End of Summer Party
Yummy sangria in a bucket. We know how to throw a real party!

End of Summer Party
Swing dancing third years. That's cuz they don't have classes!

End of Summer Party
Bring out the drunks and the pinatas. What could possibly go wrong?

End of Summer Party
Someone has to get the booty!

End of Summer Party


End of Summer Party
Yay! Candy and booze and... condoms?

Barboursville
Wine-tasting at Barboursville.

Rachel's Barboursville Photos
Group shot in the Octagon room

Rachel's Barboursville Photos
Picnicking at the ruins

Rachel's Barboursville Photos


Rachel's Barboursville Photos


Rachel's Barboursville Photos
The ruins...

Rachel's Barboursville Photos
VA's grapes!

Climbing at Hidden Rocks
The fall colors still trying to change...

Climbing at Hidden Rocks
Gail on the rocks... new drink? :-)

Climbing at Hidden Rocks
George belaying.

Climbing at Hidden Rocks
Helping with harnasses.

Climbing at Hidden Rocks
AJ monkeying around.

Climbing at Hidden Rocks
Multiple climbers

Climbing at Hidden Rocks
Nicole on the way up.

Climbing at Hidden Rocks
George climbing... look, there's proof!

Geoge's Climbing Photos
Grrr... serious face!

Geoge's Climbing Photos
Ha, I may actually make it this time!

Geoge's Climbing Photos
The ground crew.

Geoge's Climbing Photos
Nothing tops off a day of climbing better than a lukewarm Guinness.

Ladies in the City
Erin, Kelly, Nagini and I visiting DC. I have pretty pictures of us in dresses, but Erin's dress has to be secret!

Ladies in the City
The future home of Ron Paul ;-)

Ladies in the City
WWII Memorial

Ladies in the City
The beginnings of sunset on the Washington Memorial.

Ladies in the City


Ladies in the City
Korean War memorial.

Ladies in the City


Ladies in the City


Ladies in the City


Ladies in the City


Ladies in the City
Hot ladies!

GV's Photos
Me and Greg at Ernie's party :-)

Halloween
The German, the cop, and the scientist... strange company.

Halloween
Sexy hostesses.

Halloween


Halloween
The rich bachelor and his maid.

Halloween
BORK BORK BORK!

Halloween
What a masterpiece. Look at all the happy trees!

Halloween
Little red riding Hoosier and his "grandmother."

Halloween
Trying to take a picture... but those damn undergrads get in the way!

Halloween
Bender! Probably the most elaborate costume this year.

Halloween
More of the crew of Futurama.

Halloween
Costume swapping already?

Halloween
Jake shows off his shimmy!

Halloween


Halloween
Sexy dancing time!

Halloween


Halloween
The devil seducing an ancient world leader... is this surprising?

Halloween
Do the robot!

GV's Halloween Pictures
3/4 of the way through an action movie... don't mess with her!

GV's Halloween Pictures
Some weapons can be put to better use.

GV's Halloween Pictures


GV's Halloween Pictures
The ancient world showing us what sexy really was.

GV's Halloween Pictures
Uh oh, since when did he become a mobster!

GV's Halloween Pictures


GV's Halloween Pictures


GV's Halloween Pictures
So much eeevil in the room...

GV's Halloween Pictures
Smile!

GV's Halloween Pictures
Malefocent is putting a spell on you.

GV's Halloween Pictures
EEEEEYYYY!!!

Amy's Halloween Pictures
Doumbek fever, bitches.

Amy's Halloween Pictures


Amy's Halloween Pictures
Undergrad.. and rich daddy?

Amy's Halloween Pictures
Eep!

Amy's Halloween Pictures
More spell-casting!

Amy's Halloween Pictures
Do I play triples or belladi?

Joleen's Halloween Pictures
I may never wash my clothes again.

GV's Halloween Pictures
A clever costume, or just rolled out of bed?

Hidden Rocks, part II
Ah ha! David is a fearless mountaineer... or something.

Hidden Rocks, part II


Hidden Rocks, part II
Climbing, smearing, getting up the wall somehow.

Hidden Rocks, part II
George belaying again!

Hidden Rocks, part II
Dammit, put your hands on the rope.

Hidden Rocks, part II
The hat is required equipment.

Hidden Rocks, part II
Sexy pose!

Hidden Rocks, part II


George's Hidden Rocks Pics
Gloves for protection, or for hiding evidence?

George's Hidden Rocks Pics
Me and my tree.

George's Hidden Rocks Pics
Sexy lacy pose!

Swing dance!
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Getting political
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Christmas in NY
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Christmas in NY
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Christmas in NY
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Christmas in NY
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Christmas in NY
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VA Ren Faire
G'day! The Nickel Shakespeare Girls perform at the Virginia Renaissance Faire.

VA Ren Faire
Girl on girl Shakespeare in pants!

VA Ren Faire
The Queen's horse games

VA Ren Faire
Sir George gets ready for the next event.

VA Ren Faire
Gail and Dan get asked... er... taken onstage to do animal noises with Minstrel, Interrupted.

VA Ren Faire
"Feeeeeel your inner rooster!"

VA Ren Faire
Okay, there are elephants on farms?

VA Ren Faire


VA Ren Faire
My first henna!

Journey Down the Silk Road
My first time at a big belly dance event, with workshops galore! I love watching the kiddie class.

Journey Down the Silk Road
Learning to DOOM-DOOM-TE-KA-TEK from GV

Journey Down the Silk Road
That's right, I got Greg to join "Middle Eastern Dance for Manly Men." That's right, I win.

Journey Down the Silk Road
Gail showing off her new Voi skills

Journey Down the Silk Road
Pretty scarves!

Journey Down the Silk Road
Jeanine also learning Voi

Journey Down the Silk Road
Genevienve does some more acrobatic moves.

Gail's Bday
Yay wine.

Gail's Bday
Cool B&W photos from AJ's camera of us playing "Boxers or Briefs."

Gail's Bday


Vintage Virginia
Mmmm... wine.

Hornstockapalooza
Some boys can't handle the rain!

Flowers!
My cactus is flowering again!

Flowers!
Our sunflower, now at least 6 feet high, blooming in the backyard.

Wine and Music Festival
Back to Floyd, VA, for some wine and fun! Dan holds onto the girlie things while we're all in the porter-potties.

Wine and Music Festival
Mmmmmm... Market sandwiches!

Wine and Music Festival
Happy food time.

Wine and Music Festival
Eyeing Dan's Cheetos?

Wine and Music Festival
Upside-down GV!

Wine and Music Festival
How did I get up there?

Wine and Music Festival
Rock on.

Wine and Music Festival
I can see my house from here!

Wine and Music Festival
Okay, now everyone get in....

Wine and Music Festival
Try again...

Wine and Music Festival
Ah!

Wine and Music Festival
Hmmm... tasting wine is sophisticated...

Wine and Music Festival
Boo!

Wine and Music Festival
"So wine is made from.... grapes? Fascinating!"

Staten Island
Visiting family... and playing with cameras!

Staten Island
Me and Paul are like "peace, bro" and Steven just thinks we're ridiculous.

Staten Island
Never give Paul a camera.

Staten Island
Me and Mom, celebrating my 23rd birthday!

Staten Island
Family picture!

Staten Island
Steven and Mom

Staten Island
Paul and Mom

Columbus Zoo
At the Columbus Zoo, part I, ON MY BIRTHDAY! Rare white alligator.

Columbus Zoo
Feeding the Humboldt penguins.

Columbus Zoo
Mac, a silverback gorilla that showed the visitors who was boss.

Columbus Zoo
Bonobos playing. These great apes are the closest to humans genetically.

Columbus Zoo
Okapi, similar to giraffes and from central Africa.

Columbus Zoo
Greg and I take a picture with the "gorilla researcher."

Columbus Zoo
Some sugar water to feed the lorikeets.

Columbus Zoo
And he eats it all up!

Columbus Zoo
Another one joins in the feeding.

Columbus Zoo
And promptly, the first birds turns right around and pees on Greg. Luckily it ate nothing but sugar-water!

Incubus Concert
Greg holding my beer at the awesome concert on my birthday!

Incubus Concert
My second beer.... it was huge...

Incubus Concert
Incubus onstage!!!! Yes, those look like doumbeks to me.

Incubus Concert
The crowd getting into a cover song.

Incubus Concert
YAY!

Columbus Zoo
Part two of the Columbus zoo the next day... catching a cougar yawn. It was so hot that all the big cats were napping.

Columbus Zoo
A grey wolf pacing it's yard. Some idiot let his kid reach through the fence to pet it. Darwin award?

Columbus Zoo
Two young brown bear brothers.

Columbus Zoo
OMG Rhinoceros!

Columbus Zoo
Big pretty flowers at the entrance to the Asia exhibit.

Columbus Zoo
Fluffy, the largest snake in captivity. I wouldn't want to come across a 24-foot python in the wild.

Columbus Zoo
A flying fox, or the largest of the bats with a wingspan of up to 6 feet!

Columbus Zoo
A family of langurs. The orange tail sticking out belongs to the baby that is clinging to the mother.

Columbus Zoo
Female Asian elephants.

Columbus Zoo
Markhors, a type of Asian goat, and the babies are so tiny!

Columbus Zoo
Adult male markhor, with long, spiraling horns.

Columbus Zoo
Greg reaches WAY up to help the tigers!

Columbus Zoo
The sleeping Amur tigers.

Columbus Zoo
I played a lot with exposure timing in the aquarium, but the fish were too fast given the lighting!

Columbus Zoo
Stingray... Steve Irwin jokes need not apply.

Columbus Zoo
Gorgeous, HUGE manatees. These can weigh 2000 pounds!

Columbus Zoo
Gibbons were amazingly active, and their walk was almost upright! I have cool video of that somewhere...

Columbus Zoo
Fierce komodo dragon, the biggest lizards alive.

Columbus Zoo
Coming right for us!

Columbus Zoo
Greg and I by the water.

Columbus Zoo
Pretty afternoon view.

Columbus Zoo
In the Kangaroo garden. They could walk right up to you!

Columbus Zoo
Back to the gorillas, my favorite. This one licked the window any time a child came near.

Columbus Zoo
Colo, the first gorilla born in captivity back in 1956. Each gorilla has a name and personality that zookeepers know.

Columbus Zoo
Catching the leopard awake as we head out.

Dublin Irish Festival
Greg, proudly wearing his "World's Largest Jig" sticker.

Dublin Irish Festival
Me, after whiskey and a few beers... I love being Irish!

Dublin Irish Festival
The tent before Flogging Molly came onstage.

Hornstockapalooza
So glad Nicole took pics, I was too drunk to remember... The Villa girls back together!

Hornstockapalooza
Jackie and Nicole

Hornstockapalooza
Me and Jackie, my sister if I ever had one.

Hornstockapalooza
Eddie loves his girlies... awww

Hornstockapalooza
Nicole and her boyfriend

Hornstockapalooza
Danny and Jackie, the newly engaged couple. Smile, boy!

Hornstockapalooza
Jackie and Nicole

Hornstockapalooza
Nicole^2 + Jackie^2

Hornstockapalooza
Uh oh, I'm toast...

Hornstockapalooza
Eddie's trying to drown me... again. And we ARE the whitest people ever.

Hornstockapalooza
Chillin after the pool.

Luray Caverns
Because I don't have ENOUGH cave pictures... but, I found a new camera setting! A fallen piece made a huge noise!

Luray Caverns
Translucent draperies...

Luray Caverns
OMG it's Cthulu!

Luray Caverns
Luray Caverns

Luray Caverns
Mud flows...

Luray Caverns


Luray Caverns
The top is stalactites... the bottom is the stillest pond I've ever seen...

Luray Caverns


Luray Caverns


Luray Caverns
Eggs?

Luray Caverns
The ceiling is reaching out...

Luray Caverns


Luray Caverns


Luray Caverns
Hope that doesn't fall!

Luray Caverns
Wasabiiiiiiiiiiii

Back to skool...
Looks like Vader has had some fun while we were all gone...

Post-Quals Madness!
Done with our qualifiers and three weeks of studying hell... time to DRINK!

Post-Quals Madness!
Thanks, Ori

Post-Quals Madness!
That's it guys, last big test EVAR

Post-Quals Madness!
Meanwhile, the older kids decorate the House of GIN.

Post-Quals Madness!
Astronomers are full of hot air.

Post-Quals Madness!
Party with my visitor from Ohio!

Post-Quals Madness!
Joleen and Paul are ready to par-tay!

Post-Quals Madness!
Ladies night, and Joleen is taller?

Post-Quals Madness!
Happy party with fun decorations!

Post-Quals Madness!
DDR madness! Gail battles with a master.

Post-Quals Madness!
Rick and... Greg? That's a surprise!

Post-Quals Madness!
Ori and Jake show us how it's done.

Post-Quals Madness!
Dan is amazed by my awesome arrow-stepping.

Post-Quals Madness!
"What's the deeeeal!!!???"

Post-Quals Madness!
George brings some badass aura to the house.

Post-Quals Madness!
Sexy GV

Post-Quals Madness!
Oh noes!

Post-Quals Madness!
I have good reasons to smile!

Post-Quals Madness!
Joleen also playing hide-and-seek.

Post-Quals Madness!
Minty shots of goodness! And chocolate, and whipped cream, and hilarity...

Post-Quals Madness!
Neeeeeext!

Post-Quals Madness!
Jake takes it like a champ.

Post-Quals Madness!
Shiny?

Post-Quals Madness!
Overflow!

Post-Quals Madness!
Don't splooge...

Post-Quals Madness!
The fun keeps going!

Post-Quals Madness!
She almost loses it...

Post-Quals Madness!
Aaaand then she does...

Post-Quals Madness!
He can't hold it either!

Post-Quals Madness!
Aww it looks like vomit!

Post-Quals Madness!
Ori wants to prove his dance skills once more.

Post-Quals Madness!
Playing with balloooons!

Post-Quals Madness!
Time for TWISTER madness!

Post-Quals Madness!
Man-wich!

Post-Quals Madness!
Is there a player limit!

Post-Quals Madness!
I can almost reach!!

Post-Quals Madness!
We're a close department...

Post-Quals Madness!
More squishing...

Post-Quals Madness!
Headlock!

Post-Quals Madness!
I'm about to get owned...

Post-Quals Madness!
In the middle of the action...

Post-Quals Madness!
Where are their heads?

Post-Quals Madness!
Things get more compromising...

Post-Quals Madness!
Jew sandwich!

Post-Quals Madness!
GV misses her mouth by just a bit...

Post-Quals Madness!
"Face up" Twister!

Post-Quals Madness!
The best players in the room...

Post-Quals Madness!
They keep battling...

Post-Quals Madness!
The end!

