| why don't I feel like blogging very much anymore? |
[08 May 2008|01:38am] |
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Just wondering...
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| no sleep for the wicked (or the aila - yes there is a difference) |
[03 May 2008|11:41pm] |
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I should totally be asleep right now since I've gotta be up around 5 at the latest for my flight. I can't wait to get back here, but I'll have to - about 2 or 3 months. I missed Seattle a lot and enjoyed pretty much every minute of it, despite getting kind of sick in the last 24 hours or so. So yeah, just a little post before I get back to CA. I'll be back WA...
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| skeeatttle |
[30 Apr 2008|06:10pm] |
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So I'm in Seattle (well, Lynnwood) right now! There's a huge Canadian flag directly outside my hotel room window. I wish I could go up to Vancouver some time, it's been far too long since I've been oot and aboot in Canadaland ;)... alas I need to get a new passport and I don't have my birth certificate with me (anyway, I don't have enough time during this trip anyway - but perhaps later in the summer when I'm actually living here for reals again). Um, so yeah, I'm going out with my friend Lauren later tonight and perhaps Gwen as well, and then I've got some stuff on for tomorrow too, but if anyone else here wants to visit I can probably fit that in too sometime. I totally love Seattle, and I really miss living around these parts, it will be so great to be back here more permanently again, but for now this visit will be cool. I had a very scary flight up here, it really felt like we were going to crash as we took off around Palm Springs. Probably the worst turbulance I've ever experienced on a commercial flight - I was definately weightless for a couple seconds at least a couple different times - people were screaming in the cabin, it was pretty crazy. But obviously it turned out ok! Although I was delayed by a couple hours (about an hour and a half late taking off and almost an hour waiting on the plane after we landed before getting off). So yeah, that's about all I've gotta say right now - need to call a couple people so I think I best end this post! Hope everyone's doing well!
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| chickens love it when people eat them |
[24 Apr 2008|01:10pm] |
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| What Wine Is Better: Comes From A Box, Comes In A Can, Or That Fancy Stuff That Comes From A Bottle? |
[23 Apr 2008|01:14am] |
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Answer coming soon...
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| seattle-ish based post |
[22 Apr 2008|04:29pm] |
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Just a quick note to inform all the Seattle people I'll be in town next week from Wednesday to early Sunday morning! This is just a quick trip up, I'll be back up for good later in the summer, but if anyone wants to get together, I'm sure that could be arranged (I've got a few things planned already but should definately have time still). So yeah, I know there's probably not a huge demand of people to see me, but just letting people know anyway! :)
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| Dr. Who - first new episode of the year! |
[05 Apr 2008|10:46pm] |
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Cutest aliens ever!
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| lost |
[14 Mar 2008|04:48am] |
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Have I mentioned how much I love LOST? Because I do, it's absolutely classic tv, one of the best shows of all time I think. And I loved Alias too, although the first two seasons were the only ones that were really knockout amazing (and it got a little dodgy towards the end). There was a bit of a lull in Lost too, but it's been pretty great most of the way. I don't understand how Abrams was involved in such crap earlier in his career though (like "Rat Race")... maybe he's just been lucky with getting great writing staff on his recent shows (?), because that's obviously what makes it so great. Anyway, I'm kind of a spazz about this, obviously.
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| welcome to the bizarrely banal world of my subconscious w/ special "alien" guest appearance |
[13 Mar 2008|05:06am] |
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I just woke up from the most bizarre dream/nightmare. I really wanted a shake (like an ice cream shake). I don't even really like shakes. Anyway, I drove around a bit to find one and then all the lights in my car cut out (this was pitch black at night) and I could barely see the road and I thought I was going to crash but then I came upon this little place that served some kind of fish and chips or something and seemed somewhat busy and I think at that point the lights on my car starting working again. They had one of those billboard signs up front that said something like "Shakes $129." And I thought that was utterly ridiculous. Anyway I only had like 4 or 5 dollars, but for some reasn I went in anyway. I got in there and there was a reasonable crowd and I looked up at the menu board and it looked like the shakes were more like $19.95 and which was still absurd, especially as I noted everything else on the menu was less (including some kind of grilled salmon thing for $15.99 which briefly sounded good). So, even though I knew I couldn't afford the shake and I thought the price was ridiculous I went up to the counter and asked someone (I think) or I read something that said how great their shakes were because they used "real ice cream" and a bunch of other bs. Then my mom showed up I think at some point. She signaled for me too sit down a this table, I guess she'd ordered us some shakes. The strange thing was she was sitting next to this ominus older eastern european-looking guy who was just kind of staring forward and looked out of place. The other odd thing was that she'd ordered both of us banana & turnip shakes - this sounded like a vomit-inducing combination. Then she started nudging that guy who was sitting next to her slightly, like trying to give him a hint to leave the table (there were other tables around), she was obviously annoyed. Then she not-so-subtly pushed him off the table with her elbow and he got up and all of the sudden looked alive (and a bit pissed) as he went to sit down at another table with some other older eastern european-looking type. The funny thing is I asked her about it and it turned out that he had been sitting there first, but she forgot. Anyway, I left the place at some point without having the gross shake, but still had this sweet tooth, and there was a Dairy Queen next door. So I got a banana split, even though the $3 seemed a bit steep to me. And I remember I was dissapointed and underwhelmed at my treat. Anyway, the dream kind of got mushy here and I'm not sure what happened next, but the next thing that happened was I woke up. Like in my bed, seemingly for real. And I could not move, and I felt this overwhelming terror. And I looked to my left and saw an outline of one of those stereotypical aliens with the slinky bodies and almond shaped heads. And I think I managed to scream out a muffled "noo!" or something similarly dramatic (but I think it ended up being silent). I'm still not sure whether I was actually awake and had a real bout of sleep paralysis (because this sounds like an almost exact description) - or whether it was still part of the dream, but then I think within a few minutes of that I got up, and a few minutes later here I am writing this...
