Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Blast from the past

I was leaving the library at NCSU on the way to class this morning when I felt a powerful wave of déjà vu sweep over me. Someone had cut in front of me on the way to the door, and I had been so absorbed in thinking about the Arabic vocab. that I didn't notice them until I had almost trampled them.

Who was it?

Karli Lopez's doppelgänger!! WOW!

That encounter brought back fond memories, especially of the beard-growing contest held between him and Zaccheus "The White Ninja" Compson. I remember laughing aloud when Zaccheus would wax eloquent about nurturing, culturing, cajoling his single prized hair...the ONE that was going to win the contest for him...and then also laughing aloud when Karli had to renege on the deal to wear said beard for a year, because he looked like a stereotypical fundamentalist Muslim and kept getting stopped and searched in airports...


And now, another recent picture:



Climb, CJ, climb!

3 comments:

Laurie said...

That is about the coolest baby pic I've ever seen - that is, until Mitch and I have one and prop him/her up on a mountain bike! Start 'em young! :)

hwoarangrr said...

You see his right hand? He's reaching for the shrimp fork!

Seriously though, that is a fantastic picture. Like father, like son!

Charlotte said...

The shrimp fork thing made me burst out laughing. So Ryan, are you saying he hates climbing and wants to stab his eye out?? ; )