Saturday was beautiful. The first day where you could go outside in a light jacket and not feel cold. Shawna and I tried to take advantage as best we could by having a delicious sub lunch in a local park (we used our gym parking lot to go eat subs... how great is that). Then went down to Fremont and walked around gas works park for a little while. There is a big hill that overlooks lake union and it's evidently the bee's knees for kite flying. I was not impressed with the competition, it's high time I dust off my octopus kite and take these chumps to school.
How was Easter Sunday you might ask? I got up at 5am and had Shawna drive me to the hospital! Kidney stoned again! After doing some reading online it appears that once you've had kidney stones, you are a candidate for getting them again. That's some very very disappointing news... I did manage to retrieve said stone, and will whisk it off to the doctor so that he can tell me all the things I shouldn't be eating anymore. Evidently there is one type that forms because of chocolate... ouch.
Where there is rain...March 20How was Easter Sunday you might ask? I got up at 5am and had Shawna drive me to the hospital! Kidney stoned again! After doing some reading online it appears that once you've had kidney stones, you are a candidate for getting them again. That's some very very disappointing news... I did manage to retrieve said stone, and will whisk it off to the doctor so that he can tell me all the things I shouldn't be eating anymore. Evidently there is one type that forms because of chocolate... ouch.
Does it rain a lot in Seattle? Yes.
But its not so bad, at least to me. You get some perks from all the rain, rainbows being one of the more compelling ones. This is a crappy picture taken from my window, I really wish I had been up higher and outside, where you could get the actual bow effect, you could actually see both sides of the rainbow, which is pretty cool. All the green stuff is also nice. Things are beginning to settle down a bit, the apartment is for all intents and purposes unpacked. The nail in the coffin of moving will happen this Saturday when the movers come get the mountain of boxes in our living and dining rooms. Soon I will lack any kind of excuse for not being attentive to this space.
Well, there's always work... I ended up staying home today so I'd have less distractions. I really love the freedom to be able to do that when I need to. This weekend Shawna and I are going to try to test drive a new (new to us, not factory new) car. We've decided to sell both our cars and consolidate them into a single vehicle. As I take the bus to work every morning, and we only have one parking space, it seems foolish to let my car sit outside, only being used occasionally on the weekend. Currently we have our eyes on a Suzuki SX4. Its a wagon (which I like), gets better (or as good as) gas mileage than both our current cars, is all wheel drive, is pretty compact for around the city, and seems to have gotten pretty good reviews. Plus we can buy a nearly new one with the money we get for our cars, which means no car payments.
There was a preety good writeup about Gary Gygax in the grey lady. If you don't know who he is, I really question how you could have possibly ended up on my website. Suffice it to say, he's a fallen hero.
FINALLY! Some new sins. Am I the only one who feels like it took forever for these to come out?
I love this website:Stuff White People Like. Its dead on. I like all of this shit.
Ever wonder what bills were bigger than a hundred? Well fuck you, I did.
The Best Part is the Views...March 2But its not so bad, at least to me. You get some perks from all the rain, rainbows being one of the more compelling ones. This is a crappy picture taken from my window, I really wish I had been up higher and outside, where you could get the actual bow effect, you could actually see both sides of the rainbow, which is pretty cool. All the green stuff is also nice. Things are beginning to settle down a bit, the apartment is for all intents and purposes unpacked. The nail in the coffin of moving will happen this Saturday when the movers come get the mountain of boxes in our living and dining rooms. Soon I will lack any kind of excuse for not being attentive to this space.
Well, there's always work... I ended up staying home today so I'd have less distractions. I really love the freedom to be able to do that when I need to. This weekend Shawna and I are going to try to test drive a new (new to us, not factory new) car. We've decided to sell both our cars and consolidate them into a single vehicle. As I take the bus to work every morning, and we only have one parking space, it seems foolish to let my car sit outside, only being used occasionally on the weekend. Currently we have our eyes on a Suzuki SX4. Its a wagon (which I like), gets better (or as good as) gas mileage than both our current cars, is all wheel drive, is pretty compact for around the city, and seems to have gotten pretty good reviews. Plus we can buy a nearly new one with the money we get for our cars, which means no car payments.
