"I'll call you tomorrow, but not before noon." Loeby, to me.
"Even if it's before noon, you can call me." My reply
"Wow! I have reached special status, who knew!" Loeby

"Wow, I made mine strong. Those grapes make a difference!" Nicki, on us having drinks and using frozen grapes in lieu of ice.

"It's the cold war." Nicki, about her and her boyfriend.

"Man, you kinda freak me out sometimes with how much you think." Chris, to me.

"When I have a few drinks, I'm pretty smooth." Jaimes

"Bless you. I mean achoo you. The Eveisms." Malty, to me, when I sneezed.

"I wish I was that small." Me, looking at Kenny's little kids.
"I wish I was that small with the brain I have now." Joseph

"Anybody that loves themselves, come on out." The wedding DJ
Joseph stares at his hand
"What? That was a mirror! Joseph

"Whatcha drinkin?" Me, to Triple who had a paper cup at his reception.
"Beer. It helps." Triple

"I love this song!" Malty, on the Monday Night Football theme they played before the garter toss to get the guys into it.
"Me too!!!!" Me, all excited.
"Go Vikings!!!" Malty
"Go Niners!!!!" Me

"It's gonna be full on triple A." Joseph, on this club he was gonna meet his brother at later that night.

"We rule, we rule over all of you!!!!" Joseph, after the guys won the wedding games.

"These are fun to watch if you're not in them." Krista, on games played at the wedding reception.

"I can't wait for Sophia–my daughter–to have hair." Malts, needing to specify which Sophia and Sophia's wedding.

"He's almost as white as me, even maybe more cause he has red hair." Malty, on Bunst's boyfriend.

"Go ahead and let's have another round of tapping your glasses with chopsticks." MC, at the wedding.

"I don't even know what she said." Malty, getting weepy after a speech Cheeks gave in Chinese at her reception.

"This is so LA." Malty, on the over the top waiting to be discovered MC at Cheekers' wedding (and everything else really that weekend while we were in LA).

"We've got a big eater at our table." Kenny, about On at our Chinese banquet wedding meal.
"Oh man!" Me, knowing we'd have to all share.

"This matches my shower curtain. Oh, no, it doesn't." Joseph, on the fancy disposable camera at Cheeks' wedding.

"That margarita's hitting me. I'm gonna be eating those upside down ducks before you know it!" Malty, to me, previously concerned about what was going to be served at the Chinese dinner.

"The only time I kinda got picked up was at a wedding when I was wearing this dress, so who knows what will happen." Me, to Malty, leaving our hotel room to go to Cheekers' wedding.

"I don't do girly stuff. It's a stretch that I used conditioner." Me, to Maltly when she asked if I used lotion.

"He's definitely a jackass, but he's very good looking." Malty, on Johnny Depp.

"Next time I see you I want you to have been arrested and have breast implants." Malts, saying goodbye to Bunst.

"It's a peanut card only for peanut people–it fits you." Malty, on Bunst's small card
"I'm a peanut with a peanut card." Bunst

"This is far cuter and so unexpected." Malt, on Bunst's super tiny credit card.

"Why is this LA?" Bunst, questioning Malty
"Everything is so LA." Malts

"This is the latest I've been out in like a year." Mommy Malty, while out to dinner in LA at 9:30pm.

"Oh my god that email was long... I'm going to have to read it later tonight when I god to bed (whoops I meant go)." Ebs' text to me

"I recommend water, lots of water." Christiane's Chris, after we got back from a night out at the Santa Barbara bars.

"You know who you're competing against–iron liver." Santa Barbara Chris, on Christiane.

"SANTA BARBARA!" Us, calling our friends while out in SB.

"Tell him he's gettin a call later." Christiane, to me, while I was texting Mark.

"Totally retarded, but you have to document it." Christiane, in a bar.

"I don't think it's a problem, so I'm not in denial or anything." Kel, on her use of Tylenol.

"I can't go without it, but I'm not addicted." Kelly, on Tylenol.