Post-Quals Madness!
Money for the butt...

Post-Quals Madness!
Whoa!

Post-Quals Madness!
The decorations last almost as long as we do...

Gail's Kovo Pics
Gail and Dan as the cute, swing dancing couple for the Kovalenko Dinner.

Gail's Kovo Pics
Steph and Jarron

Kovalenko 2007
We astronomers clean up good.

Kovalenko 2007
Ladies looking sexy

Kovalenko 2007
Hey, boys, pay attention!

Kovalenko 2007
Jarron will own you

Kovalenko 2007
Awww, so much love!

Steve's Kovo Pics
Everyone mingles at the open bar.

Steve's Kovo Pics
Wow look ma! No hands!

Steve's Kovo Pics
Cheers!

Steve's Kovo Pics
Tolbert says it's food time...

Steve's Kovo Pics
Sean and Tia Matt

Steve's Kovo Pics
Marios, Ricardo, Molly, and Nate

Steve's Kovo Pics
Mark, Jodie, and Marios

Steve's Kovo Pics
David and Amy

Steve's Kovo Pics
George and Li

Steve's Kovo Pics
Greg and I at Ed's post-party

Steve's Kovo Pics
Mary and Mark, pre-wedding!

Gail's Kovo Pics
Jake and Angela and the new ring!

Steve's Kovo Pics
Woo hoo! We're so funny...

Gail's Kovo Pics
Post-party madness

Gail's Kovo Pics
Whaaaat did he say???

Gail's Kovo Pics
Isabelle and Pieter checking out the jello shots

St. Patty's Day
It ain't a party til Ori's in a skirt!

St. Patty's Day
Oh my, who brought the leprechaun?

St. Patty's Day
Joleen and Gail are feeling very Irish

St. Patty's Day
Let's hear a story!

Ori's St. Patty's Day
Ori and Sarah

Ori's St. Patty's Day
The boys cuddling AGAIN

Ori's St. Patty's Day
Irish Car BOMBS!

Ori's St. Patty's Day
Posing for the shots... haha, get it? Shots... it's funny.......

Ori's St. Patty's Day
I don't know... we were drunk...

Ori's St. Patty's Day
Andrew's interesting whiskey...

St. Patty's Day
Poetry time!

St. Patty's Day
As long as he doesn't fall down...

St. Patty's Day
More poetry from Paul.

Final Final
"I'm so happy I could FLY!!!!" Gail celebrates the end of our classes, FOREVER.

Final Final
We all celebrate with some rum, even Rood joins in!

Graduation
Everyone comes to Charlottesville for Graduation! I'm so little next to my "little" brothers...

Graduation
Steven, me, Mom, and Paul

Graduation
Awesomeness runs in the family.

Graduation
I clean up nice, but I don't know about this guy...

Graduation
Greg and his mom.

Graduation
Greg and his dad, and an awesome astronomy polo shirt!

Graduation
GN of GIN is gradimicating!

Graduation
So since Jarron went to France, Darth Vader took his place.

GV's Graduation Pics
Greg and Craig practice for their big moment.

GV's Graduation Pics
(GV's caption) Nicole's mom: "Don't grow up so fast!" Nicole and Greg: "Hey, not growing up was an option???"

GV's Graduation Pics
Cheng yu, Nicole, Ryan, and George waiting in the sun for the ceremony to start.

GV's Graduation Pics
Telling Mommy a secret!

GV's Graduation Pics
Looking silly together is always an option.

GV's Graduation Pics
Speaking of silly and walking...

GV's Graduation Pics
Everyone in the picture is confused - but Dan is the only one confused enough to be scratching someone ELSE'S head! (GV)

George's Graduation Pics
Masters class of 2007, almost all together!

George's Graduation Pics
He's cute. I think I'll keep him.

George's Graduation Pics
Gail looking smiley; Genevieve and Joleen taking pictures.

George's Graduation Pics
GV, Ori, Joleen, Ka Wah, random assorted families.... it's just one big party.

George's Graduation Pics
Cheng yu is excited to go!

George's Graduation Pics
Only at UVa do they actually hand you the traditional rolled up piece of paper!

George's Graduation Pics
David and Peter obviously didn't get their Ph.D's in "robe mechanics."

George's Graduation Pics
Ah, how we miss Rosie's jokes!

George's Graduation Pics
Masters recipients all lined up with their own silly robes.

Graduation
Hawley speaking at the ceremony.

Graduation
Diploma time! Note how we forget to face forward to pictures.

Graduation


Graduation
Okay, one turns around... yay!

Graduation
I think you forgot your hood...

Graduation
"The hero swishes his cape over his shoulder, proclaiming, 'I am ruler of active galaxies!'"

Graduation
Rosie looks all academical.

Graduation
Greg gets hoodified.

George's Graduation Pics
"Now I've got to put the silly hat back on..."

George's Graduation Pics
And Dr. Sivakoff is complete!

George's Graduation Pics
Steve hoods Peter after a bit of confusion.

George's Graduation Pics


George's Graduation Pics
Yay!

George's Graduation Pics
More yay!!

George's Graduation Pics
Craig and Greg

George's Graduation Pics
Xander joins the fun.

George's Graduation Pics
"Look! It says 'Master of the Universe.'"

George's Graduation Pics
Group photo time! Jennifer, Peter, Cheng yu, Greg, David, Gail, Vader/Jarron, me...

George's Graduation Pics
...and Xander!

Gail's Grad Pics
I'm not sure what we're doing, but we're happy, so who cares!

George's Graduation Pics
Gail, family, and that weird blond guy that hangs around her all the time.

George's Graduation Pics
The boys sat still through a whole ceremony, I'm so proud!

Gail's Grad Pics
Greg and the Gugliucci/Push's

Graduation
They really just wanted to see the stadium.

Graduation
Future ESPN anchors.

Graduation
Awww...

Graduation
Hmmm, I look studious, therefore I am.

Back to Skool
The pretty ladies on the first day of the last year of classes for the rest of their lives!

Back to Skool
A ginormous bug also moves into the big office one day...

/n00b/bash
It's the CS first-years' version of Nerd Bash... n00b bash at GIN's!

/n00b/bash
Mike needs a biiig drink for the biiig boy.

/n00b/bash
Pieter and Kris, chilling in the bean bags.

/n00b/bash
Kris seems to be getting along quite well with our penguin.

/n00b/bash
Steph and Jarron, crashing n00b bash!

/n00b/bash


/n00b/bash
Mike and the lovely hostess Isabelle, all tired out.

/n00b/bash
Hot dork chicks!

/n00b/bash
Astro corner

/n00b/bash
Getting knocked out quite unfairly by Spiegel! Don't worry, I got him back.

/n00b/bash
Peep-achu?

Labor Day in Ohio
Visiting Dr. Greg in his new house! Look, he's already cooking for me.

Labor Day in Ohio
Spice rack of DOOM

Labor Day in Ohio
Gail and Dan, er, wrestling?

Labor Day in Ohio
"No, we don't want no scrubs..."

Labor Day in Ohio
THE vanity, with pretty roses just for me!

Labor Day in Ohio
The book collection is reassembled. Can you believe this room was once pink and green?

Labor Day in Ohio
Hallway/living room... I think I took more pictures of his house than me own, cuz it's so pretty!

Labor Day in Ohio
Part of the living room, cool color scheme.

Labor Day in Ohio
Living room, including entertainment center.

Labor Day in Ohio
He still has that infernal blanket! But at least I can't see the logo...

Labor Day in Ohio
Dining room, chandelier sadly NOT floating.

Labor Day in Ohio
The kitchen, where the master does his work.

Labor Day in Ohio
Front of the house, with a pretty bench.

Labor Day in Ohio
Backyard, plus hammock

Labor Day in Ohio
Pretty flowers growing in the back. Must be nice to live next to a landscaper, eh?

Labor Day in Ohio
Okay, time to finally relax!

Ori's Party Pics
The astro kids party to welcome the newcomers and say farewell to Ori. Spiegel and the CS kids crash... Jew conspiracy?

Ori's Party Pics
Party on, boys... Dan, Jake, and David singing.

Ori's Party Pics
Jake wants YOU for the US Army

Ori's Party Pics
The rockettes partying out to Sinatra! Gail's friend Mary joins the insanity.

Ori's Party Pics
Amy and Sarah rocking out.

Ori's Party Pics
Molly looking pretty in her clothing finds from Paris!

Ori's Party Pics
Look! I'm an airplane! VVRRRRROOOOOMMM!!!11!

Ori's Party Pics
Overhead party shot, how did Ori get up there?

Ori's Party Pics
Camilla and Ryan are thugged out!

Ori's Party Pics
Sarah and George... how low can they go?

Ori's Party Pics
Too bad there's no video to put on Google this time!

Ori's Party Pics
The challenge from Molly and Amy

Ori's Party Pics
Jake putting on the mooooves

Ori's Party Pics
Oh yeah, Ori, we know who wears the pants...

Ori's Party Pics
Just siiiiinging in the rain...

Ori's Party Pics
Paul shows his party moves

Ori's Party Pics
Can't be a party without Spiegel!

Ori's Party Pics
Joleen also rocking out to the party.

Ori's Party Pics
David shows off his rock star moves

Ori's Party Pics
A romantic serenade? I think not...

Ori's Party Pics
Now THAT is romantic.

Ori's Party Pics
Can you tell which one is drunker?

Ori's Party Pics
Why does every party involve Ori pulling his pants way up??

Fall Picnic
Volleyball with the astro kids.

Fall Picnic


Fall Picnic
Everyone is enjoying the sunshiny day!

Fall Picnic
Kids EVERYWHERE!

Fall Picnic
Ori takes a break for the game to play all by himself...

Fall Picnic
I think he's trying to balance the ball on his back! There's also video of him succeeding (after innumerable tries)

Greg's Picnic Pics
Getting the pale kids all lathered up with sunscreen!

Greg's Picnic Pics
Awww, our astro boys, lounging in the sun.

Greg's Picnic Pics
Rolling down with lawn with Sophia!

Mythbuster's Night
Howard and me

Mythbuster's Night
Jake and Dan being cuddly... again

Mythbuster's Night
Jarron makes bagel pizzas in GV, Joleen, and Megan's kitchen.

Mythbuster's Night
Gail's itty, bitty kegstand!

Greg in San Fran
Awwww

Joleen's B-Day
Party in the House of GIN to celebrate the all-mighty Joleen! As usual, we crowd in the kitchen...

Joleen's B-Day
Glowing Yahoo! ice cube from Isabelle's conference.

Joleen's B-Day
The Queen

Joleen's B-Day
Megan, Kris, Joleen, and Spiegel

Joleen's B-Day
George, Pieter, and Isabelle

Joleen's B-Day
David and Amy

Joleen's B-Day
Spiegel decides he needs a haircut...

Joleen's B-Day
... so we get him a towel, a few shots...

Joleen's B-Day
... scissors...

Joleen's B-Day
... and Isabelle goes to town!

Joleen's B-Day
That's not terror on his face, it's joy.

Joleen's B-Day


Joleen's B-Day
Not bad!

Joleen's B-Day


Joleen's B-Day
Dan contemplates his own long locks...

Joleen's B-Day
Everyone looks like a giant from this angle.

Joleen's B-Day
Gail and a fuzzy goat puppet!

Joleen's B-Day
Steph goes RAWR!

Joleen's B-Day
I am the puppetmaster...

Joleen's B-Day
Then my camera died... but that gave me the excuse I needed to get a nicer one!

Gail's Cylon Pics
Okay, not REAL cylons, but Jarron and Steph are busy carving the pumpkin kind!

Gail's Cylon Pics
Gail works on a circuit to make the eyes light up.

Gail's Cylon Pics
George works on another one of the circuits.

Gail's Cylon Pics
I'm helpful! I, uh, entertain?

Gail's Cylon Pics
Dan and Mike are entertained by Halo2.

Gail's Cylon Pics
Isabelle carves up another toaster.

Gail's Cylon Pics
Paul goes to work with the soldering iron.

Gail's Cylon Pics
Scary!!

Greg's Halloween Pics
It was a crazy night about to begin, as those crazy astronomers got ready for TWO parties in one night.

Greg's Halloween Pics
Setting up a McCormick Observatory

Greg's Halloween Pics
Genevieve looking so cute as an 80s girl!

Greg's Halloween Pics
"Satine" and "Christian"

Greg's Halloween Pics
We all know Jake has reason to celebrate his Cardinals!

Greg's Halloween Pics
I'm ready for my number!

Greg's Halloween Pics
Howard puts Tux to shame as the coolest penguin ever.

Greg's Halloween Pics
Good thing Sean is not THAT kind of doctor!

Greg's Halloween Pics
Tia as the mad doctor's assistant

Greg's Halloween Pics
Gage quickly finds the Mars Rover to play with.

Greg's Halloween Pics
Remy and Gabriel, the newest astro-kid!

Greg's Halloween Pics
Kelsey helps Sophie to be the first person on Mars.

Greg's Halloween Pics
Satine has dreams of spaceflight?

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Sarah and Cheyenne, as the witch coven.

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
So... many... KIDS!

Greg's Halloween Pics
Cheney, and the guy he shot... scariest costume of the year!

Greg's Halloween Pics
Penguin suits of all kinds...

Greg's Halloween Pics
Craig and Molly as ancient Egyptian rulers... and no, they didn't plan that!

Greg's Halloween Pics
You know it's a party when a nerd and his fembot arrive!

Greg's Halloween Pics
Anne as a "cereal killer."

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
A tradition resurrected... Mummify the professor! Of course, Ed, the tallest one, volunteers...

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Of course, as a Pharoh, Craig should be used to this.

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Kelsey getting wrapped up by a post-doc and grad students!

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
And the winner is... Craig!

Greg's Halloween Pics
George (Death), Amy (Fiona), me, and Gail (Nerdbot) all ready for Party Number Two at GIN's!

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Danwik fixes a circuit in his "Nerdbot."

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Mary and Mark as Bond and Bond Girl!

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Oh my! David (Shrek) getting it on with a penguin?

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Hats off to the shiny couple.

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Brilliant decorating by Gail finding the finest artwork on plastic!

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Fiona and Shrek, post-greenifying.

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Finally, Jarron the Penguin Wrangler, comes to save the day!

Greg's Halloween Pics
Out still un-circuitified Cylon pumpkin greets party guests.

Greg's Halloween Pics
Mike checking out the VIKING KITTENS! (aka Steph and Isabelle)

Greg's Halloween Pics
Jake has a surprise for party-goers...

Greg's Halloween Pics
That hat was huge on me! Mike must have more brainmatter...

Greg's Halloween Pics
Viking kittens ATTACK!

Greg's Halloween Pics
Awww... but they can be so loveable.

