in HP5
..catherine giving birth to the new fireworks.
..their children following dad
..and their children's children. ...i like making up stories.
..the fizzlah is the crowd favorite
..i guess you could call it a waterfall. i just say fizzler.
..i couldn't stop taking pictures. i eventually told myself to "just watch the fireworks." zinggg.
.."i feel like they're coming rrrrrIGHT AT ME"
..my very favorite picture.

lauren's surprise party then to her house.
..said steph, "whoa. you could like, fit a child in there..."
..by the time the fire got going it was wicked dakk.
..steph and deeds by firelight.
..someone threw some sort of kindling in there that turned the fire blue. paper plates, i think.
..i was a wee bit creeped out by these figurines.
..she's maybe a little too happy.
..what? what is it guys? what are you all so excited about on the ceiling?
..oh.
..orlando bloom whispering sweet nothings to lauren.
..oohoo i wonder what he said.
..her room is a preteen dream.
..lauren, katy, and steph trying to figure out how to light matches.
..hello, lampost. whacha knowin'? i've come to watch your flowers growin'.
..lighting fireworks in parking lots illuminates the blackest nights.
..me, modeling a lovely jacket, possibly tweed.

tori's birthday party, august
..i saved this picture as "witchcake" and then could not stop laughing when i found out what a witchcake actually was. look it up.
..a turtle bowl.
..tori's wall--i don't like how the license plate thinks it is the best thing ever and jumps out.
..because clearly this picture is far superior.
..a silhouette.
..ahhhh meg from the ring, though wearing a lovely necklace.
..the chalkstar, as lit by liz with a flashlight and as stepped in by someone's foot.
..lauren and the chalkstar. sounds like monstar.
..lauren and tori making out, even though tori had vampiric teeth and was biting her.
..me on the couch reading the first coheed comic and confused out of my mind.
..glenna and steph dancing.
..glenna learning to play the guitar.
..glenna descending upon me after she learned.
..tori's house is the coolest, she's even got one of these things. these couch things.
..lauren and me with a dumbass face.
..meg playing the guitar--the famous guster guitar, i believe, but i could be lying. i'll check with andrew on that.
..LOOK AT HER CEILING. it's shaped like a boat.
..christmas lights.
..a group shot.
..everyone admiring meg's magic skills.
..her concentration is impalpable.
..it's like some kind of congregation.

xmas at katy's and some old ones from steph's birthday
..this is my house actually, and my tree in a broken mirror.
..the tree and my camera reflected in a broken mirror.
..my tree reflected in a norman rockwell painting.
..katy's big tree. "1050 lights, moll."
..katy's small tree.
..ho ho hooo
..mrs. clause is pissed.
..katy modeling the bag she made for me.
..MAJOR TYPO HERE
..but i forgive her because this yarn is bomb.
..they are so gay.
..gosh! the shirt katy made for lauren.
..lauren biting off katy's tag and katy wicked excited. they're so gay.
..we thought it would suit her quite well.
..a cutout of elliott smith's pretty (ugly before) face.
..lauren with the cutout.
..oh go ahead, katy, you can pose too.
..this is what it's like watching funny movies with lauren--you've got to look at this expression.
..no, i'm not going to delete this picture. this is what you get, jumping in front of my camera all the tiempo.
..i bet mr. clause never imagined the end would come like this--at the hands of an asian girl with an x-acto knife.
..candles in the rain.
..look at the ayyyyngels in the rain.
..it's lovely weather for a sleighride together with you.
..a teapot, backed by the lights.
..i call it my keywork candle.
..this is the star mom got me back in october when i was super sad.
..katie's checker socks.
..tori with a bow around her special finger.
..tori hiding behind elliott, the bear i built for steph.

christmas 04
..with seven kids in this house, it's not an easy job for joe to dispense the gifts.
..jack got a fricking metal detector.
..descending like locusts.
..griffin silhouetted against the melee.
..and do they care to pick up their trash? no, of course not.
..griffin all up in my face.
..julia being civil.
..julia, after seeing griffin's picture, trying the same.
..patrick, after seeing griffin's and julia's pictures, trying the same.
..the whole crowd.
..together we sang the twelve days of christmas.
..val and renay, probs laughing at abby singing "five onion rings."
..mike: eleven pipers piping.
..mom reprimanding griffin for not coming in on time with "four calling birds" and pat filming the song.
..on christmas day we went to grammy and grampy's.
..this is the infamous boot glass that everyone loves to drink out of. uncle richard lucked out this time around.
..geoff wasn't feeling well today, and reminded us constantly in more ways than one.
..j.lo i mean amanda, working as a stand-in while i set up the family portrait.
..the fireplace with a thousand billion cards on it. it's not a real deer.
..i noted that the family portrait was looking more like a family feud intro than anything else, or an old timey photo where no one smiles because it took forever.
..i'm laughing like an idiot because geoff let out one hell of a burp before the flash went off.
..the final product. happy hols.
..aunt kathe's tree was a 17.5 footer and spanned three floors.
..mitchell's just a drunk. a big drunk.
..and his daddy encourages it.
..pressies for the chillins.
..chris, pat, dad, and joey, all watching football in the same manner.

Blizzard of '05
..this is the pie: the snow that collects on top of our porch table. it is leaning to the left because that is the way the wind blows.
..said mom, "i think we'll be okay if i put this wet plug into this wet socket."
..after being plowed, the mountain of snow almost reached the hoop rim.
..america... with más snow.
..the fiery depths of mordor.
..pat and the dog don't know what to do inside when it snows.
..but greta's got an idea when she's outside.
..demonstrating how much snow there is.
..prancing like a little dandy.
..said mom, "she loves to rub her nose in it."
..taking a rest.
..i love my wup and she loves snow.