Happy Birthday, Dima!

{when i was a freshman at UCR, a mysterious package arrived one day.

it contained this note and his away game high school hockey jersey.

they were from dmitriy, a good friend of mine

who had planned on going to school in hawaii, but who ended up at UCSB.

i had a crush on dima in high school, but dima had a crush on amy.

i settled for a good friendship. it ended up being better.

i still have that jersey. we still talk about it.}

{dima playing guitar. senior year.

amy is wearing his home jersey over the

lovely red and white floral dress you see on the right.}

{somewhere along the way, I found out

that dima and britney spears share a birthday.

so happy birthday, britney, too!}