Gail's Halloween Pics
Satine and Fiona.

Greg's Halloween Pics
Hottie hostesses cuddling.

Greg's Halloween Pics
Mike, in defiance of being "worst costume" becomes "Viking Mitch Hedburg"?

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Everybody DANCE!

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Gail, Dan, and Jake getting close and... nerdy?

Genevieve's Halloween Pics.jpg
The Nerdbot teaching the Nerd...

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Steph and Jarron grooving.

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Viking Kitten shall protect Viking Hedburg!

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Astro hotties showing their moves.

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Okay, I'm too tipsy to swing with a zombie (Rob.)

Genevieve's Halloween Pics
Dan chilling with Jason.

Greg's Halloween Pics
A souvenir for the morning!

Lucia's New York Pics
Jackie, Nicole, and I at an awesome bar on Staten Island.

Green Bank Class Trip
Scott, clad in hard-hat, shows us one of the Prime Focus Feeds for the GBT

Green Bank Class Trip
Jim explains the Purcell antenna.

Green Bank Class Trip
Hanging out at the Jansky replica!

Green Bank Class Trip


Green Bank Class Trip
And yes, it moves...

Green Bank Class Trip
Glan Langston talks about research at the 140-ft (now 43-m) polar mount telescope.

Green Bank Class Trip
It's built like a battleship!

Green Bank Class Trip
Not something you usually see at a radio telescope.

Green Bank Class Trip
The GBT from the 140-ft balcony.

Green Bank Class Trip
BIG GEAR... and Alok checks out his camera.

Green Bank Class Trip
Biggest ball bearing EVAR!

Green Bank Class Trip
More ship-like things...

Green Bank Class Trip
Lots and lots of machine oil pumping throughout the structure.

Green Bank Class Trip
Wiring to the receivers.

Green Bank Class Trip


Green Bank Class Trip
With Jim's directions, Alok and I found "Little Big Horn" the antenna used to do the original flux calibration of Cas A.

Green Bank Class Trip
Control building down the hill.

Green Bank Class Trip
Looking back up as I scoot down the hill, terrified of pointy plants!

Green Bank Class Trip
Then of course we find these in the building...

Green Bank Class Trip
Spooky!

Green Bank Class Trip
Looks pretty lonely...

Green Bank Class Trip
Back up the other side, which had a much clearer path!

Green Bank Class Trip
Alok stops for a picture.

Green Bank Class Trip
It was at one time at the right declination for Cas A.

Green Bank Class Trip
Poking around the front...

Green Bank Class Trip
Alok poses with the big structure.

Green Bank Class Trip
The day started off with terrible weather, now it was gorgeous!

Green Bank Class Trip
New PAPER correlator setup.

Green Bank Class Trip
And the good old laptop.

Green Bank Class Trip
Biking back very tired near sunset, I can't help but marvel at the 140-ft in use.

Green Bank Class Trip
160 MHz receiver in the museum, why didn't they see EoR!

Gail's GB Pics
All hail the mighty Reber.

Gail's GB Pics
Awesome transportation!

Gail's GB Pics
Jarron checking out the GBT.

X-Mas Decorating
Getting festive in the House of GIN.

X-Mas Decorating
Gail putting up lights... check out our AWESOME antlers!

X-Mas Decorating
Pretty...

X-Mas Decorating
Shiny...

X-Mas Decorating
Our tiny tree from Peter, with even tinier decorations! M&M Star Wars and Rudolph characters...

X-Mas Decorating
And the tree, all lit up.

X-Mas Decorating
Is it a good idea to hang a snowman over the fireplace?

X-Mas Decorating
Outside lights

X-Mas Decorating
It's what we reindeers call "dancing."

X-Mas Decorating
Rocked out for the holidays!

X-Mas Decorating
Can't forget the green and red candy.

X-Mas Decorating
Checking the window candles.

X-Mas Decorating
Gail's cute cross-stitch... hopefully it won't bring snow!

Jarron's B-Day
How many grad students does it take to figure out bowling?

Jarron's B-Day
GV knows how to make it work!

Jarron's B-Day
GV, Paul, and Isabelle show their mighty... might?

Jarron's B-Day
Astro-boys, George and Jake.

Jarron's B-Day
Steph and Jarron are so cute!

Jarron's B-Day
Steph p0wns Dan at bowling.

Christmas Parties
GIN's Christmas stockings. We've been good, we proooomise.

Gail's Christmas Pics
Gail and Dan sharing, or is that fighting over, food at the Christmas party.

Gail's Christmas Pics
Izzie and GV getting all girly!

Gail's Christmas Pics
Jarron being fed with goody goodness

Gail's Christmas Pics
Ladies ready to party!

Gail's Christmas Pics
This dude's mine!

Gail's Christmas Pics
Cozy!

Christmas Parties
Lovely ladies Gail, Joleen, and Genevieve getting all dolled up at Steph's pre-party.

Christmas Parties
Chocolate, strawberries, brie, champagne... it's a girlie night.

Christmas Parties
Steph getting Isabelle all ready to party.

Christmas Parties
Last minute decorations by Greg.

Christmas Parties
Pretty presents everywhere!

Gail's Christmas Pics
Mmmm, Joleen loooves her alcohol...

Gail's Christmas Pics
Santa lost his reindeer, Sexy and Hotness.

Gail's Christmas Pics
Christmas LOVE

Christmas Parties
Post-party madness at GIN's.

Christmas Parties
Jake and Paul full of cheer.

Christmas Parties
Gail's antlers give away her position behind George.

Christmas Parties
Greg's pretty fire.

Christmas Parties
Hanging out at Mary and Bary's "tacky sweater" Christmas party.

Christmas Parties
Paul looks like a deer in headlights, but Gail has the antlers!

Christmas Parties
Genevieve and her amazing sweater.

Christmas Parties
Gail and Joleen smile in their Christmas attire.

Christmas Parties
Party people.

Christmas Parties
The boys cuddle at a little post-party BSG.

Christmas Parties
Stunning professors.

Christmas Parties
Can they handle the astro-hotties?

Christmas Parties
Oh no, they can't.

Christmas Parties
We're smiling cuz we're DONE WITH FINALS!

Christmas Parties
Goodbye to the house of GIN... be back next year!

DC Zoo
After wedding dress shopping with Erin, Kelly, and Dan, we hit the National Zoo in DC. Giraffes are so beautiful!

DC Zoo
Dan lifting Erin to see the famous baby panda.

DC Zoo
Elephants are so cool

DC Zoo


DC Zoo
"Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't believe they exist!"

DC Zoo
Dan doing his best ape impression

DC Zoo


DC Zoo
Chillin' in a tree has to be fun.

DC Zoo
Alpha male stomping around... I see how we are related.

DC Zoo
Iguanas, mean but pretty

DC Zoo
Bearded dragon!

DC Zoo
Oh yes you are so cute I just want to take you home with me!

DC Zoo
Big turtle

PAPER in GB
Back to Green Bank West Virginia over the course of a few weeks to get PAPER-8 up and running!

PAPER in GB
Testing the correlator in the anechoic chamber

PAPER in GB
Getting rained out... but we still finished winding cable as it started! "Keepers Of Odd Knowledge"

PAPER in GB
Pretty flowers at the site while placing antennas

PAPER in GB
Sun setting behind 85-2, the furthest antenna in the old interferometer, and the closest telescope to us.

PAPER in GB
My favorite flower!

PAPER in GB
Don finds Bambi napping near antenna 1

PAPER in GB
Rich and Don getting started in the PAPER hut

PAPER in GB
Dan connectorizes the cables while the 8 antennas await placement

PAPER in GB
Dan, Chris Carilli, and I working on PAPER

PAPER in GB
Our cleverly placed receiver box (on the ladder) outside the screen box.

PAPER in GB
Setting up the correlator

PAPER in GB
View of the hut from antenna 5 (or 4). See my pickup!

PAPER in GB
I heart instrumentation!

PAPER in GB
Three days later... fringes... finally!!!

PAPER in GB
Celebrating Green Bank style with some bluegrass... The Brown Baggers!

PAPER in GB
Getting the camp counselors dancing the Virginia Reel.

PAPER in GB
Ron Maddelena and Sue Anne Heatherly on the dance floor

PAPER in GB
Don and I at the hut, sorely missing a porch

PAPER in GB
Aerial view from the 85-2

PAPER in GB
It was totally this guy's idea to climb up that rickety thing!

PAPER in GB
Looking up at the elevation gear on this old, old telescope.

PAPER in GB
Interferometry 201... also when Don goes off stream of consciousness and plans an entire project!

PAPER in GB
Don giving a tour to the Society of Amatuer Radio Astronomers, possibly the coolest group ever.

Astro Boys' Party
This is what happens when you bring a cake to a party with Dan and Rick...

Astro Boys' Party
Can't take him anywhere!

Astro Boys' Party


Astro Boys' Party
Jarron, Dan, and Jake celebrate finally moving into their house.

Astro Boys' Party
Kris and Megan

Astro Boys' Party
Jarron watches carefully as Gail and I pour out his Midori.

Astro Boys' Party
Jake and Rick getting their party on.

Astro Boys' Party
Dan's friend Alan and Cheng Yu hanging out

Astro Boys' Party
Sarah puts Ori in his place!

Astro Boys' Party
Dan, Jennifer, and Izzie

Astro Boys' Party
NiGail reunited!

Astro Boys' Party
Dan and Jennifer chatting it up

Astro Boys' Party
Izzie and Mike are so cute!

Astro Boys' Party
Ori entertaining the crowd

Astro Boys' Party
Singing to Molly

Astro Boys' Party
Steph and Mike partying

Astro Boys' Party


Astro Boys' Party
Show us your shimmy, Jake!

Astro Boys' Party
Some kind of weird dance by Dan... kids and their rap music...

Astro Boys' Party
The boys cuddling AGAIN!

Astro Boys' Party
And now that they live together...

Astro Boys' Party
Wheee!

Astro Boys' Party
I finally wrestle my camera back from Greg to snag a picture of him and Gail

Astro Boys' Party
Dance epidemic tonight!

Astro Boys' Party
The roomies cuddling...

Astro Boys' Party
Singing as the party gets hotter

Astro Boys' Party
Alot more dancing!

Astro Boys' Party
Chlling in the kitchen

Astro Boys' Party
Rick putting on the moves...

Astro Boys' Party
Ori starts to sing...

Astro Boys' Party
...With his back up boys...

Astro Boys' Party
...and they didn't start the fire.

Astro Boys' Party
5 seconds earlier, Jarron was on Dan's back.

Astro Boys' Party
More couch cuddling!

Astro Boys' Party
And more kitchen chilling... it's where the drinks are, after all.

Astro Boys' Party
Molly is living in Margaritaville!

Astro Boys' Party
MORE boys dancing...

Astro Boys' Party
Izzie attack!

Astro Boys' Party
Taking Dan right down

Astro Boys' Party
Wow... Jake is drunk and Dan is taking advantage of him?

Astro Boys' Party
Alan and Dan rocking out at the end of the night...

Jake's Party Pics
Ori writing on his own message board...

Jake's Party Pics
Gail, Molly, and Dan partying hard!

Jake's Party Pics
Steph and Izzie chillin'

Jake's Party Pics
Mike and beer?

Summer Student Trip to GB
Back to GB for some fun and observing! Jennifer hides behind her "adult energy drink."

Summer Student Trip to GB
A wet and rainy GBT climb for the Charlottesville students on Monday.

Summer Student Trip to GB
Pretty support structures

Summer Student Trip to GB
The weather was just awful the whole weekend. Good thing we weren't still putting together PAPER-8!

Summer Student Trip to GB
By the elevation axis

Summer Student Trip to GB
Helloooo down there!

Summer Student Trip to GB
It's like Spiderman came through...

Summer Student Trip to GB
Look, I'm becoming an instrumentation geek, taking pictures of the circuits that control the surface actuators.

Summer Student Trip to GB
Lots and lots of circuits...

Summer Student Trip to GB
Lightning obliterated this tree sometime between my visits.

Summer Student Trip to GB
Random horn antenna I found along the airstrip.

Summer Student Trip to GB
The solar burst monitor, looking picturesque.

Summer Student Trip to GB
Crazy clouds at the start of our run. Good thing we begin at L-band!

Summer Student Trip to GB
Everything is chill during the extragalactic HI project.

Summer Student Trip to GB
Scott setting up the pulsar project. "I am the spigot master!"

Summer Student Trip to GB
Chilling with Jim Braatz

Summer Student Trip to GB
Our diversion... Night Sky Monopoly!

Summer Student Trip to GB
Back around the morning side, trying to work the formaldehyde project with Jeff Mangum.

Summer Student Trip to GB
Claire and her balloon!

Summer Student Trip to GB
Foggy morning... Been awake for 22 hours now...

Summer Student Trip to GB
Beer and breakfast with Destry. If we never went to bed, it's not really to early for beer, is it?

Summer Student Trip to GB
"The soldiers" left over from a night of pool, ping pong, air hockey, and "Bandits," but alas, no Chuck Norris.

Summer Student Trip to GB
Jennifer's dog Bat caught napping in my bed. I think he got more sleep than I did!

Dan's Bday
Jake took his camera for Dan's birthday celebration, starting in the office! See MickeyJ26's Shutterfly for more

Dan's Bday
Jarron is contemplating... something?

Dan's Bday
Mini-golf!

Dan's Bday
Jake is getting ready to score

Dan's Bday
Now Danwik...

Dan's Bday
I got a hole in... four?

Dan's Bday
Greg poses

Dan's Bday
Chilling on the green

Dan's Bday
Greg is getting ready to win

Dan's Bday
Gail and Dan looking cute

Dan's Bday
"Look, I am mischievous"

Dan's Bday
And the cake wars begin!

Dan's Bday
Icky

Dan's Bday
Destry is so confused by us.

Wine and Music Festival
Gas break with Dan and Genevieve

Wine and Music Festival
The group having a good ol' time!

Wine and Music Festival
Ginormous flowers!

Wine and Music Festival
G looking cute as always over lunch

Wine and Music Festival
Guy on stilts... everyone is having a good time

Wine and Music Festival
Dan chillin'

Wine and Music Festival
Gail and Greg

Wine and Music Festival
G lying in the sun

Wine and Music Festival
Gail and Dan enjoying their cigars

Wine and Music Festival
The astro hotties

Wine and Music Festival
Dan, or Trogdor?

Wine and Music Festival
Greg in his throne

Wine and Music Festival
Lying in the shade

Wine and Music Festival
Fun with hammocks!

Wine and Music Festival
Our boys sitting in the shade

Wine and Music Festival
The big music stage

Wine and Music Festival
Gail in the hammock

Wine and Music Festival


Wine and Music Festival
Astro hotties swinging!

