:,-)

the russian girl dragged me to a communal hacker hideaway where, for whatever reason, we were permitted to enter and bum around for as long as we wanted . . .

UPDATE:

(i am not considering it)

i miss my friends . . .

Happy 30th birthday to my best friend and little sister Monty . . . as of this month, we have known each other for 10 years. I have met many people in my life, but there is truly only one Monty. When the Machine made Monty, it only made one, and then promptly destroyed the formula, as the world would not be able to tolerate more than a single instance of a soul so strong and brave and unique in spirit. Monty is rock-solid . . . she contains all the gilded virtues of heavenly holiness. I can’t believe how lucky I am to have met someone as special as her. I am honored to call her my best friend.

I have said this many times of our friend and sister Laura Rokas, and it is true of Monty as well:

Without Monty, there is no Ryan. I can’t live without Monty. Thank you for always being a good and loyal friend to me. I love you forever~

i asked anastasia the russian girl to give me several solid russian translations of

I CANNOT BE KILLED BY CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

. . . which is true lol

me

this is for bex . . . foto by julia

but i can’t win:

honestly . . . a pretty cheap trip??? and i was generous about subsidizing that cuteness tax . . .

also . . . look how cheap our rental car is gonna be when we visit romania in november:

lol

can’t wait to drive that skoda kamiq to the carpathian mountains with my best friends . . .