{"id":911,"date":"2005-07-24T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-24T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=911"},"modified":"2005-07-24T12:14:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-24T12:14:00","slug":"bacchanal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"Bacchanal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It certainly was a nice gesture for the city of Minneapolis to have a massive fireworks display in honor of my birthday.  Er, wait, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquatennial.org\/\">Aquatennial<\/a>, wasn&#8217;t it?  I guess I&#8217;ll just have to keep writing letters to Congress about making July 23rd a national holiday.<br \/>\nSome pictures from yesterday&#8217;s party:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"party1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/WWW.the19thfloor.net\/images\/party1.jpg?resize=522%2C392\" width=\"522\" height=\"392\" \/><br \/>\nMy friends Adam (who wrote the article about me for Law &#038; Politics), Libby (another Humphrey Fellow), and her husband Kevin.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"party2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/WWW.the19thfloor.net\/images\/party2.jpg?resize=540%2C405\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" \/><br \/>\nMy friend Jess, who made me a very cool mixtape, and her friend Janean.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"party3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/WWW.the19thfloor.net\/images\/party3.jpg?resize=512%2C384\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><br \/>\nI nearly singed my eyebrows here.  That&#8217;s my sister, Crystal, holding the cake.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"party4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/WWW.the19thfloor.net\/images\/party4.jpg?resize=512%2C384\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><br \/>\nFrom the right, Carrie, Nicole, Linda, and Traci.  Nicole and Linda are both good friends and people well-known in the local disability community.  Carrie and Traci are their respective personal care attendants.<br \/>\nThe party was successful enough that I think I might try to make this an annual event.  I saw friends I hadn&#8217;t seen in forever and it was good to reconnect with them.  And I managed not to get blindingly drunk, but only because my nurse stopped pouring.  She said something about not embarrassing myself, but my memory is kinda fuzzy on the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It certainly was a nice gesture for the city of Minneapolis to have a massive fireworks display in honor of my birthday. Er, wait, it was Aquatennial, wasn&#8217;t it? I guess I&#8217;ll just have to keep writing letters to Congress about making July 23rd a national holiday. 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