Wine and Music Festival
Give us a push, Dan!

Wine and Music Festival
WHEE!

Wine and Music Festival


Wine and Music Festival


Wine and Music Festival


Wine and Music Festival


Wine and Music Festival


Wine and Music Festival
Mmmm... pretty sun

Wine and Music Festival
Jamming in the car

Wine and Music Festival
And Dan is asleep through the whole thing!

Wine and Music Festival
Hawties!

Gail's Winery Pics
Chilli wine and Cheez-Wiz shots... hell yeah

Gail's Winery Pics
Time for the cigars...

Gail's Winery Pics
OMG, is that Greg.... RELAXING?!

Gail's Winery Pics
TROGDOR!

Greg's Winefest Pics
We are pretty flowers, too

Greg's Winefest Pics
Genevieve, Gail, and Dan selecting only the best wines

Greg's Winefest Pics
They can light each other's fire

Greg's Winefest Pics
Ladies is pimps, too

Greg's Winefest Pics
Look, it's the Fonz!

Greg's Winefest Pics
Greg jumps right between the girls...

Greg's Winefest Pics
Finally, a total group shot!

4th of July
Dan and his patriotic hat

4th of July
Chillin' in Joleen, Genevieve, and Megan's house

4th of July


4th of July


4th of July
Isabelle, Mike, and Gail are scheming...

4th of July


4th of July
Buuuh?

4th of July
Greg chugging the root beer... oh yeah

4th of July
Napping in the heat

4th of July
Explosions, anyone?

4th of July
Gotta love the astronomer-pyros

4th of July
At the park for the big show

4th of July
Erin and Bob, looking cute


Claire, Dan, and Gail

4th of July
Crazy light show for Gianinna and rick

4th of July
The cute couple

4th of July
Greg enjoying the sparklers

4th of July


4th of July


4th of July
Big fireworks!

4th of July


4th of July


4th of July


4th of July


4th of July


4th of July
Time to light our own fireworks!

Gail's 4th Pics
Playing the hat switch with Dan

Gail's 4th Pics
Rick taunts a sleeping Dan

Gail's 4th Pics
BUUUUHH???!!

Gail's 4th Pics
Party with the fireworks

Greg's 4th Pics
The group chilling on the field

Greg's 4th Pics
Me, being silly and fuzzy

Greg's 4th Pics
Failed group shot due to boob grabbage...

Greg's 4th Pics
If the lighting was better this picture would be adorable!

Nix's Bday
Nikkie and Danielle dancing in their newly matching outfits. Not shown: Our boy Jose.

Nix's Bday
PARTY IN JERSEEEEY

Nix's Bday
Jersey girls, Danielle, Nix, and Carlee

Nix's Bday
Sheri and Becky, looking cute! And luckily, cakeless...

Nix's Bday
Nikkie's big surprise... Paul showed up!

Nix's Bday
"It was fate that brought our friendship better... or was it beer?"

Nix's Bday
Drinks and friends...

Nix's Bday
Off to the beach the next day... sunny and beautiful.

Nix's Bday
Pretty ocean, oooh how I missed you!

Nix's Bday
Smiley Nikkie

Nix's Bday
Krys looks on as Chris gets his superhero thing on!

Barboursville
Looking contemplative among the ruins of Barboursville: me, George, Molly, and Dan.

Barboursville
Greg, aka cameraman, steps in

Moving!
Luckily Gail had her camera since mine was packed... Dan looks so cute in the big truck!

Moving!
Grr... Strong men and women

Moving!
Scraping tape off the floor... and hockey taunting.

Moving!
Still so much to do...

Moving!
... but our boys must rest!

Gail's Pics
Genevieve is so adorable!

Gail's Pics
Astro hotties

Gail's Camping
Girlies scrambling

Astro Peeps
Greg looks all spiffy for his defense... on Bastille Day!

Astro Peeps
Who wears the pants? Hoo-AH!

It's a date
;-)

Gail's GIN Pics
Gail looking cool with her cigar.

Gail's GIN Pics
Gin doesn't need lighters... we have torches!

Gail's GIN Pics
Lookie the cool double-wrapped cigars... yeah Staten Island barhopping...

Gail's GIN Pics
Dan tries to look as cool as the girls!

Gail's GIN Pics
Enjoying the new furniture

Gail's GIN Pics
Dan talks to Gail's boob... I don't know what he could be saying...

Gail's GIN Pics
Cuteness

Gail's GIN Pics
Whoa! More girl-on-girl stage kissing...

Gail's GIN Pics
Gail and Woo

Gail's GIN Pics
Something's funny

Gail's GIN Pics
All hail GIN

Gail's GIN Pics
Gail makes Greg dance!

Gail's GIN Pics
"C'mon and dance with me Felicia"

Gail's GIN Pics
Sometimes I just don't know what to do with him...

Gail's GIN Pics
Blah dee blah dee blaaah

Gail's GIN Pics
More cuteness in the house with Steph and Jarron!

Gail's GIN Pics
"We're gunna have a party!"

Gail's GIN Pics
Rick is... being Rick

Greg's GIN Pics
Jake goes for the yummy corn at Adrienne and Nate's party a few houses down.

Greg's GIN Pics
Isabelle puts the 'I' in G1N!

Greg's GIN Pics
And even more house cuteness

Greg's GIN Pics
Gail instructs the crowd on our lovely chili wine and cheez-wiz shots

Greg's GIN Pics
Everybody Drink!

Greg's GIN Pics
Party time

Greg's GIN Pics
More cigar pictures... are we really that interesting when smoking?

Greg's GIN Pics
Dave, Mike, and Greg... the Brandeis boys

Astro Peeps
NYERMMMM. PEN MISSILE!!!!

Swimming and Wine
The Astro kids go on a nice hike to a swimming hole, then tour some wineries, one fine afternoon in August.

Swimming and Wine
Suprisingly COLD water

Swimming and Wine
Waterfall that's just too narrow for a butt, as Rick found out.

Swimming and Wine
Rick in the air! Er, on a rope that is

Swimming and Wine
Who, me?

Swimming and Wine
Lots of skin

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
I just realized that's a very funny title for these pictures...

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics


Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
Bathing Beauties

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
Into the water from the rope...

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
Pretty...

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
Rick in the air!

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
Me Jane, you stupid.

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
Dan makes a, uh, graceful jump?

Swimming and Wine
:-)

Swimming and Wine
Back to the trail

Swimming and Wine


Swimming and Wine
Greg with his new hat

Swimming and Wine
First winery

Swimming and Wine


Swimming and Wine
Second winery, Stone Mt.

Swimming and Wine
Gorgeous views

Swimming and Wine
And gorgeous cabin!

Swimming and Wine
Dan and Gail

Swimming and Wine
Joleen and Greg

Swimming and Wine


Swimming and Wine
Gail and Dan... where is he looking?

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
Beautiful day at Stone Mountain

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
We win the cuteness game!

Swimming and Wine
Our DD

Swimming and Wine
Dan enjoys his own backseat

Swimming and Wine
Something you'll never see again... ghetto Greg!

Greg's Swimming-Wine Pics
Cool hot air balloon we saw from Starbucks

Dinner Party
Sultry Steph cooks a marvelous dinner, and Jarron diligently does the dishes

Picnic
Greg sets up a romantic picnic in the park :-)

Picnic
So much food! zzzzzzz......

Picnic
Relaxing

Picnic
The view above

Picnic
He's so cute

Picnic
My camera took this one upside-down, then turned it sideways...

Picnic
Pretty pond

Picnic
A little butterfly joins the party, and promptly tries to eat Greg's finger

Picnic


Picnic
It really, really likes him. (And who wouldn't!)

Dinner Party
Izzie, Steph, and Jarron relax after another amazing meal by Greggins

Dinner Party
Mike shows his West Siiiiide allegiance

Dinner Party
Greg prepares dessert

Dinner Party
Jarron being a pimp

Dinner Party


Dinner Party
Mike, trying to be a pimp

Dinner Party
Bananas foster!

Dinner Party
Relaxing after a long day...

Goodbye Grads
In honor of Greg, a root beer keg at the good-bye party for the new Ph.Ds at McCormick.

Goodbye Grads
Rick tried to teach Jeff and Ally a thing or... maybe just one thing.

Goodbye Grads
Xander looking adorable, it's his job.

Goodbye Grads
Riiiight before the headlock...

Goodbye Grads
David, Kris, and Mark acting all serious.

Goodbye Grads
Rub Howard's head for good computer luck!

Goodbye Grads
The Frinchaboys say good-bye to McCormick

Goodbye Grads
The Astro Kids, Tamara and Xander

Goodbye Grads
Professors making funny faces... tee hee

GIN's HOUSE
Our backyard with the lovely flowers planted by Isabelle

GIN's HOUSE
The living room, a very comfy place to hang out.

GIN's HOUSE
Our cool fireplace

GIN's HOUSE
Dining room + sectional from RON's

GIN's HOUSE
Kitchen... check out the really high cabinets!

GIN's HOUSE
Another corner of our kitchen, including cool wine rack.

GIN's HOUSE
I just love the floor...

GIN's HOUSE
Bedroom, with my first installation of a true bookshelf!

GIN's HOUSE
Curtains, bed, etc...

Veritas Starry Nights
The astronomers were out in force at the weekly night-time picnic at Veritas Winery. We need a wine holder like THAT...

Veritas Starry Nights
One of the more beautiful wineries of the area.

Veritas Starry Nights
Limited tastings and unlimited sales!

Veritas Starry Nights
Greg blushes as a smirking Jeff Bary presents him with a going-away present, in honor of softball.

Veritas Starry Nights
Still trying to win the cuteness contest...

Veritas Starry Nights
"Now it's our turn!"

Veritas Starry Nights
Oh, and Dan's version of "cuteness" destroys the whole thing...

Veritas Starry Nights
I'm not sure who took this photo, but I think that's Greg and I dancing by the bonfire...yes, once again, Greg + dancing

Moving...
Something like 18 people showed up to help Greg move. Few things are more touching, like Pinky + Brain sharing a butt

AAS meeting
So I dragged myself away from studying for one night to go to the AAS meeting in DC. Good times!

I Love 1986!
And I love Isabelle... Happy bday!

I Love 1986!
Everyone is in full 80s style for the night... the night before our qual...

I Love 1986!
Movie posters

I Love 1986!
And irony

I Love 1986!
Kelly finally gets Jarron in a party mood.

I Love 1986!
Hot chicks rocking the side ponytail

I Love 1986!
Isabell, Gail and me

Post-quals Madness
The first-years celebrate in style after the Saturday test.

Post-quals Madness
Champagne in the kitchen after the dreaded tests were over.

Post-quals Madness
Cabin! Yeah, first one in the hottub.

Post-quals Madness
So apparently it rained on my camera... but look at how many of us fit in that little hottub!

Post-quals Madness
Still rain in the camera... Jarron's looking for trouble...

Post-quals Madness
Boyz... Dan, Jake, and Jarron are bonding... again.

Post-quals Madness
Amy's living it up!

Post-quals Madness
Amy and David... awwww

Post-quals Madness
Someone runs into the frame... woo party!

Post-quals Madness
Gail, Joleen, and Megan

Post-quals Madness
Behold your noodley master!

Post-quals Madness
"Those are my boyz" and I have the cool hat! But Jarron is eyeing it up...

Post-quals Madness
Hanging out in a fog-swamped cabin...

Post-quals Madness
Mmmmm... breakfast!

Swing swing swing!
Genevieve and Joleen practicing their steps.

Swing swing swing!
Gail is simply a blur while dancing with this guy!

Swing swing swing!
Look at the cool swishy skirt!

Swing swing swing!
Cha cha cha with Gail and Jake

Swing swing swing!
We amuse ourselves on the sidelines, cuz the boy:girl ratio is quite low.

Swing swing swing!
Dancing with Jake, and my new fedora!

Swing swing swing!
west coast style all the way... yeah!

Valentines...Kovo that wasn't
Jason came to visit me finally! But the Kovo was cancelled for "snow," so we all went out. Happy Anniversary, babe.

Valentines...Kovo that wasn't
Dave and Joleen, and that sweet hat

Valentines...Kovo that wasn't
Oh boys... Jarron looks badass, Jake looks confused, and Jason looks way to excited... and there are too many J's!

Valentines...Kovo that wasn't
No, we have no idea who this guy was, but that was creepy...

Valentines...Kovo that wasn't
Dan, checking out Joleen's ass!

Valentines...Kovo that wasn't
A night out on the corner is never complete without Littlejohn's! Where hilarity continues to ensue...

Clockmaking
Look, we can take a 98-year-old clock apart!

Clockmaking
Now we have to put it back together...

Clockmaking
Uh, where does this go?

Clockmaking
Grad students = cheap labor.

Clockmaking
Shine, shine, shine...

Clockmaking
I feel like Kaylee

Clockmaking
We put it back together! Now if only we could close it and get it working again...

Swing!
Gail and her partner at the dance show

Swing!
The Swing Club at UVa

Swing!
Bob and Erin join the fun!

Swing!


Swing!
Bob and I dancing... that's sort of proof?

Swing!
The Shim Sham

IR Lab
Gail and I got to play with liquid nitrogen for a lab. What could possibly go wrong?

IR Lab
A rubber glove full of water, what will it do?

IR Lab
Crunch up and freeze!

IR Lab
Another victim is lined up...

IR Lab
So I dropped this one. Good thing for random big yellow tweezers!

IR Lab
Gail waits for the plastic to equilibrate with the lN2... and waits... and waits...

IR Lab
Instant ice!

IR Lab
More nitrogen boiling away on our table top.

IR Lab
This is what eventually came out of the glove. Instant freezing makes for some very opaque ice.

IR Lab
Now on to the real experiment, cryogens and vacuum... MILLITORR'D!

IR Lab
Gail is testing out the system.

IR Lab
Our originial copper-wrapped set up since we didn't have screw holes. It was the best idea we had, OKAY!

IR Lab
Ta da! Our prelim experiment.

IR Lab
Working on some small component...

IR Lab
iTunes an M&M's are crucial for a successful laboratory experience.

IR Lab
Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with exposed wires?

IR Lab
Teh new hottness, silver tape.

IR Lab
Trial one with the N2 in the dewar! We have yet to make it work...

Random
Dan and Isabelle, they could be twins! Er...

RCB
Jason and I were the hottest couple ever at the 2006 TKE Red Carnation Ball

RCB
Argyro will always be MY sweetheart, too!

RCB
Erb and the Monti

RCB
I heart my pseudo big brother!

RCB
Nikkie, the sexiest girl in the house! I can only aspire to be her hottness's wingman one day ;-)

RCB
What do you do when you get a drink? Get right back on the drink line with Jase and Corey!