"Just jealous with my baby bed and all. I mean, I might as well get a crib." Kel, on my queen vs her twin bed.

"Drat.. Jobs suck! Can you rob people for a living temporarily until you get a job?" Doodle, to me.

"He doesn't like me." Me, on Kel's bunny.
"No, cause you don't touch him and stuff." Kel
"What??? He doesn't like me cause I don't touch him!?!?!? Just like a boy!" Me

"I wish I could see it as big as you can." Kel, on her MSN IM image.

"Conference Call Part II: Management's Revenge." Eric's Yahoo IM status message

"I'm a bad Asian." Clayton, on not being able to use chopsticks too well.

"Naqoyqatsi. Heard of it?" James, IMing with me.
"Huh? Is that your carpel tunnel? Seems like you pressed lots of keys there." Me
"It's a movie–the third one." James

"Hi Cheekers!" Joseph, in a voicemail to me, after he talked to Sophia.

"I'm still eating for one, you guys!" LesliE, on us pushing the rest of the desserts on her

"You're not answering any of your phones. So I hope it means you're doing something fun and not trapped beneath something heavy." Lisa's voice message to me.

"Thanks for dealing with me and my drinking phase. Kel, one beer night

"Kel n Eve in jac w drinks." What Kel changed her name to on IM while I was there one night.

"I feel like drinkin tonight–getting wasted." Kel, being silly on one of her first nights home since out of school.

"I don't have a big enough mouth. It's horrible, but I don't." Kel

"I loved to bong beers in college." Kel

"I get three sides to every story." Nicki, on our friends.

"We gonna hook up or what im thirsty!!!" Nicki's text to me one night.

"You gonna break again tonight or you done?" Dad, on my dance recital.

"Stop interrupting me all the time–you're gonna send me to the loony bin!" Mom, to Dad

"When you get married, you like it hot and spicy." Cori, on flaming hot Cheetos.

"You made me cry!" Me, singing a fun waily part of "American Girls" in the car.
"Yeah, you did." Loeby, to Mark, the day after I was upset with him.
"Lisa, go back to sleep." Mark

"Oh, oh, oh." Lisa, singing "American Girls" in the back of the car on the way home from the recital
"Geez, and I'm not even in the back with you!" Me, in the front seat, to Lisa.

"When you start saying things like 1.8, you've got a mechanic somewhere in the dating line." Hope, to Carla, on a car story she was telling.

"I got my car fixed under the table..." Corie, starting a story about how her car got screwed up
"Maybe it's time you went under the table." Hope

"How was it?" Me, to a group of my friends who came to my recital.
"It was wild." Chris, alluding to the title of the song we danced to.

"You turned me on!" Loeby, on my jazz performance.

"I like my water plain–not with meals." Kelly

"I'm so full, yet I keep going." Eric, on eating our party pizookie platter

"How do you spell your name? And what should I put for the phone number?" Kel, using the BJs comment card to flirt with our waiter.

"I don't know about me and my boyfriend–I think we're breaking up." Kel, on the BJs waiter being slow to bring her the cider she ordered.

"Well, if he exaggerates like that..." Eric, on the pizookie waiter at BJs saying the party platter dessert was way smaller than it was.

"Your routines were the least popular songs." Kel, to me, after my recital.

"Searching for trips is so much more fun than searching for jobs. Its my new mission." Anjali

"Broke dah Leg tonight Go Eva Go!" Dad's IM to me the day of my performance.

"Never fear. D-man will be there. You will survive." Dice, on my dance recital performance.

"I volunteer my office to be tester for the pilot program!!!!!" Boston Lady's reply to "Reasons Alcohol Should Be Served at Work" e-mail.

"I wanted to know if I liked him enough to speak him name." Loeby, on getting to know a potentially datey boy.

"P.S. Go Hawks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rodd, in response to my Niner game in Seattle note.
"You should come hang with us... But keep that Seahawks cheering to yourself, will ya? ;-)" My response to Rodders.
"No, I won't. 9ers are going down." Rodd's response. And the trash talking begins... four months early.

