February 25, 2005
NEBY rocks my world!
ok, so yet another fantastic weekend. WOW. went to the north east bahai youth festival (aka NEBY fest) in stamford, connecticut. it was off tha chain, kids. bahai youth are so on fire. i'm continually inspired. and i always have so much smurfing fun with them it's ridiculous. ridonkulous, in fact.*
got to hear some incredible speakers and performers, got to give some cool workshops, got to spend time with some amazing people who i love dearly. we had a youth desk reunion and i met andrew for the first time! lacey, javad, richard, andrew, and i have a unique, mystical youth desk bond, as demonstrated by our indie rock picture above (notice the visible emotional depth). truly, it was an incredible weekend (minus ms. graves' unwelcome illness... you're such a trooper, lace!). so glad i got to go! by the way, i know that's a lotta pictures. there will be many more here.
so yeah... in general, i don't exactly know what i did to deserve being so blessed in life. all the time. it's really wonderful. and that's all from me for now...
* ridonkulous is a new hilarious word that has been adopted into the youth desk vernacular, courtesy of lacey's chance encounter with it last week, via a silly radio ad for an upcoming concert in chi-town, i.e. ryan cabrera saying "hey everyone, come see my show in chicago next week--it's gonna be ridonkulous!" how could we not whole-heartedly embrace such a useful and hysterical term?! you should too.
aah jealous!
Also, do you have a larger version of that last picture? I would love a copy, it is WAY too cute.
Posted by: Sholeh at February 25, 2005 05:53 PMOh man. These pictures are so...what's the word...oh yes....
RIDONKULOUS.
I had an amazing time this weekend, meeting you and chit-chatting when I had those few precious moments (the time frames, not the porcelain dolls). You, me, Richie and Javad DO have a mystical bond. And it's crazy. Maybe it's the MSN-ing, but I feel that I know you really well. That's good. I'd like to take this time to say that I'm jealous of you and Greg. I can't believe that you guys actually had a MEAL with Jack McCants. That's too cool. I thought that it was neat that Richard and Lacey and I had hung out with him at the Omaha Baha'i Center....but no! You have to go and one-up us. Jerk. The snow picture is genius. The Richard flopping himself on the bed is genius. The picture of you and me (me, with the enormous-looking head) is genius. And Finally.....the indie rock one is genius x infinity. Can you ask Lacey-the-Photoshopper to crop that one up, blow out the curves and send it to Bud for the next Youth Page of TAB? Thanks, that'd be swell. I mean....
RIDONKULOUS.
I think I look sexy in pink, especially since I am surrounded by sexy, sexy, sexy men!!!!!
Posted by: Richard at March 6, 2005 12:15 AM