RCB
Ah, the boys get the singing started with "Sweet Caroline," only this one ain't so sweet...

RCB
Slow dancing... Kelly gets a lift from her Chad, and Waco tries to follow suit!

RCB
Waco and new Kevin strut their stuff on the dance floor.

RCB
Argyro presenting her paddle to the brothers. She is so preeeettyyyyyy

RCB
Singing "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" to Kelly, the new sweetheart.

RCB
TKE on it's knees... that never gets old

RCB
Aww

RCB
Where's Jase-o?

RCB
Alumni doing "10 for TKE" and looking really old and sad (sorry boys!)

RCB
Girls vs. Boys.... you know what time it is...

RCB
Nick leads the boys in "By the Dashboard Light" another TKE favorite!

RCB
"Let me sleep on it"

RCB
"I gotta know right now!"

RCB
Bailey is in the air... now it's getting good.

RCB
Nikkie rocking oooouut

RCB
More Meatloaf... these boys really would do anything for love, or booty...

RCB
Singing...

RCB
Now Corey is in the air!

RCB
Second hottest couple, Joanna and Dave.

RCB
Joanna gives Erb some loving, too! He's like her son now, right?

RCB
Jason being a dork! Note, we're back on the drink line by this point...

RCB
Reunited!

RCB
Jase and Nix showing much love

RCB
Once again, my boy is an adorable dork.

RCB
And he finally behaves for a picture!

RCB
Nix smiling at the after party cuz she finally got Jase and I out of our room... ;-)

RCB
HALLWAY SITTING

RCB
Brett is always the party animal

RCB
Boys cheering with Garrett's Jack Daniels.

RCB
More people in the hallway

RCB
Beer pong!

RCB
Girly fun... are we drunk yet?

RCB
Jess and Nix

RCB
And Luigi will always be her Delty Dude... awwww

RCB
It's like freshman year, only I remember taking this one!

RCB
The cute Jersey couple

RCB
Camp Lyco class of 2005 reunion... Casey and Kris are reuniting alright...

RCB
Ouch

Nix's RCB
Nikkie and her date, Willy (Groper)

Nix's RCB
Jersey Monti and Nix!

Garrett's RCB
Cheers!

Nix's RCB
Oh, look at the pimp...

Kovo
Jase and I, pre-party!

Kovo
Peter, Jake, and Jason at Greg's post-party

Kovo
Dan joins the fun!

Kovo
Boys and beer and Gail!

Kovo
Jarron, Jason, and Dan love their Yuengling!

Kovo
Gail is so cute, she's like a little... bunny?

Kovo
And the boys are still partying with their beer!

Kovo
Then things start to get fuzzy...

Kovo
Aww, Genevieve and Joleen are getting ready to leave...

Kovo
Cute, babe...

Kovo
Party around Marios!

Kovo
Yeah, Yuengling, the star of the party

Kovo
Isabelle and Mike are SO cute!

Kovo
And thaaaat is just creepy!

Kovo
Cheers, boys!

Kovo
Oh noes! Greg does not want any blood on the carpet...

Kovo
And the girls are looking sexaaaay... all by themselves

Kovo
No, we are not sorority girls... there are thumbs in the way!

Izzie's Kovo
See, this is how the "thumb kiss" goes...

Kovo
C'mon, Dan, am I that scary?

Kovo
Mike and Gail getting cozy

Kovo
Pictures of pictures!

Kovo
Ricardo is amused

Kovo
I can't decide whether this is a GQ cover shot or if Dan's going to puke

Kovo
The boy rockettes!

Kovo
We are soo hot, and th youngest ones there!

Kovo
Dan's ass is always up for the grabbin'

Kovo
More rockettes action!

Kovo
When we start switching clothing, you know it's been a good night ;-)

Izzie's Kovo
Gail and her rockin boots

Izzie's Kovo
Hello ladies!

Izzie's Kovo
Grad students rule! And those adorable CS undergrads...

Izzie's Kovo
Drunk Boy and Amish Boy

Izzie's Kovo
"Tell me a story, Mommy..."

Izzie's Kovo
Sleepy boy

Izzie's Kovo
Compliments to Mike's picture

Izzie's Kovo
Pimpin out with Gail and Dan

Izzie's Kovo
One of the boys must have done somthing silly again...

Izzie's Kovo
"Those are mah boyyyyys"

Izzie's Kovo
Gail and Jase and something red

Izzie's Kovo
Rick and Giannina amidst the party people

Izzie's Kovo
And now for the sexy socks!

Izzie's Kovo
Marios is loving it all

Izzie's Kovo
Share the love...

Izzie's Kovo
More love...

Izzie's Kovo
Rock out with your... nevermind

Izzie's Kovo
Smile!

Genevieve's Kovo
Joleen, Jase, and Jarron hanging out at cocktail hour

Genevieve's Kovo
Peter and Greg, soon to be Ph.Ds!

Genevieve's Kovo
Amy and David, the cutest couple in astronomy!

Genevieve's Kovo
Those crazy boyz: Dan, Nate, Jarron, Cheng yu

Genevieve's Kovo
NiGail

Genevieve's Kovo
Jarron says hi to TJ

Genevieve's Kovo
First years rock!

Genevieve's Kovo
TJ getting action... who let these astronomers in the Rotunda?

Genevieve's Kovo
David looks so spiffy

Genevieve's Kovo
Jake and TJ go waaay back...

Genevieve's Kovo
The ever amazing Molly! And Danwik

Genevieve's Kovo
More astro hottie goodness

More Kovo
Anyone remember whose pictures these are? Anyway, Rick is getting thrown around his own place...

More Kovo
Oh those boys...

More Kovo
PROOF THAT JASON CAN DANCE!

More Kovo
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta...

Steve's class
Yay, Steve actually likes us!

The Clock Finale
Jarron, in the frustration of the end of the semester, puts the clock back together, once and for all...

FMO Picnic
Jake and Genevieve are busy applying sunscreen

FMO Picnic
I didn't get many pictures since I spent most of the picnic sleeping in the sun, but this soccer pic is amusing...

FMO Picnic
Izzie and our manservant, Mike

IR Observing
Mike's not in town? Let's go observing anyway! Gail is finding one of our infrared filters.

IR Observing
Are the boys... a) observing? b) looking for targets? c) Googling alien autopsy photos? You decide...

IR Observing
Look, I changed the filter! I help-ed!

IR Observing
Moving the telescope...

IR Observing
And a mightly fine telescope it is!

IR Observing
Dan is trying to be useful...

IR Observing
Ori has just about had it by 3am and is ready for a nap. Nap, TA, nap!!

IR Observing
Now we let Dan press a button.

IR Observing
Finally, we test out a new way of taking flats inside this particular dome, the old screen-technique.

IR Observing
Is this flat yet?

IR Observing
We have a visitor!

IR Observing
How many astronomers does it take...

Lyco Graduation
Look at the kids all dressed up in their robes! Awww... I heart Sarah and Jase.

Lyco Graduation
Here I am, a year later...

Lyco Graduation
Josie is teh hottness!

Lyco Graduation
Lots of people on a nice sunny day

Lyco Graduation
Jase getting his diploma

Lyco Graduation
Sarah getting her diploma

Lyco Graduation
More people

Lyco Graduation
A succession of 5-year comp sci majors, Bob, Sean, and Jase!

G's Karaoke Pics
Genevieve was the camera-woman at our first karaoke outing... And I think Molly won!

G's Karaoke Pics
Me and Gail and a bottle makes three...

G's Karaoke Pics
With dancing!

G's Karaoke Pics
Dave and Joleen

G's Bday Pics
Happy B-day Genevieve!

G's Bday Pics
Kris has a mischievous look about him...

G's Bday Pics
Party around the chocolate fountain!

G's Bday Pics
I don't know how we get talked into these things...

G's Bday Pics
Joleen is double fisting!

G's Bday Pics
Jake does not yet realize that his drink is loaded!

G's Bday Pics
And here's the reason why!

G's Bday Pics
If we had bigger boobs, this would have been one hell of a cleavage shot!

G's Bday Pics
Mini-dance party spontaneously breaks out

G's Bday Pics
Man lovin

G's Bday Pics
Party in the... kitchen?

G's Bday Pics
More man lovin

G's Bday Pics
It's Mardi Gras all over again!

G's Bday Pics
Joleen is such a happy drunk

G's Bday Pics
Dan looks like a midget next to Mike in this one...

G's Bday Pics
It's a.. it's a... don't say it...

G's Bday Pics
Yet more man lovin...

G's Bday Pics
Oh for the love of god!!!!! They are almost as bad as TKE....

Green Bank
Rich and Chaitali in PAPER's new home!

Green Bank
"We're in the boonies, even for Green Bank."

Green Bank
Our cool diesel truck and surveying equipment.

Green Bank
All the way out by the 85-2 antenna.

Camping
Camping and hiking weekend with the astro kids!

Camping
Mmmmm fire and brats...

Camping


Camping
Chilling by the campfire with Elvis

Camping
Ooo pretty...

Camping
Dan, my feet, Izzie and Mike

Camping
Good ol' astro-boy-lovin' with Dan, Jake, and Scott!

Camping
More pretty fire...

Camping
David and Amy jamming to the beat the morning before a hike

Camping
Lounging on the pavement?

Camping
"Dance, boy!"

Camping


Camping


Camping
More dancing and frolicking in the woods.

Camping
To a rocky summit

Camping
Greg at the top

Camping
Oooo pretty views...

Camping


Camping
Eating lunch and enjoying the sun

Camping


Camping
Flowers on the next hike

Camping
And flowers juuust about to bloom

Camping
More mountain views. I scrambled to the top of some cool boulders to get these!

Camping


Camping


Camping


Camping


Camping
Taking a rest

Camping


Camping


Camping


Camping
Manly men

Camping
Helloooo down there!

Camping
Cool neon bug

Camping


Camping
We're off to see the wizard...

Graduation
The astro kids get their M.S. degrees!

At the Office
Jarron is sleepy after all his weekend driving.

Moving in...
Ah! Dave is already, uh, gracing the apartment with his presence.

Moving in...
And now he's gracing his roomate...

Moving in...
Da roomies!

To the Cell!
The girls of East 4th St. are ready for a night on the town!

Campus Carnival
Wait, that's not a carney, that's Fisher!

Campus Carnival
The SPS set-up...

Campus Carnival
Matt, the anti-physics major, showing off the new piercings.

Campus Carnival
Novak poses with his weapon of choice.

Campus Carnival
Uh, thanks alot, Tim!

Campus Carnival
And Erickson hits a pizza!

Campus Carnival
Okay, try again...

In the apartment...
This is a familiar scene, Jason attacking Lori!

In the apartment...
The Wall of Alcohol, v.2!

SPS Picnic
Yeah, Kris, spill that soda, girl!

SPS Picnic
Brandon takes over the job of grill master.

In the apartment...
Your welcome, Nix!

In the apartment...
Random cool bowl of candy.

Halloween 2004
The ladies are ready to party! (See Josh's website for more pics... tacticalignorance.com)

Halloween 2004
Party Boy, scary as ever...

Halloween 2004
Nix's is the queen, I'm sorry, GODDESS of the party.

Halloween 2004
Lori, are you making trouble?

Halloween 2004
Naaaah, we're all innocent, right?

Halloween 2004
Lori showing her stuff! She and Erin were also the "hat whores..."

In the apartment...
The GREAT MOUNTAIN OF TeePeeee

Halloween 2004
SPS Halloween party in the Plane'arium! Karen and Bobbie are the newest SPS chicas.

Halloween 2004
The pros are at the card table.

Halloween 2004
OoooOOOooo, cool decorations!

Halloween 2004
It is TIME for the annual TP the prof contest!

Halloween 2004
The girls team up with Fisher...

Halloween 2004
...while the boys cover Erickson.

Halloween 2004
Er, they try to cover him!

Halloween 2004
Mummifying DGF

Halloween 2004
Whoa guys, what are ya doing?

Halloween 2004
Get his face!

Halloween 2004
Lauren dances the TP around.

Halloween 2004
Erickson looks a little discombobulated...

Halloween 2004
And the winners are, the girls!

Halloween 2004
ROOOOAR!

Halloween 2004
Whoa, that's scary.

Halloween 2004
And look at the waste! Tisk, tisk...

Halloween 2004
Twister!

Halloween 2004
Can we work the spinor, I mean, spinner?

Halloween 2004
Ow

Halloween 2004
Still going...

Halloween 2004
Jerrebe vs. Novak...

Halloween 2004
Keep going!

Halloween 2004
Ouch!

Halloween 2004
Our resident cowboy watches from the side.

Halloween 2004
Group shot! With relativity above...

Halloween 2004
Other group shot!

Halloween 2004
Hot shit

Snow!
Ok, flurries, but still...

VSA
Fisher's ready to go to the Very Small Array!

VSA
Dr. Shuch finds the sun!

VSA
SRT's big brother

VSA
The array, cleverly hidden.

VSA


VSA


VSA
Look, coffee can receivers!

VSA


VSA
The control room.

NYC Museum
Ooooh, cool whale and squid.

NYC Museum
The Hayden Planetarium!

NYC Museum
We couldn't see all of the Rose Center because of an upcoming party.

NYC Museum
Oooooo.... ahhhhh......

In the apartment...
BOOBIES!

In the apartment...
Lori attacking Jason... he probably deserved it.

In the apartment...
Oh no! Now Ryan is ganging up on her too!

In the apartment...
First accumuation of snow! I made myself late to class taking this. Then again, I'm ALWAYS late to class.

In the apartment...
The Wall of Alcohol continues!

In the apartment...
Awww, cuddly roomies!

Christmas Party
Sarah in the pong tournament!

Christmas Party
Susan and Cockley eagerly watch their cups...

Christmas Party
She friggin' pliees when she throws!

Christmas Party
Novak and Drew watch to see who their next opponent will be...

Christmas Party
The table looked like this for 20 minutes!

Christmas Party
Drew, Novak, and Steve, getting up close and personal.

Christmas Party
Sarah, on a chair, just like old times!

Christmas Party
Yay!

Christmas Party
Pretty decorations...

Christmas Party
Have you practiced your game lately? It was a fun and hectic night. Thanks for a great time, guys!

Sicilian Santa
Aww, it's Mr. and Mrs. Claus, aka Dave and Joanna!

Sicilian Santa
I congratualte my friend on the epitome of his college career.

Sicilian Santa
Whoa, bad Santa!

Sicilian Santa
B-rad is looking sharp in his Pjs. Rock on, Santa!

Sicilian Santa
"I want a tractor to ride, and a horsie to ride, and a cowboy to ride!"

