My mom on a moped, circa 2002.

Can your mom tame a moped? I doubt it. It’s all good though, she still knew how to make a baby, which I’d imagine is way harder than learning how to ride a moped.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the ladies who make babies!

VICKI’S BIRTHDAY BASH - SPECIAL KARAOKE EDITION!!!

Last week Vicki and I headed back to the MD to celebrate Vicki’s 30th birthday with an elite team of awesome super friends. For the first time ever we did Karaoke the right way… in a private room with crazy wigs and lots of sour patch kids! It was awesome. For anyone looking to belt out some Sweet Caroline in private I’d highly recommend FM Karaoke in good ol’ Rockville, Maryland. The staff was incredible and made sure to keep us as hydrated/inebriated as possible!

Anyway, here’s a few pictures from our crazy sour patch kids fueled night…

Geofferson Thomas (in furball hat) takes three non-colored girls for a Walk on the Wild Side. Although they are not colored, the girls are nonetheless good sports and sing along anyway.

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Two guns for hire Dancing in the Dark.

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Geofferson Thomas admires the strangely erotic Korean Karoke Video as Nick and Jill take us “to the river” with the Talking Heads.

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Dueling Springsteens on their “last chance power drive”.

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Buena Vista Geoff Club (probably singing some obscure British song or something).

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Let’s Dance Japanese style with Ziggy PreDust.

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Vicki looking a bit annoyed during Maggie May. Apparently I got a bit too excited when I sang “I wish I’d never seen your face”. 

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Jill and her hypnotic eyes doing their best Thriller Zombie.

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Geofferson Thomas IS a Thriller Zombie.

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Vicki and Tina ironically singing Blondie while wearing blue and purple wigs.

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Luigi gettin’ low during Born to Run. Vicki was not too pleased with Luigi’s decision to wear his Nike Warmup Pants to her birthday party.

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Somewhere, Out There, Beneath the Pale Moon Light zombie Geofferson Thomas is eating the brain of Ziggy PreDust.

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I Wanna Dance With Somebody so long as he’s not wearing his Nike warmup pants to my freaking birthday party!

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Even though he wore Nike warmup pants to my birthday party I’ll still pretend to love him for this photo. Once we get home, however, his cozy winter cap will burn in hell.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICKI PART 2 - NAKED AND HAPPY 

My biggest regret in life, aside from majoring in film, is that I never knew Vicki during the days where she liked to run around the house naked and happy. She still runs around the house naked, but the happiness… it’s just not there.

TUMBLR EXCLUSIVE: “VICKI & HER GRANDMA”

Fact: Vicki’s Grandma was the sweetest woman I’ve ever met.

Although our language barrier prevented us from discussing important issues such as Miley Cyrus and Japan’s apparent lack of chicken teriyaki, we were nonetheless able communicate surprisingly well through smiles and laughter alone. Granted, I was laughing “with” her, whereas she very well may have been laughing “at” me. Either way, awesome times were had by all.

The highlight of my time with Vicki’s Grandma was probably watching a Japanese TV show that involved a group of kids running room to room in a house and opening various containers (baskets, backpacks, coffee cans, etc.). What was in the containers you say? The answer, my friend, is baby animals!!! No joke, simply baby animals that just kept getting cuter and cuter and cuter!!! And that was it, nothing more, nothing less, just groups of baby animals popping out of various containers and running around on carpet. I miss Japan.

TUMBLR EXCLUSIVE: “THE YASUOKAS”

Here’s a picture of Vicki, her Dad, her Grandma, and her Aunt. I took this photo at Vicki’s Grandma’s house while attempting to sit “criss cross applesauce” (formerly known by it’s more offensive version, “indian style”) at a traditional Japanese-style table. It was quite painful as I couldn’t even sit criss-cross style when I was in Kindergarten (I seriously am the worlds most un-flexible man). I ultimately ended up having to lay on my belly, it was so embarrassing.

Also, I think “The Yasuokas” needs to be a sitcom of some sort. I’m thinking Family Ties meets Family Matters with a bit of McGyver thrown in. Vicki’s catch phrase would have to be “Oh no you didn’t!!!”, and her Grandma’s catch phrase would have to be “Oh no I just did!!!”, and her Dad’s catch phrase would be “Wha’choo talkin’ bout’ Grandma?”, and her Aunt’s catch phrase would be “Ohhhhhhhh hell no!!!”. Aside from their American catch phrases the rest of the show would be in Japanenese.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 06 - “GEOFF THOMAS: SCORPION CHEWER”

I figured since I’ve been posting a bit about my film school experience lately I’d just keep the ball rolling for this week’s edition of “Flashback Friday”. The polaroid you see here was taken during the creation of a film I made during my junior year called Method for Self-Defense Against Scorpions.

In this exclusive behind-the-scenes photograph you can see my main man Geoff sitting before a microphone and smiling like the happy man that he is. You probably assume that he’s doing a voiceover of some sort. In reality this is not the case, what he’s actually doing is chewing on Peanut Butter M&M’s in an effort to create the nice crunchy sound of a violent scorpion being devoured. Once the M&M’s were gone we spent the rest of the evening stomping on eggs and throwing cantaloupes. It was quite messy but worth it as the sound effects turned out to be pretty damn good in Method for Self-Defense Against Scorpions.

MY MOM AND HER TWO FAVORITE THINGS

Toby’s grumpy face says it all… he’s a bit jealous these days.

TWO OLD FOLKS AND A BABY

Vicki and I spent this past weekend on a mini-adventure that involved stops in Philly, Baltimore, and Salisbury, Maryland. I know this may be hard to believe, but in a 48 hour period I had pizza in 3 different states and 4 different cities.

Anyway, here’s a photo of my grandparents holding little man Landon, my sister’s new kid. This is perhaps the most “normal” photo I’ve ever taken.