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| new userpic |
[12 Mar 2008|04:12am] |
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After years of displaying different kitties in hats, I've finally gone off the deep end and bought MY cat a hat. It's an elephant hat. Unfortunately, as you can probably tell from the picture, he's none too pleased about his new accessory but I managed to take a quick (and lousy) picture of him anyway. Cats wearing hats 4eva!
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| hoopla |
[12 Feb 2008|09:38am] |
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Happy Darwin Day, people. At least we're not primordial ooze...
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| spam |
[25 Jan 2008|09:40pm] |
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I just checked out the Spam website (don't ask), and wow it's ridiculous. Especially the FAQ or "book of Spam" part.
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| Seattle People Should Do This (ie, me promoting on of my favorite local Seattle bands)... |
[09 Jan 2008|11:15pm] |
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People in Seattle should go and see The Sacred Truths this Friday at the Blue Moon. It's their final, "farewell" show and they put on a great show. I wish I could be there to see it myself! Seriously though, anyone who likes fun music with a somewhat absurd stage show needs to go if they're in the area - and it's free too!
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| Flight Of The Conchords - The Distant Future |
[07 Jan 2008|08:02pm] |
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Just got this, and I have to say it's the funniest comedy music album I've heard in a very long time. I've watched most of the HBO shows, and some of it's great some is just ok. But dang this record is hilarious...
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| Jumping Rope At 31 |
[07 Jan 2008|07:08pm] |
Yeah, I've been jumping rope in an effort to somehow get somewhat fit. I hadn't done this for like decades (or thereabouts). But as I don't really have any other exercise equipment here and I don't want to join a gym, and I think there's a possible sex offender who roams the streets of this neighborhood in the middle of the night (which rules out me walking in the middle of the night, which would be my preferred time), it's pretty much my main option for exercise. Which I badly need. Also I'm taking that Alli stuff. Haven't had any nasty side effects with it yet, thankfully. All of this is because I've gained a considerable amount of weight over the last few years (I wasn't really skinny to begin with either). And besides making me have a low self esteem (which I know I shouldn't, but I think the weight makes me for some reason anyway), I'm really just not that healthy. So I'm pretty sure I have the motivation to get healthy, and I'm pretty sure I will (won't be instant of course)! I don't wanna be like sickly skinny or anything (I'm naturally too big for that anyway - I'd look extra freaky), but I would like to at least fit into a lot of the nicer clothes I have that I've been too fat for, and feel better about myself. That'd be cool. I know it's not easy, but I have lost a bunch of weight before (been a while though). Anyway, being healthier can only be a good thing.
Also, totally unrelated, but can anyone recall seeing a "murder mystery" written (at least somewhat) in the style of a technical manual? I have a project in mind, but I'm not sure if it's been done before...
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| cinema classics: the thing with two heads |
[19 Dec 2007|12:45pm] |
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| hardy har |
[17 Dec 2007|08:56am] |
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I asked the guy at Subway for some "hot peckers" on my sandwich. A slip of the tongue so to speak. Much hilarity and blushing embarrassent ensued...
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| The Sonics are still awesome |
[04 Dec 2007|04:23pm] |
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Here's a nice review (with video!) of the Sonics recent reunion gig in NYC. Crazy that they sounded so good after not doing a show for three decades at least (judging by the clips at least - although they're apparently releasing it as a live album too so that's cool)...
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| Going "Hot Turkey" |
[01 Dec 2007|02:30pm] |
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Is that the term you'd use if you suddenly decided to start doing heroin (or become an alcoholic, etc.)? Seem like it'd make sense. Don't worry, I'm not planning on going hot turkey anytime soon, just one of my silly thoughts...
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