2000.12.02

December 2^nd - it's Britney Spears' birthday! And Theresa's too. After all this time, Theresa finally turns 20 and enters her third decade of life, one year ahead of her alter ego, Britney.

So when Calvin & co. decided on getting a log for the cake, I guess what they had in mind was when Theresa would cut the thing - after making the first cut, she'd really be a tree-saw.

The Britney Theme

So Alice, the "evil roommate," organized a little party of sorts for her at their place; it was full of people, full of food, and full of what I call Britney-isms. That's right - people were listening to Britney, watching Britney (videos...ewww), and even being Britney...or at least trying to.

Theresa, inspired by a picture of Britney laying down on a couch, pays homage to Britney. They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery...wonder if this counts as a religious ritual....

In the spirit of Britney, there was also this "skanky dress" theme the whole night. The first gift that Theresa opened was from her good friend and alleged lesbian-lover Belinda -- two (that's right, not one, but two) black dresses. One of them was particularly on the "hoochie" side, and from a distance, looked like it was leather. Or something. So most the night was spent goading Theresa into trying on the dresses and showing everyone what they looked like. Ok, so that was mean, but it was fun too!

This is a shot of Theresa in "the dress" and pointing and demanding that I don't take a picture. So I just shut off the flash and clicked away anyway...not like you can really see the dress....darn.

The Pimp Theme

And as the mature college-aged people that we were, we of course had to stretch the Britney theme a little and go with a pimp theme. That's right, portraying people as pimps, and other terms that fit with this that I choose not to put here.

This is Mark as a pimp. Women are drooling all over him....

Not to be outdone by Mark, Belinda shows how she can get more men than Mark can get women.

In all honesty, Theresa's friends aren't all this bad. It's just when we get under the influence of the evil evil Britney (the music, the posters, the t-shirts, the Britney napkins too...j/k) that we tend to act a little wacky....riiiight.

The Pick-Up Theme

Shortly after Jeremy showed up (he's small enough to fit into Theresa's skanky-red-dress^TM), people got to talking about who could lift who. Everyone took turns lifting Theresa (I would bet she'd never been picked up by so many guys in one night before), and eventually, even Erica got in on the act:

Eventually, everyone lifted everyone else, and one of the more humourous sights was when Rachel picks up Calvin on her back. And then Jason too. Someone else has that on film somewhere...I hope.

The stuffed bear

One of the stranger things I noticed was that there was this little white teddy bear (which looks a lot like one that Tracy got from Ted and brought up to the penthouse a few times two years ago) that was floating around. It as a GUND named "teddy boom" or something like that. Anyhow, poor little bear first gets drunk after being given a whole bottle of vodka by Jason:

Then after that, Galen molests the poor thing:

Let this be a lesson to young teddy bears out there - watch the alcohol consumption, lest you suffer a similar fate that this poor bear did.

Some Normalcy

No really, it was a birthday party. Seriously! It's as if all the different parts of Theresa's life came together to celebrate as one whole. And as Calvin mentioned - the goal was to geekify her. Amongst the Britney paraphernalia, the cards, the shanky dresses, a bunch of us chipped in and bought her a PalmIII. Yup, a palm pilot. Just another step toward a full geekification... Next year, for her 21^st we'll probably all chip in and get her a stripper or something more "normal."

And of course, here's another picture - Alice, Theresa, and Pei. Look closely, because you may never see Alice dressed like this ever again.