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Nine Irish Brothers

On Saturday, I took time off from writing my thesis (or at least, thinking about writing my thesis - ha!) to meet up with friends at Nine Irish Brothers to celebrate the brief return of BJ to Lafayette. BJ was looking pretty skinny. Apparently he's been running a lot, but I'm going to blame his recent switch to vegetarianism. According to a horribly-researched paper by one of my students, vegetarianism inevitably leads to anorexia, so that must be what's happening here. ;)

BJ, Tom, and Cassie:

I didn't take too many other pictures that night. Believe it or not, but I sometimes get shy with pulling out the camera. But Cristen did persuade me (easy to do) to take a sassy self-portrait with her.

Poor Bousquet. People are always harassing him for a picture.

I spent a lot of the night trying to avoid these two, who are professors on my committee. I did not want them to ask me about my thesis.

But the best news of the night was that Tom and Cassie are engaged!

Also, it was Tom's birthday! He's one of my favorite people. He and Cassie are moving west to Reno, so I plan on visiting! They will have to scope out all the good buffets and casinos.