6th Annual Wongsgiving

It's been 6 freaking consecutive years that I have hosted Wongsgiving! Holy cow, who knew this tradition would've lasted so long. Despite the attendees constantly changing throughout the years, I think we have a pretty set core now to our group. This was one of the prettiest years yet. Thanks to the help of Vanessa with the decor shopping, I was able to set up the most beautiful dinner table for the party of 16. With setting up the lights, moving my backyard around, decorating the tables, and cooking the turkey, I was pretty stressed the day of. This seems to always happen to me. Despite having a rough afternoon, the night was nice. The weather wasn't too cold and the food that everyone brought was delicious as always. I don't think this tradition will be ending anytime soon, I hope.

I'm a Machine

Nearly 10 years ago,  I listened to a band called Death from Above 1979.  They were one of the first new age rock groups that I stumbled upon thanks to Sherman and Marty.  A few years later, they disbanded, leaving me hating myself for never making an effort to go see them.

Seven years later, Death from Above 1979 announced a reunion tour, launching a new album.  I made no mistake again this time and got tickets as soon as they were available.  The two people I went to the show with were nostalgically Sherman and Marty.  It was an awesome night watching two talented people making all that noise with just a base guitar, keyboard, and drums.  It felt like high school all over again for one night.

La Catrina

The Day of the Dead was always taught to me as a child growing up, but I never had a chance to experience it until this year. Vanessa and her family always have great decor for any occasion, and this holiday was no exception. When I saw pictures of Vanessa in full "skeleton" makeup, I was determined to set up a photo shoot. The pictures, however, came out decent due to having bad lighting. But nonetheless, my girlfriend can pull off a gorgeous skeleton look. Who knew. :)

Have you seen my cap?

Two years ago, we were all Batman for Halloween. This year, coincidentally, we were the villians. This might have been the coolest group costume we had ever accomplished. With over a month in advance to create our villians, the end results were solid. To top it all off, Vanessa's house was ready just in time to throw an extravagant Halloween party. We spent about 2 full days in setting up, decorating, and cooking for the event. Thanks to pinterest, we were able to make a lot of spooky themed treats and thanks to Vanessa's parents, we had a more than enough decor to fill up the entire place. The party and our costumes were a success, and I can't wait for next years group theme, whatever it may be.

BattleBounce

A week after the Halloween, the Batman villains' group continued their mischief in Las Vegas. Vanessa and I were able to get an amazing suite for 3 nights at the Hilton due to our timeshare meeting.  The first night was relatively low key.  Braimy, Vanessa and I spent a majority of the night playing the all new exciting game of BattleBounce.  It is a drinking game fusion of battleship and beerpong that was invented by Brian and the name was coined by Amy.  

The highlight of the trip was being able to walk the strip in our costumes on Halloween night.  Nearly every single person on the strip was in costume and we received a good amount of praise and requests for photos.  We met plenty of Batman villains in the process, creating massive group photos.  It was a solid Vegas trip with a small, but good, group of people.