New Crisis edit by Blaine

Posted on May 16, 2012 at 3:31 pm by gnarlycarleigh

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Last meal with the family in town, Chip’s rowdy crawfish party

Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:36 pm by gnarlycarleigh

First a little breakfast. I think my parents were hoping to do a little family meal since they were headed back to RI that afternoon, but quite a few people crashed at Chip’s the night before and came out to eat with us. So it was a bit of a party.

Chip was in party mode all day. Somehow that translates into him wearing his girlfriend’s shorts to breakfast…(my poor mother!)

It wasn’t until after Jack shot a photo of this photo that I realized Chip isn’t actually the one pulling the bright blue short shorts up even higher than they already were. Strange. Very strange.

So, then an attempt to take a few family photos (with Chip hidden in the back)…

My parents and Clay only had an hour or two left in two, so we headed back to Chip’s to start the crawfish boil. I admit that I wasn’t super impressed with crawfish in general. But I did have fun and was excited to see all the people that came. For a moment the weather was on our side and the beach/yard got a little crowded… and then came freezing cold weather and on-off rain. Not the best for an out door keg and crawfish party. Either way, good times.

I put my camera down, but later Jonah picked it up to snap the last few photos of the night…

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Family dinner for Chip’s graduation

Posted on May 11, 2012 at 1:16 pm by gnarlycarleigh

Congrats Chip!!

(deer in the headlights photo)

(clay wasn’t stoked on me taking photos last night… so this was my revenge. ha!)

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Friday afternoon in the Boulder ditch

Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:16 am by gnarlycarleigh



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Furry friends faces

Posted on May 6, 2012 at 11:27 pm by gnarlycarleigh

I’ve been stressing super hard on getting my final project finished for my class. Well, sort of. Not total panic mode, but I just never really got into it so it’s been a long drawn out process of not quite the most efficient days filled with sitting in front of my computer and a stack of papers. This weekend was the final stretch and mid-torment on what could have been an otherwise enjoyable Saturday afternoon, Odessa sent me an email entitled “study break” with these adorable pictures of my lovely furry friends…

Love em. In the end I did manage to fit in a relatively quick skate break, filmed a line (woo), and got to see lots of awesome people later in the night. Not the worst Saturday ever. And tomorrow it will be over, just another semester in my eternal life as a student.

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Giant jenga on an empty rooftop

Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:31 pm by gnarlycarleigh

These photos follow us through two games of giant jenga on a Friday evening. A little background: Thursday was Jonah’s birthday. On Friday at around 3:30, Jonah called and said he wanted to do happy hour at the Rio at 4:30. He had some more calls to make and would send a text to confirm. Around 6pm, I heard from Odessa asking if I was going to the Rio to meet Jonah. Nobody had heard from Jonah so she gave him a call and incidentally awoke him from a nap. So a few hours after originally planned, we headed downtown. A Jonah-esque schedule. Too perfect. The Rio had an hour-long wait. But, we were set on a rooftop and ended up right next door.. shitty drinks, bartender that pissed me off immediately, almost completely empty with a dj blasting crappy music… but hey, at least we had arguably the best (bar) rooftop view in downtown Boulder on a sunny evening and something to entertain us for the remaining 10 minutes of happy hour.

Game 1.

Game 2.

I think we were sort of over it when this game began. So we started being creative with stacking the pieces and somehow all got sucked right back into it. 

After that we left and went to Boulder Cafe, where it has been perpetually happy hour for at least a year and half. After a few margs and some fondue I was feeling a little less crazy (I’ve been a bit… uh… manic and such lately – sorry to everyone whose had to experience it) and exhausted from yet another hectic week and was more than happy to call it a night.

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skate stops, a playground and a ditch

Posted on April 29, 2012 at 2:07 am by gnarlycarleigh

Met up with the Crisis kids and headed to Erie. Our first spot was a c-ledge, and then we headed to this newly-skate stopped spot. 

At least they’re cute leaf shapes.

Kyle had thoughts…… for another day perhaps.

Indeed.

The next spot was full of entertainment. Chalk board, hopscotch, an open shed with tricycles and basketballs. A little 3-up 3-down to skate.

Later we checked out a relatively new ditch spot…

Dropped off Justin and back to Crisis with Connor. Later I headed back to Boulder with Fuzz, met up with Glen for a superb campus session. We all earned tall cans based on Fuzz’s failure and success, drank at Glen’s and that was that.

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Hanging with Ralphie

Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:34 pm by gnarlycarleigh

A few weeks ago I went to the CU football team’s spring exhibition game with Odessa. We were late (go figure) so we missed Chip’s last run ever with Ralphie. Yea, I blew it. But, we did get to spend the majority of the game hanging out with Ralphie in her trailer. What’s better than hanging out with a buffalo? I didn’t want to keep flashing her in the eyes, especially because she was a little rowdy that day, so the pictures are really dark…

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more crappy cell phone photos

Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:20 pm by gnarlycarleigh

Wow… it has been ridiculously long since the last time I’ve posted anything. And even longer since the last time I posted any cell phone photos. The quality has obviously not improved at all. I realize I am one of the dwindling few to not be apart of the instagram party, but ahh, still memories.

Starting with a trip to Pacific Ocean Market from the first week of March. The back of the store is always the most interesting…

fish heads

fish with whiskers look funny

Wallace playing dead

smoothie on the way to work/school

I had to go to a few different auto body shops to get estimates on my car (some woman backed into it in a parking lot in Thornton) I was mostly just impressed by the vintage barber’s chair in one place.

Awesome.

Odessa solved the puzzle! Actually she has many times and is pretty fed up with everyone that comes up, takes it apart and then can’t solve it again. Ha.

gross.

I just saw yet another one of these doubler-decker jousting type bikes. This picture is from awhile back, though.

No idea what Irish holidays, margaritas and Wyoming have in common but they all came together nicely after our skate adventure in Cheyenne on St Patrick’s Day

a sticker from the bathroom at Oskar Blues in Lyons

One of the 8th grade students in a group that I’m a “science mentor” to showed me a few pictures she drew…

I honestly don’t remember why I took a photo of this car……eh, oh well.

This sign never gets old

that really sucks.

Chip thought it was time to use a shake weight

I was working on campus late one night with Odessa, and we decided to go to the late-night Hapa Hour as a reward around 11pm. Apparently every Thursday night at Hapa on the Hill , they displace sushi on a naked girl. A little surprising.  I couldn’t help taking a photo. I took it at a distance though, unlike the other girl in the photo, making sure the get an up close photo to instagram, no doubt.

Chip and Keith were there too, sake-bombing.

For some reason, every time I go out skating with the Crisis team, we always see bulldogs. Always. This particular day was no exception.

Chip during our Easter breakfast

I got so bummed out one day when I found this package of ham in the back of my car…I’m over it… it never smelt up my car and not sure how long it was there. Probably a day at most. But so incredibly curious…

I ordered a chai latte with a shot of espresso…Not sure what it was about my dirty chai that warranted being marked with 420. Is it the super stoner order?

The above terrible looking photo was my attempt of capturing the play list at the Cults show at the Fox. Ha.

Odessa made cupcakes!

seriously?

display for awareness

so creepy.

Chincha loves her new ball… her new source of freedom in the apartment

I was teaching yesterday and went in the staff bathroom and found someone as careless as me..my patented move to lose my cell phone. works every time.

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Wallace (my not-so-stoked, monster-sized cat) and Odessa

Posted on April 8, 2012 at 10:53 pm by gnarlycarleigh

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