"What's the countdown? The end of the world?" Werner, to me
"Ok, you got my curiosity piqued - just one more day till what?" Ryan D., to me. Interesting to see what one little status message can do–gets friends I haven't talked to in ages to come out of the woodwork!

"Major trauma. I don't think my dawsons creek tivoed today. Do you think you could record it for me. This is major crisis. I may need others. I'm screwed!" Julie, exhibiting another great friend quality: TV show obsession.

"This is like the best channel ever!" Mark, all excited by the old school cartoons on the Boomerang channel.

"I love Pacey!!!!!" Subject of my e-mail to Julie
"ME TOO!!!!!!" Subject of Julie's reply to me.
"Pacey + Julie = Forever" Subject of another Julie e-mail. The two of us are just Dawson's Creek crazy lately, I guess.

"I had a dream last night. And you were in it. So were cookies." Mikey. Oddly enough the second friend to tell me about food dreams in one day.

"Hurray for Nordstrom sales!" Leslie M., on Steph buying a cute dress.

"You did say we dress up Thurs, right?" Kimi, about the "dress" rehearsal.

"We are excited for the show and we will be there screaming out your name." Stopher, on my upcoming recital.

"She'a very pretty girl–with or without makeup." Mom, about Loeby.

"Did I tell you I had recurring dreams about donuts?" Anjali. Gotta love the food friends.

"We have no food here and I'm hungry, so I'm coming down to my parent's house." Anjali.

"What? It's a noun!" Ryan's defense for his crass word contributions while playing MadLibs.

"I've realized that work is work regardless of what country you're in." James

"OK...maybe dinner won't work tonight. We've got 2 sickies, 2 hip hoppers, and one worker." Steph, sounding like the beginning of a joke or something. ;-)

"It's free, it's convenient, its fun, why not?" Chris' PayPal pitch.
"You are like me with Tivo." Me
"Except Tivo costs money. This is better. You GET money." And the pitch goes on...

"Hip hp jazz dancers unite at www.paypal.com." Chris, trying to convince me to get a PayPal account.

"I miss Frys." James, living in Australia.

"Whatcha doin'?" Me, to Mark on his cell phone.
"Driving home." Mark
"Where were you?" Me
"Somewhere that wasn't my house." Classic evasive Mark.

"I just called to tell you you got me sick and didn't even make out with me." Loeby, to me.
"And I didn't even sleep with you either!" Me

"Whatcha talkin about Willis????" Me to Nicki
"Can't believe you different stroked me!" Nicki

"Did you just wake up or do you just sound like crap?" Mark, to me at 11:30am when I was feeling sickly.

"I had a lot to drink and a lot of drink on me." Mark

"Oh, no! We forgot to call Daniel when we were all drunk!" Loeby

"Good thing the mini bar was open all night." Eric, on him and Lisa post partying by tearing into the mini bar after we got home from the trolley party.

"I just wish I could go from bed to bed." Me, when I was feeling sickly at the hotel and wanted to go home.
"That's ho talk." Eric

"How many proposals did you get last night?" Eric, to Loeby
"Just one." Loeby

"If I can have that aspirin I'll love you forever." Loeby, to Eric
"I'm sold." Eric

"It was bumpy, loud, and crowded–I felt like I was gonna die. But it was fun." Loeby, on Leslie's trolley party.

"We consumed every vodka product they had." Lisa, on our hotel room's mini bar.

"Kiss me... now kiss Eve..." Stacy, to one of the guys on our trolley night out.

"You know what you need? Twins! Twins are always fun." Stacy, to me.

"Forget about the CD and get your feelers out!" Stacy, to me at the beginning of the trolley night, when I was super bummed about forgetting my trolley CD I had made for the occasion.

"I've had too many of those chocolate–I'm loopy." Mom, all giggly a bit later.

