Birthday

On Wednesday I turned 19. It was exciting. To celebrate, my parents came down and took me out to dinner at Ruby Tuesday, where I ate an incredibly enormous and deliciously juicy serloin burger.

However, the significance of the night was greater than a good burger. This is due to my drastic change in appearance that occured that night. After a haircut, a shave, and a change of clothes (I ended my pajama streak!), I was a new man who was hardly recognizable. Pictures:

This is what I looked like for many months.

The beard

How I look now

The lack of a beard

After 3 months of not shaving, and 4 and a half months of wearing clothes that made me look like I just woke up, people were shocked to see me! I got many great reactions, but one of the most interesting and quick to explain reactions was a guy who refused to call me "Dave" for several days. He called me "Not Dave" instead. Whatever :-)

That night I had a little party in my room. It was actually not that little, and it probably violated campus regulations for dorm room capacity, but it was a lot of fun. We watched Ferris Buheller, but I don't think anybody really paid attention to the movie.

Packed room

Ramya, Beth, and myself

Good ole' Ferris and his girlfriend..?

Tim!

Annie/Elisa, with me sneaking into the background

It was a fun time.

--David