Sicilian Santa
Lori was definitely forced into this picture.

First sight!
Our first glimpse of the Green Bank Telescope while driving through the boonies.

85-foot Dish
These three dishes can be used separately or used together for interferometry.

The Green Bank Telescope
The GBT from the visitor center, facing away.

The 140-ft dish
We can buy it for the low price of a quarter of a million dollars!

GBT - close up
That's one huuuuge bi--- You get the point...

Subreflector and Receiver
You can imagine that we wanted to go up there.

SPSers
That would have been a good shot had it not covered over Erin. Sorry hun!

GBT - 100m Dish Diameter
This is the largest fuly steerable radio telescope in the world.l

Grote Reber's Historic Telescope
On display back at the visitor center. There was also a Jansky replica.

GBT
Now facing the visitor center. You can't miss it from wherever you are.

Jansky Building
Where the telescopes are controlled and astronomers can observe.

Here's our toy!
The 40-ft dish is used by student groups, such as us.

Our tour guide Sue Ann...
...and the equipment we'll use to run the telescope.

Knobs and Strip Charts!
Erin and I prepare to do 21-cm spectroscopy.

Matt and Steve
Rocking out in our very own diesel truck! (These are used to cut down RFI.)

Back to the 140-ft
The largest equitorial mount radio telescope in the world. Too bad it's inactive.

On a self-guided tour
Even this "little" guy is huge!

Base of the 140-ft...
...and the GBT in the background. Bobby's taking some great pictures for class.

The 140-ft dish
Can we hit up Dean Piper to recommission this thing?

Matt and Steve find "stuff"
You can't take these guys anywhere!

The Diesel
Looked like a friggin' hearse! We later exchanged it for one with a working headlight.

85 and 40-ft from the truck
Still on our self-guided tour. Later we biked to all of the telescopes.

Bob's in his glory!
The diesel was a beast, and he loved it. Boys and their toys...

A field of little RFI testers
And yes, that IS an SRT in there!

In the valley...
A nice view of the bigger toys!

The Robert C. Byrd GBT
...again. It was named after the Congressman who helped secure its funding.

Erin and Fisher
You have to look way up to see the thing. Cute pink bike, Erin!

Now probably a warehouse...
This the the building above which the 300-ft telescope stood before it collapsed

No more debris left...
...but this field was full of souvenirs from the fallen 'scope for years.

Sexaaaay!
Matt and Bobby take advantage of the community bathrooms to pose for the ladies.

Matt's crazy...
He is outside the van. While it is moving. At night. And Bob didn't know it!

Steve's Masterpiece
Left as a legacy in the 40-ft control room! We observed well into the night.

Team Diesel
Ian helps the group set up for a spectroscopic observation of 3C 279.

Observing, old-school style!
The strip chart runs Team Diesel's data and shows my 3C 273 continuum data.

Observing the Radio Sky
YAAAAAAAY! (Steve's Crank Yankers impression...)

GBT Control Room
We got to see where all the action happens. Thanks for a great trip, guys!

My first apartment!
You know, that isn't college-owned. Anyway, the first room I finished was the bathroom, with the cool beach theme!

My first apartment!
I still have lots and lots of books...

My first apartment!
Now this I am proud of, I put this desk and chair together all by myself.

My first apartment!
My queen-sized bed! This is why I work, not only cuz I love astronomy, but so I can finally afford cool stuff.

My first apartment!
Here is our kitchen. This I share with three other very nice grad students. Now I have to learn to cook for real.

My first apartment!
I think our living room is quite pretty! All of this furniture comes with the apartment as part of the rent.

My first apartment!
Living room and kitchen from the other side.

Visiting Jase
Sooo cute!

Green Bank
So I made it back to Green Bank for my first observing run! And yes, they really were hunting that week.

Green Bank
Used by the military for early VLBI. Should be out of commission, but still kinda hums.

Green Bank
Ah, how far I've come... the GBT in the background with the 40-ft student telescope in the foreground.

Green Bank
Oooooh... aaahhhh.... it's a behemouth!

Green Bank
From where the 300-ft stood, you know, before it collapsed.

Green Bank
85-2 looked like it was going to fall over! Actually it appears someone was slewing it through the week.

Green Bank


Green Bank
An element of PAPER-4, an EoR detection prototype. And looks, its growing flowers!

Green Bank
85-1... I think it was used by Frank Drake for early SETI experiments.

Green Bank
My preferred mode of transportation for the week.

Green Bank
Pretty sunset from the visitor center.

Green Bank
Yup, that's Grote Reber's telescope, painted all patriotic.

Green Bank
And this little guy was used to discover HI!

Green Bank
More SETI stuff... a tribute to the Drake "equation" which was dicussed in Green Bank...

Green Bank
In this very room, the astronomers' lounge.

Green Bank
The 140-ft, actually being slewed around on Tuesday.

Green Bank
Going up the GBT! Here I'm right next to the elevation bearing.

Green Bank
Jim, my advisor, with the dish in the background.

Green Bank
Yay astronomer-tourist!

Green Bank
The receivers

Green Bank
The other ends of the feed horns, with these crazy snake-looking blowers.

Green Bank
The subreflector overheard, all 8-m in diameter.

Green Bank
Peeking over the edge of the primary to look at the surrounding mountains.

Green Bank
More astronomer tourism... And yes, that IS the 2004 Socorro REU t-shirt!

Green Bank
"Oooo this is hiiigh up!"

Green Bank
Shadow of the arm on the dish.

Green Bank
Prime focus receiver, all tucked away.

Green Bank
View of Green Bank... see, 85-2 moved again!

Green Bank
A looong way back down...

Green Bank
The GBT actually taking MY data!

Green Bank
The observer's desk. Four screens is still not enough for me!

Green Bank
Jim wanted me to put a maser spectra on the screen behind me, but the noisy one was more appropriate with our luck!

Fan Mt. Public Night
C-Ville Astro Society setting up for public night.

Fan Mt. Public Night
Pretty...

Fan Mt. Public Night
Blue balls in astronomy?

Fan Mt. Public Night


Fan Mt. Public Night
Howard "The Enforcer"

Fan Mt. Public Night
Genevieve and Jeff

Halloween Party!
Jake and Angela are ready to party!

Halloween Party!
... but then they get attacked...

Halloween Party!
Yay!

Halloween Party!
Too much time in prison?

Halloween Party!


Halloween Party!
Ori shows us how it's done

Halloween Party!
Partying nerds...

Halloween Party!


Halloween Party!
"I'm not going to jail! I'll never go back!"

Halloween Party!
This girl WILL kick you ass! (I heart Isabelle)

Halloween Party!
David and Amy, totally badass

Halloween Party!
First years rock!

Halloween Party!
Lots of cool swing dance shots with the masters, Angela and Jake!

Halloween Party!


Halloween Party!


Halloween Party!


Halloween Party!
Jarron and Joleen heart George Lucas...

Halloween Party!
ACME Fun!

Halloween Party!
The Princess Die-aries?

Halloween Party!
Roomie love with Joleen, Genevieve, and Meghan!

Halloween Party!
The Venga bus is coming?

Halloween Party!
Cute!

Halloween Party!
Craig Sarazin... with udders?

Halloween Party!
Who's the guy?

Halloween Party!
Jake and Angela... swing swing swing!

Halloween TelObs
Wile E. Coyote, John Cleese, guy from COPS, and Indiana Jones give the Astro kids a run for their money!

Halloween by Genevieve
Optics astro hotties!

Halloween by Genevieve
"I'm afriad my walk has become rather sillier lately." John Cleese is my hero...

Halloween by Dan
Jake's expression is priceless...

Astr511
We are the the most badass observing group ever!

Thanksgiving Break
I love when boys make me breakfast...

Thanksgiving Break
Steven and Paul setting up the tree... piece by piece...

Thanksgiving Break
Make it look real guys!

Thanksgiving Break
Just a few more inches before he towers over the tree!

Thanksgiving Break
TaDa!

Winter in C-Ville
The first snow fell so lightly, that it just stuck to everything!

Winter in C-Ville


Winter in C-Ville


Winter in C-Ville


Office Fun
Gail and I brought some B-day cheer to Jarron during finals week. We're just going out for one drink, I swear...

Office Fun
Heh

Finals Party by Jarron
Conga line through Ash Tree at 3am! Yes, that's snow on the ground. Yes, I'm in a tank top. No, I'm not cold!

Office Fun by Jarron
Gail and I say goodbye and farewell to our first semester of graduate school in our basement office. Good tiiiimes!

Christmas Party
Bob and Erin dancing... aren't they cuuute! Okay, now we say, goodbye Fall 2005!

The Hyatt Regency in Atlanta
This place was huge! Here is looking up from the lobby...

Still not sure what this was...
But it looked pretty cool over the bar area.

The Glass Elevators
Angela and I had fun on that! Especially when it went through the roof...

Erin, my Lyco connection!
In her "Dagny suit," Erin shows off her work on cataclysmic variables.

Angela
She did an awesome atmospheric project at Haystack, but here she shows off her work from the University of Illinois.

Phil's poster
LOFAR calibration, and right across from the LOFAR booth!

Neil's poster
Again in the LOFAR corner, the high-frequency antenna design.

Amanda's poster
The future of VLBI...e-VLBI!

Jody and the LOFAR booth
Also known as Haystack's home base for the meeting. Do you see the kangaroo?

J-LoFAR
Astronomy humor...

Doug being anal retentive...
The LOFAR post-it notes had to be juuuuuust right...

Angela chilling in the room
The were small, but nicely done. And being on the 15th floor was cool.

Amanda in the room
Still working on unpacking!

Our view was limited...
...but cool if you like skyscrapers! The sky reflects nicely in the Mariott at center.

Early morning...
The rising sun made for a pretty display of colors.

More fun light patterns...
So, it was early and I was bored.

Me, my poster,...
...and my "Willy Wonka" suit! (Thanks, RB.)

Our two part poster presentation
It's great when your mentor is the coolest in the business! Jody and I even matched the poster colors!

BOO!
RB being his wacky self! What would that REU have been without him...

RB's true passion...


So many posters, so little time!
This is just half of one row of 3 (each with two sides.)

RB and Jody
Ever dedicated to the LOFAR booth!

Amanda talking to her boy...
Awwww! Calling the boyfriends wasn't easy with the crappy cell connections inside the hotel.

Jody, we see you!
Angela and I spotted Jody while running around the third floor in our PJs.

Phil and his computer...
...which later became our "Family Guy" viewing machine.

Neil and the boys' cool room
Sorry it's fuzzy...I was still new with this camera!

Had so much fun, we slept over!
Angela and Neil. Angela and I had to scurry back to the room in our PJs in the morning! Through the lobby...

Doug, Phil, and my spot
Somehow the three of us didn't kick each other off the bed that night!

Doug making his move on Phil...


Yeah baby! Yeah!


The view that morning...
The guys had a bigger room, a better view, and got to ride the glass elevators every day! Dammit...

Hanging with Mr. Albert
The AAS REUers minus Amanda, posing with one of the greats.

Einstein's words of wisdom


Haystack's Angels
Jody and I prove, once again, that we are the coolest chicks there.

Doug, Al, and Leslie
Leslie is one of Doug's professors at Conn College.

The center aisle
Lots of corporations, observatories, and NASA missions had cool information booths and gave out free stuff.

LOFAR High Frequency antenna
Note the important improvement discovered in Atlanta. Thanks for an awesome time guys, and a great opportunity!

Whoa Party...
A little shady, but interesting... a party announcement at the undergrad reception!

Only in San Diego...
Wait, the ground gets wet when it rains? GASP!

Lots of astronomers...
...lots of chairs.

San Diego Flooding
The first floor of a parking garage gone!

So we're not the only ones...
And with lots more data, they don't know if it's a CSO either!

Weird...
One of the handles is backwards. It was funny at the time...

BLIMP!
It was remote controlled too.

Posters
Astronomers have quite a sense of humor.

Bier de Mars
Yeah, Kelley, Mars rocks!

Socorro Reunion
Yancy hearts alcohol

Socorro Reunion
Addie and Christine

Socorro Reunion
B-52s from the barmaster.

Socorro Reunion
Lighting the Bacardi 151...

Socorro Reunion
Hooray blue flames.

Socorro Reunion
Just chillin'

Socorro Reunion
We dragged some innocents into our party ;-)

Socorro Reunion
That freaky blue chick was everywhere! Jana just couldn't take it any more.

Posters
Addie and the S-Z effect

San Diego Flooding
An underwater golf course!

San Diego Flooding
And there goes the neighborhood...

San Diego Flooding
Astronomers wading to lunch.

San Diego Flooding
Go, accordian bus, go!

San Diego Flooding
Hey, it's better than the freezing midwest.

San Diego Flooding
Yeah, we're too cool for the shuttle across the water.

Downtown
Addie and her Porcupine Mountains on the trolley.

Downtown
The girls and their bindhis after an awesome dinner at an Indian restaurant.

Pretty CA
Finally, the sun came out, and we could enjoy the cool SoCal vegetation.

Pretty CA


Pretty CA
Palm trees towering near the hotel tower

Posters
CSOs rock!

Posters
Jana and star formation

Posters
Kirstin cracked SS433!

Posters
Jerrebe and dwarf galaxies

Posters
The huge NRAO booth... what an awful waste of space!

Posters
Ben, you're such a BOY

Posters
Okay, and pulsars

Posters
Chun and M87

Swimming in January!
Okay, we cheated, the pool WAS heated.

Flight
Cool pics from the plane between Denver and Newark.

Flight


Flight


Flight

At the apartment...
V-day flowers from Jase!

Back to skool...
Aww, now Jason's becoming gay like his roomie!

Erin's colloquium
Say cheese before the big talk!

Erin's colloquium


Erin's colloquium
Finishing with a bang...

At the apartment...
After an epic battle, Lori retreats to safety.

At the apartment...
Erin's just glad there's no blood on the carpet!

At the apartment...
Bob comes over for a Moulin Rouge night to remember... or forget if you were drunk enough.

At the apartment...
But Sarah, Jason, and Lori mean business.

Spring Break
Sorry Erin, Monti also violated your computer while you were away.

Spring Break
Aww! It's like writing in the sand, only it's fucking freezing.

Spring Break
Getting toasty back in the apartment after a romp in the snow.

Spring Break
Look! Monti violated my box!

Spring Break
EW... we finally cleaned out the fridge. This was Monti's favorite.

Spring Break
What's a vacation without a pregnant walrus on your couch?

Girls' night in
Erin and I went a lil crazy with our semi-perm dye.

Girls' night in
Erin's a redhead!

Girls' night in
And I'm reddish...

At the apartment...
Epic battle beginning?

At the apartment...
What can we do with extra JPs tinfoil?

