Date Night...One magical date night (oh, and Easter)

I know that I (Mitch) haven't posted anything in a long time, so you don't normally get to hear things from my point of view. However, tonight Alex had a wonderful idea: she would post the pictures if I wrote the blog entry. I gladly accepted this idea. This will be the first collaborative blog post that we have ever done. Yippee!

So, what's new with me? I read a lot; I just finished a book titled Wild at Heart. It is about how Christian men should behave, with integrity and daring. I enjoyed it a lot, because so often I am afraid of my harsher, more "wild" side. This book focuses on the fact that this heart with these desires and tendencies are a gift and not something to be ashamed of. I don't want anyone thinking that this book allows for brutishness or misogyny, because it doesn't. He talks about sin and how we sinfully use the heart that God gives men. I think it's an imperative book for someone who thinks that male Christianity is about being "kind" and forsaking any passion within your soul, plus it's an empowering book. The author's wife wrote a book called Captivated, which was a gift a gave to Alex on Easter. I look forward to hearing about what she thinks about it.



This brings to mind Easter. One of my favorite things to do is celebrate life with Alex, and the best example of celebrating life is by making the holidays more festive, though I tend to point out all the pagan rituals associated with our Christian holidays: a Christmas tree, Easter eggs, that sort of thing. Anyway, we each received an Easter basket, mine with books and gum and hers with headphones and a movie. Then we feasted. We went over to some friends' apartment and ate a late brunch. They have this beautiful house with a garden area in the back (I know, a garden area in the back of an apartment located in Brooklyn, but it happens). We then went to Ji's house for an early dinner. She's Korean. If you know anything about Korean food, you definitely know how spicy it can be. Fabulous! Well, it's fabulous for me; Alex thought that it was too spicy. It was great having a community for this special holiday, the most important holiday in the Christian calendar, though we missed our families very much.

Jump ahead a little to tonight. It's been a long time since Alex and I have has a really special date, making this all the more beautiful. It's not that we don't do dates; we just end up watching a movie or something easy to plan like that. Tonight started out that way: the plan was to go see Clash of the Titans in the theatre. I have been very excited to see this movie since the previews proclaimed its coming, like John the Baptist. Needless to say, people have been saying negative things about it, so maybe it's not the savior from the recent sleuth of bad movies that have been coming out recently that I thought it would be. Anyway, we missed the show time by about ten minutes, so we decided to walk around in the park. It was a gorgeous evening, and the temperature was perfect, for me. I was tired from a day of crazy people at work, so I quickly sat down. Alex, seeing that she had time, told me to go squat by a tree, so she could take my picture.







I acquiesced, though extremely tired, and what followed was a photo extravaganza.






I took about half the pictures, Alex took the other half.







I even had her explain to me how to manually control the shutter and aperture, so I could take more artsy pictures (notice how I say pictures and not photos, implying that the former is more reputable than the later, though I have no real knowledge of this subject). We want to share them with you all, so you can appreciate our talent. Enjoy.
















A couple of things to note about today: Earlier, Alex took Evan Hernandez's, a friend from high school, head shots. He currently works for this start up production company that is trying to adapt the way actors audition to fit the current technological advances, by supplying actors with video "head shots" instead of relying on just their pictures. Alex then did some production photos that they may use for their website. All in all, a very successful day for my love.



Before we entered the park tonight, I spied a car that reminded me of the Ghostbuster's. I think that you'll all agree. They're uncannily alike.

mitch gives himself a haircut

mitch gave himself a haircut on monday. i was at work at the time, so mitch took pictures on a timer to share it with me. i'll share them with you.


the before:








the after:

Happy Easter!

happy Easter everybody! hope you had a good one, we did

..."why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he is risen!"...
Luke 24:5-6

Easter Eggs

on tuesday we colored and died easter eggs. it was so fun we had to run out to the store to get more eggs!















see, beautiful eggs!





then we went to group and had another mini party for mr. mitch

M A R C H 2 9 1 9 8 4

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y M I T C H !

B I R T H D A Y B R E A K F A S T !

waffles {homemade buttermilk waffles} mimosas, rosemary red potato hashbrowns, and turkey bacon


mmmm... delicious! x2



breakfast in brooklyn then off to Hoboken, New Jersey to Brendan's apartment for old school nintendo mike tyson punch out!



the Nintendo council was damaged in the move - damaged beyond an expert engineer's repair skills. sadness. but wait! like everythings on line now... voila mike tyson punch out via the computer!








so... we don't need to go into the results of the game and who now carries the title... it's mitch's birthday so he's a winner no matter what happens.

we grabbed ruebens and pickles at carnegie deli for a late lunch early diner and wandered around central park, met up with Evan and headed back to brooklyn for sake and tapas... or at least thats what we would have done if anything was open...

"the city that never sleeps"

what the beastie boys don't tell you is that when there's

"no sleep till brooklyn!"

they plan on going to bed early when they get there.



we did go to a fun little bar that had pac man and even i played.

when we got home mitch was going to blow out a candle in his dean and deluca chocolate peanut butter cupcake. i told him to make a wish, he said:

"i already have everything i want"

and then he put out the flame with his bare fingers.

it was a big year for mitch, and he accomplished many goals {moved to NY, had an internship with a literary agency, saw 7 broadway shows and 1 off broadway show, became a member of a church, maintained his weight (he's a hottie)...and that's just to name a FEW of the things he set out to accomplish and did!} and he's made 26 new goals for this next year. he's an amazing man.





side note: for those who were disapointed at the lack of pictures of me, i tried to bring out my camera as little as possible so there weren't many pictures period. but i will let you know that i was super cute and i rocked my skinny jeans with cowboy boots and a from brooklyn to hati t-shirt with a navy cardigan and a fatty belt that doesn't go through the loops, sporting pigtales and a grey hat.