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Alright, you want some stinkin’ pictures? I’ll give you some stinkin’ pictures. But only cause I promised.

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I just took the bandage off my ankle, and, as it did the day before, it hurt like a sonofabitch. It felt as though I were ripping large chunks out of my skin. Because, you know what? I was. And it hurts a whole bunch. So I’m in a really pissy mood until I find something to kill the pain.
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But first, the story behind the pictures:

It was the last evening of Gnomedex, things were winding down, and I was enjoying the free ‘beverages’ from our loving sponsors, Google and Budweiser. Lorenzo, Nathan and I were sitting at a table, talking, when a guy we’d never seen before walked up behind us and said, “So, you guys go to Iowa State?”

Turns out, this guy didn’t know who we were either. He needed a ride back to ISU, and was walking around the crowd asking everyone roughly our age the same question. We said we did, in fact, go to ISU, and what was it to him? He explained his quandary, and I offered him a ride back north. He (whose name is Adam, by the way) joined our little party.

Adam had a digital camera with him. Adam had ~also~ been making the most out of the free beverages. Adam and I quickly devised a devious plot to get our pictures taken with all the cute girls at Gnomedex: we’d walk up to the cute girls, digital camera in hand, and ask if we could have our pictures taken with them! Brilliant! Couldn’t fail! And, it didn’t.

First up was Chey, also known as Gnome-Girl:

Chey and Rob (click to enlarge)

Next up was the lovely Miss Gnomedex 2003, whom, just the night before, had only been known as Jennifer:

Jennifer and Rob (click to enlarge)

Lori Lockwood and Gretchen Pirillo weren’t tough to track down, as they were the only two in attendance decked out in leather. *g* From left to right, we have Nathan, Lorenzo, Lori, Adam, Gretchen, and yours truly:

Gang and Girls (click to enlarge)

Last, but certainly not least, we got a snapshot of Chris Pirillo, Mr. Lockergnome himeself. You know the names. The guy you don’t know, by process of elimination, would be Chris:

Gang and Pirillo (click to enlarge)

And that’s all I really have for good-quality, generally interesting shots. I didn’t get pictures of (or with) all the people I wanted to, but the night ended all too soon and Lorenzo had to drive us home. :)

Pain’s slowly starting to wane. I think I’ll celebrate with some sort of pain killer. *g*