At the apartment...
Crazy space hats!

At the apartment...
I am queen of the Reynold's Wrap

TKE RCB


TKE RCB
The Acacia Club balcony is great for "TKEs acting weird" pics

TKE RCB
Brett!

TKE RCB
Brett and Argyro, the true Belle of the Ball...

TKE RCB
Yup, and Tim has a Spiderman tie

TKE RCB
Air keyboard!

TKE RCB
Tom as Michael Jackson... need I say more?

TKE RCB
Argyro and Kristina cuddle up with Bailey!

TKE RCB
Nick serenades the crowd

TKE RCB
And the new TKE sweetheart is... Argyro!

TKE RCB
"You've lost that loooovin feeeeelin"

TKE RCB
TKE on it's knees... hot

TKE RCB


TKE RCB
Monti's family tree

TKE RCB


TKE RCB
My boys, the Spring 2002 pledge class!

TKE RCB
Look, it's a BOB!

TKE RCB
And the remaining Fall 2002 pledge class... love those boys too

TKE RCB
Will and Shannon, breakfast buddies!

TKE RCB
Awwwwww.... Monti and Joanna

TKE RCB


TKE RCB
The roomies that I love!

TKE RCB
Time for Meatloaf...

TKE RCB


TKE RCB
Silly boys...

TKE RCB
Look, youngins!

TKE RCB
I've got friends in low places! Seriously, I love them, and I will miss them all.

TKE RCB


TKE RCB


TKE RCB


TKE RCB


TKE RCB


TKE RCB


TKE RCB
Midnight cheer

TKE RCB


TKE RCB
Big, I have your hat!

TKE RCB
So cute...

Lyco Karate Tournament
Dzung, Tiffany, and I prepare for team kata.

Lyco Karate Tournament
A down-block in Heian Shodan

Lyco Karate Tournament
Knife-hand block

Lyco Karate Tournament
My knife-hand block in individual beginner kata

Lyco Karate Tournament
Tiffany in mid-upper block

Lyco Karate Tournament
Man, I need to work on my back-stance!

Lyco Karate Tournament
Tiff doing Heian Nidan

Lyco Karate Tournament
Me vs. Tiff in the final round of women's beginner sparring!

Lyco Karate Tournament
Dzung with the front kick

Monticello
My one safe pic from my visit to UVa!

Chapel Skits
Waiting for the long-awaited Greek Week chapel skits...

Chapel Skits
Joanna telling us "NO FUN, BABE!" in Gamma Delt's skit.

Chapel Skits
Alpha Rho did the Wizard of Oz theme, with Kristina as Dorothy and Argyro as TKE!

Chapel Skits
Pat, as the "Greek Advisor" in the TKE Wizard skit, threatens the organizations...

Chapel Skits
TKE got a standing ovation and 1st place! More (fuzzy) pics available.

Home...
Paul and Steven are getting so tall!

Honors Convocation
The graduating astronomers, me and Rebecca! More (also fuzzy) pics of the ceremony available.

Honors Convocation
The SMRT couple!

Honors Convocation
Monti, so much better at theatre than math.

Honors Convocation
Ah, the boys... J-Pach, stop it!

Honors Convocation
They clean up nice, sometimes...

Finals Week
Nikkie's pretty tropical flowers for Monti. The little red carnations I got are in there somewhere!

Finals Week
Packing stuff into Joanna's car...

Finals Week
A lotta stuff in a little car!

Finals Week
Jason and his baby...

Finals Week
... all 333 pages of it! That's hot... Mine was a tiny 61 pages, but we both got our A's.

Graduation Week
Jason's pond

Graduation Week
Running around the hill! It was too muddy for me to walk in my flip-flops.

Graduation Week
My house! For those of you who haven't seen it.

Graduation Week
I'll be spending my Wednesday nights in May at Danny Boys. Can't wait to see you, Jackie, Nicole, and Eddie!

Graduation 2005
Sarah says goodbye, but we'll see you soon!

Graduation 2005
Jason hanging out in the dorm.

Graduation 2005
GUPPIE! Monti's last fish-face as a Lyco student. (For you, Sarah!)

Graduation 2005
Nix and I, getting ready...

Graduation 2005
Love the shoes, girl!

Graduation 2005
Lori and her cool medal!

Graduation 2005
Jason and Lori say good bye the only way they know how...

Graduation 2005
I still need to tame him :-P

Graduation 2005
Lt. Will!

Graduation 2005
Me, Rebecca, and our moms!

Graduation 2005
With Erickson and Fisher in our colorful robes.

Graduation 2005
Jason Grabelsky, my gay husband!

Graduation 2005
The TKEs of 2005.

Graduation 2005
Me and Monti... we rock!

Graduation 2005
Me and the family :-)

Graduation 2005
Monti and Joanna... awwwww!

June 5 -- Going up North Baldy


North Baldy Hike


Cactus!
Cacti and pine trees live together in these mountains.

North Baldy Hike


View from the top!
I may have been the last one there, but I made it!

REU on top!


North Baldy


North Baldy


June 9 -- VLA site
Of course...another SRT!

VLA in D configuration
D configuration means that the telescopes are the closest together on their tracks.

VLA Antenna


VLA Antenna


VLA
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VLA


Antenna waveguide


Inside of waveguide
Our tour guide was Dave Finley.

Electronics Room


Control Room


ALMA test antennas
One of these three will be chosen for the ALMA array design in Chile.

REUers about to climb
We were allowed to climb into the dish of one of the antennas in the array.

The Dish


The huuuge gears


Wave guide, the upper part


Receivers in the Vertex Room


8 GHz receiver


Subreflector


Feedhorns
We are finally inside the dish!

Feedhorns


The group shot


Here I am, inside a VLA antenna!


VLA


I could hang out here all day...


Jana as Ellie
We recreated the scene in Contact where Jody Foster's charachter receives a signal from ET.

Kelley as Ellie


Me as Ellie


Yancy, our fearless leader!


EVLA dish #2 in "the barn"
Once by one, the antennas are being stripped and refitted for the Expanded VLA.

Antenna transporter


Antenna transporter


Lunch at last...
Gross spinach1 It had bacon in it, so the vegetarians couldn't eat it. Frankly, I wouldn't eat it anyway.

View from Altamirano
Alas, the beautiful view from our apartments!

Petroglyphs at Three Rivers
Petroglyphs are ancient rock writings. Some have obvious meaning. Others are a mystery.

The view from Three Rivers


Petroglyphs at Three Rivers


Petroglyphs at Three Rivers


Petroglyphs at Three Rivers
This symbol was present in many places.

Petroglyphs at Three Rivers
One of the most famous, this depicts a ram being shot by three arrows.

Look, a lizard!


Ben aaaaalmost catches it...


And yet another one...
This one has a cool red spot on its neck.

White Sands in the distance...


Kelley, posing for the SDSS!
We didn't know Apache point would be THIS cool!

The Sloan Sky Survey Telescope
Ooooo..... aaaaahhh....

The Sloan Sky Survey Telescope


Sky plate
We are still in the market to purchase one....hint hint!

Fiber optics


Yancy and the Fermilab guy!


SDSS Control Room


The 3.5 Meter Telescope


The 3.5 Meter Telescope


The 3.5 Meter Telescope
Check out these heavenly bodies....hehehe.

The 3.5 Meter Telescope


REU at the SDSS


Another creative telescope name
Jana...should we change her name to Vana? This one is in Sunspot, NM.

Jana and the Solar Telescope


The Solar Telescope


The Solar Telescope


I want to live on Coronal Loop!


Elk...we think...


Hydrogen Highway


WHITE SANDS!
Again, appropriately named...

White Sands


White Sands
"Our" dune...for sledding, jumping, whatever!

White Sands


White Sands
What a view...

White Sands


White Sands
We don't have this on the East Coast!

White Sands


White Sands
Star Wars, anyone?

White Sands
Yancy...our fearless leader!

White Sands
The tree that won't quit...

White Sands
Sunset

White Sands


White Sands


White Sands
"Purple Mountain Majesty..."

White Sands


Grape races!
The NRAO provides wonderful role models for budding scientists.

And they're off!
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Go! Go! Go!


Radium Springs...yummy!
This was the weekend of Carlsbad Caverns, Guadalupe Mtns, and Roswell.

This sign was funny at the time


The Campsite
I slept in the 4-person "circus tent."

Rain at the campsite
My first ever camping trip, and it poured and thundered. It was awesome!

Entrance to Carlsbad Caverns
Scary, isn't it?

Speleotherms...
This is dripstone on the wall of the cave.

Carlsbad Caverns
Close up of "soda straws," or soon-to-be stalactites.

Carlsbad Caverns
Stalagmites, going upward from the floor.

Carlsbad Caverns


Carlsbad Caverns
"The Whale's Mouth" features interesting "draperies."

Carlsbad Caverns
Close-up "drip" structure.

Carlsbad Caverns
"Alien" anyone?

Carlsbad Caverns
"Popcorn"

Carlsbad Caverns
Stalactites in the "Big Room."

Carlsbad Caverns


Carlsbad Caverns


Carlsbad Caverns


Carlsbad Caverns
Big Dome and Twin Domes

Carlsbad Caverns
"Indiana Jones" could have been filmed here! This ladder was actually used by early explorers.

Carlsbad Caverns
To the bat cave! Can you see them?

Morning at the campsite


Yuccas and trees


Guadalupe Mountains
In Texas!

Guadalupe Mountains
This was actually seacoast at one time.

Guadalupe Mountains
The morning hike...er, boulder climb.

Guadalupe Mountains
A slot canyon!

Another fun road sign...
This one says "Roswell Correctional Center."

Roswell
Alien Resistance Headquarters, across from the museum and, ahem, reseach center. Actually, it was an internet cafe.

Roswell
Funky alien streetlamps!

Roswell
The REU, getting in touch with its extraterrestrial side...

Camping trip at Pietown!
We visited 1/10th of the VLBA for our observations. The white specks are ash particles from a forest fire.

Pietown
The antenna by day.

Pietown
The gravel campsite! Note that 4 of us slept outside the tent.

Pietown


Pietown
"Hey guys, in about a minute we can climb the antenna." Wake up call from Walter. :-)

Pietown
The receivers in the vertex room abot Walter.

Pietown
The feedhorns are housed in a foam-like area.

Pietown
The subreflector...bigger and closer than those at the VLA!

Pietown


Pietown
View near the edge.

Pietown


Pietown


Pietown
Kelley, chillin...

Pietown
Jana, checking out the feedhorns from a small ladder.

Pietown
Walter finds a gash in the surface.

Pietown
The moon next to the subreflector. It had been blood-red the night before.

Pietown
View from the antenna.

Pietown


Pietown


Our weary travelers...
Awww....how cuuuuute!

The NRAO Ice Cream Truck
We found this on our coffee break at the VLA on our return from Pietown. Photoshop away!

Kelley, Standing Tall...
...as she prepares to teach Christine and me the ways of the guac.

Ben, get off our couch!
This was as amusing as it was fruitless.

Kelley enjoys the show


The Couch War
Christine tries desperately to rid our couch of Benjamin...

The Couch War
...and succeeds! But only because he gets bored with it.

The look of defeat
Sort of...

Trip to Arizona - PT
Okay, so we stopped at Pietown again! Kelley and I pose by the 'scope.

Trip to Arizona - PT


Trip to Arizona
Josh, Sarah, eat your hearts out...

Trip to Arizona
Petrified wood...in a parking lot near the Petrified Forest.

Trip to Arizona
Chun and Jana, chilling at the rest stop.

Trip to Arizona
We got to see real live dinosaurs! Or not...

Trip to Arizona
The frisbees go everywhere.

Trip to Arizona
Anand, doing it Wild, Wild West style!

Trip to Arizona
Walter, the man of the trip. You rock!

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
Kind of creepy, but cool, a portrait of Carl Sagan. C'mon everyone! "Billions and billions of cheeeeers!"

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
Cool Saturn lamp in obe of the historic buildings.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
The device used to flip back and forth between plates in the search for Pluto. Makes AIPS look like a breeze!

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
A spectrograph used to find the IR windows in the atmosphere.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
A Slipher Spectrograph, used for Percival Lowell's studies of Mars.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
Clyde Tombaugh's Pluto discovery notebook.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
The Clark Telescope. (ooooh.... ahhhh....)

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
The tour guide shows off Clark and it's cookware lens covers.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
Closeup of the instrumentation.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
Me and the Clark.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
The Pluto Telescope! It had one goal, and it was accomplished.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
Cool mural in the visitors center, opposite Sagan.

Trip to AZ - Lowell Observatory
Kelley, the astronaut!

Trip to AZ
Ben, getting all those icky bugs out of his way...

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
My first view....

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
Stratification on the South Rim.

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
What a background...

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon


Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon


Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
Hee hee hee...FIRE! We got in our s'mores time before the storms.

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
The view of Plateau Point, our first intended destination.

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
California condor, soaring over its domain.

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon


Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
The travelers! We made it to the 3 mile station, after which the Bright Angel trail was closed.

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon


Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon


Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
Looking back up as we descended...

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
Addie and Jana, just chillin'. After all, the way down wasn't the hard part...

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon


Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
"It's really really big!"

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
We made a friend halfway down. Actually, he was kind of pushy... (Yeah, that's the purple Jansport...)

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
"It's so red, it's like we're in Arizona! Wait..."

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
Still going down... You really have to be in to to realize it. Kudos to those who made it up and back in 8 hours!

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon


Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
We have to go back UP?!

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon


Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
So we only went down 3000 ft or so...it was still fun!

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
And our triumphant return...

Trip to AZ - Grand Canyon
Einstein visited the GC, too!

Trip to AZ - NPOI
Next stop, Naval Prototype Optical Interfereometer! You have to hand it to these guys...

Trip to AZ - NPOI
The main mirror for each of the 9 telescopes...only 8 inches!

Trip to AZ - NPOI
The signal paths

Trip to AZ - NPOI
No joke, the light gets "spit out right through this room...

Trip to AZ - NPOI
...and come into this table! And yes, every piece of equipment has a purpose.

Trip to AZ
Walter's turn to "debug" the van! Did I mention we got into the GC for FREE with gov't plates?

Back at the Vlaaa
Kelley and I rocked the Vla with our tours on July 24th and 25th.

Back at the Vlaaa
Ahh...beautiful D-array...

Back at the Vlaaa
The visitor antenna

Back at the Vlaaa
A bunny!

Back at the Vlaaa
ALMA

Back at the Vlaaa
ALMA x 3

Back at the Vlaaa
Kelley giving her last tour.

Back at the Vlaaa
We rock!

Back at the Vlaaa
Yes, I got to drive a government car! But the damn thing wasn't shifting properly...

Back at the Vlaaa
Desert flowers.