"Oh, I didn't know they had liquor in them–I'm gonna be an alcoholic." My non-drinking mother, on fancy chocolate truffles.

"Can we bring signs?" Dice, about my recital
"No." Me
"What about body paint? We each could have a letter and spell out your name. And then two of us could switch positions and it would still spell Eve." Chris

"I was a sociology major and there's this thing called a pecking order..." The entertaining start of Jessica's ego boosting pep talk.

"I'm gonna get drunk." Jessica, after our chocolate cake shot at Dave and Busters.
"Is that a realization or a goal?" Me

"NYC is made for SHOPPING, eating and drinking!! Seriously, in my next life I am going to be a Sex in the City girl." Steph, all excited after coming back from her New York trip.

"Man, I would have had a stroke with all that activity–you really do have slayer blood in you, doncha?" Clayton, to me on my social schedule.

"I like the word 'unwell.'" Clayton, on a Matchbox 20 quote I sent him.
"You? Mr. Webster? ;-)" Me, making fun of his frequent use of words I don't know.
"Hey, good simple descriptive words turn me on." Clayton

"Tell her to give up. Life is so much happier when you give up on them." Me, telling Eric my advice for one of his girl friends upset about a boy.

"You are as bitter with computers as I am about men." Me, to Eric

"What's in Cairnes?" Me, to James when he was talking about finding flights there.
"Nemo. The great barrier reef, that is." James' response

"I don't think I've ever seen a TV this big." Loeby, on Mark's new TV.

"I'm off the drugs, but my mind is not back yet." Nicki

"I know I almost jumped down your throat once and i was thinking how sore your throat must've been." Kel, to me.

"I would've really liked to have had the opportunity to dance with you, but an announcement of 'Whoever wants to can dance' to the music of a non-Tori piano player didn't strike me as very appealing." Mikey, to me.

"What has happened to you? You go to the East Bay too often?" Dad, to me, after he saw my temporary tattoo.

"That was so good. Even if I was full I would have eaten it!" Ingrid, on crepes at Crepes a Go Go

"I pretty much think boys are the plague." Me
"Hey!" Eric
"Oh, friends are OK." Me

"OK, no more candy for Chris!" Me, after Chris spent an afternoon with first graders eating candy and acting nutty continuing his candy consumption late into the night.

"Do you even watch movies!? Oh, that's right–you only have basic cable." Chris, to me, during my display of minimal knowledge during Sceneit. All I can say is at least I have cable! ;-)

"Let's play Mike and I against all of you." Chris, on the movie trivia Sceneit game that him and Dice were really good at and the rest of us–especially me–were not so much.

"I think I want something salty instead of sweet." Julie, on what to eat just then.

"I didn't hear it all at first and was thinking, 'she's doing Eve's dad?'" Chris, on me having Jessie–one of Kel's first graders–sing a part of "American Girls" ending with "Oh, oh oh."

"He likes your tattoo–he's never seen one like that before." A parent of some kid who was grabbing at my ankle at a wedding reception.

"We gotta do something about your bitter love thing." Nicki's response to my text saying that I'm not sure if I believe in marriage when I was at a wedding.

"Eeeeeve–I'm sad. I finally ran out of $." Ryan's text message to me one morning.

"No return addresses–it takes too long." Kel, in her sleep a few days after a post office trip with the kids.

"I've never seen him actually play with kids, but he's seen them in stores and stuff." Kel, on Chris and his potential chaperoning abilities.

"This is like the laugh attack palindrome house." Me, to Kel

"You guys are talking about Tampon Bay Buccaneers and something's wrong with me???" Andy, to the girls being silly one night.

"Whistle?!? Who the heck puts whistle?" Andy, frustrated that I kept on putting the same random answers as him during a game of Scattergories.

"Rangoon is a place. There's a movie 'Beyond Rangoon.'" Andy, defending his answer.

"If I was drinkin, I'd call this a buzz kill." Me, on a phone call interrupting the middle of our Scattergories game.
"Well, I am and it is." Andy

"It's a remote control for my little thingy, but I don't know what to plug it into." Julie, on an ipod accessory.