There was a preety good writeup about Gary Gygax in the grey lady. If you don't know who he is, I really question how you could have possibly ended up on my website. Suffice it to say, he's a fallen hero.
FINALLY! Some new sins. Am I the only one who feels like it took forever for these to come out?
I love this website:Stuff White People Like. Its dead on. I like all of this shit.
Ever wonder what bills were bigger than a hundred? Well fuck you, I did.
This weekend I promised myself that I would do nothing but unpack our apartment. Between guest visits and just general exploration of the area, Shawna and I haven't really focused on moving into the apartment since we started the lease 3 weeks ago. This weekend was our big push to get the apartment to look like something more than the bombed out husk of a Howard Hughes bachelor pad. We made a lot of progress, but alas we fell short. While all but a hand full of boxes remain packed, about 30% of the stuff isn't organized into its "right place". For an example, nothing is hung on the walls, just laying next to the walls. There are still stacks and stacks of books without a home. All this crap fit into our old place... what happened?
I'll tell you what happened, That. Just. Happened. Ok, it hasn't happened yet, but it will be happening soon, and it will be happening less than 3 miles from my house. What does that do? Does that blow your mind? Matt and I have already gotten tickets, we encourage others to do the same. There is plenty of room in our burned out husk of an apartment.
Stylish Blight, interesting.
Look how kickass our money used to be... what happened America? You used to be cool...
Albino Moose, that's what happened. Blame Canada.
This one is pretty amazing, but it needs a better title. How about The ravages of time.
To try to make up for the super buffet fiasco, Shawna and I did a little road trip to Whidbey Island. It was a good time, we drove through a few cute little towns, then visited Deception Pass State Park which was absolutely beautiful. We managed to make it home by 7:30. It was a good time. Here be some pics:
Birthdays AboundFebruary 22
The 22nd was Shawna's birthday, as most of you probably know. She likes to get dressed up on her birthday, so I always feel compelled to get a picture. Not that she doesn't often get dressed up, but on this day of special days, she prefers that I take note.
Craig, who's birthday is the 21st (the day before) was visiting Seattle on business of a nature I shall not divulge (no doubt you can figure it out) as he has not publicly discussed it. The upshot is that on Friday night the three of us went out to Ocean Aire and drank too much, ate too much, and spent too much. But damn, it was a delicious and fun time. We each got our own desserts, which we were warned were meant to be shared. Boy were they right. I got baked Alaska with huckleberry ice cream. Delicious. Oh and the seafood was also good.
After such a night, and because Craig's flights got foo-bared and he spent an extra night with us, we ended up going to a "super buffet" for Shawna's birthday. Before someone organizes the lynch mob, let me just say that it wasn't my idea. In fact, I offered many times to go elsewhere. Well it's about what you would expect from a super buffet, asian food, a lot of poorly implemented American dishes, and to my surprise quite a bit of seafood. Let me just tell you that buffet seafood terrifies me. There is nothing I can think of more likely to make you sick/kill you. My terror however, was not shared by Shawna and Craig, who seemed to genuinely enjoy the smörgåsbord. The crazy devils.
Craig, who's birthday is the 21st (the day before) was visiting Seattle on business of a nature I shall not divulge (no doubt you can figure it out) as he has not publicly discussed it. The upshot is that on Friday night the three of us went out to Ocean Aire and drank too much, ate too much, and spent too much. But damn, it was a delicious and fun time. We each got our own desserts, which we were warned were meant to be shared. Boy were they right. I got baked Alaska with huckleberry ice cream. Delicious. Oh and the seafood was also good.
After such a night, and because Craig's flights got foo-bared and he spent an extra night with us, we ended up going to a "super buffet" for Shawna's birthday. Before someone organizes the lynch mob, let me just say that it wasn't my idea. In fact, I offered many times to go elsewhere. Well it's about what you would expect from a super buffet, asian food, a lot of poorly implemented American dishes, and to my surprise quite a bit of seafood. Let me just tell you that buffet seafood terrifies me. There is nothing I can think of more likely to make you sick/kill you. My terror however, was not shared by Shawna and Craig, who seemed to genuinely enjoy the smörgåsbord. The crazy devils.