Back at the Vlaaa
Who thought the desert could be so pretty?

Last swing dance...
We reluctantly said good-bye to the Ballroom Dance Club on July 29th. Kelley does a great job keeping up with Travis.

Last swing dance...
Tiffany comes along with us!

Last swing dance...
Yaaaay I'm spinniiiing...

Last swing dance...
One and two, three and four, ROCKSTEP!

Last swing dance...
Travis sends Tiffany for a spin.

Last swing dance...
Weeee!

Last swing dance...
Oh yeah, we look hot in our swing skirts (but we're hiding the sneakers!)

My B-Day!
Ben and Kelley pose with their masterpiece. How does Yancy NOT hate us by now?

My B-Day!
The party begins! Looks like Yancy's already getting toasted...

My B-Day!
Lorant rocks...

My B-Day!
No you STFU!

My B-Day!
'Schlager shots!

My B-Day!
The Contact Drinking game.

My B-Day!
The big spooooon! We're a close REU...

My B-Day!
An even bigger spoon! Note, there are 7 of us there.

My B-Day!
Mmmmm... sopapillas for breakfast...

My B-Day!
Jana is back from Hawaii! And with her foot in Yancy's sink?

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Back to New Mexico
I was on a plane again, headed for NM for my second summer at the NRAO... now in grad student flavor!

Back to New Mexico
People are weird... look at the bottom left, near the wing...

North Baldy Hike
The first hike of the summer to 9858 feet. Yeah, I made it up last again, but in less time than last year!

North Baldy Hike
Pretty desert and mountain scenery.

North Baldy Hike
Ahhh, lunch...

North Baldy Hike
Desert flowers were blooming in the unusually wet spring.

North Baldy Hike


North Baldy Hike
Group shot!

North Baldy Hike


North Baldy Hike
Getting ready to walk/stumble down.

VLA Tour
Ah, silly PR videos...

VLA Tour
Tiffany, VLA Operator Extrodinaire!

VLA Tour
No kidding, the EVLA correlator will take up this entire room!

VLA Tour
Seeing some data, right from the telescope.

VLA Tour
CnB configuration

VLA Tour


VLA Tour
Cuz you can never have enough radio telescope pics!

VLA Tour
The NRAO just has a thing for old cars.

VLA Tour


VLA Tour


VLA Tour


VLA Tour
Checking out the antenna barn.

VLA Tour
We climbed this one, but the vertex room was stripped.

VLA Tour
EVLA receiver housing.

VLA Tour
Can you spot the owl?

VLA Tour
Getting lockout/tagout "training"

VLA Tour
The transporter was done for the day by the time we got there.

VLA Tour
Safety?

VLA Tour


VLA Tour
Yes, we finally got to see an EVLA setup!

VLA Tour
New receivers

VLA Tour
The obligatory group in the dish shot.

VLA Tour
Huge L-band feedhorn

VLA Tour
Great place to get a tan!

VLA Tour


VLA Tour
Coming back from Datil

Petroglyphs - Three Rivers
So the tadpole was a symbol of fertility to Native Americans. Looks like a sperm, oddly enough.

Petroglyphs
Lizard!

Petroglyphs
Spiral galaxy? Nah...

Petroglyphs
Yeah, I took some pics last year, but missed some cool ones.

Petroglyphs


Petroglyphs


Petroglyphs


Petroglyphs


Petroglyphs
Yucca, hehe.

Apache Point
Galaxy plates!

Apache Point
Always cool to see the SDSS telescope.

Apache Point
The famous 2.5 meter

Apache Point
Sweet view

Apache Point


Apache Point
3.5 meter telescope

Apache Point
2.5 m control room.... LOTS of monitors!

Apache Point
Hummingbirds at the feeder

Sunspot, NM
We hopped on a tour at the Solar Observatory long enough to see one of the telescopes, and the sunspots it was seeing!

Sunspot, NM
The optics

White Sands
Vincent about to jump!

White Sands
Ooooooo.... aaaaaaahhhh....

White Sands


White Sands


White Sands
Obligatory group photo

White Sands
I think I am as white as the sand...

White Sands
New Mexico beach babes!

White Sands
Emily, not as pale as I am

White Sands
Our dune

White Sands


White Sands
Digging holes... tee hee.... holes...

White Sands
Kassandra, triumphant

White Sands
Digging

White Sands
Can you spot the moon from inside the hole?

White Sands
Look, I'm pregnant with sand!

White Sands
Our not-so-elaborate tunnel system.

White Sands
"I didn't say anything..."

White Sands
Chillin

White Sands
There's one way to lose an advisor...

White Sands
Nearing sunset

White Sands
Sun below the mountains

White Sands
Earth shadow rising after sunset

White Sands


White Sands
Headed back... how long will our holes last?

Contact Night
NOW it's starting to look like a college freezer...

Contact Night
Contact, and the drinking game rules.

Contact Night
Choose your poison!

Contact Night
The bluriness came BEFORE the drinking...

Contact Night
Yay party!

Contact Night
Later in the night...

Contact Night
Aaaand we lost Emily...

Swingset
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Swingset
Kyle follows Walter's lead in chugging a beer upsidedown.

Swingset


Swingset
An attempt at the moon partially obscured by clouds...

Swingset
Ed, trying not to fall...

Swingset


Jason's visit
Driving out to the VLA!

Jason's visit
Has monsoon season decided to start early?

Jason's visit
Cuz, once again, you can never have too many antenna pics...

Jason's visit
Hey, look up!

Jason's visit


Jason's visit
Yay camera timer!

Jason's visit
Climbing up the antenna in the barn, soon to be part of the EVLA

Jason's visit
Empty vertex room!

Jason's visit
Yay outside!

Jason's visit
Hardhats are so cool...

Jason's visit
Random driving towards Water Canyon, just to see some pretty scenery.

Jason's visit
Watch the road, dear!

Jason's visit


Jason's visit
Holes in the rock...

Jason's visit
Strawberry peak in the distance...

AOC Movie Night
A pillow that becomes a hat!

AOC Movie Night
Trying to set up the DVD player...

AOC Movie Night
nHow many astrophysicists (and one comp sci) does it take?

AOC Movie Night


AOC Movie Night
This is after we raided the projector cabinet!

AOC Movie Night
Return to Polycom!

Carlsbad Caverns
NRAO REU... A Hands On Experience!

Carlsbad Caverns
Looking back up to the natural entrance... and yes, those are people lined up inside.

Carlsbad Caverns
"Popcorn" and "soda straws"... yum.

Carlsbad Caverns


Carlsbad Caverns
The 50-ft woman...

Carlsbad Caverns


Carlsbad Caverns
I can juuust reach...!

Carlsbad Caverns
Calcite draperies

Carlsbad Caverns
Yet another "hole"

Carlsbad Caverns
Waiting for the bats to come out.

Carlsbad Caverns
The swarm lasted for over an hour.

Guadalupe Mtns.
A nearly extinct red tree.

Guadalupe Mtns.
Lots of places to climb!

Guadalupe Mtns.
"Ooooh this is high up!"

Guadalupe Mtns.
The real king of the hill!

Guadalupe Mtns.
A slot canyon at the end of the trail.

Guadalupe Mtns.
Yeah, sportin the sports bras!

Guadalupe Mtns.
Bouldering across

Guadalupe Mtns.
Say cheese, suckas! Before the bees get us all.

Guadalupe Mtns.
Pretty view on the hike back

Guadalupe Mtns.


McDonald Observatory
The view of West Texas from the Davis Mountains.

McDonald Observatory
This tree is red from ladybugs!

McDonald Observatory


McDonald Observatory
The 82-inch Otto Struve Telescope

McDonald Observatory


McDonald Observatory


McDonald Observatory
Cool views from the dome

McDonald Observatory
Astronomers know how to have fun!

McDonald Observatory
There may have been a quail in this picture?

McDonald Observatory
107-inch Smith telescope

McDonald Observatory


McDonald Observatory
Setting up the spectrograph for the night's Tempel 1 impact event!

McDonald Observatory
Yay blurry group shots...

McDonald Observatory
Another cool view.

McDonald Observatory


McDonald Observatory


McDonald Observatory


McDonald Observatory
Epcot anyone?

McDonald Observatory
The awesome control room for the 9.2 meter Hobby Eberly Telescope

McDonald Observatory
These instruments move during observations, the mirror does not.

McDonald Observatory
Check out the huge segmented mirror.

McDonald Observatory


McDonald Observatory
Smoke from a not-so-distant forest fire.

McDonald Observatory
Thunderhead

McDonald Observatory
Sunset and smoke

4th of July
Whee colorful!

4th of July
Yeah, light stuff on fire, in the desert... great

4th of July
Well, it's his house...

4th of July
Ed's fireworks... go MIT pyros!

Gila Cliff Dwellings
Deep in the Gila Wilderness, we visited these ancient cliff dwellings.

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
The black stuff is actually deposits from water runoff.

Gila Cliff Dwellings
Whereas this black stuff is old soot.

Gila Cliff Dwellings
Fire pits

Gila Cliff Dwellings
Pretty view

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
The caves were naturally created. The walls were put up by the first inhabitants.

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
The wodden spokes once held up the rooves.

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
Inside one of the caves

Gila Cliff Dwellings
Family room or ceremonial room?

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
Wide open space in the back, possibly used for ceremonial dances.

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
Quite a few dwellings sat inside each cave.

Gila Cliff Dwellings
This still has old corn husks!

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
A two-story dwelling

Gila Cliff Dwellings
Through a window

Gila Cliff Dwellings
Look closely... can you find the pictograph?

Gila Cliff Dwellings
A more detailed pictograph is in this one.

Gila Cliff Dwellings
You can tell I was fascinated by the amount of pictures I took!

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
Cacti!

Gila Cliff Dwellings
Cool...

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
Ed, Vincent, Emily, and Wendy... chillin...

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
Ah, the intrepid hikers!

Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings


Gila Cliff Dwellings
There's the river... now how do we cross it?

Climbing
Rock on! (Sorry, bad pun...)

Climbing
Emily skillfully scales the wall at the Albuquerque rock gym.

Climbing
Ilan is up the wall in the blink of an eye!

Climbing
Kasandra picks her way up the holds...

Climbing
There I go putzing up the wall!

Climbing
My first time with climbing shoes, too

Climbing


Climbing
Coming down!

Climbing
Nate's just hanging around.

Beer Pong
Wendy and Kasandra are definitely not playing with beer...

Beer Pong
The set up... we are ready for Lorant's challenge...

Beer Pong
Hard to shoot in a small apartment

Beer Pong
Now that's teamwork!

Beer Pong


Beer Pong
Give your camera to a drunk girl... and you get a foot!

Beer Pong
Time for me and Emily to kick some ass!

Beer Pong
I learned something at Lyco...

Beer Pong
The leaning tower of bad Mexican beer

Kings
Haha, what blackout? My camera has a flash!

Kings
More beer can silliness

NPOI
Another visit to the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer... oo! Dinosaur!

NPOI
Waveguides for optical light

NPOI
Cute little telescopes at the center of the array

NPOI
Yes, optical interferometry is bad-ass

Grand Canyon
My favorite place!

Grand Canyon
Wendy and I like living on the edge

Grand Canyon
Sweet view

Grand Canyon
Kassandra... she's trying!

Grand Canyon
The smoke came from a forest fire out on the North Rim

Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon
The pre-12 mile hike shot

Grand Canyon
Down Down Down... the ring of fire....

Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon
Red Arizona

Grand Canyon
Hello down there! This time we were to hike past the 3-mile point.

Grand Canyon
It'll be a looong way back...

Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon
Meh, I'm only a hundred feet up, or so...

Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon
You can't even see the trailhead from where we went

Grand Canyon
Next stop... Indian Gardens

Grand Canyon
Wendy and Walter next to a huge tree, for the desert anyway.

Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon
Literally, an oasis in the desert

Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon
Ah, the shadeless plateau in well over 100 degree weather

Grand Canyon
We made it to Plateau Point!

Grand Canyon
First views of the Colorado River... look, a raft!

Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon
Wendy finds the one shady spot

Grand Canyon


Grand Canyon
Woo hoo!

Grand Canyon
Okay, now I'm only a few thousand feet up...

Grand Canyon
Intrepid explorers

Grand Canyon
So much more to explore...

Grand Canyon
Heading back, we ran into a THING... I mean a ram.

Grand Canyon
I'm not going near it.... it has horns!

Meteor Crater
Yet another big hole in the ground... actually it was really cool

Meteor Crater
The blast unearthed three layers of rock

Meteor Crater


Meteor Crater
What's another mile hike?

Meteor Crater
I've fallen and I can't get out!

Swing Dancing
Jackson giving Kasandra a spin

Swing Dancing
Ed and Wendy's sister

Swing Dancing
The crowd... cool lighting!

Swing Dancing
Wendy and Jackson

Swing Dancing
Emily and Jackson! Hmmm... must have been his shirt that was so photogenic...

Swing Dancing
I'm going for a spin!

Swing Dancing
Weee!

Swing Dancing
Alan and Kasandra

Office Space
And Wendy's desk gets attacked by an inflatable blue couch!

Office Space
Oh yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's back...

Office Space
Tyson juggling... is that what they do at tech schools?

Office Space
Yay couch! But it's deflating again...

Office Space
Kyle leaves Kassandra a not-so-subtle message... I heart Cubicle C!!!

VLA Tours
Getting some last shots of the vlaaaaaa....

VLA Tours


VLA Tours
Those train tracks go on for miles!

VLA Tours


VLA Tours
Ricardo, my tour buddy

VLA Tours


My 21st Bday!
Flowers from Mommy.... awwww...

My 21st Bday!
Yancy hosted the extravaganza. And Jason came to visit!

My 21st Bday!
Cheers!

My 21st Bday!
Bottoms up

My 21st Bday!
Nate makes sure Tyson isn't looking as he cubes.

My 21st Bday!
Woot!

My 21st Bday!
Stuff...yeah, we still have to finish all that...

My 21st Bday!
Smiley!

My 21st Bday!
Looks like the NMT kids had a fun night too.

The Last Week
Emily, waiting to go on presentation day number one!

The Last Week
Kyle's presentation

The Last Week
Emily's presentation

The Last Week
Ricardo's presentation

The Last Week
I HEART CUBICLE C!

The Last Week
Cubicle B with Wendy and Tyson

The Last Week
Kasandra's presentation

The Last Week
Awww, it's Greg's last week, too.

The Last Week
Wendy's presentation... you can even see the green laser point!

The Last Week
Kassandra's presentation

The Last Week
My usual messy desk

The Last Week
Wheeeee superwoman!

The Last Week
Cubicle A, with Kasandra and Emily

The Last Week
Ah... the flight home...