"This is a great place for quoting." Me, on Macaroni Grill's paper tablecloth and crayons.

"Chicken Marsala. Chicken a la King. Chicken Chow Mein. Chicken Enchiladas..." Me, Kel, Andy, and Julie at dinner thinking of things that start with chicken.

"And you pay for that!?!?!" Julie, to me, on ordering a salad without dressing.

"Drink it up, ya little tripper!" Nicki, to me.

"Do you want to be a teacher?" One of Kel's first graders to me when I was helping out one day.
"I dunno–do you think I should?" Me, to her.
"Yeah!" The kid. So cute!

"I'm sorry, Loeby." Me, on me not being able to hang out that weekend cause I was busy.
"That's OK. I'll just have to make plans with some not as cool people." Loeby

"I think we're getting serious–I have a toothbrush there and everything." Me, about me and Kel.

"Sorry I made you get up early today." Yed, on taking him to the airport at 10am.

"Man, I wish I could drink as often as you do!" Daniel, to me.
"Well, you can! What's stopping you?" My response to him.
"You'd be surprised at how much marriage changes things. Just too many responsibilitiies now... I'm all grown up and stuff." Daniel
"Booo to being grown up!" Me
"No kidding." Daniel.

"Pork fat rules!" My 10 year old cousin Nick from Wisconsin.

"You're lucky she's allowing that in the car, guys." Mom, to my kid cousins on the evil beverage soda.

"We drank lots of that ouzo stuff. Greek liquor–tastes like licorice. Goes down a little too easy." Anjali, telling me about her fun time at the Greek festival.
"Woah–so holding back making a comment on that one!" Me

"Hey, whenever you're free. You know I take any Eve time I can get." Clayton, trying to make plans to get together.

"I would love a phat barn." Eric, on Tiff's new place.

"What's the nice guy's name who got lost going to your house? David?" Eric

"Everyone benefits from people who are less stupid." Eric, on education.

"I think I may just let it be as a girl's trip even though it's a life long goal to be invited to one. It's my favorite kind of trip." Eric, on New York.

"I'm watching Telemundo." Eric
"What are you doing that for? Having a bilingual moment?" Me, to Eric
"No, it's muted... that channel has it's place." Eric

"I must be on crack." Nicki
"No, you're on morphine." Me, being obnoxious while Nicki was in the hospital.

"Do you want me to count backwards?" What Nicki said to the nurse after her surgery was over.

"Tell me now cause I won't remember tomorrow anyway." Nicki, to me, during my visit with her in the hospital.

"I didn't know there was anything much stronger than vicodin." Me, to Nicki
"Oh, no. Vicodin is the baby of the family." Nicki, educating me on painkillers.

"Do you wanna push the button?" Nicki, to me, on her hospital self-meds.

"Come whenever. I'm a little doped up, but I'll just be like this." Nicki's text message to me from the hospital a few hours after her surgery.

"Holy cow–amusement park galore!" James, on me telling him I went to 3 in the last 5 days.

"Where you been all my life?" James, to me, after we hadn't talked in a few days.

"You can find me in da club, bottle full of..." Kelly, tutoring me on 50 Cent.

"Tell him to take advantage cause it's the last night I'm being taken advantage of!" Kel, to Mark, on her offer to buy him a drink.

"I hope it freakin kicks in in my sleep." Kel, on her henna tattoo.

"I've never been so satisfied with a dessert in my whole life." Kel, on BJ's pizooki.

"I'm gonna be super buzzin in no time." Kel, on our pitcher of BJs cider.

"Eve, these things are grease pits." Kelly, on potato skins.

"I'm so tired lately. I wonder why..." Kel
"Could it be you haven't been sleeping much? Could there be a connection there?" Me

"I have head issues." Kel

"Are we in the rear?" My little cousin Nick, while waiting in line for a roller coaster.